UNITED STATES


SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

  

FORM 10-Q

(Mark one)

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 20172022

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 001-37367

OPGEN, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

OPGEN, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware06-1614015

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

708 Quince Orchard Road,9717 Key West Avenue, Suite 205, Gaithersburg,100, Rockville, MD

20878

20850

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (240) 813-1260

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.

 

Title of each classTrading SymbolsName of each exchange on which registered
Common StockOPGNNasdaq Capital Market

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 and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted 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 and post 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 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 is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes      No  

54,873,14353,698,500 shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, were outstanding as of November 6, 2017.10, 2022.

 


OPGEN, INC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS FOR FORM 10-Q

 

INFORMATION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

3

PART I.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

4

5

Item 1.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

4

5

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 30, 20172022 and December 31, 20162021

4

5

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20172022 and 20162021

5

6

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021

7
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 20172022 and 20162021

6

8

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

7

9

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

21

28

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

27

36

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

27

36

PART II.

OTHER INFORMATION

28

37

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

28

37

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

28

37

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

51

37

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

51

37

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

51

37

Item 5

5.

Other Information

51

37

Item 6.

Exhibits

51

38

SIGNATURES

53

39

 


INFORMATION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKINGFORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This quarterly report on Form 10-Q of OpGen, Inc. 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”). In this quarterly report, we refer to OpGen, Inc. as the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “us.” All statements other than statements of historical facts contained herein, including statements regarding our future results of operations and financial position, strategy and plans, and our expectations for future operations, are forward-looking statements. The words “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “design,” “intend,” “expect” or the negative version of these words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events and trends that we believe may affect our financial condition, results of operations, strategy, short- and long-term business operations and objectives, and financial needs. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including those described in Part II Item 1A “Risk Factors.” In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, the forward-looking events and circumstances included herein may not occur, and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about:

the continued impact of COVID-19 on our business and operations;
our liquidity and working capital requirements, including our cash requirements over the next 12 months;
our use of proceeds from capital financing transactions;
our ability to maintain compliance with the ongoing listing requirements for the Nasdaq Capital Market;
the completion of our development efforts for our Unyvero UTI and IJI panels, Unyvero A30 RQ platform and ARESdb and the timing of regulatory submissions;
our ability to meet our obligations and extend our relationships under our collaboration agreements, including our collaboration agreement with the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND);
our ability to obtain regulatory clearance for and commercialize our product and services offerings;
our ability to establish a market for and sell our Acuitas AMR Gene Panel test for use with bacterial isolates;
our ability to sustain or grow our customer base for our Unyvero IVD and Acuitas AMR Gene Panel products as well as our current research use only (RUO) products;
regulations and changes in laws or regulations applicable to our business, including regulation by the FDA, European Union, including new IVDR requirements, and China’s NMPA;
our ability to further integrate the OpGen, Curetis, and Ares Genetics businesses;
our ability to successfully transfer, and realize the expected benefits of the transfer of, the manufacturing of our Acuitas AMR Gene Panel from our Rockville, Maryland facility to our Bodelshausen, Germany manufacturing facility;
our ability to satisfy our debt obligations;
adverse effects on our business condition and results of operations from general economic and market conditions and overall fluctuations in the United States and international markets, including deteriorating market conditions due to investor concerns regarding inflation and Russia’s war against Ukraine;
anticipated trends and challenges in our business and the competition that we face;
the execution of our business plan and our growth strategy;
our expectations regarding the size of and growth in potential markets;
our opportunity to successfully enter into new collaborative or strategic agreements;
compliance with the U.S. and international regulations applicable to our business; and
our expectations regarding future revenue and expenses.

our ability to finance our operations;

the completion of our development efforts for the Acuitas Rapid Test and Acuitas Lighthouse Knowledgebase, and the timing of commercialization;

the execution of our business plan and our growth strategy;

our expectations regarding the size of and growth in potential markets;

our ability to sustain or grow our customer base for our current products;

our liquidity and working capital requirements, including our cash requirements over the next 12 months and beyond;

our expectations regarding future revenue and expenses;

anticipated trends and challenges in our business and the competition that we face;

our opportunity to successfully enter into new collaborative agreements;

changes in laws or regulations applicable to our business, including potential regulation by the FDA; and

compliance with the U.S. and international regulations applicable to our business.

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, level of activity, performance or achievements. In addition, neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of any of these forward-looking statements. These risks should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with our other disclosures, including but not limited to the risk factors described in Part II, Item 1A of this quarterly report. Other risks may be described from time to time in our filings made under the securities laws. New risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks. All forward-looking statements in this quarterly report speak only as of the date made and are based on our current beliefs and expectations. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

NOTE REGARDING TRADEMARKS

We own various U.S. federal trademark registrations and applications and unregistered trademarks and servicemarks, including but not limited to OpGen®, Acuitas®Curetis®, Acuitas Lighthouse® Argus®Unyvero®, AdvanDx®, QuickFISH®ARES® and ARES GENETICS®, and PNA FISH®Acuitas®. All other trademarks, servicemarks or trade names referred to in this quarterly report are the property of their respective owners. Solely for convenience, the trademarks and trade names in this quarterly report are sometimes referred to without the ® and ™ symbols, but such references should not be construed as any indicator that their respective owners will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, their rights thereto. We do not intend the use or display of other companies’ trademarks and trade names to imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by, any other companies, products or services.

 


Part I. FINANCIALFINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

OpGen, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(unaudited)

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

 September 30, 2022  December 31, 2021 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

4,854,031

 

 

$

4,117,324

 

 $10,275,654  $36,080,392 

Accounts receivable, net

 

 

469,954

 

 

 

542,420

 

  665,313   1,172,396 

Inventory, net

 

 

461,129

 

 

 

692,368

 

Inventory  771,864   1,239,456 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

340,923

 

 

 

329,646

 

  1,678,729   1,250,331 

Total current assets

 

 

6,126,037

 

 

 

5,681,758

 

  13,391,560   39,742,575 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

750,090

 

 

 

800,723

 

  3,054,990   4,011,748 
Finance lease right-of-use assets, net  4,347   90,467 
Operating lease right-of-use assets  1,472,934   1,814,396 

Goodwill

 

 

600,814

 

 

 

600,814

 

  —     7,453,007 

Intangible assets, net

 

 

1,420,136

 

 

 

1,620,998

 

  12,001,036   14,530,209 
Strategic inventory, net  2,614,805   3,472,337 

Other noncurrent assets

 

 

321,592

 

 

 

279,752

 

  419,495   551,794 

Total assets

 

$

9,218,669

 

 

$

8,984,045

 

 $32,959,167  $71,666,533 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Accounts payable

 

$

1,939,175

 

 

$

2,232,563

 

 $682,592  $1,307,081 

Accrued compensation and benefits

 

 

902,892

 

 

 

578,480

 

  1,391,145   1,621,788 

Accrued liabilities

 

 

857,024

 

 

 

1,215,283

 

  1,046,865   1,965,845 

Deferred revenue

 

 

31,239

 

 

 

37,397

 

  194,960   —   

Short-term notes payable

 

 

1,100,012

 

 

 

1,023,815

 

Current maturities of long-term capital lease obligation

 

 

160,485

 

 

 

184,399

 

Current maturities of long-term debt  8,342,715   14,519,113 
Short-term finance lease liabilities  6,748   43,150 
Short-term operating lease liabilities  346,629   459,792 

Total current liabilities

 

 

4,990,827

 

 

 

5,271,937

 

  12,011,654   19,916,769 

Deferred rent

 

 

319,273

 

 

 

398,084

 

Warrant liability

 

 

28,378

 

 

 

 

Long-term capital lease obligation and other noncurrent liabilities

 

 

119,764

 

 

 

146,543

 

Long-term debt, net  4,108,421   7,176,251 
Long-term finance lease liabilities  1,121   3,644 
Long-term operating lease liabilities  2,631,957   2,977,402 
Derivative liabilities  146,207   228,589 
Other long-term liabilities  121,496   146,798 

Total liabilities

 

 

5,458,242

 

 

 

5,816,564

 

  19,020,856   30,449,453 

Commitments (Note 8)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders' equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.01 par value; 200,000,000 shares authorized; 51,964,878 and

25,304,270 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2017 and

December 31, 2016, respectively

 

 

519,648

 

 

 

253,042

 

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and

outstanding at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)  
 
   
 
 
Stockholders’ equity        
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; 10,000,000 shares authorized; none issued and
outstanding at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021
  —     —   
Common stock, $0.01 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 48,338,500 and
46,450,250 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2022 and
December 31, 2021, respectively
  483,386   464,503 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

148,994,194

 

 

 

136,199,382

 

  277,406,700   275,708,490 

Accumulated other comprehensive (loss)/income

 

 

(7,649

)

 

 

6,176

 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(145,745,766

)

 

 

(133,291,119

)

  (262,289,652)  (235,541,539)
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income  (1,662,123)  585,626 

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

3,760,427

 

 

 

3,167,481

 

  13,938,311   41,217,080 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

9,218,669

 

 

$

8,984,045

 

 $32,959,167  $71,666,533 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.


OpGen, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Product sales

 

$

729,742

 

 

$

730,325

 

 

$

2,145,371

 

 

$

2,705,690

 

Laboratory services

 

 

9,070

 

 

 

23,036

 

 

 

41,025

 

 

 

182,130

 

Collaboration revenue

 

 

6,302

 

 

 

6,302

 

 

 

33,699

 

 

 

131,302

 

Total revenue

 

 

745,114

 

 

 

759,663

 

 

 

2,220,095

 

 

 

3,019,122

 

Operating expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of products sold

 

 

448,407

 

 

 

400,001

 

 

 

1,266,148

 

 

 

1,269,990

 

Cost of services

 

 

49,119

 

 

 

51,802

 

 

 

228,115

 

 

 

528,733

 

Research and development

 

 

1,513,157

 

 

 

2,178,818

 

 

 

5,397,906

 

 

 

6,278,829

 

General and administrative

 

 

1,600,577

 

 

 

1,639,996

 

 

 

5,319,811

 

 

 

4,955,096

 

Sales and marketing

 

 

330,305

 

 

 

1,294,640

 

 

 

2,345,293

 

 

 

4,282,628

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

3,941,565

 

 

 

5,565,257

 

 

 

14,557,273

 

 

 

17,315,276

 

Operating loss

 

 

(3,196,451

)

 

 

(4,805,594

)

 

 

(12,337,178

)

 

 

(14,296,154

)

Other expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other (expense)/income

 

 

(87,292

)

 

 

623

 

 

 

(87,270

)

 

 

(3,078

)

Interest expense

 

 

(90,317

)

 

 

(41,423

)

 

 

(173,974

)

 

 

(109,806

)

Foreign currency transaction gains/(losses)

 

 

8,018

 

 

 

(1,269

)

 

 

19,636

 

 

 

2,293

 

Changes in fair value of warrant liabilities

 

 

97,395

 

 

 

 

 

124,139

 

 

 

Total other expense

 

 

(72,196

)

 

 

(42,069

)

 

 

(117,469

)

 

 

(110,591

)

Loss before income taxes

 

 

(3,268,647

)

 

 

(4,847,663

)

 

 

(12,454,647

)

 

 

(14,406,745

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Provision for income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

 

(3,268,647

)

 

 

(4,847,663

)

 

 

(12,454,647

)

 

 

(14,406,745

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock dividends and beneficial conversion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(332,550

)

Net loss available to common stockholders

 

$

(3,268,647

)

 

$

(4,847,663

)

 

$

(12,454,647

)

 

$

(14,739,295

)

Net loss per common share - basic and diluted

 

$

(0.07

)

 

$

(0.23

)

 

$

(0.37

)

 

$

(0.92

)

Weighted average shares outstanding - basic and diluted

 

 

47,078,415

 

 

 

20,938,700

 

 

 

33,956,494

 

 

 

16,028,047

 

Net loss

 

$

(3,268,647

)

 

$

(4,847,663

)

 

$

(12,454,647

)

 

$

(14,406,745

)

Other comprehensive (loss)/income - foreign currency translation

 

 

(6,234

)

 

 

672

 

 

 

(13,825

)

 

 

1,059

 

Comprehensive loss

 

$

(3,274,881

)

 

$

(4,846,991

)

 

$

(12,468,472

)

 

$

(14,405,686

)

  Three months ended September 30,  Nine months ended September 30, 
  2022  2021  2022  2021 
Revenue            
Product sales $359,112  $643,887  $1,614,435  $1,479,270 
Laboratory services  31,016   192,753   94,515   643,602 
Collaboration revenue  58,585   402,492   176,713   757,591 
Total revenue  448,713   1,239,132   1,885,663   2,880,463 
Operating expenses                
Cost of products sold  1,886,191   648,298   2,824,577   1,544,932 
Cost of services  17,239   203,314   63,450   446,232 
Research and development  2,031,113   2,382,303   6,621,310   8,055,384 
General and administrative  2,020,452   2,088,226   6,779,773   7,444,138 
Sales and marketing  1,031,496   1,003,577   3,252,277   2,705,378 
Impairment of right-of-use asset  —     —     —     170,714 
Goodwill impairment charge  6,975,520   —     6,975,520   —   
Total operating expenses  13,962,011   6,325,718   26,516,907   20,366,778 
Operating loss  (13,513,298)  (5,086,586)  (24,631,244)  (17,486,315)
Other (expense) income                
Gain on extinguishment of debt  —     —     —     259,353 
Warrant inducement expense  —     —     —     (7,755,541)
Interest and other income  11,174   31,844   28,147   41,471 
Interest expense  (569,306)  (1,222,867)  (2,618,799)  (3,586,018)
Foreign currency transaction (losses) gains  (51,547)  229,074   419,160   655,774 
Change in fair value of derivative financial instruments  18,995   (8,161)  54,623   (122,572)
Total other expense  (590,684)  (970,110)  (2,116,869)  (10,507,533)
Loss before income taxes  (14,103,982)  (6,056,696)  (26,748,113)  (27,993,848)
Provision for income taxes  —     —     —     —   
Net loss $(14,103,982) $(6,056,696) $(26,748,113) $(27,993,848)
Net loss available to common stockholders $(14,103,982) $(6,056,696) $(26,748,113) $(27,993,848)
Net loss per common share - basic and diluted $(0.30) $(0.16) $(0.57) $(0.79)
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic and diluted  47,656,972   38,270,250   46,915,880   35,373,397 
Net loss $(14,103,982) $(6,056,696) $(26,748,113) $(27,993,848)
Other comprehensive loss - foreign currency translation  (536,758)  (597,527)  (2,247,749)  (1,146,355)
Comprehensive loss $(14,640,740) $(6,654,223) $(28,995,862) $(29,140,203)
                 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 


OpGen, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash FlowsStockholders’ Equity

(unaudited)

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Cash flows from operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(12,454,647

)

 

$

(14,406,745

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

499,651

 

 

 

494,828

 

Loss on disposal of property and equipment

 

 

 

 

 

6,308

 

Noncash interest expense

 

 

65,511

 

 

 

3,126

 

Share-based compensation

 

 

722,304

 

 

 

706,648

 

Inventory obsolescence

 

 

 

 

 

109,367

 

Change in fair value of warrant liabilities

 

 

(124,139

)

 

 

 

Unamortized discount on bridge loan at repayment

 

 

85,932

 

 

 

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

72,466

 

 

 

231,960

 

Inventory

 

 

231,239

 

 

 

(113,560

)

Other assets

 

 

(337,999

)

 

 

124,133

 

Accounts payable

 

 

(293,388

)

 

 

(349,780

)

Accrued compensation and other liabilities

 

 

337,562

 

 

 

313,644

 

Deferred revenue

 

 

(6,158

)

 

 

13,499

 

Net cash used in operating activities

 

 

(11,201,666

)

 

 

(12,866,572

)

Cash flows from investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of property and equipment (net of proceeds on disposals)

 

 

(142,687

)

 

 

(87,533

)

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(142,687

)

 

 

(87,533

)

Cash flows from financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of issuance costs

 

 

3,426,050

 

 

 

124

 

Proceeds from issuance of promissory notes, net of issuance costs

 

 

 

 

 

204,895

 

Proceeds from private offering of common stock, preferred stock and warrants, net of

   issuance costs

 

 

 

 

 

9,460,751

 

Proceeds from issuance of units, net of selling costs

 

 

8,754,882

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from exercise of stock options and warrants

 

 

48,179

 

 

 

23,771

 

Proceeds from debt, net of issuance costs

 

 

1,168,222

 

 

 

 

Payments on debt

 

 

(1,146,287

)

 

 

(101,796

)

Payments on capital lease obligations

 

 

(156,161

)

 

 

(188,231

)

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

 

12,094,885

 

 

 

9,399,514

 

Effects of exchange rates on cash

 

 

(13,825

)

 

 

1,276

 

Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

736,707

 

 

 

(3,553,315

)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

 

4,117,324

 

 

 

7,814,220

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

4,854,031

 

 

$

4,260,905

 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for interest

 

$

108,463

 

 

$

46,022

 

Supplemental disclosures of noncash investing and financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unpaid deferred offering costs

 

$

 

 

$

137,178

 

Shares issued to settle obligations

 

$

110,000

 

 

$

 

Issuance of placement agent warrant

 

$

93,677

 

 

$

 

   Common Stock   Preferred Stock                 
   

Number of

Shares

  Amount   

Number of

Shares

  Amount   

Additional Paid-

in Capital

   

Accumulated

Other Comprehensive

Income (Loss)

   

Accumulated

Deficit

   Total 
Balances at December 31, 2020  25,085,534  $250,855   —    $—    $219,129,045  $2,547,182  $(200,735,827) $21,191,255 
Offering of common stock and warrants, net of issuance costs  8,333,333   83,334   —     —     23,390,628   —     —     23,473,962 
Inducement expense related to warrant reprice  —     —     —     —     7,755,541   —     —     7,755,541 
Common stock warrant exercises, net of issuance costs  4,847,615   48,476   —     —     9,045,696   —     —     9,094,172 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock warrants  —     —     —     —     255,751   —     —     255,751 
Stock compensation expense  —     —     —     —     189,670   —     —     189,670 
Foreign currency translation  —     —     —     —     —     (1,078,479)  —     (1,078,479)
Net loss  —     —     —     —     —     —     (14,850,591)  (14,850,591)
Balances at March 31, 2021  38,266,482   382,665   —     —     259,766,331   1,468,703   (215,586,418)  46,031,281 
Issuance of RSUs  3,768   38   —     —     (38)  —     —     —   
Stock compensation expense  —     —     —     —     261,548   —     —     261,548 
Foreign currency translation  —     —     —     —     —     529,651   —     529,651 
Net loss  —     —     —     —     —     —     (7,086,561)  (7,086,561)
Balances at June 30, 2021  38,270,250   382,703   —     —     260,027,841   1,998,354   (222,672,979)  39,735,919 
Stock compensation expense  —     —     —     —     217,156   —     —     217,156 
Foreign currency translation  —     —     —     —     —     (597,527)  —     (597,527)
Net loss  —     —     —     —     —     —     (6,056,696)  (6,056,696)
Balances at September 30, 2021  38,270,250  $382,703   —    $—    $260,244,997  $1,400,827  $(228,729,675) $33,298,852 
                                 
                                 
Balances at December 31, 2021  46,450,250  $464,503   —    $—    $275,708,490  $585,626  $(235,541,539) $41,217,080 
Issuance of RSUs  107,500   1,075   —     —     (1,075)  —     —     —   
Stock compensation expense  —     —     —     —     241,619   —     —     241,619 
Foreign currency translation  —     —     —     —     —     (483,849)  —     (483,849)
Net loss  —     —     —     —     —     —     (6,803,716)  (6,803,716)
Balances at March 31, 2022  46,557,750   465,578   —     —     275,949,034   101,777   (242,345,255)  34,171,134 
Issuance of RSUs  65,868   659   —     —     (659)  —     —     —   
Stock compensation expense  —     —     —     —     257,403   —     —     257,403 
Foreign currency translation  —     —     —     —     —     (1,227,142)  —     (1,227,142)
Net loss  —     —     —     —     —     —     (5,840,415)  (5,840,415)
Balances at June 30, 2022  46,623,618   466,237   —     —     276,205,778   (1,125,365)  (248,185,670)  27,360,980 
Stock compensation expense  —     —     —     —     228,367   —     —     228,367 
At the market offering, net of offering costs  1,714,882   17,149   —     —     972,555   —     —     989,704 
Foreign currency translation  —     —     —     —     —     (536,758)  —     (536,758)
Net loss  —     —     —     —     —     —     (14,103,982)  (14,103,982)
Balances at September 30, 2022  48,338,500  $483,386   —    $—    $277,406,700  $(1,662,123) $(262,289,652) $13,938,311 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

 


OpGen, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(unaudited)

  Nine months ended September 30, 
  2022  2021 
Cash flows from operating activities        
Net loss $(26,748,113) $(27,993,848)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities        
Depreciation and amortization  1,307,590   2,107,323 
Non-cash interest expense  1,973,437   2,967,775 
Loss on disposal of equipment  15,988   —   
Change in inventory reserve  1,447,626   —   
Stock compensation expense  727,389   668,374 
Gain on extinguishment of debt  —     (259,353)
Inducement expense related to warrant reprice  —     7,755,541 
Change in fair value of derivative liabilities  (54,623)  122,572 
Impairment of right-of-use asset  —     170,714 
Goodwill impairment charge  6,975,520   —   
Changes in operating assets and liabilities        
Accounts receivable  386,704   (118,755)
Inventory  (600,186)  (1,891,760)
Other assets  (326,820)  (353,371)
Accounts payable  (519,625)  (667,480)
Accrued compensation and other liabilities  (1,250,476)  (188,322)
     Deferred revenue  210,735   (9,808)
Net cash used in operating activities  (16,454,854)  (17,690,398)
Cash flows from investing activities        
Purchases of property and equipment  (186,556)  (1,824,765)
Net cash used in investing activities  (186,556)  (1,824,765)
Cash flows from financing activities        
Proceeds from issuance of common stock warrants  —     255,751 
Proceeds from issuance of common stock and pre-funded warrants in registered offering, net of selling costs  —     23,473,962 
Proceeds from the exercise of common stock warrants, net of issuance costs  —     9,094,172 
Payment of deferred offering costs  —     (108,794)
Proceeds from at the market offering, net of issuance costs  989,704   —   
Payments on debt  (8,697,587)  (441,076)
Payments on finance lease obligations  (38,925)  (236,563)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities  (7,746,808)  32,037,452 
Effects of exchange rates on cash  (1,548,819)  (727,477)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash  (25,937,037)  11,794,812 
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period  36,632,186   14,107,255 
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period $10,695,149  $25,902,067 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information        
Cash paid for interest $976,324  $886,796 
Supplemental disclosures of non-cash investing and financing activities        
Right-of-use assets acquired through operating leases $—    $748,294 
Inventory transferred to property and equipment $—    $559,230 
Property and equipment transferred to inventory $152,243  $—   

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

OpGen, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

September 30, 20172022

 

Note 1 – Organization

OpGen, Inc. (“OpGen” or the “Company”) was incorporated in Delaware in 2001. On April 1, 2020, OpGen completed its business combination transaction (the “Transaction”) with Curetis N.V., a public company with limited liability under the laws of the Netherlands (the “Seller” or “Curetis N.V.”), as contemplated by the Implementation Agreement, dated as of September 4, 2019 (the “Implementation Agreement”), by and among the Company, the Seller, and Crystal GmbH, a private limited liability company organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany and wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Purchaser”). Pursuant to the Implementation Agreement, the Purchaser acquired all of the shares of Curetis GmbH, a private limited liability company organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (“Curetis GmbH”), and certain other assets and liabilities of the Seller (together, “Curetis”). References in this report to the “Company” include OpGen and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. The Company’s headquarters are in Gaithersburg,Rockville, Maryland, and itsthe Company’s principal operations are in Gaithersburg, MarylandRockville, Maryland; Holzgerlingen and Woburn, Massachusetts. The Company also has operations in Copenhagen, Denmark.Bodelshausen, Germany; and Vienna, Austria. The Company operates in one business segment.

 

OpGen Overview

OpGen is a precision medicine company usingharnessing the power of molecular diagnostics and informatics to help combat infectious disease. TheAlong with its subsidiaries, Curetis GmbH and Ares Genetics GmbH, the Company is developing and commercializing molecular information products and services for global healthcare settings,microbiology solutions helping to guide clinicians with more rapid and actionable information about life threatening infections to improve patient outcomes and decrease the spread of infections caused by multidrug-resistant microorganisms, or MDROs. Its proprietary DNA testsOpGen's current product portfolio includes Unyvero, Acuitas AMR Gene Panel, and informatics address the rising threat ofARES Technology Platform including ARESdb, NGS technology and AI-powered bioinformatics solutions for AMR surveillance, outbreak analysis, and antibiotic resistance by helping physiciansresponse prediction including ARESiss, ARESid, and other healthcare providers optimize care decisions for patients with acute infections.

The Company’s molecular diagnostics and informatics offerings combine its Acuitas DNA tests and Acuitas Lighthouse informatics platform for use with its proprietary, curated MDRO knowledgebase. The Company is working to deliver our products and services, some in development, to a global network of customers and partners.  These include:AREScloud, as well as the Curetis CE-IVD-marked PCR-based SARS-CoV-2 test kit.

 

Its Acuitas DNA tests provide rapid microbial identificationFollowing its initial announcement in October 2020, the Company discontinued its QuickFISH and antibiotic resistance gene information. These products include our Acuitas Rapid Test for complicated urinary tract infectionPNA FISH product portfolio in development,its entirety during the QuickFISH familyfirst quarter of FDA-cleared2021 (see Note 10). The Company's FISH customers and CE-marked diagnostics used to rapidly detect pathogens in positive blood cultures,distribution partners had been informed accordingly and its Acuitas Resistome Tests for genetic analysis of hospital surveillance isolates.

Its Acuitas Lighthouse informatics systems are cloud-based HIPAA compliant informatics offerings that combine clinical lab test results with patientlast orders were received and hospital information to provide analytics and actionable insights to help manage MDROsprocessed in the hospital and patient care environment. Componentsfirst quarter of its informatics systems are the Acuitas Lighthouse Knowledgebase, a proprietary data warehouse2021. The discontinuance of genomic data matched with antibiotic susceptibility informationthese product lines did not qualify for bacterial pathogens and its Acuitas Lighthouse informatics, which can be specific to a healthcare facility or collaborator, such as a pharmaceutical company.discontinued operations reporting.

The Company’s operations are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. The risks include rapid technology changes, the need to manage growth, the need to retain key personnel, the need to protect intellectual property and the need to raise additional capital financing on terms acceptable to the Company. The Company’s success depends, in part,focus of OpGen is on its abilitycombined broad portfolio of products, which include high impact rapid diagnostics and bioinformatics to interpret antimicrobial resistance (“AMR”) genetic data. OpGen will continue to develop and commercialize its proprietary technologyseek FDA and other regulatory clearances or approvals, as applicable, for the Unyvero UTI and IJI products. OpGen offers the FDA-cleared Unyvero LRT and LRT BAL Panels, the FDA-cleared Acuitas AMR Gene Panel diagnostic test, as well as raise additional capital.the Unyvero UTI Panel as an RUO product to hospitals, public health departments, clinical laboratories, pharmaceutical companies, and contract research organizations, or CROs. OpGen is also commercializing its CE Marked Unyvero Panels in Europe and other global markets via distributors.

 

Note 2 – LiquidityGoing Concern and management’s plansManagement’s Plans

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going-concerngoing concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. Since inception, the Company has incurred, and continues to incur, significant losses from operations.operations and negative operating cash flows and has a significant amount of debt coming due in 2022, 2023, and 2024. The Company has funded its operations primarily through external investor financing arrangements and has raised funds in 2017 and 2016, including:

On July 18, 2017 the Company closed a public offering of 18,164,195 units at $0.40 per unit, and 6,835,805 pre-funded units at $0.39 per pre-funded unit, raising gross proceeds of approximately $10 million and net proceeds of approximately $8.8 million (the “July 2017 Public Offering”).  jVen Capital, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("jVen Capital") was one of the investors participating in the offering. jVen Capital is an affiliate of Evan Jones, the Company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer.    Each unit included one share of common stock and one common warrant to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $0.425 per share.  Each pre-funded unit included one pre-funded warrant to purchase one share of common stock for an exercise price of $0.01 per share, and one common warrant to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $0.425 per share. The common warrants are exercisable immediately and have a five-year term from the date of issuance.  Approximately $1 million of the gross proceeds was used to repay the outstanding Bridge Financing Notes (as defined below) in July 2017.  Four million pre-funded warrants were exercised in July 2017 (see Note 11 “Subsequent events”).

In early June 2017, the Company commenced a restructuring of its operations to improve efficiency and reduce its cost structure. The Company expects these actions to reduce operating expenses by 25-30 percent by the fourth quarter of 2017. The restructuring plans anticipate that the Company will consolidate operations for FDA-cleared and CE marked products


and research and development activities for the Acuitas Rapid Test in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and reduce the size of its commercial organization while the Company works to complete the development of its Acuitas Rapid Test and Acuitas Lighthouse Knowledgebase products and services in development.

On May 31, 2017, the Company entered into a Note Purchase Agreement with jVen Capital, under which jVen Capital agreed to provide bridge financing in an aggregate principal amount of up to $1,500,000 to the Company in up to three separate tranches of $500,000 (each, a "Bridge Financing Note" and collectively, the "Bridge Financing Notes"). The interest rate on each Bridge Financing Note was ten percent (10%) per annum (subject to increase upon an event of default).  The Bridge Financing Notes were prepayablesignificant actions taken by the Company, at any time without penalty, and had a maturityincluding the following:

On June 24, 2022, the Company entered into an At the Market Common Offering (the “2022 Agreement”) with H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (“Wainwright”), as a sales agent, pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell from time to time in an “at the market offering”, at its option, up to an aggregate of $10.65 million of shares of the Company's common stock through the sales agent (the “2022 ATM Offering”). As of September 30, 2022, the Company sold 1,714,882 shares under the 2022 ATM Offering totaling $1.03 million in gross proceeds and $0.99 million in net proceeds. On September 30, 2022, the Company reduced the amount of common stock that may be sold under the 2022 ATM Offering to up to an aggregate of $3.5 million, not including the shares of common stock previously sold under the 2022 ATM Offering.

On May 23, 2022, the Company, as guarantor, the Company’s German operating subsidiary Curetis GmbH, as borrower, the Company’s operating subsidiary Ares Genetics GmbH, as an additional guarantor, and the European Investment Bank (the “EIB”) entered into a Waiver and Amendment Letter (the “Amendment”) relating to the amendment of that certain Finance Contract, dated December 12, 2016 (the “Finance Contract”), as amended, between the EIB and Curetis pursuant to which Curetis borrowed an aggregate amount of €8.0 million in three tranches. The Amendment restructured the first tranche of approximately €3.35 million (including accumulated and deferred interest) of the Company’s indebtedness with the EIB. Pursuant to the Amendment, the Company repaid €5.0 million to the EIB in April 2022. The Company also agreed, among other things, to amortize the remainder of the debt tranche over the twelve-month period beginning in May 2022. The Amendment also provides for the increase of the percent participation interest (“PPI”) under the Finance Contract from 0.3% to 0.75% beginning in June 2024. The terms of the second and third tranches of the Company’s indebtedness of €3.0 million and €5.0 million in principal, respectively, plus accumulated deferred interest remain unchanged pursuant to the Amendment.

On October 18, 2021, the Company closed a registered direct offering (the “October 2021 Offering”) with a single healthcare-focused institutional investor of 150,000 shares of convertible preferred stock and warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 7,500,000 shares of common stock. The shares of preferred stock had a stated value of $100 per share and were converted into an aggregate of 7,500,000 shares of common stock at a conversion price of $2.00 per share after the Company received stockholder approval for an increase to its number of authorized shares of common stock, which approval occurred at the Company’s special meeting of stockholders held in December 2021. Thereafter, all shares of preferred stock sold in the October 2021 Offering were converted into 7,500,000 shares of common stock in December 2021 so that there were no shares of preferred stock outstanding as of September 30, 2022. The warrants initially had an exercise price of $2.05 per share, became exercisable six months following the date of issuance, and will expire five years following the initial exercise date. The October 2021 Offering raised aggregate net proceeds of $13.9 million, and gross proceeds of $15.0 million. In connection with the Company’s registered direct offering of shares of common stock and preferred stock in October 2022 (the “October 2022 Offering”), the exercise price of the institutional investor’s 7,500,000 warrants was repriced to $0.377 per share (see Note 11).

On March 9, 2021, the Company entered into a Warrant Exercise Agreement (the “Exercise Agreement”) with the institutional investor (the “Holder”) from our 2020 PIPE financing. Pursuant to the Exercise Agreement, in order to induce the Holder to exercise all of the remaining 4,842,615 outstanding warrants acquired in the 2020 PIPE (the “Existing Warrants”) for cash, pursuant to the terms of and subject to beneficial ownership limitations contained in the Existing Warrants, the Company agreed to issue to the Holder new warrants (the “New Warrants”) to purchase 0.65 shares of common stock for each share of common stock issued upon such exercise of the Existing Warrants pursuant to the Exercise Agreement for an aggregate of 3,147,700 New Warrants. The terms of the New Warrants are substantially similar to those of the Existing Warrants, except that the New Warrants initially had an exercise price of $3.56. The New Warrants are immediately exercisable and will expire five years from the date of the Exercise Agreement. The Holder paid an aggregate of $255,751 to the Company for the purchase of the New Warrants. The Company received aggregate gross proceeds before expenses of approximately $9.65 million from the exercise of the remaining Existing Warrants held by the Holder and the payment of the purchase price for the New Warrants (together, the “2021 Warrant Exercise”). As additional compensation, A.G.P./Alliance Global Partners, the Company’s placement agent for such warrant exchange, will receive a cash fee equal to $200,000 upon the cash exercise in full of the New Warrants. In connection with the Company’s October 2022 Offering, the exercise price of the institutional investor’s 3,147,700 warrants was repriced to $0.377 per share (see Note 11).
On February 11, 2021, the Company closed a registered direct offering (the "February 2021 Offering”) with a single U.S.-based, healthcare-focused institutional investor for the purchase of (i) 2,784,184 shares of common stock and (ii) 5,549,149 pre-funded warrants, with each pre-funded warrant exercisable for one share of common stock. The Company also issued to the investor, in a concurrent private placement, unregistered common share purchase warrants to purchase 4,166,666 shares of the Company’s common stock. Each share of common stock and accompanying common warrant were sold together at a combined offering price of $3.00, and each pre-funded warrant and accompanying common warrant were sold together at a combined offering price of $2.99. The pre-funded warrants were immediately exercisable, at an exercise price of $0.01, and could be exercised at any time until all of the pre-funded warrants are exercised in full. The common warrants initially had an exercise price of $3.55 per share, are exercisable commencing on the six-month anniversary of the date of issuance, and will expire five and one-half (5.5) years from the date of issuance. The February 2021 Offering raised aggregate net proceeds of $23.5 million, and gross proceeds of $25.0 million. As of December 31, 2021, all 5,549,149 pre-funded warrants issued in the February 2021 Offering were exercised. In connection with the Company’s October 2022 Offering, the exercise price of the institutional investor’s 4,166,666 warrants was repriced to $0.377 per share (see Note 11).

On February 11, 2020, the Company entered into an At the Market Common Offering (the “ATM Agreement”) with Wainwright which was amended and restated on November 13, 2020 to add BTIG, LLC (“BTIG”) as a sales agent, pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell from time to time in an “at the market offering”, at its option, up to an aggregate of $22.1 million of shares of the Company's common stock through the sales agents (the “2020 ATM Offering”). During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company sold 680,000 shares of its common stock under the 2020 ATM Offering, resulting in aggregate net proceeds to the Company of approximately $1.48 million, and gross proceeds of approximately $1.55 million. The Company terminated the ATM Agreement in conjunction with the execution of the 2022 ATM Agreement.

On February 28, 2022, the Listing Qualifications Staff of September 30, 2017, which could be accelerated uponThe Nasdaq Stock Market LLC notified the Company that the closing of a qualified financing (any equity or debt financing that raised net proceeds of $5 million or more).  The Bridge Financing Notes were contingently convertible at the option of the holder upon an event of default into shares of the Company’s convertible Series B preferred stock.  In connection with the issuance of Bridge Financing Notes, in June and July 2017, the Company issued jVen Capital stock purchase warrants to acquire 140,845 shares with an exercisebid price of $0.78 per share, and warrants to acquire 158,730 shares with an exercise price of $0.69 per share. The Company drew down on two of three Bridge Financing Notes during June and July, and repaid such outstanding Bridge Financing Notes in full upon the closing of the July 2017 Public Offering.

As a condition to the receipt of the bridge financing, the Company issued the Second Amended & Restated Senior Secured Promissory Note (the “A&R MGHIF Note”) to Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, LLC (“MGHIF”), which extended the maturity date of the promissory note from, July 14, 2017 to July 14, 2018. In return for MGHIF’s consent to such extension, the Company increased the interest rate of the A&R MGHIF Note to 10% per annum and issued warrants to purchase shares of common stock to MGHIF equal to 20% of the principal balance of the A&R MGHIF Note, plus interest accrued thereon, as of June 28, 2017.

In September 2016, the Company entered into a Sales Agreement (the "Sales Agreement") with Cowen and Company LLC ("Cowen") pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell from time to time, up to an aggregate of $25 million of shares of its common stock through Cowen, as sales agent, with initial sales limited to an aggregate of $11.5 million. Pursuant to the Sales Agreement, Cowen may sell the shares of the Company’s common stock byhad, for 30 consecutive business days preceding the date of such notice, been below the $1.00 per share minimum required for continued listing on The Nasdaq Capital Market pursuant to Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5550(a)(2). In accordance with Nasdaq Marketplace Rule 5810(c)(3)(A), the Company was provided 180 calendar days, or until August 29, 2022, to regain compliance.  The Company requested an extension on August 8, 2022 and was granted the additional 180-day grace period through February 27, 2023. If at any method permitted by law deemed to be an "attime before February 27, 2023, the market” offering as defined in Rule 415closing bid price of the Securities ActCommon Stock is at least $1.00 for a minimum of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), including, without limitation, sales madeten (10) consecutive trading days, the Company can regain compliance. If the Company is not in compliance with the minimum bid price requirement by means of ordinary brokers' transactions onFebruary 27, 2023, The NASDAQNasdaq Capital Market or otherwise at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, in block transactions, or as otherwise directed by the Company. The Company pays Cowen compensation equal to 3.0% of the gross proceeds from the sales of common stock pursuant to the terms of the Sales Agreement.  As of September 30, 2017,LLC will send the Company has sold an aggregate of approximately 7.7 million shares of its common stock under this at the market offering resulting in aggregate net proceeds toa delisting determination after which the Company of approximately $7.8 million, and gross proceeds of $8.4 million. As of September 30, 2017, remaining availability undercan request a hearing to review the at the market offering is $3.1 million. The Company did not sell any shares of its common stock under this at the market offering during the three months ended September 30, 2017. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company has sold approximately 4.0 million shares of its common stock under this at the market offering resulting in aggregate net proceeds to the Company of approximately $3.4 million, and gross proceeds of $3.6 million.delisting determination.

 

In May and June 2016, the Company offered and sold units in a private offering to members of management and employees and to accredited investors, including MGHIF and jVen Capital, each unit consisting of either (i) one share of common stock and a detachable stock purchase warrant to purchase an additional 0.75 shares of common stock, or (ii) one share of non-voting convertible preferred stock and a detachable stock purchase warrant to purchase an additional 0.75 shares of common stock, at a price of $1.14 per unit.  The total net proceeds to the Company, after deducting offering commissions and expenses were $9.5 million.  The Company used the proceeds for working capital and general corporate purposes.  Pursuant to the private placement, the Company issued 6,744,127 shares of common stock, 2,309,428 shares of non-voting convertible preferred stock and stock purchase warrants to acquire an additional 6,790,169 shares of common stock. Holders of the non-voting convertible preferred stock subsequently converted all 2,309,428 shares of preferred stock into 2,309,428 shares of common stock.  The stock purchase warrants issued as part of the units are exercisable at a price of $1.3125 per share beginning 90 days after closing for five years, expiring on May 18, 2021.

To meet its capital needs, the Company is considering multiple alternatives, including, but not limited to, strategic financings or other transactions, additional equity financings, debt financings and other funding transactions, licensing and/or partnering arrangements and business combination transactions.arrangements. There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to complete any such transaction on acceptable terms or otherwise. The Company believes that current cash on hand will be sufficient to repay or refinance the current portion of the Company’s debt and fund operations into the first quarter of 2018.2023. This has led management to conclude that there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern exists.concern. In the event the Company is unable to successfully raise additional capital during or before the end of the first quarter of 2018,2023, the Company will not have sufficient cash flows and liquidity to finance its business operations beyond the first quarter of 2023 as currently contemplated. Accordingly, in such circumstances, the Company would be compelled to immediately reduce general and administrative expenses and


delay research and development projects, pause or abort clinical trials including the purchase of scientific equipment and supplies, until it is able to obtain sufficient financing. If such sufficient financing is not received on a timely basis, the Company would then need to pursue a plan to license or sell its assets, seek to be acquired by another entity, cease operations and/or seek bankruptcy protection.

Note 3 - Summary of significant accounting policiesSignificant Accounting Policies

Basis of presentation and consolidation

The Company has prepared the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and the standards of accounting measurement set forth in the Interim Reporting Topic of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”). Certain information and note disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S.accounting principles generally accepted accounting principlesin the United States of America (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted, although the Company believes that the disclosures made are adequate to make the information not misleading. The Company recommends that the following unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements be read in conjunction with the audited condensed, consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in the Company’s latest Annual Report on Form 10-K. In the opinion of management, all adjustments that are necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position for the periods presented have been reflected. All adjustments are of a normal, recurring nature, unless otherwise stated. The interim condensed consolidated results of operations are not necessarily indicative of the results that may occur for the full fiscal year. The December 31, 20162021 consolidated balance sheet included herein was derived from the audited consolidated financial statements, but dodoes not include all disclosures including notes required by GAAP for complete financial statements.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of OpGen and its wholly-owned subsidiaries;subsidiaries as of September 30, 2022; all intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated. The Company operates in one business segment.

Foreign currency

One of the Company’s

The Company has subsidiaries is located in Copenhagen, DenmarkHolzgerlingen, Germany; and usesVienna, Austria, each of which use currencies other than the Danish KroneU.S. dollar as itstheir functional currency. As a result, all assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars based on exchange rates at the end of the reporting period.period for these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. Income and expense items are translated at the average exchange rates prevailing during the reporting period. Translation adjustments are reported in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)/income,, a component of stockholders’ equity. Foreign currency translation adjustments are the sole component of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)/income at September 30, 20172022 and December 31, 2016.2021.

Foreign currency transaction gains and losses, excluding gains and losses on intercompany balances where there is no current intent to settle such amounts in the foreseeable future, are included in the determination of net loss. Unless otherwise noted, all references to “$” or “dollar” refer to the U.S.United States dollar.

Use of estimates

In preparing financial statements in conformity with GAAP, management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. In the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, estimates are used for, but not limited to, share-basedliquidity assumptions, revenue recognition, inducement expense related to warrant repricing, stock-based compensation, allowances for doubtful accounts and inventory obsolescence, discount rates used to discount unpaid lease payments to present values, valuation of derivative financial instruments and other liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis, deferred tax assets and liabilities and related valuation allowance, depreciationdetermining the fair value of assets acquired and amortization andliabilities assumed in business combinations, the estimated useful lives of long-lived assets, and the recoverability of long-lived assets. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Fair value of financial instruments

Financial instruments classified as current assets and liabilities (including cash and cash equivalent,equivalents, receivables, accounts payable, deferred revenue and short-term notes) are carried at cost, which approximates fair value, because of the short-term maturities of those instruments.

Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash

The Company considers all highly liquid instruments with original maturities of three months or less to be cash equivalents. The Company has cash and cash equivalents deposited in financial institutions in which the balances occasionally exceed the federal government agencyFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insured limitslimit of $250,000. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts and management believes it is not exposed to any significant credit risk. 


At September 30, 20172022 and December 31, 2016,2021, the Company hashad funds totaling $243,380,$419,495 and $551,794, respectively, which are required as collateral for letters of credit benefiting its landlords and for credit card processors. These funds are reflected in other noncurrent assets on the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the condensed consolidated balance sheets that sum to the total of the same amounts shown in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows:

  September 30, 2022  December 31, 2021  September 30, 2021  December 31, 2020 
Cash and cash equivalents $10,275,654  $36,080,392  $25,352,337  $13,360,463 
Restricted cash  419,495   551,794   549,730   746,792 
Total cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows $10,695,149  $36,632,186  $25,902,067  $14,107,255 

Accounts receivable

The Company’s accounts receivable result from revenues earned but not yet collected from customers. Credit is extended based on an evaluation of a customer’s financial condition and, generally, collateral is not required. Accounts receivable are due within 30 to 6090 days and are stated at amounts due from customers. The Company evaluates if an allowance is necessary by considering a number of factors, including the length of time accounts receivable are past due, the Company’s previous loss history and the customer’s current ability to pay its obligation. If amounts become uncollectible, they are charged to operations when that determination is made. The allowance for doubtful accounts was $24,783 and $26,716$0 as of September 30, 20172022 and December 31, 2016,2021, respectively.

No individual

At September 30, 2022, the Company had accounts receivable from one customer which individually represented in excess77% of 10%total accounts receivable. At December 31, 2021, the Company had accounts receivable from two customers which individually represented 52% and 14% of revenues fortotal accounts receivable, respectively. For the three months ended September 30, 2017. Revenue2022, revenue earned from one customerthree customers represented 29%, 18%, and 11% of total revenues, forrespectively. For the three months ended September 30, 2016. No individual customer2021, revenue earned from two customers represented in excess20% and 17% of 10% oftotal revenues, forrespectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 20172022, revenue earned from two customers represented 43% and 2016. At16% of total revenues, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2017, no individual customer2021, revenue earned from three customers represented in excess of19%, 15%, and 10% of total accounts receivable.  At September 30, 2016, accounts receivable from one customer represented 11% of the total accounts receivable.revenues, respectively.

Inventory

Inventories are valued using the first-in, first-out cost method and stated at the lower of cost or marketnet realizable value and consist of the following: 

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

Raw materials and supplies

 

$

279,562

 

 

$

479,479

 

Work-in process

 

 

40,814

 

 

 

27,422

 

Finished goods

 

 

140,753

 

 

 

185,467

 

Total

 

$

461,129

 

 

$

692,368

 

  September 30, 2022  December 31, 2021 
Raw materials and supplies $841,859  $866,963 
Work-in-process  47,999   100,801 
Finished goods  2,496,811   3,744,029 
Total $3,386,669  $4,711,793 

 

Inventory includes Unyvero instrument systems, Unyvero cartridges, reagents and components for QuickFISH and PNA FISH kit products,Unyvero, Acuitas, Curetis SARS CoV-2 test kits, and reagents and supplies used for the Company’s laboratory services. Inventory reserves

The Company periodically reviews inventory quantities on hand and analyzes the provision for obsolescenceexcess and expirations were $157,529obsolete inventory based primarily on product expiration dating and $704,516 at September 30, 2017its estimated sales forecast, which is based on sales history and December 31, 2016, respectively.anticipated future demand. The primary driverCompany’s estimates of future product demand may not be accurate, and it may understate or overstate the provision required for excess and obsolete inventory. Accordingly, any significant unanticipated changes in demand could have a significant impact on the value of the decrease inCompany’s inventory and results of operations. Based on the Company’s assumptions and estimates, inventory reserves for obsolescence, expirations, and expirations is the disposal of legacy Argus Whole Genome Mapping Systemsslow-moving inventory were $1,470,649 and the portion$98,064 at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.

The Company classifies finished good inventory it does not expect to sell or use in clinical studies within 12 months of the reagents and supplies used for Argus consumable kits. All items disposed in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 related to Argus were fully reserved forunaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets date as of December 31, 2016.strategic inventory, a non-current asset.

Long-lived assets

Property and equipment

Property and equipment isare reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to future undiscounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. Recoverability measurement and estimating of undiscounted cash flows is done at the lowest possible level for which we can identify assets. If such assets are considered to be impaired, impairment is recognized as the amount by which the carrying amount of assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 20172022 and 2016,2021, the Company determined that its property and equipment waswere not impaired.

Leases

The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. For leases where the Company is the lessee, right-of-use (“ROU”) assets represent the Company’s right to use the underlying asset for the term of the lease and the lease liabilities represent an obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. ROU assets and lease liabilities are recognized at the lease commencement date based on the present value of the future lease payments over the lease term. The Company uses its incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at the commencement date of the underlying lease arrangement to determine the present value of lease payments. The ROU asset also includes any prepaid lease payments and any lease incentives received. The lease term to calculate the ROU asset and related lease liability includes options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise the option. The Company’s lease agreements generally do not contain any material variable lease payments, residual value guarantees or restrictive covenants.

Lease expense for operating leases is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term as an operating expense while expense for financing leases is recognized as depreciation expense and interest expense using the effective interest method of recognition. The Company has made certain accounting policy elections whereby the Company (i) does not recognize ROU assets or lease liabilities for short-term leases (those with original terms of 12 months or less) and (ii) combines lease and non-lease elements of our operating leases.

ROU assets

ROU assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to future undiscounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the asset. Recoverability measurement and estimating of undiscounted cash flows is done at the lowest possible level for which the Company can identify assets. If such assets are considered to be impaired, impairment is recognized as the amount by which the carrying amount of assets exceeds the fair value of the assets. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company had determined that the ROU asset associated with its San Diego, California office lease may not be recoverable. As a result, the Company had recorded an impairment charge of $0 and $170,714 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company did not record any such impairment charge.

Intangible assets and goodwill

Intangible assets and goodwill as of September 30, 20172022 consist of finite-lived and indefinite-lived intangible assets and goodwill.


Finite-lived and indefinite-lived intangible assets

Finite-lived intangible

Intangible assets include trademarks, developed technology, in-process research & development, software and customer relationships and consisted of the following as of September 30, 20172022 and December 31, 2016:2021:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

 

 

Cost

 

 

Accumulated

Amortization

 

 

Net Balance

 

 

Accumulated

Amortization

 

 

Net Balance

 

Trademarks and tradenames

 

$

461,000

 

 

$

(102,153

)

 

$

358,847

 

 

$

(67,575

)

 

$

393,425

 

Developed technology

 

 

458,000

 

 

 

(144,966

)

 

 

313,034

 

 

 

(95,898

)

 

 

362,102

 

Customer relationships

 

 

1,094,000

 

 

 

(345,745

)

 

 

748,255

 

 

 

(228,529

)

 

 

865,471

 

 

 

$

2,013,000

 

 

$

(592,864

)

 

$

1,420,136

 

 

$

(392,002

)

 

$

1,620,998

 

       

September 30, 2022

  

December 31, 2021

 
  Subsidiary Cost  

Accumulated

Amortization

  Effect of Foreign Exchange Rates  Net Balance  

Accumulated

Amortization

  Effect of Foreign Exchange Rates  Net Balance 
Trademarks and tradenames Curetis $1,768,000  $(389,676) $(209,308) $1,169,016  $(316,930) $43,015  $1,494,085 
Distributor relationships Curetis  2,362,000   (347,069)  (279,628)  1,735,303   (282,277)  57,465   2,137,188 
A50 - Developed technology Curetis  349,000   (109,899)  (41,317)  197,784   (89,384)  8,492   268,108 
Ares - Developed technology Ares Genetics  5,333,000   (839,567)  (631,354)  3,862,079   (682,833)  129,745   4,779,912 

A30 – Acquired in-process research & development

 Curetis  5,706,000   —     (669,146)  5,036,854   —     144,916   5,850,916 
    $15,518,000  $(1,686,211) $(1,830,755) $12,001,036  $(1,371,424) $383,633  $14,530,209 

 

Finite-livedIdentifiable intangible assets arewill be amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. The estimated useful lifelives of trademarks was 10 years, developed technology was the intangibles are:

Estimated Useful Life
Trademarks and tradenames10 years
Customer/distributor relationships15 years
A50 – Developed technology7 years
Ares – Developed technology14 years
A30 – Acquired in-process research & developmentIndefinite

Acquired in-process research and customer relationships was 7 years. development (“IPR&D”) represents the fair value assigned to those research and development projects that were acquired in a business combination for which the related products have not received regulatory approval and have no alternative future use. IPR&D is capitalized at its fair value as an indefinite-lived intangible asset, and any development costs incurred after the acquisition are expensed as incurred. Upon achieving regulatory approval or commercial viability for the related product, the indefinite-lived intangible asset is accounted for as a finite-lived asset and is amortized on a straight-line basis over its estimated useful life. If the project is not completed or is terminated or abandoned, the Company may have an impairment related to the IPR&D which is charged to expense. Indefinite-lived intangible assets are tested for impairment annually and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may be impaired. Impairment is calculated as the excess of the asset’s carrying value over its fair value.

The Company reviews the useful lives of intangible assets when events or changes in circumstances occur which may potentially impact the estimated useful life of the intangible assets.

Total amortization expense of intangible assets was $66,954$182,265 and $212,829 for each of the three months ended September 30, 20172022 and 2016.2021, respectively. Total amortization expense of intangible assets was $200,862$546,795 and $615,471 for each of the nine months ended September 30, 20172022 and 2016,2021, respectively. The Company estimatesExpected future amortization expense related toof intangible assets will be $268,000 per year for each of the next five years.is as follows:

Finite-lived intangible

Year Ending December 31,    
2022 (Three months) $168,621 
2023  674,484 
2024  674,484 
2025  674,484 
2026  674,484 
2027  641,480 
Thereafter  3,456,145 
Total $6,964,182 

Intangible assets are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset may not be recoverable. If any indicators were present, the Company would test for recoverability by comparing the carrying amount of the asset to the net undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated from the asset. If those net undiscounted cash flows do not exceed the carrying amount (i.e., the asset is not recoverable), the Company would perform the next step, which is to determine the fair value of the asset and record an impairment loss, if any. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, the Company determined that its finite-lived intangible assets were not impaired.

In accordance with ASC 360-10, Property, Plant and Equipment, the Company records impairment losses on long-lived assets used in operations when events and circumstances indicate that long-lived assets might be impaired and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the carrying amounts of those assets. During the fourth quarter of 2016, eventsthree and circumstances indicatednine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company’sCompany determined that its finite-lived intangible assets might bewere not impaired. However, management’s estimate of undiscounted cash flows indicated that such carrying amounts were expected to be recovered. Nonetheless, it is reasonably possible that the estimate of undiscounted cash flows may change in the near term resulting in the need to write down those assets to fair value. Management’s estimate of cash flows might change if the Company’s commercial operations are negatively impacted by the consolidation of operations for the FDA-cleared and CE marked products to Gaithersburg, Maryland or if there is an unfavorable development of sales trends. 

Goodwill

Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price paid in a July 2015 merger transaction in whichwhen the Company acquired AdvanDx, Inc. in July 2015 and its subsidiary (the “Merger”)Curetis in April 2020, over the fair values of the acquired tangible or intangible assets and assumed liabilities. Goodwill is not tax deductible in any relevant jurisdictions. The Company’s goodwill balance as of September 30, 20172022 and December 31, 20162021 was $600,814.$0 and $7,453,007, respectively.

The changes in the carrying amount of goodwill as of September 30, 2022, and since December 31, 2021, were as follows:

Balance as of December 31, 2021 $7,453,007 
Changes in currency translation  (477,487)
Goodwill impairment  (6,975,520)
Balance as of September 30, 2022 $ 

The Company conducts an impairment test of goodwill on an annual basis as of October 1 of each year, and will also conduct tests if events occur or circumstances change that would, more likely than not, reduce the Company’s fair value below its net equity value. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company had determined that its goodwill had not been impaired. As circumstances changed during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 that would, more likely than not, reduce the Company’s fair value below its net equity value, the Company performed qualitative and quantitative analyses, assessing trends in market capitalization, current and future cash flows, revenue growth rates, and the impact of global unrest and the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company and its performance. Based on the analysis performed, and primarily due to changes in the Company’s stock price and market capitalization in the third quarter of 2022, it was determined that goodwill was impaired. As a result, the Company recorded a goodwill impairment charge in the full amount of $6,975,520 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022.

Revenue recognition

The Company derives revenues from (i) the sale of Unyvero Application cartridges, Unyvero Systems, Acuitas AMR Gene Panel test products, and SARS CoV-2 tests, (ii) providing laboratory services, (iii) providing collaboration services including funded software arrangements, and license arrangements, and (iv) granting access to a subset of the proprietary ARESdb data asset.

The Company analyzes contracts to determine the appropriate revenue recognition using the following steps: (i) identification of contracts with customers, (ii) identification of distinct performance obligations in the contract, (iii) determination of contract transaction price, (iv) allocation of contract transaction price to the performance obligations, and (v) determination of revenue recognition based on timing of satisfaction of the performance obligation.

The Company recognizes revenue primarily from salesrevenues upon the satisfaction of its productsperformance obligation (upon transfer of control of promised goods or services to our customers) in an amount that reflects the consideration to which it expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.

The Company defers incremental costs of obtaining a customer contract and amortizes the deferred costs over the period that the goods and services whenare transferred to the following criteriacustomer. The Company had no material incremental costs to obtain customer contracts in any period presented.

Deferred revenue results from amounts billed in advance to customers or cash received from customers in advance of services being provided.

Research and development costs

Research and development costs are met: persuasive evidenceexpensed as incurred. Research and development costs primarily consist of an arrangement exists; delivery has occurred; the selling price is fixed or determinable;salaries and collectability is reasonably assured. At times,related expenses for personnel, other resources, laboratory, engineering workshop, and instrument supplies, and fees paid to consultants and outside service partners.

Government grant agreements and research incentives

From time to time, the Company sells products and services, or performs software development, under multiple-elementmay enter into arrangements with separate unitsgovernmental entities for the purposes of accounting; in these situations, total consideration is allocated to the identified units of accounting based on their relative selling pricesobtaining funding for research and revenue is then recognized for each unit based on its specific characteristics.

Amounts billed to customers for shipping and handling are included in revenue when the related product or service revenue is recognized. Shipping and handling costs are included in cost of products sold.


Revenue from sales of QuickFISH, PNA FISH and XpressFISH diagnostic test products

Revenue is recognized upon shipment to the customer.

Revenue from providing laboratory services

development activities. The Company recognizes revenue associated with laboratory services contracts whenfunding from grants and research incentives received from Austrian government agencies in the service hascondensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss in the period during which the related qualifying expenses are incurred, provided that the conditions under which the grants or incentives were provided have been performedmet. For grants under funding agreements and reports are made availablefor proceeds under research incentive programs, the Company recognizes grant and incentive income in an amount equal to the customer.

Revenue from funded software developmentestimated qualifying expenses incurred in each period multiplied by the applicable reimbursement percentage. The Company classifies government grants received under these arrangements

The Company’s funded software development arrangements generally consist of multiple elements. Total arrangement consideration is allocated as a reduction to the identified units of accounting based on their relative selling prices and revenue is then recognized for each unit based on its specific characteristics. When funded software development arrangements include substantiverelated research and development milestones, revenue is recognized for each such milestone when the milestone is achieved and is due and collectible. Milestones are considered substantive if all of the following conditions are met: (1) the milestone is nonrefundable; (2) achievement of the milestone was not reasonably assured at the inception of the arrangement; (3) substantive effort is involved to achieve the milestone; and (4) the amount of the milestone appears reasonable in relation to the effort expended, the other milestones in the arrangement and the related risk associated with achievement of the milestone.

Revenue from license arrangements

expense incurred. The Company recognizes revenue from licensesanalyzes each arrangement on a case-by-case basis. For the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized $110,439 and $190,911 as a reduction of its technologies overresearch and development expense related to government grant arrangements, respectively. For the applicable license term.nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized $324,168 and $564,983 as a reduction of research and development expense related to government grant arrangements, respectively. The Company had earned but not yet received $639,095 and $396,365 related to these agreements and incentives included in prepaid expenses and other current assets, as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.

Revenue from sales of the reagents and supplies used for Argus consumable kits

Revenue is recognized for sales of the reagents and supplies used for Argus consumable kits upon shipment to the customer.

Share-basedStock-based compensation

Share-based

Stock-based compensation expense is recognized at fair value. The fair value of share-basedstock-based compensation to employees and directors is estimated, on the date of grant, using the Black-Scholes model. The resulting fair value is recognized ratably over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period of the option. For all time-vesting awards granted, expense is amortized using the straight-line attribution method. The Company accounts for forfeitures as they occur.

Option valuation models, including the Black-Scholes model, require the input of highly subjective assumptions, and changes in the assumptions used can materially affect the grant-date fair value of an award. These assumptions include the risk-free rate of interest, expected dividend yield, expected volatility and the expected life of the award.

Income taxes

Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences attributable to temporary differences between financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is established when necessary to reduce deferred income tax assets to the amount expected to be realized.

Tax benefits are initially recognized in the financial statements when it is more likely than not the position will be sustained upon examination by the tax authorities. Such tax positions are initially, and subsequently, measured as the largest amount of tax benefit that is greater than 50% likely of being realized upon ultimate settlement with the tax authority, assuming full knowledge of the position and all relevant facts.

The Company had federal net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards of $151.0 million$202,015,062 and $196,511,928 at December 31, 2016.2021 and 2020, respectively. Despite the NOL carryforwards, which begin to expire in 2022, the Company may have future tax liability due to alternative minimum tax or state tax requirements. Also, use of the NOL carryforwards may be subject to an annual limitation as provided by Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). To date, the Company has not performed a formal study to determine if any of its remaining NOL and credit attributes might be further limited due to the ownership change rules of Section 382 or Section 383 of the


Code. The Company will continue to monitor this matter going forward. There can be no assurance that the NOL carryforwards will ever be fully utilized.

The Company also has foreign NOL carryforwards of $170,607,782 at December 31, 2021 from their foreign subsidiaries. $147,313,786 of those foreign NOL carryforwards are from the Company’s operations in Germany. Despite the NOL carryforwards, the Company may have a current and future tax liability due to the nuances of German tax law around the use of NOLs within a consolidated group. There is no assurance that the NOL carryforwards will ever be fully utilized.

Loss per share

Basic loss per share is computed by dividing net loss available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period.

For periods of net income, and when the effects are not anti-dilutive, diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing net income available to common stockholders by the weighted-averageweighted average number of shares outstanding plus the impact of all potential dilutive common shares, consisting primarily of common stock options and stock purchase warrants using the treasury stock method, and convertible preferred stock and convertible debt using the if-converted method.

For periods of net loss, diluted loss per share is calculated similarly to basic loss per share because the impact of all dilutive potential common shares is anti-dilutive. The number of anti-dilutive shares, consisting of (i) common stock options, (ii) stock purchase warrants, and (iii) restricted stock units representing the right to acquire shares of common stock which have been excluded from the computation of diluted loss per share, was 44.019.1 million shares and 13.510.7 million shares as of September 30, 20172022 and 2016,2021, respectively.

Recent accounting pronouncements

 

In May 2014, the FASB issued an Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) for revenue recognition for contracts, superseding the previous revenue recognition requirements, along with most existing industry-specific guidance. The guidance requires an entity to review contracts in five steps: 1) identify the contract, 2) identify performance obligations, 3) determine the transaction price, 4) allocate the transaction price, and 5) recognize revenue. The new standard will result in enhanced disclosures regarding the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue arising from contracts with customers. In August 2015, the FASB issued guidance approving a one-year deferral, making the standard effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017, with early adoption permitted only for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. In March 2016, the FASB issued guidance to clarify the implementation guidance on principal versus agent considerations for reporting revenue gross rather than net, with the same deferred effective date.  In April 2016, the FASB issued guidance to clarify the identification of performance obligations and licensing arrangements. In May 2016, the FASB issued guidance addressing the presentation of sales and other similar taxes collected from customers, providing clarification of the collectability criterion assessment, as well as clarifying certain transition requirements.  The Company has identified its major revenue streams and it plans on completing formal contract reviews in the fourth quarter of 2017. While the Company continues to assess all of the potential impacts of these ASUs, the Company does not expect the implementation of these ASUs to have a significant impact on the Company’s results of operations, financial position or cash flows.

In July 2015, the FASBRecently issued accounting guidance for inventory. Under the guidance, an entity should measure inventory within the scope of this guidance at the lower of cost and net realizable value, except when inventory is measured using LIFO or the retail inventory method. Net realizable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation. In addition, the FASB has amended some of the other inventory guidance to more clearly articulate the requirements for the measurement and disclosure of inventory. The standard is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016. The amendments in this pronouncement should be applied prospectively, with earlier application permitted. The Company adopted this guidance effective January 1, 2017 on a prospective basis. The adoption of this new guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.standards

In February 2016, the FASB issued guidance for the accounting for leases. The guidance requires lessees to recognize assets and liabilities related to long-term leases on the consolidated balance sheets and expands disclosure requirements regarding leasing arrangements. The guidance is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2018 and early adoption is permitted. The guidance must be adopted on a modified retrospective basis and provides for certain practical expedients. The Company is currently evaluating the impact, if any, that this new accounting pronouncement will have on its consolidated financial statements.

The Company has evaluated all other issued and unadopted ASUs and believes the adoption of these standards will not have a material impact on its results of operations, financial position or cash flows.

 

 

Note 4 – 2015 MGHIF financingRevenue from contracts with customers

In July 2015, in connection

Disaggregated revenue

The Company provides diagnostic test products, laboratory services to hospitals, clinical laboratories, and other healthcare providers, and enters into collaboration agreements with the Merger, the Company entered into a Purchase Agreement with MGHIF, pursuant to which MGHIF purchased 1,136,364 sharesgovernment agencies, non-profit organizations, and healthcare providers. The revenues by type of common stockservice consist of the Company at $4.40 per share for gross proceeds of $5.0 million. Pursuant


to the Purchase Agreement, the Company also issued to MGHIF an 8% Senior Secured Promissory Note (the “MGHIF Note”) in the principal amount of $1.0 million with a two-year maturity date from the date of issuance. The Company’s obligations under the MGHIF Note are secured by a lien on all of the Company’s assets.  Under the Purchase Agreement, MGHIF has the right to participate in future securities offerings made by the Company.  Also in July 2015, the Company entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with MGHIF and certain stockholders, which will require the Company to register for resale by such holders in the future, such shares of Company common stock that cannot be sold under an exemption from such registration.following:

 

  Three Months Ended September 30,  Nine Months Ended September 30, 
  2022  2021  2022  2021 
Product sales $359,112  $643,887  $1,614,435  $1,479,270 
Laboratory services  31,016   192,753   94,515   643,602 
Collaboration revenue  58,585   402,492   176,713   757,591 
Total revenue $448,713  $1,239,132  $1,885,663  $2,880,463 

Revenues by geography are as follows:

  Three Months Ended September 30,  Nine Months Ended September 30, 
  2022  2021  2022  2021 
Domestic $135,857  $372,902  $415,926  $1,036,662 
International  312,856   866,230   1,469,737   1,843,801 
Total revenue $448,713  $1,239,132  $1,885,663  $2,880,463 
                 

Deferred revenue

Changes in deferred revenue for the period were as follows:

Balance at December 31, 2021—  
New deferrals, net of amounts recognized in the current period210,735
Currency translation adjustment(15,775)
Balance at September 30, 2022194,960

Contract assets

The Company incurred issuance costs of approximately $50,000 related to the financing. Approximately $8,000 of the issuance costs were deferred as debt issuance costs and netted against notes payable in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets is a result of the Company’s adoption of the new accounting guidance in 2016, and are being amortized as interest expense over the life of the MGHIF Note. The remaining $42,000 of issuance costs were charged to additional paid-in capital.

On June 6, 2017, the promissory note was amended and restated, and the maturity date of the A&R MGHIF Note was extended by one year to July 14, 2018.  As consideration for the agreement to extend the maturity date, the Company issued an amended and restated secured promissory note to MGHIF that (1) increased the interest rate to ten percent (10%) per annum and (2) provided for the issuance of common stock warrants to purchase 327,995 shares of its common stock to MGHIF .  The warrants issued to MGHIF each have a five year term from issuance, are first exercisable on the date that is six months after the date of issuance and have an exercise price equal $0.78 which represents 110% of the closing price of the Company's common stock on the date of issuance.  

The A&R MGHIF Note was treated as a debt modification and as such the issuance date fair value of the warrants is deferred and amortized as incremental interest expense over the term of A&R MGHIF Note.  The warrants are classified as mark to market liabilities under ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity,  due to certain put features that allow the holder to put the warrant back to the Company for cash equal to the Black-Scholes value of the warrant upon a change of control or fundamental transaction, as defined in the agreement.  The warrants had an issuance date fair value of approximately $0.1 million which was calculated using the Black-Scholes model.  

The estimated fair value of the A&R MGHIF Note was $1.0 millionno contract assets as of September 30, 20172022 and December 31, 2016 which approximates2021. Contract assets are generated when contractual billing schedules differ from revenue recognition timing and they represent a conditional right to consideration for satisfied performance obligations that becomes a billed receivable when the carry value given the short time lapse since modification, prevailing interest rates and maturity dateconditions are satisfied.

 

Unsatisfied performance obligations

 

The Company had no unsatisfied performance obligations related to its contracts with customers at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021.

Note 5 - Fair value measurements

The Company classifies its financial instruments using a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. These tiers include:

Level 1 - defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets;
Level 2 - defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable; and
Level 3 - defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions such as expected revenue growth and discount factors applied to cash flow projections.

Level 1 - defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets;

Level 2 - defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable; and

Level 3 - defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions such as expected revenue growth and discount factors applied to cash flow projections.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017,2022, the Company has not transferred any assets between fair value measurement levels.

Financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis

The Company evaluates financial assets and liabilities subject to fair value measurements on a recurring basis to determine the appropriate level at which to classify them each reporting period. This determination requires the Company to make subjective judgments as to the significance of inputs used in determining fair value and where such inputs lie within the hierarchy.

In June 2019, Curetis drew down a third tranche of €5.0 million from the EIB. In return for the EIB waiving the condition precedent of a minimum cumulative equity capital raised of €15.0 million to disburse this €5.0 million tranche, the parties agreed on a 2.1% PPI. Upon maturity of the tranche, the EIB would be entitled to an additional payment that is equity-linked and equivalent to 2.1% of the then total valuation of Curetis N.V. On July 9, 2020, the Company negotiated an amendment to the EIB debt financing facility. As part of the Company’s bridge financing and amendment, the parties adjusted the PPI percentage applicable to the A&R MGHIF Note,previous EIB tranche of €5.0 million, which was funded in June 2019 from its original 2.1% PPI in Curetis N.V.’s equity value upon maturity to a new 0.3% PPI in OpGen’s equity value. On May 23, 2022, the Company issued stock purchase warrants thatentered into a Waiver and Amendment Letter which increased the Company considersPPI to be mark-to-market liabilities due to certain put features that allow the holder to put the warrant back to the Company0.75% upon maturity between mid-2024 and mid-2025. This right constitutes an embedded derivative, which is separated and measured at fair value with changes being accounted for cash equal to the Black-Scholes value of the warrant upon a change of controlthrough profit or fundamental transaction.loss. The Company determines the fair value of the warrant liabilitiesderivative using the Black-Scholes option pricinga Monte Carlo simulation model. Using this model, levelLevel 3 unobservable inputs include the estimated volatility of the Company’s common stock, estimated terms of the instruments,discount rates and estimated risk-free interest rates.

The Company originally accounted for the conversion option embedded in the Bridge Financing Notes as a mark-to-market derivative financial instrument.  The Company determined the fair value of the embedded conversion option liability using a probability-weighted expected return method. Using this method, level 3 unobservable inputs include the probability of default, the probability of


a qualified financing, the probability of conversion, the estimated volatility of the Company’s common stock, estimated terms of the instruments, and estimated risk-free interest rates, among other inputs. The fair value of the conversion option was expensed at the time of repayment of the Bridge Financing Notes.

The following table sets forth a summary of changes in the fair value of levelLevel 3 liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017:2022 was as follows:

 

Description

 

Balance at

December 31, 2016

 

 

Established

in 2017

 

 

Changes

in Fair

Value

 

 

Expensed

 

 

Balance at September 30, 2017

 

Embedded conversion option liability

 

$

 

 

$

4,500

 

 

$

 

 

$

(4,500

)

 

$

 

Warrant liability

 

$

 

 

$

152,517

 

 

$

(124,139

)

 

$

 

 

$

28,378

 

Description 

Balance at

December 31,

2021

  Change in Fair Value  Effect of Foreign Exchange Rates  Balance at September 30, 2022 
Participation percentage interest liability $228,589  $(54,623) $(27,759) $146,207 
Total $228,589  $(54,623) $(27,759) $146,207 

Financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value on a non-recurring basis

The Company does not have any financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis.

Non-financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value on a recurring basis

The Company does not have any non-financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis.

Non-financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value on a non-recurring basis

The Company measures its long-lived assets, including property and equipment and intangible assets (including goodwill), at fair value on a non-recurring basis when they are deemed to be impaired. Noa triggering event requires such fair value impairment was recognized inevaluation. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 20172021, the Company recorded impairment expense of $0 and 2016.$170,714, respectively, related to its ROU assets. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, the company did not record any such impairment expenses.

 

Note 6 - Debt

The following table summarizes the Company’s long-term debt and short-term borrowings as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021:

  September 30, 2022  December 31, 2021 
     EIB $14,177,909  $25,161,855 
Total debt obligations  14,177,909   25,161,855 
Unamortized debt discount  (1,726,773)  (3,466,491)
Carrying value of debt  12,451,136   21,695,364 
Less current portion  (8,342,715)  (14,519,113)
Long-term debt $4,108,421  $7,176,251 

EIB Loan Facility

In 2016, Curetis entered into a contract for an up to €25.0 million senior, unsecured loan financing facility from the EIB. The financing is in the first growth capital loan under the European Growth Finance Facility (“EGFF”), launched in November 2016. It is backed by a guarantee from the European Fund for Strategic Investment (“EFSI”). EFSI is an essential pillar of the Investment Plan for Europe (“IPE”), under which the EIB and the European Commission are working as strategic partners to support investments and bring back jobs and growth to Europe.

The funding can be drawn in up to five tranches within 36 months, under the EIB amendment, and each tranche is to be repaid upon maturity five years after draw-down.

In April 2017, Curetis drew down a first tranche of €10.0 million from this facility. This tranche has a floating interest rate of EURIBOR plus 4% payable after each 12-month-period from the draw-down-date and another additional 6% interest per annum that is deferred and payable at maturity together with the principal. In June 2018, a second tranche of €3.0 million was drawn down. The terms and conditions are analogous to the first one.

In June 2019, Curetis drew down a third tranche of €5.0 million from the EIB. In line with all prior tranches, the majority of interest is also deferred until repayment upon maturity. In return for the EIB waiving the condition precedent of a minimum cumulative equity capital raised of €15.0 million to disburse this €5.0 million tranche, the parties agreed on a 2.1% PPI. Upon maturity of the tranche, not before approximately mid-2024 (and no later than mid-2025), the EIB would be entitled to an additional payment that is equity-linked and equivalent to 2.1% of the then total valuation of Curetis N.V. As part of an amendment between the Company and the EIB on July 9, 2020, the parties adjusted the PPI percentage applicable to the third EIB tranche of €5.0 million, which was funded in June 2019, from its original 2.1% PPI in Curetis N.V.’s equity value upon maturity to a new 0.3% PPI in OpGen’s equity value upon maturity. This right constitutes an embedded derivative, which is separated and measured at fair value with changes being accounted for through income or loss.

The debt was measured and recognized at fair value as of the acquisition date. The fair value of the EIB debt was approximately $15.8 million as of the acquisition date. The resulting debt discount is being amortized over the life of the EIB debt as an increase to interest expense.

On May 23, 2022, the Company and the EIB entered into a Waiver and Amendment Letter (the “2022 EIB Amendment”) relating to the amendment of the EIB loan facility, between the EIB and Curetis pursuant to which Curetis borrowed an aggregate amount of €18.0 million in three tranches. The 2022 EIB Amendment restructured the first tranche of approximately €13.35 million (including accumulated and deferred interest) of the Company’s outstanding indebtedness with the EIB. Pursuant to the 2022 EIB Amendment, the Company repaid €5.0 million to the EIB in April 2022. The Company also agreed, among other things, to amortize the remainder of the debt tranche over the twelve-month period beginning in May 2022. The Amendment also provides for an increase of the PPI applicable to the third tranche under the loan facility from 0.3% to 0.75% beginning in June 2024. The terms of the second and third tranches of the Company’s indebtedness of €3.0 million and €5.0 million, respectively, plus accumulated deferred interest remain unchanged pursuant to the 2022 EIB Amendment. As the effective borrowing rate under the amended agreement is less than the effective borrowing rate under the previous agreement, a concession is deemed to have been granted under ASC 470-60. As a concession has been granted, the agreement was accounted for as a troubled debt restructuring under ASC 470-60. The amendment did not result in a gain on restructuring as the future undiscounted cash outflows required under the amended agreement exceed the carrying value of the debt immediately prior to the amendment.

As of September 30, 2017,2022, the Company’s outstanding short-term debt consistedborrowings under all tranches were €14,544,429 ($14,177,909), including deferred interest payable at maturity of €1,755,429 ($1,711,193).

PPP

On April 22, 2020, the Company entered into a Term Note (the “Company Note”) with Silicon Valley Bank (the “Bank”) pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) of the $1.0 million MGHIFCoronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (“CARES Act”) administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration. The Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Curetis USA Inc. (“Curetis USA” and collectively with the Company, the “Borrowers”), also entered into a Term Note net of discountswith the Bank (the “Subsidiary Note,” and financing costs (seecollectively with the Company Note, 4 “2015 MGHIF financing”) as well as, the financing arrangements for the Company’s insurance with note balances of approximately $0.2 million with a final payment scheduled for May 2018. Total“Notes”). The Notes were dated April 22, 2020. The principal payments of $0.2 million are due in 2017 and $1.0 million are due in 2018. As of December 31, 2016, the Company’s outstanding long-term debt consistedamount of the $1.0 million MGHIFCompany Note netwas $879,630, and the principal amount of discounts and financing costs.  the Subsidiary Note was $259,353.

 

The Company drew down on two of three Bridge Financing Notes (see discussion in Note 2 “Liquidity and management’s plans) during June and July of 2017. The outstanding Bridge Financing Notes were repaid in full subsequent toIn accordance with the closingrequirements of the July 2017 Public Offering.  

The Company accounted forCARES Act, the embedded conversion option granted to jVen CapitalBorrowers used the proceeds from the Notes in accordance with the Bridge Financing Notes as a mark-to-market derivative financial instrument carried at fair value.  Changes in fair valuerequirements of the embedded conversion option are reflected in earnings duringPPP to cover certain qualified expenses, including payroll costs, rent and utility costs. Interest accrued on the period of change. The embedded conversion option was expensed along with the remaining unamortized discountNotes at the daterate of 1.00% per annum. The Borrowers applied for forgiveness of amounts due under the Bridge Financing Notes, repayment.   The warrants issued to jVen Capital and MGHIF are classified as mark-to-market liabilities under ASC 480 due to certain put features that allow the holder to put the warrant back to the Company for cashin an amount equal to the Black-Scholes valuesum of qualified expenses under the warrant upon a change of control or fundamental transaction.PPP, which include payroll costs, rent obligations, and covered utility payments incurred during the twenty-four weeks following disbursement under the Notes. The entire proceeds were used under the Notes for such qualifying expenses. The Company Note was forgiven in November 2020. In May 2021, the Subsidiary Note was forgiven.

 

Total interest expense (including amortization of debt discounts and financing fees) on all debt instruments was $90,317$569,306 and $41,423$1,222,867 for the three months ended September 30, 20172022 and 2016,2021, respectively. Total interest expense (including accretion of fair value to book value and amortization of debt discounts and financing fees) on all debt instruments was $173,974$2,618,799 and $109,806$3,586,018 for the nine months ended September 30, 20172022 and 2016,2021, respectively.

 

 

Note 7 - Stockholders’ equity

As of September 30, 2017,2022, the Company has 200,000,000had 100,000,000 shares of authorized common stock and 51,964,87848,338,500 shares issued and outstanding, and 10,000,000 shares of authorized preferred shares,stock, of which none were issued or outstanding.

In the July 2017 Public Offering,

Following receipt of approval from stockholders at a special meeting of stockholders held on December 8, 2021, the Company issued 18,164,195 units at $0.40 per unit,filed an amendment to its Amended and 6,835,805 pre-funded units at $0.39 per pre-funded unit, raising gross proceedsRestated Certificate of approximately $10 million and net proceeds of approximately $8.8 million.  jVen Capital


was one ofIncorporation to increase the investors participating in the offering.  Each unit included one shareauthorized shares of common stock from 50,000,000 to 100,000,000 shares.

Following receipt of approval from stockholders at a special meeting of stockholders held on January 17, 2018, the Company filed an amendment to its Amended and one common warrantRestated Certificate of Incorporation to purchase one shareeffect a reverse stock split of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock, at an exercise pricea ratio of $0.425 per share.  Each pre-funded unit included one pre-funded warrant to purchase one share for twenty-five shares. Additionally, following receipt of commonapproval from stockholders at a special meeting of stockholders held on August 22, 2019, the Company filed an additional amendment to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock for an exercise pricesplit of $0.01 per share,the issued and one common warrant to purchase one shareoutstanding shares of common stock, at an exercise pricea ratio of $0.425one share for twenty shares. All share amounts and per share. The common warrants are exercisable immediately andshare prices in this Quarterly Report have been adjusted to reflect the reverse stock splits.

Following receipt of approval from stockholders at a five-year term from the datespecial meeting of issuance. At closing, the outstanding Bridge Financing Notes issued to jVen Capital, were repaid in the principal amount of $1 million plus accrued interest of $6,438.  Four million pre-funded warrants were exercised during the three months ended September 30, 2017 (see Note 11 “Subsequent events”).

In connection with the July 2017 Public Offering,stockholders held on January 17, 2018, the Company issuedfiled an amendment to its placement agent 1,250,000Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock.  The warrantsstock, at a ratio of one share for twenty-five shares. Additionally, following receipt of approval from stockholders at a special meeting of stockholders held on August 22, 2019, the Company filed an additional amendment to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to effect a reverse stock split of the issued to the Placement Agent have an exercise priceand outstanding shares of $0.50common stock, at a ratio of one share for twenty shares. All share amounts and per share and are exercisable for five years.prices in this Quarterly Report have been adjusted to reflect the reverse stock splits.

In September 2016,

On June 24, 2022, the Company entered into the Sales2022 ATM Agreement with CowenWainwright, as a sales agent, pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell from time to time in an “at the market offering”, at its option, up to an aggregate of $25$10.65 million of shares of itsthe Company's common stock through Cowen, asthe sales agent, with initial sales limitedagent. As of September 30, 2022, the Company sold 1,714,882 shares under the 2022 ATM Offering totaling $1.03 million in gross proceeds and $0.99 million in net proceeds. On September 30, 2022, the Company reduced the amount of common stock that may be sold under the 2022 ATM Agreement to up to an aggregate of $11.5 million. Pursuant to the Sales Agreement, Cowen may sell$3.5 million, not including the shares of common stock by any method permitted by law deemed to be an "atpreviously sold under the market” offering as defined in Rule 415 of the Securities Act, including, without limitation, sales made by means of ordinary brokers' transactions on The NASDAQ Capital Market or otherwise at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, in block transactions, or as otherwise directed by the Company. The Company pays Cowen compensation equal to 3.0% of the gross proceeds from the sales of common stock pursuant to the terms of the Sales Agreement.  As of September 30, 2017,2022 ATM Offering.

On October 18, 2021, the Company has sold an aggregateclosed the October 2021 Offering with a single healthcare-focused institutional investor of approximately 7.7 million150,000 shares of its common stock under this at the market offering resulting in aggregate net proceeds to the Company of approximately $7.8 million, and gross proceeds of $8.4 million. As of September 30, 2017, remaining availability under the at the market offering is $3.1 million. The Company did not sell any shares of its common stock under this at the market offering during the three months ended September 30, 2017. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company has sold approximately 4.0 million shares of its common stock under this at the market offering resulting in aggregate net proceeds to the Company of approximately $3.4 million, and gross proceeds of $3.6 million.

In May and June 2016, the Company offered and sold units in a private offering to members of management and employees and to accredited investors, including MGHIF and jVen Capital, each unit consisting of either (i) one share of common stock and a detachable stock purchase warrant to purchase an additional 0.75 shares of common stock, or (ii) one share of non-voting convertible preferred stock and a detachable stock purchase warrantwarrants to purchase up to an additional 0.75aggregate of 7,500,000 shares of common stock. The shares of preferred stock had a stated value of $100 per share and were converted into an aggregate of 7,500,000 shares of common stock at a conversion price of $1.14$2.00 per unit.  The total net proceeds toshare after the Company after deducting offering commissions and expenses was $9.5 million.  Pursuantreceived stockholder approval for an increase to the private placement the Company issued 6,744,127its number of authorized shares of common stock, 2,309,428which approval occurred at the Company’s special meeting of Series A non-votingstockholders held in December 2021. As of December 8, 2021, following receipt of approval from the stockholders, all 150,000 shares of convertible preferred stock and stock purchase warrants to acquirewere converted into an additional 6,790,169aggregate of 7,500,000 shares of common stock. Under the purchase agreement, the Company granted registration rights to the investorsThe October 2021 Offering raised aggregate net proceeds of $13.9 million, and gross proceeds of $15.0 million. The warrants issued in the private financing.

Each shareOctober 2021 Offering initially had an exercise price of Series A non-voting convertible preferred stock was convertible at the option of the holder in whole or in part and from time to time into one share of common stock, was entitled to dividends on an “as converted basis” when and if dividends are issued to common stockholders, and would have participated in liquidation on a pari passu basis with common stockholders.  The preferred stock was classified as permanent equity.  The stock purchase warrants issued as part of the units are exercisable at $1.3125$2.05 per share, beginning 90 days after closing forwere exercisable six months following the date of issuance, and will expire five years expiring on May 18, 2021.following the initial exercise date. The warrants are classified as permanent equity at September 30, 2017.2022.  In connection with the issuance of Series A non-voting convertible preferred stock, the Company recognized a beneficial conversion feature of $332,550$7,166,752 as a deemed dividend to the preferred shareholders. Holdersstockholders in the fourth quarter of 2021. In connection with the Company’s October 2022 Offering, the exercise price of the Series A non-voting convertible preferred stock subsequently convertedinstitutional investor’s 7,500,000 warrants was repriced to $0.377 per share (see Note 11).

On March 9, 2021, the Company entered into an Exercise Agreement with the Holder from our 2020 PIPE financing. Pursuant to the Exercise Agreement, in order to induce the Holder to exercise all 2,309,428 shares of preferred stock into 2,309,428the remaining 4,842,615 Existing Warrants for cash, pursuant to the terms of and subject to beneficial ownership limitations contained in the Existing Warrants, the Company agreed to issue to the Holder, New Warrants to purchase 0.65 shares of common stock.

stock for each share of common stock issued upon such exercise of the remaining Existing Warrants pursuant to the Exercise Agreement for an aggregate of 3,147,700 New Warrants. The terms of the New Warrants are substantially similar to those of the Existing Warrants, except that the New Warrants had an exercise price of $3.56. The New Warrants were immediately exercisable and will expire five years from the date of the Exercise Agreement. The Holder paid an aggregate of $255,751 to the Company for the purchase of the New Warrants. The Company filed a registration statement on Form S-3 on June 13, 2016 to register for resalereceived aggregate gross proceeds before expenses of approximately $9.65 million from the exercise of the remaining Existing Warrants held by the investors,Holder and the payment of the purchase price for the New Warrants. The Company recognized approximately $7.8 million of non-cash warrant inducement expense during year ended December 31, 2021 related to this transaction representing the fair value of the New Warrants issued to induce the exercise. The fair values were calculated using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. In connection with the Company’s October 2022 Offering, the exercise price of the institutional investor’s 3,147,700 warrants was repriced to $0.377 per share (see Note 11).

On February 11, 2021, the Company closed the February 2021 Offering with a single U.S.-based, healthcare-focused institutional investor for the purchase of (i) 2,784,184 shares of common stock and (ii) 5,549,149 pre-funded warrants, with each pre-funded warrant exercisable for one share of common stock. The Company also issued to the investor, in a concurrent private placement, unregistered common warrants to purchase 4,166,666 shares of the Company’s common stock. Each share of common stock and accompanying common warrant were sold together at a combined offering price of $3.00, and each pre-funded warrant and accompanying common warrant were sold together at a combined offering price of $2.99. The pre-funded warrants were immediately exercisable, at an exercise price of $0.01, and could have been exercised at any time until all of the pre-funded warrants are exercised in full. The common warrants had an exercise price of $3.55 per share, were exercisable commencing on the six-month anniversary of the date of issuance, and will expire five and one-half (5.5) years from the date of issuance. The February 2021 Offering raised aggregate net proceeds of $23.5 million, and gross proceeds of $25.0 million. As of December 31, 2021, all pre-funded warrants issued in the February 2021 Offering have been exercised. In connection with the Company’s October 2022 Offering, the exercise price of the institutional investor’s 4,166,666 warrants was repriced to $0.377 per share (see Note 11).

On February 11, 2020, the Company entered into an ATM Agreement with Wainwright, which was amended and restated on November 13, 2020 to add BTIG, LLC as a sales agent, pursuant to which the Company could offer and sell from time to time in an “at the market offering,” at its option, up to an aggregate of $22.1 million of shares of the Company's common stock through the sales agents. During the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company sold 680,000 shares of its common stock acquired, or underlyingunder the warrants issued,2020 ATM Offering resulting in aggregate net proceeds to the private offering. On July 20, 2016,Company of approximately $1.48 million, and gross proceeds of $1.55 million. The Company terminated the registration statement was declared effective byATM Agreement in June 2022 in conjunction with the SEC.execution of the 2022 ATM Agreement.

Stock options

In 2008, the Company adopted the 2008 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the “2008 Plan”), pursuant to which the Company’s Board of Directors could grant either incentive or non-qualified stock options or shares of restricted stock to directors, key employees, consultants and advisors.

In April 2015, the Company adopted, and the Company’s stockholders approved, the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2015 Plan”); the 2015 Plan became effective upon the execution and delivery of the underwriting agreement for the Company’s initial public offering in May 2015. Following the effectiveness of the 2015 Plan, no further grants will be made under the 2008 Plan. The 2015 Plan provides for the granting of incentive stock options within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code to employees and the granting of non-qualified stock options to employees, non-employee directors and consultants. The 2015 Plan also provides for the grants of


restricted stock, restricted stock units, stock appreciation rights, dividend equivalents and stock payments to employees, non-employee directors and consultants.

Under the 2015 Plan, the aggregate number of shares of the common stock authorized for issuance may not exceed (1) 1,355,0002,710 plus (2) the sum of the number of shares subject to outstanding awards under the 2008 Plan as of the 2015 Plan’s effective date, that are subsequently forfeited or terminated for any reason before being exercised or settled, plus (3) the number of shares subject to vesting restrictions under the 2008 Plan as of the 2015 Plan’s effective date that are subsequently forfeited. In addition, the number of shares that have been authorized for issuance under the 2015 Plan will be automatically increased on the first day of each fiscal year beginning on January 1, 2016 and ending on (and including) January 1, 2025, in an amount equal to the lesser of (1) 4% of the outstanding shares of common stock on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year, or (2) another lesser amount determined by the Company’s Board of Directors. Following Board of Director approval, 1,858,010 shares were automatically added to the 2015 Plan in 2022. Shares subject to awards granted under the 2015 Plan that are forfeited or terminated before being exercised or settled, or are not delivered to the participant because such award is settled in cash, will again become available for issuance under the 2015 Plan. However, shares that have actually been issued shall not again become available unless forfeited. As of September 30, 2017, 869,1942022, 1,365,024 shares remain available for issuance under the 2015 Plan,Plan.

On September 30, 2020, the Company held its 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Annual Meeting”). At the Annual Meeting, stockholders of the Company voted to approve, among other things, a plan under which includes 1,012,171stock options to purchase an aggregate of 1,300,000 shares automatically added toof the 2015 Plan on January 1, 2017.

On April 28, 2016,Company’s common stock would be made by the Board of Directors of the Company outside of the stockholder-approved equity incentive plan to its executive officers and non-employee directors (the “2020 Stock Options Plan”). The 2020 Stock Options Plan and the grants made a stock option awardthereunder were approved by the Board of Directors on August 6, 2020, subject to Evan Jones,receipt of stockholder approval at the Annual Meeting. The aggregate number of shares of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chairman of the Board.  The non-qualifiedcommon stock option award to acquire 766,500authorized for issuance is 1,300,000 shares of common stock represented approximately 6%and all 1,300,000 stock options were issued on September 30, 2020. Shares subject to awards granted under the 2020 Stock Options Plan that are forfeited or terminated before being exercised will not be available for re-issuance under the 2020 Stock Options Plan. As of outstandingSeptember 30, 2022, no shares remain available for issuance under the 2020 Stock Options Plan.

In connection with the appointment of Albert Weber as Chief Financial Officer, OpGen granted Mr. Weber an inducement grant of stock options to purchase an aggregate of 210,000 shares of OpGen’s common stock as of thewith a grant date of the award.January 3, 2022. The stock option grant hasequity award was granted as a component of Mr. Weber’s employment compensation and was granted as an inducement material to his acceptance of employment with OpGen. The options have an exercise price of $1.35 per share,$1.08, a ten-year term and a vesting schedule of 25% vesting of the award on the first annual anniversary of the date of grant and then 6.25% vesting each quarter thereafter over three additional years. The plan under whichaward is subject to Mr. Weber’s continued service with OpGen through the award was made incorporates by referenceapplicable vesting dates.

Replacement awards

In connection with the provisionsacquisition of Curetis, the Company issued equity awards to Curetis employees consisting of stock options (“replacement awards”) in exchange for their Curetis equity awards. The replacement awards consisted of 134,371 stock options with a weighted average grant date fair value of $1.68. The terms of these replacement awards are substantially similar to the original Curetis equity awards. The fair value of the Company’s 2015 Plan applicable to stock option awards.  The stock option awardreplacement awards for services rendered through April 1, 2020, the acquisition date, was contingent on receipt of stockholder approval,recognized as the award was made outsidea component of the Company’s stockholder-approved incentive plans.  The stockholders approvedpurchase consideration, with the stock option award atremaining fair value of the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 22, 2016.replacement awards related to the post-combination services recorded as stock-based compensation over the remaining vesting period.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 20172022 and 2016,2021, the Company recognized stockshare-based compensation expense as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Cost of services

 

$

2,306

 

 

$

 

 

$

6,274

 

 

$

5,008

 

Research and development

 

 

61,097

 

 

 

45,945

 

 

 

171,652

 

 

 

181,367

 

General and administrative

 

 

187,357

 

 

 

98,683

 

 

 

500,252

 

 

 

447,811

 

Sales and marketing

 

 

16,832

 

 

 

34,124

 

 

 

44,126

 

 

 

72,462

 

 

 

$

267,592

 

 

$

178,752

 

 

$

722,304

 

 

$

706,648

 

  Three months ended September 30,  Nine months ended September 30, 
  2022  2021  2022  2021 
Cost of services $—    $2,977  $11,101  $7,323 
Research and development  82,659   65,836   223,638   168,592 
General and administrative  108,672   112,706   387,992   427,487 
Sales and marketing  37,036   35,637   104,658   64,972 
  $228,367  $217,156  $727,389  $668,374 

 

No income tax benefit for stock-basedshare-based compensation arrangements was recognized in the condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss due to the Company’s net loss position.

The Company granted no options during the three months ended September 30, 2022. During the three months ended September 30, 2017, the Company granted stock options to acquire 409,500 shares of common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $0.30 per share and a weighted average grant date fair value of $0.12 per share. 196,2882022, 53,125 options were forfeited, and 2,603 options expired. The Company granted 542,500 options during the threenine months ended September 30, 2017 at a weighted average exercise price of $1.11 per share.

2022. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company granted stock options to acquire 1,279,100 shares of common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $0.76 per share and a weighted average grant date fair value of $0.38 per share. 504,1972022, 63,316 options were forfeited, during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 at a weighted average exercise price of $1.33 per share. and 32,506 options expired.

The Company had total stock options to acquire 3,471,7292,160,027 shares of common stock outstanding at September 30, 2017.2022 under all of its equity compensation plans.

Restricted stock units

During

The Company granted no restricted stock units during the three months ended September 30, 2022, no restricted stock units vested and 25,000 were forfeited. The Company granted 730,572 restricted stock units during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company granted restricted stock units to acquire 289,376 shares of common stock, with a weighted average grant date fair value of $0.28. 26,5002022, and 173,368 restricted stock units vested and no restricted stock units35,402 were forfeited during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017.forfeited. The Company had 281,626808,066 total restricted stock units outstanding at September 30, 2017.2022.


Stock purchase warrants

At September 30, 20172022 and December 31, 2016,2021, the following warrants to purchase shares of common stock were outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding at

 

Issuance

 

Exercise

Price

 

 

Expiration

 

September 30, 2017

 

 

December 31, 2016

 

August 2007

 

$

7.91

 

 

August 2017

 

 

 

 

 

8,921

 

March 2008

 

$

790.54

 

 

March 2018

 

 

46

 

 

 

46

 

November 2009

 

$

7.91

 

 

November 2019

 

 

6,674

 

 

 

6,674

 

January 2010

 

$

7.91

 

 

January 2020

 

 

6,674

 

 

 

6,674

 

March 2010

 

$

7.91

 

 

March 2020

 

 

1,277

 

 

 

1,277

 

November 2011

 

$

7.91

 

 

November 2021

 

 

5,213

 

 

 

5,213

 

December 2011

 

$

7.91

 

 

December 2021

 

 

664

 

 

 

664

 

March 2012

 

$

109.90

 

 

March 2019

 

 

4,125

 

 

 

4,125

 

February 2015

 

$

6.60

 

 

February 2025

 

 

225,011

 

 

 

225,011

 

May 2015

 

$

6.60

 

 

May 2020

 

 

3,457,750

 

 

 

3,457,750

 

May 2016

 

$

1.31

 

 

May 2021

 

 

4,739,348

 

 

 

4,739,348

 

June 2016

 

$

1.31

 

 

May 2021

 

 

2,050,821

 

 

 

2,050,821

 

June 2017

 

$

0.78

 

 

June 2022

 

 

468,840

 

 

 

 

July 2017

 

$

0.69

 

 

July 2022

 

 

158,730

 

 

 

 

July 2017

 

$

0.50

 

 

July 2022

 

 

1,250,000

 

 

 

 

July 2017 (1)

 

$

0.01

 

 

July 2022

 

 

2,835,805

 

 

 

 

July 2017

 

$

0.43

 

 

July 2022

 

 

25,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40,210,978

 

 

 

10,506,524

 

 

             Outstanding at 
 Issuance   

Exercise

Price

   Expiration   September 30, 2022 (1)   December 31, 2021 (1) 
 February 2015  $3,300.00   February 2025   451   451 
 June 2017  $390.00   June 2022   —     938 
 July 2017  $345.00   July 2022   —     318 
 July 2017  $250.00   July 2022   —     2,501 
 July 2017  $212.60   July 2022   —     50,006 
 February 2018  $81.25   February 2023   9,232   9,232 
 February 2018  $65.00   February 2023   92,338   92,338 
 October 2019  $2.00   October 2024   354,000   354,000 
 October 2019  $2.60   October 2024   235,000   235,000 
 November 2020  $2.52   May 2026   242,130   242,130 
 February 2021  $3.55   August 2026   4,166,666   4,166,666 
 February 2021  $3.90   August 2026   416,666   416,666 
 March 2021  $3.56   March 2026   3,147,700   3,147,700 
 October 2021  $2.05   April 2027   7,500,000   7,500,000 
             16,164,183   16,217,946 

The warrants listed above were issued in connection with various debt, equity or development contract agreements.

(1)These July 2017 warrants represent the outstanding pre-funded warrants issued under the July 2017 Public Offering.  See Note 7 “Stockholders’ equity” and Note 11 “Subsequent events.”

(1)Warrants to purchase fractional shares of common stock resulting from the reverse stock split on August 22, 2019 were rounded up to the next whole share of common stock on a holder by holder basis.

 

 

Note 8 - Commitments and Contingencies

Operating leases

The Company leases a facility in Woburn, Massachusetts under an operating lease that expires January 30, 2022. The Company also leases a facility in Gaithersburg, Maryland under an operating lease that expires January 31, 2021, with one additional five-year renewal at the Company’s election. Additionally, the Company leases office space in Denmark; this lease is currently on a month-to-month basis.

Rent expense under the Company’s facility operating leases for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 was $238,791 and $254,219, respectively. Rent expense under the Company’s facility operating leases for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 was $710,330 and $756,608, respectively.

Capital leases

The Company leases computer equipment, office furniture, and equipment under various capital leases. The leases expire at various dates through 2021. The leases require monthly principal and interest payments.

Registration and other stockholder rights

In connection with the various investment transactions, the Company entered into certain registration rights agreements with stockholders, pursuant to which the investors were granted certain demand registration rights and/or piggyback and/or resale registration rights in connection with subsequent registered offerings of the Company’s common stock.

Restructuring

Supply agreements

 

In early June 2017, the Company commencedentered into an agreement with Life Technologies Corporation, a restructuringsubsidiary of its operationsThermo Fisher Scientific (“LTC”), to improve efficiency and reduce its cost structure. The Company expects these actions to reduce operating expenses by 25-30 percent by the fourth quarter of 2017. The restructuring plans


anticipate thatsupply the Company will consolidate operations for FDA-cleared and CE marked products and research and development activities forwith Thermo Fisher Scientific’s QuantStudio 5 Real-Time PCR Systems (“QuantStudio 5”) to be used to run OpGen’s Acuitas AMR Gene Panel tests. Under the Acuitas Rapid Test in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and reduceterms of the size of its commercial organization whileagreement, the Company worksmust notify LTC of the number of QuantStudio 5s that it commits to completepurchase in the developmentfollowing quarter. As of its Acuitas Rapid Test and Acuitas Lighthouse Knowledgebase products and services in development.

There were approximately $0 and $121,000 of one-time termination benefits that were recognizedSeptember 30, 2022, the Company had acquired twenty-four QuantStudio 5s including none during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 related2022. As of September 30, 2022, the Company has not committed to acquiring additional QuantStudio 5 systems in the restructuring.next three months.

Curetis places frame-work orders for Unyvero Systems and for raw materials for its cartridge manufacturing to ensure availability during commercial ramp-up-phase and also to gain volume-scale-effects with regards to purchase prices. Some of the electronic parts used for the production of Unyvero Systems have lead times of several months, hence it is necessary to order such systems with long-term framework-orders to ensure the demands from the market are covered. The Company does not anticipate any further one-time termination benefits relatedaggregate purchase commitments over the next twelve months are approximately $0.1 million.

COVID-19 Impact

In December 2019 and early 2020, the coronavirus known as COVID-19 was reported to have surfaced in China. The spread of this virus including its variants and mutations globally in 2020, 2021 as well as into 2022 has caused significant business disruption domestically in the restructuring plan.  Retention agreements were issued to certain employeesUnited States and in Europe, as well as China, the areas in which retention bonuses are earnedthe Company primarily operates or has significant business interest. While the disruption is currently expected to be temporary, such disruption is still ongoing and paid uponthere remains considerable uncertainty around the completionduration of a designated service period.  The service periods end in December 2017.  Thethis disruption. Therefore, while the Company expects that this matter will continue to incur total retention expenseimpact the Company’s financial condition, results of approximately $68,000operations, or cash flows, the extent of which approximately $34,000the financial impact and $47,000 was incurred duringduration cannot be reasonably estimated at this time.

Note 9 – Leases

The following table presents the Company’s ROU assets and lease liabilities as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021:

Lease Classification September 30, 2022  December 31, 2021 
ROU Assets:        
Operating $1,472,934  $1,814,396 
Financing  4,347   90,467 
Total ROU assets $1,477,281  $1,904,863 
Liabilities        
Current:        
Operating $346,629  $459,792 
Finance  6,748   43,150 
Noncurrent:        
Operating  2,631,957   2,977,402 
Finance  1,121   3,644 
Total lease liabilities $2,986,455  $3,483,988 

Maturities of lease liabilities as of September 30, 2022 by fiscal year are as follows:

Maturity of Lease Liabilities  Operating  Finance  Total 
 2022 (Three months)  $159,760  $4,254  $164,014 
 2023   598,672   3,364   602,036 
 2024   608,267   280   608,547 
 2025   519,550   —     519,550 
 2026   378,279   —     378,279 
 Thereafter   2,126,369   —     2,126,369 
 Total lease payments   4,390,897   7,898   4,398,795 
 Less: Interest   (1,412,311)  (29)  (1,412,340)
 Present value of lease liabilities  $2,978,586  $7,869  $2,986,455 

Condensed consolidated statements of operations classification of lease costs as of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017.  The future minimum2022 and 2021 are as follows:

    Three months ended September 30,  Nine months ended September 30, 
Lease Cost Classification 2022  2021  2022  2021 
Operating Operating expenses $139,206  $188,945  $466,904  $835,314 
Finance:                  
Amortization Operating expenses  15,312   85,822   86,119   308,242 
Interest expense Other expenses  258   2,640   1,672   13,991 
Total lease costs   $154,776  $277,407  $554,695  $1,157,547 

Other lease payments for the Woburn facility were approximately $1.8 millioninformation as of September 30, 2017.  A liability for costs that will continue to be incurred under a contract for its remaining term without economic benefit to the entity shall be recognized at the cease-use date.  If the contract2022 is an operating lease the fair valueas follows:

Other InformationTotal
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years)
Operating leases7.6
Finance leases0.8
Weighted average discount rate:
Operating leases9.3%
Finance leases4.4%

Supplemental cash flow information as of the liability at the cease-use date shall be determined based on the remaining lease rentals, adjusted for the effects of any prepaid or deferred items recognized under the lease,nine months ended September 30, 2022 and reduced by estimated sublease rentals that could be reasonably obtained for the property.  The Company expects the cease-use date for the Woburn facility to be in the first quarter of 2018.  We have not estimated the contract termination costs associated with this lease given that we have not yet reached the cease use date and given that we have only begun preliminary sublease pursuit activities.  We do not believe there will be significant additional costs related to restructuring outside of what2021 is described herein.  as follows:

 

Supplemental Cash Flow Information 2022  2021 
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities        
Cash used in operating activities        
Operating leases $466,904  $835,314 
Finance leases $1,672  $13,991 
Cash used in financing activities        
Finance leases $38,925  $236,563 
ROU assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:        
Operating leases $—    $748,294 

 

Note 9 -10 – License agreements, research collaborations and development agreements

NYSDOH

In 2018, the Company announced a collaboration with the New York State Department of Health (“DOH”) and ILÚM Health Solutions, LLC (“ILÚM”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Merck’s Healthcare Services and Solutions division, to develop a state-of-the-art research program to detect, track, and manage antimicrobial-resistant infections at healthcare institutions statewide. ILÚM has since been acquired by Infectious Disease Connect, Inc. (“IDC”), a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (“UPMC”) Enterprise company. The Company was working together with DOH’s Wadsworth Center and IDC to continue development of an infectious disease digital health and precision medicine platform that connects healthcare institutions to DOH and uses genomic microbiology for statewide surveillance and control of antimicrobial resistance. As part of the collaboration, the Company received approximately $1.6 million over the 15-month demonstration portion of the project. The demonstration project began in early 2019 and was completed in the first quarter of 2020. In April 2020, the Company began a second-year expansion phase to build on the successes and experience of the first-year pilot phase while focusing on accomplishing the goal of the effort to improve patient outcomes and save healthcare dollars by integrating real-time epidemiologic surveillance with rapid delivery of antibiotic resistance results to care-givers via web-based and mobile platforms. The second-year contract included a quarterly retainer-based project fee as well as volume-dependent per test fees for a total contract value of up to $450,000 to OpGen. In April 2021, the Company extended its second-year expansion phase by another six months through September 30, 2021 at which point the project was completed and has ended. The six-month extension and expansion contract included a quarterly retainer-based project fee as well as volume-dependent per test fees for a total contract value of up to an additional $540,000. During the three months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized $0 and $213,000 of revenue related to the contract, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company recognized $0 and $558,000 of revenue related to the contract, respectively.

Sandoz

In December 2018, Ares Genetics entered into a service frame agreement with Sandoz International GmbH (“Sandoz”), to leverage Ares Genetics’ database on the genetics of antibiotic resistance, ARESdb, and the ARES Technology Platform for Sandoz’ anti-infective portfolio.

Under the terms of the framework agreement, which had an initial term of 36 months that was subsequently extended to January 31, 2025, Ares Genetics and Sandoz intend to develop a digital anti-infectives platform, combining established microbiology laboratory methods with advanced bioinformatics and artificial intelligence methods to support drug development and life-cycle management. The collaboration, in the short- to mid-term, aims to both rapidly and cost-effectively re-purpose existing antibiotics and design value-added medicines with the objective of expanding indication areas and to overcome antibiotic resistance, in particular with regards to infections with bacteria that have already developed resistance against multiple treatment options. In the longer-term, the platform is expected to enable surveillance for antimicrobial resistant pathogens to inform antimicrobial stewardship and the development of novel anti-infectives that are less prone to encounter resistance and thereby preserve antibiotics as an effective treatment option.

Qiagen

On February 18, 2019, Ares Genetics and Qiagen GmbH, or Qiagen, entered into a strategic licensing agreement for ARESdb and AREStools in the area of AMR research. The agreement has a term of 20 years and may be terminated by Qiagen for convenience with 180 days written notice.

Ares Genetics has retained the rights to use ARESdb and AREStools for AMR research, customized bioinformatics services, and for the development of specific AMR assays and applications for the Curetis Group (including Ares Genetics), as well as third parties (e.g., other diagnostics companies or partners in the pharmaceutical industry). As the Qiagen research offering is expected to also enable advanced molecular diagnostic services and products, Qiagen’s customers may obtain a diagnostic use license from Ares Genetics.

Under the terms of the original agreement, Qiagen, in exchange for a moderate six figure up-front licensing payment, has received an exclusive RUO license to develop and commercialize general bioinformatics offerings and services for AMR research use only, based on Ares Genetics’ database on the genetics of antimicrobial resistance, ARESdb, as well as on the ARES bioinformatics AMR toolbox, AREStools. Under the agreement, the parties had agreed to a mid-single digit percentage royalty rate on Qiagen net sales, which is subject to a minimum royalty rate that steps up upon certain achieved milestones, which is payable to Ares Genetics. The parties also agreed to further modest six figure milestone payments upon certain product launches. The contract was subsequently amended in May 2021 to a non-exclusive license and a flat annual license fee as well as a royalty percentage on potential future panel-based products that are developed by Qiagen.

FISH License

The Company was party to one license agreement with Life Technologies to acquire certain patent rights and technologies related to its FISH product line. Royalties arewere incurred upon the sale of a product or service which utilizes the licensed technology. The Company terminated this license agreement in October 2020 effective as of June 30, 2021 in conjunction with its announced exit of the FISH business in June 2021. The Company paid a one-time settlement fee of $350,000 and paid a 10% royalty on the sale of eligible products through June 2021 but is no longer subject to any minimum royalty obligations. The Company recognized net royalty expense of $62,500$0 and $71,135$2,725 for the three months ended September 30, 20172022 and 2016,2021, respectively. Under all license agreements, theThe Company recognized a net royalty expense of $194,686$0 and $216,937$11,721 for the nine months ended September 30, 20172022 and 2016,2021, respectively. Annual future minimum royalty fees are $250,000 under these agreements.

Siemens

In June 2016, Ares Genetics acquired the Company entered into a licenseGEAR assets from Siemens Technology Accelerator GmbH (“STA”), providing the original foundation to ARESdb. Under the agreement with Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation (“Hitachi”), pursuant to which it resolved various matters with respect to previously delivered milestonesSTA, Ares Genetics incurs royalties on revenues from licensed product sales or sublicensing proceeds. Royalty rates under the technology developmentSiemens agreement range from 1.3% to 40% depending on the specifics of the licenses and rights provided a development licenseby Ares Genetics to third parties and commercial products licensewhether such third parties may have been originally introduced by Siemens to certain technology.Ares Genetics. The license agreement contains non-contingent multiple elements (the licenses) that the Company determined did not have stand alone value, and a contingent substantive milestone.  The licenses are treated as a single unit of accounting and the Company will recognize the revenue associated with that unit of accounting over the applicable license period.  During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company recognized $6,301 and $18,698, respectively, of revenuetotal net royalty expense related to the license agreement.

Note 10 - Related party transactions

In March 2014, the Company entered into a supplythis agreement (the “Supply Agreement”) with Fluidigm Corporation (“Fluidigm”) under which Fluidigm supplies the Company with its microfluidic test platformwas $1,552 and $681 for use in manufacturing the Acuitas MDRO Gene Test. The Company’s CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors is a director of Fluidigm. On July 12, 2015, the Company entered into a letter agreement (the “Fluidigm Agreement”) with Fluidigm to expand the companies’ existing relationship to include collaborating on the development of test kits and custom analytic instruments for identification, screening and surveillance testing of MDROs. The Fluidigm Agreement also expanded the Supply Agreement, and provides for expansion of the gene targets and organisms to be tested on the Company’s existing CLIA lab-based tests, the Acuitas MDRO Gene Test and the Acuitas Resistome Test, using Fluidigm technologies and products. Additionally, Fluidigm has agreed not to develop or directly collaborate with any third party to develop an FDA approved or CE-marked diagnostic test for the purpose of detecting resistance genes for identified MDROs if the Company meets certain minimum purchase commitments and other requirements. The initial term of the Fluidigm Agreement is five years. Both parties have the ability to extend the term for an additional five years. Under the expanded Supply Agreement, the term was extended until March 17, 2018, and the Company has the right to extend the term of the Supply Agreement for up to two additional three-year terms. The Company paid $30,200 and $0 related to these agreements in the three months ended September 30, 20172022 and 2016,2021, respectively. The Company paid $74,921 and $160,089total net royalty expense related to these agreements inthis agreement was $5,034 and $1,475 for the nine months ended September 30, 20172022 and 2016,2021, respectively.

Under

Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND)

On September 20, 2022, Curetis GmbH and FIND entered into a research and development collaboration agreement for a total amount due to Curetis of €0.7 million to develop a simple to use molecular diagnostic test for identification of pathogens and antibiotic resistances in positive blood cultures for deployment in low- and middle-income countries (“LMICs”). If successful, after demonstrating feasibility and completing the Supplyinitial research and development project phase, both parties have agreed to discuss the option of a potential future collaboration and commercialization agreement. As of September 30, 2022, research and development activities had already commenced, and the collaboration is expected to conclude with a series of work packages and deliverables in the first half of 2023.

Note 11 - Subsequent Events

Subsequent to September 30, 2022, the Company consummated a registered direct offering of shares of common stock and Series C Mirroring Preferred Stock pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement entered into with a certain institutional investor. Pursuant to the Securities Purchase Agreement, the Company had inventory purchasesagreed to issue and sell to the investor (i) 5,360,000 shares of $19,760the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, (ii) 33,810 shares of the Company’s Series C Mirroring Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share and $23,624 instated value of $0.01 per share, and (iii) pre-funded warrants to purchase an aggregate of 4,300,000 shares of common stock. Each share of common stock was sold at a price of $0.35 per share, each share of preferred stock was sold at a price of $0.01 per share, and each pre-funded warrant was sold at an offering price of $0.34 per share underlying such pre-funded warrants, for aggregate gross proceeds of $3.34 million before deducting the three months ended September 30, 2017placement agent’s fees and 2016, respectively.the offering expenses, and net proceeds of $3.04 million. Under the SupplyPurchase Agreement, the Company had inventory purchasesalso agreed to issue and sell to the investor in a concurrent private placement warrants to purchase an aggregate of $110,2399,660,000 shares of common stock. In connection with the offering, the Company also entered into a warrant amendment agreement with the investor pursuant to which the Company agreed to amend certain existing warrants to purchase up to 14,829,751 shares of common stock that were previously issued in 2018 and $91,3992021 to the investor, with exercise prices ranging from $2.05 to $65.00 per share as a condition for their purchase of the securities in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.


In addition,offering, as follows: (i) lower the Company has several capital lease arrangements for laboratory equipment manufactured by Fluidigm. The Company paid $15,683 and $45,106 related to the leased equipment in the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The Company paid $76,199 and $135,319 related to the leased equipment in the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

In October 2016, the Company entered into an agreement with Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Merck Co. & Inc. (“Merck”), an affiliate of MGHIF, a principal stockholderexercise price of the Company and a related partyinvestor’s existing warrants to $0.377 per share, (ii) provide that the Company.  Underexisting warrants, as amended, will not be exercisable until six months following the agreement, Merck provided access to its archive of over 200,000 bacterial pathogens.  The Company is initially performing molecular analyses on up to 10,000 pathogens to identify markers of resistance to support rapid decision making using the Acuitas Lighthouse, and to speed development of its rapid diagnostic products. Merck gains access to the high-resolution genotype data for the isolates as well as access to the Acuitas Lighthouse informatics to support internal research and development programs. The Company is required to expend up to $175,000 for the procurement of materials related to the activities contemplated by the agreement. Contract life-to-date, the Company has incurred $146,177 of procurement costs which have been recognized as research and development expense, including $0 and $113,907 in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively.

Note 11 – Subsequent events

As of October 16, 2017, allclosing date of the 6,835,805 pre-fundedoffering, and (iii) extend the original expiration date of the existing warrants issued inby five and one-half years following the July 2017 Public Offering have been exercised.close of the offering.

 


Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations should be read in conjunction with the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes thereto included in Part I, Item 1 of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. This discussion contains forward-looking statements, based on current expectations and related to future events and our future financial performance, that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of many important factors, including those set forth under Part II. Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q and Part 1. Item 1A of our annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.2021.

Overview

OpGen, was incorporated in Delaware in 2001. The Company’s headquarters are in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and its principal operations are in Gaithersburg, Maryland and Woburn, Massachusetts. The Company also has operations in Copenhagen, Denmark. The Company operates in one business segment.

OpGenInc. (the “Company”) is a precision medicine company usingharnessing the power of molecular diagnostics and informatics to help combat infectious disease. The Company isAlong with our subsidiaries, Curetis GmbH and Ares Genetics GmbH, we are developing and commercializing molecular information products and services for global healthcare settings,microbiology solutions helping to guide clinicians with more rapid and actionable information about life threatening infections to improve patient outcomes and decrease the spread of infections caused by multidrug-resistant microorganisms, or MDROs. Its proprietary DNA testsOur current product portfolio includes Unyvero, Acuitas AMR Gene Panel, and informatics address the rising threatARES Technology Platform including ARESdb, NGS technology and AI-powered bioinformatics solutions for AMR surveillance, outbreak analysis, and antibiotic response prediction including ARESiss, ARESid, and AREScloud, as well as the Curetis CE-IVD-marked PCR-based SARS-CoV-2 test kit. The Company exited its FISH business in early 2021, and the Company's corresponding license agreement with Life Technologies, a subsidiary of antibiotic resistance by helping physicians and other healthcare providers optimize care decisionsThermo Fisher, was terminated as of June 30, 2021.

On April 1, 2020, the Company completed a business combination transaction whereby the Company acquired Curetis GmbH, a private limited liability company organized under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (“Curetis GmbH”). Curetis is an early commercial-stage molecular diagnostics company focused on rapid infectious disease testing for hospitalized patients with acute infections.the aim to improve the treatment of hospitalized, critically ill patients with suspected microbial infection and has developed the innovative Unyvero molecular diagnostic solution for comprehensive infectious disease testing. The business combination transaction was designed principally to leverage each company’s existing research and development and relationships with hospitals and clinical laboratories to accelerate the sales of both companies’ products and services.

 

The Company’s molecularfocus of OpGen is on its combined broad portfolio of products, which includes high impact rapid diagnostics and informatics offerings combine its Acuitas DNA tests and Acuitas Lighthouse informatics platform for use with its proprietary, curated MDRO knowledgebase.bioinformatics to interpret antimicrobial resistance (or AMR) genetic data. The Company is workingcurrently expects to deliver ourfocus on the following products for lower respiratory infection, urinary tract infection and services, some in development, to a global network of customers and partners.  These include:invasive joint infection:

The Unyvero Lower Respiratory Tract, or LRT, test (e.g., for bacterial pneumonias) is the first U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, cleared test that can be used for the detection of more than 90% of common causative agents of pneumonia in hospitalized patients. According to the National Center for Health Statistics (2018), pneumonia is a leading cause of admissions to the hospital and is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality. It also increases in elderly patients, transplant, cancer or other immunocompromised patients. The Unyvero LRT automated test detects 19 pathogens within less than five hours, with approximately two minutes of hands-on time and provides clinicians with a comprehensive overview of 10 genetic antibiotic resistance markers. We have commercialized the Unyvero LRT BAL test for testing bronchoalveolar lavage, or BAL, specimens from patients with LRT infections following FDA clearance received by Curetis in December 2019. The Unyvero LRT BAL automated test simultaneously detects 20 pathogens and 10 antibiotic resistance markers, and it is the first and only FDA-cleared panel that also includes Pneumocystis jirovecii, a key fungal pathogen often found in immunocompromised patients (such as AIDS and transplant patients) that can be difficult to diagnose, as the 20th pathogen on the panel. We believe the Unyvero LRT and LRT BAL tests have the ability to help address a significant, previously unmet medical need that causes over $10 billion in annual costs for the U.S. healthcare system, according to the Centers for Disease Control, or CDC.

Following registration of the Unyvero instrument system as an IVD for the Chinese market in early 2021, we are supporting our strategic partner Beijing Clear Biotech (BCB) in pursuing execution of a supplemental clinical trial with the Unyvero HPN test. As requested by the Chinese regulatory authority NMPA, this study is geared towards generating additional data in China that will complement a larger data set with data from abroad compiled from other clinical and analytical studies performed in the past. Due to the continued impact of strict COVID-19 restrictions in China, this supplementary study has not yet been initiated and OpGen currently does not have visibility on the timelines for such a clinical study to start. In the third quarter of 2022, regulatory advisors to BCB informed OpGen that the NMPA has implemented a mandatory new electronic filing regime that requires the Company to re-submit its filing seeking approval for the pneumonia cartridge under the new regime. The regulatory advisors estimate a total duration for the review and approval process to be between 24 to 30 months, and during that time, the clinical study is believed to take approximately 10 to 12 months.

 

The Unyvero Urinary Tract Infection, or UTI, test, which is CE-IVD marked in Europe, is currently being made available to laboratories in the United States as a research use only, or RUO, kit. The test detects a broad range of pathogens as well as antimicrobial resistance markers directly from native urine specimens. We initiated a prospective multi-center clinical trial for the Unyvero UTI in the United States in the third quarter of 2021 and have recently completed enrollment of more than 1,800 patient samples. We currently expect to conclude reference testing in the coming months and expect unblinding in December 2022 as the next step towards a subsequent FDA submission.

Its Acuitas DNA

The Unyvero Invasive Joint Infection, or IJI, test, which is a variant being developed for the U.S. market, has also been selected for analytical and clinical performance evaluation on the Unyvero A30 platform including clinical trials towards a future U.S. FDA submission. Microbial diagnosis of IJI is difficult because of challenges in sample collection, usually at surgery, and patients being on prior antibiotic therapy which minimizes the chances of recovering viable bacteria. We believe that Unyvero IJI could be useful in identifying pathogens as well as their AMR markers to help guide optimal antibiotic treatment for these patients.

On September 30, 2021, we received clearance from the FDA for our Acuitas AMR Gene Panel for bacterial isolates. The Acuitas AMR Gene Panel detects 28 genetic AMR markers in isolated bacterial colonies from 26 different pathogens. We believe the panel provides clinicians with a valuable diagnostic tool that informs about potential AMR patterns early and supports appropriate antibiotic treatment decisions in this indication. We signed two commercial customer contracts, and in October 2022, installed the first two systems for the Acuitas AMR Gene Panel for isolates and have a funnel of several additional commercial contract proposals that we expect to enter into during the coming quarters.

On September 20, 2022, we signed a research and development collaboration agreement with the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), the global alliance for diagnostics, which will fund the development of the A30RQ platform for use in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The initial project focuses on a feasibility study for the rapid detection of AMR markers from blood culture. The feasibility phase of this research and development project is set to conclude in the first half of 2023 and is funded for €0.7 million.

On October 25, 2022, we announced that our subsidiary Curetis and BioVersys AG, a Swiss biotech company developing novel antibiotics against drug resistant infections, signed a collaboration agreement. Under that collaboration agreement, BioVersys will be using the Unyvero systems and HPN pneumonia test at all its sites for its upcoming BV100 phase II clinical trial.

We are also developing novel bioinformatics tools and solutions to accompany or augment our current and potential future IVD products and may seek regulatory clearance for such bioinformatics tools and solutions to the extent they would be required either as part of our portfolio of IVD products or even as a standalone bioinformatics product.

We have started offering validated high-quality sequencing and analysis services with rapid turnaround times for key applications in microbiology. The unique and differentiated offering for rapid and comprehensive genetic characterization of bacterial isolates and interpretive services include whole genome sequencing, taxonomic identification and typing, detection of plasmids, and other mobile elements, AMR, and virulence markers. Furthermore, the RUO services provided by OpGen’s lab in Rockville, MD, will provide prediction of phenotypic antibiotic susceptibility based on our ARESdb database as well as specialized software for bacterial outbreak analysis via our AREScloud web application.

OpGen has extensive offerings of additional IVD tests provide rapid microbial identificationincluding CE-IVD-marked Unyvero tests for hospitalized pneumonia patients who are hospitalized, implant and antibiotic resistance gene information. These products include our Acuitas Rapid Test fortissue infections, intra-abdominal infections, complicated urinary tract infectioninfections, and blood stream infections. Our portfolio furthermore includes a CE-IVD-marked PCR based rapid test kit for SARS-CoV-2 detection in development,combination with our PCR compatible universal lysis buffer (PULB).

OpGen’s combined AMR bioinformatics offerings, when and if such products are cleared for marketing, will offer important new tools to clinicians treating patients with AMR infections. OpGen’s subsidiary Ares Genetics’ ARESdb is a comprehensive database of genetic and phenotypic information. ARESdb was originally designed based on the QuickFISH family of FDA-cleared and CE-marked diagnostics used to rapidly detect pathogens in positive blood cultures, and its Acuitas Resistome Tests for genetic analysis of hospital surveillance isolates.

Its Acuitas Lighthouse informatics systems are cloud-based HIPAA compliant informatics offerings that combine clinical lab test results with patient and hospital information to provide analytics and actionable insights to help manage MDROs in the hospital and patient care environment. Components of its informatics systems are the Acuitas Lighthouse Knowledgebase, a proprietary data warehouse of genomic data matched with antibiotic susceptibility information for bacterialSiemens microbiology strain collection covering resistant pathogens and its development has significantly expanded, as a result of transferring data from the discontinued Acuitas Lighthouse informatics, which can be specificinto ARESdb to now cover more than 90,000 bacterial isolates that have been sequenced using Next Generation Sequencing, or NGS, technology and tested for susceptibility with applicable antibiotics from a healthcare facility or collaborator, such as a pharmaceutical company.

The Company’s operations are subject to certain risks and uncertainties. The risks include rapid technology changes, the need to manage growth, the need to retain key personnel, the need to protect intellectual property and the need to raise additional capital financing on terms acceptable to the Company. The Company’s success depends, in part, on its ability to develop and commercialize its proprietary technology as well as raise additional capital.

Recent Developments

Since inception, the Company has incurred, and continues to incur, significant losses from operations. The Company has funded its operations primarily through external investor financing arrangements. The following financing transactions took place during 2017:

On July 18, 2017, the Company closed its July 2017 Public Offeringrange of 18,164,195 units at $0.40 per unit, and 6,835,805 pre‑funded units at $0.39 per pre-funded unit, raising gross proceeds of approximately $10 million and net proceeds of approximately $8.8 million.  jVen Capital, an affiliate of Evan Jones, the Company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer,and three employees of the Company participated in the July 2017 Public Offering.  Each unit included one share of common stock and one common warrant to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $0.425 per share.  Each pre-funded unit included one pre-funded warrant to purchase one share of common stock for an exercise price of $0.01 per share, and one common warrant to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $0.425 per share. The common warrants are exercisable immediately and have a five-year term from the date of issuance.  Approximately $1 million of the gross proceeds was used to repay the outstanding Bridge Financing Notes to jVen Capital in July 2017.

On May 31, 2017, the Company entered into a Note Purchase Agreement with jVen Capital, under which jVen Capital agreed to provide bridge financing in an aggregate principal amount of up to $1,500,000 to the Company in up to three


separate tranches of Bridge Financing Notes. The interest rate on each Bridge Financing Note was ten percent (10%) per annum (subject to increase upon an event of default).  over 100 antimicrobial drugs. In connection with the Bridge Financing Notes, the Company issued jVen Capital stock purchase warrants to acquire 140,845 shares with an exercise price of $0.78 per share, and stock purchase warrants to acquire 158,730 shares at an exercise price of $0.69 per share.  On June 14, 2017, the Company drew down on the first of three Bridge Financing Notes, with $1 million remaining capacity available. The Company drew down on the second Bridge Financing Note on July 5, 2017 and the third Bridge Financing Note was never issued.  The outstanding Bridge Financing Notes were repaid in full upon the closing of the July 2017 Public Offering.  

On June 6, 2017, as amended on June 28, 2017, the Company issued the amended and restated MGHIF Note to MGHIF, which extended the maturity date of the MGHIF Note from July 14, 2017 to July 14, 2018. In return for MGHIF’s consent to such extension, the Company increased the interest rate of the MGHIF Note to 10% per annum and issued warrants to purchase shares of common stock to MGHIF equal to 20% of the principal balance of the MGHIF Note, plus interest accrued thereon, as of June 28, 2017.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017 the Company sold approximately 4.0 million shares of its common stock under its at the market offering resulting in aggregate net proceeds to the Company of approximately $3.4 million, and gross proceeds of $3.6 million.

In early June 2017, the Company commenced a restructuring of its operations to improve efficiency and reduce its cost structure. The Company expects these actions to reduce operating expenses by 25-30 percent by the fourth quarter of 2017. The restructuring plans anticipate that2021, Ares Genetics entered into a strategic database access deal with one of the Company will consolidate operationsworld’s leading microbiology and IVD corporations for FDA-clearedtheir non-exclusive access to approximately 1.1% of Ares Genetics’ total database asset at the time of signing. Ares Genetics continues to explore various discussions with several interested parties in potential future collaboration or licensing opportunities. Additional partnerships with a U.S. CLIA lab, a contract research organization (“CRO”) and CE marked productsa major University Medical Center as well as the Belgian national reference laboratory at the University Hospital Leuven have been initiated and are ongoing and the collaboration master service agreement with Sandoz has recently been extended until January 2025.

In addition to potential future licensing and partnering, Ares Genetics intends to independently utilize the proprietary biomarker content in this database, as well as to build an independent business in NGS and Artificial Intelligence, or AI, based offerings for AMR research and development activitiesdiagnostics in collaboration with its current and potential future partners in the life science, pharmaceutical and diagnostics industries. Ares Genetics’ customers for such offerings include Siemens Technology Accelerator and academic, public health, and biotechnology institutions from various European countries as new customers.

Curetis’ Unyvero A50 tests for up to 130 diagnostic targets (pathogens and resistance genes) in under five hours with approximately two minutes of hands-on time. The system was first CE-IVD-marked in 2012 and was FDA cleared in 2018 along with the LRT test through a De Novo request. The Unyvero A30 RQ is a new device designed to address the low-to mid-plex testing market for 5-30 DNA targets and to provide results in approximately 30 to 90 minutes with 2-5 minutes of hands-on time. The Unyvero A30 RQ has a small benchtop footprint and has an attractive cost of goods profile. Curetis has been following a partnering strategy for the Unyvero A30 RQ and, following the successful completion of a key development milestone, Curetis has completed final verification and validation testing of the A30 instruments and, in addition to the new collaboration with FIND, is actively engaged in ongoing partnering discussions and due diligence.

The Company has extensive partner and distribution relationships to help accelerate the establishment of a global infectious disease diagnostic testing and informatics business. The Company’s partners include A. Menarini Diagnostics S.r.l. for Pan-European distribution to currently 12 countries and Beijing Clear Biotech Co. Ltd. for Unyvero A50 product distribution in China. We have a network of distributors covering countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Asia Pacific and Latin America. With the discontinuation of our FISH products business in Europe, we have reduced our network of distributors to only those distributors actively commercializing our Unyvero line of products or CE-IVD-marked SARS-CoV-2 test kits.

OpGen will continue to develop and seek FDA and other regulatory clearances or approvals, as applicable, for its Unyvero UTI and IJI products as well as its Unyvero A30 RQ platform. OpGen will continue to offer the FDA-cleared Unyvero LRT and LRT BAL Panels, and FDA-cleared Acuitas Rapid TestAMR Gene Panel tests, as well as the Unyvero UTI Panel as RUO products to hospitals, public health departments, clinical laboratories, pharmaceutical companies and CROs. Curetis continues its efforts in Gaithersburg,ensuring compliance with the new In-Vitro-Diagnostic Device Regulation (IVDR) in the European Union (EU), which officially went into effect in May 2022. Given the lack of designated Notified Bodies at this time, and with the recently approved EU commission proposal to provide for generous multi-year grace periods for IVD products with former In-Vitro-Diagnostic Device Directive (IVDD) CE marking, it is now possible for Curetis to continue its portfolio of existing CE-IVD-marked products until at least May 2025 and May 2026, respectively, as long as no material changes are being made to any of its products. Following May 2022, however, any new or changed CE-marked products will be required to be IVDR compliant from the outset.

Our headquarters are in Rockville, Maryland, and reduceour principal operations are in Rockville, Maryland and Holzgerlingen and Bodelshausen, both in Germany. We also have operations in Vienna, Austria. We operate in one business segment.

Recent developments

COVID-19

On March 11, 2020, the sizeWorld Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus (“COVID-19”) a pandemic, and on March 13, 2020, the United States declared a national emergency with respect to COVID-19. COVID-19 has negatively impacted the global economy, disrupted global supply chains and created significant volatility and disruption in the financial markets.

As a result of its commercial organization while the Company works to complete the developmentoutbreak, we have experienced a material impact on our business, financial condition and results of its Acuitas Rapid Test and Acuitas Lighthouse Knowledgebase products and services in development.

There were approximately $0 and $121,000 of one-time termination benefits that were recognized duringoperations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20172022 as well as significant business disruptions. For example, the recurring and ongoing COVID-19 related lockdowns and restrictions resulted in delays to the restructuring.  The Company does not anticipate any further one-time termination benefits relatedstart of the clinical study required in China.

We continue to monitor the restructuring plan.  Retention agreements were issuedimpacts of COVID-19 on the global economy and on our business operations. However, at this time, it is difficult to certain employeespredict how long the potential operational impacts of COVID-19 will remain in which retention bonuses are earnedeffect or to what degree they will impact our operations and paid upon the completionfinancial results. An extended period of a designated service period.  The service periods endglobal supply chain and economic disruption could materially affect our business, results of operations, access to sources of liquidity and financial condition, as well as our ability to execute our business strategies and initiatives in December 2017.  The Company expectstheir respective expected time frames.

Financings

Since inception, we have incurred, and continue to incur, total retention expensesignificant losses from operations. We have funded our operations primarily through external investor financing arrangements. During 2021, we raised net proceeds of approximately $68,000$48 million. During 2022, we raised net proceeds of which approximately $34,000 and $47,000 were incurred during the three and nine months ended$1 million through September 30, 2017.  The future minimum lease payments for the Woburn facility were approximately $1.8 million as of September 30, 2017.  A liability for costs that will continue to be incurred under a contract for its remaining term without economic benefit to the entity shall be recognized at the cease-use date.  If the contract is an operating lease the fair value of the liability at the cease-use date shall be determined based on the remaining lease rentals, adjusted for the effects of any prepaid or deferred items recognized under the lease, and reduced by estimated sublease rentals that could be reasonably obtained for the property.  The Company expects the cease-use date for the Woburn facility to be in the first quarter of 2018.  We have not estimated the contract termination costs associated with this lease given that we have not yet reached the cease use date and given that we have only begun preliminary sublease pursuit activities.  We do not believe there will be significant additional costs related to restructuring outside of what is described herein.2022.

Results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 20172022 and 20162021

Revenues 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Product sales

 

$

729,742

 

 

$

730,325

 

Laboratory services

 

 

9,070

 

 

 

23,036

 

Collaboration revenue

 

 

6,302

 

 

 

6,302

 

Total revenue

 

$

745,114

 

 

$

759,663

 

Revenues 

 

  Three months ended September 30, 
  2022  2021 
Product sales $359,112  $643,887 
Laboratory services  31,016   192,753 
Collaboration revenue  58,585   402,492 
Total revenue $448,713  $1,239,132 

Total revenue for the three months ended September 30, 20172022 decreased approximately 2%. This decrease is primarily attributable to:

Product Sales: product sales for the three months ended September 30, 2017 were relatively consistent with64% when compared to the same period in 2016;2021, with a change in the mix of revenue, as follows:


Laboratory Services:Product sales: the decrease in revenue of approximately 61%44% in the 20172022 period compared to the 20162021 period is primarily attributable to a result of decreasesdecrease in sales of our Acuitas MDRO test servicesinternational Unyvero system and Acuitas Lighthouse services; and

cartridge sales;
Laboratory services: the decrease in revenue of approximately 84% in the 2022 period compared to the 2021 period is primarily attributable to a decrease in COVID-19 testing services performed by Curetis; and
Collaboration revenue: the decrease in revenue of approximately 85% in the 2022 period compared to the 2021 period is primarily due to the end of the contract with the New York State DOH in the third quarter of 2021, which had contributed $0.2 million of collaboration revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2022.

Collaboration Revenue: collaboration revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2017 was consistent with the same period in 2016;

Operating expenses 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 Three months ended September 30, 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 2022  2021 

Cost of products sold

 

$

448,407

 

 

$

400,001

 

 $1,886,191  $648,298 

Cost of services

 

 

49,119

 

 

 

51,802

 

  17,239   203,314 

Research and development

 

 

1,513,157

 

 

 

2,178,818

 

  2,031,113   2,382,303 

General and administrative

 

 

1,600,577

 

 

 

1,639,996

 

  2,020,452   2,088,226 

Sales and marketing

 

 

330,305

 

 

 

1,294,640

 

  1,031,496   1,003,577 
Goodwill impairment charge  6,975,520   —   

Total operating expenses

 

$

3,941,565

 

 

$

5,565,257

 

 $13,962,011  $6,325,718 

 

The Company’sOur total operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2017 decreased2022 increased approximately 29%121% when compared to the same period in 2016. This decrease is primarily attributable to:2021. Operating expenses changed as follows:

Cost of products sold: cost of products sold for the three months ended September 30, 2022 increased approximately 191% when compared to the same period in 2021. The increase is primarily attributable to the increase of $1.4 million in the Company’s inventory reserve which was driven by review and approval delays of the Company’s pneumonia cartridge encountered in China which required re-submission under the new electronic filing regime;

Costs of products sold: cost of products sold for the three months ended September 30, 2017 increased approximately 12% when compared to the same period in 2016. The change in costs of products sold is primarily attributable to increased payroll and facility costs;

Cost of services: cost of services for the three months ended September 30, 2022 decreased approximately 92% when compared to the same period in 2021. The decrease in cost of services is primarily attributable to lower cost of services due to the conclusion of our contract with the New York State DOH in the third quarter of 2021 and a decrease in COVID-19 testing services by Curetis;

Costs of services: cost of services for the three months ended September 30, 2017 decreased approximately 5% when compared to the same period in 2016. The change in costs of services is primarily attributable to a decrease in sales of Acuitas Lighthouse services;

Research and development: research and development expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2022 decreased approximately 15% when compared to the same period in 2021. The decrease in research and development is primarily attributable to a reduction in payroll related costs resulting primarily from streamlining our operating activities and reducing headcount in research and development and operations at our Rockville headquarters;

General and administrative: general and administrative expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2022 decreased approximately 3% when compared to the same period in 2021, primarily due to a reduction in payroll related costs;

Sales and marketing: sales and marketing expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2022 increased approximately 3% when compared to the same period in 2021, primarily due to the expansion of the Company’s sales force; and
Goodwill impairment charge: goodwill impairment charge for the three months ended September 30, 2022 represents the impairment of the Company’s goodwill primarily due to recent decreases in the Company’s stock price and market capitalization.

Disregarding the impact of the goodwill impairment charge, total operating expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2017 decreased2022 increased approximately 31%10% when compared to the same period in 2016, primarily due to a decrease in costs related to the automated rapid pathogen identification project;2021.

General and administrative: general and administrative expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2017 were relatively consistent with the same period in 2016;

Sales and marketing: sales and marketing expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2017 decreased approximately 74% when compared to the same period in 2016, primarily due to costs incurred to conduct marketing studies conducted in 2016 and reductions in the size of our commercial organization that occurred in June 2017.

Other (expense) income (expense)

  Three months ended September 30, 
  2022  2021 
Interest expense $(569,306) $(1,222,867)
Foreign currency transaction (losses) gains  (51,547)  229,074 
Other income  11,174   31,844 
Change in fair value of derivative financial instruments  18,995   (8,161)
Total other expense $(590,684) $(970,110)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Interest expense

 

$

(90,317

)

 

$

(41,423

)

Foreign currency transaction gains/(losses)

 

 

8,018

 

 

 

(1,269

)

Other (expense)/income

 

 

(87,292

)

 

 

623

 

Change in fair value of warrant liabilities

 

 

97,395

 

 

 

Total other expense

 

$

(72,196

)

 

$

(42,069

)

The Company’sOur total other expense for the three months ended September 30, 2017 increased2022 decreased when compared to the same period in 2021 primarily as a result of an increase indue to lower interest expense due to the issuance of a Bridge Financing Note and modification of the MGHIF Note in June 2017 as well as the expense of the unamortized discount on the outstanding Bridge Financing Notes at repayment. The increase in other expense was partially offset by an increase in other income in the three months ended September 30, 2017, due to the change in the fair value of warrant liabilities, as a result of a decline the Company’s stock price, and due to foreign currency gains.transaction losses.


Results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 20172022 and 20162021

Revenues 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

Revenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Product sales

 

$

2,145,371

 

 

$

2,705,690

 

Laboratory services

 

 

41,025

 

 

 

182,130

 

Collaboration revenue

 

 

33,699

 

 

 

131,302

 

Total revenue

 

$

2,220,095

 

 

$

3,019,122

 

Revenues 

 

  Nine months ended September 30, 
  2022  2021 
Product sales $1,614,435  $1,479,270 
Laboratory services  94,515   643,602 
Collaboration revenue  176,713   757,591 
Total revenue $1,885,663  $2,880,463 

Total revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 20172022 decreased approximately 26% as35% when compared to the six months ended June 30, 2016. This decrease is primarily attributable to:

Product Sales: the decreasesame period in revenue of approximately 21%2021, with a change in the 2017 period compared to the 2016 period is primarily attributable to a reduction in the salemix of our Argus products,revenue, as we transitioned from our legacy mapping products to the introduction of Acuitas MDRO productssales, and a reduction in the sale of our rapid pathogen ID testing products;follows:

Laboratory Services: the decrease in revenue of approximately 77% in the 2017 period compared to the 2016 period is a result of decreases in sales of our Acuitas MDRO test products and Acuitas Lighthouse services; and

Collaboration Revenue: the decrease in revenue of approximately 74% in the 2017 period compared to the 2016 period is primarily attributable to decreasedrevenue related to Hitachi contracts.

Product sales: the increase in revenue of approximately 9% in the 2022 period compared to the 2021 period is primarily attributable to the one-time sale of a pool of Unyvero A50 instrument systems to our Pan-European distribution partner Menarini;

Laboratory services: the decrease in revenue of approximately 85% in the 2022 period compared to the 2021 period is primarily attributable to a decrease in COVID-19 testing services performed by Curetis; and

Collaboration revenue: the decrease in revenue of approximately 77% in the 2022 period compared to the 2021 period is primarily due to the end of the contract with the New York State DOH in the third quarter of 2021, which had contributed $0.6 million of collaboration revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2022.

Operating expenses 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 Nine months ended September 30, 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 2022  2021 

Cost of products sold

 

$

1,266,148

 

 

$

1,269,990

 

 $2,824,577  $1,544,932 

Cost of services

 

 

228,115

 

 

 

528,733

 

  63,450   446,232 

Research and development

 

 

5,397,906

 

 

 

6,278,829

 

  6,621,310   8,055,384 

General and administrative

 

 

5,319,811

 

 

 

4,955,096

 

  6,779,773   7,444,138 

Sales and marketing

 

 

2,345,293

 

 

 

4,282,628

 

  3,252,277   2,705,378 
Impairment of right-of-use asset  —     170,714 
Goodwill impairment charge  6,975,520   —   

Total operating expenses

 

$

14,557,273

 

 

$

17,315,276

 

 $26,516,907  $20,366,778 

 

The Company’sOur total operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 decreased2022 increased approximately 16%30% when compared to the same period in 2016. This decrease is primarily attributable to:2021. Operating expenses changed as follows:

Costs of products sold: cost of products sold for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 increased approximately 83% when compared to the same period in 2021. The increase is primarily attributable to the increase of $1.4 million in the Company’s inventory reserve which was driven by review and approval delays of the Company’s pneumonia cartridge encountered in China which required re-submission under the new electronic filing regime;

Costs of products sold: cost of products sold for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 were relatively consistent with the same period in 2016;

Costs of services: cost of services for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 decreased approximately 86% when compared to the same period in 2021. The decrease in cost of services is primarily attributable to lower cost of services related to the conclusion of our contract with the New York State DOH in the third quarter of 2021 and a decrease in COVID testing services by Curetis;

Costs of services: cost of services for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 decreased approximately 57% when compared to the same period in 2016. The change in costs of services is primarily attributable to a decrease in sales of Acuitas Lighthouse services;

Research and development: research and development expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 decreased approximately 18% when compared to the same period in 2021. The decrease in research and development is primarily attributable to a reduction in payroll related costs resulting primarily from streamlining operations and reducing headcount in research and development and operations at our Rockville headquarters;

General and administrative: general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 decreased approximately 9% when compared to the same period in 2021, which is primarily due to a reduction in payroll related costs;

Sales and marketing: sales and marketing expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 increased approximately 20% when compared to the same period in 2021, which is primarily due to the expansion of the Company’s sales force as well as their participation in an increasing number of international and domestic trade shows and exhibitions as the COVID-19 pandemic is gradually brought under control;

Impairment of right-of-use asset (ROU asset): impairment of right-of-use asset for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 represents the impairment of Curetis’ former office facility in San Diego, California; and

Goodwill impairment charge: goodwill impairment charge for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 represents the impairment of the Company’s goodwill primarily due to recent decreases in the Company’s stock price and market capitalization.

Disregarding the impact of the goodwill impairment charge, total operating expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 20172022 decreased approximately 14%4% when compared to the same period in 2016, primarily due to a decrease in costs related to the automated rapid pathogen identification project;2021.

General and administrative: general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 increased approximately 7% when compared to the same period in 2016, primarily due to legal costs;

Sales and marketing: sales and marketing expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 decreased approximately 45% when compared to the same period in 2016, primarily due to costs associated with marketing studies conducted in the first and second quarter of 2016 and the reductions in the size of our commercial organization that occurred in June through September 2017.


Other income (expense)expense

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 Nine months ended September 30, 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 2022  2021 
Warrant inducement expense $—    $(7,755,541)
Gain on extinguishment of debt  —     259,353 

Interest expense

 

$

(173,974

)

 

$

(109,806

)

  (2,618,799)  (3,586,018)

Foreign currency transaction gains

 

 

19,636

 

 

 

2,293

 

  419,160   655,774 

Other expense

 

 

(87,270

)

 

 

(3,078

)

Change in fair value of warrant liabilities

 

 

124,139

 

 

 

Other income  28,147   41,471 
Change in fair value of derivative financial instruments  54,623   (122,572)

Total other expense

 

$

(117,469

)

 

$

(110,591

)

 $(2,116,869) $(10,507,533)

 

The Company’sOur total other expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 increased2022 decreased when compared to the same period of 2016,in 2021 primarily as a result of an increase in interest expense due to the issuance of a Bridge Financing Note and modification of the MGHIF Note in June 2017 as well as thewarrant inducement expense of the unamortized discount on the Bridge Financing Notes at repayment. The increase in other expense was partially offset by an increase in other income in the three months ended September 30, 2017, duerelated to the change in the fair value of warrant liabilities, as a result of a decline the Company’s stock price, and due to foreign currency gains.our 2021 Warrant Exercise.

Liquidity and capital resources

As of September 30, 2017, the Company2022, we had cash and cash equivalents of $4.9$10.3 million compared to $4.1$36.1 million at December 31, 2016. The Company has2021. We have funded itsour operations primarily through external investor financing arrangements and hashave raised funds in 20172022 and 2016,2021, including:

During the year ended December 31, 2021, we sold 680,000 shares of common stock under the ATM Agreement resulting in aggregate net proceeds to us of approximately $1.48 million, and gross proceeds of $1.55 million.

On July 18, 2017,February 11, 2021, we closed the CompanyFebruary 2021 Offering for the purchase of (i) 2,784,184 shares of common stock, (ii) 5,549,149 pre-funded warrants, and (iii) unregistered common share purchase warrants to purchase 4,166,666 shares. The February 2021 Offering raised aggregate net proceeds of $23.5 million, and gross proceeds of $25.0 million.

On March 9, 2021, we closed a public offeringthe 2021 Warrant Exercise resulting in the issuance of 18,164,195 units at $0.40 per unit,4,842,615 shares of common stock and 6,835,805 pre‑funded units at $0.39 per pre-funded unit, raising gross proceeds of approximately $10$9.65 million and net proceeds of approximately $8.8$9.3 million.  Each unit included one share

On October 18, 2021, we closed the October 2021 Offering of common150,000 shares of convertible preferred stock and one warrant to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $0.425 per share.  Each pre-funded unit included one pre-funded warrant to purchase one share of common stock for an exercise price of $0.01 per share, and one warrant to purchase one share of common stock at an exercise price of $0.425 per share.  The common warrants are exercisable immediately and have a five-year term from the date of issuance.  Approximately $1 million of the gross proceeds was used to repay outstanding Bridge Financing Notes.

On May 31, 2017, the Company entered the bridge financing transaction with jVen Capital described above under “Recent Developments.”  

A condition to the receipt of the bridge financing was an extension of the maturity date of the A&R MGHIF Note from July 14, 2017 to July 14, 2018. In return for MGHIF’s consent to such extension, the Company issued the A&R MGHIF Note to increase the interest rate to 10% and issued warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 7,500,000 shares of common stock to MGHIF equal to 20%stock. The October 2021 Offering raised aggregate net proceeds of the principal balance$13.9 million, and gross proceeds of the A&R MGHIF Note, plus interest accrued thereon, as of$15.0 million.

On June 28, 2017.

In September 2016, the Company24, 2022, we entered into the Sales2022 ATM Agreement with CowenWainwright, as a sales agent, pursuant to which the Company may offer and sell from time to time in an at the market offering, at its option, up to an aggregate of $25$10.65 million of shares of itsthe Company's common stock through Cowen, asthe sales agent, with initial sales limitedagent. As of September 30, 2022, the Company sold 1,714,882 shares under the 2022 ATM Offering totaling $1.03 million in gross proceeds and $0.99 million in net proceeds. On September 30, 2022, the Company reduced the amount of common stock that may be sold under the 2022 ATM Offering to up to an aggregate of $11.5 million. Pursuant to the Sales Agreement, Cowen may sell$3.5 million, not including the shares of common stock by any method permitted by law deemed to be an "atpreviously sold under the market” offering as defined in Rule 4152022 ATM Offering.

On October 3, 2022, we closed the October 2022 Offering for the purchase of 5,360,000 shares of the Securities Act, including, without limitation, sales made by means of ordinary brokers' transactions on The NASDAQ Capital Market or otherwise at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, in block transactions, or as otherwise directed by the Company. The Company pays Cowen compensation equal to 3.0%Company’s common stock, 33,810 shares of the gross proceeds from the sales of common stock pursuantCompany’s Series C Mirroring Preferred Stock, and pre-funded warrants to the terms of the Sales Agreement.  As of September 30, 2017, the Company has soldpurchase an aggregate of approximately 7.7 million4,300,000 shares of its common stock under this at the market offering resulting instock. The October 2022 Offering raised aggregate net proceeds to the Company of approximately $7.8 million, and gross proceeds of $8.4 million. As of September 30, 2017, remaining availability under$3.34 million before deducting the atplacement agent’s fees and the market offering is $3.1 million. The Company did not sell any shares of its common stock under this at the market offering during the three months ended September 30, 2017. For the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company has sold approximately 4.0 million shares of its common stock under this at the market offering resulting in aggregateexpenses, and net proceeds to the Company of approximately $3.4 million, and gross proceeds of $3.6$3.04 million.

In May and June 2016, the Company offered and sold units in a private offering to members of management and employees and to accredited investors, including MGHIF and jVen Capital, each unit consisting of either (i) one share of common stock and a detachable stock purchase warrant to purchase an additional 0.75 shares of common stock, or (ii) one share of non-voting convertible preferred stock and a detachable stock purchase warrant to purchase an additional 0.75 shares of common stock, at a price of $1.14 per unit.  The total net proceeds to the Company, after deducting offering commissions and expenses were $9.5 million.  The Company has used the proceeds for working capital and general corporate purposes.  Pursuant to the private placement, the Company issued


6,744,127 shares of common stock, 2,309,428 shares of non-voting convertible preferred stock and stock purchase warrants to acquire an additional 6,790,169 shares of common stock.

To meet itsour capital needs, the Company iswe are considering multiple alternatives, including, but not limited to, additional equity financings, debt financings and other funding transactions, and licensing and/or partnering arrangements and business combination transactions.arrangements. There can be no assurance that the Companywe will be able to complete any such transaction on acceptable terms or otherwise. The Company believesWe believe that current cash on hand will be sufficient to fund operations into the first quarter of 2018.2023. This has led management to conclude that there is substantial doubt about the Company’sour ability to continue as a going concern. In the event the Company iswe are unable to successfully raise additional capital during or before the end of the first quarter of 2018, the Company2023, we will not have sufficient cash flows and liquidity to finance itsour business operations beyond the first quarter of 2023 as currently contemplated. Accordingly, in such circumstances the Companywe would be compelled to immediately reduce general and administrative expenses and delay research and development projects, including the purchase of scientific equipment and supplies, until it iswe are able to obtain sufficient financing. If such sufficient financing is not received on a timely basis, the Companywe would then need to pursue a plan to license or sell its assets, seek to be acquired by another entity, cease operations and/or seek bankruptcy protection. Furthermore, the $1.0 million MGHIF Note matures in July 2018.  If the Company is unable to repay the note, negotiate its conversion or extend its term, the assets of the Company may be seized, as the note is secured by a lien on all the Company’s assets. 

Sources and uses of cash

The Company’s

Our principal source of liquidity is from financing activities, including issuances of equity and debt securities. The following table summarizes the net cash and cash equivalents provided by (used in) operating activities, investing activities and financing activities for the periods indicated: 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 Nine months ended September 30, 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 2022  2021 

Net cash used in operating activities

 

$

(11,201,666

)

 

$

(12,866,572

)

 $(16,454,854) $(17,690,398)

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(142,687

)

 

 

(87,533

)

  (186,556)  (1,824,765)

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

 

12,094,885

 

 

 

9,399,514

 

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities  (7,746,808)  32,037,452 

 

Net cash used in operating activities

Net cash used in operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 consists2022 consisted primarily of our net loss of $12.5$26.7 million, reduced by certain noncashnon-cash items, including depreciation and amortization expense of $0.5$1.3 million, non-cash interest expense of $2.0 million, a change in inventory reserve of $1.4 million, a goodwill impairment charge of $7.0 million, and share-based compensation expense of $0.7 million. Net cash used in operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 consists2021 consisted primarily of our net loss of $14.4$28.0 million, reduced by certain noncashnon-cash items, including inducement expense related to warrant repricing of $7.8 million, depreciation and amortization expense of $0.5$2.1 million, non-cash interest expense of $3.0 million, and share-based compensation expense of $0.7 million, and the net change in operating assets and liabilities of $0.2 million.

Net cash used in investing activities

Net cash used in investing activities infor the nine months ended September 30, 20172022 and 20162021 consisted solely of purchases of property and equipment. The majority of the purchases of property and equipment net of proceeds on disposals.in 2021 were related to the Company’s new corporate headquarters in Rockville, Maryland.

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

Net cash used in financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 consisted of payments on the Company’s EIB debt and finance leases. Net cash provided by financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 of $12.1 million2021 consisted primarily of the net proceeds from the July 2017 PublicFebruary 2021 Offering, 2021 Warrant Exercise, October 2021 Offering, and the at the market offering.  Net cash provided by financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 of $9.4 million consisted primarily of net proceeds from the private offeringexercises of common stock preferred stockwarrants, net of payments on debt and warrants.insurance financings.

Contractual Commitments

OpGen’s subsidiary, Curetis, has contractual commitments under its 2016 senior, unsecured loan financing facility of up to €25.0 million with the European Investment Bank (“EIB”). Curetis drew down three tranches under the facility: €10.0 million in April 2017, €3.0 million in June 2018, and €5.0 million in June 2019. The first and second tranches have a floating interest rate of EURIBOR plus 4% payable after each 12-month-period from the draw-down-date and another additional 6% interest per annum that is deferred and payable at maturity together with the principal. The third tranche originally had a 2.1% PPI. Upon maturity of the third tranche, which is not before approximately mid-2024 (and no later than mid-2025), the EIB would have been entitled to an additional payment that is equity-linked and equivalent to 2.1% of the then total valuation of Curetis N.V. As part of an amendment between the Company and the EIB on July 9, 2020, the parties adjusted the PPI percentage applicable to the third EIB tranche of €5.0 million, which was funded in June 2019 from its original 2.1% PPI in Curetis N.V.’s equity value upon maturity to a new 0.3% PPI in OpGen’s equity value upon maturity. This right constitutes an embedded derivative, which is separated and measured at fair value with changes being accounted for through income or loss.

As of September 30, 2022, the outstanding borrowings under all tranches were €14,544,429 ($14,177,909), including deferred interest payable at maturity of €1,755,429 ($1,711,193). On May 23, 2022, the Company and the EIB entered into a Waiver and Amendment Letter (the “2022 EIB Amendment”), which amended the EIB loan facility. The 2022 EIB Amendment restructured the first tranche of approximately €13.35 million (including accumulated and deferred interest) of the Company’s indebtedness with the EIB. Pursuant to the 2022 EIB Amendment, the Company repaid €5.0 million to the EIB in April 2022. The Company also agreed, among other things, to amortize the remainder of the debt tranche over the twelve-month period beginning in May 2022. The 2022 EIB Amendment also provides for the increase of the PPI of the third tranche under the loan facility from 0.3% to 0.75% beginning in June 2024. The terms of the second and third tranches of the Company’s indebtedness of €3.0 million and €5.0 million, respectively, plus accumulated deferred interest remain unchanged.

Critical accounting policies and use of estimates

This Management'sManagement’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations is based on our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. In our unaudited condensedaudited consolidated financial statements, estimates are used for, but not limited to, liquidity assumptions, revenue recognition, share-based compensation, allowances for doubtful accounts and inventory obsolescence, valuation of derivative financial instruments and other liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring


basis, allowances for doubtful accounts and inventories, deferred tax assets and liabilities and related valuation allowance, depreciation and amortization and estimated useful lives of long-lived assets, and the recoverability of long-lived assets. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

A summary of our significant accounting policies is included in Note 3 “Summary of significant accounting policies” to the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. Certain of our accounting policies are considered critical, as these policies require significant, difficult or complex judgments by management, often requiring the use of estimates about the effects of matters that are inherently uncertain. Our critical policies are summarized in Item 7. “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.2021.

Recently issued accounting pronouncements

See Note 3 “Summary of significant accounting policies” in this Form 10-Q for a full description of recent accounting pronouncements, including the respective expected dates of adoption and effects on our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

Contractual obligations and off-balance

Off-balance sheet arrangements

As of September 30, 20172022 and December 31, 2016,2021, we did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements.

JOBS Act

On April 5, 2012,Prior to December 31, 2020, the JOBS ActCompany was enacted. Section 107 of the JOBS Act provides that an “emerging growth company” can(“EGC”) as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, (JOBS Act), and elected to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies until the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act, for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words,Company is no longer an “emerging growth company” can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. The Company has elected to useEGC, including using the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards under Section 102(b)(1)standards. As of the JOBS Act. This election allows the Company to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until those standards apply to private companies. As a result of this election, the Company’s financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates.

Subject to certain conditions set forth in the JOBS Act, as an “emerging growth company,” the Company intends to rely on certain of these exemptions, including without limitation, (i) providing an auditor’s attestation report on our system of internal controls over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and (ii) complying with any requirement that may be adopted by the PCAOB regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements, known as the auditor discussion and analysis. The Company will remain an “emerging growth company” until the earliest of (i) the last day of the fiscal year in which it has total annual gross revenues of $1 billion or more; (ii) December 31, 2019; (iii) the date on which2020, the Company has issued more than $1 billion in nonconvertible debt during the previous three years; or (iv) the date on which the Company is deemed to bebecome a large acceleratednon-accelerated filer under the rules of the SEC.SEC and is no longer classified as an EGC.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

As a smaller reporting company, we are not required to provide the information required by this Item.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Our management has carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act), as of September 30, 2017.2022. Based upon that evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that, as of the end of the period covered by this report, our disclosure


controls and procedures were effective. In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, we recognize that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting duringFor the quarter ended September 30, 20172022, there have been no changes in the Company's internal controls over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’sCompany's internal controlcontrols over financial reporting.

 

 

Part II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

None.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

Risks RelatedOur business and financial results are subject to Our Securities

We havenumerous risks and uncertainties. As a history of losses,result, the risks and we expect to incur lossesuncertainties discussed in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the next several years. Substantial doubt exists about our ability to continue as a going concern.

Weyear ended December 31, 2021 should be carefully considered. There have incurred substantial losses since our inception, and we expect to continue to incur additional lossesbeen no material changes in the assessment of the risk factors set forth in such Form 10-K, except for the next several years. Foradditional risk factors noted below, which update the nine monthsrisk factors included in Part II, Item 1A of our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended SeptemberJune 30, 2017, we had a net loss of $12.5 million. From2022:

If our inception through September 30, 2017, we had an accumulated deficit of $145.7 million. We completed a number of financings in 2017 and 2016, including the July 2017 Public Offering, a private investment in public equity, or PIPE, in May and June 2016 to members of management, employees and accredited investors, including MGHIF and jVen Capital, and an at-the-market, or ATM, public offering commenced in September 2016. The net proceeds from such financings were approximately $25.8 million. As of September 30, 2017, the Company has raised $7.8 million in aggregate gross proceeds through the ATM. We expect to raise additional funds through capital transactions in 2017. We believe that current cash on hand, excluding any additional bridge financings, other financings, or further cash conservation measures will be sufficient to fund operations into the first quarter of 2018. In the event we are unable to successfully raise sufficient capital prior to such time, we will not have sufficient cash flows and liquidity to finance our business operations as currently contemplated. Accordingly, in such circumstances we would be compelled to reduce general and administrative expenses and delaygoodwill, acquired in-process research and development projects,costs or finite-lived tangible and intangible assets become impaired in the future, we may be required to record non-cash charges to earnings, which could be material and could reduce stockholders’ equity or otherwise adversely affect the Company’s financial condition.

We review long-lived assets, including the purchase of scientificproperty and equipment and supplies, until weidentifiable amortizing intangible assets, for impairment whenever changes in circumstances or events may indicate that the carrying amounts are able to obtain sufficient financing. We have no committed sources of capital and may find it difficult to raise money on terms favorable to us or at all. The failure to obtain sufficient capital to support our operations would have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We needed bridge financing from a principal stockholder and an affiliate of our Chairmannot recoverable. If the fair value is less than the carrying amount of the Board and Chief Executive Officerasset, an impairment is recognized for the difference. Factors which may cause an impairment of long-lived assets include significant changes in the manner of use of these assets, negative industry or market trends, a significant underperformance relative to provide us with financing in order to completehistorical or projected future operating results, extended period of idleness or a likely sale or disposal of the July 2017 Public Offering and for our operations.

On May 31, 2017,asset before the end of its estimated useful life. In 2021, the Company entered intohad determined that the right-of-use asset associated with the Company’s San Diego, California office lease may not be recoverable, and, as a Note Purchase Agreement (amended and restated on July 10, 2017) with jVen Capital under which jVen Capital agreed to lend up to $1,500,000 toresult, the Company inrecorded an impairment charge of $170,714 during the form of three $500,000 secured convertible promissory notes to provide bridge financing for the July 2017 Public Offering and fund our operations. A total of $1,000,000 principal amount of Bridge Financing Notes and warrants to purchase 299,575 shares of common stock were issued to jVen Capital. jVen Capital is an affiliate of Evan Jones, the Company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. If we had not been able to secure the bridge financing, we would not have been able to sustain our operations through the July 2017 Public Offering.

There is no public market for the common warrants to purchase shares of our common stock included in the units and the pre-funded units sold by us in the July 2017 Public Offering.

There is no established public trading market for the common warrants included in the units and the pre-funded units being sold in the July 2017 Public Offering, and we do not expect a market to develop. In addition, we do not intend to apply to list the common warrants on any national securities exchange or other nationally recognized trading system, including The NASDAQ Capital Market. Without an active market, the liquidity of the common warrants will be limited.

The common warrants are speculative in nature.

The common warrants do not confer any rights of common stock ownership on its holders, such as voting rights or the right to receive dividends, but rather merely represent the right to acquire shares of common stock at a fixed price for a limited period of time.


Specifically, commencing on the date of issuance, holders of the common warrants may exercise their right to acquire the common stock and pay an exercise price of $0.425 per share, subject to certain adjustments, prior to five years from the date of issuance, after which date any unexercised common warrants will expire and have no further value.six months ended June 30, 2021. There can be no assurance that the market price of the common stock will ever equal or exceed the exercise price of the common warrants,our other long-lived assets and consequently, whether it will ever be profitable for holders of the common warrants to exercise the common warrants.

Directors, executive officers and affiliated entities own a significant percentage of our capital stock, and they may make decisions that you do not consider to be in the best interests of our stockholders.

Our current officers, directors, their affiliated entities and affiliates collectively own approximately 22% of our outstanding common stock. As a result, if some or all of our directors, executive officers and affiliated entities acted together, they would have the ability to exert substantial influence over the election of our Board of Directors and the outcome of issues requiring approval by our stockholders. This concentration of ownership may also have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of the Company that may be favored by other stockholders. This could prevent transactions in which stockholders might otherwise recover a premium for their shares over current market prices.

The market price of our common stock has been, and may continue to be, highly volatile, and such volatility could cause the market price of our common stock to decrease and could cause you to lose some or all of your investment in our common stock.

During the period from our initial public offering in May 2015 through September 30, 2017, the market price of our common stock fluctuated from a high of $5.43 per share to a low of $0.21 per share, and our stock price continues to fluctuate. The market price of our common stock may continue to fluctuate significantly in response to numerous factors, some of which are beyond our control, such as:

our ability to grow our revenue and customer base;

the announcement of new products or product enhancements by us or our competitors;

developments concerning regulatory oversight and approvals;

variations in our and our competitors’ results of operations;

changes in earnings estimates or recommendations by securities analysts, if our common stock is covered by analysts;

successes or challenges in our collaborative arrangements or alternative funding sources;

developments in the health care and life science industries;

the results of product liability or intellectual property lawsuits;

future issuances of common stock or other securities;

the addition or departure of key personnel;

announcements by us or our competitors of acquisitions, investments or strategic alliances; and

general market conditions and other factors, including factors unrelated to our operating performance.

Further, the stock market in general, and the market for health care and life science companies in particular, has recently experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations. The volatility of our common stock is further exacerbated due to its low trading volume. Continued market fluctuations could result in extreme volatility in the price of our common stock, which could cause a decline in the value of our common stock and the loss of some or all of your investment.

Trading of our common stock is limited, and trading restrictions imposed on us by applicable regulations may further reduce trading in our common stock, making it difficult for our stockholders to sell their shares; and future sales of common stock could reduce our stock price.

Trading of our common stock is currently conducted on The NASDAQ Capital Market. The liquidity of our common stock is limited, not only in terms of the number of shares that can be bought and sold at a given price, but also as it may be adversely affected by delays in the timing of transactions and reduction in security analysts’ and the media’s coverage of us, if at all. Currently, approximately 22% of the issued and outstanding shares of our common stock is held by officers, directors and beneficial owners of at least 10% of our outstanding shares, including jVen Capital and MGHIF, each of whom is subject to certain restrictions with regard to trading our common stock. These factors may result in different prices for our common stock than might otherwise be obtained in a more liquid market and could also result in a larger spread between the bid and asked prices for our common stock. In addition,


without a large public float, our common stock is less liquid than the stock of companies with broader public ownership, and, as a result, the trading prices of our common stock may be more volatile. In the absence of an active public trading market, an investor may be unable to liquidate his investment in our common stock. Trading of a relatively small volume of our common stock may have a greater impact on the trading price of our stock than would be the case if our public float were larger. We cannot predict the prices at which our common stock will trade in the future, if at all.

We issued an aggregate of 627,570 warrants to purchase common stock to jVen Capital and MGHIF in connection with the bridge financing transactions.  These warrants must be revalued each reporting period. Such assessments involve the use of estimates that could later be found to differ materially from actual results, which could have an adverse effect on our financial condition.

In June and July 2017, we issued an aggregate of 627,570 warrants to purchase common stock to jVen Capital and MGHIF in the bridge financing transactions.  Each of these warrants has a put feature that allow the holder to put the warrants back to the Company for cash equal to the Black-Scholes value upon a change of control or fundamental transaction.  The warrants are each recorded as a liability on our financial statements, and we are required to revalue each of the warrants each financial quarter.  Such revaluations necessarily involve the use of estimate, assumptions, probabilities and application of complex accounting principles.  Actual value at the time the warrants are exercised could vary significantly from the value assigned to such liabilities on a quarterly basis. We cannot assure you that the revaluation of the warrants will equal the value in the future, and know that the actual value could be significantly different, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition.  

The exercise of our outstanding options and warrants will dilute shareholders and could decrease our stock price.

The existence of our outstanding options and warrants, including the common warrants issued in the July 2017 Public Offering may adversely affect our stock price due to sales of a large number of shares or the perception that such sales could occur. These factors also could make it more difficult to raise funds through future offerings of common stock or warrants, and could adversely impact the terms under which we could obtain additional equity capital. Exercise of outstanding options and warrants, or any future issuance of additional shares of common stock or other equity securities, including but not limited to options, warrants or other derivative securities convertible into our common stock, may result in significant dilution to our stockholders and may decrease our stock price.

We received a bid price deficiency notice from The NASDAQ Capital Market. If we are unable to cure this deficiency and meet the NASDAQ continued listing requirements, we could be delisted from the NASDAQ Capital Market which would negatively impact the trading of our common stock.

On June 20, 2017, we received notice from NASDAQ that we had failed to maintain a bid price of at least $1.00 per share for 30 successive trading days. We have a minimum of six months to regain compliance with the listing standard, and may be able to obtain an additional six-month compliance period. However, there can be no assurance that we will be able to maintain the NASDAQ Capital Market listing of our common stock in the future.

If our common stock is delisted by NASDAQ, our common stock may be eligible for quotation on an over-the-counter quotation system or on the pink sheets. Upon any such delisting, our common stock would become subject to the regulations of the SEC relating to the market for penny stocks. A penny stock is any equity security not traded on a national securities exchange that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share. The regulations applicable to penny stocks may severely affect the market liquidity for our common stock and could limit the ability of shareholders to sell securities in the secondary market. In such a case, an investor may find it more difficult to dispose of or obtain accurate quotations as to the market value of our common stock, and there can be no assurance that our common stock will be eligible for trading or quotation on any alternative exchanges or markets.

Delisting from NASDAQ could adversely affect our ability to raise additional financing through public or private sales of equity securities, would significantly affect the ability of investors to trade our securities and would negatively affect the value and liquidity of our common stock. Delisting could also have other negative results, including the potential loss of confidence by employees, the loss of institutional investor interest and fewer business development opportunities.

We have never paid dividends on our capital stock, and we do not anticipate paying dividends in the foreseeable future.

We have never paid dividends on any of our capital stock and currently intend to retain any future earnings to fund the growth of our business. In addition, the A&R MGHIF Note and related security agreement restrict our ability to pay cash dividends on our common stock and we may also enter into credit agreements or other borrowing arrangements in the future that will restrict our ability to declare or pay cash dividends on our common stock. Any determination to pay dividends in the future will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on our financial condition, operating results, capital requirements, general business conditions and other factors that our Board of Directors may deem relevant. As a result, capital appreciation, if any, of our common stock will be the sole source of gain for the foreseeable future.


Risks Related to Our Business

We have a history of losses, and we expect to incur losses for the next several years. Substantial doubt exists about our ability to continue as a going concern.

We have incurred substantial losses since our inception, and we expect to continue to incur additional losses for the next several years. For the nine months ended September 30, 2017, we had a net loss of $12.5 million. We believe that current cash on hand, will be sufficient to fund operations into the first quarter of 2018. In the event we are unable to successfully raise sufficient capital prior to such time, weintangible assets will not have sufficient cash flows and liquidity to finance our business operations as currently contemplated. Accordingly, in such circumstances we would be compelled to reduce general and administrative expenses and delay research and development projects, including the purchase of scientific equipment and supplies, until we are able to obtain sufficient financing. We have no committed sources of capital and may find it difficult to raise money on terms favorable to us or at all. The failure to obtain sufficient capital to support our operations would have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We expect to continue to incur significant operating expenses relating to, among other things:

developing our Acuitas Rapid Test products and services for antibiotic resistance testing, and our automated rapid molecular diagnostic products;

commercializing our rapid pathogen identification and Acuitas MDRO and Acuitas Lighthouse informatics services;

developing, presenting and publishing additional clinical and economic utility data intended to increase clinician adoption of our current and future products and services;

expansion of our operating capabilities;

maintenance, expansion and protection of our intellectual property portfolio and trade secrets;

future clinical trials as we seek regulatory approval for some of our product offerings;

expansion of the size and geographic reach of our sales force and our marketing capabilities to commercialize potential future products and services; and

continued focus on recruiting and retaining our quality assurance and compliance personnel and activities.

Even if we achieve significant revenues, we may not become profitable, and even if we achieve profitability, we may not be able to sustain or increase profitability on a quarterly or annual basis. Our failure to become and remain consistently profitable could adversely affect the market price of our common stock and could significantly impair our ability to raise capital, expand our business or continue to pursue our growth strategy.

We expect to make significant additional investment in the future related to our diagnostic products and services, which investments will require additional financing transactions through the issuance of equity or debt. If we are unable to make such investments our business will suffer.

We anticipate that we will need to make significant investments in our Acuitas Rapid Test in development, Acuitas MDRO tests, and Acuitas Lighthouse informatics services in order to make our business profitable. We have identified potential synergies for future rapid diagnostic test developments based on our existing product and service offerings, but need to expend significant investments to develop such products and services. There can be no assurance that we can obtain sufficient resources or capital from operations or future financings to support these development activities.

To meet our capital needs, we are considering multiple alternatives, including, but not limited to, additional equity financings, debt financings and other funding transactions, licensing and/or partnering arrangements and business combination transactions. In September 2016, we commenced an “at-the-market,” or ATM, offering under an existing shelf registration statement to raise up to $11.5 million. As of September 30, 2017, we have raised approximately $8.4 million in gross proceeds under the ATM offering. We believe that additional equity financings are the most likely source of capital. There can be no assurance that we will be able to complete any such financing transaction on acceptable terms or otherwise.

In the event we are unable to successfully raise sufficient capital, we will not have sufficient cash flows and liquidity to finance our business operations as currently contemplated. Accordingly, in such circumstances we would be compelled to immediately reduce general and administrative expenses and delay research and development projects, including the purchase of scientific equipment and supplies, until we are able to obtain sufficient financing. If such sufficient financing is not received timely, we would then need to pursue a plan to license or sell assets, seek to be acquired by another entity, cease operations and/or seek bankruptcy protection.


In July 2015, in connection with our acquisition of our subsidiary, AdvanDx, MGHIF made investments in the Company, including the $1 million A&R MGHIF Note, secured by a security interest in substantially all of our assets, including our intellectual property assets. Such secured creditor rights could negatively impact our ability to raise money in the future. If we default on payments under the A&R MGHIF Note, MGHIF has the rights of a secured creditor. If those rights are exercised, it could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition.

Our restructuring plans may not produce the cost savings we anticipate, and we may encounter difficulties associated with the related organizational change.

In June 2017, we commenced a restructuring of our operations to improve efficiency and reduce our cost structure. We expect these actions to reduce operating expenses by 25-30 percent by the fourth quarter of 2017. The restructuring plans anticipate that we will consolidate operations for our FDA-cleared and CE marked products and research and development activities for the Acuitas Rapid Test in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and reduce the size of our commercial organization while we work to complete the development of our Acuitas Rapid Test and Acuitas Lighthouse Knowledgebase products and services in development.

If we are unable to complete the objectives of the restructuring, our business and results of operations may be materially and adversely affected. We may not fully realize the anticipated benefits from our restructuring plans. Our restructuring plans may not adequately reduce expenses or produce the cost savings we anticipate or in the time frame we expect. Further restructuring activities may also be required in the future beyond what is currently planned, which could enhance the risks associated with these activities.

Moreover, the costs associated with the closing of our facility in Woburn, Massachusetts and consolidating our operations in Gaithersburg, Maryland may be significant. In addition, our Gaithersburg facility may not meet the FDA and CE marked requirements.  If we are unable to consolidate our operations, receive the necessary regulatory approvals for our Gaithersburg facility, or sufficiently reduce our cash burn it could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and financial condition.

Our products and services may never achieve significant commercial market acceptance.

Our products and services may never gain significant acceptance in the marketplace and, therefore, may never generate substantial revenue or profits for us. Our ability to achieve commercial market acceptance for our products will depend on several factors, including:

our ability to convince the medical community of the clinical utility of our products and services and their potential advantages over existing tests, including our surveillance services offering, despite the lack of reimbursement for such services;

our ability to successfully develop automated rapid pathogen identification and antibiotic resistance testing products and services, including informatics, and convince hospitals and other healthcare providers of the patient safety, improved patient outcomes and potential cost savings that could result;

our ability to grow our microbial isolate and antibiotic resistance genes knowledgebase;

our ability to convince the medical community of the accuracy and speed of our products and services, as contrasted with the current methods available; and

the willingness of hospitals and physicians to use our products and services.

Our future success is dependent upon our ability to expand our customer base.

The current customers we are targeting for our rapid pathogen identification and Acuitas MDRO test products and services are hospital systems, acute care hospitals, particularly those with advanced care units, such as intensive care units, community-based hospitals and governmental units, such as public health facilities. We need to provide a compelling case for the savings, patient safety and recovery, reduced length of stay and reduced costs that come from adopting our MDRO diagnosis and management products and services. If we are not able to successfully increase our customer base, sales of our products and our margins may not meet expectations. Attracting new customers and introducing new products and services requires substantial time and expense. Any failure to expand our existing customer base, or launch new products and services, would adversely affect our ability to improve our operating results.

We have seen declining revenues from our current customers for our QuickFISH products as we work to automate and expand our current product offerings. We may not be successful in developing such automated rapid pathogen identification products, which would materially, adversely affect our business.


We are developing new diagnostic products for the more rapid identification of MDROs and antibiotic resistance genomic information. If we are unable to successfully develop, receive regulatory clearance or approval for or commercialize such new products and services, our business will be materially, adversely affected.

We are currently developing a new one to three hour antibiotic resistance diagnostic product that we believe could help address many of the current issues with the need for more rapid identification of infectious diseases and testing for antibiotic resistance. Development of new diagnostic products is difficult and we cannot assure you that we will be successful in such product development efforts, or, if successful, that we will receive the necessary regulatory clearances to commercialize such products. Our intent is to identify over 100 antibiotic resistance genes to help guide clinician antibiotic therapy decisions when test results are evaluated using the Acuitas Lighthouse. Although we have demonstrated preliminary feasibility, and confirmed genotype/phenotype predictive algorithms, such product development efforts will require us to work collaboratively with other companies, academic and government laboratories, and healthcare providers to access sufficient numbers of microbial isolates, develop the diagnostic tests, identify and license a third-party rapid array platform, successfully conduct the necessary clinical trials and apply for and receive regulatory clearances or approvals for the intended use of such diagnostic tests. In addition, we would need to successfully commercialize such products. Such product development, clearance or approval and commercialization activities are time-consuming, expensive and we are not assured that we will have sufficient funds to successfully complete such efforts. We currently estimate that such antibiotic resistance diagnostic tests will be commercially available by 2019. Any significant delays or failures in this process could have a material adverse effect on our business and financial condition.

We may offer these products in development to the research use only market or for other non-clinical research uses prior to receiving clearance or approval to commercialize these products in development for use in the clinical setting. We will need to comply with the applicable laws and regulations regarding such other uses. Failure to comply with such laws and regulations may have a significant impact on the Company.

We have been awarded a contract by the Center for Disease Control, or CDC, and may enter into additional agreements with U.S. or other government agencies, which could be subject to uncertain future funding..

The presence of MDROs and the need for antibiotic stewardship activities have prompted state, federal and international government agencies to develop programs to combat the effects of MDROs. In October 2017, we were awarded a contract by the CDC to assess use of smartphone-based clinical decision support tools for antimicrobial stewardship and infection control in low- and middle-income countries.  Receipt of this funding is contingent on our successful implementation of the grant agreement with our collaboration partners.  If we fail to meet the obligations under the contract, our financial condition could be adversely affected.

In the future, we may seek to enter into additional agreements with governmental funding sources or contract with government healthcare organizations to sell our products and services. Under such agreements, we would rely on the continued performance by these government agencies of their responsibilities under these agreements, including adequate continued funding of the agencies and their programs. We have no control over the resources and funding that government agencies may devote to these agreements, which may be subject to annual renewal.

Government agencies may fail to perform their responsibilities under these agreements, which may cause them to be terminated by the government agencies. In addition, we may fail to perform our responsibilities under these agreements. Any government agreements would be subject to audits, which may occur several years after the period to which the audit relates. If an audit identified significant unallowable costs, we could incur a material charge to our earnings or reduction in our cash position. As a result, we may be unsuccessful entering, or ineligible to enter, into future government agreements.

Our sales cycle for our marketed products and services is lengthy and variable, which makes it difficult for us to forecast revenue and other operating results.

The sales cycles for our Acuitas MDRO test products and services and for our Acuitas Lighthouse services are lengthy, which makes it difficult for us to accurately forecast revenues in a given period, and may cause revenue and operating results to vary significantly from period to period. Potential customers for our products typically need to commit significant time and resources to evaluate our products, and their decision to purchase our products may be further limited by budgetary constraints and numerous layers of internal review and approval, which are beyond our control. We spend substantial time and effort assisting potential customers in evaluating our products. Even after initial approval by appropriate decision makers, the negotiation and documentation processes for the actual adoption of our products on a facility-wide basis can be lengthy. As a result of these factors, based on our experience to date, our sales cycle, the time from initial contact with a prospective customer to routine commercial use of our products, has varied and could be 12 months or longer, which has made it difficult for us to accurately project revenues and operating results. In addition, the revenue generated from sales of our products may fluctuate from time to time due to changes in the testing volumes of our customers. As a result, our results may fluctuate on a quarterly basis, which may adversely affect the price of our common stock.


We may enter into collaborations with third parties to develop product and services candidates.impaired. If these collaborations are not successful, our business could be adversely affected.

We may enter into collaborations related to our MDRO and informatics products and services. Such collaborations may be with pharmaceutical companies, platform companies or other participants in our industry. We would have limited control over the amount and timing of resources that any such collaborators could dedicate to the development or commercialization of the subject matter of any such collaboration. Our ability to generate revenues from these arrangements would depend on our and our collaborator’s abilities to successfully perform the functions assigned to each of us in these arrangements. Our relationships with future collaborators may pose several risks, including the following:

collaborators have significant discretion in determining the efforts and resources that they will apply to these collaborations;

collaborators may not perform their obligations as expected;

we may not achieve any milestones, or receive any milestone payments, under our collaborations, including milestones and/or payments that we expect to achieve or receive;

the clinical trials, if any, conducted as part of these collaborations may not be successful;

a collaborator might elect not to continue or renew development or commercialization programs based on clinical trial results, changes in the collaborator’s strategic focus or available funding or external factors, such as an acquisition, that diverts resources or creates competing priorities;

we may not have access to, or may be restricted from disclosing, certain information regarding product or services candidates being developed or commercialized under a collaboration and, consequently, may have limited ability to inform our stockholders about the status of such product or services candidates;

collaborators could independently develop, or develop with third parties, products that compete directly or indirectly with our product candidates if the collaborators believe that competitive products are more likely to be successfully developed or can be commercialized under terms that are more economically attractive than ours;

product or services candidates developed in collaboration with us may be viewed by our collaborators as competitive with their own product or services, which may cause collaborators to cease to devote resources to the commercialization of our product or services candidates;

a collaborator with marketing and distribution rights to one or more of our product or services candidates that achieve regulatory approval may not commit sufficient resources to the marketing and distribution of any such product candidate;

disagreements with collaborators, including disagreements over proprietary rights, contract interpretation or the preferred course of development of any product or services candidates, may cause delays or termination of the research, development or commercialization of such product or services candidates, may lead to additional responsibilities for us with respect to such product or services candidates or may result in litigation or arbitration, any of which would be time-consuming and expensive;

collaborators may not properly maintain or defend our intellectual property rights or may use our proprietary information in such a way as to invite litigation that could jeopardize or invalidate our intellectual property or proprietary information or expose us to potential litigation;

disputes may arise with respect to the ownership of intellectual property developed pursuant to a collaboration;

collaborators may infringe the intellectual property rights of third parties, which may expose us to litigation and potential liability; and

collaborations may be terminated for the convenience of the collaborator and, if terminated, we could be required to raise additional capital to pursue further development or commercialization of the applicable product or services candidates.

If our future collaborations do not result in the successful development and commercialization of products or services, we may not receive any future research funding or milestone or royalty payments under the collaborations. If we do not receive the funding we would expect under these agreements, our development of product and services candidates could be delayed and we may need additional resources to develop our product candidates.


We may not be successful in finding strategic collaborators for continuing development of certain of our product or services candidates or successfully commercializing or competing in the market for certain indications.

We may seek to develop strategic partnerships for developing certain of our product or services candidates, due to capital costs required to develop the product or services candidates or manufacturing constraints. We may not be successful in our efforts to establish such a strategic partnership or other alternative arrangements for our product or services candidates because our research and development pipeline may be insufficient, our product or services candidates may be deemed to be at too early of a stage of development for collaborative effort or third parties may not view our product or services candidates as having the requisite potential to demonstrate commercial success.

If we are unable to reach agreements with suitable collaborators on a timely basis, on acceptable terms or at all, we may have to curtail the development of a product or service candidate, reduce or delay our development program, delay our potential commercialization, reduce the scope of any sales or marketing activities or increase our expenditures and undertake development or commercialization activities at our own expense. If we elect to fund development or commercialization activities on our own, we may need to obtain additional expertise and additional capital, which may not be available to us on acceptable terms or at all. If we fail to enter into collaborations and do not have sufficient funds or expertise to undertake the necessary development and commercialization activities, we may not be able to further develop our product candidates and our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may be materially and adversely affected.

We are an early commercial stage company and may never be profitable.

We rely principally on the commercialization of our QuickFISH and Acuitas MDRO test products and our Acuitas Lighthouse services to generate future revenue growth. To date, the Acuitas MDRO test products and Acuitas Lighthouse services have delivered only minimal revenue. We believe that our commercialization success is dependent upon our ability to significantly increase the number of hospitals, long-term care facilities and other inpatient healthcare settings that use our products. We have experienced very limited revenue and customer adoption for our Acuitas MDRO products and services to date. If demand for products does not increase as quickly as we have planned, we may be unable to increase our revenue levels as expected. We are currently not profitable. Even if we succeed in increasing adoption of our products by our target markets, maintaining and creating relationships with our existing and new customers and developing and commercializing additional molecular testing products, we may not be able to generate sufficient revenue to achieve or sustain profitability.

The loss of key members of our senior management team or our inability to attract and retain highly skilled scientists and laboratory and field personnel could adversely affect our business.

Our success depends largely on the skills, experience and performance of key members of our executive management team. The efforts of each of these persons will be critical to us as we continue to develop our products and services and as we attempt to transition to a company with broader product offerings. If we were to lose one or more of these key employees, we may experience difficulties in competing effectively, developing our technologies and implementing our business strategies.

Our research and development programs and commercial laboratory operations depend on our ability to attract and retain highly skilled scientists and technicians, particularly as we seek to further integrate operations of the combined company. We may not be able to attract or retain qualified scientists and technicians in the future due to the intense competition for qualified personnel among life science businesses. We also face competition from universities, public and private research institutions and other organizations in recruiting and retaining highly qualified scientific personnel.

In addition, our success depends on our ability to attract and retain laboratory and field personnel with extensive experience in infection control in inpatient settings. We may have difficulties locating, recruiting or retaining qualified salespeople, which could cause a delay or decline in the rate of adoption of our current and future products and service offerings. If we are not able to attract and retain the necessary personnel to accomplish our business objectives, we may experience constraints that will adversely affect our ability to support our discovery, development, verification and commercialization programs.

We have limited experience in marketing and selling our products, and if we are unable to adequately address our customers’ needs, it could negatively impact sales and market acceptance of our product and we may never generate sufficient revenue to achieve or sustain profitability.

We sell our products through our own direct sales force, which sells our Acuitas MDRO test products and services, which includes our QuickFISH products, and our Acuitas Lighthouse informatics services and surveillance product and services offerings. All of these products and services may be offered and sold to different potential customers or involve discussions with multiple personnel in in-patient facilities. Our future sales will depend in large part on our ability to increase our marketing efforts and adequately address our


customers’ needs. The inpatient healthcare industry is a large and diverse market. As a result, we believe it is necessary to maintain a sales force that includes sales representatives with specific technical backgrounds that can support our customers’ needs. We will also need to attract and develop sales and marketing personnel with industry expertise. Competition for such employees is intense. We may not be able to attract and retain sufficient personnel to maintain an effective sales and marketing force. If we are unable to successfully market our products and adequately address our customers’ needs, it could negatively impact sales and market acceptance of our products and we may never generate sufficient revenue to achieve or sustain profitability.

If the utility of our current products and products in development is not supported by studies published in peer-reviewed medical publications, the rate of adoption of our current and future products and services by clinicians and healthcare facilities may be negatively affected.

The results of our clinical and economic validation studies involving our Acuitas MDRO test and informatics products and services have been presented at major infectious disease and infection control society meetings. We need to maintain and grow a continued presence in peer-reviewed publications to promote clinician adoption of our products. We believe that peer-reviewed journal articles that provide evidence of the utility of our current and future products and services, and adoption by key opinion leaders in the infectious disease market are very important to our commercial success. Clinicians typically take a significant amount of time to adopt new products and testing practices, partly because of perceived liability risks and the uncertainty of a favorable cost/benefit analysis. It is critical to the success of our sales efforts that we educate a sufficient number of clinicians and administrators about our products and demonstrate their clinical benefits. Clinicians may not adopt our current and future products and services unless they determine, based on published peer- reviewed journal articles and the experience of other clinicians, that our products provide accurate, reliable, useful and cost-effective information that is useful in MDRO diagnosis, screening and outbreak prevention. If our current and future products and services or the technology underlying our products and services or our future product offerings do not receive sufficient favorable exposure in peer-reviewed publications, the rate of clinician adoption could be negatively affected. The publication of clinical data in peer-reviewed journals is a crucial step in commercializing our products, and our inability to control when, if ever, results are published may delay or limit our ability to derive sufficient revenue from any product that is the subject of a study.

The performance of clinical and economic utility studies is expensive and demands significant attention from our management team.

The performance of clinical and economic utility studies is expensive and demands significant attention from our management team. Data collected from these studies may not be positive or consistent with our existing data, or may not be statistically significant or compelling to the medical community. If the results obtained from our ongoing or future studies are inconsistent with certain results obtained from our previous studies, adoption of our current and future products and services would suffer and our business would be harmed.

Our products and services are not covered by reimbursement by Medicare, Medicaid and other governmental and third-party payors. If we cannot convince our customers that the savings from use of our products and services will increase their overall reimbursement, our business could suffer.

Our products and services do not currently receive reimbursement from Medicare, Medicaid, other governmental payors or commercial third-party payors. The recent policy and rule changes in reimbursement announced by CMS, including potential financial incentives for reductions in hospital acquired infection, and penalties and decreased Medicare reimbursement for patients with HAIs provide us with an opportunity to establish a business case for the purchase and use of our screening and diagnostic products and services. If we cannot convince our customers that the savings from use of our products and services will increase or stabilize their overall profitability and improve clinical outcomes, our business will suffer.

If our sole laboratory facility or manufacturing facility becomes inoperable, we will be unable to perform Acuitas MDRO test services, or manufacture our QuickFISH, PNA Fish and XpressFISH products, and our business will be harmed.

We perform all of our Acuitas MDRO and Acuitas Lighthouse testing services in our CLIA-compliant laboratory located in Gaithersburg, Maryland. We do not have redundant laboratory facilities. Our facility and the equipment we use to perform our diagnostic and screening assays would be costly to replace and could require substantial lead time to repair or replace, if damaged or destroyed. The facility may be harmed or rendered inoperable by natural or man-made disasters, including flooding and power outages, which may render it difficult or impossible for us to perform our tests for some period of time. The inability to perform our tests may result in the loss of customers or harm our reputation, and we may be unable to regain those customers in the future. Although we possess insurance for damage to our property and the disruption of our business, this insurance may not be sufficient to cover all of our potential lossesequipment and may not continueidentifiable amortizing intangible assets are determined to be available to us on acceptable terms, if at all.


In order to establish a redundant laboratory facility, we would have to spend considerable time and money securing adequate space, constructing the facility, recruiting and training employees, and establishing the additional operational and administrative infrastructure necessary to support a second facility. Additionally, any new clinical laboratory facility opened by us would be required to be certified under CLIA, a federal law that regulates clinical laboratories that perform testing on specimens derived from humans for the purpose of providing information for the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of disease. In addition to a CLIA certification, we would also be required to secure and maintain state licenses required by several states, including Maryland, California, Florida, New York and Pennsylvania which can take a significant amount of time and result in delays in our ability to begin operations at that facility. We currently have active licenses in Maryland, Florida, New York and Pennsylvania. If we failed to secure any such licenses, we would not be able to process samples from recipients in such states. If we fail to maintain our CLIA certification or if our CLIA certification is suspended, limited or revoked, we would not be able to process human-derived samples from recipients that are not for research purposes. We also expect that it would be difficult, time-consuming and costly to train, equip and use a third-party to perform tests on our behalf. We could only use another facility with the established state licensures and CLIA certification necessary to perform our current or future tests following validation and other required procedures. We cannot assure you that we would be able to find another CLIA-certified facility willing or able to adopt our current or future tests and comply with the required procedures, or that this laboratory would be willing or able to perform the tests for us on commercially reasonable terms.

We currently manufacture our QuickFISH, PNA Fish and XpressFISH products in a leased facility located in Woburn, Massachusetts, however, we are currentlyimpaired in the process of re-locating such manufacturing capability to our Gaithersburg, Maryland facility. If demand for these products increase beyond our current forecasts or, regulatory requirements arise, we may not be able to meet our obligations to produce these products, and backlog or reduced demand for such products could occur. We are in the process of obtaining all necessary FDA certifications with respect to such relocation.  If we are not successful in obtaining all necessary FDA certifications, it could delay our ability to manufacture these products. If any of these issues occur, it could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

In order to meet the turn-around time required for our Acuitas MDRO test services, we rely on transport of specimens to our sole laboratory facility; any disruption in such transport could significantly adversely affect our business.

Our current customers for our Acuitas MDRO test services are located near our sole laboratory facility in Gaithersburg, Maryland. As we expand our customer base, and the jurisdictions where we are licensed to provide our CLIA laboratory services, we will need to secure the proper licenses for shipment of specimens and rely on accurate and timely delivery of the specimens by overnight delivery services such as FedEx. Any failure to procure the proper licenses, to comply with the license regulations or to receive undamaged specimens from overnight delivery services could adversely affect our business and reputation.

We rely on a limited number of suppliers or, in some cases, sole suppliers, for some of our laboratory instruments and materials and may not be able to find replacements or immediately transition to alternative suppliers.

We rely on several sole suppliers and manufacturers, including Fluidigm Corporation, for supplying certain laboratory reagents, raw materials, supplies and substances which we use in our laboratory operations and products and to manufacture our products. An interruption in our operations could occur if we encounter delays or difficulties in securing these items or manufacturing our products, and if we cannot, then obtain an acceptable substitute. Any such interruption could significantly affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and reputation.

We believe that there are only a few other equipment manufacturers that are currently capable of supplying and servicing the equipment and other supplies and materials necessary for our laboratory operations. The use of equipment or materials furnished by these replacement suppliers would require us to alter our laboratory operations. Transitioning to a new supplier would be time consuming and expensive, may result in interruptions in our laboratory operations, could affect the performance specifications of our laboratory operations or could require that we revalidate our products. There can be no assurance that we will be able to secure alternative equipment and other materials, and bring such equipment and materials on line and revalidate them without experiencing interruptions in our workflow. If we should encounter delays or difficulties in securing, reconfiguring or revalidating the equipment we require for our products, our business, financial condition, results of operations and reputation could be adversely affected.

If we cannot compete successfully with our competitors, we may be unable to increase or sustain our revenue or achieve and sustain profitability.

Our competitors include rapid diagnostic testing and traditional microbiology companies, commercial laboratories, information technology companies, and hospital laboratories who may internally develop testing capabilities. Principal competitive factors in our target market include: organizational size, scale, and breadth of product offerings; rapidity of test results; quality and strength of clinical and analytical validation data and confidence in diagnostic results; cost effectiveness; ease of use; and regulatory approval status.


Our principal competition comes from traditional methods used by healthcare providers to diagnose and screen for MDROs and from other molecular diagnostic companies creating screening and diagnostic products such as Cepheid, Becton-Dickinson, bioMérieux, Accelerate Diagnostics, T2 Biosystems, GenMark and Nanosphere.

We also face competition from commercial laboratories, such as Bio-Reference Laboratories, Inc., Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings, Quest Diagnostics Incorporated and EuroFins, which have strong infrastructure to support the commercialization of diagnostic laboratory services.

Competitors may develop their own versions of competing products in countries where we do not have patents or where our intellectual property rights are not recognized.

Many of our potential competitors have widespread brand recognition and substantially greater financial, technical, research and development and selling and marketing capabilities than we do. Others may develop products with prices lower than ours that could be viewed by hospitals, physicians and payers as functionally equivalent to our product and service offering, or offer products at prices designed to promote market penetration, which could force us to lower the list prices of our product and service offerings and affect our ability to achieve profitability. If we are unable to change clinical practice in a meaningful way or compete successfully against current and future, competitors, we may be unable to increase market acceptance and sales of our products, which could prevent us from increasing our revenue or achieving profitability and could cause our stock price to decline.

If we are unable to develop products to keep pace with rapid technological, medical and scientific change, our operating results and competitive position could be harmed. New test development involves a lengthy and complex process, and we may not be successful in our efforts to develop and commercialize our diagnostic and screening products and services. The further development and commercialization of additional diagnostic and screening product and service offering are key to our growth strategy.

A key element of our strategy is to discover, develop, validate and commercialize a portfolio of additional diagnostic and screening products and services to rapidly diagnose and effectively treat MDRO infections and reduce the associated costs to patients, inpatient facilities and the healthcare industry. We cannot assure you that we will be able to successfully complete development of, or commercialize any of our planned future products and services, or that they will be clinically usable. The product development process involves a high degree of risk and may take up to several years or more. Our new product development efforts may fail for many reasons, including:

failure of the test at the research or development stage;

lack of clinical validation data to support the effectiveness of the test;

delays resulting from the failure of third-party suppliers or contractors to meet their obligations in a timely and cost-effective manner;

failure to obtain or maintain necessary certifications, licenses, clearances or approvals to market or perform the test; or

lack of commercial acceptance by in-patient healthcare facilities.

Few research and development projects result in commercial products, and success in early clinical studies often is not replicated in later studies. At any point, we may abandon development of new products, or we may be required to expend considerable resources repeating clinical studies or trials, which would adversely impactrecord non-cash charges to earnings during the timing for generating potential revenues from those new products. In addition, as we develop new products, we will have to make additional investments in our sales and marketing operations, which may be prematurely or unnecessarily incurred if the commercial launch of a product is abandoned or delayed.

Our insurance policies are expensive and protect us only from some business risks, which will leave us exposed to significant uninsured liabilities.

We do not carry insurance for all categories of risk that our business may encounter. Some of the policies we currently maintain include general liability, employee benefits liability, property, umbrella, business interruption, workers’ compensation, product liability, errors and omissions and directors’ and officers’ insurance. We do not know, however, if we will be able to maintain existing insurance with adequate levels of coverage. Any significant uninsured liability may require us to pay substantial amounts, which would adversely affect our cash position and results of operations.


If we use hazardous materials in a manner that causes injury, we could be liable for damages.

Our activities currently require the use of hazardous materials and the handling of patient samples. We cannot eliminate the risk of accidental contamination or injury to employees or third parties from the use, storage, handling or disposal of these materials. In the event of contamination or injury, we could be held liable for any resulting damages, and any liability could exceed our resources or any applicable insurance coverage we may have. Additionally, we are subject on an ongoing basis to federal, state and local laws and regulations governing the use, storage, handling and disposal of these materials and specified waste products. We are, or may be in the future, subject to compliance with additional laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment and human health and safety, and including those relating to the handling, transportation and disposal of medical specimens, infectious and hazardous waste and Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, requirements. The requirements of these laws and regulations are complex, change frequently and could become more stringent in the future. Failure to comply with current or future environmental laws and regulations could result in the imposition of substantial fines, suspension of production, alteration of our production processes, cessation of operations or other actions, which could severely harm our business.

If we are sued for product liability or errors and omissions liability, we could face substantial liabilities that exceed our resources.

The marketing, sale and use of our products could lead to product liability claims if someone were to allege that a product failed to perform as it was designed. We may also be subject to liability for errors in the results we provide to physicians or for a misunderstanding of, or inappropriate reliance upon, the information we provide. For example, if we diagnosed a patient as having an MDRO but such result was a false positive, the patient could be unnecessarily isolated in an in-patient setting or receive inappropriate treatment. We may also be subject to similar types of claims related to products we may develop in the future. A product liability or errors and omissions liability claim could result in substantial damages and be costly and time consuming for us to defend. Although we maintain product liability and errors and omissions insurance, we cannot assure you that our insurance would fully protect us from the financial impact of defending against these types of claims or any judgments, fines or settlement costs arising out of any such claims. Any product liability or errors and omissions liability claim brought against us, with or without merit, could increase our insurance rates or prevent us from securing insurance coverage in the future. Additionally, any product liability lawsuit could cause injury to our reputation or cause us to suspend sales of our products and services. The occurrence of any of these events could have an adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

Our ability to utilize our net operating loss carryforwards and certain other tax attributes may be limited.

We have incurred net losses since inception and do not expect to become profitable in 2017 or for several years thereafter. To the extent that we continue to generate taxable losses, unused losses will carry forward to offset future taxable income, if any, until such unused losses expire. We may be unable to use these net operating loss carryforwards, or NOLs, and certain tax credit carryforwards to offset income before such unused NOLs tax credit carryforwards expire. Under Section 382 of the Code, if a corporation undergoes an “ownership change” (generally defined as a greater than 50% change (by value) in its equity ownership over a three-year period), the corporation’s ability to use its pre-change NOLs and other pre- change tax attributes to offset its post-change income may be further limited. The AdvanDx Merger resulted in an ownership change for AdvanDx and, accordingly, AdvanDx’s net operating loss carryforwards and certain other tax attributes in U.S. taxing jurisdictions are subject to limitations on their use after the AdvanDx Merger. OpGen’s net operating loss carryforwards may also be subject to limitation as a result of prior shifts in equity ownership and/or the AdvanDx Merger. Additional ownership changes in the future could result in additional limitations on our net operating loss carryforwards. Consequently, even if we achieve profitability, we may not be able to utilize a material portion of our net operating loss carryforwards and other tax attributes, which could have a material adverse effect on cash flow and results of operations. We have not performed an analysis on previous ownership changes. It is possible that we have experienced an ownership change, or that we will experience an ownership change in the future. We had U.S. federal NOL carryforwards of $151.0 million and research and development tax credits of $2.6 million as of December 31, 2016, that may already be or could be limited if we experience an ownership change.

We may be adversely affected by the current economic environment and future adverse economic environments.

Our ability to attract and retain customers, invest in and grow our business and meet our financial obligations depends on our operating and financial performance, which, in turn, is subject to numerous factors, including the prevailing economic conditions and financial, business and other factors beyond our control, such as the rate of unemployment, the number of uninsured persons in the United States and inflationary pressures. We cannot anticipate all the waysperiod in which the current economic climate and financial market conditions, and those in the future, could adversely impact our business.

We are exposed to risks associated with reduced profitability and the potential financial instability of our customers, many ofimpairment is determined, which may be adversely affected by volatile conditions in the financial markets. For example, unemployment and underemployment, and the resultant loss of insurance, may decrease the demand for healthcare services and diagnostic testing. If fewer patients are seeking


medical care because they do not have insurance coverage, we may experience reductions in revenues, profitability and/or cash flow. In addition, if economic challenges in the United States result in widespread and prolonged unemployment, either regionally or on a national basis, a substantial number of people may become uninsured or underinsured. To the extent such economic challenges result in less demand for our proprietary tests, our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows could be adversely affected.

Risks Related to Our Public Company Status

We incur increased costs and demands on management as a result of compliance with laws and regulations applicable to public companies, which could harm our operating results.

As a public company, we incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company, including costs associated with public company reporting requirements. In addition, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, as well as rules implemented by the SEC and The NASDAQ Stock Market, impose a number of requirements on public companies, including with respect to corporate governance practices. Our management and other personnel need to devote a substantial amount of time to these compliance and disclosure obligations. Moreover, compliance with these rules and regulations has increased our legal, accounting and financial compliance costs and has made some activities more time-consuming and costly. It is also more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance.

If we are unable to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting, investors may lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our reported financial information and the market price of our common stock may be negatively affected.

As a public company, we are required to maintain internal control over financial reporting and to report any material weaknesses in such internal control. Section 404 of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002 requires that we evaluate and determine the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting and provide a management report on internal control over financial reporting. If we have a material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting, we may not detect errors on a timely basis and our financial statements may be materially misstated.

When we are no longer an emerging growth company and a smaller reporting company, our independent registered public accounting firm will be required to issue an attestation report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. Even if our management concludes that our internal control over financial reporting is effective, our independent registered public accounting firm may conclude that there are material weaknesses with respect to our internal controls or the level at which our internal controls are documented, designed, implemented or reviewed.

When we are no longer an emerging growth company and a smaller reporting company, if our auditors were to express an adverse opinion on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting because we had one or more material weaknesses, investors could lose confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial disclosures, which could cause the price of our common stock to decline. Internal control deficiencies could also result in a restatement of our financial results in the future.

We are an emerging growth company and have elected to comply with reduced public company reporting requirements applicable to emerging growth companies, which could make our common stock less attractive to investors.

We are an emerging growth company, as defined under the Securities Act. We will remain an emerging growth company until May 2020, although if our revenue exceeds $1.07 billion in any fiscal year before that time, we would cease to be an emerging growth company as of the end of that fiscal year. In addition, if the market value of our common stock that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our second fiscal quarter of any fiscal year before May 2020, we would cease to be an emerging growth company as of December 31 of that year. As an emerging growth company, we take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements applicable to certain other public companies, including not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced financial statement and financial-related disclosures, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirement of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and obtaining stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved by our stockholders. We cannot predict whether investors will find our common stock less attractive if we choose to rely on any of these exemptions. If some investors find our common stock less attractive as a result of any choices to reduce future disclosure we may make, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile.


Risks Related to Regulation of Our Business

If we fail to comply with federal, state and foreign laboratory licensing requirements, we could lose the ability to perform our tests or experience disruptions to our business.

We are subject to CLIA for our Acuitas MDRO tests, a federal law that regulates clinical laboratories that perform testing on specimens derived from humans for the purpose of providing information for the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of disease. CLIA regulations mandate specific standards in the areas of personnel qualifications, administration and participation in proficiency testing, patient test management and quality assurance. CLIA certification is also required in order for us to be eligible to bill state and federal healthcare programs, as well as many private third-party payors. To renew these certifications, we are subject to survey and inspection every two years. Moreover, CLIA inspectors may make random inspections of our clinical reference laboratories.

We are also required to maintain state licenses to conduct testing in our laboratories. Maryland law requires that we maintain a state license and establishes standards for the day-to- day operation of our clinical reference laboratory in Gaithersburg, including the training and skills required of personnel and quality control matters. In addition, our clinical reference laboratory is required to be licensed on a test-specific basis by New York State. New York law also mandates proficiency testing for laboratories licensed under New York state law, regardless of whether such laboratories are located in New York. Moreover, several other states including California, Pennsylvania, and Florida require that we hold licenses to test samples from patients in those states. Other states may adopt similar requirements in the future.

If we were to lose, or have restrictions imposed on, our CLIA certificate or Maryland license for our Gaithersburg laboratory, whether as a result of revocation, suspension or limitation, we would no longer be able to perform our test products, which would eliminate our primary source of revenue and harm our business. If we cannot secure a license from states where we are required to hold licenses, we will not be able to test specimens from those states.

A number of the rapid diagnostic products are regulated by the FDA and non-U.S. regulatory authorities. If we or our suppliers fail to comply with ongoing FDA, or other foreign regulatory authority, requirements, or if we experience unanticipated problems with the products, these products could be subject to restrictions or withdrawal from the market.

We do not have significant experience in complying with the rules and regulations of the FDA and foreign regulatory authorities. The rapid diagnostic products regulated as medical devices, and the manufacturing processes, reporting requirements, post-approval clinical data and promotional activities for such products, are subject to continued regulatory review, oversight and periodic inspections by the FDA and other domestic and foreign regulatory bodies. In particular, we and our suppliers are required to comply with FDA’s QSR regulations for the manufacture, labeling, distribution and promotion of the QuickFISH products and other regulations which cover the methods and documentation of the design, testing, production, control, quality assurance, labeling, packaging, storage and shipping of any product for which we obtain clearance or approval, and with ISO regulations. The FDA enforces the QSR and similarly, other regulatory bodies with similar regulations enforce those regulations through periodic inspections. The failure by us or one of our suppliers to comply with applicable statutes and regulations administered by the FDA and other regulatory bodies, or the failure to timely and adequately respond to any adverse inspectional observations or product safety issues, could result in, among other things, any of the following enforcement actions against us: (1) untitled letters, Form 483 observation letters, warning letters, fines, injunctions, consent decrees and civil penalties; (2) unanticipated expenditures to address or defend such actions; (3) customer notifications for repair, replacement and refunds; (4) recall, detention or seizure of our products; (5) operating restrictions or partial suspension or total shutdown of production; (6) refusing or delaying our requests for 510(k) clearance or premarket approval of new products or modified products; (7) operating restrictions; (8) withdrawing 510(k) clearances or PMA approvals that have already been granted; (9) refusal to grant export approval for our products; or (10) criminal prosecution.

If any of these actions were to occur it could harm our reputation and cause our product sales and profitability to suffer and may prevent us from generating revenue. Furthermore, if any of our key component suppliers are not in compliance with all applicable regulatory requirements we may be unable to produce our products on a timely basis and in the required quantities, if at all.

We and our suppliers are also subject to periodic inspections by the FDA to determine compliance with the FDA’s requirements, including primarily the QSR and medical device reporting regulations. The results of these inspections can include inspectional observations on FDA’s Form 483, untitled letters, warning letters, or other forms of enforcement. Since 2009, the FDA has significantly increased its oversight of companies subject to its regulations, by hiring new investigators and stepping up inspections of manufacturing facilities. The FDA has recently also significantly increased the number of warning letters issued to companies. If the FDA were to conclude that we are not in compliance with applicable laws or regulations, or that any of our FDA-cleared products are ineffective or pose an unreasonable health risk, the FDA could take a number of regulatory actions, including but not limited to, preventing us from manufacturing any or all of our devices or performing laboratory testing on human specimens, which could materially adversely affect our business.


Some of the clearances obtained are subject to limitations on the intended uses for which the product may be marketed, which can reduce our potential to successfully commercialize the product and generate revenue from the product. If the FDA determines that our promotional materials, labeling, training or other marketing or educational activities constitute promotion of an unapproved use, it could request that we cease or modify our training or promotional materials or subject us to regulatory enforcement actions. It is also possible that other federal, state or foreign enforcement authorities might take action if they consider our training or other promotional materials to constitute promotion of an unapproved use, which could result in significant fines or penalties under other statutory authorities, such as laws prohibiting false claims for reimbursement.

In addition, we may be required to conduct costly post-market testing and surveillance to monitor the safety or effectiveness of our products, and we must comply with medical device reporting requirements, including the reporting of adverse events and malfunctions related to our products. Later discovery of previously unknown problems with our products, including unanticipated adverse events or adverse events of unanticipated severity or frequency, manufacturing problems, or failure to comply with regulatory requirements such as QSR, may result in changes to labeling, restrictions on such products or manufacturing processes, withdrawal of the products from the market, voluntary or mandatory recalls, a requirement to repair, replace or refund the cost of any medical device we manufacture or distribute, fines, suspension of regulatory approvals, product seizures, injunctions or the imposition of civil or criminal penalties which would adversely affect our business, operating results and prospects.

If we were to lose, or have restrictions imposed on, FDA clearances received to date, or clearances we may receive in the future, our business, operations, financial condition and results of operations would likely be significantly adversely affected.

If the FDA were to begin regulating our laboratory tests, we could incur substantial costs and delays associated with trying to obtain premarket clearance or other approvals.

Clinical laboratory tests, like our Acuitas MDRO Gene Test, are regulated under CLIA, as well as by applicable state laws. Historically, most LDTs were not subject to FDA regulations applicable to medical devices, although reagents, instruments, software or components provided by third parties and used to perform LDTs may be subject to regulation. The FDA defines the term “laboratory developed test” as an IVD test that is intended for clinical use and designed, manufactured and used within a single laboratory. We believe that our Acuitas MDRO test products are LDTs. Until 2014, the FDA exercised enforcement discretion such that it did not enforce provisions of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the “FDA Act”) with respect to LDTs. In July 2014, due to the increased proliferation of LDTs for complex diagnostic testing and concerns with several high-risk LDTs related to lack of evidentiary support for claims, erroneous results and falsification of data, the FDA issued a Notification to Congress that it intended to issue a draft guidance that, when and if finalized, would likely adopt a risk-based framework that would increase FDA oversight of LDTs. The FDA issued draft guidance in October 2014, informing manufacturers of LDTs of its intent to collect information from laboratories regarding their current LDTs and newly developed LDTs through a notification process. The FDA will use this information to classify LDTs and to prioritize enforcement of premarket review requirements for categories of LDTs based on risk, using a public process. Specifically, the FDA plans to use advisory panels to provide recommendations to the agency on LDT risks, classification and prioritization of enforcement of applicable regulatory requirements on certain categories of LDTs, as appropriate. In November 2016, the FDA announced that a final LDT Policy guidance would not be issued to allow for further public discussion on an appropriate oversight approach, to give the FDA’s congressional authorizing committees the opportunity to develop a legislative solution to LDT regulation. The FDA further elaborated in January 2017, through a discussion paper, the agency’s intended framework for potential regulation while also confirming that the FDA intends to continue to exercise enforcement discretion over LDTs at this time.

We cannot provide any assurance that FDA regulation, including premarket review, will not be required in the future for our tests, whether through additional guidance or regulations issued by the FDA, new enforcement policies adopted by the FDA or new legislation enacted by Congress. It is possible that legislation will be enacted into law, regulations could be promulgated or guidance could be issued by the FDA which may result in increased regulatory burdens for us to continue to offer our tests or to develop and introduce new tests. We cannot predict the timing or content of future legislation enacted, regulations promulgated or guidance issued regarding LDTs, or how it will affect our business.

If FDA premarket review, including clearance or approval, is required for our Acuitas MDRO test products or any of our future tests (either alone or together with sample collection devices), products or services we may develop, or we decide to voluntarily pursue FDA clearance or approval, we may be forced to stop selling our tests while we work to obtain such FDA clearance or approval. Our business would be negatively affected until such review was completed and clearance to market or approval was obtained. The regulatory process may involve, among other things, successfully completing additional clinical studies and submitting premarket notification or filing a premarket approval application with the FDA. If premarket review is required by the FDA or if we decide to voluntarily pursue FDA premarket review of our tests, there can be no assurance that our Acuitas MDRO Gene Test or any tests, products or services we may develop in the future will be cleared or approved on a timely basis, if at all, nor can there be assurance that labeling claims will be consistent with our current claims or adequate to support continued adoption of our tests. If our tests are


allowed to remain on the market but there is uncertainty in the marketplace about our tests, if we are required by the FDA to label them investigational, or if labeling claims the FDA allows us to make are limited, orders may decline. Ongoing compliance with FDA regulations would increase the cost of conducting our business, and subject us to heightened regulation by the FDA and penalties for failure to comply with these requirements.

If we are required to but fail to maintain regulatory approvals and clearances, or are unable to obtain, or experience significant delays in obtaining, FDA clearances or approvals for our products or product enhancements, our ability to commercially distribute and market our products could suffer.

If the FDA determines that enforcement discretion is not appropriate or that LDTs are generally subject to FDA regulation and that premarket review, including clearance or approval, is required for our Acuitas MDRO Gene Test or any of our future tests, diagnostic test kits that we may develop, or other products that would be classified as medical devices, the process of obtaining regulatory clearances or approvals to market a medical device can be costly and time consuming, and we may not be able to obtain these clearances or approvals on a timely basis, if at all. In particular, the FDA permits commercial distribution of a new medical device only after the device has received clearance under Section 510(k) of the FDA Act, or is the subject of an approved PMA, unless the device is specifically exempt from those requirements. The FDA will clear marketing of a lower risk medical device through the 510(k) process if the manufacturer demonstrates that the new product is substantially equivalent to other 510(k)-cleared products. High risk devices deemed to pose the greatest risk, such as life-sustaining, life-supporting, or implantable devices, or devices not deemed substantially equivalent to a previously cleared device, require the approval of a PMA. The PMA process is more costly, lengthy and uncertain than the 510(k) clearance process. A PMA application must be supported by extensive data, including, but not limited to, technical, preclinical, clinical trial, manufacturing and labeling data, to demonstrate to the FDA’s satisfaction the safety and efficacy of the device for its intended use. Our currently commercialized products have not received FDA clearance or approval, as they are marketed under the FDA’s enforcement discretion for LDTs or are class I medical devices, which are exempt from the requirement for FDA clearance or approval.

Our failure to comply with U.S. federal, state and foreign governmental regulations could lead to the issuance of warning letters or untitled letters, the imposition of injunctions, suspensions or loss of regulatory clearance or approvals, product recalls, termination of distribution, product seizures or civil penalties. In the most extreme cases, criminal sanctions or closure of our manufacturing facility are possible.

Modifications to our marketed products may require new 510(k) clearances or PMA approvals, or may require us to cease marketing or recall the modified products until clearances or approvals are obtained.

If we are required to obtain 510(k) clearance or PMA approval for any of our current or future products, any modification to those products would require additional clearances or approvals. Modifications to a 510(k)-cleared device that could significantly affect its safety or efficacy, or that would constitute a major change in its intended use, requires a new 510(k) clearance or, possibly, a PMA. The FDA requires every manufacturer to make this determination in the first instance, but the FDA may review the manufacturer’s decision. The FDA may not agree with our decisions regarding whether new clearances or approvals are necessary. If the FDA requires us to seek 510(k) clearance or a PMA for any modification to a previously cleared product, we may be required to cease marketing and distributing, or to recall the modified product until we obtain such clearance or approval, and we may be subject to significant regulatory fines or penalties. Further, our products could be subject to recall if the FDA determines, for any reason, that our products are not safe or effective. Any recall or FDA requirement that we seek additional approvals or clearances could result in significant delays, fines, increased costs associated with modification of a product, loss of revenue and potential operating restrictions imposed by the FDA.

There is no guarantee that the FDA will grant 510(k) clearance or PMA approval of our future products, and failure to obtain necessary clearances or approvals for our future products would adversely affect our ability to grow our business.

Some of our future products may require 510(k) clearance from the FDA. Other products, potentially, could require PMA approval. In addition, some of our new products may require clinical trials to support regulatory approval and we may not successfully complete these clinical trials. The FDA may not approve or clear these products for the indications that are necessary or desirable for successful commercialization. Indeed, the FDA may refuse our requests for 510(k) clearance or premarket approval of new products. Failure to receive a required clearance or approval for our new products would have an adverse effect on our ability to expand our business.

Our products may in the future be subject to product recalls that could harm our reputation, business and financial results.

The FDA and similar foreign governmental authorities have the authority to require the recall of regulated products in the event of material deficiencies or defects in design or manufacture. In the case of the FDA, the authority to require a recall must be based on an FDA finding that there is a reasonable probability that the device would cause serious injury or death. In addition, foreign


governmental bodies have the authority to require the recall of our products in the event of material deficiencies or defects in design or manufacture.

Manufacturers may, under their own initiative, recall a product if any material deficiency in a device is found. A government-mandated or voluntary recall by us or one of our distributors could occur as a result of component failures, manufacturing errors, design or labeling defects or other deficiencies and issues. Recalls of any of our products would divert managerial and financial resources and have an adverse effect on our financial conditionposition and results of operations. The FDA requires

In addition, we review and test goodwill for impairment at least annually and whenever changes in circumstances indicate that certain classifications of recalls be reported to the FDA within 10 working days after the recall is initiated. Companies are required to maintain certain records of recalls, even if they are not reportable to the FDA. We may initiate voluntary recalls involving our products in the future that we determine do not require notificationcarrying value of the FDA. If the FDA disagrees with our determinations, they could require us to report those actions as recalls. A future recall announcement could harm our reputation with customers and negatively affect our sales. In addition, the FDA could take enforcement action for failing to report the recalls when they were conducted.

If our products cause or contribute to a death or a serious injury, or malfunction in certain ways, we will be subject to medical device reporting regulations, which can result in voluntary corrective actions or agency enforcement actions.

Under the FDA medical device reporting regulations, medical device and LDT manufacturers are required to report to the FDA information that a device or LDT has or may have caused or contributed to a death or serious injury or has malfunctioned in a way that would likely cause or contribute to death or serious injury if the malfunction of the device or one of our similar devices were to recur. If we fail to report these events to the FDA within the required timeframes, or at all, the FDA could take enforcement action against us. Any such adverse event involving our products also could result in future voluntary corrective actions, such as recalls or customer notifications, or agency action, such as inspection or enforcement action. Any corrective action, whether voluntary or involuntary, as well as defending ourselves in a lawsuit, will require the dedication of our time and capital, distract management from operating our business, and may harm our reputation and financial results.

We may be subject to fines, penalties or injunctions if we are determined to be promoting the use of our products for unapproved or “off-label” uses.

We believe that our Acuitas MDRO test products are LDTs, subject to the FDA’s enforcement discretion. To remain within the FDA’s enforcement discretion, we are restricted in the ways we can promote and market our products. Furthermore, certain of our future products, including specimen transport containers we may develop such as Grow on the Go, might be regulated as Class I medical devices for which premarket clearance or approvalgoodwill may not be required, subjectrecoverable. The impairment test for goodwill consists of comparing the fair value of the reporting unit and acquired IPR&D, which is estimated using both the income and market approach, to certain limitations. We believe that our promotional activitiesits carrying value. The process of impairment testing for our products fall within the scope of the FDA’s enforcement discretion and applicable premarket exemptions. However, the FDA could disagree and require us to stop promoting our Acuitas MDRO products in certain ways unless and until we obtain FDA clearance or approval for them, or our FDA-cleared products for unapproved or “off-label” uses unless and until we obtain FDA clearance or approval for those uses. In addition, because our Acuitas MDRO products are not currently cleared or approved by the FDA, if the FDA determines that our promotional materials constitute promotion of a use for which premarket clearance or approval is required, it could request that we modify our promotional materials or subject us to regulatory or enforcement actions, including, but not limited to, the issuance of an untitled letter, a Form 483 letter, a warning letter, injunction, seizure, civil fine and criminal penalties. It is also possible that other federal, state or foreign enforcement authorities might take action if they consider our promotional materials to constitute promotion of an unapproved use, which could result in significant fines or penalties under other statutory authorities, such as laws prohibiting false claims for reimbursement. In that event, our reputation could be damaged and adoption of the products would be impaired.

We may generate a larger portion of our future revenue internationally and would then be subject to increased risks relating to international activities which could adversely affect our operating results.

We believe that a portion of our future revenue growth will come from international sources as we implement and expand overseas operations. Engaging in international businessgoodwill involves a number of difficultiesjudgments and risks, including:

required compliance with existing and changing foreign health care and other regulatory requirements and laws, such as those relating to patient privacy;

required compliance with anti-bribery laws, such as the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or FCPA, and U.K. Bribery Act, data privacy requirements, labor laws and anti- competition regulations;

export or import restrictions;

various reimbursement and insurance regimes;

laws and business practices favoring local companies;


longer payment cycles and difficulties in enforcing agreements and collecting receivables through certain foreign legal systems;

political and economic instability;

potentially adverse tax consequences, tariffs, customs charges, bureaucratic requirements and other trade barriers;

foreign exchange controls;

difficulties and costs of staffing and managing foreign operations; and

difficulties protecting or procuring intellectual property rights.

As we expand internationally, our results of operations andestimates made by management including future cash flows, would become increasingly subjectrevenue growth rates, profitability assumptions, terminal growth rates and discount rates with regards to fluctuationsour reporting unit. Our internally generated long-range plan includes assumptions regarding pricing and operating forecasts for our products and technologies. For instance, based on the goodwill impairment assessment performed during the quarter ended September 30, 2022, and primarily due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Our expenses are generally denominatedthe Company’s stock price and market capitalization, it was determined that goodwill was impaired. As a result, the Company recorded a goodwill impairment charge in the currenciesfull amount of $6,975,520 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022. Accordingly, if the judgments and estimates used in whichsuch analyses are not realized or are affected by external factors, our operations are located, which is in the United States. If the valueactual results may not be consistent with such judgments and estimates, and we may be required to record further impairment of the U.S. dollar increases relative to foreign currenciesCompany’s assets in the future, in the absence of a corresponding change in local currency prices, our future revenuewhich could be adversely affected as we convert future revenue from local currencies to U.S. dollars. If we dedicate resources to our international operationsmaterial, could reduce stockholders’ equity and are unable to manage these risks effectively, our business, operating results and prospects will suffer.

We face the risk of potential liability under the FCPA for past international distributions of products and to the extent we distribute products or otherwise operate internationally in the future.

In the past, we have distributed certain of our products internationally, and in the future we may distribute our products internationally and possibly engage in additional international operations. The FCPA prohibits companies such as us from engaging, directly or indirectly, in making payments to foreign government and political officials for the purpose of obtaining or retaining business or securing any other improper advantage, including, among other things, the distribution of products and other international business operations. Like other U.S. companies operating abroad, we may face liability under the FCPA if we, or third parties we have used to distribute our products or otherwise advance our international business, have violated the FCPA. Any violations of these laws, or allegations of such violations, could disrupt our operations, involve significant management distraction, involve significant costs and expenses, including legal fees, and could result in a material adverse effect on our business, prospects, financial condition or results of operations. We could also suffer severe penalties, including criminal and civil penalties, disgorgement and other remedial measures.

Risks Related to Compliance with Healthcare and Other Regulations

Changes in healthcare policy, including legislation reforming the U.S. healthcare system, may have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and operations.

In March 2010, President Obama signed into law both the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or Affordable Care Act, and the reconciliation law known as Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, with the Affordable Care Act, the 2010 Health Care Reform Legislation. The constitutionality of the 2010 Health Care Reform Legislation was confirmed twice by the Supreme Court of the United States. The 2010 Health Care Reform Legislation has changed the existing state of the health care system by expanding coverage through voluntary state Medicaid expansion, attracting previously uninsured persons through the new health care insurance exchanges and by modifying the methodology for reimbursing medical services, drugs and devices. The U.S. Congress is seeking to replace the 2010 Health Care Reform Legislation. At this time the Company is not certain as to the impact of federal health care legislation on its business.

The 2010 Health Care Reform Legislation subjects manufacturers of medical devices to an excise tax of 2.3% on certain U.S. sales of medical devices beginning in January 2013. This excise tax was suspended in December 2015 for two years, and we anticipate that this may be repealed. If eventually implemented, this excise tax will likely increase our expenses in the future.

Further, the 2010 Health Care Reform Legislation includes the Open Payments Act (formerly referred to as the Physician Payments Sunshine Act), which, in conjunction with its implementing regulations, requires manufacturers of certain drugs, biologics, and devices that are reimbursed by Medicare, Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program to report annually certain payments or “transfers of value” provided to physicians and teaching hospitals and to report annually ownership and investment interests held by physicians and their immediate family members during the preceding calendar year. We have provided reports under the Open Payments Act to the CMS since 2013. The failure to report appropriate data accurately, timely, and completely could subject us to significant financial penalties. Other countries and several states currently have similar laws and more may enact similar legislation.

We cannot predict whether future healthcare initiatives will be implemented at the federal or state level or in countries outside of the United States in which we may do business, or the effect any future legislation or regulation will have on us. The taxes imposed by the


new federal legislation and the expansion in government’s effect on the United States healthcare industry may result in decreased profits to us, which may adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Failure in our information technology, storage systems or our digital platform technology could significantly disrupt our operations and our research and development efforts, which could adversely impact our revenues, as well as our research, development and commercialization efforts.

Our ability to execute our business strategy depends, in part, on the continued and uninterrupted performance of our information technology systems, which support our operations and our research and development efforts, as well as our storage systems and our analyzers. Due to the sophisticated nature of the technology we use in our products and service offerings, including our Acuitas Lighthouse services, we are substantially dependent on our information technology systems. information technology systems are vulnerable to damage from a variety of sources, including telecommunications or network failures, malicious human acts and natural disasters. Moreover, despite network security and back-up measures, some of our servers are potentially vulnerable to physical or electronic break-ins, computer viruses and similar disruptive problems. Despite the precautionary measures we have taken to prevent unanticipated problems that could affect our information technology systems, sustained or repeated system failures that interrupt our ability to generate and maintain data, and in particular to operate our digital immunoassay platform, could adversely affect our ability to operate our business. Any interruption in the operation of our digital immunoassay platform, due to information technology system failures, part failures or potential disruptions in the event we are required to relocate our instruments within our facility or to another facility, could have an adverse effect on our operations.

Security breaches, loss of datafinancial position and other disruptions could compromise sensitive information related to our business or prevent us from accessing critical information and expose us to liability, which could adversely affect our business and our reputation.

In the ordinary course of our business, we collect and store sensitive data, including legally protected health information and personally identifiable information about our customers and their patients. We also store sensitive intellectual property and other proprietary business information, including that of our customers. We manage and maintain our applications and data utilizing a combination of on-site systems and cloud-based data center systems. These applications and data encompass a wide variety of business critical information, including research and development information, commercial information and business and financial information.

We face four primary risks relative to protecting this critical information: loss of access risk, inappropriate disclosure risk, inappropriate modification risk and the risk of our being unable to identify and audit our controls over the first three risks.

We are highly dependent on information technology networks and systems, including the Internet, to securely process, transmit and store this critical information. Security breaches of this infrastructure, including physical or electronic break-ins, computer viruses, attacks by hackers and similar breaches, can create system disruptions, shutdowns or unauthorized disclosure or modification of confidential information. The secure processing, storage, maintenance and transmission of this critical information is vital to our operations and business strategy, and we devote significant resources to protecting such information. Although we take measures to protect sensitive information from unauthorized access or disclosure, our information technology and infrastructure may be vulnerable to attacks by hackers or viruses or breached due to employee error, malfeasance or other disruptions.

A security breach or privacy violation that leads to disclosure or modification of or prevents access to consumer information (including personally identifiable information or protected health information) could harm our reputation, compel us to comply with disparate state breach notification laws, require us to verify the correctness of database contents and otherwise subject us to liability under laws that protect personal data, resulting in increased costs or loss of revenue. If we are unable to prevent such security breaches or privacy violations or implement satisfactory remedial measures, our operations could be disrupted, and we may suffer loss of reputation, financial loss and other regulatory penalties because of lost or misappropriated information, including sensitive consumer data. In addition, these breaches and other inappropriate access can be difficult to detect, and any delay in identifying them may lead to increased harm of the type described above.

Any such breach or interruption could compromise our networks, and the information stored there could be inaccessible or could be accessed by unauthorized parties, publicly disclosed, lost or stolen. Any such interruption in access, improper access, disclosure or other loss of information could result in legal claims or proceedings, liability under laws that protect the privacy of personal information, such as the federal HIPAA and regulatory penalties. Unauthorized access, loss or dissemination could also disrupt our operations, including our ability to perform tests, provide test results, bill facilities or patients, process claims and appeals, provide customer assistance services, conduct research and development activities, collect, process and prepare Company financial information, provide information about our current and future solutions and other patient and clinician education and outreach efforts through our website, and manage the administrative aspects of our business and damage our reputation, any of which could adversely


affect our business. Any such breach could also result in the compromise of our trade secrets and other proprietary information, which could adversely affect our competitive position.

In addition, the interpretation and application of consumer, health-related, privacy and data protection laws in the U.S. and elsewhere are often uncertain, contradictory and in flux. It is possible that these laws may be interpreted and applied in a manner that is inconsistent with our practices. If so, this could result in government-imposed fines or orders requiring that we change our practices, which could adversely affect our business. Complying with these various laws could cause us to incur substantial costs or require us to change our business practices and compliance procedures in a manner adverse to our business.

Payments for our tests and other services could decline because of factors beyond our control.

If hospital patient volumes drop as a result of severe economic conditions, or other unforeseen changes in healthcare provision or affordability, individual hospitals and health systems may be less willing to invest in our products and services. In addition, state and federal funds that are anticipated to be invested in the National Strategy for Combating Antibiotic- Resistant Bacteria could be reduced. If such funds are reduced, the market for our products would be impacted, which may affect our ability to generate revenues.

We are subject to potential enforcement actions involving false claims, kickbacks, physician self-referral or other federal or state fraud and abuse laws, and we could incur significant civil and criminal sanctions, which would hurt our business.

The government has made enforcement of the false claims, anti-kickback, physician self-referral and various other fraud and abuse laws a major priority. In many instances, private whistleblowers also are authorized to enforce these laws even if government authorities choose not to do so. Several clinical diagnostic laboratories and members of their management have been the subject of this enforcement scrutiny, which has resulted in very significant civil and criminal settlement payments. In most of these cases, private whistleblowers brought the allegations to the attention of federal enforcement agencies. The risk of our being found in violation of these laws and regulations is increased by the fact that some of the laws and regulations have not been fully interpreted by the regulatory authorities or the courts, and their provisions are open to a variety of interpretations. We could be subject to enforcement actions under the following laws:

the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, which constrains certain marketing practices, educational programs, pricing policies and relationships with healthcare providers or other entities by prohibiting, among other things, soliciting, receiving, offering or paying remuneration, directly or indirectly, to induce or in return for, the purchase or recommendation of an item or service reimbursable under a federal healthcare program, such as the Medicare and Medicaid programs;

federal civil and criminal false claims laws and civil monetary penalty laws, which prohibit, among other things, individuals or entities from knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, claims for payment from Medicare, Medicaid, or other third party payors that are false or fraudulent;

federal physician self-referral laws, such as the Stark Law, which prohibit a physician from making a referral to a provider of certain health services with which the physician or the physician’s family member has a financial interest, and prohibit submission of a claim for reimbursement pursuant to a prohibited referral; and

state law equivalents of each of the above federal laws, such as anti-kickback and false claims laws, which may apply to items or services reimbursed by any third party payor, including commercial insurers, many of which differ from each other in significant ways and may not have the same effect, thus complicating compliance efforts.

If we or our operations, are found to be in violation of any of these laws and regulations, we may be subject to penalties, including civil and criminal penalties, damages, fines, exclusion from participation in U.S. federal or state healthcare programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, and the curtailment or restructuring of our operations. We have compliance policies and are in the process of adopting a written compliance plan based on the Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General guidance set forth in its model compliance plan for clinical laboratories, and federal and state fraud and abuse laws. We will monitor changes in government enforcement, particularly in these areas, as we grow and expand our business. Any action against us for violation of these laws, even if we successfully defend against it, could cause us to incur significant legal expenses, divert our management’s attention from the operation of our business and hurt our reputation. If we were excluded from participation in U.S. federal healthcare programs, we would not be able to receive, or to sell our tests to other parties who receive reimbursement from Medicare, Medicaid and other federal programs, and that could have a material adverse effect on our business.


Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property

If we cannot license rights to use technologies on reasonable terms, we may not be able to commercialize new products in the future.

In the future, we may license third-party technology to develop or commercialize new products. In return for the use of a third party’s technology, we may agree to pay the licensor royalties based on sales of our solutions. Royalties are a component of cost of services and affect the margins on our products. We may also need to negotiate licenses to patents and patent applications after introducing a commercial product. Our business may suffer if we are unable to enter into the necessary licenses on acceptable terms, or at all, if any necessary licenses are subsequently terminated, if the licensors fail to abide by the terms of the license or fail to prevent infringement by third parties, or if the licensed patents or other rights are found to be invalid or unenforceable.

If we are unable to protect our intellectual property effectively, our business would be harmed.

We rely on patent protection as well as trademark, copyright, trade secret and other intellectual property rights protection and contractual restrictions to protect our proprietary technologies, all of which provide limited protection and may not adequately protect our rights or permit us to gain or keep any competitive advantage. If we fail to protect our intellectual property, third parties may be able to compete more effectively against us and we may incur substantial litigation costs in our attempts to recover or restrict use of our intellectual property.

In July 2015, we issued a senior secured promissory note, in the principal amount of $1 million to MGHIF. Such promissory note is secured by a lien on our assets, including our intellectual property assets. In May 2017, we entered into a secured bridge financing facility with jVen Capital, which is also secured by a lien on our assets, including our intellectual property assets. If we default on our payment obligations under any of these secured promissory notes, the secured creditors have the right to control the disposition of our assets, including our intellectual property assets. If such default occurs, and our intellectual property assets are sold or licensed, our business could be materially adversely affected.

We apply for patents covering our products and technologies and uses thereof, as we deem appropriate, however we may fail to apply for patents on important products and technologies in a timely fashion or at all, or we may fail to apply for patents in potentially relevant jurisdictions. It is possible that none of our pending patent applications will result in issued patents in a timely fashion or at all, and even if patents are granted, they may not provide a basis for intellectual property protection of commercially viable products, may not provide us with any competitive advantages, or may be challenged and invalidated by third parties. It is possible that others will design around our current or future patented technologies. We may not be successful in defending any challenges made against our patents or patent applications. Any successful third-party challenge to our patents could result in the unenforceability or invalidity of such patents and increased competition to our business. The outcome of patent litigation can be uncertain and any attempt by us to enforce our patent rights against others may not be successful, or, if successful, may take substantial time and result in substantial cost, and may divert our efforts and attention from other aspects of our business.

The patent positions of life sciences companies can be highly uncertain and involve complex legal and factual questions for which important legal principles remain unresolved. No consistent policy regarding the breadth of claims allowed in such companies’ patents has emerged to date in the United States or elsewhere. Courts frequently render opinions in the biotechnology field that may affect the patentability of certain inventions or discoveries, including opinions that may affect the patentability of methods for analyzing or comparing DNA.

In particular, the patent positions of companies engaged in the development and commercialization of genomic diagnostic tests, like ours, are particularly uncertain. Various courts, including the U.S. Supreme Court, have recently rendered decisions that affect the scope of patentability of certain inventions or discoveries relating to certain diagnostic tests and related methods. These decisions state, among other things, that patent claims that recite laws of nature (for example, the relationship between blood levels of certain metabolites and the likelihood that a dosage of a specific drug will be ineffective or cause harm) are not themselves patentable. What constitutes a law of nature is uncertain, and it is possible that certain aspects of genetic diagnostics tests would be considered natural laws. Accordingly, the evolving case law in the United States may adversely affect our ability to obtain patents and may facilitate third-party challenges to any owned and licensed patents. The laws of some foreign countries do not protect intellectual property rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States, and we may encounter difficulties protecting and defending such rights in foreign jurisdictions. The legal systems of many other countries do not favor the enforcement of patents and other intellectual property protection, particularly those relating to biotechnology, which could make it difficult for us to stop the infringement of our patents in such countries. Proceedings to enforce our patent rights in foreign jurisdictions could result in substantial cost and divert our efforts and attention from other aspects of our business.


Changes in either the patent laws or in interpretations of patent laws in the United States or other countries may diminish the value of our intellectual property. We cannot predict the breadth of claims that may be allowed or enforced in our patents or in third-party patents. We may not develop additional proprietary products, methods and technologies that are patentable.

In addition to pursuing patents on our technology, we take steps to protect our intellectual property and proprietary technology by entering into agreements, including confidentiality agreements, non-disclosure agreements and intellectual property assignment agreements, with our employees, consultants, academic institutions, corporate partners and, when needed, our advisors. Such agreements may not be enforceable or may not provide meaningful protection for our trade secrets or other proprietary information in the event of unauthorized use or disclosure or other breaches of the agreements, and we may not be able to prevent such unauthorized disclosure. If we are required to assert our rights against such party, it could result in significant cost and distraction.

Monitoring unauthorized disclosure is difficult, and we do not know whether the steps we have taken to prevent such disclosure are, or will be, adequate. If we were to enforce a claim that a third party had illegally obtained and was using our trade secrets, it would be expensive and time consuming, and the outcome would be unpredictable. In addition, courts outside the United States may be less willing to protect trade secrets.

We may also be subject to claims that our employees have inadvertently or otherwise used or disclosed trade secrets or other proprietary information of third parties, or to claims that we have improperly used or obtained such trade secrets. Litigation may be necessary to defend against these claims. If we fail in defending such claims, in addition to paying monetary damages, we may lose valuable intellectual property rights and face increased competition to our business. A loss of key research personnel work product could hamper or prevent our ability to commercialize potential products, which could harm our business. Even if we are successful in defending against these claims, litigation could result in substantial costs and be a distraction to management.

Further, competitors could attempt to replicate some or all of the competitive advantages we derive from our development efforts, willfully infringe our intellectual property rights, design around our protected technology or develop their own competitive technologies that fall outside of our intellectual property rights. Others may independently develop similar or alternative products and technologies or replicate any of our products and technologies. If our intellectual property does not adequately protect us against competitors’ products and methods, our competitive position could be adversely affected, as could our business.

We have not yet registered certain of our trademarks in all of our potential markets. If we apply to register these trademarks, our applications may not be allowed for registration in a timely fashion or at all, and our registered trademarks may not be maintained or enforced. In addition, opposition or cancellation proceedings may be filed against our trademark applications and registrations, and our trademarks may not survive such proceedings. If we do not secure registrations for our trademarks, we may encounter more difficulty in enforcing them against third parties than we otherwise would.

To the extent our intellectual property offers inadequate protection, or is found to be invalid or unenforceable, we would be exposed to a greater risk of direct competition. If our intellectual property does not provide adequate coverage of our competitors’ products, our competitive position could be adversely affected, as could our business. Both the patent application process and the process of managing patent disputes can be time consuming and expensive.

We may be involved in litigation related to intellectual property, which could be time-intensive and costly and may adversely affect our business, operating results or financial condition.

We may receive notices of claims of direct or indirect infringement or misappropriation or misuse of other parties’ proprietary rights from time to time. Some of these claims may lead to litigation. We cannot assure you that we will prevail in such actions, or that other actions alleging misappropriation or misuse by us of third-party trade secrets, infringement by us of third-party patents and trademarks or other rights, or the validity of our patents, trademarks or other rights, will not be asserted or prosecuted against us.

We might not have been the first to make the inventions covered by each of our pending patent applications and we might not have been the first to file patent applications for these inventions. To determine the priority of these inventions, we may have to participate in interference proceedings, derivation proceedings, or other post-grant proceedings declared by the United States Patent and Trademark Office that could result in substantial cost to us. No assurance can be given that other patent applications will not have priority over our patent applications. In addition, recent changes to the patent laws of the United States allow for various post-grant opposition proceedings that have not been extensively tested, and their outcome is therefore uncertain. Furthermore, if third parties bring these proceedings against our patents, we could experience significant costs and management distraction.

Litigation may be necessary for us to enforce our patent and proprietary rights or to determine the scope, coverage and validity of the proprietary rights of others. The outcome of any litigation or other proceeding is inherently uncertain and might not be favorable to us, and we might not be able to obtain licenses to technology that we require on acceptable terms or at all. Further, we could encounter


delays in product introductions, or interruptions in product sales, as we develop alternative methods or products. In addition, if we resort to legal proceedings to enforce our intellectual property rights or to determine the validity, scope and coverage of the intellectual property or other proprietary rights of others, the proceedings could be burdensome and expensive, even if we were to prevail. Any litigation that may be necessary in the future could result in substantial costs and diversion of resources and could have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results or financial condition.

As we move into new markets and applications for our products, incumbent participants in such markets may assert their patents and other proprietary rights against us as a means of slowing our entry into such markets or as a means to extract substantial license and royalty payments from us. Our competitors and others may now and, in the future, have significantly larger and more mature patent portfolios than we currently have. In addition, future litigation may involve patent holding companies or other adverse patent owners who have no relevant product revenue and against whom our own patents may provide little or no deterrence or protection. Therefore, our commercial success may depend in part on our non- infringement of the patents or proprietary rights of third parties. Numerous significant intellectual property issues have been litigated, and will likely continue to be litigated, between existing and new participants in our existing and targeted markets and competitors may assert that our products infringe their intellectual property rights as part of a business strategy to impede our successful entry into or growth in those markets. Third parties may assert that we are employing their proprietary technology without authorization. In addition, our competitors and others may have patents or may in the future obtain patents and claim that making, having made, using, selling, offering to sell or importing our products infringes these patents. We could incur substantial costs and divert the attention of our management and technical personnel in defending against any of these claims. Parties making claims against us may be able to obtain injunctive or other relief, which could block our ability to develop, commercialize and sell products, and could result in the award of substantial damages against us. In the event of a successful claim of infringement against us, we may be required to pay damages and ongoing royalties, and obtain one or more licenses from third parties, or be prohibited from selling certain products. We may not be able to obtain these licenses on acceptable terms, if at all. We could incur substantial costs related to royalty payments for licenses obtained from third parties, which could negatively affect our financial results. In addition, we could encounter delays in product introductions while we attempt to develop alternative methods or products to avoid infringing third-party patents or proprietary rights. Defense of any lawsuit or failure to obtain any of these licenses could prevent us from commercializing products, and the prohibition of sale of any of our products could materially affect our business and our ability to gain market acceptance for our products.

Furthermore, because of the substantial amount of discovery required in connection with intellectual property litigation, there is a risk that some of our confidential information could be compromised by disclosure during this type of litigation. In addition, during the course of this kind of litigation, there could be public announcements of the results of hearings, motions or other interim proceedings or developments. If securities analysts or investors perceive these results to be negative, it could have a substantial adverse effect on the price of our common stock.operations.

In addition, our agreements with some of our customers, suppliers or other entities with whom we do business require us to defend or indemnify these parties to the extent they become involved in infringement claims, including the types of claims described above. We could also voluntarily agree to defend or indemnify third parties in instances where we are not obligated to do so if we determine it would be important to our business relationships. If we are required or agree to defend or indemnify third parties in connection with any infringement claims, we could incur significant costs and expenses that could adversely affect our business, operating results, or financial condition.


Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity and Use of Proceeds

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities

In July 2017, the Company issued one Bridge Financing Notes to jVen Capital and warrants to purchase sharesUse of common stock to jVen Capital and MGHIF in a private placement transactions as described in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in the Form D filed on June 20, 2017.Proceeds

In September 2017, we issued common stock with an aggregate value of $110,000 to settle a dispute related to pre-Merger AdvanDx activities.  A Form D was filed on September 21, 2017.  None.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information

None.

Item 6. Exhibits

The exhibits listed in the Exhibit Index, which is incorporated herein by reference, are filed or furnished as part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 


EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit

Number

Description

 

 

 3.1

Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations of Series C Mirroring Preferred Stock (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 3, 2022).

4.1

4.1Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant (issued to jVen Capital, LLC and Merck Global Health Innovation Fund). (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A,8-K filed on July 10, 2017)

October 3, 2022).

4.2

Form of Pre-Funded Warrant for July 2017 Public OfferingCommon Stock Purchase Warrant. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Registrants Form S-1/A, File No. 333-218392, filed on July 11, 2017)

4.3

Form of Common Warrant for July 2017 Public Offering (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Registrants Form S-1/A, File No. 333-218392, filed on July 11, 2017)

4.4

Form of Placement Agent Warrant for July 2017 Public Offering (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.5 to the Registrants Form S-1/A, File No. 333-218392, filed on July 11, 2017)

10.1

Amended & Restated Note Purchase Agreement, dated July 10, 2017, by and between the Registrant and jVen Capital, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8‑K/A,8-K filed on July 10, 2017)

October 3, 2022).

10.2

10.1

Form of Secured Convertible Promissory Note #1 to be issued to jVen Capital, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A, filed on July 10, 2017)

10.3

Form of Secured Promissory Note #2 and #3 to be issued to jVen Capital, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A, filed on July 10, 2017)

10.4

Second Amended and Restated Senior Secured Convertible Promissory Note,Securities Purchase Agreement, dated June 28, 2017,September 30, 2022, by and between the Registrant and Merck Global Health Innovation Fund, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Current Report on Form 8-K/A, filed on June 28, 2017)

10.5

Securities Purchase Agreement, among the RegistrantOpGen, Inc. and the purchasers signatory thereto, dated as of July 12, 2017Investor. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on July 14, 2017)

October 3, 2022).

10.6

10.2

Engagement Letter with H.C Wainwright & Co.,Form of Warrant Amendment Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2017September 30, 2022, by and between OpGen, Inc. and the Investor. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.210.2 to the Registrant’s Registration StatementCurrent Report on Form S-1/A,8-K filed on July 11, 2017)

October 3, 2022).

 31.1*

31.1*

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a).

31.2*

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a).

32.1*

Certification of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 20022002.

101*

Interactive data files pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T;S-T: (i) the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss, (iii) the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (iv) the Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. 

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Filed or furnished herewith

 

 


SIGNATURES

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

OPGEN, INC.

By:

/s/ Timothy C. Dec 

Albert Weber 

Timothy C. Dec

Albert Weber

Chief Financial Officer

(principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)

Date:

November 9, 2017

14, 2022

 

 

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