| Item 5.02 | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On November 1, 2022, Alec Barclay notified T2 Biosystems, Inc. (the “Company”) of his resignation as Chief Operations Officer of the Company, effective as of November 30, 2022.
| Item 7.01 | Regulation FD Disclosure. |
On November 7, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) and the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation (“Cohen Foundation”) have selected T2 Biosystems as a Phase 1 winner in the LymeX Diagnostics Prize, a LymeX Innovation Accelerator (“LymeX”) prize competition to accelerate the development of Lyme disease diagnostics. As a Phase 1 winner, the Company will receive $100,000 and an invitation to participate in a second phase. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information in this Item 7.01 and Exhibit 99.1 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is being furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section.
On October 20, 2022, the Company issued a press release announcing that it has initiated studies to expand the number of pathogens detected on the FDA-cleared T2Bacteria® Panel to include the detection of Acinetobacter baumannii.
A. baumannii is a cause of bloodstream infections especially in critically ill patients, which can range from a benign transient bacteremia to fulminant septic shock. A. baumannii infections typically occur in people in healthcare settings and pose risk to those who are on ventilators; have devices such as catheters; have open wounds from surgery; are in intensive care units; or have prolonged hospital stays. In a large study of nosocomial bloodstream infections, A. baumannii was the tenth most common pathogen and has a crude ICU mortality rate of 34.0% to 43.4%.
On October 26, 2022, the private investor in the Company’s Series A redeemable convertible preferred stock redeemed all 3,000 shares of the Series A redeemable convertible preferred stock for an aggregate amount of $0.3 million.
