FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include information concerning our future results of operations and financial position, strategy and plans, and our expectations for future operations. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts and, in some cases, can be identified by terms such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “design,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would” or the negative version of these words and similar expressions.
Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including those described in “Risk Factors” included elsewhere in this prospectus and in the documents that are incorporated by reference herein. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Also, forward-looking statements represent our beliefs and assumptions only as of the date of this prospectus, or, in the case of any document incorporated by reference herein in this prospectus, as of the date of such document. In light of the significant uncertainties in these forward-looking statements, you should not regard these statements as a representation or warranty by us or any other person that we will achieve our objectives and plans in any specified time frame, or at all. You should read this prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference herein completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect.
These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning the following:
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our expectations regarding revenue, expenses and other operating results, including our preliminary estimates for the three months ended June 30, 2021;
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our expectation that, for the foreseeable future, a significant portion of our revenues will be derived from sales of Panorama and Horizon;
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our ability to increase demand for Panorama and Horizon, obtain favorable coverage and reimbursement determinations from third-party payers, and expand geographically;
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our expectation that Panorama will be adopted for broader use in average-risk pregnancies and for the screening of microdeletions and that third-party payer reimbursement will be available for these applications, including our expectations regarding the results of our SNP based Microdeletion and Aneuploidy RegisTry, or SMART, Study and our expectations that the results from such study may support broader use and reimbursement for the use of Panorama in average risk pregnancies and for microdeletions;
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the extent and duration of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, results of operations, stock price, or overall financial condition;
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our expectations of the reliability, accuracy, and performance of our tests, as well as expectations of the benefits of our tests to patients, providers, and payers;
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our ability to successfully develop additional revenue opportunities and expand our product offerings to include new tests;
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our efforts to successfully develop and commercialize our oncology and organ health products;
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the effect of improvements in our cost of goods sold;
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our estimates of the total addressable markets for our current and potential product offerings;
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our ability and expectations regarding obtaining, maintaining and expanding third-party payer coverage of, and reimbursement for, our tests;
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the effect of changes in the way we account for our revenue;
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our ability to successfully commercialize our products through strategic or commercial partnerships, such as our agreements with BGI Genomics Co., Ltd. and Foundation Medicine, Inc., and our ability to enter into additional partnerships in the future;