DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS |
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Jun. 30, 2025 | |
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS | |
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS | NOTE 1 DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS Organization and Description of Business Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc. (the Company) was incorporated as a Delaware corporation in May 2017, and it is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. The Company is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative treatments for severe muscle diseases for which there is significant unmet medical need. The Company’s lead product candidates are sevasemten and EDG-7500. Sevasemten is an orally administered small molecule designed to address the root cause of dystrophinopathies including Duchenne muscular dystrophy (Duchenne) and Becker muscular dystrophy (Becker). The Company is currently studying sevasemten in Phase 2 trials, which are being held in the U.S. and Israel and in certain countries in Europe and Australasia. The Company is enrolling a multipart Phase 2 trial with EDG-7500, for the potential treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). The Company is using its proprietary drug discovery platform to develop a pipeline of precision medicine product candidates that target key muscle proteins and modulators to address a broad array of serious muscle disorders. Risks and Uncertainties The board of directors of the Company discusses with management macroeconomic and geopolitical developments, including inflation, instability in the banking and financial services sector, tightening of the credit markets, the impact of changes in the U.S. government administration and policy positions, international conflicts, public health pandemics, cybersecurity, sanctions, and changes in tariffs so that the Company can be prepared to react to new developments as they arise. The board of directors and the management of the Company are carefully monitoring these developments and the resulting economic impact on its financial condition and results of operations. Liquidity and Capital Resources The Company has an accumulated deficit of $455.5 million and cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $594.0 million as of June 30, 2025. The Company’s ability to fund ongoing operations is highly dependent upon raising additional capital through the issuance of equity securities and issuing debt or other financing vehicles. On June 16, 2023, the Company entered into a Sales Agreement (Sales Agreement) with BofA Securities, Inc. (BofA Securities) under which the Company could offer and sell shares of common stock, having aggregate sales proceeds of up to $125.0 million from time to time, through an “at the market offering” program (ATM Program) under which BofA Securities acted as sales agent. Effective January 19, 2024, the Company suspended and terminated the prospectus related to the Company’s common stock issuable pursuant to the terms of the Sales Agreement (the ATM Prospectus). As of the date of the suspension of the ATM Prospectus, the Company had sold 7,560,068 shares of our common stock at a weighted average price of $7.93 per share. The gross proceeds were $59.9 million, and the net proceeds were $59.4 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of $0.2 million and offering expenses of $0.3 million. On January 23, 2024, the Company closed an underwritten registered direct offering of 21,818,182 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $11.00 per share (January 2024 Offering). The aggregate gross proceeds from the January 2024 Offering were $240.0 million, and the net proceeds were $231.9 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of $7.5 million and offering expenses of $0.6 million. On May 10, 2024, the Company filed an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3ASR that allows the Company to undertake various equity and debt offerings. Additionally, on May 10, 2024, the Company filed a prospectus supplement to the shelf registration statement and entered into a sales agreement with Leerink Partners LLC (Leerink Sales Agreement) under which the Company may offer and sell shares of common stock, having aggregate sales proceeds of up to $175.0 million from time to time, through an “at the market offering” program (Leerink ATM) under which Leerink Partners LLC will act as sales agent. The Company has not yet offered or sold any shares of common stock related to the Leerink ATM. On April 3, 2025, the Company closed an underwritten registered direct offering of 9,935,419 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $20.13 per share (April 2025 Offering). The aggregate gross proceeds from the April 2025 Offering were $200.0 million, and the net proceeds were $187.1 million, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of $12.0 million and offering expenses of $0.9 million. The Company’s ability to secure capital is dependent upon success in developing its technology and product candidates. The Company cannot provide assurance that additional capital will be available on acceptable terms, if at all. The issuance of additional equity or debt securities will likely result in substantial dilution to the Company’s stockholders. Should additional capital not be available to the Company in the near term, or not be available on acceptable terms, the Company may be unable to realize value from the Company’s assets or discharge liabilities in the normal course of business, which may, among other alternatives, cause the Company to delay, substantially reduce, or discontinue operational activities to conserve cash balances, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to achieve its intended business objectives. The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. The financial statements do not reflect any adjustments relating to the recoverability and reclassification of assets and liabilities that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern. The Company believes that the $594.0 million of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities on hand as of June 30, 2025 will be sufficient to fund its operations in the normal course of business and meet its liquidity needs through at least the next 12 months from the issuance of these financial statements. |