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Nature of Business
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Nature of Business
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Nature of Business

Organization

Synlogic, Inc., together with its wholly owned and consolidated subsidiaries (Synlogic or the Company) is a biopharmaceutical company that previously advanced novel therapeutics to transform the care of serious diseases. The Company focused on rare metabolic disorders, with its lead program, labafenogene marselecobac (SYNB1934), studied in Synpheny-3, a global, pivotal Phase 3 study for patients with phenylketonuria (PKU), and SYNB1353, a potential treatment for homocystinuria (HCU). Both PKU and HCU are caused by inborn errors of metabolism, and present significant need for innovation due to limitations of both efficacy and safety in the currently available medical treatment options. Since incorporation, the Company has devoted substantially all of its efforts to the research and development of its product candidates.

 

In February 2024, the Company and its board of directors decided to discontinue the Synpheny-3 trial and to conduct a comprehensive review of strategic alternatives. The Company also announced a corporate restructuring that resulted in a reduction in its workforce, leaving one remaining full-time employee. In addition, the Company has engaged consultants, to, among other things, support the strategic review process and current business operations. (see Note 7, Restructuring and Other Charges).

 

Going Concern and Liquidity

The Company’s consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming it will continue as a going concern. The going concern assumption contemplates the continuity of operations, and the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the ordinary course of business. The Company has historically generated negative cash flows from operations and has an accumulated deficit of $442.7 million at December 31, 2025. At December 31, 2025, the Company had $14.7 million in unrestricted cash and cash equivalents. The Company has determined its current cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2025 will be sufficient to fund its operations at the current levels for at least the next 12 months from the date of this filing. As the Company continues to review strategic alternatives, the Company will continue to incur costs and expenditures in connection with the process of evaluating strategic alternatives.

 

Risks and Uncertainties

As an early-stage company, the Company is subject to a number of risks common to other life science companies, including, but not limited to, raising additional capital and protection of proprietary technology. The Company may never achieve profitability, and unless and until it does, it will continue to need to raise additional capital or obtain financing from other sources.