UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 20-F
☐ REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OR
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020
OR
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ____________________ to ____________________
OR
☐ SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of event requiring this shell company report____________________
Commission file number 001-36349
MEDIWOUND LTD.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Not applicable
(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)
ISRAEL
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
42 Hayarkon Street
Yavne, 8122745 Israel
(Address of principal executive offices)
Yaron Meyer, Adv.
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Telephone: +972 (77) 971-4100
E-mail: yaronm@mediwound.com
MediWound Ltd.
42 Hayarkon Street
Yavne, 8122745 Israel
(Name, telephone, e-mail and/or facsimile number and address of company contact person)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Ordinary shares, par value NIS 0.01 per share
Trading Symbol(s)
MDWD
Name of each exchange on which registered
Nasdaq Global Market
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Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period
covered by the annual report: As of December 31, 2020, the registrant had 27,236,752 ordinary shares, par value NIS 0.01
per share, outstanding.
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pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that
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MEDIWOUND LTD.
FORM 20-F
ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2020
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
PART I
Item 1. IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS
Item 2. OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE
Item 3. KEY INFORMATION
Item 4. INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY
Item 4A. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
Item 5. OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS
Item 6. DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES
Item 7. MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Item 8. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 9. THE OFFER AND LISTING
Item 10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Item 11. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Item 12. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES
PART II
Item 13. DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES
Item 14. MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS
Item 15. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Item 16A. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT
Item 16B. CODE OF ETHICS
Item 16C. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
Item 16D. EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES
Item 16E. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASER
Item 16F. CHANGE IN REGISTRANT’S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT
Item 16G. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Item 16H. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE
PART III
Item 17. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Item 18. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Item 19. EXHIBITS
SIGNATURES
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INTRODUCTION
In this annual report, the terms “MediWound,” “we,” “us,” “our” and “the company” refer to MediWound Ltd. and its
subsidiaries.
This annual report includes other statistical, market and industry data and forecasts which we obtained from publicly
available information and independent industry publications and reports that we believe to be reliable sources. These publicly
available industry publications and reports generally state that they obtain their information from sources that they believe to be
reliable, but they do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of the information. Although we believe that these sources are
reliable, we have not independently verified the information contained in such publications. Certain estimates and forecasts
involve uncertainties and risks and are subject to change based on various factors, including those discussed under the headings
“Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” and “ITEM 3.D. Risk Factors” in this annual report.
Throughout this annual report, we refer to various trademarks, service marks and trade names that we use in our business.
The “MediWound” design logo, “MediWound,” “NexoBrid,” “EscharEx” and other trademarks or service marks of MediWound
Ltd. appearing in this annual report are the property of MediWound Ltd. We have several other trademarks, service marks and
pending applications relating to our solutions. Other trademarks and service marks appearing in this annual report are the
property of their respective holders.
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
In addition to historical facts, this annual report on Form 20-F contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), Section 21E of the U.S. Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the safe harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. We make forward-looking statements in this annual report that are subject to risks and uncertainties. These forward-
looking statements include information about possible or assumed future results of our business, financial condition, results of
operations, liquidity, plans and objectives. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as
“believe,” “may,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “should,” “plan,” “expect,” “predict,” “potential,” or the
negative of these terms or other similar expressions. The statements we make regarding the following matters are forward-
looking by their nature:
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the timing and conduct of our trials of NexoBrid, EscharEx and our pipeline product candidates, including statements regarding the timing,
progress and results of current and future preclinical studies and clinical trials, and our research and development programs;
the clinical utility, potential advantages and timing or likelihood of regulatory filings and approvals of NexoBrid, EscharEx and our pipeline
product candidates;
our plans to develop and commercialize NexoBrid, EscharEx and our pipeline product candidates;
our estimates regarding expenses, future revenues, capital requirements and the need for additional financing;
anticipated funding under our contracts with the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority;
our expectations regarding future growth, including our ability to develop new products;
our commercialization, marketing and manufacturing capabilities and strategy and the ability of our marketing team to cover regional burn centers
and units;
our ability to maintain adequate protection of our intellectual property;
our estimates regarding the market opportunity for NexoBrid, EscharEx and our pipeline product candidates;
our expectation regarding the duration of our inventory of intermediate drug substance and products;
the impact of our research and development expenses as we continue developing product candidates; and
the impact of government laws and regulations.
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The preceding list is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all of our forward-looking statements. The forward-looking
statements are based on our beliefs, assumptions and expectations of future performance, taking into account the information
currently available to us. These statements are only predictions based upon our current expectations and projections about future
events. These statements may be found in the sections of this annual report on Form 20-F entitled “ITEM 3.D. Risk Factors,”
“ITEM 4. Information on the Company,” “ITEM 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects,” “ITEM 10.E. Taxation—
United States Federal Income Taxation—Passive Foreign Investment Company Considerations” and elsewhere in this annual
report, including the section entitled “ITEM 4.B. Business Overview” and “ITEM 4.B. Business Overview—Our Focus,” which
contain information obtained from independent industry sources. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in
these forward-looking statements due to various important factors, including all the risks discussed in “ITEM 3.D. Risk Factors”
and information contained in other documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Although we believe that the
expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee that future results, levels of activity,
performance and events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements will be achieved or will occur. Except as
required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements for any reason after the date of
this annual report to conform these statements to actual results or to changes in our expectations.
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PART I
Item 1. IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISERS
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Item 2. OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE
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Item 3. KEY INFORMATION
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Capitalization and Indebtedness
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C.
Reasons for the Offer and Use of Proceeds
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D.
Risk Factors
Our business faces significant risks. You should carefully consider all of the information set forth in this annual report
and in our other filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), including the following risk
factors which we face and which are faced by our industry. Our business, financial condition and results of operations could be
materially and adversely affected by any of these risks. In that event, the trading price of our ordinary shares would likely decline
and you might lose all or part of your investment. This report also contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and
uncertainties. Our results could materially differ from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, as a result of certain
important factors including the risks described below and elsewhere in this report and our other SEC filings. See “Special Note
Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” on page i.
Risks Related to Development, Clinical Testing and Regulatory Approval
Product development is a lengthy and expensive process, with an uncertain outcome.
We intend to develop and commercialize pipeline product candidates based on our patented enzymatic technology
platform for marketing authorization of NexoBrid and EscharEx in the U.S. and other indications. However, before obtaining
regulatory approval for the sale of our pipeline product candidates in any jurisdiction, we must conduct, at our own expense,
clinical studies to demonstrate that the products are safe and effective.
Preclinical and clinical testing is expensive, is difficult to design and implement, can take many years to complete and is
uncertain as to outcome. A failure of one or more of our clinical trials can occur at any stage of testing. We may experience
numerous unforeseen events during, or as a result of, preclinical testing and the clinical trial process. Even if preclinical or
clinical trials are successful, we still may be unable to commercialize the product, as success in preclinical trials, clinical trials or
previous clinical trials does not ensure that later clinical trials will be successful.
A number of events could delay or prevent our ability to complete necessary clinical trials for our pipeline product
candidates, including:
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regulators may not authorize us to conduct a clinical trial within a country or at a prospective trial site or may require us to change the design
of a study;
delays may occur in reaching agreement on acceptable clinical trial terms with regulatory authorities or prospective sites, or obtaining
institutional review board approval;
our preclinical tests or clinical trials may produce negative or inconclusive results, and we may decide, or regulators may require us, to
conduct additional trials or to abandon strategic projects;
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the number of patients required for our clinical trials may be larger than we anticipate, enrollment in our clinical trials may be slower or more
difficult than we expect, or patients may not participate in necessary follow-up visits to obtain required data, any of which would result in
significant delays in our clinical testing process;
our third-party contractors, such as a research institute, may fail to comply with regulatory requirements or meet their contractual obligations
to us;
we may be forced to suspend or terminate our clinical trials if the participants are being exposed, or are thought to be exposed, to
unacceptable health risks or if any participant experiences an unexpected serious adverse event;
regulators or institutional review boards may require that we hold, suspend or terminate clinical research for various reasons, including
noncompliance with regulatory requirements;
undetected or concealed fraudulent activity by a clinical researcher, if discovered, could preclude the submission of clinical data prepared by
that researcher, lead to the suspension or substantive scientific review of one or more of our marketing applications by regulatory agencies,
and result in the recall of any approved product distributed pursuant to data determined to be fraudulent;
the cost of our clinical trials may be greater than we anticipate;
an audit of preclinical or clinical studies by regulatory authorities may reveal noncompliance with applicable protocols or regulations, which
could lead to disqualification of the results and the need to perform additional studies;
delays may occur in obtaining our clinical materials; and
epidemics or pandemics, such as the COVID-19 pandemic that can affect the overall healthcare infrastructure, including the ability to recruit
patients, the ability to conduct studies at medical sites and the pace with which governmental agencies, such as the FDA, will review and
approve regulatory submissions. Additional government-imposed quarantines and requirements to “shelter at home” or other incremental
mitigation efforts also may impact our ability to source supplies for our operations or our ability or capacity to manufacture, sell and support
the use of NexoBrid, EscharEx and other candidate products in the future.
Moreover, we do not know whether preclinical tests or clinical trials will begin or be completed as planned or will need to
be restructured. Significant delays could also shorten the patent protection period during which we may have the exclusive right
to commercialize our pipeline product candidates or could allow our competitors to bring products to the market before we do,
impairing our ability to commercialize our pipeline product candidates.
We may be unable to successfully obtain approval of NexoBrid for treatment of severe burns in the United States and other
markets.
In the short term, we have been relying, for a significant portion of our revenues from sales of products, on sales of
NexoBrid in Europe and in other international markets for the treatment of severe burns and procurement of NexoBrid by the
U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) for emergency stockpile as part of the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) mission to build national preparedness for public health medical
emergencies. However, our continued growth depends, in large part, on our ability to develop and obtain marketing authorization
for NexoBrid for treatment of severe burns in additional markets, especially in the United States (from the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration (FDA)). We expect that marketing approval from the FDA, if granted, would enable us to receive additional
payments, including milestone payments, transfer price payments and royalties, from Vericel Corporation ("Vericel"), our U.S.
commercial partner, who is responsible for commercializing NexoBrid in the North America. In January 2019, we announced
top-line results from the U.S. Phase 3 pivotal study to support a Biologics License Application (“BLA”) submission to the FDA,
according to which the study has met its primary and all secondary endpoints. In September 2020, the FDA accepted for review
our BLA, which was based on the above-available acute data, including primary, secondary and safety endpoints, as well as 12-
month safety follow-up data. The 24-month long-term safety follow-up data from the Phase 3 pivotal study will be submitted as
a safety update as part of a post-approval commitment, if our BLA is approved. The FDA assigned a Prescription Drug User Fee
Act (“PDUFA”) goal date of June 29, 2021. We cannot predict how long the FDA may take to review and approve NexoBrid
following our BLA submission, or whether any such approval in the United States will ultimately be granted by the PDUFA goal
date, or at all. For example, the FDA has requested additional information as a part of its review of the BLA for NexoBrid.
However, there is no guarantee that FDA will consider our responses to be sufficient or timely to enable FDA approval by the
PDUFA goal date, particularly in light of delays in the FDA’s review caused or exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic,
including delays in conducting required inspections of our manufacturing facilities. Similarly, we cannot predict how long
regulatory authorities outside of the United States and Europe may take to provide NexoBrid with marketing authorization in
their jurisdictions or whether such authorizations will be granted at all. A number of companies in the pharmaceutical and
biotechnology industry have suffered significant setbacks in advanced clinical trials, even after obtaining promising results in
earlier clinical trials. See “—Product development is a lengthy and expensive process, with an uncertain outcome” and “—
Development and commercialization of NexoBrid and EscharEx in the United States and our pipeline product candidates
worldwide requires successful completion of the regulatory approval process, and may suffer delays or fail.” The failure to
receive such marketing authorization, especially in the United States, would have a material adverse impact on our business
prospects.
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Development and commercialization of NexoBrid and EscharEx in the United States and our pipeline product candidates
worldwide requires successful completion of the regulatory approval process, and may suffer delays or fail.
In the United States, as well as other jurisdictions, we are required to apply for and receive marketing authorization before
we can market our products, as we have already received for NexoBrid in the European Union, Israel, Argentina, Russia, South
Korea and Peru. This process can be time-consuming and complicated and may result in unanticipated delays. To secure
marketing authorization, an applicant generally is required to submit an application that includes the data supporting preclinical
and clinical safety and efficacy as well as detailed information on the manufacturing and control of the product, proposed
labeling and other information. Before marketing authorization is granted, regulatory authorities generally require the inspection
of the manufacturing facility or facilities and quality systems (including those of third parties) at which the product candidate is
manufactured and tested, to assess compliance with strictly enforced current good manufacturing practices (“cGMP”), as well as
potential audits of the non-clinical and clinical trial sites that generated the data cited in the marketing authorization application
to assess compliance with requisite good clinical practices ("GCP").
We cannot predict how long the applicable regulatory authority or agency will take to grant marketing authorization or
whether any such authorizations will ultimately be granted. Regulatory agencies, including the FDA and the European Medicines
Agency (the “EMA”), have substantial discretion in the approval process, and the approval process and the requirements
governing clinical trials vary from country to country. The policies of the FDA, the EMA or other regulatory authorities may
change or may not be explicit, and additional government regulations may be enacted that could prevent, limit or delay regulatory
approval of NexoBrid, EscharEx or our pipeline product candidates. If we are slow or unable to adapt to changes in existing
requirements or the adoption of new requirements or policies, or if we are not able to maintain regulatory compliance, we may
lose any marketing approval that we may have obtained and we may not achieve or sustain profitability. We also cannot predict
the likelihood, nature or extent of government regulation that may arise from future legislation or administrative or executive
action, either in the United States or abroad. For example, the results of the U.S. presidential election may impact our business
and industry. Namely, the previous administration took several executive actions, including the issuance of a number of executive
orders, that could impose significant burdens on, or otherwise materially delay, the FDA’s ability to engage in routine regulatory
and oversight activities such as implementing statutes through rulemaking, issuance of guidance, and review and approval of
marketing applications. It is difficult to predict whether or how these requirements will be implemented, or whether they will be
rescinded or replaced under the Biden administration. The policies and priorities of the Biden administration are unknown and
could materially impact the regulatory framework governing our product candidates. If these executive actions impose constraints
on the FDA’s ability to engage in oversight and implementation activities in the normal course, or if we slow are slow or unable
to adapt to changes in existing requirements or the adoption of new requirements or policies, or if we are unable to maintain
regulatory compliance, we may be subject to enforcement action and our business may be negatively impacted.
In addition, any regulatory approval that we will receive may also contain requirements for potentially costly post-
marketing testing, including Phase 4 clinical trials, and surveillance to monitor the safety and efficacy of the product candidate.
For example, as part of the EMA regulatory approval process, we agreed to provide further data from a post-marketing Phase 3
clinical trial of NexoBrid. We believe that our U.S. Phase 3 study will also serve to address this post-marketing commitment to
EMA. If EMA is not satisfied with the study results, we will need to perform another costly study to provide such data. Once a
product is approved, the manufacturing processes, labeling, packaging, distribution, adverse event reporting, storage, advertising,
promotion, import, export and recordkeeping for the product will be subject to extensive and ongoing regulatory requirements.
These requirements include submission of safety and other post-marketing information and reports, registration and continued
compliance with cGMP and GCP for any clinical trials that we conduct post-approval. Although our manufacturing facility is
cGMP-certified, we may face difficulties in obtaining regulatory approval for the manufacturing and quality control process of
our pipeline product candidates.
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Any delays or failures in obtaining regulatory and marketing approval for NexoBrid in the United States, or for our
pipeline product candidates worldwide, would adversely affect our business, prospects, financial condition and results of
operations.
Changes in funding or disruptions at FDA and other government agencies caused by funding shortages or global health
concerns could hinder their ability to hire and retain key leadership and other personnel, or otherwise prevent new or
modified products from being developed, approved or commercialized in a timely manner or at all, or otherwise prevent those
agencies from performing normal business functions on which the operation of our business may rely, which could negatively
impact our business.
The ability of FDA to review and approve new products can be affected by a variety of factors, including government
budget and funding levels, statutory, regulatory, and policy changes, FDA’s ability to hire and retain key personnel and accept the
payment of user fees, and other events that may otherwise affect FDA’s ability to perform routine functions. Average review
times at the agency have fluctuated in recent years as a result. In addition, government funding of other government agencies that
fund research and development activities is subject to the political process, which is inherently fluid and unpredictable.
Disruptions at FDA and other agencies may also slow the time necessary for new medical devices or modifications to cleared or
approved medical devices to be reviewed and/or approved by necessary government agencies, which would adversely affect our
business. For example, over the last several years, including for 35 days beginning on December 22, 2018, the U.S. government
has shut down several times and certain regulatory agencies, such as FDA, have had to furlough critical FDA employees and stop
critical activities.
Separately, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, on March 10, 2020 FDA announced its intention to postpone most
inspections of foreign manufacturing facilities, and on March 18, 2020, FDA temporarily postponed routine surveillance
inspections of domestic manufacturing facilities. Subsequently, on July 10, 2020 FDA announced its intention to resume certain
on-site inspections of domestic manufacturing facilities subject to a risk-based prioritization system. FDA intends to use this risk-
based assessment system to identify the categories of regulatory activity that can occur within a given geographic area, ranging
from mission critical inspections to resumption of all regulatory activities. Regulatory authorities outside the United States may
adopt similar restrictions or other policy measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. If a prolonged government shutdown
occurs, or if global health concerns continue to prevent FDA or other regulatory authorities from conducting their regular
inspections, reviews, or other regulatory activities, it could significantly impact the ability of FDA or other regulatory authorities
to timely review and process our regulatory submissions, which could have a material adverse effect on our business.
NexoBrid, EscharEx, our current pipeline product candidates or future product candidates may cause unanticipated and
undesirable side effects or have other properties, which are currently unknown to us.
NexoBrid, EscharEx and all of our current pipeline product candidates rely on our patented enzymatic platform
technology, although their specific formulations or mode of applications may vary. Like most pharmaceutical products, our
approval labels for NexoBrid in Europe, Israel, Argentina, South Korea, Russia and Peru list certain side effects. If we or others
identify previously unknown problems with NexoBrid, EscharEx or their underlying proteolytic enzymes, including adverse
events of unanticipated severity or frequency, problems with our manufacturers or manufacturing processes, or failure to comply
with regulatory requirements, the following consequences, among others, may result, including, without limitation:
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restrictions on the marketing or manufacturing of the product, withdrawal of the product from the market or voluntary or mandatory product
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harm to our reputation, reduced demand for our products and loss of market acceptance;
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refusal by the applicable regulatory authority to approve pending applications or supplements to approved applications filed by us, or
suspension or revocation of product license approvals;
product seizure or detention, or refusal to permit the import or export of products; and
injunctions or the imposition of civil or criminal penalties.
Any of these events could prevent us from achieving or maintaining market acceptance of NexoBrid, our pipeline product
candidates or future product candidates, which would adversely affect our business, prospects, financial condition and results of
operations.
Regulatory approval for NexoBrid, EscharEx and other pipeline product candidates is and may be limited to specific
indications and conditions for which clinical safety and efficacy have been demonstrated, and the prescription off-label uses
could adversely affect our business.
The marketing approval for NexoBrid in the European Union, Israel, Argentina, South Korea, Russia and Peru is limited
to the treatment of deep partial- and full-thickness burns in adults. In addition, any additional regulatory approval of NexoBrid
for severe burns and any regulatory approval we may receive for any of our pipeline product candidates in the future, would be
limited to those specific indications for which such pipeline product candidate had been deemed safe and effective by the EMA,
the FDA or another regulatory authority and, like the EMA marketing approval for NexoBrid, would be subject to a renewal
examination five years after the marketing approval was extended for an additional five years during 2017. Additionally, labeling
restrictions in EU limit the manner in which a product may be used. For example, NexoBrid’s label provides that it may only be
used in specialized burns centers or by burn specialists and that it is not to be applied to more than 15% of the patient’s total body
surface area. If physicians prescribe the medication for unapproved, or “off-label,” uses or in a manner that is inconsistent with
the manufacturer’s labeling, it could produce results such as reduced efficacy or other adverse effects, and the reputation of our
products in the marketplace may suffer. In addition, should any of our future products have a significant price difference and if
they are used interchangeably, off-label uses may cause a decline in our revenues or potential revenues. Furthermore, while
physicians may choose to prescribe treatments for uses that are not described in the product’s labeling and for uses that differ
from those approved by regulatory authorities, we cannot promote the products for any indications other than those that are
specifically approved by the EMA, the FDA or other regulatory authorities. Regulatory authorities restrict communications by
companies on the subject of off-label use. If our promotional activities fail to comply with these regulations or guidelines, we
may be subject to enforcement actions by those authorities. In the United States, “off-label promotion” by pharmaceutical
companies has resulted in significant litigation under the Federal False Claims Act, violations of which may result in substantial
civil penalties and fines as well as exclusion from government health care programs. More generally, failure to follow the rules
and guidelines of regulatory agencies relating to promotion and advertising, such as that promotional materials not be false or
misleading, can result in refusal to approve a product, the suspension or withdrawal of an approved product from the market,
product recalls, fines, disgorgement of money, operating restrictions, injunctions or criminal prosecution.
Although we have received orphan drug designation for NexoBrid in the United States and the European Union and other
countries, we may be unable to maintain the benefits associated with such designations, including the potential for market
exclusivity.
In the U.S., the FDA may designate a drug as an orphan drug if it is a drug intended to treat a rare disease or condition,
which is generally defined as a patient population of fewer than 200,000 individuals in the United States, or a patient population
greater than 200,000 in the United States where there is no reasonable expectation that the cost of developing the drug will be
recovered from sales in the United States. Orphan drug designation in the U.S. entitles a party to financial incentives such as
opportunities for grant funding towards clinical trial costs, tax credits for certain clinical trial costs and user-fee waivers.
Similarly, in Europe, the European Commission grants orphan designation after receiving the opinion of the EMA
Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products on an application for orphan designation. Such orphan designation is available to
products that are intended for the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of life-threatening or chronically debilitating conditions
affecting not more than 5 in 10,000 persons in Europe and for which no satisfactory method of diagnosis, prevention, or treatment
has been approved (or the product would be a significant benefit to those affected). Additionally, designation is granted for
products intended for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of a life-threatening, seriously debilitating or serious and chronic
condition and when, without incentives, it is unlikely that sales of the drug in Europe would be sufficient to justify the necessary
investment in developing the drug. Orphan designation in the EU entitles a party to a number of incentives, such as protocol
assistance and scientific advice specifically for designated orphan medicines, and potential fee reductions depending on the status
of the sponsor.
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Although NexoBrid has been designated an orphan drug in the United States, European Union and South Korea, Japan,
UK and Switzerland, there is no guarantee that we will obtain approval or orphan drug exclusivity in the United States or other
jurisdictions, or maintain such exclusivity in Europe. Generally, if a drug with an orphan drug designation subsequently receives
the first marketing approval for the indication for which it has such designation, the drug is entitled to a period of marketing
exclusivity, which precludes the EMA or the FDA from approving another marketing application for the same drug and
indication for that time period, except in limited circumstances. The applicable period is seven years in the United States and ten
years in Europe. While the marketing exclusivity of an orphan drug prevents other sponsors from obtaining approval of a similar
medicinal product for the same indication (unless the sponsor demonstrates clinical superiority or a market shortage occurs), it
would not prevent other sponsors from obtaining approval of the same compound for other indications, or obtaining approval of a
different compound for the same indications as the orphan product. In addition, the FDA or the EMA may revisit any orphan drug
designation and retains the ability to withdraw the designation at any time.
Orphan designation neither shortens the development time or regulatory review time of a product nor gives the product
any advantage in the regulatory review or approval process. While we may seek additional orphan designations for applicable
indications for our current and any future product candidates, we may never receive such designations. Even if we do receive
such designations, there is no guarantee that we will enjoy the benefits of those designations.
We may rely on the Animal Rule in conducting trials, which could be time consuming and expensive.
To obtain FDA approval for our product candidates, we may obtain clinical data from trials in healthy human subjects that
demonstrate adequate safety, and efficacy data from adequate and well-controlled animal studies under regulations issued by the
FDA in 2002, often referred to as the “Animal Rule.” Among other requirements, the animal studies must establish that the drug
or biological product is reasonably likely to produce clinical benefits in humans. If we use this approach we may not be able to
sufficiently demonstrate this correlation to the satisfaction of the FDA, as these corollaries are difficult to establish and are often
unclear. Because the FDA must agree that data derived from animal studies may be extrapolated to establish safety and
effectiveness in humans, seeking approval under the Animal Rule may add significant time, complexity and uncertainty to the
testing and approval process. The FDA may decide that our data are insufficient for approval and require additional preclinical,
clinical or other studies, refuse to approve our product candidates, or place restrictions on our ability to commercialize the
products. In addition, products approved under the Animal Rule are subject to additional requirements, including post-marketing
study requirements, restrictions imposed on marketing or distribution, or requirements to provide information to patients. Further,
regulatory authorities in other countries may not have established an “Animal Rule” equivalent, and, consequently, there can be
no assurance that we will be able to make a submission for marketing approval in foreign countries based on such animal data
Risks Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic could adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has spread throughout Israel where our headquarters and plant are located and in other
areas where we have business operations. The spread of COVID-19 could have a negative impact on the value of the Company
and on the ability of the Company to raise capital (privately or publicly), conduct strategic deals, and continue to conduct clinical
trials in medical centers, and could cause us to suspend the recruitment of patients in studies that remain open. In addition, it
could negatively affect our manufacturing operations and global supply chain. In response to the outbreak, we have taken various
measures to date, including cost containment plan, executing a global remote work policy, reduction of work related travel,
including for our field-based employees, reduction of all in-person meetings and interactions with the healthcare community until
further notice, leveraging virtual tools and digital communication technologies to continue important interactions with our
employees, healthcare professionals, patients and other stakeholders, conducting remote site monitoring, transportation
reimbursement and arranging additional shipments of investigational product to sites and we have instituted additional practices,
including alternating shifts, to help ensure the health and safety of our employees who work on critical tasks in our labs and
manufacturing facility, as we continue to deliver medicines for patients. In addition, COVID-19 has had an adverse impact on and
may continue to adversely impact the expected timelines of our clinical studies and contribute to delays in obtaining regulatory
approvals and in receiving governmental funding. For example, from March 2020 through May 2020, we temporarily suspended
the initiation of additional clinical sites and new patient enrollment in our U.S. EscharEx phase 2 study for the treatment of
venous leg ulcers (“VLUs”), which resulted in slower recruitment rate than planned. In January 2021, due to COVID-19 related
enrollment delays and potentially future pandemic related implications on the conduct of our clinical studies, we decided to
accelerate this study by adjusting its enrollment target to 120 patients, down from the 174 originally planned. In addition, in many
instances across the industry the FDA’s facility inspection schedule has been affected by COVID-19-related travel restrictions,
which may have adverse impact on the FDA’s ability to complete its review of the NexoBrid BLA by the PDUFA goal date.
Additional government-imposed quarantines and requirements to “shelter at home” or other incremental mitigation efforts also
may impact our ability to source our products and products candidates in the future. These existing measures have disrupted, and
any future actions may result in further disruption, to our business, and may negatively impact our results of operations and
financial position.
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Our customers may also be adversely impacted by the prolonged impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of the
deterioration in economic conditions, our customers and potential customers may elect to decrease their spending or reconsider
orders, which would adversely affect our business, operating results and financial condition. For example, in light of the
significant impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. and related expenditures by the U.S. federal government, we may
experience delays in deliveries of the procurement orders under our September 2015 agreement with BARDA and such
agreement, as well as our other agreements with BARDA, may be suspended or terminated by BARDA. BARDA may terminate
the agreements at any time, at its convenience and without any further funding obligations. In addition, there may be limitations
of product transportation that can impact our sales to customers.
Our suppliers, including Challenge Bioproducts Corporation Ltd. (“CBC”), may be adversely impacted by the COVID-19
pandemic. As a result, we may face delays or difficulty sourcing components and drug substances for our products and product
candidates, which could negatively affect our business and financial results. Even if we are able to find alternate sources for such
components and drug substances, they may cost more, which could adversely impact our profitability and financial condition.
As the magnitude of the impact on global markets from COVID-19 is difficult to predict, the extent to which the pandemic
may negatively affect our clinical and operational activities, operating results and financial condition is uncertain.
Risks Related to Manufacturing
If our manufacturing facility in Yavne, Israel were to suffer a serious accident, or if a force majeure event were to materially
affect our ability to operate and produce NexoBrid, EscharEx and our pipeline product candidates, all of our manufacturing
capacity could be shut down for an extended period.
We currently rely on a single manufacturing facility in Yavne, Israel, and we expect that all of our revenues in the near
future will be derived from products manufactured at this facility. If this facility were to suffer an accident or a force majeure
event such as war, missile or terrorist attack, earthquake, major fire or explosion, major equipment failure or power failure lasting
beyond the capabilities of our backup generators or similar event, our revenues would be materially adversely affected and any of
our clinical trials could be materially delayed. In this situation, our manufacturing capacity could be shut down for an extended
period, we could experience a loss of raw materials, work in process or finished goods inventory and our ability to operate our
business would be harmed. In addition, in any such event, the reconstruction of our manufacturing facility and storage facilities,
and obtaining regulatory approval for the new facilities could be time-consuming. During this period, we would be unable to
manufacture NexoBrid or our pipeline product candidates. In addition, we currently have limited inventory of NexoBrid that we
can supply to our customers in the event that we are unable to further manufacture NexoBrid.
Moreover, our business insurance does not cover losses that may occur as a result of events associated with the security
situation in the Middle East. Although the Israeli government currently covers the reinstatement value of direct damages that are
caused by terrorist attacks or acts of war, we cannot assure you that this government coverage will be maintained, or if
maintained, will be sufficient to compensate us fully for damages incurred. Any losses or damages incurred by us could have a
material adverse effect on our business.
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We are subject to a number of other manufacturing risks, any of which could substantially increase our costs and limit supply
of NexoBrid, EscharEx and our pipeline product candidates.
The process of manufacturing NexoBrid, EscharEx and our pipeline product candidates is complex, highly regulated and
subject to the risk of product loss due to contamination, equipment failure or improper installation or operation of equipment, or
vendor or operator error. Even minor deviations from normal manufacturing processes or quality requirements for our products
could result in reduced production yields, product defects and other supply disruptions. If microbial, viral or other contaminations
are discovered in NexoBrid or our pipeline product candidates or in the manufacturing facilities in which NexoBrid or our
pipeline product candidates are or will be made, such manufacturing facilities may need to be closed to investigate and remedy
the contamination.
Although we have not experienced any contaminations, major equipment failures, or other similar manufacturing
problems of such magnitude, any adverse developments affecting manufacturing operations for NexoBrid or our pipeline product
candidates may result in shipment delays, inventory shortages, lot failures, withdrawals or recalls, or other interruptions in the
supply of NexoBrid or our pipeline product candidates. We may also have to take inventory write-offs and incur other charges
and expenses for our products that fail to meet specifications, undertake costly remediation efforts, or seek more costly
manufacturing alternatives.
Our ability to continue manufacturing and distributing our products depends on our continued adherence to GMP
regulations.
The manufacturing processes for our products are governed by detailed cGMP regulations, both for our marketed
products in the EU and product candidates in clinical testing in the U.S., EU and Israel. Failure by our manufacturing and quality
operations unit to adhere to established regulations or to meet a specification or procedure set forth in cGMP requirements could
require that a product or material be rejected and destroyed. Our adherence to cGMP regulations and the effectiveness of our
quality control systems are periodically assessed through inspections of our manufacturing facility by regulatory authorities. Such
inspections could result in deficiency citations, which would require us to take action to correct those deficiencies to the
satisfaction of the applicable regulatory authorities. If critical deficiencies are noted or if we are unable to prevent recurrences,
we may have to recall products or suspend operations until appropriate measures can be implemented. Since cGMP reflects ever-
evolving standards, we need to regularly update our manufacturing processes and procedures to comply with cGMP. These
changes may cause us to incur additional costs and may adversely impact our profitability. For example, more sensitive testing
assays (if and when they become available, or due to the discontinuation of the availability of the disposables currently used in
production) may be required, or existing procedures or processes may require revalidation, all of which may be costly and time-
consuming and could delay or prevent the manufacturing of NexoBrid or launch of a new product.
We may not be able to expand our production or processing capabilities or satisfy future demand.
We are currently seeking to expand our manufacturing capabilities in order to increase our capacity to manufacture
NexoBrid and future product candidates and satisfy near term demand. We cannot guarantee that we will be able to obtain the
requisite approvals, including meeting regulatory and quality requirements, or the necessary capital resources for procuring this
facility, or if we do, that the facility will satisfy additional growing demand. Conversely, there can be no assurance that even if we
obtain a new facility, demand for our products will increase proportionately to the increased production capability. Furthermore,
we cannot assure that this or similar projects will be implemented in a timely and cost efficient manner, and that our current
production will not be adversely affected by the operational challenges of implementing the expansion project.
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We depend on a sole supplier to obtain our intermediate drug substance, bromelain SP, which is necessary for the production
of our products.
We currently procure bromelain SP, substance key starting material in the manufacturing of NexoBrid, EscharEx and our
pipeline product candidates, from a single supplier, Challenge Bioproducts Corporation Ltd. (“CBC”). CBC’s manufacturing
facilities are located in the Republic of China and it uses proprietary methods to manufacture bromelain SP. Our supply
agreement with CBC has no fixed expiration date and can be voluntarily terminated by us, with at least six months’ advance
written notice, or by CBC, with at least 24 months’ advance written notice. Although we have a contractual right to procure this
material from other suppliers, subject to payment of a one-time, non-material licensing fee to CBC, procuring this material from
any other source would require time and effort which may interrupt our supply of bromelain SP and may cause an interruption of
the supply of NexoBrid, EscharEx and our pipeline product candidates to the marketplace and for future clinical trials or other
development purposes. Regulatory authorities could require that we conduct additional studies in support of a new supplier,
which could result in significant additional costs or delays. Furthermore, there can be no assurance that we would be able to
procure alternative supplies of bromelain SP at all or at comparable quality or competitive prices or upon fair and reasonable
contractual terms and conditions. Although we believe that we currently store sufficient inventory of bromelain SP in our
warehouse and CBC warehouse to continue full capacity operations for approximately two years, this inventory may prove
insufficient, and any interruption or failure to source additional bromelain SP from CBC or other third parties in a timely manner,
or at all, would adversely affect our business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, if CBC
experiences any closures and labor shortages as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we may face difficulty sourcing bromelain
SP, which could negatively affect our revenues.
Risks Related to Commercialization
Our revenue growth is depending initially on our ability to commercialize NexoBrid.
We are currently marketing a single product, NexoBrid, a concentrate of proteolytic enzymes enriched in bromelain,
based on our patented enzymatic platform technology, which has been approved for marketing in all European Union member
states as well as European Economic Area member states, U.K., Norway, Iceland Lichtenstein, Israel, Argentina, Russia, South
Korea and Peru for the treatment of adults with deep partial- and full-thickness burns, which we refer to as severe burns. We are
currently relying, for a significant portion of our revenues from sales of products, on sales of NexoBrid in Europe and in other
international markets for the treatment of severe burns and procurement of NexoBrid by BARDA. In November 2017, the
European Commission re-granted a five-year renewal of our NexoBrid marketing authorization. We anticipate that, for at least
the next several years, our ability to generate revenues and become profitable will depend on the commercial success of
NexoBrid in these markets, BARDA’s procurement as well as successful launch in new markets such as U.S. following obtaining
marketing approval.
The commercial success of NexoBrid, EscharEx and our pipeline product candidates will depend upon their degree of market
acceptance.
NexoBrid, EscharEx and our pipeline product candidates may not gain market acceptance by physicians and their teams,
healthcare payors, patients and others in the medical community. Although many physicians in burn centers throughout Europe,
the United States and other international markets have used NexoBrid for severe burns as part of our clinical trials or since
NexoBrid’s commercial launch in Europe, Israel, Argentina, South Korea and Russia, we cannot guarantee that use of NexoBrid
will be accepted in the market. We need to successfully integrate NexoBrid into the overall treatment of burns in burn centers. If
NexoBrid, EscharEx and our pipeline product candidates do not achieve an adequate level of acceptance, we may not generate
revenue and we may not achieve or sustain profitability. The degree of market acceptance of NexoBrid in Europe, Israel,
Argentina, South Korea, Russia and Peru, and in other countries where we receive marketing approval, and of EscharEx and our
pipeline product candidates, will depend on a number of factors, some of which are beyond our control, including:
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the willingness of physicians, burn care teams and hospital administrators to administer our products and the acceptance of our products as
part of the medical department routine;
the consent of hospitals to fund/purchase NexoBrid or obtain third-party coverage or reimbursement for our products;
the ability to offer NexoBrid, EscharEx and our pipeline product candidates for sale at an attractive value;
the efficacy and potential advantages of NexoBrid, EscharEx and our pipeline product candidates relative to current standard of care;
the prevalence and severity of any side effects; and
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Failure to achieve market acceptance for NexoBrid, EscharEx or any of our pipeline product candidates, if and when they
are approved for commercial sale, will have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of
operations.
We may be unsuccessful in commercializing our products due to unfavorable pricing regulations or third-party coverage and
reimbursement policies.
While we are executing a country-specific market access strategy, which includes pricing and/or reimbursement targets
for NexoBrid in most of Europe, we cannot guarantee that we will receive favorable hospital, regional or national funding or
pricing and reimbursement. Additionally, we cannot predict the pricing and reimbursement of NexoBrid, EscharEx or our
pipeline product candidates. The regulations that govern marketing approvals, pricing and reimbursement for new products vary
widely from country to country, among regions within some countries and among some hospitals. In some foreign jurisdictions,
including the European Union, the pricing of prescription pharmaceuticals is subject to governmental control. In other countries,
coverage negotiations must occur at the regional or hospital level in order to be included in the hospital formulary. Pricing
negotiations with governmental authorities at the regional or hospital level can take considerable time after the receipt of
marketing approval for a product candidate.
As a result, even after obtaining regulatory approval for a product in a particular country, we may be subject to price
regulations or denied or limited by reimbursement or formulary inclusion, which may delay or limit our commercial launch of the
product and negatively impact the revenue we are able to generate from the sale of the product in that country. Adverse pricing
limitations may hinder our ability to recoup our investment in NexoBrid, EscharEx or our pipeline product candidates, even after
obtaining regulatory approval.
Additionally, we cannot be sure that coverage and reimbursement will be available for NexoBrid, EscharEx or any
pipeline product candidate that we commercialize in the future, and, if reimbursement is available, whether the level of
reimbursement will be adequate. Coverage and reimbursement may affect the demand for, the price of, or the budget allocated for
reimbursement for any product for which we obtain marketing approval. Obtaining coverage and adequate reimbursement for our
products may be particularly difficult because of the higher prices often associated with products administered under the
supervision of a physician. If coverage and reimbursement are not available or are available only at limited levels, we may not be
able to successfully commercialize NexoBrid, EscharEx or any pipeline product candidate that we successfully develop.
Eligibility for reimbursement does not guarantee that any product will be paid for in all cases or at a rate that covers our costs.
Interim payments for new products, if applicable, may also not be sufficient to cover our costs and may not be made permanent.
Payment rates may vary according to the use of the product and the clinical setting in which it is used, may be based on payments
allowed for lower cost products that are already reimbursed and may be incorporated into existing payments for other services.
Net prices for products may be reduced by mandatory discounts or rebates required by government healthcare programs or
private payors and by any future relaxation of laws that presently restrict imports of products from countries where they may be
sold at lower prices than in certain other countries, such as the United States. In the United States, third-party payors often rely on
the coverage policies and payment limitations imposed by Medicare and other government payors, in setting their own coverage
policies and reimbursement rates. Our inability to promptly obtain coverage and profitable payment rates from hospital budget,
government-funded and private payors for NexoBrid, EscharEx or any pipeline product candidate could have a material adverse
effect on our operating results, our ability to raise capital needed to commercialize products and our overall financial condition.
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Recently enacted and future legislation may increase the difficulty and cost for us to obtain marketing approval for
and, if approved, commercialize our product candidates in the United States and affect the prices at which our products may
be sold.
The United States and several other jurisdictions are considering, or have already enacted, a number of legislative and
regulatory proposals to change the healthcare system in ways that may affect our ability to sell NexoBrid, EscharEx or any of our
pipeline product candidates profitably, if approved. We cannot predict the initiatives that may be adopted in the future. The
continuing efforts of hospitals, governments, insurance companies, managed care organizations and other payors of healthcare
services to contain or reduce costs of healthcare may adversely affect:
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the market acceptance or demand for NexoBrid, EscharEx or any of our pipeline product candidates, if approved;
the ability to set a price that we believe is fair for NexoBrid, EscharEx or any of our pipeline product candidates, if approved;
our ability to generate revenues and achieve or maintain profitability;
the level of taxes that we are required to pay; and
the availability of capital.
Among policy makers and payors in the United States and elsewhere, there is significant interest in promoting changes in
healthcare systems with the stated goals of containing healthcare costs, improving quality and/or expanding access. In the United
States, the pharmaceutical industry has been a particular focus of these efforts and has been significantly affected by major
legislative initiatives. In March 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and
Education Reconciliation Act, or collectively, the Affordable Care Act, or ACA, was signed into law and intended to broaden
access to health insurance, reduce or constrain the growth of healthcare spending, enhance remedies against fraud and abuse, add
new transparency requirements for the healthcare and health insurance industries, impose new taxes and fees on the health
industry and impose additional health policy reforms.
Among the provisions of the ACA of importance to our potential product candidates are the following:
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an annual, nondeductible fee on any entity that manufactures or imports certain branded prescription drugs and biologic agents, apportioned
among these entities according to their market share in certain government healthcare programs;
an increase in the statutory minimum rebates a manufacturer must pay under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program to 23.1% and 13.0% of the
average manufacturer price for branded and generic drugs, respectively;
addressed a new methodology by which rebates owed by manufacturers under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program are calculated for drugs
that are inhaled, infused, instilled, implanted or injected;
a new Medicare Part D coverage gap discount program, in which manufacturers must agree to offer 70% point-of-sale discounts off
negotiated prices of applicable brand drugs to eligible beneficiaries during their coverage gap period, as a condition for the manufacturer’s
outpatient drugs to be covered under Medicare Part D;
extension of manufacturers’ Medicaid rebate liability to covered drugs dispensed to individuals who are enrolled in Medicaid managed care
organizations;
expansion of eligibility criteria for Medicaid programs by, among other things, allowing states to offer Medicaid coverage to additional
individuals and by adding new mandatory eligibility categories for certain individuals with income at or below 133% of the Federal Poverty
Level, thereby potentially increasing manufacturers’ Medicaid rebate liability;
expansion of the entities eligible for discounts under the Public Health Service pharmaceutical pricing program;
a new requirement to annually report drug samples that manufacturers and distributors provide to physicians; and
a new Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to oversee, identify priorities in, and conduct comparative clinical effectiveness research.
There remain judicial and congressional challenges to certain aspects of the ACA, as well as efforts by the current U.S.
presidential administration to amend or repeal of the ACA. For example, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 includes a provision
repealing, effective January 1, 2019, the tax-based shared responsibility payment imposed by the Affordable Care Act on certain
individuals who fail to maintain qualifying health coverage for all or part of a year that is commonly referred to as the “individual
mandate.” On December 14, 2018, a U.S. District Court Judge in the Northern District of Texas, ruled that the individual mandate
is a critical and inseverable feature of the Affordable Care Act, and therefore, because it was repealed as part of the Tax Act, the
remaining provisions of the Affordable Care Act are invalid as well. The 2020 federal spending package permanently eliminated,
effective January 1, 2020, the Affordable Care Act mandated “Cadillac” tax on high-cost employer-sponsored health coverage
and medical device tax and, effective January 1, 2021, also eliminates the health insurer tax. Additionally, on December 18, 2019,
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit upheld the District Court ruling that the individual mandate was unconstitutional
and remanded the case back to the District Court to determine whether the remaining provisions of the ACA are invalid as well.
The U.S. Supreme Court is currently reviewing the case, although it is unclear how the Supreme Court will rule. It is also unclear
how other efforts to challenge, repeal or replace the ACA will impact the ACA or our business. Congress may consider other
legislation to repeal or replace elements of the ACA in the future. We cannot predict what legislation, if any, to repeal or replace
the ACA will become law, or what impact any such legislation may have on our product candidate.
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In addition, other legislative changes have been proposed and adopted since the Affordable Care Act was enacted. These
changes included aggregate reductions to Medicare payments to providers of 2% per fiscal year, which went into effect in April
2013 and, due to subsequent legislative amendments, will stay in effect through 2030, with the exception of a temporary
suspension from May 1, 2020 through March 31, 2021, unless additional Congressional action is taken. In January 2013,
President Obama signed into law the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, which, among other things, further reduced
Medicare payments to several providers, and increased the statute of limitations period for the government to recover
overpayments to providers from three to five years. These laws may result in additional reductions in Medicare and other
healthcare funding, which could negatively impact the market for NexoBrid and our other product candidates, if approved, and,
accordingly, our financial operations.
There has been heightened governmental scrutiny recently over the manner in which drug manufacturers set prices for
their marketed products, which have resulted in several Congressional inquiries and proposed bills designed to, among other
things, bring more transparency to product pricing, review the relationship between pricing and manufacturer patient programs,
and reform government program reimbursement methodologies for drug products. The likelihood of implementation of any of
these reform initiatives is uncertain, particularly in light of the new incoming Presidential administration. At the state level,
legislatures have increasingly passed legislation and implemented regulations designed to control pharmaceutical and biological
product pricing, including price or patient reimbursement constraints, discounts, restrictions on certain product access and
marketing cost disclosure and transparency measures, and, in some cases, designed to encourage importation from other countries
and bulk purchasing.
We expect that other possible healthcare reform measures may result in additional reductions in Medicare and other
healthcare funding, more rigorous coverage criteria, new payment methodologies and additional downward pressure on the price
that we receive for any approved product. Any reduction in reimbursement from Medicare or other government programs may
result in a similar reduction in payments from private payors. The implementation of cost containment measures or other
healthcare reforms may prevent us from being able to generate revenue, attain profitability, or commercialize our drugs.
Legislative and regulatory proposals have been made to expand post-approval requirements and restrict sales and
promotional activities for drugs. We cannot be sure whether additional legislative changes will be enacted, or whether the FDA
regulations, guidance or interpretations will be changed, or what the impact of such changes on the marketing approvals of our
product candidates, if any, may be. In addition, increased scrutiny by the U.S. Congress of the FDA’s approval process may
significantly delay or prevent marketing approval, as well as subject us to more stringent product labeling and post-marketing
testing and other requirements.
We face competition from the existing standard of care, and we are furthermore subject to the risk that potential changes in
medical practice and technology, or the development by our competitors of products, treatments or procedures that are similar,
more advanced, safer or more effective than ours, will render our product candidates obsolete.
The medical, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries are intensely competitive and subject to significant
technological and practice changes. We may face competition from many different sources with respect to NexoBrid, our pipeline
product candidates or any product candidates that we may seek to develop or commercialize in the future. Possible competitors
may be medical practitioners, pharmaceutical and wound care companies, academic and medical institutions, governmental
agencies and public and private research institutions, among others. Should any competitor’s product candidates receive
regulatory or marketing approval prior to ours, they may establish a strong market position and be difficult to displace, or may
diminish the need for our products.
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Our commercial opportunity could be reduced or eliminated if our competitors develop and commercialize products,
treatments or procedures that are safer, more effective, have fewer or less severe side effects, are more convenient or are less
expensive than any product that we may develop. In addition, we face competition from the current standard of care for eschar
removal in severe burns, which includes surgery, where eschar removal can occur by tangential excision, dermabrasion or hydro
jet, and non-surgical alternatives, such as topical medications applied to the eschar to facilitate the natural healing process. In
chronic and other hard-to-heal wounds, we expect to face competition from current standard of care for debridement via sharp
debridement or from the current non-surgical standard of care, either enzymatic debridement, primarily Smith & Nephew Plc’s
Santyl, a collagenase-based product indicated for debriding chronic dermal ulcers and severely burned areas, or autolytic
debridement.
Many of our current or future competitors may have significantly greater financial resources and expertise in research and
development, manufacturing, preclinical testing, conducting clinical trials, obtaining regulatory approvals and marketing
approved products than we may have. Mergers and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries or wound
care markets may result in even more resources being concentrated among a smaller number of our competitors. For example,
Healthpoint Biotherapeutics, which marketed Santyl, was acquired by Smith & Nephew Plc in 2012. Smaller and other early
stage companies may also prove to be significant competitors, particularly through collaborative arrangements with large and
established companies. These companies compete with us in recruiting and retaining qualified scientific and management
personnel, establishing clinical trial sites and patient registration for clinical trials, as well as in acquiring technologies
complementary to, or necessary for, our programs
Risks Related to Our Financial Position and Need for Additional Capital
We are dependent on our contract with BARDA to fund our development activities for NexoBrid in the United States and to
procure from us NexoBrid (and to thereby provide us with revenues). If we do not continue to receive funding under this
contract, we may need to obtain alternative sources of funding. In addition, if BARDA will suspend or terminate its
procurement obligation of NexoBrid it will adversely impact our future revenues.
We have a contract with BARDA, valued at up to $159 million, for the advancement of the development and
manufacturing, as well as the procurement, of NexoBrid in the United States (the “First BARDA Contract”). Under the First
BARDA Contract, BARDA has agreed to fund $82 million of the development costs of NexoBrid required to obtain marketing
approval in the United States and the emergency readiness for NexoBrid deployment. Under the First BARDA Contract,
BARDA began procurement valued at $16.5 million of NexoBrid from us for emergency stockpile as part of the HHS mission to
build national preparedness for public health medical emergencies. In August 2020, BARDA accepted the first shipment of
NexoBrid. We expect that additional deliveries will occur through the end of 2021. The First BARDA Contract also includes
options for BARDA (i) to further fund $10 million in development activities for other potential NexoBrid indications, and (ii) to
further fund $50 million for additional procurement of NexoBrid from us.
However, BARDA may terminate the contract at any time, at its convenience, without any further funding
obligations. There can be no assurances that BARDA will not terminate the contract. Changes in government budgets and
agendas may result in a decreased and de-prioritized emphasis on supporting the development of products for the treatment of
severe burns such as NexoBrid and the cessation of the procurement. Any reduction or delay in BARDA funding may force us to
suspend the program or seek alternative funding, which may not be available on non-dilutive terms, terms favorable to us or at
all. Further, we cannot provide any assurances as to when or whether BARDA’s commitment for procurement of NexoBrid will
continue or whether BARDA's options to fund additional development activities for NexoBrid and further fund $50 million for
additional procurement of NexoBrid will be exercised.
We have a history of net losses. We expect to continue to incur substantial and increasing net losses for the foreseeable future,
and we may never achieve or maintain profitability.
For the year ended December 31, 2019, we recorded a one-time profit of $5.0 million, following a $17.5 million up-front
payment that we received under the exclusive license that we granted to Vericel in May 2019 for the commercialization of
NexoBrid in North America. Other than that one-time profit in 2019, we have not been profitable historically and have incurred
significant net losses, including a net loss of $9.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2020. As of December 31, 2020, we
had an accumulated deficit of $135 million. We expect to incur substantial net losses for the foreseeable future. These losses and
negative cash flows have had, and will continue to have, an adverse effect on our shareholder's equity and working capital.
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We expect to incur significant expenses and increasing operating losses for the foreseeable future.
We anticipate that our expenses and future capital requirements may increase if and as we:
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accelerate our clinical development activities, particularly with respect to our clinical development of EscharEx for the debridement of
chronic and other hard-to-heal wounds and our clinical trials for our other pipeline product candidates;
further scale-up the manufacturing process for NexoBrid;
seek regulatory and marketing approvals for NexoBrid and any pipeline product candidate that successfully completes clinical trials;
initiate additional preclinical, clinical or other studies for NexoBrid, EscharEx and our pipeline product candidates, and seek to identify and
validate new products;
commercialize NexoBrid and any pipeline product candidates for which we obtain marketing approval;
acquire rights to other product candidates and technologies;
change or add suppliers;
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attract and retain skilled personnel; and
experience any delays or encounter issues with any of the above.
We may need substantial additional capital in the future, which may cause dilution to our existing shareholders, restrict our
operations or require us to relinquish rights to our pipeline product candidates or intellectual property. If additional capital is
not available, we may have to delay, reduce or cease operations.
We may seek additional funding in the future, which may consist of equity offerings, collaborations, licensing
arrangements or any other means to develop our pipeline product candidates, increase our commercial manufacturing
capabilities, operate our sales and marketing capabilities or other general corporate purposes. Under our shelf registration
statement on Form F-3, we may offer from time to time up to $125 million in the aggregate of our ordinary shares, warrants
and/or debt securities in one or more series or issuances. In February 2020, we entered into an Open Market Sales Agreement
with Jefferies LLC to issue and sell our ordinary shares with gross sales proceeds of up to $15 million, from time to time, through
an at the market offering under which Jefferies LLC will act as our sales agent. As of the date hereof, we have not issued or sold
any ordinary shares pursuant to the Open Market Sales Agreement. Our prior registered equity offerings diluted then-existing
shareholders, and to the extent that we raise additional capital through, for example, the sale of equity or convertible debt
securities under our shelf registration statement, our existing shareholders’ ownership interest will be further diluted, and the
terms may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect our shareholders’ rights. The incurrence of indebtedness
or the issuance of certain equity securities could result in increased fixed payment obligations and could also result in certain
restrictive covenants, such as limitations on our ability to incur additional debt or to issue additional equity, limitations on our
ability to acquire or license intellectual property rights and other operating restrictions that could adversely impact our ability to
conduct our business. In addition, the issuance of additional equity securities by us, or the possibility of such issuance, may cause
the market price of our ordinary shares to decline. Securing additional financing may also divert our management’s attention
from our day-to-day activities, which may adversely affect our ability to develop and commercialize NexoBrid, EscharEx and our
pipeline product candidates.
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Additional funding may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all. In the event that we enter into collaborations
or licensing arrangements in order to raise capital, we may be required to accept unfavorable terms, including relinquishing or
licensing to a third party on unfavorable terms our rights to product candidates or intellectual property that we otherwise would
seek to develop or commercialize ourselves or reserve for future potential arrangements when we might be able to achieve more
favorable terms.
If we are unable to raise additional capital when required or on acceptable terms, we may be required to:
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delay, scale back or discontinue the development, manufacturing scale-up or commercialization of NexoBrid, EscharEx or our pipeline
product candidates;
seek additional corporate partners for NexoBrid, EscharEx or one or more of our pipeline product candidates on terms that are less favorable
than might otherwise be available; or
relinquish or license to additional parties, on unfavorable terms, our rights to NexoBrid, EscharEx or our pipeline product candidates that we
otherwise would seek to develop or commercialize ourselves.
any such consequence will have a material adverse effect on our business, operating results and prospects and on our ability to develop our
pipeline product candidates.
If we fail to manage our growth effectively, our business could be disrupted.
Our future financial performance and ability to successfully commercialize our products and to compete effectively will
depend, in part, on our ability to manage any future growth effectively. We have made and expect to continue to make significant
investments to enable our future growth through, among other things, new product development, clinical trials for new
indications, expansion of our marketing and sales infrastructure and continues exploring for potential business development
opportunities. While we believe that our current manufacturing capacity is sufficient to meet the expected near-term commercial
demand for NexoBrid, we are planning to scale-up the current capacity by end of 2022, subject to successful authorities’ cGMP
audit, and which we believe will cost approximately $8-10 million. We must also be prepared to expand our work force and train,
motivate and manage additional employees as the need for additional personnel arises. Even following expansion, our facilities,
personnel, systems, procedures and controls may not be adequate to support our future operations, or we may expand, but then
fail to grow our sales of NexoBrid or our pipeline product candidates sufficiently to support such operational growth. Any failure
to manage future growth effectively could have a material adverse effect on our business and results of operations.
We make business decisions based on forecasts of future sales of our products and pipeline product candidates that may be
inaccurate.
Our market estimates are based on many assumptions, including, but not limited to, reliance on external market research,
our own internal research, population estimates, estimates of disease diagnostic rates, treatment trends, and market estimates by
third parties. Any of these assumptions can materially impact our forecasts and we cannot be assured that the assumptions are
accurate. If the market for any of our products or product candidates is less than this data would suggest, the potential sales for
the product or pipeline product candidates in question could be adversely affected, and our inventories and net losses could
increase.
Because of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with biopharmaceutical product development and
commercialization, we are unable to accurately predict the timing or amount of future expenses or when, or if, we will be able to
achieve or maintain profitability. We have financed our operations primarily through the sale of equity securities, licensing
agreements and government grants. The size of our future net losses will depend, in part, on the rate of growth or contraction of
our expenses and the level and rate of growth, if any, of our revenues. If we are unable to successfully commercialize NexoBrid,
EscharEx or one or more of our pipeline product candidates or if revenue from NexoBrid, EscharEx or any pipeline product
candidate that receives marketing approval is insufficient, we will not achieve profitability. Even if we do achieve profitability,
we may not be able to sustain or increase profitability.
Exchange rate fluctuations between the U.S. dollar and the Israeli shekel, the Euro and other non-U.S. currencies may
negatively affect our earnings.
The dollar is our functional and reporting currency. However, a significant portion of our operating expenses are incurred
in Israeli shekels and Euros. As a result, we are exposed to the risks that the shekel may appreciate relative to the dollar, or, if the
shekel instead devalues relative to the dollar, that the inflation rate in Israel may exceed such rate of devaluation of the shekel, or
that the timing of such devaluation may lag behind inflation in Israel. In any such event, the dollar cost of our operations in Israel
would increase and our dollar-denominated results of operations would be adversely affected. We cannot predict any future trends
in the rate of inflation in Israel or the rate of devaluation (if any) of the shekel against the dollar. For example, the shekel
appreciated relative to the dollar by 7.0% and 7.8% in 2020 and 2019, respectively, while the shekel devalued relative to the
dollar by 8.1% in 2018. If the dollar or Euro cost of our operations in Israel increases, our dollar- and Euro-measured results of
operations will be adversely affected. Our operations also could be adversely affected if we are unable to effectively hedge
against currency fluctuations in the future.
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To the extent that we may receive revenues from sales in certain countries, such as certain countries in the Asia Pacific
region, where our sales are expected to be denominated in dollars, a strengthening of the dollar in relation to other currencies
could make our products less competitive in those foreign markets and collection of receivables more difficult. For further
information, see “ITEM 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” elsewhere in this annual report.
Risks Related to Healthcare Laws and Other Legal Compliance Matters
Certain of our business practices could become subject to scrutiny by regulatory authorities, as well as to lawsuits brought by
private citizens. Failure to comply with applicable law or an adverse decision in lawsuits may result in adverse consequences
to us.
The laws governing our conduct in the United States are enforceable by criminal, civil and administrative penalties.
Violations of laws such as the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (the “FDCA”), the Public Health Service Act, the Federal
False Claims Act, provisions of the U.S. Social Security Act, including the “Anti-Kickback Statute,” or any regulations
promulgated under their authority, may result in significant administrative, civil and criminal sanctions, jail sentences, fines or
exclusion from federal and state programs, as may be determined by the U.S. Department of Justice, the Office of Inspector
General of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (the “OIG”), the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services,
("CMS") other regulatory authorities and the courts. There can be no assurance that our activities will not come under the
scrutiny of regulators and other government authorities or that our practices will not be found to violate applicable laws, rules and
regulations or prompt lawsuits by private citizen “relators” under federal or state false claims laws.
The federal Anti-Kickback Statute prohibits, among other things, knowingly and willfully offering, paying, soliciting or
receiving any remuneration (including any kickback, bribe or rebate), directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, to induce or in
return for purchasing, leasing, ordering or arranging for or recommending the purchase, lease or order of any good, facility, item
or service reimbursable, in whole or in part, under Medicare, Medicaid or other federal healthcare programs. The term
“remuneration” has been broadly interpreted to include anything of value. Although there are a number of statutory exceptions
and regulatory safe harbors protecting some common activities from prosecution, the exceptions and safe harbors are drawn
narrowly. Practices that involve remuneration that may be alleged to be intended to induce prescribing, purchases or
recommendations may be subject to scrutiny if they do not qualify for an exception or safe harbor.
For example, even common business arrangements, such as discounted terms and volume incentives for customers in a
position to recommend or choose drugs and devices for patients, such as physicians and hospitals, can result in substantial legal
penalties, including, among other things, exclusion from Medicare and Medicaid programs if not carefully structured to comply
with applicable requirements. Also, certain business practices, such as payment of consulting fees to healthcare providers,
sponsorship of educational or research grants, charitable donations, interactions with healthcare providers and financial support
for continuing medical education programs, must be conducted within narrowly prescribed and controlled limits to avoid any
possibility of unlawfully inducing healthcare providers to prescribe or purchase particular products or rewarding past prescribing.
Failure to meet all of the requirements of a particular applicable statutory exception or regulatory safe harbor does not make the
conduct per se illegal under the Anti-Kickback Statute. Instead, the legality of the arrangement will be evaluated on a case-by-
case basis based on a cumulative review of all its facts and circumstances. Several courts have interpreted the statute’s intent
requirement to mean that if any one purpose of an arrangement involving remuneration is to induce referrals of federal healthcare
covered business, the Anti-Kickback Statute has been violated. In addition, a person or entity does not need to have actual
knowledge of the statute or specific intent to violate it in order to have committed a violation. Violations of the federal Anti-
Kickback Statute may result in significant civil monetary penalties for each violation, plus up to three times the remuneration
involved. Moreover, a claim including items or services resulting from a violation of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute
constitutes a false or fraudulent claim for purposes of the federal civil False Claims Act. Accordingly, civil penalties for such
conduct can further be assessed under the federal False Claims Act. Violations can also result in criminal penalties, including
criminal fines and imprisonment. Similarly, violations can result in exclusion from participation in government healthcare
programs, including Medicare and Medicaid.
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Significant enforcement activity has also taken place under federal and state false claims act statutes. Violations of the
federal False Claims Act can result in treble damages, and a penalty for each false claim submitted for payment. Pharmaceutical,
device and other healthcare companies have been prosecuted under these laws for, among other things, allegedly providing free
product to customers with the expectation that the customers would bill federal programs for the product. Companies have been
prosecuted for causing false claims to be submitted because of the companies’ marketing of products for unapproved, and thus
non-covered, uses. The government may further prosecute conduct constituting a false claim under the criminal False Claims Act.
The criminal False Claims Act prohibits the making or presenting of a claim to the government knowing such claim to be false,
fictitious, or fraudulent and, unlike the civil False Claims Act, requires proof of intent to submit a false claim.
The federal False Claims Act, as well as certain state false claims acts, also permits relators to file complaints in the name
of the United States (and if applicable, particular states). These relators may be entitled to receive up to 30% of total recoveries
and have been active in pursuing cases against pharmaceutical companies. Where practices have been found to involve improper
incentives to use products, the submission of false claims, or other improper conduct, government investigations and assessments
of penalties against manufacturers have resulted in substantial damages and fines. In addition, to avoid exclusion from
participation in federal healthcare programs, many manufacturers have been required to enter into Corporate Integrity
Agreements that prescribe allowable corporate conduct and impose reporting and disclosure obligations by the manufacturer to
the government. Failure to satisfy requirements under the FDCA can also result in a variety of administrative, civil and criminal
penalties, including injunctions or consent decrees that prescribe allowable corporate conduct.
The federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, created additional federal criminal
statutes that prohibit, among other things, knowingly and willfully executing, or attempting to execute, a scheme to defraud any
healthcare benefit program, including private third-party payors, knowingly and willfully embezzling or stealing from a
healthcare benefit program, willfully obstructing a criminal investigation of a healthcare offense, and knowingly and willfully
falsifying, concealing or covering up a material fact or making any materially false, fictitious or fraudulent statement in
connection with the delivery of or payment for healthcare benefits, items or services. Like the Anti-Kickback Statute, a person or
entity does not need to have actual knowledge of the statute or specific intent to violate it in order to have committed a violation.
HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (“HITECH”) Act and its
implementing regulations, also imposes obligations, including mandatory contractual terms, on covered entities and their
respective business associates that create, receive, maintain or transmit individually identifiable health information for or on their
behalf, with respect to safeguarding the privacy, security and transmission of individually identifiable health information.
Additionally, there has been a recent trend of increased federal and state regulation of payments and transfers of value
provided to healthcare professionals and/or entities. The Affordable Care Act, among other things, imposed annual reporting
requirements on certain manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologicals and medical supplies for payments and other transfers of
value provided by them, directly or indirectly, to physicians (defined to include doctors, dentists, optometrists, podiatrists and
chiropractors), certain other healthcare professionals beginning in 2022, and teaching hospitals, as well as ownership and
investment interests held by physicians and their family members. A manufacturer’s failure to submit timely, accurately and
completely the required information for all payments, transfers of value or ownership or investment interests may result in
significant civil monetary penalties.
In addition, we are subject to analogous state and foreign laws and regulations, such as state anti-kickback and false
claims laws, which may apply to sales or marketing arrangements and claims involving healthcare items or services reimbursed
by non-governmental third-party payors, including private insurers; state and foreign laws that require pharmaceutical companies
to comply with the pharmaceutical industry’s voluntary compliance guidelines and the relevant compliance guidance
promulgated by the federal government or otherwise restrict payments that may be made to healthcare providers; state and
foreign laws that require drug manufacturers to report information related to payments and other transfers of value to physicians
and other healthcare providers or marketing expenditures; state and local laws requiring the registration of pharmaceutical sales
representatives, and state and foreign laws governing the privacy and security of health information in certain circumstances.
Many of these laws differ from each other in significant ways and often are not preempted by HIPAA thus complicating
compliance efforts. For example, the California Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA, which went into effect on January 1, 2020,
among other things, creates new data privacy obligations for covered companies and provides new privacy rights to California
residents, including the right to opt out of certain disclosures of their information. The CCPA also creates a private right of action
with statutory damages for certain data breaches, thereby potentially increasing risks associated with a data breach. Although the
law includes limited exceptions, including for “protected health information” maintained by a covered entity or business
associate, it may regulate or impact our processing of personal information depending on the context. Further, the California
Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) recently passed in California. The CPRA will impose additional data protection obligations on
covered businesses, including additional consumer rights processes, limitations on data uses, new audit requirements for higher
risk data, and opt outs for certain uses of sensitive data. It will also create a new California data protection agency authorized to
issue substantive regulations and could result in increased privacy and information security enforcement. The majority of the
provisions will go into effect on January 1, 2023, and additional compliance investment and potential business process changes
may be required.
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Efforts to ensure that our business arrangements with third parties will comply with applicable healthcare laws and
regulations may involve substantial costs. It is possible that governmental authorities will conclude that our business practices do
not comply with current or future statutes, regulations or case law involving applicable fraud and abuse or other healthcare laws
and regulations. If our operations are found to be in violation of any of these laws or any other governmental regulations that may
apply to us, we may be subject to significant civil, criminal and administrative penalties, including, without limitation, damages,
fines, imprisonment, exclusion from participation in government healthcare programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, and the
curtailment or restructuring of our operations, which could have a material adverse effect on our business. If any of the
physicians or other healthcare providers or entities with whom we expect to do business is found not to be in compliance with
applicable laws, it may be subject to criminal, civil or administrative sanctions, including exclusions from participation in
government healthcare programs, which could also materially affect our business.
As a public company with securities registered under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”), we are subject to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (the “FCPA”). The FCPA and similar worldwide anti-
bribery laws generally prohibit companies and their intermediaries from making improper payments to officials for the purpose of
obtaining or retaining business. While we continue to maintain and enhance internal policies mandating compliance with these
anti-bribery laws, we may operate in parts of the world that have experienced governmental corruption to some degree and in
certain circumstances, strict compliance with anti-bribery laws may conflict with local customs and practices or may require us to
interact with doctors and hospitals, some of which may be state controlled, in a manner that is different than in the United States.
Our internal control policies and procedures may not be sufficient to effectively protect us against reckless or criminal acts
committed by our employees or agents. Violations of these laws, or allegations of such violations, could disrupt our business and
result in a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
Laws and regulations affecting government contracts make it more costly and difficult for us to successfully conduct our
business.
We must comply with numerous laws and regulations relating to the formation, administration and performance of
government contracts, which can make it more difficult for us to retain our rights under our BARDA contracts. These laws and
regulations affect how we conduct business with government agencies. Among the most significant government contracting
regulations that affect our business are:
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the Federal Acquisition Regulations (“FAR”) and agency-specific regulations supplemental to the FAR, which comprehensively regulate the
procurement, formation, administration and performance of government contracts;
business ethics and public integrity obligations, which govern conflicts of interest and the hiring of former government employees, restrict the
granting of gratuities and funding of lobbying activities and include other requirements such as the Anti-Kickback Statute and Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act;
export and import control laws and regulations; and
laws, regulations and executive orders restricting the use and dissemination of information classified for national security purposes and the
exportation of certain products and technical data.
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Any material changes in applicable laws and regulations could restrict our ability to maintain our BARDA contracts or
obtain new contracts with the U.S. federal government.
We could be subject to product liability lawsuits, which could result in costly and time-consuming litigation and significant
liabilities.
The development of biopharmaceutical products involves an inherent risk of product liability claims and associated
adverse publicity. Our products may be found to be harmful or to contain harmful substances. This exposes us to substantial risk
of litigation and liability or may force us to discontinue production of certain products. Although we have product liability
insurance covering up to $10 million for claims in the European Union, Israel, Argentina, South Korea, Russia and Peru, the
coverage may not insure us against all claims that may be asserted against us. Product liability insurance is costly and often
limited in scope. There can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain or maintain insurance on reasonable terms or to
otherwise protect ourselves against potential product liability claims that could impede or prevent commercialization of
NexoBrid, EscharEx or our pipeline product candidates. Furthermore, a product liability claim could damage our reputation,
whether or not such claims are covered by insurance or are with or without merit. A product liability claim against us or the
withdrawal of a product from the market could have a material adverse effect on our business or financial condition. Furthermore,
product liability lawsuits, regardless of their success, would likely be time-consuming and expensive to resolve and would divert
management’s time and attention, which could seriously harm our business.
We are subject to foreign data privacy and security laws.
We are subject to data privacy and security laws in the E.U. as well as the EEA, including Regulation (EU) 2016/679
(General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR) in relation to our collection, control, processing, sharing, disclosure and other
use of personal data (i.e. data relating to an identifiable living individual). The GDPR is directly applicable in each E.U. and EEA
Member State, however, it provides that E.U. and EEA Member States may introduce further conditions, including limitations,
which could limit our ability to collect, control, process, share, disclose and otherwise use personal data (including health and
medical information), and/or could cause our compliance costs to increase, ultimately having an adverse impact on our business.
The GDPR imposes a strict data protection compliance regime including with regard to engaging third party processors and
cross-border transfers of personal data out of the E.U. and EEA. The law is also developing rapidly and, in July 2020, the Court
of Justice of the EU limited how organizations could lawfully transfer personal data from the EEA to the U.S. Fines for certain
breaches of the GDPR are significant: up to the greater of EUR 20 million or 4% of total global annual turnover. In addition to
the foregoing, a breach of the GDPR could result in regulatory investigations, reputational damage, orders to cease/change our
processing of our data, enforcement notices, assessment notices (for a compulsory audit), as well potential civil claims including
class action type litigation where individuals suffer harm. Following Brexit, and the expiry of the transition period, we have to
comply with the GDPR and separately the GDPR as implemented in the UK, each regime having the ability to fine up to the
greater of €20 million/ £17.5 million or 4% of global turnover. The relationship between the UK and the EU in relation to certain
aspects of data protection law remains unclear, e.g. how data transfers between EU member states and the UK will be treated.
These changes may lead to additional compliance costs and could increase our overall risk. Pursuant to the EU-UK Trade and
Cooperation Agreement of December 24, 2020, transfers of personal data from the European Union to the United Kingdom may
continue to take place without a need for additional safeguards during a further transition period, to expire on (1) the date on
which an adequacy decision with respect to the United Kingdom is adopted by the EU Commission; or (2) the expiry of four
months, which shall be extended by a further two months unless either the European Union or the United Kingdom objects. It
remains unclear whether the EU Commission will adopt an adequacy decision with respect to the United Kingdom. In the
absence of such decision after the expiry of the additional transition period, companies may need to put in place additional
safeguards for transfers of personal data from the European Union to the United Kingdom, such as standard contractual clauses
approved by the EU Commission. As we expand into other foreign countries and jurisdictions, we may be subject to additional
laws and regulations that may affect how we conduct business.
We are subject to extensive environmental, health and safety, and other laws and regulations.
Our business involves the controlled use of chemicals. The risk of accidental contamination or injury from these materials
cannot be eliminated. If an accident, spill or release of any such chemicals or substances occurs, we could be held liable for
resulting damages, including for investigation, remediation and monitoring of the contamination, including natural resource
damages, the costs of which could be substantial. We are also subject to numerous environmental, health and workplace safety
laws and regulations, including those governing laboratory procedures. Although we maintain workers’ compensation insurance
to cover the costs and expenses that may be incurred because of injuries to our employees resulting from the use of these
materials, this insurance may not provide adequate coverage against potential liabilities. Additional or more stringent laws and
regulations affecting our operations may be adopted in the future. We may incur substantial capital costs and operating expenses
and may be required to obtain consents to comply with any of these or certain other laws or regulations and the terms and
conditions of any permits required pursuant to such laws and regulations, including costs to install new or updated pollution
control equipment, modify our operations or perform other corrective actions at our respective facilities. In addition, fines and
penalties may be imposed for noncompliance with environmental, health and safety and other laws and regulations or for the
failure to have, or comply with the terms and conditions of, required environmental or other permits or consents.
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The United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union could adversely affect our business.
Following a national referendum and enactment of legislation by the government of the United Kingdom, the United
Kingdom formally withdrew from the European Union and ratified a trade and cooperation agreement governing its future
relationship, commonly known as Brexit. The agreement, which is being applied provisionally from January 1, 2021 until it is
ratified by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, addresses trade, economic arrangements, law
enforcement, judicial cooperation and a governance framework including procedures for dispute resolution, among other things.
Because the agreement merely sets forth a framework in many respects and will require complex additional bilateral negotiations
between the United Kingdom and the European Union as both parties continue to work on the rules for implementation,
significant political and economic uncertainty remains about how the precise terms of the relationship between the paries will
differ from the terms before withdrawal. Brexit could materially impact the regulatory regime with respect to the approval of
our product candidates in the United Kingdom or the European Union and could require us to obtain separate approvals for our
product candidates in the United Kingdom and the European Union. Any delay in obtaining, or an inability to obtain, any
regulatory approvals, as a result of Brexit or otherwise, would prevent us from commercializing our product candidates in the
United Kingdom and/or the European Union and restrict our ability to generate revenue and achieve and sustain profitability. If
any of these outcomes occur, we may be forced to restrict or delay efforts to seek regulatory approval in the United Kingdom
and/or European Union for our product candidates, which could significantly and materially harm our business. Brexit could
adversely affect European and worldwide economic and market conditions and could contribute to instability in global financial
and foreign exchange markets, including volatility in the value of the sterling and euro. Any of these effects of Brexit, and others
we cannot anticipate, could adversely affect our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property Rights
Our success depends in part on our ability to obtain and maintain protection for the intellectual property relating to, or
incorporated into, our technology and products.
Our commercial success depends in part on our ability to obtain and maintain patent protection and trade secret protection
for our intellectual property and proprietary technologies, our products and their uses, as well as our ability to operate without
infringing upon the proprietary rights of others. We rely on a combination of patents, trademark and trade secret laws, non-
disclosure and confidentiality agreements, licenses, assignments of invention agreements and other restrictions on disclosure and
use to protect our intellectual property rights.
As of December 31, 2020, we had been granted a total of 61 patents and have 32 pending patent applications. The family
of patents that covers NexoBrid specifically includes 35 granted patents worldwide. EscharEx is covered in 2 patents and 32
national phase applications. However, there can be no assurance that patent applications relating to our products, processes or
technologies will result in patents being issued, that any patents that have been issued will be adequate to protect our intellectual
property or that we will enjoy patent protection for any significant period of time. Additionally, any issued patents may be
challenged by third parties, and patents that we hold may be found by a judicial authority to be invalid or unenforceable. Other
parties may independently develop similar or competing technology or design around any patents that may be issued to or held by
us. Our current patents will expire or they may otherwise cease to provide meaningful competitive advantage, and we may be
unable to adequately develop new technologies and obtain future patent protection to preserve our competitive advantage or
avoid adverse effects on our business.
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Our patent protection may be limited, subjecting us to challenges by competitors.
At present, we consider our patents relating to our enzymatic platform technology, which underlies NexoBrid, EscharEx
and our current pipeline product candidates, to be material to the operation of our business as a whole. Our patents which cover
NexoBrid claim specific mixtures of proteolytic enzymes, methods of producing such mixtures and methods of treatment using
such mixtures. Although the protection achieved is significant for NexoBrid, EscharEx and our pipeline product candidates, when
looking at our patents’ ability to block competition, the protection offered by our patents may be, to some extent, more limited
than the protection provided by patents which claim chemical structures that were previously unknown. If our patents covering
NexoBrid in various jurisdictions were subject to a successful challenge or if a competitor were able to successfully design
around them, our business and competitive advantage could be significantly affected.
In addition, the patent landscape in the biotechnology field is highly uncertain and involves complex legal, factual and
scientific questions, and changes in either patent laws or in the interpretation of patent laws in the United States and other
countries may diminish the value and strength of our intellectual property or narrow the scope of our patent protection. In
addition, we may fail to apply for or be unable to obtain patents necessary to protect our technology or products or enforce our
patents due to lack of information about the exact use of our process by third parties. Even if patents are issued to us, they may be
challenged, narrowed, invalidated, held to be unenforceable or circumvented, which could limit our ability to prevent competitors
from using similar technology or marketing similar products, or limit the length of time our technologies and products have
patent protection. In addition, we are a party to license agreement with Mark Klein, that imposes various obligations upon us as a
licensee, including the obligation to make milestone and royalty payments contingent on the sales of NexoBrid. If we fail to
comply with these obligations, the licensor may terminate the license, in which event we might not be able to market any product
that is covered by the licensed intellectual property, including NexoBrid.
In order to preserve and enforce our patents and other intellectual property rights, we may need to assert claims or file
lawsuits against third parties. Such lawsuits could entail significant costs to us and divert our management’s attention from
developing and commercializing our products. Lawsuits may ultimately be unsuccessful and may also subject us to counterclaims
and cause our intellectual property rights to be challenged, narrowed, invalidated or held to be unenforceable.
The timing of a patent application, grant, and expiration may put us at a disadvantage compared to our competitors.
Our material patents also may not afford us protection against competitors with similar technology. Because patent
applications in the United States and many other jurisdictions are typically not published until 18 months after their filing, if at
all, and because publications of discoveries in scientific literature often lag behind actual discoveries, neither we nor our licensors
can be certain that we or they were the first to make the inventions claimed in our or their issued patents or pending patent
applications, or that we or they were the first to file for protection of the inventions set forth in such patent applications. As a
result, the patents we own and license may be invalidated in the future, and the patent applications we own and license may not
be granted. For example, if a third party has also filed a patent application covering an invention similar to one covered in one of
our patent applications, we may be required to participate in an adversarial proceeding known as an “interference proceeding,”
declared by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or its foreign counterparts, to determine priority of invention. The costs of
these proceedings could be substantial and our efforts in them could be unsuccessful, resulting in a loss of our anticipated patent
position. In addition, if a third party prevails in such a proceeding and obtains an issued patent, we may be prevented from
practicing technology or marketing products covered by that patent. Additionally, patents and patent applications owned by third
parties may prevent us from pursuing certain opportunities such as entering into specific markets or developing certain products.
Finally, we may choose to enter into markets where certain competitors have patents or patent protection over technology that
may impede our ability to compete effectively.
We may not be able to protect our intellectual property rights in all jurisdictions.
Effective protection of our intellectual property rights may be unavailable or limited in some countries, and even if
available, we may fail to pursue or obtain necessary intellectual property protection in such countries, including because filing,
prosecuting, maintaining and defending patents on product candidates in all countries throughout the world would be
prohibitively expensive. In addition, the legal systems of certain countries do not favor the aggressive enforcement of patents and
other intellectual property rights, and the laws of certain foreign countries do not protect our rights to the same extent as the laws
of the United States. As a result, our intellectual property may not provide us with sufficient rights to exclude others from
commercializing products similar or identical to ours. Competitors may use our technologies in jurisdictions where we have not
obtained patent protection to develop their own products, and we may be unable to prevent such competitors from importing such
infringing products into territories where we have patent protection but where enforcement is not as strong as in the United States
or into jurisdictions in which we do not have patent protection. These products may compete with our product candidates and our
patents and other intellectual property rights may not be effective or sufficient to prevent them from competing in those
jurisdictions.
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Our currently issued NexoBrid Family patents are nominally due to expire at various dates between 2025 and 2029.
However, because of the extensive time required for development, testing and regulatory review of a potential product, and
although such delays may entitle us to patent term extensions, it is possible that, before NexoBrid can be commercialized in
additional international jurisdictions and/or before any of our future products can be commercialized, any related patent may
expire or remain in force for only a short period following commercialization, thereby reducing any advantages of the patent. The
international PCT patent applications relating to EscharEx were filed on January 30, 2017. National phase applications
corresponding to these PCT applications were filed in several jurisdictions and the expiration date of the two patents that issued
and those that will be issued is January 30, 2037, absent patent-term adjustment and/or extensions. Our pending and future patent
applications may not lead to the issuance of patents or, if issued, the patents may not provide us with any competitive advantage.
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our intellectual property rights will provide competitive advantages or prevent competitors from making or selling competing products;
our ability to assert our intellectual property rights against potential competitors or to settle current or future disputes will not be limited by
our agreements with third parties;
any of our pending or future patent applications will be issued or have the coverage originally sought;
our intellectual property rights will be enforced in jurisdictions where competition may be intense or where legal protection may be weak; or
we will not lose the ability to assert our intellectual property rights against, or to license our technology to, others and collect royalties or
other payments.
We may be unable to identify all past or future unauthorized uses of our intellectual property.
Additionally, unauthorized use of our intellectual property may have occurred or may occur in the future. Any failure to
identify unauthorized use of, and otherwise adequately protect, our intellectual property could adversely affect our business,
including by reducing the demand for our products. Any reported adverse events involving counterfeit products that purport to be
our products could harm our reputation and the sale of our products. Moreover, if we are required to commence litigation related
to unauthorized use, whether as a plaintiff or defendant, such litigation would be time-consuming, force us to incur significant
costs and divert our attention and the efforts of our management and other employees, which could, in turn, result in lower
revenue and higher expenses.
In addition to patented technology, we rely on our unpatented proprietary technology, trade secrets, processes and know-how.
We rely on proprietary information, such as trade secrets, know-how and confidential information, to protect intellectual
property that may not be patentable or that we believe is best protected by means that do not require public disclosure. We
generally seek to protect this proprietary information by entering into confidentiality agreements, or consulting, services or
employment agreements that contain non-disclosure and non-use provisions with our employees, consultants, contractors,
scientific advisors and third parties. However, we may fail to enter into the necessary agreements, and even if entered into, these
agreements may be breached or otherwise fail to prevent disclosure, third-party infringement or misappropriation of our
proprietary information, may be limited as to their term and may not provide an adequate remedy in the event of unauthorized
disclosure or use of proprietary information. We have limited control over the protection of trade secrets used by our suppliers
and service providers and could lose future trade secret protection if any unauthorized disclosure of such information occurs. In
addition, our proprietary information may otherwise become known or be independently developed by our competitors or other
third parties. To the extent that our employees, consultants, contractors, scientific advisors and other third parties use intellectual
property owned by others in their work for us, disputes may arise as to the related rights or resulting know-how and inventions.
Costly and time-consuming litigation could be necessary to enforce and determine the scope of our and relevant third parties’
proprietary rights and failure to obtain or maintain protection for our proprietary information could adversely affect our
competitive business position. In addition, if a third party is able to establish that we are using their proprietary information
without their permission, we may be required to obtain a license to such information or, if such a license is not available, re-
design our products to avoid any such unauthorized use or temporarily delay or permanently stop manufacturing or sales of the
affected products. Furthermore, laws regarding trade secret rights in certain markets where we operate may afford little or no
protection to our trade secrets.
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We also rely on physical and electronic security measures to protect our proprietary information, but we cannot provide
assurance that these security measures will not be breached or will provide adequate protection for our property. There is a risk
that third parties may obtain and improperly utilize our proprietary information to our competitive disadvantage. Attacks upon
information technology systems are increasing in their frequency, levels of persistence, sophistication and intensity, and are being
conducted by sophisticated and organized groups and individuals with a wide range of motives and expertise. As a result of the
COVID-19 pandemic, we may also face increased cybersecurity risks due to our reliance on internet technology and the number
of our employees who are working remotely, which may create additional opportunities for cybercriminals to exploit
vulnerabilities. Furthermore, because the techniques used to obtain unauthorized access to, or to sabotage, systems change
frequently and often are not recognized until launched against a target, we may be unable to anticipate these techniques or
implement adequate preventative measures. We may also experience security breaches that may remain undetected for an
extended period. We may not be able to detect or prevent the unauthorized use of such information or take appropriate and timely
steps to enforce our intellectual property rights.
Some of our employees were previously employed at universities or other biotechnology or pharmaceutical companies,
including potential competitors. While we take steps to prevent our employees from using the proprietary information or know-
how of others in their work for us, we may be subject to claims that we or these employees have inadvertently or otherwise used
or disclosed intellectual property, trade secrets or other proprietary information of any such employee’s former employer.
Litigation may be necessary to defend against these claims and, even if we are successful in defending ourselves, could result in
substantial costs to us or be distracting to our management. If we fail to defend any such claims successfully, in addition to
paying monetary damages, we may lose valuable intellectual property rights or personnel.
If we are unable to protect our trademarks from infringement, our business prospects may be harmed.
We own trademarks that identify “MediWound,” “NexoBrid” and “EscharEx,” among others, and have registered these
trademarks in certain key markets. Although we take steps to monitor the possible infringement or misuse of our trademarks, it is
possible that third parties may infringe, dilute or otherwise violate our trademark rights. Any unauthorized use of our trademarks
could harm our reputation or commercial interests. In addition, our enforcement against third-party infringers or violators may be
unduly expensive and time-consuming, and the outcome may be an inadequate remedy.
We may be subject to claims that we infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate the intellectual property rights of third
parties.
Our development, marketing or sale of NexoBrid, EscharEx or our pipeline product candidates may infringe or be
accused of infringing one or more claims of an issued patent to which we do not hold a license or other rights. We may also be
subject to claims that we are infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating other intellectual property rights, such as
trademarks, copyrights or trade secrets. Third parties could therefore bring claims against us or our strategic partners that would
cause us to incur substantial expenses, including litigation costs or costs associated with settlement, and, if successful against us,
could cause us to pay substantial damages. Further, if such a claim were brought against us, we could be forced to temporarily
delay or permanently stop manufacturing or sales of NexoBrid, EscharEx or our pipeline product candidates that are the subject
of the suit.
If we are found to be infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating the patent or other intellectual property rights of
a third party, or in order to avoid or settle claims, we may choose or be required to seek a license from a third party and be
required to pay license fees or royalties or both, which could be substantial. These licenses may not be available on acceptable
terms, or at all. Even if we were able to obtain a license, the rights may be nonexclusive, which could result in our competitors
gaining access to the same intellectual property. Ultimately, we could be prevented from commercializing a product, or be forced
to cease some aspect of our business operations, if, as a result of actual or threatened claims, we or our strategic partners are
unable to enter into licenses on acceptable terms.
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There have been substantial litigation and other proceedings regarding patent and other intellectual property rights in the
pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. In addition, to the extent that we gain greater visibility and market exposure as a
public company in the United States, we face a greater risk of being involved in such litigation. In addition to infringement
claims against us, we may become a party to other patent litigation and other proceedings, including interference, opposition, re-
examination and similar proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and its foreign counterparts, regarding
intellectual property rights with respect to NexoBrid, EscharEx or our pipeline product candidates. The cost to us of any patent
litigation or other proceeding, even if resolved in our favor, could be substantial. A negative outcome could result in liability for
monetary damages, including treble damages and attorneys’ fees if, for example, we are found to have willfully infringed a
patent. A finding of infringement could prevent us from developing, marketing or selling a product or force us to cease some or
all of our business operations. Some of our competitors may be able to sustain the costs of such litigation or proceedings more
effectively than we can because of their substantially greater financial resources. Uncertainties resulting from the initiation and
continuation of patent litigation or other proceedings could have a material adverse effect on our ability to compete in the
marketplace, and patent litigation and other proceedings may also absorb significant management time.
Under applicable employment laws, we may not be able to enforce covenants not to compete.
We generally enter into non-competition agreements with our employees. These agreements prohibit our employees, if
they cease working for us, from competing directly with us or working for our competitors or clients for a limited period. We
may be unable to enforce these agreements under the laws of the jurisdictions in which our employees work and it may be
difficult for us to restrict our competitors from benefitting from the expertise our former employees or consultants developed
while working for us. For example, Israeli labor courts have required employers seeking to enforce non-compete undertakings of
a former employee to demonstrate that the competitive activities of the former employee will harm one of a limited number of
material interests of the employer which have been recognized by the courts, such as the protection of a company’s trade secrets
or other intellectual property.
We may become subject to claims for remuneration or royalties for assigned service invention rights by our employees, which
could result in litigation and adversely affect our business.
A significant portion of our intellectual property has been developed for us by our employees in the course of their
employment. Under the Israeli Patent Law, 5727-1967, or the Patent Law, inventions conceived by an employee in the course and
as a result of or arising from his or her employment with a company are regarded as “service inventions,” which belong to the
employer, absent a specific agreement between the employee and employer giving the employee proprietary rights. The Patent
Law also provides under Section 134 that if there is no agreement between an employer and an employee as to whether the
employee is entitled to consideration for service inventions, and to what extent and under which conditions, the Israeli
Compensation and Royalties Committee, or the Committee, a body constituted under the Patent Law, shall determine these
issues. Section 135 of the Patent law provides criteria for assisting the Committee in making its decisions. According to case law
handed down by the Committee, an employee’s right to receive consideration for service inventions is a personal right and is
entirely separate from the proprietary rights in such invention. Therefore, this right must be explicitly waived by the employee. A
decision handed down in May 2014 by the Committee clarifies that the right to receive consideration under Section 134 can be
waived and that such waiver can be made orally, in writing or by behavior like any other contract. The Committee will examine,
on a case by case basis, the general contractual framework between the parties, using interpretation rules of the general Israeli
contract laws. Further, the Committee has not yet determined one specific formula for calculating this remuneration, nor the
criteria or circumstances under which an employee’s waiver of his right to remuneration will be disregarded. Similarly, it remains
unclear whether waivers by employees in their employment agreements of the alleged right to receive consideration for service
inventions should be declared as void being a depriving provision in a standard contract. We generally enter into assignment-of-
invention agreements with our employees pursuant to which such individuals assign to us all rights to any inventions created in
the scope of their employment or engagement with us. Although our employees have agreed to assign to us service invention
rights and have specifically waived their right to receive any special remuneration for such service inventions beyond their
regular salary and benefits, we may face claims demanding remuneration in consideration for assigned inventions. As a
consequence of such claims, we could be required to pay additional remuneration or royalties to our current or former employees
or be forced to litigate such claims, which could negatively affect our business.
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Risks Related to an Investment in Our Ordinary Shares
The market price of our ordinary shares may be subject to fluctuation and you could lose all or part of your investment.
Our ordinary shares were first offered publicly in our IPO in March 2014 at a price of $14.00 per share, and our ordinary
shares have subsequently traded as high as $18.16 per share and as low as $1.47 per share through February 15, 2021. The market
price of our ordinary shares on the Nasdaq Global Market may fluctuate as a result of a number of factors, some of which are
beyond our control, including, but not limited to:
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the mix of products that we sell and related services that we provide;
changes in earnings estimates or recommendations by securities analysts, if our ordinary shares continue to be covered by analysts;
publication of the results of preclinical or clinical trials for NexoBrid, EscharEx or any of our pipeline product candidates;
failure by us to achieve a publicly announced milestone;
delays between our expenditures to develop and market new or enhanced products and the generation of sales from those products;
development of technological innovations or new competitive products by others;
announcements of technological innovations or new products by us;
regulatory developments and the decisions of regulatory authorities as to the marketing of our current products or the approval or rejection of
new or modified products;
developments concerning intellectual property rights, including our involvement in litigation;
changes in our expenditures to develop, acquire or license new products, technologies or businesses;
changes in our expenditures to promote our products;
changes in the structure of healthcare payment systems;
our sale or proposed sale, or the sale by our significant shareholders, of our ordinary shares or other securities in the future;
changes in key personnel;
success or failure of our research and development projects or those of our competitors; and
the trading volume of our ordinary shares.
These factors and any corresponding price fluctuations may materially and adversely affect the market price of our
ordinary shares and result in substantial losses being incurred by our investors. In the past, following periods of market volatility,
public company shareholders have often instituted securities class action litigation. If we were involved in securities litigation, it
could impose a substantial cost upon us and divert the resources and attention of our management from our business.
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Future sales of our ordinary shares could reduce the market price of our ordinary shares.
If we or our existing shareholders, our directors or their affiliates or certain of our executive officers, sell a substantial
number of our ordinary shares in the public market, the market price of our ordinary shares could decrease significantly. The
perception in the public market that we or our shareholders might sell our ordinary shares could also depress the market price of
our ordinary shares and could impair our future ability to obtain capital, especially through an offering of equity securities.
We have made significant offerings of our ordinary shares in the past and may do so again in the future. For example, on
April 23, 2019, the SEC declared effective our shelf registration statement on Form F-3, which registered the resale of 11,240,127
shares that are subject to registration rights. All shares sold pursuant to an offering covered by that registration statement (or a
subsequent shelf registration that we may file to replace it after it expires) will be freely transferable. See “ITEM 7.B. Related
Party Transactions—Registration Rights Agreement.” In February 2020, we entered into an Open Market Sales Agreement with
Jefferies LLC to issue and sell our ordinary shares with gross sales proceeds of up to $15 million, from time to time, through an
at the market offering under which Jefferies LLC will act as our sales agent. As of the date hereof, we have not issued or sold any
ordinary shares pursuant to the Open Market Sales Agreement. Sales by us or our shareholders of a substantial number of
ordinary shares in the public market could cause the market price of our ordinary shares to decline or could impair our ability to
raise capital through a future sale of, or pay for acquisitions using, our equity securities.
In addition, as of February 15, 2021, 3,672,212 ordinary shares were subject to outstanding option and RSU awards
granted to employees and office holders under our share incentive plans, including 1,952,014 ordinary shares issuable under
currently exercisable share options and RSUs. On April 28, 2014, we filed a registration statement on Form S-8 registering the
issuance of up to 3,032,742 ordinary shares issuable under our share incentive plans, which amount included 960,932 ordinary
shares issuable upon the exercise of option awards previously granted under our 2003 Israeli Share Option Plan and 1,482,044
ordinary shares issuable under our 2014 Equity Incentive Plan. On January 1, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2020, the shares available for
issuance under our 2014 Equity Incentive Plan automatically increased by 431,006, 540,955, 543,577 and 544,055 shares,
respectively. As of February 15, 2021, 3,989,019 shares remained available for issuance under our share incentive plans, which
amount includes 316,621 ordinary shares subject to outstanding awards. Shares included in such registration statement may be
freely sold in the public market upon issuance, except for shares held by affiliates who have certain restrictions on their ability to
sell.
The significant share ownership position of Clal Biotechnology Industries Ltd. may limit your ability to influence corporate
matters.
As of February 15, 2021, Clal Biotechnology Industries Ltd. (“CBI”), beneficially owns or controls, directly and
indirectly, 34.6% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares. Accordingly, CBI is able to significantly influence the outcome
of matters required to be submitted to our shareholders for approval, including decisions relating to the election of our board of
directors and the outcome of any proposed merger or consolidation of the company. CBI’s interests may not be consistent with
those of our other shareholders. In addition, CBI’s significant interest in us may discourage third parties from seeking to acquire
control of us, which may adversely affect the market price of our ordinary shares.
We have never paid cash dividends on our share capital, and we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable
future.
We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our share capital, nor do we anticipate paying any cash dividends on
our share capital in the foreseeable future. We currently intend to retain all available funds and any future earnings to fund the
development and growth of our business. As a result, capital appreciation, if any, of our ordinary shares will be an investor’s sole
source of gain for the foreseeable future. In addition, Israeli law limits our ability to declare and pay dividends, and may subject
our dividends to Israeli withholding taxes. See “ITEM 8.A. Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information—Dividend
Policy,” “ITEM 10.B. Articles of Association—Dividend and liquidation rights” and “ITEM 10.E. Taxation—Israeli Tax
Considerations and Government Programs.”
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As a foreign private issuer, we are permitted, and intend, to follow certain home country corporate governance practices
instead of otherwise applicable SEC and Nasdaq requirements.
As a foreign private issuer, we are permitted to, and do, follow certain home country corporate governance practices
instead of those otherwise required under the Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules for domestic U.S. issuers. For instance, we
follow home country practice in Israel with regard to the (i) quorum requirement for shareholder meetings, (ii) independent
director oversight of director nominations requirement, (iii) independence requirement for the board of directors and (iv)
shareholder approval for certain transactions other than a public offering involving issuances of a 20% or more interest in the
company. See “ITEM 16G. Corporate Governance.” We may in the future elect to follow home country practices in Israel with
regard to other matters as well, such as the formation and composition of the nominating and corporate governance committee,
separate executive sessions of independent directors and the requirement to obtain shareholder approval for certain dilutive
events (such as for the establishment or amendment of certain equity-based compensation plans, issuances that will result in a
change of control of the company, and certain acquisitions of the stock or assets of another company). Following our home
country governance practices as opposed to the requirements that would otherwise apply to a U.S. company listed on the Nasdaq
Global Market may provide less protection to you than what is accorded to investors under the Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules
applicable to domestic U.S. issuers. See “ITEM 16G. Corporate Governance.”
As a foreign private issuer, we are not subject to the provisions of Regulation FD or U.S. proxy rules and are exempt from
filing certain Exchange Act reports.
As a foreign private issuer, we are exempt from the rules and regulations under the Exchange Act related to the furnishing
and content of proxy statements, and our officers, directors and principal shareholders are exempt from the reporting and short-
swing profit recovery provisions contained in Section 16 of the Exchange Act. In addition, we are not required under the
Exchange Act to file annual and current reports and financial statements with the SEC as frequently or as promptly as U.S.
domestic companies whose securities are registered under the Exchange Act, and we are generally exempt from filing quarterly
reports with the SEC under the Exchange Act. Moreover, we are not required to comply with Regulation FD, which prohibits the
selective disclosure of material nonpublic information to, among others, broker-dealers and holders of a company’s securities
under circumstances in which it is reasonably foreseeable that the holder will trade in the company’s securities on the basis of the
information. Even though we intend to comply voluntarily with Regulation FD, these exemptions and leniencies will reduce the
frequency and scope of information and protections to which you are entitled as an investor.
For so long as we qualify as a foreign private issuer, we are not required to comply with the proxy rules applicable to U.S.
domestic companies, including the requirement applicable to emerging growth companies to disclose the compensation of our
Chief Executive Officer and other two most highly compensated executive officers on an individual, rather than an aggregate,
basis. Nevertheless, the regulations promulgated under the Israeli Companies Law, 5759-1999 (the “Israeli Companies Law”)
require us to disclose the annual compensation of our five most highly compensated officers on an individual, rather than on an
aggregate, basis. See “ITEM 6.B. Compensation.” Under the Companies Law regulations, this disclosure is required to be
included in the proxy statement for our annual meeting of shareholders each year, which we furnish to the SEC under cover of a
Report of Foreign Private Issuer on Form 6-K. Because of that disclosure requirement under Israeli law, we are also including
such information in this annual report, pursuant to the disclosure requirements of Form 20-F.
We would lose our foreign private issuer status if a majority of our outstanding ordinary shares are held of record by U.S.
shareholders and we fail to meet additional requirements necessary to avoid loss of foreign private issuer status. Although we
have elected to comply with certain U.S. regulatory provisions, our loss of foreign private issuer status would make such
provisions mandatory. The regulatory and compliance costs to us under U.S. securities laws as a U.S. domestic issuer may be
significantly higher. If we lose our foreign private issuer status, we will be required to file periodic reports and registration
statements on U.S. domestic issuer forms with the SEC, which are more detailed and extensive than the forms available to a
foreign private issuer. We would also be required to follow U.S. proxy disclosure requirements, including the requirement to
disclose more detailed information about the compensation of our senior executive officers on an individual basis. We may also
be required to modify certain of our policies to comply with accepted governance practices associated with U.S. domestic issuers.
Such conversion and modifications will involve additional costs. In addition, we would lose our ability to rely upon exemptions
from certain corporate governance requirements on U.S. stock exchanges that are available to foreign private issuers.
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If we are unable to satisfy the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, or if our internal control over financial
reporting or our disclosure controls and procedures are not effective, investors may lose confidence in the accuracy and the
completeness of the reports we furnish or file with the SEC, the reliability of our financial statements may be questioned and
our share price may suffer.
We are required to comply with the internal control, evaluation and certification requirements of Section 404 of the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”). Pursuant to Section 404(a) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, we are required
to furnish a report by management on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. If we become an
accelerated filer or a large accelerated filer, we will be required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section
404(b) of the Sarbanes Oxley Act.
To maintain the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures and our internal control over financial reporting,
we expect that we will need to continue to enhance existing, and implement new, financial reporting and management systems,
procedures and controls to manage our business effectively and support our growth in the future. The process of evaluating our
internal control over financial reporting requires an investment of substantial time and resources, including by our Chief
Financial Officer and other members of our senior management. The determination and any remedial actions required could
divert internal resources and take a significant amount of time and effort to complete and could result in us incurring additional
costs that we did not anticipate, including the hiring of outside consultants.
Irrespective of compliance with Section 404, any failure of our internal controls could have a material adverse effect on
our stated results of operations and harm our reputation. As a result, we may experience higher than anticipated operating
expenses, as well as higher independent auditor fees during and after the implementation of these changes. If we are unable to
implement any of the required changes to our internal control over financial reporting effectively or efficiently, it could adversely
affect our operations, financial reporting or results of operations. Further, if our internal controls over financial reporting are not
effective, the reliability of our financial statements may be questioned and our share price may suffer.
Our U.S. shareholders may suffer adverse tax consequences if we are characterized as a passive foreign investment company.
Generally, if for any taxable year 75% or more of our gross income is passive income, or at least 50% of the average
quarterly value of our assets (which may be determined in part by the market value of our ordinary shares, which is subject to
change) are held for the production of, or produce, passive income, we would be characterized as a passive foreign investment
company (“PFIC”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Based on our current estimates of our gross income and gross assets and
the nature of our business, we do not believe we were classified as a PFIC for the taxable year ended December 31, 2020. There
can be no assurance that we will not be considered a PFIC for the current or any future taxable year. PFIC status is determined as
of the end of the taxable year and depends on a number of factors, including the value of a corporation’s assets and the amount
and type of its gross income. Furthermore, the value of our gross assets is likely to be determined in large part by reference to our
market capitalization. As such, a decline in the value of our ordinary shares or an increase in the value of our passive assets
(including cash and short term investments), for example, may result in our becoming a PFIC. If we are characterized as a PFIC,
our U.S. shareholders may suffer adverse tax consequences, including having gains realized on the sale of our ordinary shares
treated as ordinary income, rather than as capital gain, the loss of the preferential rate that may be applicable to dividends
received on our ordinary shares by individuals who are U.S. Holders (as defined in “ITEM 10.E. Taxation—United States Federal
Income Taxation”), and having interest charges apply to distributions by us and the proceeds of share sales. Certain elections
exist that may alleviate some of the adverse consequences of PFIC status and would result in an alternative treatment (such as
mark-to-market treatment) of our ordinary shares. However, we do not intend to provide the information necessary for U.S.
holders to make qualified electing fund elections if we are classified as a PFIC. See “ITEM 10.E. Taxation—United States
Federal Income Taxation—Passive Foreign Investment Company Considerations.”
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Risks Primarily Related to our Operations in Israel
Our headquarters, manufacturing and other significant operations are located in Israel and, therefore, our results may be
adversely affected by political, economic or military instability in Israel and by conflicts between Israel and neighboring
terrorist groups or countries.
Our headquarters, manufacturing and research and development facilities are located in Yavne, Israel. In addition, the
majority of our key employees, officers and directors are residents of Israel. In recent years, there has been political, instability in
Israel, including four national elections within the last two-plus years. Over the past decade, there have been multiple hostilities
between Israel and Hamas (an Islamist militia and political group in the Gaza strip) and in the summer of 2006, there was an
armed conflict between Israel and Hezbollah (an Islamist militia and political group in Lebanon). Even during times without
formal conflict, Hamas and other terrorist groups in the Gaza strip have shot rockets into southern Israel, which have sometimes
damaged civilian and commercial property.
In recent years, Iran, which has threatened to attack Israel and is widely believed to be developing nuclear weapons, has
been expanding its influence in Syria and in Lebanon through Hezbollah and other proxy terrorist groups. Although Iran’s
activities have not directly affected the political and economic conditions in Israel, Iran’s purpose is widely believed to take
control of the Middle East, including Israel. Israel has responded with attacks on Iranian military operations in Syria. These
events and any future political, economic and military instability have the potential to interrupt our operations by damaging our
facilities (to the extent rocket attacks against Israel reach the region of our headquarters) or preventing our employees, officers
and directors from working. Such interruptions or stoppages may result in a material adverse effect on our business, operations
and results of operations.
Our commercial insurance may leave us subject to a risk of a loss if a terrorist attack or act of war occurs.
Our commercial insurance does not cover losses that may occur as a result of an event associated with the security
situation in the Middle East. The reinstatement value of direct damages that are caused by terrorist attacks or acts of war that the
Israeli government is currently committed to covering might not be maintained or, if maintained, might not be sufficient to
compensate us fully for damages incurred. Any losses or damages incurred by us could have a material adverse effect on our
business. Any armed conflict involving Israel could adversely affect our operations and results of operations.
Our operations may be disrupted by the obligation of our employees to perform military service.
As of December 31, 2020, we had 65 employees based in Israel, certain of whom may be called upon to perform up to 54
days (and in the case of non-officer commanders or officers, up to 70 or 84 days, respectively) of military reserve duty in each
three-year period until they reach the age of 40 (and in some cases, depending on their specific military profession, up to 45 or
even 49 years of age). In certain emergency circumstances, these employees may be called to immediate and unlimited active
duty. Our operations could be disrupted by the absence of a significant number of employees related to military service, which
could materially adversely affect our business and results of operations.
Boycotts and various Middle Eastern business restrictions in the region may adversely impact our ability to operate sell our
products.
Several countries, principally in the Middle East, restrict doing business with Israel and Israeli companies, and additional
countries may impose restrictions on doing business with Israel and Israeli companies whether as a result of hostilities in the
region or otherwise. In addition, there have been increased efforts by activists to cause companies and consumers to boycott
Israeli goods based on Israeli government policies. Recently, Israel has signed bilateral peace agreements with several Middle
Eastern (including Arab) countries, forging new economic ties with them. Nevertheless, if the actions by boycott activists become
more widespread and successful, that may adversely impact our ability to sell our products.
Provisions of Israeli law and our articles of association may delay, prevent or otherwise impede a merger with, or an
acquisition of, us, even when the terms of such a transaction are favorable to us and our shareholders.
Israeli corporate law regulates mergers, requires tender offers for acquisitions of shares above specified thresholds,
requires special approvals for transactions involving directors, officers or significant shareholders and regulates other matters that
may be relevant to such types of transactions. For example, a tender offer for all of a company’s issued and outstanding shares
can only be completed if the acquirer receives positive responses from the holders of at least 95% of the issued share capital.
Completion of the tender offer also requires approval of a majority of the offerees that do not have a personal interest in the
tender offer, unless, following consummation of the tender offer, the acquirer would hold at least 98% of the company’s
outstanding shares. Furthermore, the shareholders, including those who indicated their acceptance of the tender offer, may, at any
time within six months following the completion of the tender offer, petition an Israeli court to alter the consideration for the
acquisition, unless the acquirer stipulated in its tender offer that a shareholder that accepts the offer may not seek such appraisal
rights. See “ITEM 10.B. Articles of Association—Acquisitions Under Israeli law” for additional information.
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Furthermore, Israeli tax considerations may make potential transactions unappealing to us or to our shareholders whose
country of residence does not have a tax treaty with Israel exempting such shareholders from Israeli tax. For example, Israeli tax
law does not recognize tax-free share exchanges to the same extent as U.S. tax law. With respect to mergers, Israeli tax law
allows for tax deferral in certain circumstances but makes the deferral contingent on the fulfillment of a number of conditions,
including, in some cases, a holding period of two years from the date of the transaction during which sales and dispositions of
shares of the participating companies are subject to certain restrictions. Moreover, with respect to certain share swap transactions,
the tax deferral is limited in time, and when such time expires, the tax becomes payable even if no disposition of the shares has
occurred.
We have received Israeli government grants for certain research and development activities. The terms of those grants require
us to satisfy specified conditions and to pay penalties in addition to repayment of the grants upon certain events.
Our research and development efforts have been financed in part through grants from the Israeli Innovation Authority
(“IIA”), formerly operating as the Israeli Office of the Chief Scientist (the “OCS”). The total gross amount of grants actually
received by us from the IIA, including accrued LIBOR interest (or such other interest rate that the IIA may set in the future) and
net of royalties actually paid as of December 31, 2020, totaled approximately 13.7 million and the amortized cost (using the
interest method) of the liability as of that date totaled approximately 7.5 million. As of December 31, 2020, we had accrued and
paid net royalties to the IIA in an amount of 0.2 million. In 2020 we have determined that currently we will not be supported by
the IIA. As a result, we did not submit applications for IIA grants in 2020 and we do not plan to submit in 2021.
The IIA grants that we have received are repayable by payment of royalties from the sale of products developed as part of
the programs for which grants were received. Our obligation to pay these royalties is contingent on our actual sale of such
products and services. In the absence of such sales, no payment of such royalties is required.
Even following full repayment of any IIA grants, we must nevertheless continue to comply with the requirements of the
Encouragement of Research, Development and Technological Innovation in the Industry Law, 5744-1984 (formerly known as the
Law for the Encouragement of Industrial Research and Development, 5744-1984), and related regulations (collectively, the
“Innovation Law”). When a company develops know-how, technology or products using IIA grants, the terms of these grants and
the Innovation Law restrict the transfer outside of Israel of such know-how, and the manufacturing or manufacturing rights of
such products, technologies or know-how, without the prior approval of the IIA. Therefore, if aspects of our technologies are
deemed to have been developed with IIA funding, the discretionary approval of an IIA committee would be required for any
transfer to third parties outside of Israel of know-how or manufacturing or manufacturing rights related to those aspects of such
technologies. We may not receive those approvals. Furthermore, the IIA may impose certain conditions on any arrangement
under which it permits us to transfer technology or development out of Israel.
The transfer of IIA-supported technology or know-how or manufacturing or manufacturing rights related to aspects of
such technologies outside of Israel may involve the payment of significant penalties and other amounts, depending upon the
value of the transferred technology or know-how, the amount of IIA support, the time of completion of the IIA-supported
research project and other factors. If our products are manufactured outside of Israel, assuming we receive prior approval from
the IIA for the foreign manufacturing, we may be required to pay increased royalties. The increase in royalties depends on the
manufacturing volume that is performed outside of Israel. These restrictions and requirements for payment may impair our ability
to sell our technology assets outside of Israel or to outsource or transfer development or manufacturing activities with respect to
any product or technology outside of Israel. Furthermore, the consideration available to our shareholders in a transaction
involving the transfer outside of Israel of technology or know-how developed with IIA funding (such as a merger or similar
transaction) may be reduced by any amounts that we are required to pay to the IIA.
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It may be difficult to enforce a judgment of a U.S. court against us, our officers and directors or the Israeli experts named in
this annual report in Israel or the United States, to assert U.S. securities laws claims in Israel or to serve process on our
officers and directors and these experts.
We are incorporated in Israel. All of our executive officers and three of our directors listed in this annual report reside
outside of the United States, and most of our assets and most of the assets of these persons are located outside of the United
States. Therefore, a judgment obtained against us, or any of these persons, including a judgment based on the civil liability
provisions of the U.S. federal securities laws, may not be collectible in the United States and may not be enforced by an Israeli
court. It also may be difficult for you to effect service of process on these persons in the United States or to assert U.S. securities
law claims in original actions instituted in Israel. Israeli courts may refuse to hear a claim based on an alleged violation of U.S.
securities laws reasoning that Israel is not the most appropriate forum in which to bring such a claim. In addition, even if an
Israeli court agrees to hear a claim, it may determine that Israeli law and not U.S. law is applicable to the claim. If U.S. law is
found to be applicable, the content of applicable U.S. law must be proven as a fact by expert witnesses, which can be a time-
consuming and costly process. Certain matters of procedure will also be governed by Israeli law. There is little binding case law
in Israel that addresses the matters described above. As a result of the difficulty associated with enforcing a judgment against us
in Israel, you may not be able to collect any damages awarded by either a U.S. or foreign court.
Your rights and responsibilities as a shareholder will be governed by Israeli law, which differs in some material respects from
the rights and responsibilities of shareholders of U.S. companies.
Since we are incorporated under Israeli law, the rights and responsibilities of our shareholders are governed by our articles
of association and Israeli law. These rights and responsibilities differ in some respects from the rights and responsibilities of
shareholders in U.S.-based corporations. In particular, a shareholder of an Israeli company has a duty to act in good faith and in a
customary manner in exercising its rights and performing its obligations towards the company and other shareholders and to
refrain from abusing its power in the company, including, among other things, in voting at the general meeting of shareholders on
certain matters, such as an amendment to the company’s articles of association, an increase of the company’s authorized share
capital, a merger of the company and approval of related party transactions that require shareholder approval. A shareholder also
has a general duty to refrain from discriminating against other shareholders. In addition, a controlling shareholder or a
shareholder who knows that it possesses the power to determine the outcome of a shareholders’ vote or to appoint or prevent the
appointment of an office holder in the company or has another power with respect to the company, has a duty to act in fairness
towards the company. However, Israeli law does not define the substance of this duty of fairness. See “ITEM 6.C. Board
Practices.” Some of the parameters and implications of the provisions that govern shareholder behavior have not been clearly
determined. These provisions may be interpreted to impose additional obligations and liabilities on our shareholders that are not
typically imposed on shareholders of U.S. corporations.
Additionally, the quorum requirements for meetings of our shareholders are lower than is customary for domestic issuers.
As permitted under the Companies Law, pursuant to our articles of association, the quorum required for an ordinary meeting of
shareholders will consist of at least two shareholders present in person, by proxy or by other voting instrument in accordance
with the Companies Law, who hold at least 25% of our outstanding ordinary shares. For an adjourned meeting at which a quorum
is not present, the meeting may generally proceed irrespective of the number of shareholders present at the end of half an hour
following the time fixed for the meeting.
General Risk Factors
If equity research analysts do not continue to publish research or reports about our business or if they issue
unfavorable commentary or downgrade our ordinary shares, the price of our ordinary shares could decline.
The trading market for our ordinary shares relies in part on the research and reports that equity research analysts publish
about us and our business. We do not have control over these analysts and we do not have commitments from them to write
research reports about us. The price of our ordinary shares could decline if no research reports are published about us or our
business, or if one or more equity research analysts downgrades our ordinary shares or if those analysts issue other unfavorable
commentary or cease publishing reports about us or our business.
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Item 4. INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY
A.
History and Development of the Company
Our History
MediWound Ltd. ("MediWound") is a company limited by shares organized under the laws of the State of Israel in
January 2000. We are registered with the Israeli Registrar of Companies. Our registration number is 51-289494-0. Our principal
executive offices are located at 42 Hayarkon Street, Yavne 8122745, Israel, and our telephone number is +972 (77)-971-4100.
Our website address is www.MediWound.com. Information contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website does not
constitute a part of this annual report and is not incorporated by reference herein. We have included our website address in this
annual report solely for informational purposes. Our agent for service of process in the United States is Puglisi & Associates,
located at 850 Library Avenue, Suite 204, Newark, Delaware 19711, and its telephone number is +1 (302) 738-6680. The SEC
maintains an internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file
electronically with the SEC at: http://www.sec.gov.
Principal Capital Expenditures
See “ITEM 5.B. Liquidity and Capital Resources.”
B.
Business Overview
We are a biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes novel, cost effective, bio-
therapeutic solutions for tissue repair and regeneration. Our strategy is centered around our validated enzymatic platform
technology, focused on next-generation bio-active therapies for burn and wound care and biological medicinal products for tissue
repair.
Our first innovative biopharmaceutical product, NexoBrid, has received marketing authorization from the EMA and the
Israeli, Argentinean, South Korean, Russian and Peruvian Ministries of Health for removal of dead or damaged tissue, known as
eschar, in adults with deep partial- and full-thickness thermal burns, also referred to as severe burns. NexoBrid, a concentrate of
proteolytic enzymes enriched in bromelain, represents a new paradigm in burn care management, and our clinical trials have
demonstrated, with statistical significance, its ability to non-surgically and rapidly remove the eschar earlier relative to existing
standard of care upon patient admission, without harming viable tissues. In September 2020, the FDA accepted for review our
Biologics License Application (“BLA”) for NexoBrid for severe burns and assigned a Prescription Drug User Fee Act
(“PDUFA”) goal date of June 29, 2021. The BLA submission includes a comprehensive set of manufacturing data and multiple
preclinical and clinical studies, including the pivotal U.S. Phase 3 (“DETECT”) study of NexoBrid in adult patients with deep
partial and/or full-thickness thermal burns up to 30% of total body surface area. The DETECT study successfully met its primary
endpoint and all secondary endpoints, with a comparable safety profile.
We commercialize NexoBrid globally through multiple sales channels. We sell NexoBrid to burn centers in the European
Union, United Kingdom and Israel, primarily through our direct sales force, focusing on key burn centers and Key Opinion
Leaders (“KOL”) management, while establishing additional local distribution channels to extend our outreach in the European
Union. In the United States, we entered into exclusive license and supply agreements with Vericel to commercialize NexoBrid in
North America upon FDA's approval. We have signed distribution agreements with local distributors in multiple international
markets, which are responsible for obtaining local marketing authorization within the relevant territory.
EscharEx, our next-generation bioactive topical therapeutic under development, is a topical biological drug candidate for
the debridement of chronic and other hard-to-heal wounds. EscharEx active substance (API) is a concentrate of proteolytic
enzymes enriched in bromelain. In two phase 2 trials, EscharEx was well tolerated and has demonstrated safety and efficacy in
the debridement of various chronic and other hard-to-heal wounds, within a few daily applications. EscharEx is an investigational
product, currently under a U.S. phase 2 adaptive design study.
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Our third innovative product candidate, MWPC005, is a topically applied biological drug candidate for the treatment of
non-melanoma skin cancers, based on the same active substance of NexoBrid and EscharEx products, a concentrate of proteolytic
enzymes enriched in bromelain. We have launched recently a new clinical development program to evaluate our drug product
candidate MWPC005 in patients with non-melanoma skin cancer. The Clinical development of MWPC005 is supported by the
results from several toxicological and other preclinical studies as well as vast clinical experience from NexoBrid and EscharEx,
which share the same active substance..
We manufacture NexoBrid and our product candidates in our state-of-the-art, cGMP-compliant, sterile pharmaceutical
products manufacturing facility at our headquarters in Yavne, Israel.
Recent Developments
In January 2020, the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or BARDA, initiated the
procurement of NexoBrid valued at $16.5 million for emergency stockpile as part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (“HHS”) mission to build national preparedness for public health medical emergencies. Inventory purchased by
BARDA will be managed by MediWound under vendor-managed inventory. In August 2020, BARDA accepted the first
shipment of NexoBrid.
In March 2020, BARDA expanded its award contract with us providing supplemental funding of $5.5 million to support
emergency readiness for NexoBrid deployment upon request of use of NexoBrid in mass casualty situations. Under the modified
contract, including this supplemental amount, BARDA has agreed to provide technical assistance and a total of $82 million in
funding for NexoBrid development activities towards U.S. marketing approval from the FDA and the emergency readiness for
NexoBrid deployment. The modified contract maintains a $10 million option to fund development of other potential NexoBrid
indications, and an option to fund up to $50 million for additional NexoBrid procurement. See “Our Focus—Burn Care—
BARDA Contracts" below.
In June 2020, we submitted a BLA to the FDA seeking the approval of NexoBrid for eschar removal in adults with deep
partial-thickness and/or full-thickness thermal burns. While the BLA was being reviewed by the FDA, burn centers across the
U.S. are treating burn patients under the NexoBrid expanded access (NEXT) protocol. In September 2020, the FDA accepted for
review our BLA for NexoBrid and assigned a PDUFA goal date of June 29, 2021.
In October 2020, we completed the enrollment stage of our NexoBrid Phase 3 pediatric clinical study (CIDS). This
followed the FDA’s agreement in September 2020 to allow the NexoBrid expanded access (NEXT) protocol to be expanded to
include pediatric as well as adult burn patients.
In November 2020, we completed the U.S Phase 3 (DETECT) study including patient long-term safety follow-up. The
twenty-four-month safety data of cosmesis and function was comparable across all study arms with no new safety signals
observed.
In December 2020, we successfully completed a pre-clinical study designed to evaluate the debridement efficacy of
EscharEx in a porcine hard-to-heal wound model and compare its efficacy with an FDA approved and commercially available
collagenase enzymatic debridement agent. The study concluded that EscharEx treatment was more effective than the
commercially available collagenase agent in removing eschars in this model.
In January 2021, due to COVID-19 related enrollment delays and potentially future COVID-19 pandemic related
implications on the conduct of our clinical studies, we accelerated our EscharEx Phase 2 adaptive design study, for the treatment
of venous leg ulcers (VLUs), by adjusting its enrollment target to 120 patients, down from the 174 originally planned.
In January 2021, we announced that we submitted a protocol to the FDA for a pharmacology study and are preparing to
initiate this study in the first half of 2021. The study is an open label, single arm study assessing the pharmacological effects of
EscharEx in up to 15 patients with VLUs or diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs), including the effects on biofilm burden and wound
inflammation, as well as the impact of EscharEx on wound healing progression.
In February 2021, we launched a new clinical development program to evaluate our drug product candidate MWPC005 in
patients with non-melanoma skin cancer. We have submitted a protocol to the FDA for a phase I/II clinical study of MWPC005
for the treatment of basal cell carcinoma (BCC) and are preparing to initiate this study in the United States in the second quarter
of 2021. In Addition, an investigator-initiated trial of MWPC005 in non-melanoma skin cancer will be conducted in parallel at
the Soroka Medical Center in Israel.
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Our Focus:
Burn Care
NexoBrid, a concentrate of proteolytic enzymes enriched in bromelain, is an easy to use, topically-applied product that
removes eschar in four hours without harming the surrounding healthy tissues. Eschar removal is a critical first step in the
successful healing of severe burns and chronic and other hard-to-heal wounds. Under existing SOC, burn eschar may be removed
either by employing certain existing topical agents that have been found to be minimally effective or that take a significantly
longer period of time to work, or by resorting to non-selective surgery, which is traumatic and may result in loss of blood and
viable tissue. NexoBrid’s rapid and selective debridement alleviates the known risks associated with eschar, such as infection,
eventual sepsis, wound deterioration and consequential scarring, and it allows physicians to reach an informed decision on further
treatment at an earlier stage by direct visual assessment of the actual burn depth. Furthermore, NexoBrid minimizes the burden
associated with invasive surgical procedures, reduces the need for skin grafting and sacrifice of healthy tissue from donor sites on
a patient’s body and generally results in a more favorable overall long-term patient outcome. NexoBrid has been investigated in
hundreds of patients across more than 22 countries and four continents in nine completed Phase 2, Phase 3 and post-marketing
clinical studies. Over 7,000 burn patients have been treated with NexoBrid in the market since 2013 and the safety and efficacy
data reported from post marketing data sources are consistent with the data available from clinical trials and no new safety signals
were observed.
There have been hundreds of presentations and several award winning abstracts of NexoBrid in international and national
scientific conferences, and NexoBrid has been presented in about 80 peer-reviewed papers, resulting in support of burn specialists
and key opinion leaders. Awareness of NexoBrid continues to grow through our marketing efforts in countries where NexoBrid is
approved and our and multinational clinical development.
Burn Wounds
Burns are life threatening and debilitating traumatic injuries causing considerable morbidity and mortality. A burn may
result from thermal, electrical or chemical means that destroy the skin to varying depths. According to Critical Care, an
international clinical medical journal, burns are also among the most expensive traumatic injuries because of long and costly
hospitalization, rehabilitation and wound and scar treatment.
Most burn injuries involve part of or the entire thickness of the skin and in some cases, the deeper subcutaneous fat tissue
or underlying structures. The severity of the burn depends on three main factors:
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The extent of the surface that the burn occupies is usually referred to as percent of total body surface area (“TBSA”). A burn on an adult’s
entire palm would generally amount to 1% TBSA, and the average hospitalized patient has a burn covering approximately 9% TBSA. Burns
covering more than 15-20% TBSA usually require hospitalization and may result in dehydration, shock and increased risk of mortality.
The depth of the burn, referred to in terms of “degree” is generally classified into four categories:
○ Superficial or first degree burns. Such burns do not penetrate the basal membrane and usually heal naturally.
○ Dermal/partial thickness or second degree burns. Such burns are characterized by varying amounts of damaged dermis and can be
further subdivided into superficial and deep partial-thickness burns. Superficial partial-thickness burns may heal spontaneously after
removal of the covering thin eschar. Conversely, deep partial-thickness burns are often difficult for physicians to accurately diagnose
before eschar removal and may progress and transform into full-thickness burns if not debrided in a timely manner, depending on the
magnitude of latent tissue death of the surrounding skin.
○ Full thickness or third degree burns. Such burns are characterized by death of the entire dermal tissue down to the subcutaneous fat and
must be debrided and treated by autografting, which is the process of harvesting skin from healthy donor sites on a patient’s body and
transplanting it on the post-debridement, clean wound bed.
○ Fourth degree burns. Such burns, which are rare, extend beyond the subcutaneous fat tissue into the underlying structures, such as
muscle or bone, and also require debridement and further substantial treatment.
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Other factors include the age of the victim, the body part where the burn occurred and any co-morbidities of the patient. For example, some
patients may require hospitalization regardless of the TBSA or degree of the burn, such as children, the elderly or victims with burns to the
extremities, joints or head/neck area or with co-morbidities such as smoke inhalation, diabetes or obesity.
When patients are hospitalized for a severe burn, the first step in the treatment after patient stabilization and resuscitation
is usually eschar removal. The eschar is the burned tissue in the wound, which is deprived of blood and isolated from all natural
systemic defense mechanisms. Debridement is an essential first step in the treatment of patients with severe burns, allowing for:
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the prevention of local infection, sepsis (a systemic inflammatory response caused by severe infection) and additional damage to surrounding
viable tissue; and
the initiation of the body’s healing process and scar prevention.
In addition to minimizing the possibility of additional complications, once the eschar is removed, a physician may
properly diagnose the true extent of the trauma by a direct visual assessment of the clean wound bed. An informed treatment
strategy can be decided upon only if the depth of the burn and extent of the tissue damage is known. Diagnosis of burn depth is
difficult, especially because the burn commonly changes its appearance during the first days after injury due to burn progression.
Burns that are initially difficult to classify due to the presence of eschar are referred to as “indeterminate” burns. This ambiguity
can delay the assessment of the burn depth and formulation of proper treatment. Unless the burns are life-threatening, definitive
treatment is postponed for several days post-injury until diagnosis is clearer, when burn progression by death of the surrounding
and underlying tissue has already occurred and ended. During this delay, local and systemic effects of post-burn inflammation
and bacterial contamination can occur. Therefore, earlier, selective eschar removal is essential to prevent eschar-related
complications and to allow the physician to reach an informed decision on further treatment.
Currently, there are two main treatment modalities for debridement:
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Surgical debridement
○ Surgical debridement predominantly includes tangential excision, a procedure in which a surgeon amputates the entire dead tissue mass,
layer after layer, down to healthy, viable tissue. The excision is extended into healthy intact tissue to make sure that no trace of the eschar
remains, resulting in up to an estimated 30-50% of healthy tissue being excised during this procedure. Other methods include
dermabrasion, in which a mechanically powered, hand-held rotating abrading cylinder is used to slowly scrape off tissue, and hydro
surgery, in which a high-pressure flow of water abrades the tissue. These alternative methods have attempted to limit the trauma
associated with tangential excision, but entail spray of contaminated eschar or take a significantly longer time to complete than tangential
excision.
○ The benefits of surgical eschar removal are that it is usually fast and effective. Disadvantages include the significant trauma of the
procedure, associated blood loss, risk of surgery in delicate areas of the body such as hands, added costs, and, most importantly, the loss
of viable tissue that necessitates additional surgical procedures for harvesting skin from healthy donor sites and autografting.
○ Due to the disadvantages of surgery in extensive burns some surgeons limit their debriding surgery to only a part of the affected area in a
single session (15-30% TBSA in most centers), thus delaying full debridement by days. After several days, complications related to
eschar contamination may begin and some of the benefits of the earlier debridement may not be realized. On the other hand, when
excising burns immediately, all suspected necrotic tissue will be excised, inevitably resulting in over-excision, especially in
“indeterminate” burns, as after surgical excision, the remaining skin often no longer has any spontaneous healing potential and will heal
only by autografting.
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Non-surgical debridement
○ Non-surgical debridement includes many different treatment options that do not require direct surgical removal of the skin to remove
eschar. With non-surgical debridement, the eschar is naturally, but slowly, removed by contaminant microorganisms, tissue autolysis, or
self-decomposition, and the inflammatory process that may lead to serious local and systemic complications. In seeking to facilitate such
natural processes, topical medication, anti-microbial agents, enzymes and biological/chemical applications are often applied onto the
eschar.
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○ The benefits of this approach are that it is non-surgical, reduces trauma to the patient and is easier to apply. Disadvantages include
numerous dressing changes and mechanical scraping with limited debridement efficacy. This prolongs the eschar removal process, which
may lead to death of the tissue surrounding the initial burn wound, causing partial-thickness wounds to transform into full-thickness
wounds and forming granulation tissue that may develop into heavy scars.
As demonstrated in our clinical trials, NexoBrid combines the advantages of surgical and non-surgical debridement
modalities by providing rapid and effective eschar removal while not harming viable tissues. This allows for earlier direct visual
assessment of the burn wound in order to formulate proper treatment.
Market Opportunity
Severe burns require specialized care in hospitals or burn centers. Approximately 100,000 patients with severe burns are
hospitalized every year in the United States and Europe. The prevalence of patients with severe burns is even higher in emerging
economies. For example, approximately 400,000 patients are hospitalized every year with burns in India according to a study
conducted by IMS Health. The severe burn patients are predominantly treated by specialists in approximately 250 burn centers in
Europe and the United States, as well as at burn units of large hospitals in Europe. We believe these patients can benefit from
NexoBrid’s effective and selective, non-surgical eschar removal.
In addition to our current marketing of NexoBrid in Europe, we have signed local distribution agreements for distribution
of NexoBrid in Europe, Latin America, certain Asia-Pacific countries, members of the Commonwealth of Independent States
(“CIS”), and the Middle East and we plan to target additional markets in these territories by leveraging our approved registration
file for additional regional marketing authorizations.
In addition to the market opportunities for NexoBrid discussed above, we believe that NexoBrid has the potential to play a
critical role in the event of a mass casualty incident (“MCI”), which is generally defined as any incident in which emergency
medical services resources, such as personnel and equipment, are overwhelmed by the number and severity of casualties. A
variety of public emergencies may give rise to an MCI, such as terrorist attacks, natural disasters, fires and explosions. One
example of an MCI is a mass burn casualty disaster, which is defined by the American Burn Association as a catastrophic event
in which the number of burn victims exceeds the capacity of the local burn center to provide optimal care. If a significant number
of burn victims arrive at a burn center following an event, some victims may go untreated until the bottleneck is resolved. The
use of non-surgical means that are capable of providing rapid eschar removal without harming healthy tissues, particularly during
public health emergencies, could potentially reduce the time, labor and resource burdens associated with the current standard-of-
care, thereby enabling the treatment of more patients. In the event of a mass burn casualty disaster, healthcare professionals can
use NexoBrid to begin treatment at the patient’s bedside without the need for a surgical team and facilities. NexoBrid has
demonstrated in clinical studies, with statistical significance, its ability to non-surgically and rapidly remove eschar in a single
four-hour application. Once the acute treatment has been completed, the wound can be covered with available means and further
managed once the MCI is under control and the bottlenecks resolved. NexoBrid has been recognized by BARDA as a medical
countermeasure for treatment of burns in the event of a MCI. We were awarded a contract by BARDA valued at up to $159
million for the advancement of the development, manufacturing, and procurement, of NexoBrid as a medical countermeasure as
part of BARDA’s preparedness for mass casualty events.
BARDA Contracts
In September 2015, BARDA awarded us the First BARDA Contract for treatment of thermal burn injuries, which was
valued at up to $112 million. In July 2017 and in May 2019, BARDA expanded its commitment by an aggregate supplemental
amount of $41 million, and in March 2020, BARDA further expanded its commitment by additional $5.5 million to support
emergency readiness for NexoBrid deployment upon request of use of NexoBrid in mass casualty situations (collectively the
"First BARDA Contract").
The First BARDA Contract is our primary contract with BARDA and relates to the advancement of the development and
manufacturing, as well as the procurement of NexoBrid as a medical countermeasure as part of BARDA preparedness for mass
casualty events.
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Under the First BARDA Contract, BARDA has agreed to provide technical assistance and a total amount of up to $82
million in funding for NexoBrid development activities towards U.S. marketing approval from the FDA. These activities include
the NexoBrid Phase 3 (DETECT) study and subsequent requirements for BLA submission, the ongoing Phase 3 pediatric (CIDS)
study and the NexoBrid expanded access treatment protocol (NEXT). In addition, BARDA committed for procurement of
NexoBrid valued at $16.5 million for emergency stockpile as part of the HHS mission to build national preparedness for public
health medical emergencies, which was initiated in January 2020. In August 2020, BARDA accepted the first shipment of
NexoBrid. The contract further includes a $10 million option to fund development of other potential NexoBrid indications and
an option to procure up to $50 million for additional NexoBrid.
In September 2018, BARDA awarded us the second BARDA contract (the "Second BARDA Contract"), which is an
additional, separate contract to develop NexoBrid for the treatment of Sulfur Mustard injuries as part of BARDA’s preparedness
for mass casualty events. The Second BARDA Contract provides approximately $12 million of funding to support research and
development activities up to pivotal studies in animals under the U.S. FDA Animal Rule and contains options for BARDA to
provide additional funding of up to $31 million for additional development activities, animal pivotal studies, and the BLA
submission for licensure of NexoBrid for the treatment of Sulfur Mustard injuries.
The total aggregate value of funding for NexoBrid under the BARDA Contracts is up to $202 million. As of December
31, 2020, the Company has recorded $63 million in the aggregate, from BARDA under the two contracts, of which $5.8 million
for procurement of NexoBrid.
Each BARDA contract may be terminated by BARDA at any time at BARDA’s discretion.
NexoBrid Clinical History
NexoBrid, our innovative biopharmaceutical product, has received marketing authorization from the EMA and the Israeli,
Argentinean, South Korean, Russian and Peruvian Ministries of Health for the removal of eschar in adults with deep partial- and
full-thickness thermal burns. The active ingredient of NexoBrid is a concentrate of proteolytic enzymes enriched in bromelain
extracted from the pineapple stems. Proteolysis is a breakdown of proteins into smaller building blocks, polypeptides or amino
acids. Our research and development strategy is centered around our validated proteolytic enzyme platform technology, focused
on next-generation bio-active therapies for burn and wound care and biological medicinal products for tissue repair. Our research
and development team further developed and optimized our enzymatic platform technology, which is the basis for NexoBrid,
EscharEx and all other pipeline product candidates. One vial of NexoBrid containing 2 grams of concentrate of proteolytic
enzymes enriched in bromelain is sufficient for treating a burn wound area of 1% total body surface area (TBSA).
We developed NexoBrid to fulfill the previously unmet need for a non-surgical effective and selective debriding agent
that combines the efficacy and speed of surgery with the non-invasiveness of non-surgical methods. NexoBrid enhances the
ability of physicians to conduct an earlier direct visual assessment of the burn depth to reach an informed decision on further
treatment as well as to reduce the surgical burden and achieve a favorable long-term patient outcome.
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NexoBrid has been investigated in hundreds of patients across 22 countries and four continents in nine completed Phase 2
and Phase 3 and post-marketing clinical studies. While we are marketing our product for the removal of eschar in burn wounds
under the name “NexoBrid,” in clinical trials the product has been referred to as “Debridase” and “Debrase.”
The following table sets forth information regarding the completed clinical trials of NexoBrid:
Trial 1
Trial 2
Trial 3
Trial 4
Trial 5
Trial 6
Trial 7
Trial 8
Trial 9
Study Type
Design
Retrospective
Phase 2
Investigator
initiated
Data collected
from files of
patients
treated with
NexoBrid
Main
Objectives
Safety and
efficacy
Dose range
Phase 2
Prospective
Phase 2
IND/FDA
Parallel,
controlled,
observer-
blind,
randomized,
single-center
Comparison
of efficacy
and safety
Parallel,
controlled,
observer-
blind, three-
arm,
randomized,
multi-center
Safety and
efficacy
Phase 2
IND/FDA
Phase 3
EMA
Phase 3b
EMA
Phase 2
EMA
Post approval
safety study
EMA
Phase 3
IND/FDA
Parallel,
controlled,
open label,
three-arm,
randomized,
single-center
Parallel,
controlled,
open label,
two-arm,
randomized,
multi-center
Parallel,
controlled,
blinded,
two-arm,
multi-center
Open label,
single-arm,
multi-center
Observational
retrospective
data
collection
Parallel,
controlled,
open label,
three-arm,
randomized,
multi-center
Safety
Safety
Efficacy
Long-term
scar
assessment
Quality of
life
Scar
formation
Safety and
pharmacokinetics
Efficacy
Effectiveness
of the risk
minimization
activities
Safety
Efficacy
Deep partial/full
thickness thermal
burns
Burns which
were treated
with
NexoBrid in
the market
Deep
partial/ full
thickness
thermal
burns
Deep
partial/full
thickness
thermal burns
Deep partial
/full
thickness
thermal
burns
Deep partial
/full
thickness
thermal
burns
Deep partial
/full
thickness
thermal
burns
Deep partial/
full
thickness
thermal
burns
154
20
140
30
182
89
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160
175
1985-2000
2002-2005
2003-2004
2006-2007
2006-2009
2011
2009-2015
2017-2019
2015-2020
Wound
Types
Number of
Patients
Study
Length
Location
Israel
Israel
International United
International
International
International
Europe
International
States
Recent completed clinical trials
U.S. Phase 3 Study – DETECT study
The DETECT study is a prospective, multicenter, multinational, randomized, controlled, assessor blinded Phase 3 study,
performed in subjects with thermal burns, to evaluate the efficacy and safety of NexoBrid compared to Gel Vehicle and compared
to SOC in 175 hospitalized patients with severe burns of up to 30% TBSA randomized in a 3:1:3 ratio, with 12-month and 24-
month follow-ups. The study involves 44 burn centers. The study objectives are to evaluate the efficacy and safety of NexoBrid
by removing burn eschar earlier and reducing surgical burden and related blood loss in hospitalized patients with severe burns.
Complete eschar removal was the primary endpoint of the study and was tested against the Gel Vehicle control arm. The primary
analysis was based on whether complete eschar removal was achieved in all target wounds of a patient. The analysis compared all
randomized patients to the NexoBrid arm to all randomized patients to the Gel Vehicle control arm. Secondary endpoints
included reduction in the need for surgical eschar removal (surgical burden), earlier eschar removal, and blood loss, which were
tested against the SOC control arm. All secondary endpoints were analyzed and compared all patients randomized to the
NexoBrid arm to all patients randomized to the SOC control arm. In January 2019, we announced positive top-line results. The
study met its primary endpoint with statistical significance. Patients treated with NexoBrid demonstrated a significantly higher
incidence of complete eschar removal compared with patients treated with the Gel Vehicle (NexoBrid: 93.3% (70/75) vs. Gel
Vehicle: 4.0% (1/25), p<0.00011).
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1 Fisher's exact test
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The study included secondary endpoints that were all met with statistical significance and provided further insight on
several efficacy parameters: (i) Patients treated with NexoBrid demonstrated shorter time to achieve complete eschar removal
compared with patients treated with SOC (median time - NexoBrid: 1 day vs. SOC: 3.8 days, p<0.00012); (ii) Patients treated
with NexoBrid demonstrated a significantly lower incidence of surgical eschar removal compared with patients treated with SOC
(NexoBrid: 4.0% (3/75) vs. SOC: 72.0% (54/75), p<0.00013); (iii) and Patients treated with NexoBrid incurred significantly
lower blood loss during the eschar removal procedure compared with patients treated with SOC (mean volume – NexoBrid: 14.2
ml vs. SOC: 814.5 ml, p<0.00014). In addition, Patients treated with NexoBrid had a non-inferior time to complete wound
closure compared with patients treated with SOC (p=0.00035). The study Data Safety Monitoring Board ("DSMB") concluded
after all patients have been treated, that the overall safety profile of NexoBrid in the study is consistent with the safety data
known from previous studies.
The twelve- and twenty four-month patients’ follow-up safety data of cosmesis, function and quality of life were found to
be comparable across all study arms, and no new safety signals were observed.
In September 2020, the FDA accepted for review our BLA for this indication and assigned a PDUFA goal date of June 29,
2021. The BLA submission includes a comprehensive set of manufacturing data and multiple preclinical and clinical studies
including the DETECT study and the 12-month safety data follow-up. The 24-month safety data will be submitted as a safety
labeling update as part of a post-approval commitment, if our BLA is approved, as was agreed with the FDA at a pre BLA
submission meeting held at the end of July 2019.
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2 Generalized Wilcoxon-Gehan test
3 Logistic regression model - Wald test
4 Wilcoxon test pooled using Rubin's rules
5 Accelerated failure time model
* Kaplan-Meier analysis
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The study also serves to address our post approval commitment to EMA. This study is funded by BARDA. See “—
BARDA Contracts” above.
Ongoing clinical trials
Pediatric investigational plan – CIDS study
The CIDS study is a Phase 3, multicenter, multinational, randomized, controlled, open-label study in children with
thermal burns. The study objectives are to evaluate the efficacy and safety of treatment with NexoBrid compared with SOC in
hospitalized children with severe thermal burns of 1% to 30% total body surface area (TBSA). We expanded this study also to
United States burn centers, following approval of the study protocol by the FDA. The study is underway in accordance with a
study design endorsed by the FDA and the EMA as part of the agreed Pediatric Investigational Plan (“PIP”) to support extension
of the indication to pediatric patients. The CIDS study includes pediatric patients of all ages, from newborn to eighteen years of
age, offering NexoBrid to this important and sensitive group of patients. The primary endpoints evaluate early eschar removal,
surgical burden and cosmesis and function with a 12-month follow-up. In October 2020, we completed the enrollment stage of
the study. Interim results after a 12-month follow-up of all patients are expected to be available in the second half of 2021, with
final results available in the second half of 2022. This study is funded by BARDA. See “—BARDA Contracts” above.
Expanded access treatment protocol (NEXT)
The NEXT protocol, which we initiated in October 2019, is an open-label, single-arm treatment protocol which allows for
the treatment of up to 150 burn patients with deep partial- and full-thickness thermal burns up to 30 percent of total body surface
area. NEXT has been designed to be consistent with current real-life burn treatment practices in the U.S. and up to 30 U.S. burn
centers are anticipated to participate. We received FDA concurrence that patients can be treated under the NEXT protocol in a
burn MCI that is not a declared national emergency. We have provided documents for consideration by the FDA supporting the
use of NexoBrid in a declared national medical emergency contingent upon the FDA issuance of an Emergency Use
Authorization (EUA). The EUA is a mechanism by which the FDA can allow an unapproved medical product that qualifies as a
mass casualty medical countermeasure to be used in a public health emergency. In September 2020, the FDA agreed to allow the
NEXT protocol to be expanded to include pediatric as well as adult burn patients. NEXT protocol is being funded by BARDA.
See “—BARDA Contracts” above.
Wound Care
Our second innovative product candidate, EscharEx, is a bio-active therapeutic product under development in the United
States for debridement of chronic and other hard-to-heal wounds and is complementary to the large number of existing advanced
wound healing therapies, which require a clean wound bed in order to heal the wound. EscharEx active substance (API) is a
concentrate of proteolytic enzymes enriched in bromelain and as such, benefits from the wealth of existing development data on
NexoBrid. The mechanism of action of EscharEx is mediated by the proteolytic enzymes that cleaves and removes the necrotic
tissue and prepare the wound bed for healing. In two Phase 2 studies that we conducted, EscharEx well-tolerated and
demonstrated safety and efficacy in the debridement of chronic and other hard-to-heal wounds, in a few daily applications. In the
U.S, we are conducting a Phase 2 adaptive design clinical study with the second generation EscharEx, for the treatment of venous
leg ulcers (VLUs). The study is built on the positive data from the completed Phase 2 study of the first-generation EscharEx. The
study is designed to assess the safety and efficacy of EscharEx compared to gel vehicle (placebo control) and non-surgical
standard-of-care (either enzymatic or autolytic debridement).
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Chronic and Other Hard-to-Heal Wounds
The chronic and other hard-to-heal wound market consists of a broader addressable population of more than 14 million
patients in Europe and the United States alone suffering from chronic wounds such as VLUs, Diabetic Foot Ulcers (DFUs),
pressure ulcers and additional patients suffering from surgical/traumatic hard-to-heal wounds. Chronic and other hard-to-heal
wounds represent a $25 billion burden to the U.S. healthcare system. Chronic and hard-to-heal wounds are caused by impairment
in the biochemical and cellular healing processes due to local or systemic conditions and generally can take several weeks to
heal, if not longer. Such wounds can lead to significant morbidity, including pain, infection, impaired mobility, hospitalization,
reduced productivity, amputation and mortality. In each of the various wound types, the presence of the eschar is a frequent cause
for “chronification” of wounds and the removal of eschar is the key step to commence healing. Eschar needs to be removed to
prevent further deterioration of the wound that may result in additional adverse patient outcomes. If not effectively treated, these
wounds can lead to potentially severe complications including further infection, osteomyelitis, fasciitis, amputation and mortality.
Most advanced wound care therapies, including negative pressure wound therapy, such as V.A.C. Therapy, and skin substitutes
such as Apligraf and Dermagraft and human amniotic tissue products, are complementary to our lead product candidate,
EscharEx, as these products require a clean wound bed to effectively heal a wound. Four common chronic and other hard-to-heal
wounds are:
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Venous leg ulcers. VLUs develop as a result of vascular insufficiency, or the inability for the vasculature of the leg to return blood back
toward the heart properly. Based on our comprehensive market research study on EscharEx that involved more than 200 healthcare
professionals in the U.S. and Europe, which was updated in 2019, the VLU overall prevalence is approximately 3.3 million (1% of total U.S.
population). Furthermore, the annual incidence of VLUs in the U.S. alone, is approximately 960,000 (accounting for 45% recurrence), of
which approximately 690,000 undergo debridement in a given year. These ulcers usually form on the sides of the lower leg, above the ankle
and below the calf, and are slow to heal and often recur if preventative steps are not taken. The risk of VLUs can increase as a result of a
blood clot forming in the deep veins of the legs, obesity, smoking, lack of physical activity or work that requires many hours of standing.
Diabetic foot ulcers. Diabetes can lead to a reduction in blood flow, which can cause patients to lose sensation in their feet and may prevent
them from noticing injuries, sometimes leading to the development of DFUs, which are open sores or ulcers on the feet that may take several
weeks to heal, if ever. Based on our comprehensive market research study conducted in 2015 on EscharEx that involved more than 200
healthcare professionals in the U.S. and Europe and, which was updated in 2019, there are estimated 31 million diabetics in 2019 (9.4% of the
U.S. population). The annual incidence of DFUs in the United States alone, is approximately 990,000 (accounting for 45% recurrence), of
which approximately 820,000 undergo debridement in a given year.
Pressure ulcers. Pressure ulcers form as a result of pressure sores, or bed sores, which are injuries to the skin or the tissue beneath the skin.
Constant pressure on an area of skin reduces blood supply to the area and over time can cause the skin to break down and form an open ulcer.
These often occur in patients who are hospitalized or confined to a chair or bed, and usually form over bony areas, where there is little
cushion between the bone and the skin, such as lower parts of the body. Annually, 2.5 million pressure ulcers are treated in the United States
in acute care facilities alone.
Surgical/traumatic wounds. Surgical wounds form as a result of various types of surgical procedures such as investigative or corrective, minor
or major, open (traditional) or minimal access surgery, elective or emergency, and incisions (simple cuts) or excision (removal of tissue),
among others. Traumatic wounds form as a result of cuts, lacerations or puncture wounds, which have caused damage to the skin and
underlying tissue. Severe traumatic wounds may require surgical intervention to close the wound and stabilize the patient. Surgical/traumatic
hard-to-heal wounds develop for various reasons, such as local surgical complications, suboptimal closure techniques, presence of foreign
materials, exposed bones or tendons and infection. In the United States, millions receive post-surgical wound care annually.
Market Opportunity
Currently, surgery (sharp debridement) is generally considered a first-line option. Sharp debridement is an effective
method to debride a wound, however, requires surgically skilled physicians performing surgery with patients under, anesthesia,
which in elderly patients with various co-morbidities is accompanied with a higher risk of local and systemic complications.
Surgery may also involve hemorrhage which could be more difficult to control due to a high incidence of use of anticoagulants in
this population. Surgery on wounds may very easily become infected with the infection propagating to surrounding soft and
boney tissues ending in life threatening major complication or amputation. Very often even minor, limited sharp debridement
exposes other sensitive tissue, such as tendons, deep vessels/nerves and bones that may become infected or may be severely
damaged, necessitating additional, more extensive debridement or even amputation. Due to these limitations, chronic wounds are
treated by conservative methods while autolytic and enzymatic debridement are most commonly-used non-sharp methods. This
includes commercial enzymes, hydrogels and other topical dressings, which require numerous application sessions and a long
time to achieve a clean wound bed, if they achieve this at all. Thus, there is an unmet medical need for a non-surgical rapid and
effective debridement agent for the outpatient setting, nursery care facilities and patients home. Given high demand for an
effective non-surgical debridement technique outside of wound care clinic settings, EscharEx can expand the current use of
enzymatic debridement across all sites of care. As documented in the Phase 2 study described below, EscharEx significantly
improved the rate of complete debridement after few once-daily applications, thus potentially facilitating wound debridement
without the need for surgery.
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EscharEx Clinical History
EscharEx is a topical agent being developed for debridement of chronic and other hard-to-heal wounds, in order to fulfill
an unmet need for a non-surgical rapid and effective debridement mean. EscharEx is based on the same active substance as
NexoBrid but differs in other aspects, such as in formulation and presentation. Based on our current pre-clinical studies, the
second generation EscharEx demonstrated even higher potency in lower doses, which could further contribute to EscharEx’s
efficacy and tolerability. This advanced generation of EscharEx has been designed in accordance with the current treatment
workflow and reimbursement programs, providing a non-surgical easy-to-use, potent product for daily application, which we
believe will enhance patient compliance and improve quality of care. Based on the feedback received from different stakeholders,
we believe that our second generation EscharEx can better address the unmet medical need for a non-surgical rapid and effective
product, particularly in the outpatient setting, where the majority of patients are treated, and has a greater potential to achieve
substantial market share.
Second generation EscharEx is more differentiated from NexoBrid, which further limits the chances for competition
between the two products.
Non-clinical safety studies performed with NexoBrid support EscharEx development, and we have already completed
successfully bridging toxicology studies. In a pre-IND meeting the FDA stated that existing toxicology data for EscharEx,
including cross-referenced NexoBrid data, could be sufficient to support initiation of clinical studies in the product. The FDA
also stated that the second generation EscharEx formulation, manufacturing process and controls were sufficient to initiate dosing
in Humans.
Completed clinical trials
We completed a first Phase 2 feasibility study in Israel for chronic and other hard-to-heal wound technology. In January
2017 we announced the final results of a second Phase 2 prospective study in Israel and Europe. In November 2017, we
announced the final results of a second cohort of the second Phase 2 study. Based on the completed studies, we believe that our
technology may be effective for debridement of chronic and other hard-to-heal wounds.
First Phase 2 feasibility study—Israel
This first Phase 2 feasibility study was conducted in Israel to study the efficacy of our technology on chronic and other
hard-to-heal wounds. The study assessed 24 patients at two sites. The results showed that our technology was effective in
debriding various chronic and other hard-to-heal wound etiologies, such as DFUs, VLUs, pressure sores and trauma on diseased
skin.
Second Phase 2 study—Israel/E.U. – First Cohort
This second Phase 2 prospective study was conducted in Israel and Europe to evaluate the efficacy and safety of EscharEx
in comparison to the Gel Vehicle1 at a ratio of 2:1 for the treatment of a variety of chronic and other hard-to-heal wounds, in three
etiologies, DFUs, VLUs and post-surgical or traumatic hard-to-heal wounds. This was a prospective, controlled, assessor-blinded,
randomized, multi-center Phase 2 study in Israel and Europe.
The primary endpoint assessed incidence of complete non-viable tissue removal (debridement) at the end of the
debridement period (up to 10 daily applications) and the secondary endpoints assessed various efficacy and safety endpoints,
including wound bed preparation and wound healing.
In January 2017 we reported final results of the first cohort of 73 patients. The average wound age in the EscharEx arm
was more than double (72.8 weeks) that of the gel vehicle group (30.8 weeks). The average wound size was 33.6 cm2 in the
EscharEx arm vs. 25.8 cm2 in the gel vehicle group. Despite the larger wounds and that wounds treated with EscharEx were older
than wounds treated with gel vehicle (72.8 vs. 30.8 weeks), the study met its primary endpoint, as EscharEx demonstrated a
statistically significant higher incidence of complete debridement at the end of the debridement period. Patients treated with
EscharEx demonstrated a higher incidence of complete debridement (55% or 27/49) compared with patients treated with the
hydrogel6 vehicle (29% or 7/24) with p=0.047.
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*w/i 10 daily applications
Predefined sub-group analyses showed that 50% of patients with DFUs treated with EscharEx (8/16) achieved complete
debridement at the end of the debridement period compared with 14.3% of patients with DFUs treated with hydrogel vehicle
(1/7). In addition, 62.5% of patients with VLUs treated with EscharEx (10/16) achieved complete debridement at the end of the
debridement period compared with 25% of patients with VLUs treated with hydrogel vehicle (2/8). Post hoc analysis showed that
56.3% of patients with DFU or VLU in the EscharEx group had complete debridement at the end of the debridement period
compared with 20.0% in hydrogel vehicle group (p=0.028).
The study included secondary endpoints that provide further insight into number of efficacy and safety parameters. The
secondary endpoint of time to complete debridement demonstrated a clear trend (p=0.075) that strongly suggests that not only is
there a difference in the incidence of debridement, as confirmed by the primary endpoint, but that debridement occurred earlier in
the group treated by EscharEx. The advantage in time to complete debridement was corroborated by the statistically significant
post hoc result in the subgroup of patients with DFUs or VLUs that were treated with EscharEx (p=0.024).
Post hoc analysis showed that of patients who achieved complete debridement in the EscharEx group, 93% (25/27)
completed the debridement within 7 days (4-5 applications on average).
The overall patient demographics were comparable across both arms. No deleterious effect on wound healing was
observed and no material differences were found in reported adverse events. The overall safety was comparable between the
arms.
Second Phase 2 study—Israel/E.U. – Second Cohort
After successfully completing the first cohort of the study which included 73 patients recruited in 15 clinical sites, we
initiated a second cohort of patients to demonstrate safety and tolerability over extended periods of application to further support
the product’s convenient application. In this second cohort, we recruited 38 patients from two etiologies, either DFUs or VLUs,
over extended periods of application (24-72 hours) with up to eight applications, randomizing the patients to two study arms
EscharEx or gel vehicle at a ratio of 2:1. The second cohort of the study included 38 patients. The primary objective was to assess
safety.
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6 Hydrogel is not a true sham placebo as it is a common and widely used treatment for the debridement of chronic wounds.
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EscharEx met its primary safety endpoint in this cohort, and the overall patient demographics and wound baseline
characteristics were comparable across the arms in the second cohort. No related systemic adverse events were reported and
adverse events related to local application were mild to moderate, reversible and resolved during the trial. Vital signs, pain scores,
infection rates, laboratory parameters and blood loss were comparable between the two arms of the trial. Overall, no material
safety concerns were identified.
Ongoing clinical trials
EscharEx U.S. Phase 2 Adaptive Design Study in Venus Leg Ulcer (VLU) Patients
In December 2019, we initiated a U.S. Phase 2 adaptive design clinical study of EscharEx for the treatment of venous leg
ulcers (VLUs). The study is designed to assess safety and efficacy of EscharEx compared to gel vehicle (placebo control) and
non-surgical standard-of-care (either enzymatic or autolytic debridement), and includes a pre-defined futility analysis and sample
size adjustment interim assessment.
This study is a multicenter, prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, adaptive design study, evaluating the safety and
efficacy of EscharEx in debridement of VLUs. Due to COVID-19 related enrollment delays and potentially future pandemic
related implications on the conduct of its clinical studies, the company is accelerating this study by adjusting its enrollment target
to 120 patients, down from the 174 originally planned. The sample size adjustment is supported by the assessment of the positive
results generated in a recent in-vivo study, comparing EscharEx to a commercially enzymatic debriding agent, and the
debridement efficacy results demonstrated in a previous Phase 2 clinical study with first generation EscharEx.
The 120 patients are expected to be enrolled at approximately 30 clinical sites, primarily in the U.S. Study participants
will be randomized to either EscharEx, placebo control or non-surgical standard-of-care, at a ratio of 3:3:2, with a three-month
follow-up. The primary endpoint is incidence of complete debridement compared to gel vehicle placebo control. Secondary
endpoints include time to achieve complete debridement, reduction of pain, reduction of wound area, granulation tissue and
quality of life. Incidence and time to achieve wound closure will be assessed as safety measurements.
We continue to actively recruit patients and anticipate an interim assessment in mid-2021, complete patients' enrollment
by the end of 2021 and top-line data in the second half of 2022.
EscharEx Pharmacology Study
We recently submitted a protocol to the FDA for a pharmacology study and are preparing to initiate this study in the first
half of 2021. The study is an open label, single arm study assessing the pharmacological effects of EscharEx in up to 15 patients
with VLUs or DFUs, including the effects on biofilm burden and wound inflammation, as well as the impact of EscharEx on
wound healing progression. We expect data from this study in the second half of 2021.
The development of EscharEx for chronic and other hard-to-heal wound indications is in Phase 2 studies, and there is no
certainty that EscharEx will achieve all of the objectives of the trials as required or that the FDA will allow at this stage to initiate
further studies or that we will successfully complete the development to obtain a marketing authorization for EscharEx. See
“ITEM 3.D. Risk Factors—Development and commercialization of NexoBrid and EscharEx in the United States and our pipeline
product candidates worldwide requires successful completion of the regulatory approval process, and may suffer delays or fail.”
Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer
MWPC005, is a topically applied biological product candidate for the treatment of non-melanoma skin cancers, based on
the same active substance of NexoBrid and EscharEx, a concentrate of proteolytic enzymes enriched in bromelain. The clinical
development plan of MWPC005 is supported by the results from several toxicological and other preclinical studies, as well as
vast clinical experience from NexoBrid and EscharEx, which share the same active substance. We have recently launched a new
clinical program to evaluate its drug product candidate MWPC005 in patients with non-melanoma skin cancer.
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Non-melanoma Skin Cancers
Cancers of the skin are by far the most common of all types of cancer with about approximately 5.4 million basal and
squamous cell skin cancers are diagnosed each year in the US. The number of these cancers has been increasing for many years
due to combination of better skin cancer detection, people getting more sun exposure, and people living longer.
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Basal cell carcinomas - basal cell carcinoma (BCC) starts in the basal cell layer, which is the lower part of the epidermis. If not removed
completely, basal cell carcinoma can come back (recur) in the same place on the skin. People who have had basal cell skin cancers are also
more likely to get new ones in other places. BCCs are uncontrolled and abnormal growths that arise in the basal cells of the skin and the
tumors primarily affect photoexposed areas, most commonly in the head, and infrequently appear on per genital and genitalia regions. The
main cause of BCC is chronic ultraviolet (UV) exposure. BCC is the most common form of skin cancer, accounting for 75-80% of all skin
cancers
Squamous cell carcinomas - Squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) start in the flat cells in the upper (outer) part of the epidermis
Actinic keratosis - Actinic keratosis (AK), also known as solar keratosis, is a pre-cancerous skin condition caused by too much exposure to
the sun. People who have them usually develop more than one. A small percentage of AKs may turn into squamous cell skin cancer.
Bowen disease - Bowen disease (squamous cell carcinoma in situ), is the earliest form of squamous cell skin cancer
Market opportunity
Basal cell carcinoma is a non-melanoma skin cancer that arises from the basal layer of epidermis and its appendages and
is the most diagnosed skin cancer in the US (~4.3 million cases annually).
Under existing standard of care, low-risk patients are treated with tumor resection via either standard surgical excision or
Mohs micrographic surgery. Recurrence rates for these sharp methods of tumor removal are low (~5% at 5 years), and procedure
is considered straightforward with limited patient downtime or side effects. Topical products (5-FU and Imiquimod) are used
primarily in superficial lesions, but have limited use and are reserved for surgery ineligible patients. Drawbacks include longer
treatment duration (>6 weeks), low efficacy (~14% at 5 years), and side effects such as scarring, skin-site reactions, and
fatigue/flu-like illness. High-risk patients are also primarily treated with surgery; surgery-ineligible patients are treated with oral
hedgehog pathway inhibitors, which are effective in the short-term, but have high recurrence rates / safety concerns. There is a
need for more effective, safer topical products in low-risk superficial basal cell carcinoma for surgery-ineligible patients (e.g., site
of tumor is challenging for excision or may result in cosmetic issues) or for patients for whom surgery is not appropriate (e.g.,
older / frail patients, or those with challenges in seeking pre and post-surgical appointments) and current topical agents may be
avoided due to long treatment durations and because they result in an unpleasant treatment process for patients.
MWPC005 Clinical History
Ongoing clinical trials
U.S. Phase I/II Study in basal cell carcinoma Patients
We recently submitted a protocol to the FDA for a phase I/II clinical study of MWPC005 for the treatment of low-risk
basal cell carcinoma and are preparing to initiate this study in the United States in the second quarter of 2021. The phase I/II
open-label, randomized clinical study in BCC is designed to evaluate safety and tolerability of MWPC005 using different
schedules of administration, as well as provide a preliminary evaluation of efficacy as measured by the percentage of target lesion
with complete histological clearance. The trial will enroll up to 32 patients with histologically confirmed superficial or nodular
BCC and will be conducted at three leading clinical centers in the U.S.
Although we have conducted preclinical trials, the development of MWPC005 for non-melanoma skin cancer indications
is still in its preliminary phase and there is no certainty that it will achieve all the aims of the trials as required and/or successfully
complete the approval process for such indication. See “ITEM 3.D. Risk Factors—Development and commercialization of
NexoBrid and EscharEx in the United States and our pipeline product candidates worldwide requires successful completion of
the regulatory approval process, and may suffer delays or fail.”
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Other Therapeutics
We are also using our patented enzymatic platform technology, which underlies NexoBrid, and our wealth of data and
experience gained during the NexoBrid development, to support the development of an injectable product for treatment of other
indications of connective tissue disorders and scars, such as:
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Dupuytren’s disease: a condition where one or more fingers are permanently flexed, caused by the formation of scar-like tissues below the
palmar skin (Palmar Fascia), forming hard “cords” that freeze the fingers in non-functional flexion contraction. This condition affects
approximately 6.2 million people in the United States alone.
Peyronie’s disease: the development of scar-like tissue, similar to Dupuytren’s cords in the shaft of the penis, causing pain and distortion on
erection, preventing intercourse. Peyronie’s disease is typically caused by trauma and affects men over 50 years old. Surgical treatment may
be an option in some cases, but can cause complications and may result in a shortening and even greater distortion of the penis.
Approximately 3.7% to 7.1% of the male population above the age of 50 suffers from Peyronie’s disease in the United States and
approximately 3.2% of such age group suffer from the disease in Europe.
Frozen shoulder syndrome: a disorder that causes the smooth tissues of the shoulder capsule to become thick, stiff and inflamed, affecting
approximately 2% to 5% of the worldwide population and 10% to 20% of people with diabetes according to industry sources.
Excessive/unaesthetic scars: A scar is a mark on the skin which is formed due to infection, injury, surgery, inflammation of tissue, burns, and
acne. Scars can be of various sizes, shapes, and colors, depending on the age of the scar, the site of the scar and family history. Scar formation
is unpredictable and varies from person to person. Excessive scarring can have unpleasant physical, aesthetic, psychological and social
consequences. Estimates indicate that each year around 100 million people in the developed world acquire scars following elective surgery
and surgery for trauma. Of these, approximately 15% have excessive or unaesthetic scars.
MWPC003 and Our Pre-Clinical History
We have performed preclinical model studies in Israel for the use of our patented proteolytic enzyme technology in
treating connective tissue disorders. Our technology has shown promising results in preclinical model studies for the treatment of
connective tissue pathologies. We had established in-house production capacity of the injectable formulation and completed local
toxicology studies to potentially allow us to initiate the clinical development of our pipeline product candidate, MWPC003, for
connective tissue disorders.
We have 34 patents (in the United States and in other international markets) and 2 patent applications for MWPC003.
These patents provide broad protection for the specific mixture of proteolytic enzymes in the treatment of a variety of connective
tissue diseases. The patents are nominally set to expire on July 19, 2032.
Preclinical model study—Israel
In preclinical model studies, excised Dupuytren cords were injected with either MWPC003 or a saline solution (control)
following Starkweather’s ex-vivo validated model. MWPC003 repeatedly provided enzymatic degradation of Dupuytren cords
(fasciotomy) in a tearing test model confirming with statistical significance that MWPC003 completely dissolves Dupuytren’s
cords (Fisher Exact test p<0.0001). In a second ex vivo study conducted in 71 cords injected with MWPC003 in descending
doses, it was demonstrated that even very small doses of MWPC003 can dissolve the pathological cord in more than 80% of
cases with the Cochran-Armitage test (p=0.0021) indicating that the probability for cord dissolution increases as the dose
increases. Toxicology studies conducted in two species did not indicate systemic toxicity and the intra-dermal local effect was
reversible.
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Although we have conducted preclinical trials, the development of MWPC003 for connective tissue disorder indications
is still in its preliminary phase and there is no certainty that it will achieve all the aims of the trials as required and/or successfully
complete the approval process for such indication. See “ITEM 3.D. Risk Factors—Development and commercialization of
NexoBrid and EscharEx in the United States and our pipeline product candidates worldwide requires successful completion of
the regulatory approval process, and may suffer delays or fail.”
Research and Development
Our research and development strategy is centered around our validated proteolytic enzyme platform technology, focused
on next-generation bio-active therapies for burn and wound care and biological medicinal products for tissue repair, which
underlies NexoBrid and EscharEx, into additional product candidates for high-value indications. For more information regarding
our research and development expenses, see “ITEM 5.C. Research and Development, Patents and Licenses, etc.”
Pre-Clinical Clinical Studies
We conduct clinical studies and preclinical studies to support the efficacy and safety of our products and their ingredients
and to extend and validate their benefits for human health. Preclinical studies allow us to substantiate the safety of our products
and obtain preliminarily indications of their pharmacological and safety profile. As of the date hereof, we had conducted more
than 50 non-GLP and GLP preclinical studies. All pre-clinical safety and toxicology studies were conducted according to the
principles of Good Laboratory Practices (“GLP”), and twelve clinical studies, according to the principles of Good Clinical
Practices (“GCP”), for NexoBrid, EscharEx and our pipeline product candidates. As a result, we have developed significant
experience in planning, designing, executing, analyzing and publishing clinical studies.
Our research and development team manages our clinical studies and coordinates the project planning, trial design,
execution, outcome analyses and clinical study report submission. During the design, execution and analyses of our studies, our
research and development team consults with key opinion leaders and top-tier consultants in the relevant field of research to
optimize both design and execution, as well as to strengthen the scientific, medical and regulatory compliance level of the
investigational plan. Our clinical studies have been conducted in collaboration with leading medical and research centers
throughout the world.
Manufacturing, Supply and Production
We operate a manufacturing facility in Yavne, Israel, in a building that we sub-lease from Clal Life Sciences L.P., with 31
employees as of December 31, 2020. This facility allows us to manufacture sterile biopharmaceutical products, such as
NexoBrid. The facility meets current cGMP requirements, as certified by each of the EMA, the Israeli Ministry of Health and
South Korean ministry of health. Our facility is subject to audits for reassessment of cGMP compliance, which are preformed
periodically by regulatory authorities and was re-approved as cGMP-compliant for an additional three years term as of the audit
date, until 2023. Additionally, as we seek regulatory approval NexoBrid in the United States the FDA will need to inspect our
plant to confirm it meets all regulatory requirements. In addition, other regional applicable authorities may also need to inspect
our plant to confirm it meets all regulatory requirements in order to obtain marketing authorization in these jurisdictions.
Applicable changes in our production processes for NexoBrid must be approved by the EMA and similar authorities in other
jurisdictions.
While we believe that our current manufacturing capacity at the facility is sufficient to meet the expected near-term
commercial demand for NexoBrid, we are planning to scale-up the current capacity by the end of 2022, subject to our successful
authorities' cGMP audit, and which we expect will cost approximately $8-10 million.
The starting material used by us in the manufacturing of NexoBrid and our other product candidates is bromelain SP,
which is derived from pineapple plant stems. We have entered into an agreement with CBC, dated January 11, 2001, as amended
on February 28, 2010, pursuant to which CBC uses proprietary methods to manufacture bromelain SP and supplies us with this
intermediate drug substance in bulk quantities. According to the terms of the agreement, CBC shall not, and shall not permit
related companies or a third party to, manufacture, use, supply or sell the raw materials for the use or production of a product
directly or indirectly competing with any of our products. Our supply agreement with CBC has no fixed expiration date and can
be voluntarily terminated by us, with at least six months’ advance written notice, or by CBC, with at least 24 months’ advance
written notice.
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Upon obtaining bromelain SP from CBC, we further process it into the drug substance and then into the drug product to
finally create the powder form of NexoBrid. The necessary inactive ingredients contained in NexoBrid, or the excipients, are
readily available and generally sold to us by multiple suppliers. In addition to this powder, we manufacture a gel substance by
combining water for injections produced by us at our facility and additional excipients. The powder and gel are kept in separate
containers in one package of NexoBrid and are simply mixed by a healthcare professional prior to use. NexoBrid comes in two
sizes— in packages containing either a vial of two grams of powder and a jar of 20 grams of gel, or a vial of five grams of
powder and a jar of 50 grams of gel. Once the powder and gel are mixed, NexoBrid should be applied within 15 minutes at a ratio
of either 2 grams of powder and 20 grams of gel to a burn wound area of 1% TBSA or 5 grams of powder and 50 grams of gel to
a burn wound area of 2.5% TBSA, as applicable; however, under current usage, NexoBrid’s label provides that it should not be
applied to more than 15% TBSA. Prior to mixture and application, NexoBrid has a shelf life of three years when stored under
refrigeration.
Marketing, Sales and Distribution
We commercialize globally NexoBrid via multiple sales channels:
Europe
In Europe and Israel, we sell NexoBrid, primarily through our own sales force consisting of a marketing team of
specialized and knowledgeable sales representatives in Europe, focusing on key burn centers and Key Opinion Leaders (KOL)
management. We have obtained national reimbursement for NexoBrid in Belgium and Italy and we continue to locally execute
our market access strategy for most of Europe to obtain procurement by burn centers and hospitals as part of their budget, or
under local, regional or national reimbursement, depending on the specific process required in each country. We believe that
additional burn units in large hospitals as well as smaller hospitals will follow the treatment trends once established by the burn
centers. See “—Government Legislation and Regulation—Pharmaceutical Coverage, Pricing and Reimbursement.” Furthermore,
we are establishing additional distribution channels through local partners to extend outreach in EU (Sweden, the Baltic states,
France, Switzerland (Romandie region), Greece, Malta, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Portugal, the Netherlands and Luxemburg), where
NexoBrid is already approved for marketing as part of the European marketing authorization. In addition to receiving marketing
authorization for NexoBrid in the European Union, key opinion leaders in the burn care field worldwide are already aware of
NexoBrid’s efficiency in removing eschar due to hundreds of scientific presentations and several award winning abstracts at
international and national conferences and about 80 peer-reviewed papers.
North America
Vericel License and Supply Agreements
On May 6, 2019, we entered into exclusive license and supply agreements with Vericel to commercialize NexoBrid in all
countries of North America (which we refer to as the “Territory”).
NexoBrid is currently in clinical development in the Territory, and pursuant to the terms of the License Agreement
described below, we will continue to conduct all clinical activities described in the development plan to support the filing of a
BLA with the FDA under the supervision of a Central Steering Committee comprised of members of each of our Company and
Vericel.
License Agreement.
We entered into a license agreement (the “License Agreement”) with Vericel pursuant to which we granted Vericel an
exclusive license, with the right to grant sublicenses, to develop and commercialize NexoBrid and any improvements of
NexoBrid (the “Licensed Product”) in the Territory.
Pursuant to the terms of the License Agreement, Vericel will have exclusive control regarding the commercialization of
Licensed Products in the Territory and must use commercially reasonable efforts to commercialize Licensed Products within the
Territory. We and Vericel have made customary representations and warranties and have agreed to certain customary covenants,
including confidentiality and indemnification.
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Within 10 days of signing the License Agreement, Vericel paid us an upfront fee of $17.5 million (the “Upfront
Payment”). Vericel is obligated to pay us $7.5 million upon U.S. regulatory approval of the BLA for NexoBrid and up to $125
million upon certain sales milestones. The first sales milestone of $7.5 million is triggered when annual net sales of the Licensed
Products in the Territory exceed $75 million. Vericel is also obligated to pay us tiered royalties on net sales of Licensed Products
ranging from mid-high single-digit to mid-teen percentages, subject to certain customary reductions, a percentage of gross profits
on committed purchases and a royalty on additional purchases by BARDA. The royalties will expire on a product-by-product and
country-by-country basis upon the latest to occur of (i) twelve years following the first commercial sale of such Licensed Product
in such country, (ii) the earliest date on which there are no valid claims of MediWound patent rights covering such Licensed
Product in such country, and (iii) the expiration of the regulatory exclusivity period for such Licensed Product in such country
(the “Royalty Term”). Such royalties are subject to reduction in the event that (a) Vericel must license additional third-party
intellectual property in order to develop, manufacture or commercialize a Licensed Product, or (b) biosimilar competition occurs
with respect to the Licensed Product in any country within the Territory. After the expiration of the applicable royalties for the
Licensed Product in any country within the Territory, the license for such Licensed Product in such country would become a fully
paid-up, royalty-free, perpetual and irrevocable license.
The License Agreement expires on the date of expiration of all royalty obligations due under the agreement unless earlier
terminated in accordance with its terms. Either party may terminate the agreement upon the failure of the other party to comply
with its material obligations under the agreement if that failure is not remedied within certain specified cure periods or in the
event of a party’s insolvency. In addition, Vericel may terminate the agreement upon 150 days written notice to us.
Supply Agreement.
On May 6, 2019, concurrently with our entry into the License Agreement, we entered into a supply agreement (the
“Supply Agreement”) with Vericel pursuant to which we are obligated to supply Vericel with NexoBrid for sale in the Territory
on an exclusive basis for the first five years of the term of the Supply Agreement. The Supply Agreement requires us to take
steps to ensure that our manufacturing capacity meets Vericel’s demand for NexoBrid. In addition, after the exclusivity period or
upon supply failure, Vericel will be permitted to establish an additional or alternate source of supply.
Pursuant to the Supply Agreement, we will supply NexoBrid to Vericel based on Vericel’s fixed orders on a unit price
basis. After a specified period, the unit price, on an annual basis, may be increased based on the United States Producer Price
Index for Chemical Manufacturing published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
The Supply Agreement’s initial term is five years (the “Initial Term”), with Vericel required to provide us with notice
regarding whether it plans to extend the Initial Term for an additional two years by the third anniversary of the Supply
Agreement. After the Initial Term and optional two-year extension, Vericel, at its sole discretion, may choose to extend the
Supply Agreement’s term for additional one-year periods for a potential total term of fifteen years.
The Supply Agreement will automatically terminate upon the expiration or termination of the License Agreement. Either
party may terminate the Supply Agreement upon the failure of the other party to comply with its material obligations under the
Supply Agreement if such failure is not remedied within certain specified cure periods. After the Initial Term, Vericel may
terminate the Supply Agreement upon 12 months’ prior written notice to us, and we may terminate the Supply Agreement upon
36 months prior written notice to Vericel.
BARDA
Pursuant to the First BARDA Contract, BARDA has initiated the procurement of NexoBrid valued at $16.5 million, for
emergency stockpile as part of the HHS mission to build national preparedness for public health medical emergencies. BARDA
purchased inventory is being managed by MediWound under vendor managed inventory. In August 2020, BARDA accepted the
first shipment of NexoBrid. Additional deliveries are expected to occur throughout 2021.
Under our exclusive license and supply agreements with Vericel, we will equally split the gross profits on the initial
procurement and receive a double-digit royalty on any additional future BARDA purchases of NexoBrid. Please see “Vericel
License and Supply Agreements” above.
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Other International Markets
In other international markets, we sell NexoBrid through local distributors with which we have distribution agreements.
We have launched NexoBrid in Argentina, South Korea and Russia, and expect additional launches following receipt of local
marketing authorizations. We plan to enter other international markets through collaboration with local distributors and leverage
our approved registration file in Europe to obtain regional marketing authorizations. We have signed local distribution
agreements for distribution in Argentina, Russia, South Korea, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Ecuador, Panama, India,
Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Japan, Australia, New-Zealand, Singapore, Ukraine, Taiwan and United Arab Emirates. Our distributors
in Argentina, South Korea, Russia and Peru have obtained marketing authorization. Our additional distributors have filed or are
in the process of filing for market authorization in their respective territories and are expected to launch NexoBrid after receipt of
local regulatory approval, which may take a year or more to be granted, and, consequently, may occur in certain markets during
2021.
For a breakdown of our consolidated revenues by geographic markets and by categories of operations for the years ended
December 31, 2018, 2019 and 2020, please see “Item 5.A Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—Operating Results.”
Intellectual Property
Our intellectual property and proprietary technology are important to the development, manufacture and sale of
NexoBrid, EscharEx and our future pipeline product candidates. We seek to protect our intellectual property, core technologies
and other know-how through a combination of patents, trademarks, trade secrets, non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements,
licenses, assignments of invention and other contractual arrangements with our employees, consultants, partners, suppliers,
customers and others. Additionally, we rely on our research and development program, clinical trials, know-how and marketing
and distribution programs to advance our products and product candidates. As of December 31, 2020, we had been granted a total
of 61 patents and have 32 pending patent applications. The family of patents that covers NexoBrid specifically includes 35
granted patents worldwide. EscharEx is covered by 2 patents and 29 national phase applications.
The main patents for our proteolytic enzyme technology which underlies NexoBrid, EscharEx and our current pipeline
product candidates have been issued in Europe, the United States and other international markets. Our patents which cover
NexoBrid claim specific mixtures of proteolytic enzymes, methods of producing such mixtures and methods of treatment using
such mixtures. Although the protection achieved is significant for NexoBrid, EscharEx and our pipeline product candidates, when
looking at our patents’ ability to block competition, the protection offered by our patents may be, to some extent, more limited
than the protection provided by patents which claim chemical structures which were previously unknown. Absent patent-term
extensions, the NexoBrid patents in the United States are nominally set to expire in 2025 and in 2029 in the United States. The
NexoBrid patents issued in Europe and in other foreign jurisdictions are nominally set to expire in 2025. The national phase
applications relating to EscharEx, if granted, will expire on January 30, 2037, absent any patent-term adjustment and/or
extensions.
While our policy is to obtain patents by application, license or otherwise, to maintain trade secrets and to seek to operate
without infringing on the intellectual property rights of third parties, technologies related to our business have been rapidly
developing in recent years. Additionally, patent applications that we may file or license from third parties may not result in the
issuance of patents, and our issued patents and any issued patents that we may receive in the future may be challenged,
invalidated or circumvented. For example, we cannot predict the extent of claims that may be granted or enforceable in our
patents nor can we be certain of the priority of inventions covered by pending third‑party patent applications filed in the U.S. If
third parties prepare and file patent applications that also claim technology or therapeutics to which we have rights, we may have
to participate in proceedings to determine priority of invention, which could result in substantial costs to us, even if the eventual
outcome is favorable to us. Moreover, because of the extensive time required for clinical development and regulatory review of a
product we may develop, it is possible that, before NexoBrid can be commercialized in additional jurisdictions and/or before any
of our future products can be commercialized, related patents will have expired or will expire a short period following
commercialization, thereby reducing the advantage of such patent. Loss or invalidation of certain of our patents, or a finding of
unenforceability or limited scope of certain of our intellectual property rights, could have a material adverse effect on us. See
“ITEM 3.D. Risk Factors — Our success depends in part on our ability to obtain and maintain protection for the intellectual
property relating to, or incorporated into, our technology and products.”
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In addition to patent protection, we also rely on trade secrets, including unpatented know‑how, technology innovation,
drawings, technical specifications and other proprietary information in attempting to develop and maintain our competitive
position. We also rely on protection available under trademark laws, and we currently hold various registered trademarks,
including “MediWound,” “NexoBrid” and “EscharEx” in various jurisdictions, including the United States, the European Union
and Israel.
Klein License Agreement
In September 2000, we signed an exclusive license agreement, as amended in June 2007, with Mark Klein, a third party,
for use of certain patents and intellectual property (the “Klein License Agreement”). Under the Klein License Agreement, we
received an exclusive license to use the third party’s patents and intellectual property to develop, manufacture, market and
commercialize NexoBrid and its pipeline product candidates for the treatment of burns and other wounds. The claims of such
patents are directed to a process of preparing a mixture of escharase and proteolytic enzymes and cover the underlying proteolytic
mixture of escharase and proteolytic enzymes prepared by that specific process. Pursuant to the Klein License Agreement, we are
obligated to keep accounting records related to the sales of NexoBrid and its pipeline product candidates and pay royalties as
discussed below. The Klein License Agreement may be terminated by Mark Klein, subject to notice and dispute resolution
provisions of the Klein License Agreement, in the event of our breach, bankruptcy petition, insolvency or failure to achieve a
development milestone within six months of a target date. We have already achieved all development milestones under the Klein
License Agreement.
In consideration for the Klein License Agreement, we paid an aggregate amount of $1.0 million following the
achievement of certain development milestones. In addition, we undertook to pay royalties of 1.5‑2.5% from revenues, 10% of
royalties received from sublicensing and 2% of lump‑sum payments received from sublicensing up to $1 million and 4% above
$1 million, in each case relating to products based on the licensed patents and intellectual property, for a term of 10‑15 years, as
applicable, from the date of the first commercial delivery in a major country. In addition, under the Klein License Agreement, we
agreed to pay a one‑time lump‑sum amount of $1.5 million upon reaching aggregate revenues of $100 million from the sale of
such products.
Competition
NexoBrid received orphan drug status in the European Union on July 31, 2002 and in the United States on August 20,
2003 for debridement of deep partial‑ and full‑thickness burns in hospitalized patients. In the United States and the European
Union, a sponsor that develops an orphan drug has marketing exclusivity for seven years post‑approval by the FDA and for ten
years post‑approval by the EMA, respectively. The exclusive marketing rights in both regions are subject to certain exceptions,
including the development of a clinically significant benefit over the prevalent SOC. Once the market exclusivity for our orphan
indication expires in a given jurisdiction, subject to other protections such as patents, we could face competition from other
companies that may attempt to develop other products for the same indication.
The medical, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries are intensely competitive and subject to significant
technological change and changes in practice. While we believe that our innovative technology, knowledge, experience and
scientific resources provide us with competitive advantages, we may face competition from many different sources with respect
to NexoBrid, EscharEx, MWPC005 and our existing pipeline product candidates or any product candidates that we may seek to
develop or commercialize in the future. Possible competitors may include medical practitioners, pharmaceutical and wound care
companies, academic and medical institutions, governmental agencies and public and private research institutions, among others.
Any product that we successfully develop and commercialize will compete with existing therapies and new therapies that may
become available in the future.
In addition, we face competition from the current SOC. The current SOC for eschar removal in severe burns is surgery,
where eschar removal can be performed by tangential excision, dermabrasion or hydro jet, or non‑surgical alternatives, such as
applying topical medications to the eschar to facilitate the natural healing process. Consequently, we face competition from
traditional surgical procedures and topical agents. However, based on our clinical trials, we believe that NexoBrid has a
sustainable competitive advantage over the current non‑surgical alternatives and is less invasive than surgery in removing eschar
in patients with burn wounds. See “—NexoBrid and Our Clinical History” for the results of our clinical trials.
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Although we are in the clinical and preclinical phases for our pipeline product candidates for debridement of chronic and
other hard‑to‑heal wounds and treatment of low risk basal cell carcinoma and connective tissue disorders and other indications,
respectively, if one of our pipeline product candidates receives approval in the future, we would compete with traditional surgery
and existing non‑surgical and other treatments. In chronic and other hard‑to‑heal wounds, we expect to face competition from
current standard of care for debridement by sharp debridement or from the current non-surgical standard of care, either enzymatic
debridement, primarily Smith & Nephew Plc’s Santyl, a collagenase-based product indicated for debriding chronic dermal ulcers
and severely burned areas or autolytic debridement.
The current standard of care for treatment of low risk basal cell carcinoma, is surgical excision. In superficial basal cell
carcinoma and inoperable nodular basal cell carcinoma, we expect to face competition from current topical applications such as
imiquimod and 5FU.
In addition to the currently available products, other products may be introduced to debride chronic and other hard‑to‑heal
wounds or treat superficial and nodular basal cell carcinoma and connective tissue disorders during the time that we engage in
necessary development. Accordingly, if one of our pipeline product candidates is approved, our main challenge in the market
would be to educate physicians seeking alternatives to surgery to use our product instead of already existing treatments. While we
are still in the development stages, based on our studies, we believe that our pipeline product candidates will be more effective
than the current non‑surgical alternatives and less invasive than surgery in removing eschar in chronic and other hard‑to‑heal
wounds or tumor resection and may be comparable or perhaps better than currently available treatments for connective tissue
disorders.
Government Legislation and Regulation
Our business is subject to extensive government regulation. Regulation by governmental authorities in the United States,
the European Union and other jurisdictions is a significant factor in the development, manufacture and marketing of NexoBrid
and in ongoing research and development activities. NexoBrid has completed the EMA’s preclinical and clinical trials and other
pre‑marketing approval requirements and received marketing authorization for the European Union on December 18, 2012. Our
pipeline product candidates would also have to complete such steps in the European Union. Additionally, we must also complete
the approval processes in the United States and other jurisdictions in order to market NexoBrid, EscharEx, MWPC005 or our
pipeline product candidates.
European Union
The approval process of medicinal products in the European Union generally involves satisfactorily completing each of
the following:
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laboratory tests, animal studies and formulation studies all performed in accordance with the applicable E.U. GLP or GMP regulations;
submission to the relevant national authorities of a clinical trial application (“CTA”), which must be approved before human clinical trials
may begin;
performance of adequate and well‑controlled clinical trials to establish the safety and efficacy of the product for each proposed indication;
submission to the relevant competent authorities of a marketing authorization application (“MAA”), which includes the data supporting
preclinical and clinical safety and efficacy as well as detailed information on the manufacture and composition and control of the product
development and proposed labeling as well as other information;
inspection by the relevant national authorities of the manufacturing facility or facilities and quality systems (including those of third parties)
at which the product is produced, to assess compliance with strictly enforced cGMP;
potential audits of the non‑clinical and clinical trial sites that generated the data in support of the MAA; and
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review and approval by the relevant competent authority of the MAA before any commercial marketing, sale or shipment of the product.
Quality/preclinical studies
In order to assess the potential safety and efficacy of a product, tests include laboratory evaluations of product
characterization, analytical tests and controls, as well as studies to evaluate toxicity and pharmacological effects in animal
studies. The conduct of the preclinical tests and formulation of the compounds for testing must comply with the relevant E.U.
regulations and requirements. The results of such tests, together with relevant manufacturing control information and analytical
data, are submitted as part of the CTA.
Clinical trial approval
Pursuant to the Clinical Trials Directive 2001/20/EC, as amended, a system for the approval of clinical trials in the
European Union has been implemented through national legislation of the member states. Under this system, approval must be
obtained from the competent national authority of a European Union member state in which a study is planned to be conducted.
To this end, a CTA is submitted, which must be supported by an investigational medicinal product dossier and additional
supporting information prescribed by the Clinical Trials Directive and other applicable guidance documents. Furthermore, a
clinical trial may only be started after a competent ethics committee has issued a favorable opinion on the clinical trial application
in that country.
Clinical drug development is often described as consisting of four temporal phases (Phase 1‑4). See, for example, the
EMA’s note for guidance on general considerations for clinical trials (CPMP/ICH/291/95).
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Phase 1 (Most typical kind of study: Human Pharmacology);
Phase 2 (Most typical kind of study: Therapeutic Exploratory);
Phase 3 (Most typical kind of study: Therapeutic Confirmatory); and
Phase 4 (Variety of Studies: Therapeutic Use).
Studies in Phase 4 are all studies other than routine surveillance performed after drug approval and are related to the
approved indication. For example, as part of the EMA regulatory approval process, we agreed to provide further data from our
post‑marketing clinical trial of NexoBrid, the U.S. Phase 3 study (DETCET). While we believe that the EMA will accept this
study to satisfy one of our post‑marketing commitments, if EMA is not satisfied by the study results, we will need to perform
another costly study to provide such data.
The phase of development provides an inadequate basis for classification of clinical trials because one type of trial may
occur in several phases. The phase concept is a description, not a set of requirements. The temporal phases do not imply a fixed
order of studies since for some drugs in a development plan the typical sequence will not be appropriate or necessary.
Pediatric investigation plan (“PIP”)
We initiated a PIP study in November 2014.
On January 26, 2007, Regulation (EC) 1901/2006 came into force with its primary purpose being the improvement of the
health of children without subjecting children to unnecessary trials, or delaying the authorization of medicinal products for use in
adults. The regulation established the Pediatric Committee (“PDCO”), which is responsible for coordinating the EMA’s activities
regarding pharmaceutical drugs for children. The PDCO’s main role is to determine which studies the applicant needs to perform
in the pediatric population as part of the PIP.
All applications for marketing authorization for new pharmaceutical products that were not authorized in the European
Union prior to January 26, 2007 must include the results of studies carried out in children of different ages. The PDCO
determines the requirements and procedures of such studies, describing them in a PIP. This requirement also applies when a
company wants to add a new indication, pharmaceutical form or route of administration for a medicine that is already authorized.
The PDCO can grant deferrals for some medicines, allowing a company to delay development of the medicine in children until
there is enough information to demonstrate its effectiveness and safety in adults. The PDCO can also grant waivers when
development of a medicine in children is not needed or is not appropriate, such as for diseases that only affect the elderly
population.
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Before a marketing authorization application can be filed, or an existing marketing authorization can be amended, the
EMA confirms that the applicant complied with the studies’ requirements and measures listed in the PIP. Since the regulation
became effective, several incentives for the development of medicines for children become available in the European Union,
including:
• medicines that have been authorized for marketing in the European Union with the results of PIP studies included in the product information
are eligible for an extension of their patent protection by six months. This is the case even when the studies’ results are negative;
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for orphan medicines, such as NexoBrid, the incentive is an additional two years of market exclusivity instead of one;
scientific advice and protocol assistance at the EMA are free of charge for questions relating to the development of medicines for children;
and
• medicines developed specifically for children that are already authorized, but are not protected by a patent or supplementary protection
certificate, can apply for a pediatric use marketing authorization (“PUMA”). If a PUMA is granted, the product will benefit from 10 years of
market protection as an incentive.
Marketing authorization
Authorization to market a product in the European Union member states proceeds under one of four procedures: a
centralized authorization procedure, a mutual recognition procedure, a decentralized procedure or a national procedure.
Marketing authorization may be granted only to an applicant established in the European Union. Through our wholly‑owned
German subsidiary, we received approval for NexoBrid pursuant to the centralized authorization procedure.
The centralized procedure provides for the grant of a single marketing authorization that is valid for all E.U. member
states as well as the European Economic Area (“EEA”) member states, Norway, Iceland and Lichtenstein. The centralized
procedure is compulsory for medicines produced by certain biotechnological processes, products designated as orphan medicinal
products and products with a new active substance indicated for the treatment of certain diseases, and is optional for products that
are highly innovative or for which a centralized process is in the interest of patients. Products that have received orphan
designation in the European Union, such as NexoBrid, will qualify for this centralized procedure, under which each product’s
marketing authorization application is submitted to the EMA. Under the centralized procedure in the European Union, the
maximum time frame for the evaluation of a marketing authorization application is 210 days (excluding clock stops, when
additional written or oral information is to be provided by the applicant in response to questions asked by the Committee of
Medicinal Products for Human Use).
In general, if the centralized procedure is not followed, there are three alternative procedures where applications are filed
with one or more members state medicines regulators, each of which will grant a national marketing authorization:
• Mutual recognition procedure. If an authorization has been granted by one-member state, or the Reference Member State, an application may
be made for mutual recognition in one or more other member states, or the Concerned Member State(s).
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Decentralized procedure. The decentralized procedure may be used to obtain a marketing authorization in several European member states
when the applicant does not yet have a marketing authorization in any country.
National procedure. Applicants following the national procedure will be granted a marketing authorization that is valid only in a single
member state. Furthermore, this marketing authorization is not based on recognition of another marketing authorization for the same product
awarded by an assessment authority of another member state. If marketing authorization in only one-member state is preferred, an application
can be filed with the national competent authority of a member state. The national procedure can also serve as the first phase of a mutual
recognition procedure.
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It is not always possible for applicants to follow the national procedure. In the case of medicinal products in the category
for which the centralized authorization procedure is compulsory, that procedure must be followed. In addition, the national
procedure is not available in the case of medicinal product dossiers where the same applicant has already obtained marketing
authorization in one of the other European Union member state or has already submitted an application for marketing
authorization in another member state and the application is under consideration. In the latter case, applicants must follow a
mutual recognition procedure.
After a drug has been authorized and launched, it is a condition of maintaining the marketing authorization that all aspects
relating to its quality, safety and efficacy must be kept under review. Sanctions may be imposed for failure to adhere to the
conditions of the marketing authorization. In extreme cases, the authorization may be revoked, resulting in withdrawal of the
product from sale.
Period of authorization and renewals
Marketing authorization is valid for an initial five‑year period and may be renewed thereafter on the basis of a
re‑evaluation of the risk‑benefit balance by the EMA or by the competent authority of the authorizing member state. To this end,
the marketing authorization holder shall provide the EMA or other applicable competent authority a consolidated version of the
file in respect of quality, safety and efficacy, including all variations introduced since the marketing authorization was granted, at
least six months before the end of the initial five‑year period. Once renewed, the marketing authorization is valid for an unlimited
period, unless the EMA or other applicable competent authority decides, on justified grounds relating to pharmacovigilance, to
proceed with one additional five‑year renewal. Any authorization which is not followed by the actual placing of the drug on the
E.U. market (in case of centralized procedure) or on the market of the authorizing member state within three years after
authorization shall cease to be valid. On November 2017, the European Commission granted a five‑year renewal of our NexoBrid
marketing authorization.
Orphan designation
On July 31, 2002, NexoBrid received orphan drug status in the European Union, and on December 20, 2012, the EMA
confirmed NexoBrid’s designation as an orphan drug for marketing authorization.
In the European Union, the Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products grants orphan drug designation to promote the
development of products that are intended for the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of a life‑threatening or chronically
debilitating condition affecting not more than five in 10,000 persons in the European Union. Additionally, designation is granted
for products intended for the diagnosis, prevention or treatment of a life‑threatening, seriously debilitating or serious and chronic
condition and when, without incentives, it is unlikely that sales of the drug in the European Union would be sufficient to justify
the investment necessary to develop the drug or biological product.
In the European Union, orphan drug designation also entitles a party to financial incentives such as reduction of fees or
fee waivers and ten years of market exclusivity following drug or biological product approval. This period may be reduced to six
years if the orphan drug designation criteria are no longer met, including where it is shown that the product is sufficiently
profitable not to justify maintenance of market exclusivity or a safer, more effective or otherwise clinically superior product is
available.
Orphan drug designation does not convey any advantage in, or shorten the duration of, the regulatory review and approval
process.
Regulatory data protection
Without prejudice to the law on the protection of industrial and commercial property, some marketing authorizations
benefit from an “8+2(+1)” year period of regulatory protection. During the first eight years from the grant of the innovator
company’s marketing authorization, data exclusivity applies. After the eight years have expired, a generic company can make use
of the preclinical and clinical trial data of the originator in their regulatory applications but still cannot market their product until
the end of 10 years. An additional one year of market exclusivity can be obtained if, during the first eight years of those 10 years,
the marketing approval holder obtains an approval for one or more new therapeutic indications which, during the scientific
evaluation prior to their approval, are determined to bring a significant clinical benefit in comparison with existing therapies.
Under the current rules, a third party may reference the preclinical and clinical data of the reference product beginning eight
years after first approval, but the third party may market a generic version only after 10 (or 11) years have lapsed.
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Additional data protection can be applied for when an applicant has complied with all requirements as set forth in an
approved PIP.
Data Privacy and Security Laws
We are also subject to data privacy and security laws in the E.U. as well as the EEA, including Regulation (EU) 2016/679
(General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR) in relation to our collection, control, processing, sharing, disclosure and other
use of personal data (i.e. data relating to an identifiable living individual). The GDPR is directly applicable in each E.U. and EEA
Member State, however, it provides that E.U. and EEA Member States may introduce further conditions, including limitations,
which could limit our ability to collect, control, process, share, disclose and otherwise use personal data (including health and
medical information), and/or could cause our compliance costs to increase, ultimately having an adverse impact on our business.
The GDPR imposes a strict data protection compliance regime including: providing detailed disclosures about how personal data
is collected and processed (in a concise, intelligible and easily accessible form); demonstrating that valid consent or another an
appropriate legal basis is in place or otherwise exists to justify data processing activities; appointing data protection officers in
certain circumstances (and there are specific local law requirements, such as those in Germany, on the same); granting
strengthened rights for data subjects in regard to their personal data (including the right to be “forgotten” and the right to data
portability); introducing the obligation to notify data protection regulators or supervisory authorities (and in certain cases,
affected individuals) of significant data breaches; imposing limitations on retention of personal data; maintaining a record of data
processing; defining for the first time pseudonymized (i.e., key-coded) data; and complying with principal of accountability and
complying with the obligation to demonstrate compliance through policies, procedures, training and audit. We are also subject to
GDPR rules with respect to cross-border transfers of personal data out of the E.U. and EEA, which are evolving (for example, the
European Commission has the ability to review adequacy decisions, such as the one in place for Israel); for example, in July
2020, the Court of Justice of the E.U. limited how organizations could lawfully transfer personal data from the EEA to the U.S.
Following Brexit, and the expiry of the transition period, we have to comply with the GDPR and separately the GDPR as
implemented in the UK, each regime having the ability to fine up to the greater of €20 million/ £17.5 million or 4% of global
turnover. The relationship between the UK and the EU in relation to certain aspects of data protection law remains unclear, e.g.
how data transfers between EU member states and the UK will be treated. These changes may lead to additional compliance costs
and could increase our overall risk as we expand into other foreign countries and jurisdictions, we may be subject to additional
laws and regulations that may affect how we conduct business.
We are also subject to evolving EU data privacy laws on cookies and e-marketing. The EU is in the process of replacing
the e-Privacy Directive (2002/58/EC) with a new set of rules taking the form of a regulation, which will be directly effective in
the laws of each EU Member State. The draft e-Privacy Regulation imposes strict opt-in marketing rules with limited exceptions
for business-to-business communications, alters rules on third-party cookies, web beacons and similar technology and
significantly increases fining powers to the same levels as the GDPR (i.e. the greater of 20 million Euros or 4% of total global
annual revenue). While the text of the e-Privacy Regulation is still under development, a recent European court decision and
regulators’ recent guidance are driving increased attention to cookies and tracking technologies. If regulators start to enforce the
strict approach in recent guidance, this could lead to substantial costs, require significant systems changes, limit the effectiveness
of our marketing activities, divert the attention of our technology personnel, adversely affect our margins, increase costs and
subject us to additional liabilities.
We depend on a number of third parties in relation to the operation of our business, a number of which process personal
data on our behalf. There is no assurance that our own privacy and security-related safeguards and/or any contractual measures
that we enter into with these providers will protect us from the risks associated with the third-party processing, storage and
transmission of such information. Any violation of data or security laws by our third party processors could have a material
adverse effect on our business and result in the fines and penalties outlined below.
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Manufacturing
The manufacturing of authorized drugs, for which a separate manufacturer’s license is mandatory, must be conducted in
strict compliance with the EMA’s cGMP requirements and comparable requirements of other regulatory bodies, which mandate
the methods, facilities and controls used in manufacturing, processing and packing of drugs to assure their safety and proper
identification. The EMA enforces its cGMP requirements through mandatory registration of facilities and inspections of those
facilities. The EMA may have a coordinating role for these inspections while the responsibility for carrying them out rests with
the competent authority of the member state under whose responsibility the manufacturer falls. Failure to comply with these
requirements could interrupt supply and result in delays, unanticipated costs and lost revenues, and could subject the applicant to
potential legal or regulatory action, including but not limited to warning letters, suspension of manufacturing, seizure of product,
injunctive action or possible civil and criminal penalties. In January 2013, the European Union and Israel signed the Protocol on
Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products (the “ACAA”), which covers medicinal products. The ACAA
provides for mutual recognition of the conclusions of inspections of compliance of manufacturers and importers with the
principles and guidelines of European Union cGMP and equivalent Israeli cGMP. Certification of the conformity of each batch to
its specifications by either the importer or the manufacturer established in Israel or in the European Union shall be recognized by
the other party without re‑control at import from one party to the other.
Marketing and promotion
The marketing and promotion of authorized drugs, including industry‑sponsored continuing medical education and
advertising directed toward the prescribers of drugs and/or the general public, are strictly regulated in the European Union,
notably under Directive 2001/83, as amended by Directive 2004/27. The applicable legislation aims to ensure that information
provided by holders of marketing authorizations regarding their products is truthful, balanced and accurately reflects the safety
and efficacy claims authorized by the EMA or by the applicable national authority of the authorizing member state. Failure to
comply with these requirements can result in adverse publicity, warning letters, mandated corrective advertising and potential
civil and criminal penalties.
United States
Review and approval of biologics
In addition to E.U. regulations, NexoBrid is an investigational drug in the United States and is therefore subject to various
U.S. regulations. In the United States, the FDA regulates biologics under the Federal, Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (“FDCA”),
the Public Health Service Act, and their respective implementation regulations. On March 24, 2011, the FDA classified NexoBrid
as a biological product. Biologics require the submission of a BLA and licensure by the FDA prior to being marketed in the
United States. The process of obtaining regulatory approvals and the subsequent compliance with appropriate federal, state, local
and foreign statutes and regulations requires the expenditure of substantial time and financial resources. Failure to comply with
the applicable U.S. requirements at any time during the product development process, approval process or after approval may
subject an applicant to a variety of administrative or judicial sanctions as well as enforcement actions brought by the FDA, the
U.S. Department of Justice or other governmental entities. Possible sanctions may include the FDA’s refusal to approve pending
BLAs or supplements, withdrawal of an approval, imposition of a clinical hold, issuance of warning letters, product recalls,
product seizures, total or partial suspension of production or distribution, injunctions, fines, refusals of government contracts,
restitution, disgorgement and civil or criminal penalties.
The process required by the FDA prior to marketing and distributing a biologic in the United States generally involves the
following:
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completion of laboratory tests, animal studies and formulation studies in compliance with the FDA’s GLP and GMP regulations, as
applicable;
submission to the FDA of an investigational new drug application (“IND”), which must become effective before clinical trials may begin;
approval by an independent institutional review board (“IRB”) at each clinical site before each trial may be initiated;
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performance of adequate and well‑controlled clinical trials in accordance with GCP to establish the safety and efficacy of the product for each
indication;
preparation and submission to the FDA of a BLA;
satisfactory completion of an FDA advisory committee review, if applicable;
satisfactory completion of one or more FDA inspections of the manufacturing facility or facilities at which the product, or components
thereof, are produced to assess compliance with cGMP requirements, and to assure that the facilities, methods and controls are adequate to
preserve the product’s safety, purity and potency, and of selected clinical investigation sites to assess compliance with GCP; and
payment of user fees and FDA review and approval of the BLA to permit commercial marketing of the product for particular indications for
use in the United States.
Preclinical studies
Preclinical studies include laboratory evaluation of product chemistry, toxicity and formulation, as well as animal studies
to assess the potential safety and efficacy of the product candidate. Preclinical safety tests must be conducted in compliance with
FDA regulations regarding good laboratory practices. The results of the preclinical tests, together with manufacturing
information and analytical data, are submitted to the FDA as part of an IND which must become effective before clinical trials
may commence. Some preclinical testing may continue even after the IND is submitted.
Clinical trials in support of a BLA
Clinical trials involve the administration of an investigational product to human subjects under the supervision of
qualified investigators in accordance with GCP requirements, which include, among other things, the requirement that all
research subjects provide their informed consent in writing before their participation in any clinical trial. Clinical trials are
conducted under written study protocols detailing, among other things, the objectives of the study, the parameters to be used in
monitoring safety and the effectiveness criteria to be evaluated. A protocol for each clinical trial and any subsequent protocol
amendments must be submitted to the FDA as part of the IND. An IND automatically becomes effective 30 days after receipt by
the FDA, unless before that time the FDA raises concerns or questions related to a proposed clinical trial and places the trial on
clinical hold. In such a case, the IND sponsor and the FDA must resolve any outstanding concerns before the clinical trial can
begin.
In addition, an IRB representing each institution participating in the clinical trial must review and approve the plan for
any clinical trial before it commences at that institution, and the IRB must conduct continuing review and reapprove the study at
least annually. The IRB must review and approve, among other things, the study protocol and informed consent information to be
provided to study subjects. An IRB must operate in compliance with FDA regulations. Information about certain clinical trials
must be submitted within specific timeframes to the National Institutes of Health for public dissemination on their website,
ClinicalTrials.gov.
For purposes of BLA approval, clinical trials are typically conducted in three sequential phases, which may overlap or be
combined. In the United States, the three phases are generally described as follows:
Phase 1:
Phase 2:
Phase 3:
The investigational product is initially introduced into healthy human subjects or patients with the target disease or condition
and tested for safety, dosage tolerance, absorption, metabolism, distribution, excretion and, if possible, to gain an early
indication of its effectiveness and to determine optimal dosage.
The investigational product is administered to a limited patient population to identify possible adverse effects and safety risks, to
preliminarily evaluate the efficacy of the product for specific targeted diseases and to determine dosage tolerance and optimal
dosage.
The investigational product is administered to an expanded patient population, generally at geographically dispersed clinical trial
sites, in well‑controlled clinical trials to generate enough data to statistically evaluate the efficacy and safety of the product for
approval, to establish the overall risk‑benefit profile of the product, and to provide adequate information for the labeling of the
product.
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In some cases, the FDA may require, or companies may voluntarily pursue, additional clinical trials after a product is
approved to gain more information about the product. These so-called Phase 4 studies may be made a condition to approval of the
BLA.
Progress reports detailing the results of the clinical trials must be submitted at least annually to the FDA and more
frequently if serious adverse events occur. Phase 1, Phase 2 and Phase 3 clinical trials may not be completed successfully within
any specified period, or at all. Furthermore, the FDA or the sponsor may suspend or terminate a clinical trial at any time on
various grounds, including a finding that the research subjects are being exposed to an unacceptable health risk. Similarly, an IRB
can suspend or terminate approval of a clinical trial at its institution if the clinical trial is not being conducted in accordance with
the IRB’s requirements or if the drug has been associated with unexpected serious harm to patients.
Submission of a BLA to the FDA
The results of the preclinical studies and clinical trials, together with other detailed information, including information on
the manufacture, control and composition of the product, are submitted to the FDA as part of a BLA requesting approval to
market the product candidate for a proposed indication. Under the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA), as amended,
applicants are required to pay user fees to the FDA for reviewing a BLA. These user fees, as well as the annual program fees
required for approved products, can be substantial. Each BLA submitted to the FDA for approval is typically reviewed for
administrative completeness and reviewability within 60 days following submission of the application. If found complete, the
FDA will “file” the BLA, which triggers a full review of the application. The FDA may refuse to file any BLA that it deems
incomplete or not properly reviewable at the time of submission. The FDA’s established goals are to review and act on standard
applications within ten months after it accepts the application for filing, or, if the application qualifies for priority review, six
months after the FDA accepts the application for filing. In both standard and priority reviews, the review process is often
significantly extended by FDA requests for additional information or clarification. The FDA reviews a BLA to determine, among
other things, whether a product is safe, pure and potent and the facility in which it is manufactured, processed, packed, or held
meets standards designed to assure the product’s continued safety, purity and potency. The FDA may convene an advisory
committee to provide clinical insight on application review questions.
Before approving a BLA, the FDA generally inspects the facilities at which the product is manufactured or facilities that
are significantly involved in the product development and distribution process, and will not approve the product unless cGMP
compliance is satisfactory. Additionally, before approving a BLA, the FDA will typically inspect one or more clinical sites to
assure compliance with GCP. If the FDA determines that the application, manufacturing process or manufacturing facilities are
not acceptable, it will outline the deficiencies in the submission and often will request additional testing or information.
Notwithstanding the submission of any requested additional information, the FDA ultimately may decide that the application
does not satisfy the regulatory criteria for approval. After the FDA evaluates a BLA and conducts inspections of manufacturing
facilities where the investigational product will be produced, the FDA may issue an approval letter or a Complete Response letter.
An approval letter authorizes commercial marketing of the product with specific prescribing information for specific indications.
A Complete Response letter will describe all of the deficiencies that the FDA has identified in the BLA, except that where the
FDA determines that the data supporting the application are inadequate to support approval, the FDA may issue the Complete
Response letter without first conducting required inspections, testing submitted product lots, and/or reviewing proposed labeling.
In issuing the Complete Response letter, the FDA may recommend actions that the applicant might take to place the BLA in
condition for approval, including requests for additional information or clarification.
The FDA may deny approval of a BLA if applicable statutory or regulatory criteria are not satisfied, or may require
additional testing or information, which can delay the approval process. FDA approval of any application may include many
delays or may never be granted. If a product is approved, the approval will impose limitations on the indicated uses for which the
product may be marketed, will require that warning statements be included in the product labeling, may impose additional
warnings to be specifically highlighted in the labeling (e.g., a Black Box Warning), which can significantly affect promotion and
sales of the product, may require that additional studies be conducted following approval as a condition of the approval and may
impose restrictions and conditions on product distribution, prescribing or dispensing. For example, the FDA may approve the
BLA with a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy, or REMS, to ensure the benefits of the product outweigh its risks. A REMS
is a safety strategy to manage a known or potential serious risk associated with a product and to enable patients to have continued
access to such medicines by managing their safe use. A REMS program may be required to include various elements, such as a
medication guide or patient package insert, a communication plan to educate healthcare providers of the drug’s risks, or other
elements to assure safe use, such as limitations on who may prescribe or dispense the drug, dispensing only under certain
circumstances, special monitoring and the use of patient registries.
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Once a product is approved, marketing the product for other indicated uses or making certain manufacturing or other
changes requires FDA review and approval of a supplemental BLA or a new BLA, which may require additional clinical data. In
addition, further post‑marketing testing and surveillance to monitor the safety or efficacy of a product may be required. Also,
product approvals may be withdrawn if compliance with regulatory standards is not maintained or if safety or manufacturing
problems occur following initial marketing. In addition, new government requirements may be established that could delay or
prevent regulatory approval of our product candidates under development.
Post‑approval requirements
Any biologic products for which we receive FDA approvals are subject to pervasive continuing regulation by the FDA.
Certain requirements include, among other things, record‑keeping requirements, reporting adverse experiences with the product,
providing the FDA with updated safety and efficacy information annually or more frequently for specific events, product
sampling and distribution requirements, complying with certain electronic records and signature requirements and complying
with FDA promotion and advertising requirements. These promotion and advertising requirements include, among others,
standards for direct‑to‑consumer advertising, prohibitions against promoting drugs for uses or in patient populations that are not
described in the drug’s approved labeling, known as “off‑label use,” and other promotional activities, such as those considered to
be false or misleading. Failure to comply with FDA requirements can have negative consequences, including the immediate
discontinuation of noncomplying materials, adverse publicity, enforcement letters from the FDA, mandated corrective advertising
or communications with doctors, and civil or criminal penalties. Such enforcement may also lead to scrutiny and enforcement by
other government and regulatory bodies. Although physicians may prescribe legally available drugs for off‑label uses,
manufacturers may not encourage, market or promote such off‑label uses. As a result, “off‑label promotion” has formed the basis
for litigation under the Federal False Claims Act, violations of which are subject to significant civil fines and penalties.
The manufacturing of NexoBrid, EscharEx and our pipeline product candidates are and will be required to comply with
applicable FDA manufacturing requirements contained in the FDA’s cGMP regulations. NexoBrid is manufactured at our
production plant in Yavne, Israel, which is cGMP certified. The FDA’s cGMP regulations require, among other things, quality
control and quality assurance, as well as the corresponding maintenance of comprehensive records and documentation. Biologic
manufacturers and other entities involved in the manufacture and distribution of approved drugs and biologics are also required to
register their establishments and list any products they make with the FDA and to comply with related requirements in certain
states. These entities are further subject to periodic unannounced inspections by the FDA and certain state agencies for
compliance with cGMP and other laws. Accordingly, manufacturers must continue to expend time, money and effort in the area
of production and quality control to maintain cGMP compliance. In addition, a BLA holder must comply with post‑marketing
requirements, such as reporting of certain adverse events. Such reports can present liability exposure, as well as increase
regulatory scrutiny that could lead to additional inspections, labeling restrictions or other corrective action to minimize further
patient risk. Discovery of problems with a product after approval may result in serious and extensive restrictions on the product,
manufacturer or holder of an approved BLA, as well as lead to potential market disruptions. These restrictions may include
recalls, suspension of a product until the FDA is assured that quality standards can be met, and continuing oversight of
manufacturing by the FDA under a “consent decree,” which frequently includes the imposition of costs and continuing
inspections over a period of many years, as well as possible withdrawal of the product from the market. In addition, changes to
the manufacturing process generally require prior FDA approval before being implemented. Other types of changes to the
approved product, such as adding new indications and additional labeling claims, are also subject to further FDA review and
approval.
The FDA also may impose a number of post‑approval requirements as a condition of approval of a BLA. For example, the
FDA may require post‑marketing testing, or Phase 4 testing, as well as REMS and/or surveillance to monitor the effects of an
approved product or place other conditions on an approval that could otherwise restrict the distribution or use of NexoBrid.
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Orphan designation and exclusivity
On August 20, 2003, NexoBrid received orphan drug designation in the United States. Under the Orphan Drug Act, the
FDA may designate a drug product as an “orphan drug” if it is intended to treat a rare disease or condition, meaning that it affects
fewer than 200,000 individuals in the United States, or more in cases in which there is no reasonable expectation that the cost of
developing and making a drug product available in the United States for treatment of the disease or condition will be recovered
from sales of the product. A company must request orphan product designation before submitting a BLA. If the request is
granted, the FDA will disclose the identity of the therapeutic agent and its potential use. Orphan drug designation does not
convey any advantage in or shorten the duration of the regulatory review and approval process.
If a product with orphan status receives the first FDA approval for the disease or condition for which it has such
designation, the product will be entitled to orphan product exclusivity. Orphan product exclusivity means that FDA may not
approve any other applications for the same product for the same indication for seven years, except in certain limited
circumstances, such as a showing of clinical superiority to the product with orphan drug exclusivity. Competitors may receive
approval of different products for the indication for which the orphan product has exclusivity and may obtain approval for the
same product but for a different indication. If a drug or drug product designated as an orphan product ultimately receives
marketing approval for an indication broader than that designated in its orphan product application, it may not be entitled to
exclusivity. In addition, exclusive marketing rights in the United States may be lost if the FDA later determines that the request
for designation was materially defective or if the manufacturer is unable to assure sufficient quantities of the product to meet the
needs of patients with the rare disease or condition.
Expedited Development and Review Programs
The FDA offers a number of expedited development and review programs for qualifying product candidates. The fast track
program is intended to expedite or facilitate the process for reviewing new products that meet certain criteria. Specifically, new
products are eligible for fast track designation if they are intended to treat a serious or life-threatening disease or condition and
demonstrate the potential to address unmet medical needs for the disease or condition. Fast track designation applies to the
combination of the product and the specific indication for which it is being studied. The sponsor of a fast track product has
opportunities for frequent interactions with the review team during product development and, once a BLA is submitted, the
product may be eligible for priority review. A fast track product may also be eligible for rolling review, where the FDA may
consider for review sections of the BLA on a rolling basis before the complete application is submitted, if the sponsor provides a
schedule for the submission of the sections of the BLA, the FDA agrees to accept sections of the BLA and determines that the
schedule is acceptable, and the sponsor pays any required user fees upon submission of the first section of the BLA.
A product intended to treat a serious or life-threatening disease or condition may also be eligible for breakthrough therapy
designation to expedite its development and review. A product can receive breakthrough therapy designation if preliminary
clinical evidence indicates that the product may demonstrate substantial improvement over existing therapies on one or more
clinically significant endpoints, such as substantial treatment effects observed early in clinical development. The designation
includes all of the fast track program features, as well as more intensive FDA interaction and guidance beginning as early as
Phase 1 and an organizational commitment to expedite the development and review of the product, including involvement of
senior managers.
Any marketing application for a biologic submitted to the FDA for approval, including a product with a fast track
designation and/or breakthrough therapy designation, may be eligible for other types of FDA programs intended to expedite the
FDA review and approval process, such as priority review and accelerated approval. A product is eligible for priority review if it
has the potential to provide a significant improvement in the treatment, diagnosis or prevention of a serious disease or condition
compared to marketed products. For products containing new molecular entities, priority review designation means the FDA’s
goal is to take action on the marketing application within six months of the 60-day filing date, compared with ten months under
standard review.
Additionally, products studied for their safety and effectiveness in treating serious or life-threatening diseases or conditions
may receive accelerated approval upon a determination that the product has an effect on a surrogate endpoint that is reasonably
likely to predict clinical benefit, or on a clinical endpoint that can be measured earlier than irreversible morbidity or mortality,
that is reasonably likely to predict an effect on irreversible morbidity or mortality or other clinical benefit, taking into account the
severity, rarity, or prevalence of the condition and the availability or lack of alternative treatments. As a condition of accelerated
approval, the FDA will generally require the sponsor to perform adequate and well-controlled post-marketing clinical studies to
verify and describe the anticipated effect on irreversible morbidity or mortality or other clinical benefit. In addition, the FDA
currently requires as a condition for accelerated approval pre-approval of promotional materials, which could adversely impact
the timing of the commercial launch of the product.
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In 2017, FDA established a new regenerative medicine advanced therapy, or RMAT, designation as part of its
implementation of the 21st Century Cures Act, which was signed into law in December 2016. To qualify for RMAT designation,
the product candidate must meet the following criteria: (1) it qualifies as a RMAT, which is defined as a cell therapy, therapeutic
tissue engineering product, human cell and tissue product, or any combination product using such therapies or products, with
limited exceptions; (2) it is intended to treat, modify, reverse, or cure a serious or life-threatening disease or condition; and
(3) preliminary clinical evidence indicates that the drug has the potential to address unmet medical needs for such a disease or
condition. Like fast track and breakthrough therapy designation, RMAT designation provides potential benefits that include more
frequent meetings with FDA to discuss the development plan for the product candidate and eligibility for rolling review and
priority review. Products granted RMAT designation may also be eligible for accelerated approval on the basis of a surrogate or
intermediate endpoint reasonably likely to predict long-term clinical benefit, or reliance upon data obtained from a meaningful
number of sites, including through expansion to additional sites. Once approved, when appropriate, the FDA can permit
fulfillment of post-approval requirements under accelerated approval through the submission of clinical evidence, clinical studies,
patient registries, or other sources of real world evidence such as electronic health records; through the collection of larger
confirmatory datasets; or through post-approval monitoring of all patients treated with the therapy prior to approval.
Fast track designation, breakthrough therapy designation, priority review, accelerated approval, and RMAT designation do
not change the standards for approval but may expedite the development or approval process.
Pediatric studies and exclusivity
Under the Pediatric Research Equity Act of 2003, a BLA or supplement thereto must contain data that are adequate to
assess the safety and effectiveness of the drug product for the claimed indications in all relevant pediatric subpopulations, and to
support dosing and administration for each pediatric subpopulation for which the product is safe and effective. Sponsors must
also submit pediatric study plans prior to the assessment data. Those plans must contain an outline of the proposed pediatric study
or studies the applicant plans to conduct, including study objectives and design, any deferral or waiver requests, and other
information required by regulation. The applicant, the FDA, and the FDA’s internal review committee must then review the
information submitted, consult with each other and agree upon a final plan. The FDA or the applicant may request an amendment
to the plan at any time.
The FDA may, on its own initiative or at the request of the applicant, grant deferrals for submission of some or all
pediatric data until after approval of the product for use in adults, or full or partial waivers from the pediatric data requirements.
Additional requirements and procedures relating to deferral requests and requests for extension of deferrals are contained in the
FDASIA. Unless otherwise required by regulation, the pediatric data requirements do not apply to products with orphan
designation.
Separately, in the event the FDA issues a Written Request for pediatric data relating to a product, a BLA sponsor who
submits such data may be entitled to pediatric exclusivity. Pediatric exclusivity is another type of non‑patent marketing
exclusivity in the United States which, if granted, provides for the attachment of an additional six months of marketing protection
to the term of any existing exclusivity, including other non‑patent and orphan exclusivity. This six‑month exclusivity may be
granted if a BLA sponsor submits pediatric data that fairly respond to the Written Request from the FDA for such data. The data
do not need to show that the product is effective in the pediatric population studied; rather, if the clinical trial is deemed to fairly
respond to the FDA’s request, the additional protection is granted. If reports of requested pediatric studies are submitted to and
accepted by the FDA within the statutory time limits, whatever statutory or regulatory periods of exclusivity or patent protection
cover the product are extended by six months. This is not a patent term extension, but it effectively extends the regulatory period
during which the FDA cannot accept or approve another application.
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The Animal Rule
In the case of product candidates that are intended to treat certain rare life-threatening diseases, conducting controlled
clinical trials to determine efficacy may be unethical or unfeasible. Under regulations issued by the FDA in 2002, often referred
to as the “Animal Rule”, the approval of such products can be based on clinical data from trials in healthy human subjects that
demonstrate adequate safety and efficacy data from adequate and well-controlled animal studies. Among other requirements, the
animal studies must establish that the drug or biological product is reasonably likely to produce clinical benefits in humans.
Because the FDA must agree that data derived from animal studies may be extrapolated to establish safety and effectiveness in
humans, seeking approval under the Animal Rule may add significant time, complexity and uncertainty to the testing and
approval process. In addition, products approved under the Animal Rule are subject to additional requirements including post-
marketing study requirements, restrictions imposed on marketing or distribution or requirements to provide information to
patients.
Patent term restoration and extension
A patent claiming a new drug product may be eligible for a limited patent term extension under the Drug Price
Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 (the “Hatch‑Waxman Act”), which permits a patent restoration of up to
five years for the patent term lost during product development and the FDA regulatory review. The restoration period granted is
typically one‑half the time between the effective date of an IND and the submission date of a BLA, plus the time between the
submission date of a BLA and the ultimate approval date. Patent term restoration cannot be used to extend the remaining term of
a patent past a total of fourteen years from the product’s approval date. Only one patent applicable to an approved drug product is
eligible for the extension, and the application for the extension must be submitted prior to the expiration of the patent in question.
A patent that covers multiple drugs for which approval is sought can only be extended in connection with one of the approvals.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office reviews and approves the application for any patent term extension or restoration in
consultation with the FDA.
Biosimilars and reference product exclusivity
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act
(collectively, the “ACA”), which was signed into law in 2010, includes a subtitle called the Biologics Price Competition and
Innovation Act of 2009 (“BPCIA”), which created an abbreviated approval pathway for biological products that are biosimilar to
or interchangeable with an FDA-approved reference biological product. To date, a number of biosimilars have been licensed
under the BPCIA, and numerous biosimilars have been approved in Europe. The FDA has issued several guidance documents
outlining an approach to review and approval of biosimilars.
Biosimilarity, which requires that there be no clinically meaningful differences between the biological product and the
reference product in terms of safety, purity, and potency, can be shown through analytical studies, animal studies, and a clinical
study or studies. Interchangeability requires that a product is biosimilar to the reference product and the product must
demonstrate that it can be expected to produce the same clinical results as the reference product in any given patient and, for
products that are administered multiple times to an individual, the biologic and the reference biologic may be alternated or
switched after one has been previously administered without increasing safety risks or risks of diminished efficacy relative to
exclusive use of the reference biologic. However, complexities associated with the larger, and often more complex, structures of
biological products, as well as the processes by which such products are manufactured, pose significant hurdles to
implementation of the abbreviated approval pathway that are still being worked out by the FDA.
Under the BPCIA, an application for a biosimilar product may not be submitted to the FDA until four years following the
date that the reference product was first licensed by the FDA. In addition, the approval of a biosimilar product may not be made
effective by the FDA until 12 years from the date on which the reference product was first licensed. During this 12‑year period of
exclusivity, another company may still market a competing version of the reference product if the FDA approves a full BLA for
the competing product containing the sponsor’s own preclinical data and data from adequate and well‑controlled clinical trials to
demonstrate the safety, purity and potency of their product.
The BPCIA also created certain exclusivity periods for biosimilars approved as interchangeable products. At this juncture,
it is unclear whether products deemed “interchangeable” by the FDA will, in fact, be readily substituted by pharmacies, which are
governed by state pharmacy law. The BPCIA is complex and continues to be interpreted and implemented by the FDA. In
addition, recent government proposals have sought to reduce the 12‑year reference product exclusivity period. Other aspects of
the BPCIA, some of which may impact the BPCIA exclusivity provisions, have also been the subject of recent litigation. As a
result, the ultimate impact, implementation, and meaning of the BPCIA remains subject to significant uncertainty.
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Review and Approval of Drug Products Outside the European Union and the United States
In addition to the above regulations, we must obtain approval of a product by the comparable regulatory authorities of
foreign countries outside of the European Union and the United States before we can commence clinical trials or marketing of
NexoBrid in those countries. The approval process varies from country to country and the time may be longer or shorter than that
required for FDA or EMA approval. In addition, the requirements governing the conduct of clinical trials, product licensing,
pricing and reimbursement vary greatly from country to country. In all cases, clinical trials are conducted in accordance with
GCP and the applicable regulatory requirements and the ethical principles that have their origin in the Declaration of Helsinki.
Pharmaceutical Coverage, Pricing and Reimbursement
Significant uncertainty exists as to the coverage and reimbursement status of any products for which we obtain regulatory
approval. In the United States, European Union and other markets, sales of any products for which we receive regulatory
approval for commercial sale will depend to a large extent on the availability of reimbursement from third‑party payors.
Third‑party payors include governments, government health administrative authorities, managed care providers, private health
insurers and other organizations. The process for determining whether a payor will provide coverage for a drug product may be
separate from the process for setting the price or reimbursement rate that the payor will pay for the drug product. Third‑party
payors may limit coverage to specific drug products on an approved list, or formulary, which might not include all of the drug
products approved for a particular indication by the FDA, EMA or National Ministries of Health. Third‑party payors are
increasingly challenging the price and examining the medical necessity and cost‑effectiveness of medical products and services,
in addition to their safety and efficacy. We may need to conduct expensive pharmacoeconomic studies in order to demonstrate the
medical necessity and cost‑effectiveness of NexoBrid, in addition to the costs required to obtain the FDA or other Ministry of
Health approvals. Additionally, NexoBrid may not be considered medically necessary or cost‑effective. A payor’s decision to
provide coverage for a drug product does not guarantee that an adequate reimbursement rate will be approved. Adequate
third‑party reimbursement may not be available to enable us to maintain price levels sufficient to realize an appropriate return on
our investment in product development.
In the United States, the ACA substantially changed the way healthcare is financed by both governmental and private
insurers and significantly impacted the pharmaceutical industry. The ACA contains a number of provisions, including those
governing enrollment in federal healthcare programs, reimbursement changes and fraud and abuse provisions, which will impact
existing government healthcare programs and will result in the development of new programs, including Medicare payment for
performance initiatives and improvements to the physician quality reporting system and feedback program. Additionally, the
ACA:
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increases the minimum level of Medicaid rebates payable by manufacturers of brand‑name drugs from 15.1% to 23.1%;
requires collection of rebates for drugs paid by Medicaid managed care organizations; and
imposes a non‑deductible annual fee on pharmaceutical manufacturers or importers who sell certain “branded prescription drugs” to specified
federal government programs.
There remain judicial and congressional challenges to certain aspects of the ACA, as well as efforts by the current U.S.
presidential administration to continue to seek amendments to or repeal of the ACA. While Congress has not passed repeal
legislation, several bills affecting the implementation of certain taxes under the ACA have been signed into law. For example, the
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 includes a provision repealing, effective January 1, 2019, the tax-based shared responsibility
payment imposed by the ACA on certain individuals who fail to maintain qualifying health coverage for all or part of a year that
is commonly referred to as the “individual mandate.” The 2020 federal spending package permanently eliminated, effective
January 1, 2020, the ACA mandated “Cadillac” tax on high-cost employer-sponsored health coverage and medical device tax
and, effective January 1, 2021, also eliminates the health insurer tax. On December 14, 2018, a U.S. District Court Judge in the
Northern District of Texas, ruled that the individual mandate is a critical and inseverable feature of the ACA, and therefore,
because it was repealed as part of the Tax Act, the remaining provisions of the ACA are invalid as well. Additionally, on
December 18, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit upheld the District Court ruling that the individual mandate
was unconstitutional and remanded the case back to the District Court to determine whether the remaining provisions of the ACA
are invalid as well. The U.S. Supreme Court is currently reviewing the case, although it is unclear how the Supreme Court will
rule. It is also unclear how other efforts to challenge, repeal and replace the ACA will impact the ACA or our business. Congress
may consider other legislation to repeal or replace elements of the ACA in the future. We cannot predict what legislation, if any,
to repeal or replace the ACA will become law, or what impact any such legislation may have on our product candidate.
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There has been heightened governmental scrutiny recently over the manner in which drug manufacturers set prices for
their marketed products, which have resulted in several Congressional inquiries and proposed bills designed to, among other
things, bring more transparency to product pricing, review the relationship between pricing and manufacturer patient programs,
and reform government program reimbursement methodologies for drug products. The likelihood of implementation of any of
these reform initiatives is uncertain, particularly in light of the new incoming Presidential administration. We expect that
additional U.S. federal healthcare reform measures will be adopted in the future, any of which could limit the amounts that the
U.S. federal government will pay for healthcare products and services, which could result in reduced demand for our products or
additional pricing pressures. At the state level, legislatures have increasingly passed legislation and implemented regulations
designed to control pharmaceutical and biological product pricing, including price or patient reimbursement constraints,
discounts, restrictions on certain product access and marketing cost disclosure and transparency measures, and, in some cases,
designed to encourage importation from other countries and bulk purchasing.
In the European Union, pricing and reimbursement schemes vary widely from country to country and often within regions
or provinces of countries. Some countries provide that drug products may be marketed only after a reimbursement price has been
agreed and may limit the annual budget of coverage or request that the company participate in the cost above certain use levels or
for treatments perceived as unsuccessful and impose monitoring processes on the use of the product. Some countries and
hospitals may require inclusion into the hospital formulary for payment from the hospital budget. Some countries and hospitals
may require the completion of additional studies that compare the cost‑effectiveness of a particular drug candidate to currently
available therapies. For example, the European Union provides options for its member states to restrict the range of drug products
for which their national health insurance systems provide reimbursement and to control the prices of medicinal products for
human use. European Union member states may approve a specific price for a drug product or may instead adopt a system of
direct or indirect controls on the profitability of the company placing the drug product on the market. Other member states allow
companies to fix their own prices for drug products, but monitor and control company profits. The downward pressure on health
care costs in general, particularly prescription drugs, has become intense. As a result, increasingly high barriers are being erected
to the entry of new products. In addition, in some countries, cross‑border imports from low‑priced markets exert competitive
pressure that may reduce pricing within a country. Any country that has price controls or reimbursement limitations for drug
products may not allow favorable reimbursement and pricing arrangements.
Healthcare Law and Regulation; Data Privacy and Security Laws
Healthcare providers, physicians and third‑party payors play a primary role in the recommendation and prescription of
drug products that are granted marketing approval. Arrangements with healthcare providers, third‑party payors and other
customers are subject to broadly applicable fraud and abuse and other healthcare laws and regulations. Such restrictions under
applicable federal and state healthcare laws and regulations, include the following:
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the federal healthcare Anti‑Kickback Statute prohibits, among other things, persons from knowingly and willfully soliciting, offering,
receiving or providing remuneration, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, to induce or reward either the referral of an individual for, or the
purchase, order or recommendation of, any good or service for which payment may be made, in whole or in part, under a federal healthcare
program such as Medicare and Medicaid;
the federal False Claims Act imposes civil penalties, and provides for civil whistleblower or qui tam actions, against individuals or entities for
knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, to the federal government, claims for payment that are false or fraudulent or making a false
statement to avoid, decrease or conceal an obligation to pay money to the federal government;
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HIPAA, imposes criminal and civil liability for executing a scheme to defraud any healthcare benefit program or making false statements
relating to healthcare matters;
HIPAA, as amended by HITECH and its implementing regulations, also imposes obligations, including mandatory contractual terms, on
covered entities and their respective business associates with respect to safeguarding the privacy, security and transmission of individually
identifiable health information;
the federal false statements statute prohibits knowingly and willfully falsifying, concealing or covering up a material fact or making any
materially false statement in connection with the delivery of or payment for healthcare benefits, items or services;
the federal physician payment transparency requirements under the Affordable Care Act require certain manufacturers of drugs, devices and
medical supplies to report to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services information related to payments and other transfers of value to
physicians (defined to include doctors, dentists, optometrists, podiatrists and chiropractors), certain other healthcare professionals, and
teaching hospitals and physician ownership and investment interests;
analogous state and foreign laws and regulations, such as state anti‑kickback and false claims laws, may apply to sales or marketing
arrangements and claims involving healthcare items or services reimbursed by non‑governmental third‑party payors, including private
insurers; and
similar healthcare laws and regulations in the E.U. and other jurisdictions, including reporting requirements detailing interactions with and
payments to healthcare providers and laws governing the privacy and security of personal data, including the General Data Protection
Regulation (“GDPR”), which imposes obligations and restrictions on the collection and use of personal data relating to individuals located in
the E.U. and EEA (including with regard to health data).
Violations of any of these laws or any other governmental laws and regulations that may apply include, without limitation,
significant civil, criminal and administrative penalties, damages, fines, imprisonment, exclusion of products from government
funded healthcare programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, disgorgement, contractual damages, reputational harm, diminished
profits and the curtailment or restructuring of our operations.
Some state laws require pharmaceutical companies to comply with the pharmaceutical industry’s voluntary compliance
guidelines and the relevant compliance guidance promulgated by the federal government in addition to requiring drug
manufacturers to report information related to payments to physicians and other health care providers or marketing expenditures.
Additionally, certain state and local laws require the registration of pharmaceutical sales representatives. State and foreign laws
also govern the privacy and security of health information in some circumstances, many of which differ from each other in
significant ways and often are not preempted by HIPAA, thus complicating compliance efforts. For example, the California
Consumer Privacy Act, or CCPA, which went into effect on January 1, 2020, among other things, creates new data privacy
obligations for covered companies and provides new privacy rights to California residents, including the right to opt out of
certain disclosures of their information. The CCPA also creates a private right of action with statutory damages for certain data
breaches, thereby potentially increasing risks associated with a data breach. Although the law includes limited exceptions,
including for “protected health information” maintained by a covered entity or business associate, it may regulate or impact our
processing of personal information depending on the context. Further, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), recently passed
in California. The CPRA will impose additional data protection obligations on covered businesses, including additional consumer
rights processes, limitations on data uses, new audit requirements for higher risk data, and opt outs for certain uses of sensitive
data. It will also create a new California data protection agency authorized to issue substantive regulations and could result in
increased privacy and information security enforcement. The majority of the provisions will go into effect on January 1, 2023,
and additional compliance investment and potential business process changes may be required.
Environmental, Health and Safety Matters
We are subject to extensive environmental, health and safety laws and regulations in a number of jurisdictions, primarily
Israel, governing, among other things: the use, storage, registration, handling, emission and disposal of chemicals, waste
materials and sewage; chemicals, air, water and ground contamination; air emissions and the cleanup of contaminated sites,
including any contamination that results from spills due to our failure to properly dispose of chemicals, waste materials and
sewage. Our operations at our Yavne manufacturing facility use chemicals and produce waste materials and sewage. Our
activities require permits from various governmental authorities including, local municipal authorities, the Ministry of
Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Health. The Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Ministry of Health, local
authorities and the municipal water and sewage company conduct periodic inspections in order to review and ensure our
compliance with the various regulations.
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These laws, regulations and permits could potentially require the expenditure by us of significant amounts for compliance
or remediation. If we fail to comply with such laws, regulations or permits, we may be subject to fines and other civil,
administrative or criminal sanctions, including the revocation of permits and licenses necessary to continue our business
activities. In addition, we may be required to pay damages or civil judgments in respect of third‑party claims, including those
relating to personal injury (including exposure to hazardous substances we use, store, handle, transport, manufacture or dispose
of), property damage or contribution claims. Some environmental, health and safety laws allow for strict, joint and several
liability for remediation costs, regardless of comparative fault. We may be identified as a responsible party under such laws. Such
developments could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.
In addition, laws and regulations relating to environmental, health and safety matters are often subject to change. In the
event of any changes or new laws or regulations, we could be subject to new compliance measures or to penalties for activities
which were previously permitted. For instance, new Israeli regulations were promulgated in 2012 relating to the discharge of
industrial sewage into the sewer system. These regulations establish new and potentially significant fines for discharging
forbidden or irregular sewage into the sewage system.
Properties
Our principal executive offices are located at 42 Hayarkon Street, Yavne 8122745, Israel. We lease these facilities from
our largest shareholder, Clal Life Sciences, L.P. (“CLS”), pursuant to a sub‑lease agreement, as amended, that expires on October
30, 2022. The facilities consist of approximately 32,300 square feet of space, and the yearly lease fee is approximately $446,000.
These facilities house our administrative headquarters, our research and development laboratories and our manufacturing plant.
The sub-lease agreement includes an option to extend the lease period for additional 3 years at our sole discretion.
C. Organizational Structure
The legal name of our company is MediWound Ltd. and we are organized under the laws of the State of Israel. Our
corporate structure consists of MediWound Ltd., our Israeli parent company, (i) MediWound Germany GmbH, our active
wholly‑owned subsidiary, which was incorporated on April 16, 2013 under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (ii)
MediWound US, Inc., which was incorporated on December 8, 2020 under the laws of the State of Delaware and (iii)
MediWound UK Limited, our inactive wholly‑owned subsidiary, which was incorporated on July 26, 2004 under the laws of
England.
D. Property, Plants and Equipment
See “ITEM 4.B. Business Overview—Properties”, “ITEM 4.B. Business Overview—Manufacturing, Supply and
Production” and “ITEM 4.B. Business Overview—Environmental, Health and Safety Matters”.
Item 4A. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
None.
Item 5. OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS
A. Operating Results
The information contained in this section should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements for
the year ended December 31, 2020 and related notes, and the information contained elsewhere in this annual report. Our
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with IFRS, as issued by the IASB.
Company Overview
We are a biopharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures and commercializes novel, cost effective, bio-
therapeutic solutions for tissue repair and regeneration. Our strategy is centered around our validated enzymatic platform
technology, focused on next-generation bio-active therapies for burn and wound care and biological medicinal products for tissue
repair.
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Our first innovative biopharmaceutical product, NexoBrid, received marketing authorization from the EMA and the
Israeli, Argentinean, South Korean, Russian and Peruvian Ministries of Health for removal of dead or damaged tissue, known as
eschar, in adults with deep partial‑ and full‑thickness thermal burns, also referred to as severe burns. NexoBrid is currently in
clinical development in North America. In September 2020, the FDA accepted for review our BLA for NexoBrid for eschar
removal in adults with deep partial thickness and/or full thickness thermal burns. NexoBrid, a concentrated mixture of proteolytic
enzymes enriched in bromelain, represents a new paradigm in burn care management and our clinical trials have demonstrated,
with statistical significance, its ability to non‑surgically and rapidly remove the eschar earlier relative to existing standard of care
upon patient admission, without harming viable tissues.
We commercialize globally NexoBrid via multiple sales channels. We sell NexoBrid to burn centers in the Europe and
Israel, primarily through our sales force, focusing on key burn centers and key opinion leader management, and are establishing
additional distribution channels in the European Union to extend the product's outreach. We have signed distribution agreements
with local distributors in multiple international markets, which are responsible for obtaining local marketing authorization within
the relevant territory. In the United States, we entered into exclusive license and supply agreements with Vericel to commercialize
NexoBrid in North America, under which we received an up-front payment from Vericel of $17.5 million in 2019, and may be
entitled to an additional $7.5 million, contingent upon approval of our BLA, and up to $125 million contingent upon NexoBrid
meeting certain annual sales milestones, tiered royalties on net sales ranging from mid-high single-digit to mid-teen percentages,
an equal split of gross profit on committed BARDA procurement orders, and a double-digit royalty on any additional future
BARDA purchases of NexoBrid. In Addition, Pursuant to the First BARDA Contract, BARDA has initiated the procurement of
NexoBrid valued at $16.5 million, for emergency stockpile as part of the HHS mission to build national preparedness for public
health medical emergencies in the Unites States. In August 2020, BARDA accepted the first shipment of NexoBrid. Additional
quarterly deliveries are expected to occur throughout 2021. In other international markets we sell NexoBrid through local
distributors with which we have distribution agreements. For additional information on the commercialization of NexoBrid See
ITEM 4.B. “Information on the Company - Marketing, Sales and Distribution.”
We are conducting an expanded access treatment protocol (NEXT) for NexoBrid to treat burn patients with deep partial-
and full-thickness burns in the U.S., which is funded by BARDA and which will continue to take place during the review of our
BLA by the FDA. We are also conducting a pediatric study to broaden the approved indication of NexoBrid, which is also being
funded by BARDA, in which we completed the patients enrollment stage.
An additional product candidate is EscharEx, a topical bioactive drug candidate designed to enzymatically debride
chronic and other hard-to-heal wounds. In January 2021, we determined that, due to COVID-19 enrollment delays and
potentially future COVID-19 pandemic related implications on the conduct of its clinical studies, we are accelerating our
EscharEx Phase 2 adaptive design study, for the treatment of venous leg ulcers (VLUs), by adjusting its enrollment target to 120
patients, down from the 174 originally planned.
Our third innovative product candidate, MWPC005, is a topically applied biological drug candidate for the treatment of
non-melanoma skin cancers, based on the same active substance of NexoBrid and EscharEx products, a concentrated mixture of
proteolytic enzymes enriched in bromelain. We have launched a new clinical development program to evaluate safety and
tolerability of MWPC005 in patients with non-melanoma skin cancer.
We manufacture NexoBrid and our product candidates in our state‑of‑the‑art, EMA‑certified, cGMP‑compliant, sterile
pharmaceutical products manufacturing facility at our headquarters in Yavne, Israel. Our securities are listed for trading on
Nasdaq since March 2014 following our Initial Public Offering.
As of December 31, 2020, we had cash and cash equivalents of $21.6. Our revenues were $31.8 million and $21.8 million
in 2019 and 2020, respectively. Our net operating profit was $4.5 million in 2019 and our net operating loss was $8.8 million in
2020. We had an accumulated deficit of $135 million as of December 31, 2020. We expect to incur significant expenses and
operating losses for the foreseeable future, as research and development activities are central to our operations, which will offset
by cash inflows from NexoBrid.
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We expect to continue to invest in our research and development efforts, including in respect of our NexoBrid ongoing
clinical trials which are fully funded by BARDA, as well as the clinical development and trials of EscharEx, MWPC005 and our
other pipeline product candidates. In addition, we expect to continue to advance NexoBrid as a standard of care, and expand its
commercial reach in international markets, including for potential use as a medical countermeasure during mass casualty events.
Key Components of Statements of Operations
Revenues
Sources of revenues. We derive revenues from sales of NexoBrid to burn centers and hospitals burn units in Europe and
Israel as well as to local distributors in other countries in accordance with distribution agreements we have in place. We generate
revenues from BARDA procurement of NexoBrid for emergency stockpile pursuant to BARDA contract. We have also begun to
generate revenues under our exclusive license and supply agreements with Vericel, under which we received an up-front payment
and may be entitled to additional payments as we progress towards commercialization of NexoBrid in North America.
Starting in May 2019, following entrance into the Vericel license and supply agreements, funding by BARDA was
classified as revenues from development services. As a result, we also generate revenues from development services provided to
BARDA. Our ability to generate additional, more significant revenues will depend on the successful commercialization of
NexoBrid, which itself will be dependent in part upon receipt of approval from the FDA.
Cost of Revenues
Our total cost of revenues includes expenses for the manufacturing of NexoBrid, including: the cost of raw materials;
employee‑related expenses, including salaries, equity based‑compensation and other benefits and related expenses, lease
payments, utility payments, depreciation, changes in inventory of finished products, royalties and other manufacturing expenses.
These expenses are partially reduced by an allotment of manufacturing costs associated with research and development activities
to research and development expenses.
Starting in May 2019, following entrance into the Vericel license and supply agreements, cost of revenues also includes
costs associated with the research and development services provided to BARDA, including salaries and related
expenses, clinical trials, sub‑contractors and external advisors. We expect that our cost of revenues from sale of products will
continue to increase as we expand the sale of NexoBrid throughout the European Union, the United States and other international
markets.
Operating Expenses
Research and Development Expenses, net
Research and development activities are central to our business model. Product candidates in later stages of clinical
development generally have higher development costs than those in earlier stages of clinical development, primarily due to the
increased size and duration of later‑stage clinical trials. We expect research and development costs to increase significantly for
the foreseeable future as EscharEx progresses in its clinical program in the U.S. and our other pipeline product candidates'
progress in clinical trials. However, we do not believe that it is possible at this time to accurately project total program‑specific
expenses to reach commercialization. There are numerous factors associated with the successful development of any of our
product candidates, including future trial design and various regulatory requirements, many of which cannot be determined with
accuracy at this time based on our stage of development. Additionally, future commercial and regulatory factors beyond our
control will affect our clinical development programs and plans. Our actual spending could differ as our plans change and we
invest in other drugs or potentially reduce our anticipated funding on research for existing products.
Research and development expenses consist primarily of compensation for employees engaged in research and
development activities, including salaries, equity‑based compensation, benefits and related expenses, clinical trials, contract
research organization sub‑contractors, development materials, external advisors and the allotted cost of our manufacturing facility
for research and development purposes.
Participation by BARDA and IIA
On September 29, 2015, we were awarded a contract by the First BARDA Contract, which was amended on July 17,
2017, May 2019 and again on March 2020. The amended contract valued up to $159 million. See “ITEM 4.B. Our Focus—Burn
Care—BARDA Contracts.” The participation by BARDA was classified as reimbursement of research and development
expenses. Starting in May 2019, following entrance into the Vericel license and supply agreements, participation by BARDA was
classified as revenues from development services.
We received grants until 2018, subject to repayment through future royalty payments, as part of the NexoBrid and
EscharEx research and development programs approved by the IIA. Research and development grants which were received from
the IIA was recognized upon receipt as a liability, if future economic benefits are expected from the project that will result in
royalty‑bearing sales. The amount of the liability for the loan was first measured at fair value using a discount rate that reflects a
market rate of interest that reflects the appropriate degree of risks inherent in our business. The change in the fair value of the
liability associated with grants from the IIA is reflected as an increase or decrease in our research and development expenses for
the relevant period.
Our research and development expenses relate primarily to the development of NexoBrid and EscharEx. We charge all
research and development expenses to operations as they are incurred.
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The successful development of our patented enzymatic platform technology used in NexoBrid, EscharEx and additional
pipeline product candidates is highly uncertain. As such, at this time, we cannot reasonably estimate or know the nature, timing
and estimated costs of the efforts that will be necessary to complete the development of our technology for additional indications.
This uncertainty is due to numerous risks and uncertainties associated with developing products, including the uncertainty of:
•
•
•
•
•
•
the scope, rate of progress and expense of our research and development activities;
preclinical results;
clinical trial results;
the terms and timing of regulatory approvals;
the expense of filing, prosecuting, defending and enforcing patent claims and other intellectual property rights; and
the ability to market, commercialize and achieve market acceptance for NexoBrid or any other product candidate that we may develop in the
future.
A change in the outcome of any of these variables with respect to the development of other products that we may develop
could result in a significant change in the costs and timing associated with their development. For example, if the EMA, the FDA
or other regulatory authority were to require us to conduct preclinical and clinical studies beyond those which we currently
anticipate for the completion of clinical development of our product candidates or if we experience significant delays in
enrollment in any clinical trials, we could be required to expend significant additional financial resources and time on the
completion of the clinical development.
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Selling and Marketing Expenses
Selling and marketing expenses consist primarily of compensation expenses for personnel engaged in sales and
marketing, including salaries, equity based‑compensation and benefits and related expenses, as well as promotion, marketing,
market access, medical, and sales and distribution activities. These expenses also include costs related to our subsidiary in
Germany, which is focused primarily on marketing NexoBrid, and cost related to maintain marketing authorization.
General and Administrative Expenses
General and administrative expenses consist principally of compensation for employees in executive and administrative
functions, including salaries, equity‑based compensation, benefits and other related expenses, professional consulting services,
including legal and audit fees, as well as costs of office and overhead. We expect general and administrative expenses to remain
stable.
Financial Income/Financial Expense
Financial income includes interest income, revaluation of financial instruments and exchange rate differences. Financial
expense consists primarily of revaluation of financial instruments, financial expenses in respect of deferred revenue, revaluation
of lease liabilities and exchange rate differences. The market interest due on government grants received from the IIA is also
considered a financial expense, and is recognized beginning on the date we receive the grant until the date on which the grant is
expected to be repaid as part of the revaluation to fair value of liabilities in respect of government grants.
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Discontinued Operation
Following the expiration of our PolyHeal license in 2013, we accounted for our operation related to PolyHeal as a
discontinued operation in accordance with IFRS accounting standard 5, “Non‑current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued
Operations.” Accordingly, the results of any legal process profit or loss are reported separately as a discontinued operation in our
statement of operations for the periods presented below.
Taxes on Income
The standard corporate tax rate in Israel was 24% in the year 2017, and as of January 1, 2018 and thereafter, the corporate
tax rate is 23%.
We do not generate taxable income in Israel, as we have historically incurred operating losses resulting in carry forward
tax losses totaling approximately $130 million as of December 31, 2020. We anticipate that we will be able to carry forward these
tax losses indefinitely to future tax years. Accordingly, we do not expect to pay taxes in Israel until we have taxable income after
the full utilization of our carry forward tax losses.
Under the Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 5719‑1959 (the “Investment Law”), we have been granted
“Beneficiary Enterprise” status, which provides certain benefits, including tax exemptions and reduced corporate tax rates.
Income not eligible for Beneficiary Enterprise benefits is taxed at the regular corporate tax rate. The benefit entitlement period
starts from the first year that the Beneficiary Enterprise first earns taxable income, and is limited to 12 years from the year in
which the company requested to have tax benefits apply.
Comparison of Period to Period Results of Operations
We are providing within this section a supplemental discussion that compares our historical statement of operations data
in accordance with IFRS, as issued by the IASB. The below table and the below discussion provides data for each of the years
ended December 31, 2019 and 2020. The below discussion of our results of operations omits a comparison of our results for the
years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019. In order to view that discussion, please see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review
and Prospects—A. Operating Results— Comparison of Period to Period Results of Operations— Year Ended December 31, 2018
Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2019” in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2019, which
we filed with the SEC on February 25, 2020.
Consolidated statements of operations data:
Revenue from sales of products
Revenue from development services
Revenue from license agreements
Total Revenues
Cost of revenues
Gross profit
Operating expenses:
Research and development, net of participation
Selling and marketing
General and administrative
Other expenses
Operating profit (loss)
Financial income
Financial expense
Profit (loss) from continuing operations
Profit from discontinued operation
Net profit (loss)
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Years Ended December 31,
2019
2020
$
$
$
$
$
3,611 $
10,678 $
17,500 $
31,789 $
11,849
19,940
4,969
4,064
5,242
1,172
4,493
556
(2,983)
2,066
2,889
4,955 $
7,828
13,935
-
21,763
14,218
7,545
7,698
3,228
5,459
-
(8,840)
843
(1,279)
(9,276)
80
(9,196)
Year Ended December 31, 2019 Compared to Year Ended December 31, 2020
Revenues
We generated total revenues of approximately $21.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to
approximately $31.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. The decrease in total revenues was a result of the $17.5
million upfront payment from the Vericel Licensing agreement for NexoBrid, partially offset by the sale of products increase.
Revenues from sale of products
Revenues from sales of products in 2020 increase of $4.2 million and 117% in comparison to the $3.6 million in 2019,
primarily as a result of BARDA’s procurement of NexoBrid for emergency stockpile. In 2020, BARDA has initiated the
procurement of NexoBrid valued at $16.5 million for emergency stockpile, of which we have supplied approximately $5.8
million during 2020. Revenues from BARDA’s procurement were recognized net of Vericel’s share pursuant to gross profit split.
Additional quarterly deliveries to BARDA are expected through end of 2021.
Revenues from development services
Revenues from development services increases from $10.7 million in 2019 to $13.9 million in 2020. Up to May 2019,
prior to entering the Vericel licensing and supply agreements, participation by BARDA in the amount of $3.8 million was
recorded as reimbursement of research and development expenses.
Revenues from license agreement
In 2019, we recognized $17.5 million as a result of one-time upfront license payment from Vericel pursuant to the license
agreement.
BARDA contributed 34% and 83% of our total revenue, in 2019 and 2020, respectively. Vericel contributed 55% of our
total revenues in 2019.
Our revenues, as reported in our consolidated financial statements, are based on the location of the customers, as shown in
the below table:
International (excluding U.S.)
U.S.
Years Ended December 31,
2019
2020
$
$
$
3,285 $
28,504 $
31,789 $
3,733
18,030
21,763
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Costs and Expenses
Cost of revenues
Cost of revenues from sales of products as a percentage of revenues decreased to approximately 40% for the year ended
December 31, 2020 from approximately 65% in the year ended December 31, 2019. The decrease of cost of revenues from sales
of product is primarily driven by BARDA procurement for emergency response preparedness.
Cost of revenues from development services as a percentage of revenues was approximately 79% in the year ended
December 31, 2020 compared to approximately 83% in the year ended December 31, 2019. Starting in May 2019, as a result of
the Vericel license and supply agreements, all research and development expenses related to BARDA were classified as cost of
revenues from development services. Research and development expenses related to services provided to BARDA in the amount
of $8.8 million and $11.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2020, respectively, were recorded as cost of
revenues from development services.
Cost of revenues from license agreements as a percentage of revenues were 4% in the year ended December 31, 2019, due
to royalty payments pursuant to a license agreement with Mark Klein in regard to Vericel upfront payment.
Research and development expenses, net of participations
Research and development expenses, net participation, increased by 35% from approximately $5.0 million in the year
ended December 31, 2019 to approximately $7.7 million in the year ended December 31, 2020. The increase was primarily
related to EscharEx clinical development program initiated in 2019.
Starting in May 2019, following entrance into the Vericel licensing and supply agreements, participation by BARDA in
the amounts of $10.7 and 13.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2020, respectively, were classified as revenues
from development services.
Selling and marketing expenses
Selling and marketing expenses decreased 21% in 2020 compared to 2019, from approximately $4.1 million in the year
ended December 31, 2019 to approximately $3.2 million in the year ended December 31, 2020. The decrease in selling and
marketing expenses, were primarily driven from our headquarters' restructuring in Europe.
General and administrative expenses
General and administrative expenses increased 4% in 2020 compared to 2019 from approximately $5.2 million in the year
ended December 31, 2019 to approximately $5.5 million in the year ended December 31, 2020.
Other expenses
Other one-time expenses for the year ended December 31, 2019 were $1.2 million associated with the Vericel license and
supply agreements.
Financial income
Financial income increased from $0.6 million in the year ended December 31, 2019 to $0.8 million in the year ended
December 31, 2020 as a result of revaluation of contingent liability with respect to purchase of shares, described below under
“Application of Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates - Contingent Consideration for Purchase of Shares”.
Financial expense
Financial expense decreased from approximately $3.0 million in the year ended December 31, 2019 to approximately
$1.3 million in the year ended December 31, 2020. The decrease in financial expenses in 2020 was primarily driven by the Teva
contingent liability revaluation, described below under “Application of Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates - Contingent
Consideration for Purchase of Shares”.
Profit from Discontinued operations
Profit from discontinued operations was $0.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2020 compared with $2.9 million
for the year ended December 31, 2019. The profit in both years was as a result of the Polyheal settlement of the litigation with
certain PolyHeal Ltd.'s ("PolyHeal") shareholders. See “ITEM 8.A. Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information—
Legal Proceedings”.
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B. Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our primary uses of cash are to fund working capital requirements, manufacturing costs, research and development
expenses of EscharEx and other products candidates, as well as sales and marketing activities associated with the
commercialization of NexoBrid in Europe.
In March 2014, we closed our IPO, resulting in net proceeds to us of approximately $71.7 million. In September 2015, we
were awarded a contract by BARDA, which was modified in July 2017, May 2019 and March 2020, in each case in order to
expand BARDA’s commitment to us, and further advancement of the development and manufacturing, emergency readiness for
NexoBrid deployment as well as the procurement, of NexoBrid as a mass casualty medical countermeasure to be used in a public
health emergency. The contract, as modified, provides up to $82 million of funding to us. The BARDA contract also includes
options for BARDA (i) to further fund $10 million in development activities for other potential NexoBrid indications, and (ii) to
further fund $50 million for further procurement of NexoBrid from us. In addition, we were awarded an additional contract to
develop NexoBrid for the treatment of Sulfur Mustard injuries as part of BARDA’s preparedness for mass casualty events. The
contract provides approximately $12 million of funding to support research and development activities up to pivotal studies in
animals under the U.S. FDA Animal Rule and contains options for additional funding of up to $31 million for additional
development activities, animal pivotal studies, and the BLA submission for licensure of NexoBrid for the treatment of Sulfur
Mustard injuries. See “ITEM 4.B. Our Focus—Burn Care—BARDA Contracts.” In addition, we completed an underwritten
follow-on offering in September 2017, whereby we issued and sold 5,037,664 ordinary shares and received net proceeds of
approximately $22.7 million (after deducting the underwriting discount and offering expenses payable by us), pursuant to our
previous shelf registration statement on Form F‑3. We will continue to use the net proceeds from the sale of securities offered by
us pursuant to that follow-on offering to fund our research and development activities, primarily the clinical development of
EscharEx, and the remainder, if any, for working capital and other general corporate purposes. The timing and amount of our
actual expenditures will be based on many factors, including cash flows from operations and the anticipated growth of our
business. Under our current shelf registration statement on Form F-3 declared effective by the SEC on April 22, 2019, we may
offer from time to time up to $125 million in the aggregate of our ordinary shares, warrants and/or debt securities in one or more
series or issuances. In February 2020, we entered into an Open Market Sales Agreement with Jefferies LLC to issue and sell our
ordinary shares with gross sales proceeds of up to $15 million, from time to time, through an at the market offering under which
Jefferies LLC will act as our sales agent. As of the date hereof, we have not issued or sold any ordinary shares pursuant to the
Open Market Sales Agreement.
The table below summarizes our sources of financing for the periods presented. The below discussion beneath the table
omits a description of the sources of financing for the year ended December 31, 2018. In order to view that discussion, please see
“Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—B. Liquidity and Capital Resources” in our Annual Report on Form 20-
F for the year ended December 31, 2019, which we filed with the SEC on February 25, 2020.
Year ended December 31, 2020
Year ended December 31, 2019
Issuance of
Ordinary
Shares
BARDA
Funding
(in thousands)
Total
$
$
- $
- $
20,241 $
14,773 $
20,241
14,773
Our sources of financing in the year ended December 31, 2020 totaled $20.2 million of funding under the BARDA
contracts and includes $2.2 million of Vericel gross profits split in respect of the initial BARDA procurement.
Our sources of financing in the year ended December 31, 2019 totaled $14.8 million and consisted primarily of funding
under the BARDA contracts. The participation by BARDA for 2019 in an amount of $3.8 million was classified as participation
by BARDA in Research and development expenses, and BARDA participation in an amount of $10.7 million was classified as
revenues from development services.
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As of December 31, 2020, we had $21.6 million of cash, cash equivalents and short-term deposits. Our net operating
profit was $4.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2019 and net operating loss was $8.8 million for the year ended
December 31, 2020. As of December 31, 2020, we had an accumulated deficit of $135 million. We expect to incur significant
expenses and operating losses for the foreseeable future. The net losses we will incur may fluctuate from quarter to quarter.
Our capital expenditures for fiscal years 2018, 2019 and 2020 amounted to $0.5 million, $0.8 million and $0.9 million,
respectively. Capital expenditures consist primarily of investments in manufacturing equipment and leasehold improvements.
Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including our revenue growth, the timing and extent of our
spending on research and development efforts, and international expansion. We may also seek to invest in or acquire
complementary businesses or technologies. To the extent that existing cash and cash from operations are insufficient to fund our
future activities, we may need to raise additional funding through debt and equity financing. Additional funds may not be
available on favorable terms or at all. We believe our existing cash, cash equivalents and short‑term bank deposits will be
sufficient to satisfy our liquidity requirements for at least the next 24 months.
Cash Flows
The following table summarizes our consolidated statement of cash flows for the periods presented. The below discussion
beneath the table omits a description of our cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2018. In order to view that discussion,
please see “Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects—B. Liquidity and Capital Resources—Cash Flows” in our
Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2019, which we filed with the SEC on February 25, 2020:
Net cash provided by (used in):
Continuing operating activities
Continuing investing activities
Continuing financing activities
Discontinued operating activities
Discontinued investing activities
Net cash provided by (used in) continuing operating activities
Year Ended December 31,
2019
2020
$
9,888 $
(5,658)
(1,006)
(1,599)
(1,239)
(6,700)
17,385
(629)
(195)
-
Net cash provided by (used in) all periods resulted primarily from our net profit (loss) adjusted for non‑cash charges and
measurements and changes in components of working capital. Adjustments for non‑cash items include depreciation and
amortization, equity‑based compensation, revaluation of contingent liabilities and lease liability, and changes in assets and
liabilities items.
Net cash used by continuing operating activities decreased to approximately $6.7 million in the year ended December 31,
2020 compared to net cash provided in continuing operating activities of approximately $9.9 million in the year ended December
31, 2019. The decrease was as a result of the upfront license payment from the Vericel license and supply agreements in 2019.
Net cash used in discontinued operating activities
Net cash used in discontinued operating activities was approximately $0.2 million in the year ended December 31, 2020,
compared to $1.6 million in the year ended December 31, 2019. The cash used in 2019 and 2020 was primarily attributable to the
consideration paid to PolyHeal’s shareholders following the settlement of the litigation with certain PolyHeal's shareholders. See
“ITEM 8.A. Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information—Legal Proceedings”.
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Net cash used in continuing investing activities
Our use of cash in continuing investing activities has been primarily related to investments in short‑term banks deposits
and purchases of property and equipment. Net cash provided from investing activities was $17.4 million in the year ended
December 31, 2020, compared to $5.7 million used during the year ended December 31, 2019. The increase was primarily
attributable to $13.0 million of net investments in short-term bank deposits.
Net cash used in discontinued investing activities
Net cash used in discontinued investing activities was zero in the year ended December 31, 2020, compared to $1.2
million in the year ended December 31, 2019. The cash used in 2019 was primarily attributable to the consideration paid to
PolyHeal’s shareholders for purchase of PolyHeal’s shares following the settlement of the litigation with certain PolyHeal's
shareholders. See “ITEM 8.A. Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information—Legal Proceedings”.
Net cash (used in) provided by continuing financing activities
Net cash used in continuing financing activities was $0.6 million during the year ended December 31, 2020 compared to
$1.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2019.
Application of Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our accounting policies and their effect on our financial condition and results of operations are more fully described in
our consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this annual report. We have prepared our financial statements in
accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB. The preparation of these financial statements requires us 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, as well as the reported revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results may
differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. See “ITEM 3.D. Risk Factors” for a discussion of the
possible risks which may affect these estimates.
While our significant accounting policies are more fully described in the notes to our consolidated financial statements
appearing elsewhere in this annual report, we believe that the accounting policies discussed below are critical to our financial
results and to the understanding of our past and future performance, as these policies relate to the more significant areas
involving management’s estimates and assumptions. We consider an accounting estimate to be critical if: (a) it requires us to
make assumptions because information was not available at the time or it included matters that were highly uncertain at the time
we were making our estimate; and (b) changes in the estimate could have a material impact on our financial condition or results
of operations.
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Revenue Recognition
The accounting policy for revenue recognition in accordance with IFRS15, “Revenues from Contracts with Customers”
(the “Standard”), is as follows:
Revenues from the sale of products:
We generate revenues from sales of our innovative biopharmaceutical product, NexoBrid, to burn centers and hospital
burn units across Europe, Israel and local distributors in international markets. We also generate revenues from sales to BARDA
for U.S. emergency stockpile.
We also recognize revenues from licensing transactions over time when we provide the customer a right to access our
intellectual property throughout the license period.
Revenues from sale of products are recognized in profit or loss at the point in time when the control of the products is
transferred to the customer, generally upon delivery of the products to the customer.
Revenue from development services:
Revenues from development services are recognized over time, during the period the customer receives and consumes the
benefits provided by our performance. We charge our customers based on payment terms agreed upon in specific agreements.
When payments are made before or after the service is performed, we recognize the resulting contract asset or liability.
Revenues from license agreements:
We determine whether the license to the Intellectual Property ("IP") is the right to use the IP, which has significant stand-
alone functionality, or a right to access, which does not have a stand-alone value.
We recognize revenues from licensing transactions at a point in time when we provide the customer a right to use our
intellectual property as it exists at the point in time at which the license is granted to the customer.
Combination of contracts:
We account for multiple contracts as a single contract when all the contracts are signed at or near the same time with the
same customer or with related parties of the customer, and when one of the following criteria is met:
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•
•
The contracts are negotiated as a package with a single commercial objective.
The amount of consideration to be paid in one contract depends on the consideration or performance of another contract.
The goods or services that we will provide according to the contracts represent a single performance obligation for us.
We allocate the collaboration agreements transaction price to each performance obligation using the best estimate of the
stand-alone selling price of each one of them.
Variable consideration:
We determine the transaction price separately for each contract with a customer. When exercising this judgment, we
evaluate the effect of each variable amount in the contract, taking into consideration discounts, penalties, variations, claims, non-
cash consideration and the nature of multiple phases of the product lifecycle. In determining the effect of the variable
consideration, we use the "most likely amount" method described in the Standard. Pursuant to this method, the amount of the
consideration is determined as the single most likely amount in the range of possible consideration amounts in the contract.
According to the Standard, variable consideration is included in the transaction price only to the extent that it is highly probable
that a significant reversal in the amount of revenues recognized will not occur when the uncertainty associated with the variable
consideration is subsequently resolved.
Allocating the transaction price:
For contracts that consist of more than one performance obligation, at contract inception we allocate the contract
transaction price to each distinct performance obligation identified in the contract based on a relative stand-alone selling price
basis. A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to the customer. The stand-alone
selling price is the price at which the Company would sell the promised products or services separately to a customer.
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Research and Development Expenses
Research expenses are recognized as expenses when incurred. Costs incurred on development projects are recognized as
intangible assets as of the date as of which it can be established that it is probable that future economic benefits attributable to the
asset will flow to us, considering its commercial feasibility. This is generally the case when regulatory approval for
commercialization is achieved and costs can be measured reliably. Given the current stage of the development of our products, no
development expenditures have yet been capitalized. Intellectual property‑related costs for patents are part of the expenditure for
the research and development projects. Therefore, registration costs for patents are expensed when incurred as long as the
research and development project concerned does not meet the criteria for capitalization.
Equity‑Based Compensation
We account for our equity‑based compensation for employees in accordance with the provisions of IFRS 2 “Share‑based
Payment,” which requires us to measure the cost of equity‑based compensation based on the fair value of the award on the grant
date.
We have selected the binominal pricing model as the most appropriate method for determining the estimated fair value of
our equity‑based awards. The resulting cost of an equity incentive award is recognized as an expense over the requisite service
period of the award, which is usually the vesting period. We recognize compensation expense over the vesting period using the
accelerated method pursuant to which each vesting tranche is treated as a separate amortization period from grant date to vest
date, and classify these amounts in the consolidated financial statements based on the department to which the related employee
reports.
The determination of the grant date fair value of options using an options pricing model is affected by estimates and
assumptions regarding a number of complex and subjective variables. These variables include the expected volatility of our share
price over the expected term of the options, share option exercise and cancellation behaviors, risk‑free interest rates and expected
dividends, which are estimated as follows:
•
•
•
•
•
Fair value of our ordinary shares. After March 20, 2014, the date our ordinary shares began trading on Nasdaq, the grant date fair value for
equity‑based awards is based on the closing price of our ordinary shares on Nasdaq on the date of grant and fair value for all other purposes
related to share‑based awards is the closing price of our ordinary shares on Nasdaq on the relevant date.
Volatility. The expected share price volatility was based on the historical equity volatility of the ordinary shares of comparable companies that
are publicly traded.
Early exercise factor. Since adequate historical experience is not available to provide a reasonable estimate, the early exercise factor is
determined based on peer group imperial studies.
Risk‑free rate. The risk‑free interest rate is based on the yield from U.S. Treasury zero‑coupon bonds with a term equivalent to the contractual
life of the options.
Expected dividend yield. We have never declared or paid any cash dividends and do not presently plan to pay cash dividends in the
foreseeable future. Consequently, we use an expected dividend yield of zero.
If any of the assumptions used in the option pricing models change significantly, equity‑based compensation for future
awards may differ materially compared with awards granted previously.
Government Grants from the Israeli Innovation Authority
Research and development grants received from the IIA are recognized upon receipt as a liability if future economic
benefits are expected from the project that will result in royalty‑bearing sales. The amount of the liability for the loan is first
measured at fair value using a discount rate that reflects a market rate of interest that reflects the appropriate degree of risks
inherent in our business. We use a discount rate of 12% based in part on our cost of capital determined by an independent
valuation analysis conducted at the time of our initial recognition of IIA grants as a liability on our balance sheets. The difference
between the amount of the grant received and the fair value of the liability is accounted for as a government grant and recognized
as a reduction of research and development expenses. After initial recognition, the liability is measured at amortized cost using
the effective interest method. Royalty payments are treated as a reduction of the liability. If no economic benefits are expected
from the research activity, the grant receipts are recognized as a reduction of the related research and development expenses. In
that event, the royalty obligation is treated as a contingent liability in accordance with IAS 37, “Provisions, Contingent Liabilities
and Contingent Assets.”
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At the end of each reporting period, we evaluate whether there is reasonable assurance that the liability recognized will be
repaid based on our best estimate of future sales and, if not, the appropriate amount of the liability is derecognized against a
corresponding reduction in research and development expenses.
Government Funding from BARDA
Non‑royalty bearing funds from BARDA for funding research and development activities of NexoBrid are recognized at
the time we are entitled to such funds on the basis of the related costs incurred and were recorded as a reduction to our research
and development expenses. Starting May 2019, under the Vericel license and supply agreements, where Vericel has an effective
control over the BARDA agreements, BARDA's funding for research and development activities of NexoBrid are recognized as
revenues from development services.
Contingent Consideration for Purchase of Shares
On September 2, 2013, in accordance with the terms of the Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd. ("Teva") Shareholders’
Rights Agreement entered into in 2007 and amended in 2010, we exercised our rights to repurchase all of our shares held by Teva
in consideration for an obligation to pay Teva future royalty payments of 20% of our revenues from the sale or license of
NexoBrid resulting in royalty payments up to a total amount of $30.6 million and from the sale or license of the PolyHeal
Product resulting in royalty payments up to a total amount of $10.8 million. We account for this obligation as a liability on our
balance sheet in an amount equal to the fair value of the future royalty payments. In order to determine the fair value, we
estimated the amount and timing of the future payments to Teva based on our projected results of operations. The obligation to
pay Teva future royalty payments no longer includes amounts from the sale or license of the PolyHeal Product since the license to
the PolyHeal Product has expired.
Pursuant to the terms of the Teva Settlement Agreement signed in March 2019 (the " Settlement Agreement with Teva"),
Teva has agreed to reduce the contingent consideration that is payable to Teva pursuant to the repurchase of our shares from Teva
in 2013. We became obligated to pay Teva annual future royalty payments of 15% of our revenues from products or license of
NexoBrid starting from January 1, 2019, up to a total amount of $10.2 million, and Teva paid us $4.0 million in cash. The fair
value of the revised future royalty obligation to Teva was estimated at 4.9 million as of December 31, 2019, using a discounted
cash flow model based on sales projections. As a result we recorded financial expenses of $1.7million in our consolidated
statements of comprehensive profit or loss in respect of that settlement in the year ended December 31, 2019.
Pursuant to an amendment to the Teva Settlement Agreement from December 2020, Teva has agreed to revised the
payment consideration that is payable to Teva pursuant to the purchase of shares. According to the amendment, we agreed to pay
Teva $1 million upon signing and became obligated to pay an additioanl amount of $2 million over the years 2021-2023, in
addition to a modified contingent consideration in amount of $7.2 million in quarterly fixed payments starting 2021, subject to
revenues generated from sales of NexoBrid. See “ITEM 8.A. Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information—Legal
Proceedings. Pursuant to the amendment of the Teva Settlement Agreement, the fair value of the liabilities in respect of purchase
of shares was revaluated to be approximately $6.6 million, and financial income of $0.4 million was recorded.
Impairment of Non‑Financial Assets
Our intangible assets are reviewed for impairment at each reporting date until they begin generating net cash inflows and
subsequently whenever there is an indication that the asset may be impaired. We evaluate the need to record an impairment of the
carrying amount of non‑financial assets whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount is not
recoverable. If the carrying amount of non‑financial assets exceeds their recoverable amount, the assets are reduced to their
recoverable amount. The recoverable amount of an asset that does not generate independent cash flows is determined for the
cash‑generating unit to which the asset belongs and is calculated based on the projected cash flows that will be generated by the
cash generating unit.
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An impairment loss of an asset, other than goodwill, is reversed only if there have been changes in the estimates used to
determine the asset’s recoverable amount since the last impairment loss was recognized. Reversal of an impairment loss, as
above, may not increase the value above the lower of (i) the carrying amount that would have been determined (net of
depreciation or amortization) had no impairment loss been recognized for the asset in prior years and (ii) its recoverable amount.
Lease Assets and liabilities
The operating lease obligations consist of payments pursuant to lease agreements for office and laboratory facilities, as
well as lease agreements for 13 vehicles, which generally run for a period of three years
We initially adopted IFRS 16 and elected to apply the provisions of this accounting standard using the modified
retrospective method in which we account a contract as a lease when the contract terms convey the right to control the use of an
identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration. We recognize on the commencement date of the lease a right-
of-use asset and a lease liability, excluding leases whose term is up to 12 months and leases for which the underlying asset is of
low value. In measuring the lease liability, we elected to apply the practical expedient in this standard and do not separate the
lease components from the non-lease components (such as management and maintenance services, etc.) included in a single
contract.
On the commencement date, the lease liability includes all unpaid lease payments discounted at the interest rate implicit
in the lease, if that rate can be readily determined, or otherwise using our incremental borrowing rate. After the commencement
date, we measure the lease liability using the effective interest rate method. The lease liability was valued as $2.3 million as of
December 31, 2020.
On the commencement date, the right-of-use asset is recognized in an amount equal to the lease liability plus lease
payments already made on or before the commencement date and initial direct costs incurred. The right-of-use asset is measured
applying the cost model and depreciated over the shorter of its useful life and the lease term. The right of-use was valued as $1.9
million as of December 31, 2020.
Israeli Corporate-Level Tax Considerations and Government Programs
The following is a brief summary of the material Israeli tax laws applicable to us, and certain Israeli Government
programs that benefit us and therefore impact our results of operations and financial condition. To the extent that the discussion is
based on new tax legislation that has not yet been subject to judicial or administrative interpretation, we cannot assure you that
the appropriate tax authorities or the courts will accept the views expressed in this discussion. The discussion below is subject to
change, including due to amendments under Israeli law or changes to the applicable judicial or administrative interpretations of
Israeli law, which change could affect the tax consequences described below.
General Corporate Tax Structure in Israel
Generally, Israeli companies are subject to a corporate tax on their taxable income. Effective January 1, 2018 and
thereafter, the corporate tax rate is 23%. However, the effective tax rate payable by a company that derives income from an
Approved Enterprise, a Beneficiary Enterprise, a Preferred Enterprise or Technology Enterprise (as discussed below) may be
considerably less. Capital gains derived by an Israeli company are generally subject to the prevailing regular corporate tax rate.
Law for the Encouragement of Industry (Taxes), 5729-1969
The Law for the Encouragement of Industry (Taxes), 5729-1969 (the “Industry Encouragement Law”), provides several
tax benefits for “Industrial Companies.”
The Industry Encouragement Law defines an “Industrial Company” as an Israeli resident-company which was
incorporated in Israel, of which 90% or more of its income in any tax year, other than income from certain government loans, is
derived from an “Industrial Enterprise” owned by it and located in Israel. An “Industrial Enterprise” is defined as an enterprise
whose principal activity in a given tax year is industrial production.
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The following tax benefits, among others, are available to Industrial Companies:
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amortization of the cost of purchased a patent, rights to use a patent, and know-how, which are used for the development or advancement of
the Industrial Enterprise, over an eight-year period, commencing on the year in which such rights were first exercised;
under limited conditions, an election to file consolidated tax returns with related Israeli Industrial Companies controlled by it; and
expenses related to a public offering are deductible in equal amounts over a three years period commencing on the year of the offering.
Eligibility for benefits under the Industry Encouragement Law is not contingent upon approval of any governmental
authority.
We believe that we currently qualify as an Industrial Company within the meaning of the Industry Encouragement Law.
However, there can be no assurance that we will continue to qualify as an Industrial Company or that the benefits described
above will be available in the future.
Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 5719-1959
The Investment Law provides certain incentives for capital investments in production facilities (or other eligible assets).
The Investment Law was significantly amended several times during recent years, with the three most significant changes
effective as of April 1, 2005 (the “2005 Amendment”), as of January 1, 2011 (the “2011 Amendment”), and as of January 1, 2017
(the “2017 Amendment”). Pursuant to the 2005 Amendment, tax benefits granted in accordance with the provisions of the
Investment Law prior to its revision by the 2005 Amendment remain in force but any benefits granted subsequently are subject to
the provisions of the amended Investment Law. Similarly, the 2011 Amendment introduced new benefits to replace those granted
in accordance with the provisions of the Investment Law in effect prior to the 2011 Amendment. However, companies entitled to
benefits under the Investment Law as in effect prior to January 1, 2011 were entitled to choose to continue to enjoy such benefits,
provided that certain conditions are met, or elect instead, irrevocably, to forego such benefits and have the benefits of the 2011
Amendment apply. The 2017 Amendment introduces new benefits for Technological Enterprises, alongside the existing tax
benefits. Prior to 2011, we did not utilize any of the benefits for which we were eligible under the Investment Law.
The following is a summary of the Investment Law subsequent to its amendments as well as the relevant changes
contained in the new legislation.
Tax Benefits Subsequent to the 2005 Amendment
The 2005 Amendment applies to new investment programs and investment programs commencing after 2004, but does
not apply to investment programs approved prior to April 1, 2005 (“Approved Enterprise”). The 2005 Amendment provides that
terms and benefits included in any certificate of approval that was granted before the 2005 Amendment became effective (April
1, 2005) will remain subject to the provisions of the Investment Law as in effect on the date of such approval. Pursuant to the
2005 Amendment, the Israeli Authority for Investments and Development of the Israeli Ministry of Economy (the “Investment
Center”) will continue to grant Approved Enterprise status to qualifying investments. The 2005 Amendment, however, limits the
scope of enterprises that may be approved by the Investment Center by setting criteria for the approval of a facility as an
Approved Enterprise.
The 2005 Amendment provides that Approved Enterprise status will only be necessary for receiving cash grants. As a
result, it is no longer necessary for a company to obtain the advance approval of the Investment Center in order to receive the tax
benefits previously available under the alternative benefits track. Rather, a company may claim the tax benefits offered by the
Investment Law directly in its tax returns, provided that its facilities meet the criteria for tax benefits set forth in the 2005
Amendment. Companies or programs under the new provisions receiving these tax benefits are referred to as Beneficiary
Enterprises. Companies that have a Beneficiary Enterprise, are entitled to approach the Israel Tax Authority for a pre‑ruling
regarding their eligibility for tax benefits under the Investment Law, as amended.
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Tax benefits are available under the 2005 Amendment to production facilities (or other eligible facilities), which are
generally required to derive more than 25% of their business income from export to specific markets with a population of at least
14 million in 2012 (such export criteria will further increase in the future by 1.4% per annum). In order to receive the tax
benefits, the 2005 Amendment states that a company must make an investment which meets certain conditions, including
exceeding a minimum investment amount specified in the Investment Law. Such investment allows a company to receive
“Beneficiary Enterprise” status, and may be made over a period of no more than three years from the end of the year in which the
company chose to have the tax benefits apply to its Beneficiary Enterprise. Where the company requests to apply the tax benefits
to an expansion of existing facilities, only the expansion will be considered to be a Beneficiary Enterprise and the company’s
effective tax rate will be the weighted average of the applicable rates. In this case, the minimum investment required in order to
qualify as a Beneficiary Enterprise is required to exceed a certain percentage of the value of the company’s production assets
before the expansion.
The extent of the tax benefits available under the 2005 Amendment to qualifying income of a Beneficiary Enterprise
depends on, among other things, the geographic location in Israel of the Beneficiary Enterprise. The location will also determine
the period for which tax benefits are available. Such tax benefits include an exemption from corporate tax on undistributed
income for a period of between two to ten years, depending on the geographic location of the Beneficiary Enterprise in Israel, and
a reduced corporate tax rate of between 10% to 25% for the remainder of the benefits period, depending on the level of foreign
investment in the company in each year. A company qualifying for tax benefits under the 2005 Amendment which pays a
dividend out of income attributed to its Beneficiary Enterprise during the tax exemption period will be subject to corporate tax in
respect of the amount of the dividend distributed (grossed‑up to reflect the pre‑tax income that it would have had to earn in order
to distribute the dividend) at the corporate tax rate that would have otherwise been applicable. Dividends paid out of income
attributed to a Beneficiary Enterprise (or out of dividends received from a company whose income is attributed to a Beneficiary
Enterprise) are generally subject to withholding tax at source at the rate of 15% or such lower rate as may be provided in an
applicable tax treaty, applicable to dividends and distributions out of income attributed to a Beneficiary Enterprise. The reduced
rate of 15% is limited to dividends and distributions out of income attributed to a Beneficiary Enterprise during the benefits
period and actually paid at any time up to 12 years thereafter, except with respect to a qualified Foreign Investment Company (as
such term is defined in the Investment Law), in which case the 12‑year limit does not apply.
The benefits available to a Beneficiary Enterprise are subject to the fulfillment of conditions stipulated in the Investment
Law and its regulations. If a company does not meet these conditions, it would be required to refund the amount of tax benefits,
as adjusted by the Israeli consumer price index, and interest, or other monetary penalties.
We currently have Beneficiary Enterprise programs under the Investment Law, which we believe will entitle us to certain
tax benefits. The majority of any taxable income from our Beneficiary Enterprise programs (once generated) would be tax
exempt for a period of ten years commencing in the year in which we will first earn taxable income relating to such enterprises,
subject to the 12-year limitation from the year the company chose to have its tax benefits apply.
Tax Benefits Under the 2011 Amendment
The 2011 Amendment canceled the availability of the tax benefits granted under the Investment Law prior to 2011 and,
instead, introduced new tax benefits for income generated by a “Preferred Company” through its “Preferred Enterprise” (as such
terms are defined in the Investment Law) as of January 1, 2011. The definition of a Preferred Company includes a company
incorporated in Israel that is not fully owned by a governmental entity, and that has, among other things, Preferred Enterprise
status and is controlled and managed from Israel.
The tax benefits under the 2011 Amendment for a Preferred Company meeting the criteria of the law include, among
others, a reduced corporate tax rate of 15% for preferred income attributed to a Preferred Enterprise in 2011 and 2012, unless the
Preferred Enterprise was located in a specified development zone, in which case the rate was 10%. Under the 2011 Amendment,
such corporate tax rate was reduced in 2013 from 15% and 10%, respectively, to 12.5% and 7%, respectively, and then increased
to 16% and 9%, respectively, in 2014 and thereafter until 2016. Pursuant to the 2017 Amendment, in 2017 and thereafter, the
corporate tax rate for Preferred Enterprise which is located in a specified development zone was decreased to 7.5%, while the
reduced corporate tax rate for other development zones remains 16%. Income attributed to a Preferred Company from a “Special
Preferred Enterprise” (as such term is defined in the Investment Law) would be entitled, during a benefits period of 10 years, to
reduced tax rates of 8%, or 5% if the Special Preferred Enterprise is located in a certain development zone. As of January 1,
2017, the definition of “Special Preferred Enterprise” includes less stringent conditions. Dividends paid out of preferred income
attributed to a Preferred Enterprise or to a Special Preferred Enterprise are generally subject to withholding tax at source at the
rate of 20% or such lower rate as may be provided in an applicable tax treaty (subject to the receipt in advance of a valid
certificate from the Israel Tax Authority allowing for a reduced tax rate). However, if such dividends are paid to an Israeli
company, no tax is required to be withheld (although, if such dividends are subsequently distributed to individuals or a
non‑Israeli company, withholding tax at a rate of 20% or such lower rate as may be provided in an applicable tax treaty will
apply).
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The 2011 Amendment also provided transitional provisions to address companies already enjoying existing tax benefits
under the Investment Law. These transitional provisions provide, among other things, that: unless an irrevocable request is made
to apply the provisions of the Investment Law as amended in 2011 with respect to income to be derived as of January 1, 2011, a
Beneficiary Enterprise can elect to continue to benefit from the benefits provided to it before the 2011 Amendment came into
effect, provided that certain conditions are met.
We have examined the possible effect, if any, of these provisions of the 2011 Amendment on our financial statements and
have decided, at this time, not to opt to apply the new benefits under the 2011 Amendment. There can be no assurance that we
will comply with the conditions required to remain eligible for benefits under the Investment Law in the future or that we will be
entitled to any additional benefits thereunder.
New Tax benefits under the 2017 Amendment that became effective on January 1, 2017.
The 2017 Amendment was enacted as part of the Economic Efficiency Law that was published on December 29, 2016,
and is effective as of January 1, 2017. The 2017 Amendment provides new tax benefits for two types of “Technology
Enterprises,” as described below, and is in addition to the other existing tax beneficial programs under the Investment Law.
The 2017 Amendment provides that a technology company satisfying certain conditions will qualify as a “Preferred
Technology Enterprise” and will thereby enjoy a reduced corporate tax rate of 12% on income that qualifies as “Preferred
Technology Income,” as defined in the Investment Law. The tax rate is further reduced to 7.5% for a Preferred Technology
Enterprise located in development zone A. In addition, a Preferred Technology Company will enjoy a reduced corporate tax rate
of 12% on capital gain derived from the sale of certain “Benefitted Intangible Assets” (as defined in the Investment Law) to a
related foreign company if the Benefitted Intangible Assets were acquired from a foreign company on or after January 1, 2017 for
at least NIS 200 million, and the sale receives prior approval from the Israeli Innovation Authority.
The 2017 Amendment further provides that a technology company satisfying certain conditions will qualify as a “Special
Preferred Technology Enterprise” and will thereby enjoy a reduced corporate tax rate of 6% on “Preferred Technology Income”
regardless of the company’s geographic location within Israel. In addition, a Special Preferred Technology Enterprise will enjoy a
reduced corporate tax rate of 6% on capital gain derived from the sale of certain “Benefitted Intangible Assets” to a related
foreign company if the Benefitted Intangible Assets were either developed by Special Preferred Technology Enterprise or
acquired from a foreign company on or after January 1, 2017, and the sale received prior approval from IIA. A Special Preferred
Technology Enterprise that acquires Benefitted Intangible Assets from a foreign company for more than NIS 500 million will be
eligible for these benefits for at least ten years, subject to certain approvals as specified in the Investment Law.
Dividends distributed by a Preferred Technology Enterprise or a Special Preferred Technology Enterprise, paid out of
Preferred Technology Income, are generally subject to withholding tax at source at the rate of 20% or such lower rate as may be
provided in an applicable tax treaty (subject to the recipient in advance of a valid certificate from the Israeli Tax Authority
allowing for reduced tax rate). However, if such dividends are paid to an Israeli company, no tax is required to be withheld. If
such dividends are distributed to a foreign company and other conditions are met, the withholding tax rate will be 4% (or a lower
under the tax treaty, if applicable, subject to the receipt in advance of a valid certificate from the Israeli Tax Authority allowing
for a reduced tax rate).
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C. Research and Development, Patents and Licenses, etc.
Our research and development strategy is centered on developing our patented proteolytic enzyme technology, which
underlies NexoBrid and EscharEx, into additional products for high‑value indications. Our research and development team is
located at our facilities in Yavne, Israel, and consists of 65 employees as of December 31, 2020 and is supported by highly
experienced consultants in various research and development disciplines.
We have received government grants (subject to our obligation to pay royalties) as part of the NexoBrid and EscharEx
research and development programs approved by the IIA. The total gross amount of grants actually received by us from the IIA,
including accrued LIBOR interest and net of royalties actually paid, totaled approximately $13.7 million as of December 31,
2020 and the amortized cost (using the interest method) of the liability totaled approximately $6.9 million and $7.3 million as of
December 31, 2019 and 2020, respectively. Because the repayment of IIA grants is in the form of future royalties, the balance of
the commitments to the IIA is presented as an amortized liability on our balance sheet. As of December 31, 2020, we had accrued
and paid royalties to the IIA totaling $0.2 million.
We received funds from BARDA in accordance with the terms of our BARDA contracts. As of December 31, 2020 we
had accrued $57 million of BARDA’s participation in NexoBrid’s research and development programs.
For a description of our research and development policies for the last three years, see “ITEM 4.B. Business Overview—
Research and Development.”
D. Trend Information
The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted companies in Israel and around the world, and as its trajectory remains highly
uncertain, we cannot predict the duration and severity of the outbreak and its containment measures. Further, we cannot predict
impacts, trends and uncertainties involving the pandemic’s effects on economic activity, the size of our labor force, our third-
party partners, our investments in marketable securities, and the extent to which our revenue, income, profitability, liquidity, or
capital resources may be materially and adversely affected. See also “ITEM 3.D. – Risk Factors – “The coronavirus (COVID-19)
outbreak could adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.” and – “We depend on a sole supplier
to obtain our intermediate drug substance, bromelain SP, which is necessary for the production of our products.”
Other than the foregoing and as disclosed elsewhere in this annual report, we are not aware of any trends, uncertainties,
demands, commitments or events for the period from January 1, 2020 to the present time that are reasonably likely to have a
material adverse effect on our net revenue, income, profitability, liquidity or capital resources, or that caused the disclosed
financial information to be not necessarily indicative of future operating results or financial condition.
E. Off‑Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not currently engage in off‑balance sheet financing arrangements. In addition, we do not have any interest in
entities referred to as variable interest entities, which includes special purposes entities and other structured finance entities.
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Item 6. DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES
A. Directors and Senior Management
The following table sets forth the name, age and position of each of our executive officers and directors as of February 15,
2021:
Name
Executive Officers
Sharon Malka
Boaz Gur-Lavie
Lior Rosenberg, M.D.
Ety Klinger Ph.D.
Yaron Meyer
Directors
Stephen Wills(3)
Ofer Gonen
Assaf Segal
Vickie R. Driver, M.D(3)
Nissim Mashiach(1)(2)(3)(4)
Sharon Kochan(1)(2)(3)(4)
Samuel Moed (2)(3)(4)
David Fox(1)(3)(4)
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(1) Member of our audit committee.
(2) Member of our compensation committee.
Age
Position
49
47
75
59
42
64
48
49
67
60
52
58
63
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer
Chief Medical Technology Officer
Chief Research and Development Officer
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
Director
(3) Independent director under the listing rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market.
(4) External director under the Companies Law.
Executive Officers
Sharon Malka has served as our Chief Executive Officer since May 2019. Prior to that time, he served as our Chief
Financial and Operations Officer, beginning in April 2007. From 2002 to 2007, Mr. Malka was a partner at Variance Economic
Consulting Ltd., a multi‑disciplinary consulting boutique that specializes in financial and business services. Mr. Malka also
served as a Senior Manager at Kesselman Corporate Finance, a division of PricewaterhouseCoopers Global Network, from 1998
to 2002. Mr. Malka holds a B.Sc. in Business Administration from the Business Management College in Israel and an M.B.A.
from Bar Ilan University, Israel.
Boaz Gur-Lavie has served as our Chief Financial Officer since June 2019. Prior to joining MediWound, Mr. Gur-Lavie
co-founded in 2015 the Center for Digital Innovation (CDI), a non-profit organization determined to improve the quality of lives
by creating innovative new solutions for challenges in the space of healthy aging and digital health, while focusing on senior
citizens. In early 2015, he also co-founded MDClone, which introduced the world’s first Healthcare Data Sandbox, unlocking
healthcare data to enable exploration, discovery and collaboration. Previously, he served as the chief financial officer of the
Nasdaq-listed company, Pluristem Therapeutics, a stem-cell development company, from 2013 to 2015. He also served as the
chief financial officer of STARLIMS, a Nasdaq listed company, until it was acquired by Abbott Laboratories in 2010, after which
he served as the chief financial officer of Abbott’s informatics division until 2013. Mr. Gur-Lavie is a certified public accountant
and received his B.A. in economics and M.B.A. in finance from the Ben-Gurion University in Israel.
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Lior Rosenberg is one of our co‑founders and has served as our Chief Medical Technology Officer since 2001 and served
as a member of our board of directors from 2001 to 2013. Since 2001, Dr. Rosenberg has headed the unit for Cleft Lip Palate and
Craniofacial Deformities at Soroka University Medical Center and Meir Medical Centers in Beer Sheva and Kfar Saba, Israel,
respectively. Since 1987, he has served as a Full Professor of plastic surgery at the Ben‑Gurion University Medical School in
Beer Sheva, Israel. He also serves as the Chairman of the Burn Disaster Committee for the International Society of Burn Injuries
and the Israeli Ministry of Health. From 1987 to 2012, Dr. Rosenberg served as the chairman of the Department of Plastic
Surgery and Burn Unit at Soroka University Medical Center in Beer Sheva, Israel. He is a founding member of the Israeli Burn
Association and the Mediterranean Burn Council, a member of the American Burn Association and a national representative at
the European Burn Association. Dr. Rosenberg holds a M.D. degree from Tel‑Aviv University, Israel and a Professor of Plastic
Surgery degree from the Ben Gurion University, Israel.
Ety Klinger has served as our Chief Research and Development Officer since May 2014. Prior to joining MediWound, Dr.
Klinger was Vice President of Research and Development at Proteologics Ltd since July 2011, where she was responsible for
discovery projects in the ubiquitin system, conducted in collaboration with GlaxoSmithKline plc and Teva. Prior to this, Dr.
Klinger served for 17 years in numerous leadership positions at Teva’s global innovative R&D division and served as Teva’s
Board representative at various biotechnology companies. Dr. Klinger was a key member of the Copaxone® development team.
As a project leader she led the chemistry, manufacture and control, preclinical, clinical and post‑marketing R&D activities of
various innovative treatments for multiple sclerosis (MS), autoimmune and neurological diseases. From 2006 to 2011, as a Senior
Director at Teva, Dr. Klinger was a member of Teva’s global innovative R&D management team. From 2006 to 2008, she served
as the Head of MS and Autoimmune Diseases at Teva, and led the Life Cycle Management (LCM) of innovative R&D. Dr.
Klinger holds a B.Sc. in Biology from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, a M.S. and a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Tel‑Aviv
University and an MBA degree from Tel Aviv University and Northwestern University.
Yaron Meyer has served as our Executive Vice President since March 2019 and as our General Counsel and Corporate
Secretary since December 2013. From April 2008 to November 2013, he served as the Corporate Secretary of Clal Biotechnology
Industries Ltd. (CBI). From November 2010 to November 2013, he served as the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of
D‑Pharm Ltd. From April 2008 to May 2010, he served as a legal counsel of Clal Industries Ltd. From May 2005 to April 2008,
he worked as an associate at Shibolet & Co. Advocates. Mr. Meyer holds an LL.B. degree from Haifa University, Israel.
Directors
Stephen T. Wills has served as a member of our board of directors since May 2017, as Chairman of our board since
October 2017 and as Executive Chairman of our board since May 2019. Mr. Wills has served, since 1997, as the Executive Vice
President, Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Palatin Technologies, Inc. ("Palatin"), a publicly‑held
biopharmaceutical company developing targeted, receptor‑specific peptide therapeutics for the treatment of diseases with
significant unmet medical need and commercial potential. He has served in various roles at Palatin since 2017, including as
Executive Vice President of Operations from 2005 until June 2011 and as and as Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice
President from 2011 to present. Mr. Wills served as Executive Chairman and Interim Principal Executive Officer of Derma
Sciences, Inc. ("Derma"), a publicly‑held company providing advanced wound care products, from December 2015 until
February 2017 when Derma was acquired by Integra Lifesciences Holdings Corporation. Mr. Wills also served as the lead
director and chairman of the audit committee until February 2017 and as Derma Chief Financial Officer from 1997 to 2000. Mr.
Wills serves on the board of trustees and executive committee of The Hun School of Princeton since 2013, and its chairman since
June 2018. From 1991 to 2000 Mr. Wills was the president and Chief Operating Officer of Golomb, Wills & Company, P.C., a
public accounting firm. Mr. Wills, a certified public accountant, received his B.S in accounting from West Chester University,
and a M.S. in taxation from Temple University.
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Ofer Gonen has served as a member of our board of directors since September 2003. Mr. Gonen is the Chief Executive
Officer of Clal Biotechnology Industries Ltd. (TASE: CBI) since 2017. Mr. Gonen manages CBI's life science investments and
business development in both the U.S. and Israel. Previously Mr. Gonen served as a Vice President of CBI from 2003-2015.
Mr. Gonen serves as a board member of several portfolio companies, including Gamida Cell Ltd. (Nasdaq: GMDA). Prior to
joining CBI, Mr. Gonen was the general manager of Biomedical Investments Ltd., a partner in Arte Venture Group as well as
technology consultant to various Israeli venture capital funds. Mr. Gonen gained extensive experience in R&D and management
of defense-oriented projects within the prestigious "Talpiot" program of the Israeli Defense Forces, for which he was awarded the
Israeli National Security Medal. Mr. Gonen holds a B.Sc. in Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry from the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem and an M.A. in Economics and Finance from Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Assaf Segal has served as a member of our board of directors since October 2017. Mr. Segal has served as the Chief
Financial Officer at Clal Biotechnology Industries Ltd. since July 2015. Mr. Segal serves as a board member of several
companies, including FDNA Inc., Pi-Cardia Ltd., Biokine therapeutics Ltd., Campus Bio Ltd., Clal Life Sciences L.P. and Clal
Application Center Ltd. Prior to that time, Mr. Segal was a Partner at Variance Economic Consulting Ltd., from 2004 until June
2015, where he provided in‑depth consulting for international and local clients in a wide range of industries, including
telecommunications, internet, biotech, heavy industry and financial sectors. Previously, he founded a start‑up software company.
Mr. Segal also previously held a managerial position at PriceWaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance and was an Economic
Department manager at the North American division of Amdocs Inc. His experience also includes risk management and house
account (“Nostro”) trading at the Union Bank of Israel, and serving as an economist for capital markets in the Research
Department of the Bank of Israel. Mr. Segal also has many years of experience in economic consulting and company valuations,
joint ventures and financial instruments for investments, M&A, and IPOs. He has 15 years of experience in economic consulting
for international and local clients in the Bio‑Tech sector as well as in Hi‑Tech, financial and other sectors. He holds a B.A. in
Economics and Statistics and an M.B.A. (Finance and Information Systems) from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Vickie R. Driver has served as a member of our board of directors since May 2017. Dr. Driver is board certified in foot
surgery by the American Board of Podiatric Surgery and is a Fellow at the American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons,
licensed in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Her career as a podiatric physician and surgeon has included a special emphasis on
limb preservation and wound healing in her medical practice, as well as, research and education. Dr. Driver was Professor of
Surgery in the Department of Orthopedics at Brown University (Clinical) from 2014 to 2019 and is now Adjunct Professor of
Barry University and Visiting Professor at Cardiff University. She has served for 11 years on the Board of Directors for the
Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (“AAWC”), and recently completed her tenure as President for this
international organization. Dr. Driver is also the chair of Wound Care Experts and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”)
Clinical Endpoints Project. She also serves as a member at large to the Board of Directors of the Wound Healing Society
(“WHS”) and Board Member to the Critical Limb Ischemia (“CLI”) Global Society. In addition, she serves on multiple national
and international clinical committees that focus on preventing limb loss and improving wound healing in the high‑risk
population. She has served as an investigator for more than 70 important multi‑center randomized clinical trials, as well as
developed and supervised multiple research fellowship training programs. She has served and chaired multiple committees for
large national and international pivotal clinical trials and has authored over 120 publications and abstracts. Dr. Driver is credited
with the development and directorship of multiple major multidisciplinary Limb Preservation – Wound Healing Centers of
Excellence, including Military/VA, Hospital and University based programs. From 2015 to 2019, she has served as Director,
Translational Medicine, Wound Healing at the Novartis Institute for Biomedical Research. From 2011 to 2014, she was Program
Director, Inaugural Educational Committee at the American College of Wound Healing and Tissue Repair at University of Illinois
School of Medicine. From 2011 to 2015, she was also Scientific Director, Colorado Prevention Center, Wound Care Laboratory
at the University of Colorado. From 2012 to 2015, Dr. Driver held a number of positions at the Providence Veterans
Administration Medical Center in Rhode Island, including Chief, Section of Podiatric Surgery and Director, Clinical Research,
Limb Preservation and Wound Healing. Prior thereto, she held various positions at multiple major multidisciplinary Limb
Preservation – Wound Healing Centers of Excellence. Dr. Driver received a Doctorate of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery from
the California College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery and a Masters in Medical Education from Samuel Merritt University.
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Nissim Mashiach has served as a member of our board of directors since June 2017. Mr. Mashiach served as President and
Chief Executive Officer of Macrocure Ltd., a Nasdaq‑listed biotechnology company focused on the treatment of chronic and
other hard‑to‑heal wounds, from June 2012 to January 2017. From 2009 to 2012, he served as General Manager at Ethicon, a
Johnson & Johnson company. Prior to Ethicon, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer at Omrix Biopharmaceuticals,
Inc., which was acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 2008. Prior to Omrix, Mr. Mashiach held leadership positions at several
pharmaceutical companies. He holds an MBA from the University of Manchester in Manchester, England, an MPharmSc from
the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Israel, and a B.Sc, Chemical Engineering from the Technion‑Israel Institute of Technology
in Haifa, Israel.
Sharon Kochan has served as a member of our board of directors since June 2017. Mr. Kochan has served as Executive
Vice President & President pharmaceuticals, for Perrigo Company Plc., a global, over‑the‑counter, consumer goods and specialty
pharmaceutical company listed on the New York Stock Exchange, since 2018, President International from 2012 to 2018 and has
been a member of the Perrigo Executive Committee since 2007. From March 2007 to July 2012, he served as Executive Vice
President, General Manager of Prescription Pharmaceuticals for Perigo and from 2005 to 2007, he was Senior Vice President of
Business Development and Strategy for Perrigo. Mr. Kochan was Vice President, Business Development of Agis Industries
(1983) Ltd. from 2001 until Perrigo acquired Agis in 2005. He completed the Senior Management Program at the Technion
Institute of Management in Haifa, Israel, received a Master of Science in Operations Research & Management Science from
Columbia University in New York City and received a Bachelor of Science in Industrial and Management Engineering from
Tel‑Aviv University in Tel‑Aviv, Israel.
Mr. Samuel Moed has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2020. Prior to joining our board, Mr. Moed
served as an executive at Bristol-Myers Squibb, a global biopharma company focused on innovative therapeutics. In his most
recent capacity as Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Mr. Moed led the strategic planning of the company in all major
business activities worldwide. Previously, Mr. Moed oversaw strategy for BMS’ Worldwide Pharmaceuticals Group,
encompassing a range of global strategic initiatives, and managed a global portfolio of strategic alliances. Among other positions,
he served as President of U.S. Pharmaceuticals and as President of Worldwide Consumer Healthcare. Mr. Moed received a BA in
history from Columbia University in New York City.
Mr. David Fox has served as a member of our board of directors since April 2020. Mr. Fox was most recently a partner at
Kirkland & Ellis LLP and served as a member of its Global Executive Management Committee until 2019. Prior to joining
Kirkland, Mr. Fox was partner with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, where he was a member of its top governing
committee. Mr. Fox is a director of Israel Discount Bank of New York, Gamida Cell Ltd., Atrium European Real Estate Limited,
Atlas Crest Investment Corp. (which he is expected to leave upon closing of the merger between atlas crest and archer aviation)
and Atlas Crest Investment Corp. II. He is a member of the board of directors at the Park Avenue Armory, and a member of the
advisory board of New Alternatives for Children. Mr. Fox serves on the executive committee of the board of governors, and is an
honorary fellow of the Hebrew University, Jerusalem. He holds an LL.B. degree from Jerusalem University, Israel.
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B. Compensation
Compensation of Directors and Executive Officers
The table below reflects the compensation granted to our five most highly compensated officers during or with respect to
the year ended December 31, 2020. All amounts reported in the table reflect the cost to the company, as recognized in our
financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020.
Name and Position
Salary &
Social
Benefits(1)
Bonus
Share‑Based
Payment(2)
( thousand U.S. dollars)(4)
Other
Compensation(3)
Total
Sharon Malka, Chief Executive Officer
Lior Rosenberg, M.D., Chief Medical Technology Officer
Ety Klinger, Chief Research & Development Officer
Boaz Gur-Lavie, Chief Financial Officer
398
313
273
241
119
104
86
76
250
45
60
63
3
23
16
24
770
485
435
404
Yaron Meyer, Executive Vice president, General Counsel &
Corporate Secretary
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(1) Represents the officer’s gross salary plus payment of mandatory social benefits made by the company on behalf of such officer. Such benefits may
include, to the extent applicable to the executive, payments, contributions and/or allocations for savings funds (e.g., Managers’ Life Insurance Policy),
education funds (referred to in Hebrew as “keren hishtalmut”), pension, severance, risk insurances (e.g., life or work disability insurance) and
payments for social security.
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5
364
(2) Represents the equity‑based compensation expenses recorded in the company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31,
2020 based on the options’ grant date fair value in accordance with accounting guidance for equity‑based compensation.
(3) Represents the other benefits to such officer, which includes either or both of (i) car expenses, including lease costs, gas and maintenance, provided to
the officers, and (ii) vacation benefits.
(4) Converted (i) from NIS into U.S. dollars at the rate of NIS3.4 = U.S$1, based on the average representative rate of exchange between the NIS and the
U.S. dollar in the year ended December 31, 2020 as reported by the Bank of Israel in the year ended December 31, 2020.
The aggregate compensation paid and equity‑based compensation and other payments expensed by us and our
subsidiaries to our directors and executive officers with respect to the year ended December 31, 2020 was $0.9 million. As of
December 31, 2020, options to purchase 1,421,249 ordinary shares, exercisable at a weighted average exercise price of $2.63 per
share, and restricted share units (“RSUs”) that may be settled for 60,003 ordinary shares, in each case granted to our directors and
executive officers, were outstanding under our equity incentive plans. We do not have any written agreements with any director
providing for benefits upon the termination of such director’s relationship with our company or its subsidiaries.
Employment Agreements with Executive Officers
We have entered into written employment agreements with all of our executive officers, which include standard
provisions for a company in our industry regarding non‑competition/solicitation, confidentiality of information and assignment of
inventions. Except for Prof. Rosenberg, our Chief Medical Technology Officer, our executive officers will not receive benefits
upon the termination of their respective employment with us, other than payment of salary and benefits (and limited accrual of
vacation days) during the required notice period for termination of their employment, which varies for each individual. Upon
termination of his employment, Prof. Rosenberg is entitled to a one‑time termination payment of ten months of salary.
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Directors’ Service Contracts
Other than with respect to our directors that are also executive officers, there are no arrangements or understandings
between us, on the one hand, and any of our directors, on the other hand, providing for benefits upon termination of their service
as directors of our company.
2003 Israeli Share Option Plan
In November 2003, we adopted our 2003 Israeli Share Option Plan (the “2003 Plan”). The 2003 Plan provides for the
grant of options to our and our subsidiaries’ directors, employees, officers, consultants and service providers, among others.
The initial reserved pool under the 2003 Plan was 1,710,000 ordinary shares and subsequently increased to a total of
3,230,000 ordinary shares. The 2003 Plan expired on December 31, 2013. Options that remain outstanding under the 2003 Plan
continue to be governed by the terms of the plan, notwithstanding that expiration. The 2003 Plan is administered by our board of
directors or a committee designated by our board of directors, which determines, subject to Israeli law, the grantees of options,
the terms of the options, including exercise prices, vesting schedules, acceleration of vesting, the type of option and the other
matters necessary or desirable for, or incidental to the administration of the 2003 Plan. The 2003 Plan provides for the issuance of
options under various tax regimes including, without limitation, pursuant to Sections 102 and 3(i) of the Israeli Income Tax
Ordinance (New Version) 1961 (the “Ordinance”).
Section 102 of the Ordinance allows employees, directors and officers who are not controlling shareholders and who are
Israeli residents to receive favorable tax treatment for compensation in the form of shares or options. Section 102 of the
Ordinance includes two alternatives for tax treatment involving the issuance of options or shares to a trustee for the benefit of the
grantees and also includes an additional alternative for the issuance of options or shares directly to the grantee. Section 102(b)(2)
of the Ordinance, which provides the most favorable tax treatment for grantees, permits the issuance to a trustee under the
“capital gains track.” In order to comply with the terms of the capital gains track, all options granted under a specific plan and
subject to the provisions of Section 102 of the Ordinance, as well as the shares issued upon exercise of such options and other
shares received following any realization of rights with respect to such options, such as share dividends and share splits, must be
registered in the name of a trustee selected by the board of directors and held in trust for the benefit of the relevant employee,
director or officer. The trustee may not release these options or shares to the relevant grantee before the second anniversary of the
registration of the options in the name of the trustee. However, under this track, we are not allowed to deduct an expense with
respect to the issuance of the options or shares.
The 2003 Plan provides that options granted to our employees, directors and officers who are not controlling shareholders
and who are considered Israeli residents are intended to qualify for special tax treatment under the “capital gains track”
provisions of Section 102(b)(2) of the Ordinance. Our Israeli non‑employee service providers and controlling shareholders may
only be granted options under Section 3(i) of the Ordinance, which does not provide for similar tax benefits.
Options granted under the 2003 Plan are subject to vesting schedules and generally expire ten years from approval of the
option and vest over a four‑year period commencing on the date of grant, such that 25% of the granted options vest annually on
each of the first, second, third and fourth anniversaries of the date of grant. Under the 2003 Plan, in the event of termination of
employment or services for reasons of disability or death, the grantee, or in the case of death, his or her legal successor, may
exercise options that have vested prior to termination within a period of six months after the date of termination. If a grantee’s
employment or service is terminated for cause, all of the grantee’s vested and unvested options expire on the date of termination.
If a grantee’s employment or service is terminated for any other reason, the grantee may exercise his or her vested options within
90 days after the date of termination. Any expired or unvested options are returned to the pool for reissuance.
The 2003 Plan provides that in the event of a merger or consolidation of our company or a sale of all, or substantially all,
of our assets, the unexercised options outstanding may be assumed, or substituted for an appropriate number of shares of each
class of shares or other securities as were distributed to our shareholders in connection with such transaction and the exercise
price will be appropriately adjusted. If not so assumed or substituted, all non‑vested and non‑exercised options will expire upon
the closing of the transaction. Our board of directors or its designated committee, as applicable, may provide in the option
agreement that if the acquirer does not agree to assume or substitute the options, vesting of the options shall be accelerated so that
any unvested option or any portion thereof will vest 10 days prior to the closing of the transaction. In the event that such
consideration received in the transaction is not solely in the form of ordinary shares of another company, the board of directors or
the designated committee, as applicable, may, with the approval of the acquirer, provide that in lieu of the assumption or
substitution of the options, the options will be substituted by another type of asset or property, including cash.
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2014 Equity Incentive Plan
In March 2014, we adopted and obtained shareholder approval for our 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, which was amended as
of December 18, 2018 (the “2014 Plan”). The 2014 Plan provides for the grant of options, restricted shares, RSUs and other
share‑based awards to our and our subsidiaries’ and affiliates’ directors, employees, officers, consultants and advisors, among
others and to any other person whose services are considered valuable to us or them, to continue as service providers, to increase
their efforts on our behalf or behalf of a subsidiary or affiliate and to promote the success of our business. Following the approval
of the 2014 Plan by the Israeli tax authorities, we are only granting options or other equity incentive awards under the 2014 Plan,
although previously‑granted options and awards will continue to be governed by our 2003 Plan and the shares underlying such
options and awards will count against the reserved pool for the 2014 Plan. The initial reserved pool under the 2014 Plan was
3,032,742 ordinary shares, which will automatically increase on January 1 of each year by a number of ordinary shares equal to
the lowest of (i) 2% of our outstanding shares, (ii) 600,000 shares and (iii) a number of shares determined by our board of
directors, if so determined prior to January 1 of the year in which the increase will occur; provided that the pool of shares
reserved under the Plan shall not exceed 15% (fifteen percent) of the then outstanding shares. Pursuant to an “evergreen”
provision in the 2014 Plan, the reserved pool was increased by 431,006, 540,955, 543,577 and, 544,055 ordinary shares as of
January 1, 2015, January 1, 2018, January 1, 2019 and January 1, 2020, respectively, representing 2% of our outstanding shares
as of each such date. We did not increase the reserved pool in 2016 or 2017.
The 2014 Plan is administered by our board of directors or by a committee designated by the board of directors, which
determine, subject to Israeli law, the grantees of awards and the terms of the grant, including exercise prices, vesting schedules,
acceleration of vesting and the other matters necessary in the administration of the 2014 Plan. The 2014 Plan enables us to issue
awards under various tax regimes, including, without limitation, pursuant to Sections 102 and 3(i) of the Ordinance, as discussed
under “—2003 Share Incentive Plan” above, and under Section 422 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
“Code”).
Options granted under the 2014 Plan to U.S. residents may qualify as “incentive stock options” within the meaning of
Section 422 of the Code, or may be non‑qualified. The exercise price for “incentive stock options” must not be less than the fair
market value on the date on which an option is granted, or 110% of the fair market value if the option holder holds more than
10% of our share capital.
We currently intend to grant awards under the 2014 Plan under the capital gains track of Section 102(b)(2) of the
Ordinance only to our employees, directors and officers who are not controlling shareholders and are considered Israeli residents.
Awards under the 2014 Plan may be granted until ten years from the date on which the 2014 Plan was approved by our
board of directors.
Options granted under the 2014 Plan generally vest over three or four years commencing on the date of grant, such that
33% or 25%, respectively, vests annually on the anniversary of the date of grant. Options, other than certain incentive share
options, that are not exercised within ten years from the grant date expire, unless otherwise determined by our board of directors
or its designated committee, as applicable. Share options that qualify as “incentive stock options” and are granted to a person
holding more than 10% of our voting power will expire within five years from the date of the grant. In the event of the death of a
grantee while employed by or performing service for us or a subsidiary or within three months thereafter, or the termination of a
grantee’s employment or services for reasons of disability, the grantee, or in the case of death, his or her legal successor, may
exercise options that have vested prior to termination within a period of one year from the date of disability or death. If we
terminate a grantee’s employment or service for cause, all of the grantee’s vested and unvested options will expire on the date of
termination. If a grantee’s employment or service is terminated for any other reason, the grantee may exercise his or her vested
options within three months of the date of termination. Any expired or unvested options return to the pool for reissuance.
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In the event of a merger or consolidation of our company or a sale of all, or substantially all, of our shares or assets or
other transaction having a similar effect on us, then without the consent of the option holder, our board of directors or its
designated committee, as applicable, may but is not required to (i) cause any outstanding award to be assumed or an equivalent
award to be substituted by such successor corporation, or (ii) in case the successor corporation refuses to assume or substitute the
award (a) provide the grantee with the option to exercise the award as to all or part of the shares or (b) cancel the options against
payment in cash in an amount determined by the board of directors or the committee as fair in the circumstances.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, our board of directors or its designated committee may upon such event amend or terminate the
terms of any award, including conferring the right to purchase any other security or asset that the board of directors shall deem, in
good faith, appropriate. Our board of directors or its designated committee may, in its discretion, approve that any awards granted
under the 2014 Plan shall be subject to additional conditions in the case of a merger or a consolidation.
Restricted share awards are ordinary shares that are awarded to a participant subject to the satisfaction of the terms and
conditions established by the board of directors or a committee designated by the board of directors. Until such time as the
applicable restrictions lapse, restricted shares are subject to forfeiture and may not be sold, assigned, pledged or otherwise
disposed of by the participant who holds those shares. Generally, if a grantee’s employment or service is terminated for any
reason prior to the expiration of the time when the restrictions lapse, shares that are still restricted will be forfeited.
The following table provides information regarding the outstanding options to purchase our ordinary shares, and RSUs
held by each of our directors and executive officers who beneficially owns greater than 1% of our ordinary shares (after including
shares underlying options or RSUs) as of February 15, 2021:
Number of
Options
Number of
RSUs
Grant Date
Exercise
Price
Vested
Options/RSU's
as
of February
15, 2021
Expiration
Date
121,600
50,000
135,000
40,000
81,170
76,000
25,000
20,000
43,600
12/24/2013 $
12/23/2015 $
12/31/2018 $
45,000 12/31/2018
5/2/2019 $
5/2/2019
6/29/2020 $
20,000
12/24/2013 $
12/23/2015 $
12/31/2018 $
6,667 12/31/2018
4/23/2020 $
12.89
9.58
5.15
4.92
1.75
12.89
9.58
5.15
1.75
121,600 12/23/2023
50,000 12/22/2025
67,500 12/30/2028
22,500
10,000
5,000
-
6/28/2030
5/1/2029
76,000 12/23/2023
25,000 12/22/2025
5,000 12/30/2028
3,334
-
4/22/2030
Sharon Malka, Chief Executive Officer
Name
Lior Rosenberg, Chief Medical Technology Officers
C. Board Practices
Board of Directors
Under the Israeli Companies Law, the management of our company is vested in our board of directors. Our board of
directors may exercise all powers and may take all actions that are not specifically granted to our shareholders or to management.
Our executive officers are responsible for our day‑to‑day management and have individual responsibilities established by our
board of directors. Our Chief Executive Officer is appointed by, and serves at the discretion of, our board of directors, subject to
the employment agreement that we have entered into with him. All other executive officers are also appointed by our board of
directors, and are subject to the terms of any applicable employment agreements that we may enter into with them.
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Under our articles of association, our board of directors must consist of at least five and not more than nine directors,
including at least two external directors required to be appointed under the Israeli Companies Law. At any time the minimum
number of directors (other than the external directors) shall not fall below three. Other than external directors, for whom special
election requirements apply under the Israeli Companies Law, as detailed below, the Israeli Companies Law and our articles of
association provide that directors are elected annually at the general meeting of our shareholders by a vote of the holders of a
majority of the voting power represented present and voting, in person or by proxy, at that meeting. We have only one class of
directors.
In accordance with the exemption available to foreign private issuers under Nasdaq rules, we are not required to comply
with the requirements of the Nasdaq rules with regard to having a majority of independent directors on our board of directors, as
long as we follow Israeli law and practice, in accordance with which our board of directors includes at least two external
directors. Our board of directors has determined that four of our six current directors are independent under the Nasdaq Stock
Market listing rules. The definition of “independent director” under the Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules and “external director”
under the Israeli Companies Law overlap to a significant degree such that we would generally expect the two directors that serve
as external directors to qualify as independent under the Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules. However, it is possible for a director
to qualify as an “external director” under the Israeli Companies Law without qualifying as an “independent director” under the
Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules, or vice‑versa. The definition of external director under the Israeli Companies Law includes a
set of statutory criteria that must be satisfied, including criteria whose aim is to ensure that there is no factor that would impair
the ability of the external director to exercise independent judgment. The definition of independent director under the Nasdaq
Stock Market listing rules specifies similar, although less stringent, requirements in addition to the requirement that the board of
directors consider any factor which would impair the ability of the independent director to exercise independent judgment. In
addition, external directors serve for a period of three years pursuant to the requirements of the Israeli Companies Law. However,
external directors must be elected by a special majority of shareholders while independent directors may be elected by an
ordinary majority. See “—External Directors” for a description of the requirements under the Israeli Companies Law for a
director to serve as an external director.
In accordance with the exemption available to foreign private issuers under Nasdaq rules, we do not follow the
requirements of the Nasdaq rules with regard to the process of nominating directors, and instead follow Israeli law and practice,
in accordance with which our board of directors (or a committee thereof) is authorized to recommend to our shareholders director
nominees for election.
Under the Israeli Companies Law and our articles of association, nominees for directors may also be proposed by any
shareholder holding at least 1% of our outstanding voting power. However, any such shareholder may propose a nominee only if
a written notice of such shareholder’s intent to propose a nominee has been given to our Secretary (or, if we have no such
Secretary, our Chief Executive Officer). Pursuant to our Articles of Association, any such notice must include certain
information, including, among other things, a description of all arrangements between the nominating shareholder and the
proposed director nominee(s) and any other person pursuant to which the nomination(s) are to be made by the nominating
shareholder, the consent of the proposed director nominee(s) to serve as our director(s) if elected and a declaration signed by the
nominee(s) declaring that there is no limitation under the Israeli Companies Law preventing their election, and that all of the
information that is required under the Israeli Companies Law to be provided to us in connection with such election has been
provided. Under the Israeli Companies Law regulations, any such shareholder nomination must be delivered to our registered
Israeli office within seven days after we publish notice of our upcoming annual general meeting of shareholders (or within 14
days after we publish a preliminary notification of an upcoming annual general meeting).
In addition, our articles of association allow our board of directors to appoint directors to fill vacancies on our board of
directors for a term of office equal to the remaining period of the term of office of the director(s) whose office(s) have been
vacated. External directors are elected for an initial term of three years and may be elected for additional three‑year terms under
the circumstances described below. External directors may be removed from office only under the limited circumstances set forth
in the Israeli Companies Law. See “—External Directors.”
Under the Israeli Companies Law, our board of directors must determine the minimum number of directors who are
required to have accounting and financial expertise. See “—External Directors” below. In determining the number of directors
required to have such expertise, our board of directors must consider, among other things, the type and size of the company and
the scope and complexity of its operations. Our board of directors has determined that the minimum number of directors of our
company who are required to have accounting and financial expertise is one.
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We are not a party to, and are not aware of, any voting agreements among our shareholders. In addition, there are no
family relationships among our executive officers and directors.
Under regulations promulgated under the Israeli Companies Law, Israeli public companies whose shares are traded on
certain U.S. stock exchanges, such as the Nasdaq Global Market, and that lack a controlling shareholder (as defined below) are
exempt from the requirement to appoint external directors. Any such company is also exempt from the Israeli Companies Law
requirements related to the composition of the audit and compensation committees of the Board. Eligibility for these exemptions
is conditioned on compliance with U.S. stock exchange listing rules related to majority Board independence and the composition
of the audit and compensation committees of the Board, as applicable to all listed domestic U.S. companies. Because we have a
controlling shareholder (CBI), we are not eligible for these exemptions under the new regulations.
External Directors
Under the Israeli Companies Law, our board of directors is required to include at least two members who qualify as
external directors. Our current external directors are Nissim Mashiach and Sharon Kochan, each of whom serves on our audit
committee and compensation committee.
The provisions of the Israeli Companies Law set forth special approval requirements for the election of external directors.
External directors must be elected by a majority vote of the shares present and voting at a meeting of shareholders, provided that
either:
•
•
such majority includes at least a majority of the shares held by all shareholders who are not controlling shareholders and do not have a
personal interest in the election of the external director (other than a personal interest not deriving from a relationship with a controlling
shareholder) that are voted at the meeting, excluding abstentions, to which we refer as a disinterested majority; or
the total number of shares voted by non‑controlling shareholders and by shareholders who do not have a personal interest in the election of the
external director against the election of the external director does not exceed 2% of the aggregate voting rights in the company.
The term “controlling shareholder” as used in the Israeli Companies Law for purposes of all matters related to external
directors and for certain other purposes (such as the requirements related to appointment to the audit committee or compensation
committee, as described below), means a shareholder with the ability to direct the activities of the company, other than by virtue
of being an office holder. A shareholder is presumed to be a controlling shareholder if the shareholder holds 50% or more of the
voting rights in a company or has the right to appoint the majority of the directors of the company or its general manager. With
respect to certain matters (various related party transactions), a controlling shareholder is deemed to include a shareholder that
holds 25% or more of the voting rights in a public company if no other shareholder holds more than 50% of the voting rights in
the company, but excludes a shareholder whose power derives solely from his or her position as a director of the company or
from any other position with the company.
The initial term of an external director is three years. Thereafter, an external director may be reelected by shareholders to
serve in that capacity for up to two additional three‑year terms, provided that either:
(i) his or her service for each such additional term is recommended by one or more shareholders holding at least 1% of the company’s voting
rights and is approved at a shareholders meeting by a disinterested majority, where the total number of shares held by non‑controlling,
disinterested shareholders voting for such reelection exceeds 2% of the aggregate voting rights in the company, subject to additional
restrictions set forth in the Israeli Companies Law with respect to affiliations of external director nominee; or
(ii) his or her service for each such additional term is recommended by the board of directors and is approved at a meeting of shareholders by the
same majority required for the initial election of an external director (as described above).
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The term of office for external directors for Israeli companies traded on certain foreign stock exchanges, including the
Nasdaq Global Market, may be extended indefinitely in increments of additional three‑year terms, in each case provided that the
audit committee and the board of directors of the company confirm that, in light of the external director’s expertise and special
contribution to the work of the board of directors and its committees, the reelection for such additional period(s) is beneficial to
the company, and provided that the external director is reelected subject to the same shareholder vote requirements (as described
above regarding the reelection of external directors). Prior to the approval of the reelection of the external director at a general
meeting of shareholders, the company’s shareholders must be informed of the term previously served by him or her and of the
reasons why the board of directors and audit committee recommended the extension of his or her term.
External directors may be removed from office by a special general meeting of shareholders called by the board of
directors, which approves such dismissal by the same shareholder vote percentage required for their election or by a court, in
each case, only under limited circumstances, including ceasing to meet the statutory qualifications for appointment, or violating
their duty of loyalty to the company.
If an external directorship becomes vacant and there are fewer than two external directors on the board of directors at the
time, then the board of directors is required under the Israeli Companies Law to call a shareholders’ meeting as soon as
practicable to appoint a replacement external director. Each committee of the board of directors that exercises the powers of the
board of directors must include at least one external director, except that the audit committee and the compensation committee
must include all external directors then serving on the board of directors and an external director must serve as chair thereof.
Under the Israeli Companies Law, external directors of a company are prohibited from receiving, directly or indirectly, any
compensation from the company other than for their services as external directors pursuant to the Israeli Companies Law and the
regulations promulgated thereunder. Compensation of an external director is determined prior to his or her appointment and may
not be changed during his or her term subject to certain exceptions.
The Israeli Companies Law provides that a person is not qualified to be appointed as an external director if (i) the person
is a relative of a controlling shareholder of the company, or (ii) if that person or his or her relative, partner, employer, another
person to whom he or she was directly or indirectly subordinate, or any entity under the person’s control, has or had, during the
two years preceding the date of appointment as an external director: (a) any affiliation or other disqualifying relationship with the
company, with any person or entity controlling the company or a relative of such person, or with any entity controlled by or under
common control with the company; or (b) in the case of a company with no shareholder holding 25% or more of its voting rights,
had at the date of appointment as an external director, any affiliation or other disqualifying relationship with a person then
serving as chairman of the board or chief executive officer, a holder of 5% or more of the issued share capital or voting power in
the company or the most senior financial officer.
The term “relative” is defined in the Israeli Companies Law as a spouse, sibling, parent, grandparent or descendant;
spouse’s sibling, parent or descendant; and the spouse of each of the foregoing persons. Under the Israeli Companies Law, the
term “affiliation” and the similar types of disqualifying relationships include (subject to certain exceptions):
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a business or professional relationship even if not maintained on a regular basis (excluding insignificant relationships);
control; and
service as an office holder, excluding service as a director in a private company prior to the initial public offering of its shares if such director
was appointed as a director of the private company in order to serve as an external director following the initial public offering.
The term “office holder” is defined in the Israeli Companies Law as a general manager (i.e., chief executive officer), chief
business manager, deputy general manager, vice general manager, any other person assuming the responsibilities of any of these
positions regardless of that person’s title, a director and any other manager directly subordinate to the general manager.
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In addition, no person may serve as an external director if that person’s position or professional or other activities create,
or may create, a conflict of interest with that person’s responsibilities as a director or otherwise interfere with that person’s ability
to serve as an external director or if the person is an employee of the Israel Securities Authority of an Israeli stock exchange. A
person may furthermore not continue to serve as an external director if he or she received direct or indirect compensation from
the company including amounts paid pursuant to indemnification or exculpation contracts or commitments and insurance
coverage for his or her service as an external director, other than as permitted by the Israeli Companies Law and the regulations
promulgated thereunder.
Following the termination of an external director’s service on a board of directors, such former external director and his or
her spouse and children may not be provided a direct or indirect benefit by the company, its controlling shareholder or any entity
under its controlling shareholder’s control. This includes engagement as an office holder of the company or a company controlled
by its controlling shareholder or employment by, or provision of services to, any such company for consideration, either directly
or indirectly, including through a corporation controlled by the former external director. This restriction extends for a period of
two years with regard to the former external director and his or her spouse or child and for one year with respect to other relatives
of the former external director.
If at the time at which an external director is appointed all members of the board of directors who are not controlling
shareholders or relatives of controlling shareholders of the company are of the same gender, the external director to be appointed
must be of the other gender. A director of one company may not be appointed as an external director of another company if a
director of the other company is acting as an external director of the first company at such time.
According to the Israeli Companies Law and regulations promulgated thereunder, a person may be appointed as an
external director only if he or she has professional qualifications or if he or she has accounting and financial expertise (each, as
defined below); provided that at least one of the external directors must be determined by our board of directors to have
accounting and financial expertise. However, if at least one of our other directors (i) meets the independence requirements under
the Exchange Act, (ii) meets the standards of the Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules for membership on the audit committee and
(iii) has accounting and financial expertise as defined under the Israeli Companies Law, then neither of our external directors is
required to possess accounting and financial expertise as long as each possesses the requisite professional qualifications.
A director with accounting and financial expertise is a director who, due to his or her education, experience and skills,
possesses an expertise in, and an understanding of, financial and accounting matters and financial statements, such that he or she
is able to understand the financial statements of the company and initiate a discussion about the presentation of financial data. A
director is deemed to have professional qualifications if he or she has any of (i) an academic degree in economics, business
management, accounting, law or public administration, (ii) an academic degree or has completed another form of higher
education in the primary field of business of the company or in a field which is relevant to his/her position in the company or (iii)
at least five years of experience serving in one of the following capacities, or at least five years of cumulative experience serving
in two or more of the following capacities: (a) a senior business management position in a company with a significant volume of
business, (b) a senior position in the company’s primary field of business or (c) a senior position in public administration or
service. The board of directors is charged with determining whether a director possesses financial and accounting expertise or
professional qualifications.
Our board of directors has determined that Sharon Kochan has accounting and financial expertise and possesses
professional qualifications as required under the Israeli Companies Law, while Nissim Mashiach possesses professional
qualifications.
Leadership Structure of the Board
In accordance with the Israeli Companies Law and our articles of association, our board of directors is required to appoint
one of its members to serve as chairman of the board of directors. Our board of directors has appointed Stephen T. Wills to serve
as executive chairman of the board of directors.
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Audit Committee
Israeli Companies Law composition requirements
Under the Israeli Companies Law, we are required to have an audit committee comprised of at least three directors,
including all of the external directors, one of whom must serve as chairman of the committee. The audit committee may not
include the chairman of the board, a controlling shareholder of the company, a relative of a controlling shareholder, a director
employed by or providing services on a regular basis to the company, to a controlling shareholder or to an entity controlled by a
controlling shareholder, or a director who derives most of his or her income from a controlling shareholder. In addition, under the
Israeli Companies Law, the audit committee of a publicly traded company must consist of a majority of unaffiliated directors. In
general, an “unaffiliated director’’ under the Israeli Companies Law is defined as either an external director or as a director who
meets the following criteria:
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he or she meets the qualifications for being appointed as an external director, except for the requirement (i) that the director be an Israeli
resident (which does not apply to companies such as ours whose securities have been offered outside of Israel or are listed for trading outside
of Israel) and (ii) for accounting and financial expertise or professional qualifications; and
he or she has not served as a director of the company for a period exceeding nine consecutive years. For this purpose, a break of less than two
years in the service shall not be deemed to interrupt the continuation of the service.
Each member of our audit committee (each, as identified in the second paragraph under the sub-heading “Nasdaq listing
rules composition requirements” below) is an unaffiliated director under the Israeli Companies Law, thereby fulfilling the
foregoing Israeli law requirement for the composition of the audit committee.
Nasdaq listing rules composition requirements
Under the Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules, we are required to maintain an audit committee consisting of at least three
independent directors, each of whom is financially literate and one of whom has accounting or related financial management
expertise. If we choose to follow requirements under Israeli law in lieu of those Nasdaq requirements, we must disclose that fact
in this annual report.
Our audit committee consists of Sharon Kochan (chairperson), Nissim Mashiach and David Fox each of whom is an
independent director in accordance with Rule 10A‑3(b)(1) under the Exchange Act and satisfies the independent director
requirements under the Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules. All members of our audit committee meet the requirements for
financial literacy under the applicable listing rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market. Our board of directors has determined that
Sharon Kochan is an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined in the SEC regulations.
Audit committee role
Our board of directors has adopted an audit committee charter that sets forth the responsibilities of the audit committee
consistent with the rules and regulations of the SEC and the Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules, as well as the requirements for
such committee under the Israeli Companies Law, including the following:
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oversight of our independent registered public accounting firm and recommending the engagement, compensation or termination of
engagement of our independent registered public accounting firm to the board of directors in accordance with Israeli law;
recommending the engagement or termination of the person filling the office of our internal auditor; and
recommending the terms of audit and non‑audit services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm for pre‑approval by
our board of directors.
Our audit committee provides assistance to our board of directors in fulfilling its legal and fiduciary obligations in matters
involving our accounting, auditing, financial reporting, internal control and legal compliance functions by pre‑approving the
services performed by our independent accountants and reviewing their reports regarding our accounting practices and systems of
internal control over financial reporting. Our audit committee also oversees the audit efforts of our independent accountants and
takes those actions that it deems necessary to satisfy itself that the accountants are independent of management.
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Under the Israeli Companies Law, our audit committee is responsible for:
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determining whether there are deficiencies in the business management practices of our company, including in consultation with our internal
auditor or the independent auditor, and making recommendations to the board of directors to improve such practices;
determining whether to approve certain related party transactions (including transactions in which an office holder has a personal interest and
whether such transaction is extraordinary or material under the Israeli Companies Law) (see “—Approval of Related Party Transactions
Under Israeli Law”);
establishing the approval process (including, potentially, the approval of the audit committee and conducting a competitive procedure
supervised by the audit committee) for certain transactions with a controlling shareholder or in which a controlling shareholder has a personal
interest;
where the board of directors approves the working plan of the internal auditor, examining such working plan before its submission to the
board of directors and proposing amendments thereto;
examining our internal audit controls and internal auditor’s performance, including whether the internal auditor has sufficient resources and
tools to fulfill his responsibilities;
examining the scope of our auditor’s work and compensation and submitting a recommendation with respect thereto to our board of directors
or shareholders, depending on which of them is considering the appointment of our auditor; and
establishing procedures for the handling of employees’ complaints as to the management of our business and the protection to be provided to
such employees.
Our audit committee may not approve any actions requiring its approval (see “—Approval of Related Party Transactions
Under Israeli Law”), unless at the time of the approval a majority of the committee’s members are present, which majority
consists of unaffiliated directors including at least one external director.
Compensation Committee and Compensation Policy
Israeli Companies Law compensation committee composition requirements
Under the Israeli Companies Law, the board of directors of a public company must appoint a compensation committee.
The compensation committee generally (subject to certain exceptions that do not apply to our company) must be comprised of at
least three directors, including all of the external directors, who must constitute a majority of the members of, and include the
chairperson of, the compensation committee. Each compensation committee member who is not an external director must be a
director whose compensation does not exceed an amount that may be paid to an external director. The compensation committee is
subject to the same Israeli Companies Law restrictions as the audit committee as to who may not be a member of the
compensation committee. Each member of our compensation committee (each, as identified in the second paragraph under the
sub-heading “Nasdaq listing rules compensation committee composition requirements” below) fulfills the foregoing Israeli law
requirements related to the composition of the compensation committee.
Israeli Companies Law committee duties
The duties of the compensation committee include the recommendation to the company’s board of directors of a policy
regarding the terms of engagement of office holders, which we refer to as a compensation policy. That policy must be adopted by
the company’s board of directors, after considering the recommendations of the compensation committee, and must be approved
by the company’s shareholders, which approval requires what we refer to as a Special Majority Approval for Compensation. A
Special Majority Approval for Compensation requires shareholder approval by a majority vote of the shares present and voting at
a meeting of shareholders called for such purpose, provided that either (a) such majority includes at least a majority of the shares
held by all shareholders who are not controlling shareholders and do not have a personal interest in such compensation
arrangement or (b) the total number of shares of non-controlling shareholders and shareholders who do not have a personal
interest in the compensation arrangement and who vote against the arrangement does not exceed 2% of the company’s aggregate
voting rights.
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Compensation policy requirements
We have adopted a compensation policy, which serves as the basis for decisions concerning the financial terms of
employment or engagement of office holders, including exculpation, insurance, indemnification or any monetary payment or
obligation of payment or other benefit in respect of employment or engagement. Under the Israeli Companies Law, the
compensation policy must relate to certain factors, including advancement of the company’s objectives, the company’s business
plan and its long-term strategy, and creation of appropriate incentives for office holders. It must also consider, among other
things, the company’s risk management, size and the nature of its operations. The compensation policy must furthermore consider
the following additional factors:
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the knowledge, skills, expertise and accomplishments of the relevant office holder;
the office holder’s roles and responsibilities and prior compensation agreements with him or her;
the relationship between the terms offered and the average compensation of the other employees of the company, including those employed
through manpower companies;
the impact of disparities in salary upon work relationships in the company;
the possibility of reducing variable compensation at the discretion of the board of directors;
the possibility of setting a limit on the exercise value of non-cash variable equity-based compensation; and
as to severance compensation, the period of service of the office holder, the terms of his or her compensation during such service period, the
company’s performance during that period of service, the person’s contribution towards the company’s achievement of its goals and the
maximization of its profits, and the circumstances under which the person is leaving the company.
The compensation policy must also include the following principles:
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the link between variable compensation and long-term performance, which variable compensation shall, other than office holder who report to
the CEO, be primarily based on measurable criteria;
the relationship between variable and fixed compensation, and the ceiling for the value of variable compensation;
the conditions under which an office holder would be required to repay compensation paid to him or her if it was later shown that the data
upon which such compensation was based was inaccurate and was required to be restated in the company’s financial statements;
the minimum holding or vesting period for variable, equity-based compensation; and
• maximum limits for severance compensation.
The compensation committee is responsible for (a) recommending the compensation policy to the company’s board of
directors for its approval (and subsequent approval by its shareholders) and (b) duties related to the compensation policy and to
the compensation of a company’s office holders as well as functions previously fulfilled by a company’s audit committee with
respect to matters related to approval of the terms of engagement of office holders, including:
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recommending whether a compensation policy should continue in effect, if the then-current policy has a term of greater than three years
(approval of either a new compensation policy or the continuation of an existing compensation policy must in any case occur every three
years, other than following a company’s initial public offering, in which case such approval must occur within 5 years of the initial public
offering);
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recommending to the board of directors periodic updates to the compensation policy and assessing implementation of the compensation
policy;
approving compensation terms of executive officers, directors and employees that require approval of the compensation committee;
determining whether the compensation terms of a chief executive officer nominee, which were determined pursuant to the compensation
policy, will be exempt from approval of the shareholders because such approval would harm the ability to engage with such nominee; and
determining, subject to the approval of the board and under special circumstances, whether to override a determination of the company’s
shareholders regarding certain compensation related issues.
Nasdaq listing rules compensation committee composition requirements
Under Nasdaq corporate governance rules, we are required to maintain a wholly-independent compensation committee
consisting of at least two independent directors or, if we choose to follow requirements under Israeli law, we must disclose that
fact in this annual report. Each of the members of the compensation committee is required to be independent under the Nasdaq
rules relating to compensation committee members and Rule 10C‑1(b)(1) under the Exchange Act, which are different than the
general test for independence of board and committee members.
Our compensation committee consists of Nissim Mashiach (chairperson), Sharon Kochan and Samuel Moed, each of
whom is an independent director under the Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules and each of whom satisfies the above-described
additional requirements for compensation committee members under the Nasdaq rules and Exchange Act.
Compensation committee charter and role
Our board of directors has adopted a compensation committee charter setting forth the responsibilities of the
compensation committee, which include:
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the responsibilities set forth in the compensation policy;
reviewing and approving the granting of options and other incentive awards to the extent such authority is delegated by our board of directors;
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reviewing, evaluating and making recommendations regarding the compensation and benefits for our non-employee directors.
Internal Auditor
Under the Israeli Companies Law, the board of directors of an Israeli public company must appoint an internal auditor
recommended by the audit committee. An internal auditor may not be:
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a person (or a relative of a person) who holds 5% or more of the company’s outstanding shares or voting rights;
a person (or a relative of a person) who has the power to appoint a director or the general manager of the company (i.e., the chief executive
officer);
an office holder (including a director) of the company (or a relative thereof); or
a member of the company’s independent accounting firm, or anyone on its behalf.
The role of the internal auditor is to examine, among other things, our compliance with applicable law and orderly
business procedures.
The audit committee is required to oversee the activities and to assess the performance of the internal auditor as well as to
review the internal auditor’s work plan. Our internal auditor is Mr. Yisrael Gewirtz.
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Fiduciary Duties of Directors and Executive Officers
The Israeli Companies Law codifies the fiduciary duties that office holders owe to a company. Each person listed in the
table under “—Executive Officers and Directors” is an office holder under the Israeli Companies Law.
An office holder’s fiduciary duties consist of a duty of care and a duty of loyalty. The duty of care requires an office
holder to act with the level of care with which a reasonable office holder in the same position would have acted under the same
circumstances. The duty of loyalty requires that an office holder act in good faith and in the best interests of the company.
The duty of care includes a duty to use reasonable means to obtain:
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information on the advisability of a given action brought for his or her approval or performed by virtue of his or her position; and
all other important information pertaining to any such action.
The duty of loyalty includes a duty to:
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refrain from any conflict of interest between the performance of his or her duties to the company and his or her other duties or personal
affairs;
refrain from any activity that is competitive with the business of the company;
refrain from exploiting any business opportunity of the company to receive a personal gain for himself or herself or others; and
disclose to the company any information or documents relating to the company’s affairs which the office holder received as a result of his or
her position as an office holder.
Disclosure of personal interests of an office holder and approval of certain transactions
The Israeli Companies Law requires that an office holder promptly disclose to the board of directors any personal interest
that he or she may be aware of and all related material information or documents concerning any existing or proposed transaction
with the company. An interested office holder’s disclosure must be made promptly and in any event no later than the first meeting
of the board of directors at which the transaction is considered. A personal interest includes an interest of any person in an act or
transaction of a company, including a personal interest of such person’s relative or of a corporate body in which such person or a
relative of such person is a 5% or greater shareholder, director or general manager or in which he or she has the right to appoint at
least one director or the general manager, but excluding a personal interest stemming from one’s ownership of shares in the
company.
A personal interest furthermore includes the personal interest of a person for whom the office holder holds a voting proxy
or the personal interest of the office holder with respect to his or her vote on behalf of a person for whom he or she holds a proxy
even if such shareholder has no personal interest in the matter. An office holder is not, however, obliged to disclose a personal
interest if it derives solely from the personal interest of his or her relative in a transaction that is not considered an extraordinary
transaction. Under the Israeli Companies Law, an extraordinary transaction is defined as any of the following:
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a transaction other than in the ordinary course of business;
a transaction that is not on market terms; or
a transaction that may have a material impact on a company’s profitability, assets or liabilities.
If it is determined that an office holder has a personal interest in a transaction which is not an extraordinary transaction,
approval by the board of directors is required for the transaction, unless the company’s articles of association provide for a
different method of approval. Further, so long as an office holder has disclosed his or her personal interest in a transaction, the
board of directors may approve an action by the office holder that would otherwise be deemed a breach of his or her duty of
loyalty. However, a company may not approve a transaction or action that is not in the best interest of the company or that is not
performed by the office holder in good faith. An extraordinary transaction in which an office holder has a personal interest
requires approval first by the company’s audit committee and subsequently by the board of directors. The compensation of, or an
undertaking to indemnify or insure, an office holder who is not a director requires approval first by the company’s compensation
committee, then by the company’s board of directors. If such compensation arrangement or an undertaking to indemnify or insure
is inconsistent with the company’s stated compensation policy, or if the office holder is the chief executive officer (apart from a
number of specific exceptions), then such arrangement is further subject to a Special Majority Approval for Compensation.
Arrangements regarding the compensation, indemnification or insurance of a director require the approval of the compensation
committee, board of directors and shareholders by ordinary majority, in that order, and under certain circumstances, a Special
Majority Approval for Compensation.
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Generally, a person who has a personal interest in a matter which is considered at a meeting of the board of directors or
the audit committee may not be present at such a meeting or vote on that matter unless the chairman of the relevant committee or
board of directors (as applicable) determines that he or she should be present in order to present the transaction that is subject to
approval. If a majority of the members of the audit committee or the board of directors (as applicable) has a personal interest in
the approval of a transaction, then all directors may participate in discussions of the audit committee or the board of directors (as
applicable) on such transaction and the voting on approval thereof, but shareholder approval is also required for such transaction.
Disclosure of personal interests of controlling shareholders and approval of certain transactions
Pursuant to Israeli law, the disclosure requirements regarding personal interests that apply to directors and executive
officers also apply to a controlling shareholder of a public company. In the context of a transaction involving a shareholder of the
company, a controlling shareholder also includes a shareholder who holds 25% or more of the voting rights in the company if no
other shareholder holds more than 50% of the voting rights in the company. For this purpose, the holdings of all shareholders
who have a personal interest in the same transaction will be aggregated. The approval of the audit committee or the compensation
committee, the board of directors and the shareholders of the company, in that order, is required for (a) extraordinary transactions
with a controlling shareholder or in which a controlling shareholder has a personal interest, (b) the engagement with a controlling
shareholder or his or her relative, directly or indirectly, including through a company under the control of the controlling
shareholder, for the provision of services to the company, (c) the terms of engagement and compensation of a controlling
shareholder or his or her relative who is an office holder or (d) the employment of a controlling shareholder or his or her relative
by the company, other than as an office holder. In addition, the shareholder approval requires one of the following, which we
refer to as a Special Majority:
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at least a majority of the shares held by all shareholders who do not have a personal interest in the transaction and who are present and voting
at the meeting approves the transaction, excluding abstentions; or
the shares voted against the transaction by shareholders who have no personal interest in the transaction and who are present and voting at the
meeting do not exceed 2% of the voting rights in the company.
To the extent that any such transaction with a controlling shareholder is for a period extending beyond three years,
approval is required once every three years, unless, with respect to certain transactions, the audit committee determines that the
duration of the transaction is reasonable given the circumstances related thereto. Arrangements regarding the compensation,
indemnification or insurance of a controlling shareholder in his or her capacity as an office holder require the approval of the
compensation committee, board of directors and shareholders by a Special Majority, in that order, and the terms thereof may not
be inconsistent with the company’s stated compensation policy.
Pursuant to regulations promulgated under the Israeli Companies Law, certain transactions with a controlling shareholder
or his or her relative, or with directors, that would otherwise require approval of a company’s shareholders may be exempt from
shareholder approval upon certain determinations of the audit committee and board of directors.
As of February 15, 2021, Clal Biotechnology Industries Ltd. beneficially owned or controlled, directly and indirectly,
34.6% of our issued and outstanding ordinary shares and (assuming that no other shareholder holds more than 50% of the voting
rights in our company) should therefore be deemed a “controlling shareholder” for purposes of the approval of related party
transactions under the Israeli Companies Law.
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Shareholder duties
Pursuant to the Israeli Companies Law, a shareholder has a duty to act in good faith and in a customary manner toward
the company and other shareholders and to refrain from abusing his or her power in the company, including, among other things,
in voting at a general meeting and at shareholder class meetings with respect to the following matters:
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an amendment to the company’s articles of association;
an increase of the company’s authorized share capital;
a merger; or
the approval of related party transactions and acts of office holders that require shareholder approval.
A shareholder also has a general duty to refrain from discriminating against other shareholders. In addition, certain
shareholders have a duty of fairness toward the company. These shareholders include any controlling shareholder, any
shareholder who knows that he or she has the power to determine the outcome of a shareholder vote and any shareholder who has
the power to appoint or to prevent the appointment of an office holder of the company or other power towards the company. The
Israeli Companies Law does not define the substance of the duty of fairness, except to state that the remedies generally available
upon a breach of contract will also apply in the event of a breach of the duty to act with fairness.
Exculpation, Insurance and Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Under the Israeli Companies Law, a company may not exculpate an office holder from liability for a breach of the duty of
loyalty. An Israeli company may exculpate an office holder in advance from liability to the company, in whole or in part, for
damages caused to the company as a result of a breach of duty of care but only if a provision authorizing such exculpation is
included in its articles of association. Our articles of association include such a provision. A company may not exculpate in
advance a director from liability arising out of a prohibited dividend or distribution to shareholders.
Under the Israeli Companies Law, a company may indemnify an office holder in respect of the following liabilities and
expenses incurred for acts performed by him or her as an office holder, either pursuant to an undertaking made in advance of an
event or following an event, provided its articles of association include a provision authorizing such indemnification:
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financial liability imposed on him or her in favor of another person pursuant to a judgment, including a settlement or arbitrator’s award
approved by a court. However, if an undertaking to indemnify an office holder with respect to such liability is provided in advance, then such
an undertaking must be limited to events which, in the opinion of the board of directors, can be foreseen based on the company’s activities
when the undertaking to indemnify is given, and to an amount or according to criteria determined by the board of directors as reasonable
under the circumstances, and such undertaking shall detail the abovementioned foreseen events and amount or criteria;
reasonable litigation expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by the office holder (1) as a result of an investigation or proceeding
instituted against him or her by an authority authorized to conduct such investigation or proceeding, provided that (i) no indictment was filed
against such office holder as a result of such investigation or proceeding, and (ii) no financial liability was imposed upon him or her as a
substitute for the criminal proceeding as a result of such investigation or proceeding or, if such financial liability was imposed, it was imposed
with respect to an offense that does not require proof of criminal intent; and (2) in connection with a monetary sanction; and
reasonable litigation expenses, including attorneys’ fees, incurred by the office holder or imposed by a court in proceedings instituted against
him or her by the company, on its behalf, or by a third party, or in connection with criminal proceedings in which the office holder was
acquitted, or as a result of a conviction for an offense that does not require proof of criminal intent.
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Under the Israeli Companies Law, a company may insure an office holder against the following liabilities incurred for acts
performed by him or her as an office holder, if and to the extent provided in the company’s articles of association:
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a breach of the duty of loyalty to the company, provided that the office holder acted in good faith and had a reasonable basis to believe that the
act would not harm the company;
a breach of duty of care to the company or to a third party, to the extent such a breach arises out of the negligent conduct of the office holder;
and
a financial liability imposed on the office holder in favor of a third party.
Under the Israeli Companies Law, a company may not indemnify, exculpate or insure an office holder against any of the
following:
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a breach of the duty of loyalty, except for indemnification and insurance for a breach of the duty of loyalty to the company to the extent that
the office holder acted in good faith and had a reasonable basis to believe that the act would not harm the company;
a breach of duty of care committed intentionally or recklessly, excluding a breach arising out of the negligent conduct of the office holder;
an act or omission committed with intent to derive illegal personal benefit; or
a fine or forfeit levied against the office holder.
Under the Israeli Companies Law, exculpation, indemnification and insurance of office holders in a public company must
be approved by the compensation committee and the board of directors and, with respect to certain office holders or under certain
circumstances, also by the shareholders. See “—Approval of Related Party Transactions Under Israeli Law.”
Our articles of association permit us to exculpate, indemnify and insure our office holders to the fullest extent permitted
or to be permitted by the Israeli Companies Law. We have obtained directors’ and officers’ liability insurance for the benefit of
our office holders and intend to continue to maintain such coverage and pay all premiums thereunder to the fullest extent
permitted by the Israeli Companies Law. In addition, we have entered into agreements with each of our directors and executive
officers exculpating them from liability to us for damages caused to us as a result of a breach of duty of care and undertaking to
indemnify them, in each case, to the fullest extent permitted by our articles of association and Israeli Law.
The maximum indemnification amount set forth in those agreements is limited to an amount equal to the greater of (x)
25% of our total shareholders’ equity based on our most recently financial statements of the time of the actual payment of the
indemnification or (y) $25 million. The maximum amount set forth in those agreements is in addition to amounts actually paid, if
any, under insurance policies and/or by a third-party pursuant to an indemnification arrangement.
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Employees
As of December 31, 2020, we had 75 employees, 65 of whom were based in Israel and 10 based throughout Europe and
employed by our German subsidiary. The distribution of our employees according to main areas of activity is as follows: 8
employees in the administrative department, 24 employees in the research and development department, 33 employees in the
manufacturing department and 10 employees in the sales and marketing department. As of December 31, 2020, we did not
employ a significant number of temporary employees.
Israeli labor laws govern the length of the workday and workweek, minimum wages for employees, procedures for hiring
and dismissing employees, determination of severance pay, annual leave, sick days, advance notice of termination, payments to
the National Insurance Institute and other conditions of employment, and include equal opportunity and anti-discrimination laws.
While none of our employees is party to any collective bargaining agreements, certain provisions of the collective bargaining
agreements between the Histadrut (General Federation of Labor in Israel) and the Coordination Bureau of Economic
Organizations (including the Industrialists’ Associations) are applicable to our employees in Israel by order of the Israeli Ministry
of the Economy. These provisions primarily concern pension fund benefits for all employees, insurance for work-related
accidents, recuperation pay and travel expenses. We generally provide our employees with benefits and working conditions
beyond the required minimums.
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We have never experienced any employment-related work stoppages and believe our relationships with our employees are
good.
E.
Share Ownership
For information regarding the share ownership of our directors and executive officers, see “ITEM 6.B. Compensation—
2014 Equity Incentive Plan” and “ITEM 7.A. Major Shareholders.”
Item 7. MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
A.
Major Shareholders
The following table sets forth information with respect to the beneficial ownership of our shares as of February 16, 2021
by:
•
•
•
each person or entity known by us to own beneficially more than 5% of our outstanding shares;
each of our directors and executive officers individually; and
all of our executive officers and directors as a group.
The beneficial ownership of ordinary shares is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally includes
any ordinary shares over which a person exercises sole or shared voting or investment power. The percentage of shares
beneficially owned is based on 27,236,938 ordinary shares issued and outstanding as of February 16, 2021. Ordinary shares that
are issuable under stock options or RSUs that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of February 16, 2021 are
deemed to be outstanding and to be beneficially owned by the person holding the stock option for the purpose of computing the
number of shares and percentage ownership of that person. Those shares are not deemed outstanding, however, for the purpose of
computing the percentage ownership of any other person.
All of our shareholders, including the shareholders listed below, have the same voting rights attached to their ordinary
shares. See “ITEM 10.B. Articles of Association.” None of our principal shareholders nor our directors or executive officers
possesses different or special voting rights with respect to their ordinary shares. Unless otherwise noted below, each shareholder’s
address is c/o MediWound Ltd., 42 Hayarkon Street, Yavne 8122745, Israel.
A description of any material relationship that our principal shareholders have had with us or any of our predecessors or
affiliates within the past three years is included under “ITEM 7.B. Related Party Transactions.”
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Directors and Executive Officers
Stephen T. Wills
Name of Beneficial Owner
Ofer Gonen
Assaf Segal
Vickie R. Driver
Nissim Mashiach
Sharon Kochan
David Fox
Samuel Moed
Sharon Malka
Boaz Gur-Lavie
Lior Rosenberg(1)
Ety Klinger
Yaron Meyer
Number of
Shares
Beneficially
Held
Percentage of
Class
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
378,772
*
1,964,905
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
1.4%
*
7.2%
*
*
All executive officers and directors as a group (13 persons)( 2)
2,679,800
9.3%
Principal Shareholders (who are not Directors or Executive Officers)
Clal Biotechnology Industries Ltd.(3)
Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd.(4)
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*
Less than 1%.
9,429,555
2,126,058
34.6%
7.8%
(1) As reported on a Schedule 13G/A filed on February 2, 2021, shares beneficially owned consist of: (i) 143,700 ordinary shares held directly by Prof.
Rosenberg; (ii) 111,000 ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding options held directly by Prof. Rosenberg that are currently exercisable or
exercisable within 60 days of December 31, 2020; and (iii) 1,710,205 ordinary shares held by L.R. Research and Development Ltd. in trust for the
benefit of Prof. Rosenberg. Prof. Rosenberg is the sole shareholder of L.R. Research and Development Ltd.
(2) Shares beneficially owned consist of 1,907,695 ordinary shares held directly or indirectly by such executive officers and directors and 772,105
ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of outstanding options that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of February 16, 2021.
(3) As reported on a Schedule 13G/A filed on February 12, 2019, shares beneficially owned consist of: (i) 8,208,973 ordinary shares held by Clal Life
Sciences, LP, whose managing partner is Clal Application Center Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of CBI; and (ii) 1,220,582 ordinary shares held by
CBI. As reported on a Schedule 13G/A filed on February 14, 2019 by Access Industries Holdings LLC, Access Industries Holdings LLC indirectly
owns 100% of the outstanding shares of Clal Industries Ltd., which owns 47.17% of the outstanding shares of CBI. The address of Clal Industries Ltd.
is the Triangular Tower, 3 Azrieli Center, Tel Aviv 67023, Israel and the address of Access Industries Holdings LLC is c/o Access Industries Inc., 40
West 57th Street, New York, New York 10019, United States.
(4) As reported on a Schedule 13G filed on February 16, 2021, shares beneficially owned consist of: (i) 1,909,112 ordinary shares held for members of the
public through, among others, provident funds, mutual funds, pension funds and insurance policies, which are managed by direct and indirect
subsidiaries of Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd (“Migdal”), and (ii) 216,946 ordinary shares are beneficially held for their own account
(Nostro account). Migdal is a widely held public company listed on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. The address of Migdal is 4 Efal Street, Petah Tikva
49512, Israel.
Changes in Ownership of Major Shareholders
To our knowledge, other than as disclosed in the table above, our other filings with the SEC and this Annual Report, there
has been no significant change in the percentage ownership held by any major shareholder since January 1, 2018. The major
shareholders listed above do not have voting rights with respect to their ordinary shares that are different from the voting rights of
other holders of our ordinary shares.
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Controlling Shareholder
Because CBI (and its affiliates) beneficially owned or controlled, directly and indirectly, 34.6 % of our issued and
outstanding ordinary shares as of December 31, 2020, it is considered a “controlled shareholder” under the Israeli Companies
Law.
Registered Holders
As of February 15, 2021, we had one holder of record of our ordinary shares in the United States, which is Cede & Co.,
the nominee of The Depository Trust Company. This shareholder held in the aggregate 57.4% of the 27,236,938 ordinary shares
issued and outstanding as of February 15, 2021. The number of record holders in the United States is not representative of the
number of beneficial holders nor is it representative of where such beneficial holders are resident since many of these ordinary
shares were held by brokers or other nominees.
B.
Related Party Transactions
Information Rights Agreement
We have entered into an information rights agreement with CBI which provides CBI with certain information rights
relating to our financial information of the company and certain other information necessary for CBI to meet Israeli Securities
Law requirements. CBI is not required to reimburse us for expenses we incur in providing such information.
Registration Rights Agreement
We have entered into a registration rights agreement with certain of our shareholders (the “Registration Rights
Agreement”). The Registration Rights Agreement replaces the shareholders’ right agreement, dated August 2, 2007, as amended
on December 30, 2010, among us and certain of our shareholders. The Registration Rights Agreement provides that certain
holders of our ordinary shares have the right to demand that we file a registration statement or request that their ordinary shares
be covered by a registration statement that we are otherwise filing. On March 7, 2016, the SEC declared effective our shelf
registration statement on Form F-3, which registered the resale of the 11,640,827 shares subject to registration rights. Following
the expiration of that shelf registration statement upon the third anniversary of its effectiveness, we filed in March 2019, and the
SEC declared effective, on April 22, 2019, a new shelf registration statement on Form F-3 that registered the resale of the
remaining 11,240,827 shares subject to the registration rights. The registration rights will terminate on March 24, 2021. The
registration rights are described in more detail under “ITEM 10.B. Articles of Association.”
Founders’ and Shareholders’ Agreement
In January 2001, we entered into a founders’ and shareholders’ agreement (the “Founders Agreement”), with CBI, Prof.
Lior Rosenberg, our Chief Medical Technology Officer, and LR, a private company which is wholly-owned by Prof. Rosenberg.
The Founders Agreement was amended in 2006. Pursuant to the Founders Agreement, in exchange for the issuance of ordinary
shares and certain rights thereunder and the payment of certain fixed amounts, Prof. Rosenberg granted to us a perpetual,
exclusive, non-revocable, royalty-free, sub-licensable, worldwide license for intellectual property relating to debridement using
products based on our proteolytic enzyme technology. As of the date hereof, all of the payments under the Founders Agreement
were paid by us to Prof. Rosenberg in accordance with the Founders Agreement. The Founders Agreement also provided for anti-
dilution, pre-emptive rights, a right of first refusal on the sale of our ordinary shares and bring-along rights, all of which were
subsequently terminated.
Sub-Lease Agreement
In January 2018, we entered into a sub-lease agreement (the “Sub-Lease Agreement”), with Clal Life Sciences, L.P.
(“CLS”), a subsidiary of CBI, our controlling shareholder, which was amended in February 2019. Pursuant to the Sub-Lease
Agreement, we currently sublease approximately 32,300 square feet of laboratory, office and clean room space from CLS and our
yearly rent is $0.4 million. The Sub-Lease Agreement is scheduled to expire on October 30, 2022. The sub-lease agreement
includes an option to extend the lease period for an additional 3 years at our sole discretion.
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Agreements with Directors and Officers
Employment Agreements
We have entered into employment agreements with each of our executive officers, which include standard provisions for a
company in our industry regarding non-competition/solicitation, confidentiality of information and assignment of inventions.
However, the enforceability of the non-competition provisions may be limited under applicable law. Our executive officers will
not receive benefits upon the termination of their respective employment with us, other than payment of salary and benefits (and
limited accrual of vacation days) during the required notice period for termination of their employment, which varies for each
individual.
Options
Since our inception, we have granted options to purchase our ordinary shares to our directors and executive officers. Such
option agreements may contain acceleration provisions upon certain merger, acquisition or change of control transactions. We
describe our option plans under “ITEM 6.B. Compensation—2003 Israeli Share Option Plan” and “ITEM 6.B. Compensation—
2014 Equity Incentive Plan.” If an executive officer is involuntarily terminated without cause or the executive officer voluntarily
terminates his employment for good reason (as defined in the employment agreement), all options will immediately vest. Upon
the consummation of a merger or acquisition transaction, an executive officer’s options will be assumed or substituted by the
surviving company, if applicable, or, in the compensation committee’s sole discretion, will vest immediately or be amended,
modified or terminated. Our compensation committee approved accelerated vesting in the case of a merger or an acquisition
transaction for certain of our directors and executive officers with respect to the option agreements dated December 23, 2015,
June 22, 2017, January 16, 2018, December 31, 2018, May 2, 2019 and April 23, 2020.
RSUs
Under the 2014 Plan, we have granted RSUs to our executive officers and our chairman of the board. The RSU
agreements generally provide for vesting of RSUs over a four-year period of continuous employment or service, with 25% of the
RSUs vesting at the lapse of one year following the vesting commencement date, and the remaining 75% of the RSUs vesting in
three equal installments, at the lapse of each of the following three years. Absent a specific acceleration provision, if a grantee’s
service is terminated for any reason, all RSUs that have not vested will immediately terminate. RSUs that have vested but have
not been settled yet for underlying ordinary shares may generally be settled within the three months following the termination of
the service of the grantee, other than in the case of termination due to death or disability (in which case the grantee or his/her
estate will have one year to settle the vested RSUs for underlying ordinary shares) or termination for cause (in which case all
unsettled RSUs will immediately terminate). Upon the consummation of a merger or acquisition transaction, an executive
officer’s or the chairman’s RSUs will be assumed or substituted by the surviving company, if applicable, or, in the compensation
committee’s sole discretion, will vest immediately or be amended, modified or terminated. The RSUs that we grant may contain
acceleration provisions upon certain merger, acquisition or change of control transactions, if approved by our board of directors
with respect to a specific grant. The RSUs are generally subject to the further terms of the 2014 Plan, which we describe under
“ITEM 6.B. Compensation—2014 Equity Incentive Plan.”
Exculpation, indemnification and insurance
Our articles of association permit us to exculpate, indemnify and insure each of our directors and office holders to the
fullest extent permitted by the Israeli Companies Law. Additionally, we have entered into indemnification agreements with each
of our directors and executive officers, undertaking to indemnify them to the fullest extent permitted by Israeli law, including
with respect to liabilities resulting from a public offering of our shares, to the extent that these liabilities are not covered by
insurance. We have also obtained Directors and Officers insurance for each of our executive officers and directors. See “ITEM
6.C. Board Practices—Exculpation, Insurance and Indemnification of Directors and Officers.”
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C.
Interests of Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 8.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
A.
Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information
Consolidated Financial Statements
See Item 18. “Financial Statements”.
Legal and Arbitration Proceedings
From time to time, we may be party to litigation or subject to claims incident to the ordinary course of business.
Settlement of Litigation Involving Our Company, PolyHeal Shareholders and Teva
In March 2019, we entered into settlement agreements and mutual general releases with respect to our previously-reported
litigation arising under a series of agreements among PolyHeal, Teva and our company that we entered into in 2010 (collectively,
the “2010 PolyHeal Agreements”). For a description of the history of the proceedings related to the 2010 PolyHeal Agreements
and a dispute related to a collaboration agreement between Teva and our company that we entered into in 2007 (the "2007 Teva
Agreement,") please see “ITEM 8. Financial Information— A. Consolidated Statements and Other Financial Information— Legal
Proceedings” in our annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2018, filed with the SEC on March 25, 2019
(the “2018 Form 20-F”).
As reported in the 2018 Form 20-F, on March 24, 2019, we entered into an initial settlement with the plaintiffs— certain
shareholders of PolyHeal — which settlement was subsequently approved by the Israeli Supreme Court, which settled any and
all debts, obligations or liabilities that we and the plaintiffs had to one another in connection with the transactions under the 2010
PolyHeal Agreements. Pursuant to the terms of this settlement agreement, the plaintiffs were to repay a non-material portion of
the amount that was ruled in their favor under a November 2017 ruling, and the Israeli Supreme Court was to approve and accept
the appeal that was filed by us in December, 2017, cancel the 2017 ruling that was issued by the Israeli District Court against us,
and reject the PolyHeal shareholders’ cross-appeal.
Also as reported in the 2018 Form 20-F, on March 24, 2019, we entered into a settlement agreement and mutual general
release with Teva, which was contingent upon the Supreme Court’s approval of the settlement with the PolyHeal plaintiffs (which
approval was received), which settled any and all debts, obligations or liabilities that each party or any of its controlled affiliates
had to the other party or any of its controlled affiliates in connection with certain transactions and collaboration agreements
entered into between us and Teva from 2007 to 2012, which had terminated effective as of December 31, 2012 and September 2,
2013, as applicable, and which had related to NexoBrid and PolyHeal, including a milestone payment to PolyHeal and certain
additional payments, which were primarily intended to serve as reimbursement for development and manufacturing costs, which
we had believed were to be borne by Teva through the effective date of termination of those collaboration agreements in
December 2012.
Pursuant to the terms of the Teva settlement agreement, Teva agreed to pay us $4.0 million in cash, and to reduce the
contingent consideration that is payable to Teva pursuant to our repurchase of our shares from Teva in 2013, so that we are
obligated to pay Teva annual payments at a reduced rate of 15% of its recognized revenues from the sale or license of NexoBrid
after January 1, 2019, up to a reduced aggregate amount of $10.2 million. In addition, we also agreed to indemnify Teva and its
controlled affiliates from and against claims relating to a certain milestone related to PolyHeal under an agreement associated
with our collaboration agreements with Teva, for up to an amount of $10.2 million, if a notice of such claim has been received by
us prior to December 31, 2023.
On December 13, 2020, we signed an amendment to the Teva settlement agreement that replaces the revenue-based
payment mechanism with a fixed payment schedule. The aggregate amount paid to Teva of up to $10.2 million and the other
terms, including with respect to our indemnification obligations, in the Teva settlement agreement are unchanged. Out of the $3
million already due to Teva we paid $1 million of the on December 2020 and the balance will be paid in twelve quarterly equal
installments during the period commencing on January 1, 2021 and ending on December 31, 2023. In addition, commencing on
January 1, 2021, we have agreed to pay Teva an aggregate annual amount of $1 million in four quarterly equal installments,
unless we do not recognize any revenues generated from the sale or license of NexoBrid in any such quarter, up to an aggregate
amount equal to $7.2 million regardless of the number of quarters required for purposes of the payment of such aggregate
amount.
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In September 2019, we entered into a series of additional settlement agreements and mutual general releases with certain
shareholders of PolyHeal, including Clal Biotechnology Industries Ltd. (CBI), our controlling shareholder, which together
constitute the majority of PolyHeal's shareholders. Those additional settlement agreements settle any and all debts, obligations or
liabilities that each party or any of its affiliates had or has to the other party or any of its affiliates, in connection with or arising
out of the series of 2010 PolyHeal Agreements. Pursuant to these settlement agreements, we paid an aggregate amount of
approximately $2.8 million and received 14,473 shares of PolyHeal.
Dividend Policy
We have never declared or paid cash dividends to our shareholders and we do not intend to pay cash dividends in the
foreseeable future. We intend to reinvest any earnings in developing and expanding our business. Any future determination
relating to our dividend policy will be at the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on a number of factors,
including future earnings, our financial condition, operating results, contractual restrictions, capital requirements, business
prospects, our strategic goals and plans to expand our business, applicable law and other factors that our board of directors may
deem relevant.
B.
Significant Changes
No significant changes have occurred since December 31, 2020, except as otherwise disclosed in this annual report.
Item 9.
THE OFFER AND LISTING
A.
Listing Details
Our ordinary shares trade on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol “MDWD”.
B.
Plan of Distribution
Not applicable.
C.
Markets
See “—Listing Details” above.
D.
Selling Shareholders
Not applicable.
E.
Dilution
Not applicable.
F.
Expenses of the Issue
Not applicable.
Item 10.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
A.
Share Capital
Not applicable.
B.
Articles of Association
A copy of our amended and restated articles of association is attached as Exhibit 1.1 to this Annual Report. Other than as
disclosed below, the information called for by this Item is set forth in Exhibit 2.1 to our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year
ended December 31, 2019 and is incorporated by reference into this Annual Report.
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Election of directors
Our ordinary shares do not have cumulative voting rights for the election of directors. As a result, the holders of a
majority of the voting power represented at a meeting of shareholders have the power to elect each of our directors, subject to the
special approval requirements for external directors described under “ITEM 6.C. Board Practices—External Directors.” Under
our articles of association, our board of directors must consist of at least five and not more than nine directors, including at least
two external directors required to be appointed under the Israeli Companies Law. At any time the minimum number of directors
(other than the external directors) shall not fall below three. Pursuant to our articles of association, each of our directors, other
than the external directors, for whom special election requirements apply under the Israeli Companies Law, will be appointed by
a simple majority vote of holders of our voting shares, participating and voting at an annual general meeting of our shareholders.
Each director will serve until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation or
removal by a vote of the majority voting power of our shareholders at a general meeting of our shareholders or until his or her
office expires by operation of law, in accordance with the Israeli Companies Law. Our articles of association allow our board of
directors to appoint directors to fill vacancies on the board of directors to serve until the next annual general meeting of
shareholders. External directors are elected for an initial term of three years, may be elected for additional terms of three years
each under certain circumstances, and may be removed from office pursuant to the terms of the Israeli Companies Law. Under
regulations promulgated under the Israeli Companies Law, Israeli public companies whose shares are traded on certain U.S. stock
exchanges, such as the Nasdaq Global Market and that lack a controlling shareholder are exempt from the requirement to appoint
external directors. See “ITEM 6.C. Board Practices—Board of Directors and External Directors.”
C.
Material Contracts
For a description of the registration rights that are subject to our Registration Rights Agreement, see “ITEM 7.B. Related
Party Transactions—Registration Rights Agreement.”
For a description of our contract with the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, see “ITEM
4.B. Our Focus—Burn Care—BARDA Contract.”
For a description of our exclusive license and supply agreements with Vericel, see “ITEM 4.B. Business Overview—
Marketing, Sales and Distribution— Vericel License and Supply Agreements.”
For a description of our license agreement with Mark Klein, see “ITEM 4.B. Business Overview—Klein License
Agreement.”
We have entered into an agreement with Challenge Bioproducts Corporation Ltd. (“CBC”), a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the Republic of China, dated January 11, 2001, as amended on February 28, 2010, pursuant to which
CBC uses proprietary methods to manufacture bromelain SP and supplies us with this intermediate drug substance in bulk
quantities. According to the terms of the agreement, CBC shall not, and shall not permit related companies or a third party to,
manufacture, use, supply or sell the raw materials for the use or production of a product directly or indirectly competing with any
of our products. Our supply agreement with CBC has no fixed expiration date and can be voluntarily terminated by us, with at
least six months’ advance written notice, or by CBC, with at least 24 months’ advance written notice.
D.
Exchange Controls
In 1998, Israeli currency control regulations were liberalized significantly, so that Israeli residents generally may freely
deal in foreign currency and foreign assets, and non-residents may freely deal in Israeli currency and Israeli assets. There are
currently no Israeli currency control restrictions on remittances of dividends on the ordinary shares or the proceeds from the sale
of the shares provided that all taxes were paid or withheld; however, legislation remains in effect pursuant to which currency
controls can be imposed by administrative action at any time.
Non-residents of Israel may freely hold and trade our securities. Neither our articles of association nor the laws of the
State of Israel restrict in any way the ownership or voting of ordinary shares by non-residents, except that such restrictions may
exist with respect to citizens of countries which are in a state of war with Israel. Israeli residents are allowed to purchase our
ordinary shares.
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E.
Taxation
The following description is not intended to constitute a complete analysis of all tax consequences relating to the
acquisition, ownership and disposition of our ordinary shares. You should consult your own tax advisor concerning the tax
consequences of your particular situation, as well as any tax consequences that may arise under the laws of any state, local,
foreign or other taxing jurisdiction.
Israeli Tax Considerations for Our Shareholders
Capital gains taxes applicable to non‑Israeli resident shareholders
A non‑Israeli resident (whether an individual or a corporation) who derives capital gains from the sale of shares in an
Israeli resident company that were purchased after the company was listed for trading on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange or on a
recognized stock exchange outside of Israel, will generally be exempt from Israeli capital gain tax so long as the shares were not
held through a permanent establishment that the non‑resident maintains in Israel (and with respect to shares listed on a
recognized stock exchange outside of Israel, so long as the particular capital gain is otherwise subject to the Israeli Income Tax
Law (Inflationary Adjustments) 5745‑1985. These provisions dealing with capital gain are not applicable to a person whose gains
from selling or otherwise disposing of the shares are deemed to be business income. However, non‑Israeli corporations will not
be entitled to the foregoing exemption if Israeli residents (i) have a controlling interest of more than 25% in such non‑Israeli
corporation or (ii) are the beneficiaries of, or are entitled to, 25% or more of the revenues or profits of such non‑Israeli
corporation, whether directly or indirectly.
Additionally, a sale of shares by a non‑Israeli resident may also be exempt from Israeli capital gains tax under the
provisions of an applicable tax treaty. For example, under the Convention Between the Government of the United States of
America and the Government of the State of Israel with respect to Taxes on Income, as amended (the “United States‑Israel Tax
Treaty”), the sale, exchange or other disposition of shares by a shareholder who is a United States resident (for purposes of the
United States‑Israel Tax Treaty) holding the shares as a capital asset and is entitled to claim the benefits afforded to such a
resident by the United States‑Israel Tax Treaty (a “Treaty U.S. Resident”) is generally exempt from Israeli capital gains tax
unless: (i) the capital gain arising from such sale, exchange or disposition is attributed to real estate located in Israel; (ii) the
capital gain arising from such sale, exchange or disposition is attributed to royalties; (iii) the capital gain arising from the such
sale, exchange or disposition can be attributable to a permanent establishment of the shareholder maintained in Israel, under
certain terms; (iv) such Treaty U.S. Resident holds, directly or indirectly, shares representing 10% or more of the voting capital of
a company during any part of the 12‑month period preceding such sale, exchange or disposition, subject to certain conditions; or
(v) such Treaty U.S. Resident is an individual and was present in Israel for a period or periods aggregating to 183 days or more
during the relevant taxable year. In each case, the sale, exchange or disposition of our ordinary shares would be subject to such
Israeli tax, to the extent applicable; However, under the United States‑Israel Tax Treaty, such Treaty U.S. Resident would be
permitted to claim a credit for such taxes against the U.S. federal income tax imposed with respect to such sale, exchange or
disposition, subject to the limitations in U.S. laws applicable to foreign tax credits.
In some instances where our shareholders may be liable for Israeli tax on the sale of their ordinary shares, the payment of
the consideration may be subject to the withholding of Israeli tax at source. Shareholders may be required to demonstrate that
they are exempt from tax on their capital gains in order to avoid withholding at source at the time of sale. Specifically, in
transactions involving a sale of all of the shares of an Israeli resident company, in the form of a merger or otherwise, the Israel
Tax Authority may require from shareholders who are not liable for Israeli tax to sign declarations in forms specified by this
authority or obtain a specific exemption from the Israel Tax Authority to confirm their status as non‑Israeli resident, and, in the
absence of such declarations or exemptions, may require the purchaser of the shares to withhold taxes at source.
Taxation of non‑Israeli shareholders on receipt of dividends
Non‑Israeli residents (whether individuals or corporations) are generally subject to Israeli income tax on the receipt of
dividends paid on our ordinary shares at the rate of 25% unless a relief is provided in a treaty between Israel and a shareholder's
country of residence (provided that a certificate from the Israeli Tax Authority allowing for a reduced withholding tax rate is
obtained in advance). With respect to a person who is a “substantial shareholder” at the time of receiving the dividend or on any
time during the preceding 12 months, the applicable tax rate is 30%. A “substantial shareholder” is generally a person who alone
or together with such person’s relative or another person who collaborates with such person on a permanent basis, holds, directly
or indirectly, at least 10% of any of the “means of control” of the corporation. “Means of control” generally include the right to
vote, receive profits, nominate a director or an executive officer, receive assets upon liquidation, or order someone who holds any
of the aforesaid rights how to act, regardless of the source of such right. Such dividends are generally subject to Israeli
withholding tax at a rate of 25% so long as the shares are registered with a nominee company (whether or not the recipient is a
substantial shareholder), unless relief is provided in a treaty between Israel and the shareholder’s country of residence and
provided that a certificate from the Israel Tax Authority allowing for a reduced withholding tax rate is obtained in advance.
However, a distribution of dividends to non‑Israeli residents is subject to withholding tax at source at a rate of 15% if the
dividend is distributed from income attributed to a Beneficiary Enterprise, unless a reduced tax rate is provided under an
applicable tax treaty, and provided that a certificate from the Israel Tax Authority allowing for a reduced withholding tax rate is
obtained in advance. For example, under the United States‑Israel Tax Treaty, the maximum rate of tax withheld at source in Israel
on dividends paid to a holder of our ordinary shares who is a Treaty U.S. Resident is 25%. However, generally, the maximum rate
of withholding tax on dividends, not generated by an Approved Enterprise or Beneficiary Enterprise, that are paid to a U.S.
corporation holding 10% or more of the outstanding voting capital throughout the tax year in which the dividend is distributed as
well as during the previous tax year, is 12.5%, provided that not more than 25% of the gross income for such preceding year
consists of certain types of dividends and interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, dividends distributed from income attributed to
an Approved Enterprise or Beneficiary Enterprise are not entitled to such reduction under the tax treaty but are subject to a
withholding tax rate of 15% for such a U.S. corporation, provided that the condition related to our gross income for the previous
year (as set forth in the previous sentence) is met. If the dividend is attributable partly to income derived from an Approved
Enterprise, Beneficiary Enterprise or Preferred Enterprise, and partly to other sources of income, the withholding rate will be a
blended rate reflecting the relative portions of the two types of income. We cannot assure you that we will designate the profits
that we may distribute in a way that will reduce shareholders’ tax liability.
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A non‑Israeli resident who receives dividends from which tax was withheld, is generally exempt from the obligation to
file tax returns in Israel with respect to such income, provided that (i) such income was not derived from a business conducted in
Israel by the taxpayer, (ii) the taxpayer has no other taxable sources of income in Israel with respect to which a tax return is
required to be filed and (iii) the tax payer is not obligated to pay the excess tax (as further explained below).
Excess Tax
Individuals who are subject to tax in Israel are also subject to an additional tax at a rate of 3% on annual income
exceeding a certain level, which amount is linked to the annual change in the Israeli consumer price index, including but not
limited to, dividends, interest and capital gain. In 2020, the additional tax will be at a rate of 3% on annual income exceeding NIS
651,600.
United States Federal Income Taxation
The following is a description of the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of
our ordinary shares by a U.S. Holder that holds the ordinary shares as capital assets. This description does not address tax
considerations applicable to holders that may be subject to special tax rules, including, without limitation:
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banks, financial institutions or insurance companies;
real estate investment trusts, regulated investment companies or grantor trusts;
dealers or traders in securities, commodities or currencies;
tax‑exempt entities or organizations, including an “individual retirement account” or “Roth IRA” as defined in Section 408 or 408A of the
Code, respectively;
certain former citizens or long‑term residents of the United States;
persons that received our shares as compensation for the performance of services;
persons that holds our shares as part of a “hedging,” “integrated” or “conversion” transaction or as a position in a “straddle” for U.S. federal
income tax purposes;
partnerships (including entities classified as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or other pass‑through entities, or holders that
will hold our shares through such an entity;
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S corporations;
holders that acquired ordinary shares as a result of holding or owning our preferred shares;
U.S. Holders (as defined below) whose “functional currency” is not the U.S. dollar;
persons that are residents of ordinarily resident in or have a permanent establishment in a jurisdiction outside the United States; or
holders that own directly, indirectly or through attribution 10.0% or more of the voting power or value of our shares.
Moreover, this description does not address the U.S. federal estate, gift or alternative minimum tax tax consequences,
Medicare consequences, or any state, local or foreign tax consequences, of the ownership and disposition of our ordinary shares.
This summary is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), administrative pronouncements,
judicial decisions and final, temporary and proposed Treasury regulations, all as currently in effect and available. These
authorities are subject to change or differing interpretation, possibly with retroactive effect. U.S. Holders should consult their
own tax advisers concerning the U.S. federal, state, local and foreign tax consequences of owning and disposing of our ordinary
shares in their particular circumstances.
For purposes of this summary, a “U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner of our ordinary shares who is, for U.S. federal
income tax purposes:
•
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•
•
a citizen or individual resident of the United States;
a corporation, or other entity taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, created or organized in or under the laws of the
United States, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia;
an estate, the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source; or
a trust that (1) is subject to the primary supervision of a U.S. Court and one or more U.S. persons that have the authority to control all
substantial decisions of the trust or (2) has a valid election in effect under applicable Treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person.
If a partnership (or other entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) holds our ordinary shares,
the tax treatment of a partner in such partnership generally will depend upon the status of the partner and upon the activities of
the partnership. Investors who are partners in a partnership should consult their tax advisers as to the particular U.S. federal
income tax consequences of owning and disposing of our ordinary shares in their particular circumstances.
A “Non‑U.S. Holder” is a beneficial owner of our ordinary shares that is neither a U.S. Holder nor a partnership for U.S.
federal income tax purposes.
Unless otherwise indicated, this discussion assumes that the company is not, and will not become, a “passive foreign
investment company,” or a PFIC, for U.S. federal income tax purposes. See “ITEM 10.E. Taxation—United States Federal
Income Taxation—Passive Foreign Investment Company Considerations” below. Further, this summary does not address the U.S.
federal estate and gift, state, local or non‑U.S. tax consequences to U.S. Holders of owning and disposing of our ordinary shares.
Investors should consult their own tax advisors regarding the U.S. federal, state and local, as well as non‑U.S. income and other
tax consequences of owning and disposing of our ordinary shares in their particular circumstances.
Distributions
If you are a U.S. Holder, the gross amount of any distribution made to you with respect to our ordinary shares before
reduction for any Israeli taxes withheld therefrom, other than certain distributions, if any, of our ordinary shares distributed pro
rata to all our shareholders, generally will be includible in your income as dividend income to the extent such distribution is paid
out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits as determined under U.S. federal income tax principles. We do not expect
to maintain calculations of our earnings and profits under U.S. federal income tax principles. Therefore, if you are a U.S. Holder
you should expect that the entire amount of any distribution generally will be reported as dividend income to you. Non‑corporate
U.S. Holders may qualify for the lower rates of taxation with respect to dividends on ordinary shares applicable to long‑term
capital gains (i.e., gains from the sale of capital assets held for more than one year), provided that certain conditions are met,
including certain holding period requirements and the absence of certain risk reduction transactions. However, such dividends
will not be eligible for the dividends received deduction generally allowed to corporate U.S. Holders.
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If you are a U.S. Holder, dividends paid to you with respect to our ordinary shares will generally be treated as foreign
source income, which may be relevant in calculating your foreign tax credit limitation. Subject to certain conditions and
limitations, Israeli tax withheld on dividends may be deducted from your taxable income or credited against your U.S. federal
income tax liability. The limitation on foreign taxes eligible for credit is calculated separately with respect to specific classes of
income. For this purpose, dividends that we distribute generally should constitute “passive category income.” A foreign tax credit
for foreign taxes imposed on distributions may be denied if you do not satisfy certain minimum holding period requirements. The
rules relating to the determination of the foreign tax credit are complex, and you should consult your tax advisor to determine
whether and to what extent you will be entitled to this credit.
Subject to the discussion below under “—Backup Withholding Tax and Information Reporting Requirements,” if you are
a Non‑U.S. Holder, you generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income (or withholding) tax on dividends received by you on
your ordinary shares, unless you conduct a trade or business in the United States and such income is effectively connected with
that trade or business (or, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, the dividends are attributable to a permanent
establishment or fixed base that such holder maintains in the United States).
Sale, Exchange or Other Taxable Disposition of Ordinary Shares
If you are a U.S. Holder, you generally will recognize gain or loss on the sale, exchange or other taxable disposition of our
ordinary shares equal to the difference between the amount realized on such sale, exchange or other taxable disposition and your
adjusted tax basis in our ordinary shares, and such gain or loss will be capital gain or loss. The initial tax basis in an ordinary
share generally will be equal to the cost of such ordinary share. Except with respect to foreign currency gain or loss, if you are a
non‑corporate U.S. Holder, capital gain from the sale, exchange or other taxable disposition of ordinary shares is generally
eligible for a preferential rate of taxation applicable to capital gains, if your holding period for such ordinary shares exceeds one
year (i.e., such gain is long‑term capital gain). The deductibility of capital losses for U.S. federal income tax purposes is subject
to limitations under the Code. Any such gain or loss that a U.S. Holder recognizes generally will be treated as U.S. source income
or loss for foreign tax credit limitation purposes.
Subject to the discussion below under “—Backup Withholding Tax and Information Reporting Requirements,” if you are
a Non‑U.S. Holder, you generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income or withholding tax on any gain realized on the sale or
exchange of such ordinary shares unless:
•
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such gain is effectively connected with your conduct of a trade or business in the United States (or, if required by an applicable income tax
treaty, the gain is attributable to a permanent establishment or fixed base that such holder maintains in the United States); or
you are an individual and have been present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of such sale or exchange and certain
other conditions are met.
Passive Foreign Investment Company Considerations
If we were to be classified as a “passive foreign investment company,” or “PFIC,” in any taxable year, a U.S. Holder
would be subject to special rules generally intended to reduce or eliminate any benefits from the deferral of U.S. federal income
tax that a U.S. Holder could derive from investing in a non‑U.S. company that does not distribute all of its earnings on a current
basis.
A non‑U.S. corporation will be classified as a PFIC for federal income tax purposes in any taxable year in which, after
applying certain look‑through rules with respect to the income and assets of subsidiaries, either:
•
at least 75% of its gross income is “passive income”; or
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at least 50% of the average quarterly value of its total gross assets (which may be determined in part by the market value of our ordinary
shares, which is subject to change) is attributable to assets that produce “passive income” or are held for the production of passive income.
Passive income for this purpose generally includes dividends, interest, royalties, rents, gains from commodities and
securities transactions, the excess of gains over losses from the disposition of assets which produce passive income, and includes
amounts derived by reason of the temporary investment of funds raised in offerings of our ordinary shares. If a non‑U.S.
corporation owns at least 25% by value of the stock of another corporation, the non‑U.S. corporation is treated for purposes of the
PFIC tests as owning its proportionate share of the assets of the other corporation and as receiving directly its proportionate share
of the other corporation’s income. If we are classified as a PFIC in any year with respect to which a U.S. Holder owns our
ordinary shares, we will continue to be treated as a PFIC with respect to such U.S. Holder in all succeeding years during which
the U.S. Holder owns our ordinary shares unless we cease to be a PFIC and the U.S. holder has made a “deemed sale” election
under the PFIC rules.
Based on our current estimates of our gross income and the estimated fair market value of our gross assets and the nature
of our business, we do not believe we were classified as a PFIC for the taxable year ending December 31, 2020. However, we
must determine our PFIC status annually based on tests which are factual in nature, and our status in future years will depend on
our income, assets and activities in those years. Further, because the value of our gross assets is likely to be determined in large
part by reference to our market capitalization, a decline in the value of our ordinary shares or an increase in the value of our
passive assets (including cash and short term investments) may result in our becoming a PFIC. There can be no assurance that we
will not be considered a PFIC for any taxable year. If we were a PFIC and you are a U.S. Holder, then unless you make one of the
elections described below, a special tax regime will apply to both (a) any “excess distribution” by us to you (generally, your
ratable portion of distributions in any year which are greater than 125% of the average annual distribution received by you in the
shorter of the three preceding years or your holding period for our ordinary shares) and (b) any gain realized on the sale or other
disposition of the ordinary shares. Under this regime, any excess distribution and realized gain will be treated as ordinary income
and will be subject to tax as if (a) the excess distribution or gain had been realized ratably over your holding period, (b) the
amount deemed realized in each year had been subject to tax in each year of that holding period at the highest marginal rate for
such year (other than income allocated to the current period or any taxable period before we became a PFIC, which would be
subject to tax at the U.S. Holder’s regular ordinary income rate for the current year and would not be subject to the interest charge
discussed below) and (c) the interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax had been imposed on the taxes deemed
to have been payable in those years. In addition, dividend distributions made to you will not qualify for the lower rates of taxation
applicable to long‑term capital gains discussed above under “Distributions.” Certain elections may be available that would result
in an alternative treatment (such as mark‑to‑market treatment) of our ordinary shares.
If a U.S. Holder makes a valid mark‑to‑market election for the first tax year in which such U.S. Holder holds (or is
deemed to hold) ordinary shares in a corporation and for which such corporation is determined to be a PFIC, the U.S. Holder
generally will recognize as ordinary income any excess of the fair market value of the ordinary shares at the end of each taxable
year over their adjusted tax basis, and will recognize an ordinary loss in respect of any excess of the adjusted tax basis of the
ordinary shares over their fair market value at the end of the taxable year (but only to the extent of the net amount of income
previously included as a result of the mark‑to‑market election). If a U.S. Holder makes the election, the U.S. Holder’s tax basis in
the ordinary shares will be adjusted to reflect these income or loss amounts. Any gain recognized on the sale or other disposition
of ordinary shares in a year when we are a PFIC will be treated as ordinary income and any loss will be treated as an ordinary
loss (but only to the extent of the net amount of income previously included as a result of the mark‑to‑market election). The
mark‑to‑market election is available only if we are a PFIC and our ordinary shares are “regularly traded” on a “qualified
exchange.” Our ordinary shares will be treated as “regularly traded” in any calendar year in which more than a de minimis
quantity of the ordinary shares, are traded on a qualified exchange on at least 15 days during each calendar quarter. Nasdaq is a
qualified exchange for this purpose and, consequently, if the ordinary shares are regularly traded, the mark‑to‑market election
will be available to a U.S. Holder.
If we are a PFIC, the general tax treatment for U.S. Holders described in this section would apply to indirect distributions
and gains deemed to be realized by U.S. Holders in respect of any entity in which we hold equity that is also a PFIC (a "lower tier
PFIC"). Because a mark‑to‑market election generally would not be available with respect to any lower‑tier PFICs, a U.S. Holder
may continue to be subject to the PFIC rules with respect to such holder’s indirect interest in any investments held by us that are
treated as an equity interest in such lower-tiers PFICs.
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We do not intend to provide the information necessary for U.S. Holders to make qualified electing fund elections if we are
classified as a PFIC. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors to determine whether any of these elections would be
available and if so, what the consequences of the alternative treatments would be in their particular circumstances.
If a U.S. Holder owns ordinary shares during any year in which we are a PFIC, the U.S. Holder generally will be required
to file an IRS Form 8621 (Information Return by a Shareholder of a Passive Foreign Investment Company or Qualified Electing
Fund) or successor form with respect to the company, generally with the U.S. Holder’s federal income tax return for that year. If
the company was a PFIC for a given taxable year, then you should consult your tax advisor concerning your annual filing
requirements.
U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding whether we are a PFIC and the potential application of the PFIC
rules.
Backup Withholding Tax and Information Reporting Requirements
U.S. backup withholding tax and information reporting requirements may apply to certain payments to certain holders of
stock. Information reporting generally will apply to payments of dividends on, and to proceeds from the sale, exchange or
redemption of, our ordinary shares made within the United States, or by a United States payor or United States middleman, to a
holder of our ordinary shares, other than an exempt recipient (including a payee that is not a United States person that provides an
appropriate certification and certain other persons). Payments made (and sales or other dispositions effected at an office) outside
the U.S. will be subject to information reporting in limited circumstances. A payor will be required to withhold backup
withholding tax from any payments of dividends on, or the proceeds from the sale or redemption of, ordinary shares within the
United States, or by a United States payor or United States middleman, to a holder, other than an exempt recipient, if such holder
fails to furnish its correct taxpayer identification number or otherwise fails to comply with, or establish an exemption from, such
backup withholding tax requirements, or to report dividends required to be shown on the holder’s U.S. federal income tax returns.
Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules will be allowed as a credit against the beneficial owner’s U.S. federal
income tax liability, if any, and any excess amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules may be refunded, provided that
the required information is timely furnished to the IRS.
Foreign Asset Reporting
Certain U.S. Holders who are individuals and certain entities may be required to report information relating to an interest
in our ordinary shares, subject to certain exceptions (including an exception for shares held in accounts maintained by certain
financial institutions) by filing IRS Form 8938 (Statement of Specified Foreign Financial Assets) with their federal income tax
return. U.S. Holders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding their information reporting obligations, if any, with respect
to their ownership and disposition of our ordinary shares.
F. Dividends and Paying Agents
Not applicable.
G. Statement by Experts
Not applicable.
H. Documents on Display
We are required to make certain filings with the SEC. The SEC maintains an internet website that contains reports, proxy
statements and other information about issuers, like us, that file electronically with the SEC. The address of that site is
www.sec.gov.
We also make available on our website, free of charge, our annual reports on Form 20-F and the text of our reports on
Form 6-K, including any amendments to these reports, as well as certain other SEC filings, as soon as reasonably practicable
after they are electronically filed with or furnished to the SEC. Our website address is www.mediwound.com. The information
contained on our website is not incorporated by reference in this document.
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I. Subsidiary Information
Not applicable.
Item 11. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
We are exposed to a variety of risks, including foreign currency exchange fluctuations, changes in interest rates and
inflation. We regularly assess currency, interest rate and inflation risks to minimize any adverse effects on our business as a result
of those factors.
Foreign Currency Risk
The U.S. dollar is our functional and reporting currency. A significant portion of our operating expenses are denominated
in Israeli shekels, accounting for approximately 45%, 40% and 44% of our operating expenses in the years ended December 31,
2018, 2019 and 2020, respectively. We also have expenses in other non‑dollar currencies, in particular the Euro, and for the next
few years, we expect that a substantial portion of our revenues will be denominated in U.S dollar. A devaluation of the shekel in
relation to the U.S. dollar has the effect of reducing the U.S. dollar amount of our expenses or payables that are payable in
shekels, unless those expenses or payables are linked to the U.S. dollar. Conversely, any increase in the value of the shekel in
relation to the U.S. dollar has the effect of increasing the U.S. dollar value of our unlinked shekel expenses, which would have a
negative impact on our profit margins.
Because exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and both the shekel and the Euro (as well as between the U.S. dollar and
other currencies) fluctuate continuously, such fluctuations have an impact on our results and period‑to‑period comparisons of our
results. The effects of foreign currency re‑measurements are reported in our consolidated financial statements of operations.
The following table presents information about the changes in the exchange rates of the shekel against the U.S. dollar and
changes in the exchange rates of the Euro against the U.S. dollar:
Period
2018
2019
2020
Appreciation (Devaluation) of
Shekel against
the U.S. dollar
(%)
Euro
against the
U.S. dollar
(%)
(8.1)
7.8
7.0
(4.4)
(2.0)
8.0
A 10% increase (decrease) in the value of the NIS and Euro against the U.S. dollar would have increased (decreased) our
net profit by (loss) approximately $1.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2020.
As we are marketing and selling NexoBrid in Europe and conducting clinical trials of outside the United States, we will
continue to monitor exposure to currency fluctuations. We do not currently engage in currency hedging activities in order to
reduce this currency exposure, but we may begin to do so in the future. Instruments that may be used to hedge future risks may
include foreign currency forward and swap contracts. These instruments may be used to selectively manage risks, but there can
be no assurance that we will be fully protected against material foreign currency fluctuations.
Other Market Risks
We do not believe that we have material exposure to interest rate risk due to the fact that we have no long‑term debt.
We do not believe that we have any material exposure to inflationary risks. We do not believe that the rate of inflation in
Israel has had a material impact on our business to date. However, our costs in Israel will increase if inflation in Israel exceeds
the devaluation of the shekel against the U.S. dollar (to the extent that it devalues at all) or if the timing of such devaluation lags
behind inflation in Israel.
Item 12. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES
Not applicable.
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Item 13. DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES
PART II
None.
Item 14. MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS
None.
Item 15. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
(a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of
our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a‑15(e) and 15d‑15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of
December 31, 2020. Based on such evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, as
of December 31, 2020, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
(b) Management Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Our management, under the supervision of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, is responsible for
establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting as defined in Rules 13a‑15(f) and 15d‑15(f) under
the Exchange Act.
Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, assessed the effectiveness of our
internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020. In making this assessment, our management used the criteria
established in Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission (COSO). Our management has concluded, based on its assessment, that our internal control over financial
reporting was effective as of December 31, 2020.
(d) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a‑15(f) and
15d‑15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the period covered by this annual report that have materially affected, or
that are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Item 16. [Reserved]
Item 16A. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT
Our board of directors has determined that Sharon Kochan qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert,” as defined
under the U.S. federal securities laws and has the requisite financial experience defined by the Nasdaq Marketplace Rules. In
addition, Sharon Kochan is independent as such term is defined in Rule 10A‑3(b)(1) under the Exchange Act and under the
listing standards of the Nasdaq Global Market.
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Item 16B. CODE OF ETHICS
We have adopted a code of business conduct and ethics applicable to our executive officers, directors and all other
employees. A copy of the code is delivered to every employee of MediWound Ltd. and its subsidiaries and is available to our
investors and others on our website http://ir.mediwound.com/ or by contacting our investor relations department. Information
contained on, or that can be accessed through, our website does not constitute a part of this annual report and is not incorporated
by reference herein. Any waivers of this code for executive officers or directors will be disclosed through the filing of a Form
6‑K or on our website. We granted no waivers under our code of ethics in 2020.
Item 16C. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
Principal Accountant Fees and Services
We paid the following fees for professional services rendered Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young
Global, an independent registered public accounting firm, for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2020:
Audit Fees
Audit‑Related Fees
Tax Fees
Total
2019
2020
240,000 $
35,000
—
275,000 $
170,000
33,500
—
203,500
$
$
“Audit fees” are the aggregate fees paid for the audit of our annual financial statements and SOX for the year 2020. This
category also includes services that generally the independent accountant provides, such as consents and assistance with and
review of documents filed with the SEC.
“Audit‑related fees” are the aggregate fees paid for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the
performance of the audit and are not reported under audit fees. These fees primarily include accounting consultations regarding
the accounting treatment of matters that occur in the regular course of business, implications of new accounting pronouncements
and other accounting issues that occur from time to time.
“Tax fees” include fees for professional services rendered by our independent registered public accounting firm for tax
compliance, transfer pricing and tax advice on actual or contemplated transactions.
The Audit Committee pre‑approves all audit and non‑audit services provided by the independent registered public
accounting firm.
Item 16D. EXEMPTIONS FROM THE LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES
Not applicable.
Item 16E. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS
Not applicable.
Item 16F. CHANGE IN REGISTRANT’S CERTIFYING ACCOUNTANT
Not applicable.
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Item 16G. CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
As a foreign private issuer, we are permitted to comply with Israeli corporate governance practices instead of the Nasdaq
Stock Market requirements, provided that we disclose those Nasdaq Stock Market requirements with which we do not comply
and the equivalent Israeli requirement that we follow instead. We currently rely on this “foreign private issuer exemption” with
respect to the following requirements:
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•
Quorum. As permitted under the Israeli Companies Law pursuant to our articles of association, the quorum required for an ordinary meeting
of shareholders will consist of at least two shareholders present in person, by proxy or by other voting instrument in accordance with the
Israeli Companies Law, who hold at least 25% of the voting power of our shares (and in an adjourned meeting, with some exceptions, at least
two shareholders), instead of 33 1/3% of the issued share capital required under the Nasdaq Stock Market listing rules.
Nomination of directors. With the exception of external directors and directors elected by our board of directors due to vacancy, our directors
are elected by an annual meeting of our shareholders to hold office until the next annual meeting following one year from his or her election.
The nominations for directors, which are presented to our shareholders by our board of directors, are generally made by the entire board of
directors itself, in accordance with the provisions of our articles of association and the Israeli Companies Law. Nominations need not be made
by a nominating committee of our board of directors consisting solely of independent directors or otherwise, as required under the Nasdaq
Stock Market listing rules.
• Majority of independent directors. Under the Israeli Companies Law, we are only required to appoint at least two external directors, within the
meaning of the Israeli Companies Law, to our board of directors. Currently, four of our directors (of whom two are external directors, within
the meaning of the Israeli Companies Law) qualify as independent directors under the rules of the U.S. federal securities laws and the Nasdaq
Stock Market listing rules. If at any time we no longer have a controlling shareholder, we will no longer be required to have external directors,
provided that we comply with the majority Board independence requirements and the audit and compensation committee composition
requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market.
•
Shareholder approval. We do not intend to follow Nasdaq Stock Market rules which require shareholder approval in order to enter into any
transaction, other than a public offering, involving the sale, issuance or potential issuance by the Company of ordinary shares (or securities
convertible into or exercisable for ordinary shares) equal to 20% or more of the outstanding share capital of the Company or 20% or more of
the voting power outstanding before the issuance for less than the greater of book or market value of the ordinary shares. We will follow
Israeli law with respect to any requirement to obtain shareholder approval in connection with any private placements of equity securities.
Item 16H. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE
Not applicable.
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Item 17. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Not applicable.
Item 18. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
See pages F‑2 through F‑46 of this annual report.
Item 19. EXHIBITS
PART III
Description
Exhibit No.
1.1
1.2
2.1
4.1
4.2
4.3
Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Registrant, as amended(1)
Memorandum of Association of the Registrant(2)
Description of Securities(1)
Registration Rights Agreement by and among the Registrant and certain shareholders of the Registrant(2)
Information Rights Agreement by and between Clal Biotechnology Industries Ltd. and the Registrant(2)
Founders and Shareholders Agreement, dated January 2001, by and among Clal Biotechnology Industries Ltd., L.R. R & D Ltd., Professor
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
4.9
4.10
4.11.1
Lior Rosenberg and the Registrant(3)
Patent Purchase Agreement, dated November 24, 2010, by and between the Registrant and L.R. R & D Ltd.(3)
Form of Indemnification Agreement(2)
Supply Agreement, dated January 11, 2001, as amended, by and between the Registrant and Challenge Bioproducts Corporation Ltd.†(3)
License Agreement, dated September 22, 2000, as amended, by and between the Registrant and Mark Klein†(3)
2003 Israeli Share Option Plan(3)
2014 Equity Incentive Plan(1)
MediWound Ltd.’s Compensation Policy for Executive Officers and Directors(4)
BARDA Contract, dated September 29, 2015, by and between the Registrant and the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and
Development Authority†
4.11.2
Modification to the BARDA Contract, dated October 7, 2015, by and between the Registrant and the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research
and Development Authority(5)
4.11.3
Modification to the BARDA Contract, dated January 29, 2017, by and between the Registrant and the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research
and Development Authority†(6)
4.11.4
Modification to the BARDA Contract, dated July 9, 2017, by and between the Registrant and the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and
Development Authority(7)
4.11.5
Modification to the BARDA Contract, dated May 24, 2019, by and between the Registrant and the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research
4.11.6
and Development Authority(1)
Modification to the BARDA Contract, dated February 28, 2020, by and between the Registrant and the U.S. Biomedical Advanced
Research and Development Authority
4.13
BARDA Contract, dated September 30, 2018, by and between the Registrant and the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and
Development Authority†(8)
4.14.1
Unprotected Sub‑Lease Agreement, dated March 18, 2018, by and between the Registrant and Clal Life Sciences L.P. (unofficial English
translation of Hebrew original) (9)
4.14.2
Addendum to Sub‑Lease Agreement, dated March 18, 2018, by and between the Registrant and Clal Life Sciences L.P. (unofficial English
translation of Hebrew original) (10)
4.15
Settlement Agreement and Mutual General Release, dated as of March 24, 2019, by and among Teva Pharmaceuticals Ltd. and MediWound
Ltd. and Certain Indemnity in connection with Settlement Agreement dated as of March 24, 2019 by MediWound Ltd.(11)
4.16
Amendment No. 1 to Settlement Agreement and Mutual General Release as of December 13, 2020, by and among Teva Pharmaceuticals
Ltd. and MediWound Ltd.
4.17
4.18
8.1
12.1
License Agreement, dated as of May 6, 2019, by and between the Registrant and Vericel Corporation† (12)
Supply Agreement, dated as of May 6, 2019, by and between the Registrant and Vericel Corporation† (13)
List of subsidiaries of the Registrant
Certificate of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a‑14(a) and 15d‑14(a) as adopted pursuant to §302 of
the Sarbanes‑Oxley Act of 2002
12.2
Certificate of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a‑14(a) and 15d‑14(a) as adopted pursuant to §302 of
the Sarbanes‑Oxley Act of 2002
13.1
Certificate of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes‑Oxley Act of 2002,
furnished herewith
13.2
Certificate of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to §906 of the Sarbanes‑Oxley Act of 2002,
furnished herewith
15.1
Consent of Kost Forer Gabbay and Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global, an independent registered public accounting firm
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The following financial information from the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 20‑F for the year ended December 31, 2020 formatted in
XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2019 and 2020; (ii) Consolidated
Statements of Profit or Loss or Other Comprehensive Loss for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2019 and 2020; (iii) Consolidated
Statements of Changes in Equity (Deficiency) for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2019 and 2020; (iv) Consolidated Statements of
Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2019 and 2020; and (v) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, tagged as blocks
of text. Users of this data are advised, in accordance with Rule 406T of Regulation S‑T promulgated by the SEC, that this Interactive Data
File is deemed not filed or part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act, is deemed
not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, and otherwise is not subject to liability under those sections.
†
Portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to Instruction 4(a) to Exhibits to Form 20-F because they are both (i) not material and (ii) would
likely cause competitive harm to the registrant if publicly disclosed.
(1) Previously filed with the SEC on February 25, 2020 pursuant to the Registrant’s annual report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2019
(File No. 001-36349) and incorporated by reference herein.
(2) Previously filed with the SEC on March 3, 2014 pursuant to the Registrant’s registration statement on Form F‑1 (File No. 333‑193856) and
incorporated by reference herein.
(3) Previously filed with the SEC on February 10, 2014 pursuant to the Registrant’s registration statement on Form F‑1 (File No. 333‑193856) and
incorporated by reference herein.
(4) Previously furnished to the SEC on August 14, 2019 as Appendix A to the Registrant’s proxy statement for its extraordinary general meeting of
shareholders held on September 23, 2019, attached as Exhibit 99.1 to the Registrant’s report of foreign private issuer on Form 6‑K (File No.
001‑36349) and incorporated by reference herein.
(5) Previously filed with the SEC on January 25, 2016 as Exhibit 4.14 to the Registrant’s annual report on Form 20‑F for the year ended December 31,
2015 (File No. 001‑36349) and incorporated by reference herein.
(6) Previously filed with the SEC on February 21, 2017 as Exhibit 4.15 to the Registrant’s annual report on Form 20‑F for the year ended December 31,
2016 (File No. 001‑36349) and incorporated by reference herein.
(7) Previously filed with the SEC on March 19, 2018 as Exhibit 4.16 to the Registrant’s annual report on Form 20‑F for the year ended December 31, 2017
(File No. 001‑36349) and incorporated by reference herein.
(8) Previously filed with the SEC on March 25, 2019 as Exhibit 4.17 to the Registrant’s annual report on Form 20‑F for the year ended December 31, 2018
(File No. 001‑36349) and incorporated by reference herein.
(9) Previously filed with the SEC on March 19, 2018 as Exhibit 4.17 to the Registrant’s annual report on Form 20‑F for the year ended December 31, 2017
(File No. 001‑36349) and incorporated by reference herein
(10) Previously filed with the SEC on March 25, 2019 as Exhibit 4.20 to the Registrant’s annual report on Form 20‑F for the year ended December 31, 2018
(File No. 001‑36349) and incorporated by reference herein.
(11) Previously filed with the SEC on March 25, 2019 as Exhibit 4.21 to the Registrant’s annual report on Form 20‑F for the year ended December 31, 2018
(File No. 001‑36349) and incorporated by reference herein
(12) Previously filed with the SEC by Vericel Corporation on August 6, 2019 as Exhibit 10.9 to its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June 30, 2019 (File No. 001‑35280) and incorporated by reference herein.
(13) Previously filed with the SEC by Vericel Corporation on August 6, 2019 as Exhibit 10.10 to its quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June 30, 2019 (File No. 001‑35280) and incorporated by reference herein
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The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20‑F and that it has duly caused and
authorized the undersigned to sign this annual report on its behalf.
SIGNATURES
Date: February 25, 2021
MediWound Ltd.
By: /s/ Boaz Gur-Lavie
Boaz Gur-Lavie
Chief Financial Officer
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MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
DECEMBER 31, 2020
INDEX
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Consolidated Balance Sheets
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
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Kost Forer Gabbay &
Kasierer
144 Menachem Begin Rd.
Tel-Aviv 6492102, Israel
Tel: +972-3-6232525
Fax: +972-3-5622555
ey.com
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders and
Board of Directors of
MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of MediWound Ltd and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of
December 31, 2020 and 2019, the related consolidated statements of comprehensive or loss, shareholders' equity and cash flows
for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2020, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the
“consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects,
the financial position of the Company at December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for
each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2020, in conformity with International Financial Reporting Standards as
issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in
accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange
Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the
audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to
error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over
financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting
but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control over financial reporting.
Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to
error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis,
evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial
statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
Critical Audit Matter
The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that was
communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that: (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are
material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective or complex judgments. The
communication of the critical audit matter does not alter in any way our opinion on the consolidated financial statements, taken
as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit
matter or on the account or disclosure to which it relates.
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Kost Forer Gabbay &
Kasierer
144 Menachem Begin Rd.
Tel-Aviv 6492102, Israel
Tel: +972-3-6232525
Fax: +972-3-5622555
ey.com
Israel Innovation Authority (IIA) grant liability
Description of the
matter
As described in Notes 3 and 16b to the consolidated financial statements, the Company’s research and development efforts
have been financed in part through grants from the Israeli Innovation Authority (“IIA”). Grants received from the IIA are
recognized as a liability if future economic benefits are expected from the research and development activity that will result
in royalty‑bearing sales. The Company undertook to pay royalties of 3% on the revenues derived from sales of products or
services developed in whole or in part using IIA grants, up to the amount of total grants received, plus LIBOR interest. The
liability to the IIA is measured at amortized cost using the effective interest method and amounted as of December 31, 2020
to $7,529 thousands.
Auditing the Company's IIA liability involved a high degree of subjectivity as it is based on assumptions about future
revenue forecasts, such as long-term demand for the Company’s products and licenses and revenue growth rates. These
significant assumptions are forward-looking and could be affected by future economic and market conditions.
How we
addressed the
matter in our
audit
Our substantive audit procedures included, among others, evaluating the significant assumptions and operating data used by
management. For example, we compared the significant assumptions and operating data used by management to historical
trends, we performed look-back analyses by comparing the Company's historical financial forecasted revenues with the
actual results and we agreed future revenues to approved budgets. In addition, we considered the phases of development of
the Company's products and the Company’s ability of obtaining regulatory approvals. We also tested the completeness and
accuracy of the relevant data used in management's calculation, tested the mathematical accuracy of management’s
calculations and performed sensitivity analyses over significant assumptions used by management related to revenue growth
rates.
Tel-Aviv, Israel
February 25, 2021
KOST FORER GABBAY & KASIERER
A Member of Ernst & Young Global
We have served as the Company's auditor since 2001
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
U.S. dollars in thousands
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents
Restricted deposits
Short-term bank deposits
Trade receivables
Inventories
Other receivables
LONG-TERM ASSETS:
Property, plant and equipment, net
Right of-use assets, net
Intangible assets, net
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Current maturities of long-term liabilities
Trade payables and accrued expenses
Other payables
LONG‑TERM LIABILITIES:
Deferred revenues
Liabilities in respect of IIA grants
Liabilities in respect of purchase of shares
Lease liabilities
Severance pay liability, net
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY:
Ordinary shares of NIS 0.01 par value:
Authorized: 50,000,000 shares as of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019; Issued and
Outstanding 27,236,752 shares as of December 31, 2020 and 27,202,795 shares as of December
31, 2019
Share premium
Foreign currency translation adjustments
Accumulated deficit
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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Note
2019
2020
December 31,
4
5
5
6
7
8, 24
9
10
11
12, 24
13, 16b
16c
10
15
18
7,242
180
22,036
4,107
1,613
450
17,376
184
4,024
2,767
1,380
462
35,628
26,193
2,304
2,229
429
2,630
1,884
363
4,962
4,877
40,590
31,070
569
4,067
5,737
1,750
2,992
3,524
10,373
8,266
1,135
6,811
4,853
2,006
243
1,234
7,267
4,998
1,741
292
15,048
15,532
75
140,871
(17)
(125,760)
75
142,193
(40)
(134,956)
15,169
7,272
40,590
31,070
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
Note
2018
Year ended
December 31,
2019
Revenues from sale of products
Revenues from development services
Revenues from license agreements
Total revenues
Cost of revenues
Gross profit
Research and development, net of Participations
Selling and marketing
General and administrative
Other income from settlement agreement
Other expenses
Total operating expenses
Operating profit (loss)
Financial income
Financial expense
Profit (loss) from continuing operations
Profit from discontinued operation
Net profit (loss)
Other comprehensive income (loss):
Foreign currency translation adjustments
Total comprehensive income (loss)
22a
22b
22c
22d
22e
16c
22f
22g
22g
16c,21
23
Basic and diluted net profit (loss) per share from continuing operations
Basic and diluted net profit per share from discontinued operations
Total Basic and diluted net profit (loss) per share
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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3,401
-
-
3,401
3,611
10,678
17,500
31,789
2020
7,828
13,935
-
21,763
2,088
11,849
14,218
1,313
19 ,940
4,072
4,188
3,799
(7,537)
751
4,969
4,064
5,242
-
1,172
7,545
7,698
3,228
5,459
-
-
5,273
15,447
16,385
(3,960)
4,493
(8,840)
412
(2,117)
(5,665)
4,608
556
(2,983)
2,066
2,889
843
(1,279)
(9,276)
80
(1,057)
4,955
(9,196)
13
8
(23)
(1,044)
4,963
(9,219)
(0.21)
0.17
(0.04)
0.08
0.10
0.18
(0.34)
-
(0.34)
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
U.S. dollars in thousands
Share capital
premium
Share
Foreign
currency
translation
reserve
Accumulated
deficit
Total
Equity
Balance as of January 1, 2018
75
138,992
(38)
(129,658)
9,371
Net loss
Other comprehensive income
Total comprehensive (loss) income
Exercise of options
Share-based compensation
-
-
-
(*)
-
-
-
-
(*)
645
-
13
13
-
-
(1,057)
-
(1,057)
-
-
(1,057)
13
(1,044)
(*)
645
Balance as of December 31, 2018
75
139,637
(25)
(130,715)
8,972
Net profit
Other comprehensive income
Total comprehensive income
Exercise of options
Share-based compensation
-
-
-
(*)
-
-
-
-
-
1,234
-
8
8
-
-
4,955
-
4,955
-
-
4,955
8
4,963
(*)
1,234
Balance as of December 31, 2019
75
140,871
(17)
(125,760)
15,169
Net loss
Other comprehensive loss
Total comprehensive loss
Exercise of options
Share-based compensation
-
-
-
(*)
-
-
-
-
-
1,322
-
(23)
(23)
(*)
-
(9,196)
-
(9,196)
-
-
(9,196)
(23)
(9,219)
-
1,322
Balance as of December 31, 2020
75
142,193
(40)
(134,956)
7,272
* Represents an amount lower than $1.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
U.S. dollars in thousands
Cash Flows from operating activities:
Net Profit (loss)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) continuing operating activities:
Adjustments to profit and loss items:
Profit from discontinued operation
Depreciation and amortization
Share-based compensation
Revaluation of liabilities in respect of IIA grants
Revaluation of liabilities in respect of purchase of shares
Other income from settlement agreement
Revaluation of lease liabilities
Increase (decrease) in severance pay liability, net
Net financing income
Un-realized foreign currency (gain) loss
Changes in asset and liability items:
Decrease (increase) in trade receivables
Decrease in inventories
Decrease (increase) in other receivables
Increase (decrease) in trade payables and accrued expenses
Increase (decrease) in other payables and deferred revenues
Year ended
December 31,
2019
2018
2020
(1,057)
4,955
(9,196)
(4,608)
577
645
287
758
(7,537)
-
19
(412)
182
(2,889)
1,149
1,234
(392)
1,690
-
340
(105)
(434)
(152)
(80)
1,090
1,322
828
(433)
-
305
33
(297)
(211)
(10,089)
441
2,557
(211)
206
(306)
(536)
(161)
(3,553)
67
6,376
1,355
247
1,386
141
(13)
(1,096)
(479)
(1,008)
4,492
(61)
Net cash provided by (used in) continuing operating activities
(12,154)
9,888
(6,700)
Net cash used in discontinued operating activities
-
(1,599)
(195)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
(12,154)
8,289
(6,895)
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
U.S. dollars in thousands
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
Purchase of property and equipment
Purchase of intangible assets
Interest received
Proceeds from (investments in) short term bank deposits, net
Year ended
December 31,
2019
2018
2020
(522)
(12)
106
(16,612)
(792)
-
184
(5,050)
(923)
-
274
18,034
Net cash provided by (used in) continuing investing activities
(17,040)
(5,658)
17,385
Net cash used in discontinued investing activities
-
(1,239)
-
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
(17,040)
(6,897)
17,385
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
Repayment of leases liabilities
Proceeds from exercise of options
Proceeds from (repayment of) IIA grants, net
Net cash provided by (used in) continuing financing activities
-
(*)
46
(630)
-
(376)
46
(1,006)
Exchange rate differences on cash and cash equivalent balances
(205)
140
(508)
-
(121)
(629)
273
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents from continuing activities
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents from discontinued activities
Balance of cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
(29,353)
-
36,069
3,364
(2,838)
6,716
10,329
(195)
7,242
Balance of cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year
6,716
7,242
17,376
Supplement disclosure of Non-cash transactions:
ROU asset, net recognized with corresponding lease liability
Exercise of RSU’s
* Represents an amount lower than $1.
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the consolidated financial statements.
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-
-
209
97
261
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MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 1:
GENERAL
a.
General description of the Company and its operations:
MediWound Ltd. which incorporated in Yavne, Israel (the "Company" or "MediWound"), is biopharmaceutical
company develops, manufactures and commercializes novel, cost effective, bio- therapeutic solutions for tissue
repair and regeneration. The Company’s strategy is centered around its validated proteolytic enzyme platform
technology, focused on next-generation bio-active therapies for burn and wound care and biological medicinal
products for tissue repair.
The Company's first innovative biopharmaceutical product, NexoBrid, received marketing authorization from
the European Medicines Agency ("EMA") as well as the Israeli, Argentinean, South-Korean, Russian and
Peruvian Ministries of Health, for removal of dead or damaged tissue, known as eschar, in adults with deep
partial and full thickness thermal burns.
On June 29, 2020, the Company has submitted a Biologics License Application (BLA) to the U.S. Food and
Drugs Administration (FDA) seeking the approval of NexoBrid in USA.
On 16 September, 2020, FDA provided the Company with notification of acceptance of the BLA for review
and assigned a Prescription Drug User Fee Act (“PDUFA”) goal date of June 29, 2021.
The Company sells NexoBrid in Europe and in Israel through its commercial organizations while establishing
additional local distribution channels to extend its outreach in the European Union. In other territories the
company sells NexoBrid through local distribution channels. In 2019, the Company entered into exclusive
license and supply agreements with Vericel Corporation (“Vericel”) to commercialize NexoBrid in North
America.
The Company second investigational innovative product, EscharEx, is a topical biological drug being developed
for debridement of chronic and other hard-to-heal wounds.
The third innovative product candidate, MWPC005, is a topically applied biological drug candidate for the
treatment of non-melanoma skin cancers,
b.
c.
d.
The Company's securities are listed for trading on NASDAQ since March 2014.
The Company has three wholly owned subsidiaries: MediWound Germany GmbH, acting as Europe (“EU”) marketing authorization
holder and EU sales and marketing arm, MediWound UK Limited and MediWound US, Inc. currantly an inactive companies.
In addition, the Company owns approximately 10% of PolyHeal Ltd., a private life sciences company ("PolyHeal").
The Company awarded two contracts with the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority ("BARDA"), for the
advancement of the development and manufacturing, as well as the procurement of NexoBrid which has initiated on January 2020, as
a medical countermeasure as part of BARDA preparedness for mass casualty events.
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MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 1:
GENERAL (Cont.)
On March 3, 2020 BARDA has expanded its awarded contract with MediWound providing supplemental
funding to support emergency readiness for NexoBrid deployment (see also Note 17a).
e.
The COVID-19 pandemic has developed rapidly in 2020, with a significant number of cases. Measures taken by various governments
to contain the virus have affected economic activity.The Company addressed the challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic
during the year ended 2020, while prioritizing the health and safety of its workforce and maintaining operational efficiency and
flexibility.The Company continued its operations and had no impact on its revenues while achieving cost reduction in its Sales and
marketing As well as general and administration expenditures.
NOTE 2:-
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
a.
Basis of presentation of financial statements:
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards
("IFRS") as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board ("IASB").
The Company's consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a cost basis, except for financial
instruments which are measured at fair value through profit or loss.
b.
Consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of companies that the Company controls (subsidiaries). Control is
achieved when the Company is exposed, or has rights, to variable returns from its investment with the investee and has the ability to
affect those returns through its power over the investee.
The financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries are prepared as of the same dates and periods. The
consolidated financial statements are prepared using uniform accounting policies by all entities in the Group.
Significant intercompany balances and transactions and gains or losses resulting from intercompany
transactions are eliminated in full in the consolidated financial statements.
c.
Functional currency, reporting currency and foreign currency:
1.
Functional currency and reporting currency:
The reporting currency of the financial statements is the U.S. dollar.
The Company determines the functional currency based on the currency in which it primarily generates
and expends cash. The Company determined that its functional currency is the U.S. dollar since most of
the Company's expenses are in U.S. dollars and the economic environment in which the Company
operates in and performs its transactions is mostly affected by the U.S dollar. A certain portion of the
Company's costs are denominated in NIS mainly due to payroll and related benefit costs incurred in
Israel. To further support the Company's determination, the Company has analyzed the currency in which
funds from financing activities are generated or held and the currency in which receipts from operating
activities are usually retained. In this respect, funds from financing activities were principally derived
from significant funds raised in U.S. dollars including the public offering completed in 2014, the follow-
on offering completed in 2017 and U.S governmental funds.
The Company operates and plans its activities in U.S. dollars and accordingly its periodic budgets and
internal management reports are prepared and monitored using the U.S. dollar as the primary currency
and provides the basis for the determination of share-based compensation.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 2:-
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
The functional currency of the Company's subsidiary in Germany has been determined to be its local
currency - the EURO. Assets and liabilities of this subsidiary are translated at year end exchange rates and
its statement of operations
items are translated using the averegae exchange rates at the quarter of which those items are recognized.
Such translation adjustments are recorded as a separate component of accumulated other comprehensive
income (loss) in shareholders' equity.
2.
Transactions, assets and liabilities in foreign currency:
Transactions denominated in foreign currency are recorded upon initial recognition at the exchange rate
on the date of the transaction. After initial recognition, monetary assets and liabilities denominated in
foreign currency are translated at the end of each reporting period into the functional currency at the
exchange rate at that date. Exchange differences are recognized in profit or loss.
d.
Cash equivalents:
Cash equivalents are considered as highly liquid investments, including unrestricted short‑term bank deposits
with an original maturity of three months or less from the date of deposit.
e.
Short-term bank deposits:
Short-term bank deposits have a maturity of more than three months, but less than one year, from the deposit
date.
f.
Inventories:
Inventories are measured at the lower of cost and net realizable value. Net realizable value is the estimated
selling price in the ordinary course of business less the estimated costs of completion and the estimated selling
costs. The Company periodically evaluates the condition and age of inventories and makes provisions for slow
moving inventories accordingly.
Cost of inventories is determined as follows:
Raw
materials
Finished
goods
-
-
At cost of purchase using the first-in, first-out method.
On the basis of average standard costs (which approximates actual cost on a weighted average basis) including
materials, labor and other direct and indirect manufacturing costs based on practical capacity.
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 2:-
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
g.
Liability in respect of Israeli Innovation Authority ("IIA"):
Israeli Innovation Authority grants:
Government grants are recognized when there is reasonable assurance that the grants will be received and the
Company will comply with the attendant conditions.
Research and development grants received from the IIA, are recognized upon receipt as a liability if future
economic benefits are expected from the project that will result in royalty-bearing revenues from sale of
products and services. In that event, the royalty obligation is treated as a contingent liability in accordance with
IAS 37, "Provisions, Contingent Liabilities and Contingent Assets" ("IAS 37").
A liability for the grant is first measured at fair value (Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy) using a discount rate
that reflects a market interest rate. The difference between the amount of the grant received and the fair value of
the liability is accounted for as a government grant and recognized as a deduction from research and
development expenses. After initial recognition, the liability is measured at amortized cost using the effective
interest method. Royalty payments are treated as a reduction of the liability.
At the end of each reporting period, the Company evaluates whether there is reasonable assurance that the
liability recognized, in whole or in part, will not be repaid based on its best estimate of future sales and, if so,
the appropriate amount of the liability is derecognized against a corresponding reduction in research and
development expenses.
h.
Leases:
As described in Note 10 regarding the initial adoption of IFRS 16, "Leases" ("the Standard"), the Company
elected to apply the provisions of the Standard using the modified retrospective method (without restatement of
comparative data).
The accounting policy for leases applied effective from January 1, 2019, is as follows:
The Company accounts for a contract as a lease when the contract terms convey the right to control the use of
an identified asset for a period of time in exchange for consideration.
For leases in which the Company is the lessee, the Company recognizes on the commencement date of the lease
a right-of-use (“ROU”) asset and a lease liability, excluding leases whose term is up to 12 months and leases for
which the underlying asset is of low value. For these excluded leases, the Company has elected to recognize the
lease payments as an expense in profit or loss on a straight-line basis over the lease term. In measuring the lease
liability, the Company has elected to apply the practical expedient in the Standard and does not separate the
lease components from the non-lease components (such as management and maintenance services, etc.)
included in a single contract.
On the commencement date, the lease liability includes all unpaid lease payments discounted at the interest rate
implicit in the lease, if that rate can be readily determined, or otherwise using the Company's incremental
borrowing rate. After the commencement date, the Company measures the lease liability using the effective
interest rate method.
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 2:-
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MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
On the commencement date, the ROU asset is recognized in an amount equal to the lease liability plus lease
payments already made on or before the commencement date and initial direct costs incurred. The ROU asset is
measured applying the cost model and depreciated over the shorter of its useful life and the lease term.
Following are the amortization periods of the ROU assets by class of underlying asset:
Motor vehicles
Buildings and equipment
Years
3
5-8
The Company tests for impairment of the ROU asset whenever there are indications of impairment pursuant to
the provisions of IAS 36.
•
Variable lease payments that depend on an index:
On the commencement date, the Company uses the index rate prevailing on the commencement date to
calculate the future lease payments.
For leases in which the Company is the lessee, the aggregate changes in future lease payments resulting
from a change in the index are discounted (without a change in the discount rate applicable to the lease
liability) and recorded as an adjustment of the lease liability and the ROU assets, only when there is a
change in the cash flows resulting from the change in the index (that is, when the adjustment to the lease
payments takes effect).
•
Lease extension and termination options:
A non-cancelable lease term includes both the periods covered by an option to extend the lease when it is
reasonably certain that the extension option will be exercised and the periods covered by a lease
termination option when it is reasonably certain that the termination option will not be exercised.
In the event of any change in the expected exercise of the lease extension option or in the expected non-
exercise of the lease termination option, the Company remeasures the lease liability based on the revised
lease term using a revised discount rate as of the date of the change in expectations. The total change is
recognized in the carrying amount of the ROU asset until it is reduced to zero, and any further reductions
are recognized in profit or loss.
•
Lease modifications:
If a lease modification does not reduce the scope of the lease and does not result in a separate lease, the
Company remeasures the lease liability based on the modified lease terms using a revised discount rate as
of the modification date and records the change in the lease liability as an adjustment to the ROU asset.
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U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 2:-
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
If a lease modification reduces the scope of the lease, the Company recognizes a gain or loss arising from
the partial or full reduction of the carrying amount of the ROU asset and the lease liability. The Company
subsequently remeasures the carrying amount of the lease liability according to the revised lease terms, at
the revised discount rate as of the modification date and records the change in the lease liability as an
adjustment to the ROU asset.
The accounting policy for leases applied until December 31, 2018, is as follows:
The criteria for classifying leases as finance or operating leases depend on the substance of the agreements and
are made at the inception of the lease in accordance with the following principles as set out in IAS 17.
Operating leases:
Leases in which substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership of the leased asset are not transferred to the
Group are classified as operating leases. Lease payments are recognized as an expense in profit or loss on a
straight-line basis over the lease term.
i.
Property, plant and equipment, net:
Property, plant and equipment are measured at cost, including directly attributable costs, less accumulated
depreciation, accumulated impairment losses and excluding day-to-day servicing expenses. Cost includes spare
parts and auxiliary equipment that are used in connection with the plant and equipment.
Depreciation is calculated on a straight‑line basis over the useful life of the assets at annual rates as follows:
Office furniture
Manufacturing machinery and lab equipment
Computers
Leasehold improvements
%
6-15
15-33
33
See below
Leasehold improvements are depreciated on a straight‑line basis over the shorter of the lease term (including
the renewal option held by the Company which is expected to be exercised) and the expected life of the
improvement.
The useful life, depreciation method and residual value of an asset are reviewed at least each year-end and any
changes are accounted for prospectively as a change in accounting estimate.
j.
Intangible assets, net:
Separately acquired intangible assets with finite useful life are measured on initial recognition at cost.
Intangible assets are amortized over their useful life using the straight‑line method beginning in the period in
which the intangible assets generates net cash inflows to the Company. The useful life is over the length of the
patent or knowledge life. The intangible assets are reviewed for impairment at each reporting date until they
begin generating net cash inflows and subsequently whenever there is an indication that the asset may be
impaired.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 2:-
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
k.
Revenues recognition:
The revenue recognition is in accordance with IFRS 15, "Revenues from Contracts with Customers" ("the
Standard").
Revenues recognition:
Revenues from contracts with customers is recognized when the control over the goods or services is
transferred to the customer. The transaction price is the amount of the consideration that is expected to be
received based on the contract terms, excluding amounts collected on behalf of third parties (such as taxes).
Revenues from the sale of products:
The Company generates revenues from sales of its innovative biopharmaceutical product, NexoBrid, to burn
centers and hospital burn units in Europe, Israel and local distributors in international markets.
Revenues from sale of goods is recognized in profit or loss at the point in time when the control of the goods is
transferred to the customer, generally upon delivery of the goods to the customer.
Revenues from development services:
Revenues from development services is recognized over time, during the period the customer receives and
consumes the benefits provided by the Company's performance. The Company charges its customers based on
payment terms agreed upon inspecific agreements. When payments are made before or after the service is
performed, the Company recognizes the resulting contract asset or liability.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 2:-
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
Revenues from license agreements:
The Company determine whether the license to the Intellectual Property ("IP") is right to use the IP, which has
significant standalone functionality or a right to access, which does not have a stand alone value. The Company
recognizes Revenues from licensing transactions at a point in time when the Company provides the customer a
right to use the Company's intellectual property as it exists.
The Company recognizes Revenues from licensing transactions over time when the Company provides the
customer a right to access the Company's intellectual property throughout the license period.
Combination of contracts:
The Company accounts for multiple contracts as a single contract when all the contracts are signed at or near
the same time with the same customer or with related parties of the customer, and when one of the following
criteria is met:
-
-
-
The contracts are negotiated as a package with a single commercial objective.
The amount of consideration to be paid in one contract depends on the consideration or performance of another contract.
The goods or services that the Company will provide according to the contracts represent a single performance obligation for
the Company.
Variable consideration:
The Company determines the transaction price separately for each contract with a customer. When exercising
this judgment, the Company evaluates the effect of each variable amount in the contract, taking into
consideration discounts, penalties, variations, claims, non-cash consideration and the nature of multiple phases
of the product lifecycle. In determining the effect of the variable consideration, the Company uses the "most
likely amount" method described in the Standard. Pursuant to this method, the amount of the consideration is
determined as the single most likely amount in the range of possible consideration amounts in the contract.
According to the Standard, variable consideration is included in the transaction price only to the extent that it is
highly probable that a significant reversal in the amount of Revenues recognized will not occur when the
uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is subsequently resolved.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 2:-
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
Allocating the transaction price:
For contracts that consist of more than one performance obligation, at contract inception the Company allocates
the contract transaction price to each performance obligation identified in the contract on a relative stand-alone
selling price basis. A performance obligation is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to
the customer. The stand-alone selling price is the price at which the Company would sell the promised goods or
services separately to a customer. When the stand-alone selling price is not directly observable by reference to
similar transactions with similar customers, the Company applies suitable methods for estimating the stand-
alone selling price including: the adjusted market assessment approach, the expected cost plus a margin
approach and the residual approach. The Company may also use a combination of these approaches to allocate
the transaction price in the contract.
l.
Research and development expenses:
Research and development expenses are recognized in profit or loss when incurred. An intangible asset arising
from a development project or from the development phase of an internal project is recognized if the Company
can demonstrate the technical feasibility of completing the intangible asset so that it will be available for use or
sale; the Company's intention to complete the intangible asset and use or sell it; the Company's ability to use or
sell the intangible asset; how the intangible asset will generate future economic benefits; the availability of
adequate technical, financial and other resources to complete the intangible asset; and the Company's ability to
measure reliably the expenditure attributable to the intangible asset during its development. Since the
Company's research and development projects are often subject to regulatory approval procedures and other
uncertainties, the conditions for the capitalization of costs incurred before receipt of approvals are not normally
satisfied and, therefore, research and development expenses are recognized in profit or loss when incurred.
m.
Funding by BARDA:
Non-royalty bearing funds from BARDA for funding research and development projects were recognized at the
time the Company was entitled to such grants on the basis of the related costs incurred.
The participation by BARDA was classified as reimbursement (deduction) of research and development
expenses. Starting May 2019, following entrance into the Vericel license and supply agreements, in which
Vericel has assumed the effective control over the BARDA contracts, funding by BARDA was classified as
Revenues from development services.
n.
Impairment of non-financial assets:
The Company evaluates the need to record an impairment of the carrying amount of non-financial assets whenever events or changes
in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount is not recoverable. If the carrying amount of non‑financial assets exceeds their
recoverable amount, the assets are reduced to their recoverable amount. The recoverable amount of an asset that does not generate
independent cash flows is determined for the cash‑generating unit to which the asset belongs, and is calculated based on the projected
cash flows that will be generated by the cash generating unit.
An impairment loss of an asset, is reversed only if there have been changes in the estimates used to determine the asset's recoverable
amount since the last impairment loss was recognized. Reversal of an impairment loss, as above, may not increase the value above the
lower of (i) the carrying amount that would have been determined (net of depreciation or amortization) had no impairment loss been
recognized for the asset in prior years, and (ii) its recoverable amount.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 2:-
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
o.
Financial instruments:
The accounting policy for financial instruments in accordance with IFRS 9, "Financial Instruments" ("the
Standard") applied commencing from January 1, 2018, is as follows:
1.
Financial assets:
Financial assets are measured upon initial recognition at fair value plus transaction costs that are directly
attributable to the acquisition of the financial assets, except for financial assets measured at fair value
through profit or loss in respect of which transaction costs are recorded in profit or loss.
The Company classifies and measures debt instruments in the financial statements based on the following
criteria:
-
-
The Company's business model for managing financial assets; and
The contractual cash flow terms of the financial asset.
Debt instruments are measured at amortized cost when:
The Company's business model is to hold the financial assets in order to collect their contractual
cash flows, and the contractual terms of the financial assets give rise on specified dates to cash
flows that are solely payments of principal and interest on the principal amount outstanding. After
initial recognition, the instruments in this category are measured according to their terms at
amortized cost using the effective interest rate method, less any provision for impairment.
On the date of initial recognition, the Company may irrevocably designate a debt instrument as
measured at fair value through profit or loss if doing so eliminates or significantly reduces a
measurement or recognition inconsistency, such as when a related financial liability is also
measured at fair value through profit or loss.
Impairment of financial assets:
The Company evaluates at the end of each reporting period the loss allowance for financial debt
instruments which are not measured at fair value through profit or loss.
The Company has short-term financial assets such as trade receivables in respect of which the Company
applies a simplified approach and measures the loss allowance in an amount equal to the lifetime expected
credit losses.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 2:-
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
An impairment loss on debt instruments measured at amortized cost is recognized in profit or loss with a
corresponding loss allowance that is offset from the carrying amount of the financial asset.
2.
Financial liabilities:
a) Financial liabilities measured at amortized cost:
Financial liabilities are initially recognized at fair value less transaction costs that are directly attributable
to the issue of the financial liability.
After initial recognition, the accounting treatment of financial liabilities is based on their classification as
follows:
After initial recognition, the Company measures all financial liabilities at amortized cost using the
effective interest rate method, except for Financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss such as
derivatives;
b) Financial liabilities measured at fair value through profit or loss:
At initial recognition, the Company measures financial liabilities that are not measured at amortized cost
at fair value. Transaction costs are recognized in profit or loss.
After initial recognition, changes in fair value are recognized in profit or loss.
3.
Fair value:
Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly
transaction between market participants at the measurement date.
Fair value measurement is based on the assumption that the transaction will take place in the asset's or the
liability's principal market, or in the absence of a principal market, in the most advantageous market.
The fair value of an asset or a liability is measured using the assumptions that market participants would
use when pricing the asset or liability, assuming that market participants act in their economic best
interest.
A fair value measurement of a non-financial asset takes into account a market participant's ability to
generate economic benefits by using the asset in its highest and best use or by selling it to another market
participant that would use the asset in its highest and best use.
The Company uses valuation techniques that are appropriate in the circumstances and for which sufficient
data are available to measure fair value, maximizing the use of relevant observable inputs and minimizing
the use of unobservable inputs.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 2:-
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
4. Classification of financial instruments by fair value hierarchy:
All assets and liabilities for which fair value is measured or disclosed in the financial statements are categorized within the fair
value hierarchy, described as follows, based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement as a
whole:
-
-
-
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
inputs other than quoted prices included within level 1 that are observable either directly or indirectly.
inputs that are not based on observable market data (valuation techniques which use inputs that are not based on
observable market data).
5.
Offsetting financial instruments:
Financial assets and financial liabilities are offset and the net amount is reported in the consolidated
statement of financial position if there is a currently enforceable legal right to offset the recognised
amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis, to realise the assets and settle the liabilities
simultaneously.
6.
De-recognition of financial instruments:
a) Financial assets:
A financial asset is derecognized when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the financial asset expire or the
Company has transferred its contractual rights to receive cash flows from the financial asset or assumes an obligation to
pay the cash flows in full without material delay to a third party and has transferred substantially all the risks and rewards
of the asset, or has neither transferred nor retained substantially all the risks and rewards of the asset, but has transferred
control of the asset.
b) Financial liabilities:
A financial liability is derecognized when it is extinguished, that is when the obligation is discharged or cancelled or
expires. A financial liability is extinguished when the debtor (the Company) discharges the liability by paying in cash,
other financial assets, goods or services; or is legally released from the liability.
7.
Contingent consideration for purchase of shares:
The contingent consideration liability for purchase of shares is measured at fair value (Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy) and
initially recorded against equity. Subsequent changes in the fair value are recognized in profit or loss.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 2:-
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
p.
Provisions:
A provision in accordance with IAS 37 is recognized when the Company has a present (legal or constructive)
obligation as a result of a past event, it is expected to require the use of economic resources to clear the
obligation and a reliable estimate has been made.
q.
Short-term employee benefits and severance pay liability, net:
The Company has several employee benefit plans:
1.
Short-term employee benefits:
Short-term employee benefits include salaries, paid annual leave, paid sick leave, recreation and social security contributions
and are recognized as expenses as the services are rendered. A liability in respect of a cash bonus is recognized when the
Company has a legal or constructive obligation to make such payment as a result of past service rendered by an employee and a
reliable estimate of the amount can be made.
2.
Post-employment benefits:
The Company has liabilities for severance pay for its employees in several of jurisdictions and in Israel.
Post-employment benefit plans in Israel are normally financed by contributions to insurance companies and classified as
defined contribution plans or as defined benefit plans. The Company has defined contribution plans for Israeli employees
pursuant to the Severance Pay Law into which the Company pays fixed contributions and has no legal or constructive
obligation to pay further contributions on account of severance pay if the fund does not hold sufficient amounts to pay all
employee benefits relating to employee service in current and prior periods.
The Company recognizes liability for severance pay due to its employees in EU in accordance with local laws.
r.
Share-based compensation:
Certain Company employees and directors are entitled to remuneration in the form of equity-settled share-based compensation.
Equity-settled transactions
The cost of equity-settled transactions with employees is measured at the fair value of their equity instruments
granted at grant date. The fair value is determined using the binomial option pricing model.
The cost of equity-settled transactions is recognized in profit or loss, together with a corresponding increase in
equity, during the period which the performance or service conditions are to be satisfied, ending on the date on
which the relevant employees become fully entitled to the award.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 2:-
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Cont.)
s.
Discontinued operation:
A discontinued operation is a component of the Company that either has been disposed of or is classified as
held for sale. Disposal group to be abandoned meets the criteria for being a discontinued operation at the date of
which it ceases to be used. The operating results relating to the discontinued operation are separately presented
in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income or loss.
t.
Profit / Loss per share:
Profit/loss per share is calculated by dividing the profit/loss attributable to Company shareholders by the
weighted average number of outstanding ordinary shares during the period. Potential ordinary shares are only
included when their conversion decreases income per share or increases loss per share from continuing
operation.
Furthermore, potential ordinary shares converted during the period are included in diluted loss per share only
until the conversion date and from that date in basic loss per share.
u. Reclassification
Certain amounts previously reported in the consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to current year
presentation. Such reclassifications did not affect net loss, Changes in Stockholders' Equity or cash flows.
NOTE 3:-
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING JUDGMENTS, ESTIMATES AND ASSUMPTIONS USED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that have an
effect on the application of the accounting policies and on the reported amounts of assets, liabilities and expenses.
Discussed below are the key assumptions made in the financial statements concerning uncertainties at the end
of the reporting period and the critical estimates computed by the Company that may result in a material
adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities within the next financial year.
•
Determining the fair value of share based compensation to employees and directors:
The fair value of share based compensation to employees and directors is determined using the binomial option
pricing models.
The assumptions used in the models include the expected volatility, early exercise factor, expected dividend and
risk-free interest rate.
•
Liabilities in respect to IIA grants:
Government grants received from the IIA are recognized as a liability if future economic benefits are expected
from the research and development activity that will result in royalty‑bearing sales. As the contingent liability is
calculated based on future royalty- bearing sales, there is uncertainty regarding the estimated future cash flows
and the estimated discount rate used to measure the amortized cost of the liability.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 4:- CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS
MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
USD cash for immediate withdrawal
Non-USD cash for immediate withdrawal
NOTE 5:-
SHORT-TERM BANK DEPOSITS
USD bank deposits (1)
Restricted bank deposits (2)
Year ended
December 31,
2019
2020
5,766
1,476
13,067
4,309
7,242
17,376
Year ended
December 31,
2019
2020
22,036
180
4,024
184
22,216
4,208
(1)
The USD deposits bear annual interest of 1.12% for the period of 282 days for 2020 and 2.48%-3.10% for the period of 357-368 days for
2019.
(2)
Restricted bank deposits which are primarily used as security for the Company’s office leases.
NOTE 6:-
TRADE RECEIVABLES
BARDA (see also Note 17a)
Others receivables
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Year ended
December 31,
2019
2020
3,267
840
2,189
578
4,107
2,767
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 7:-
INVENTORIES
Raw materials
Finished goods
NOTE 8:- OTHER RECEIVABLES
Government authorities
Prepaid expenses and other
NOTE 9:-
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET
Balance as of December 31, 2020:
MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
Year ended
December 31,
2019
2020
709
904
631
749
1,613
1,380
Year ended
December 31,
2019
2020
228
222
450
73
389
462
Cost
Balance as of January 1, 2020
Disposals
Additions
Re-classified from RSU assets
Foreign currency translation
Office
furniture
Manufacturing
machinery and
lab equipment Computers
Leasehold
improvements
Total
301
-
20
-
11
4,534
-
241
-
-
124
(29)
73
-
1
2,315
-
445
144
-
7,274
(29)
779
144
12
Balance as of December 31, 2020
332
4,775
169
2,904
8,180
Accumulated Depreciation
Balance as of January 1, 2020
Disposals
Additions
Foreign currency translation
175
-
18
11
2,606
-
486
-
60
(29)
44
1
2,129
-
49
-
4,970
(29)
597
12
Balance as of December 31, 2020
204
3,092
76
2,178
5,550
December 31, 2020
Depreciated cost
128
1,683
93
726
2,630
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 9:-
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET (Cont.)
Balance as of December 31, 2019:
Cost
Balance as of January 1, 2019
Disposals
Additions
Foreign currency translation
Office
furniture
Manufacturing
machinery and
lab equipment Computers
Leasehold
improvements
Total
243
-
60
(2)
4,054
-
480
-
102
(38)
60
-
2,123
-
192
-
6,522
(38)
792
(2)
Balance as of December 31, 2019
301
4,534
124
2,315
7,274
Accumulated Depreciation
Balance as of January 1, 2019
Disposals
Additions
Foreign currency translation
161
-
17
(3)
2,153
-
453
-
70
(38)
28
-
2,118
-
11
-
4,502
(38)
509
(3)
Balance as of December 31, 2019
175
2,606
60
2,129
4,970
December 31, 2019
Depreciated cost
126
1,928
64
186
2,304
NOTE 10:- LEASES
a. Lease Agreements:
The Company's offices and its production facility in Israel are located in a building that the Company leases from its Parent Company (see
Note 24a), in accordance with a sub-lease agreement. The Company subleases approximately 3,000 square meters of laboratory, office and
clean room space at a monthly rent fee of NIS 119 (approximately $37). This sub-lease agreement which was amended on January 1, 2019,
expires in October 2022 and provides with 3 years extention period at the sole discretion of the Company which were included in the
calculation of the lease liability and ROU asset.
In addition the Company and its subsidiary have operating lease agreements for 14 vehicles for a period of three years.
b. Lease extension and termination options:
The Company has leases that include extension and termination options. These options provide flexibility in managing the leased assets and
align with the Company's business needs.
The Company exercises significant judgement in deciding whether it is reasonably certain that the extension and termination options will be
exercised.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 10:- LEASES (Cont.)
In leases of motor vehicles, the Company does not include in the lease term the exercise of extension options since the Company does not
ordinarily exercise options that extend the lease period beyond 3 years.
c.
Information on leases:
Interest expense on lease liabilities
Expenses relating to short-term leases
Total cash outflow for leases (1)
Year ended
December 31,
2019
2020
139
444
630
144
566
652
(1) As of the year ended December 31,2020 the cash flow for leases includes $144 which was classified under CAPEX as Leashold
improvments.
The Company was assisted by external third party valuation expert in determining the appropriate interest rate for
discounting its leases based on: credit risk, the weighted average term of the leases and other economic variables. A
weighted average incremental borrowing in a range of 0.1% to 6.7% was used to discount future lease payments in the
calculation of the lease liability on the date of initial application of the Standard.
c. Disclosures in respect of RSU assets:
Right-of-use assets
Balance as of December 31, 2020:
Cost
Balance as of January 1, 2020
New leases
Adjustments for indexation
Disposals
Termination of leases
Balance as of December 31, 2020
Accumulated depreciation
Balance as of January 1, 2020
Depreciation and amortization
Re-classified to Leasehold improvements
Disposals
Balance as of December 31, 2020
Disposals
Balance as of December 31, 2020
Depreciated cost
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Buildings
Motor
vehicles
Total
2,362
-
(17)
(76)
(44)
442
305
(18)
(217)
-
2,804
305
(35)
(293)
(44)
2,225
512
2,737
381
249
144
(76)
194
178
-
(217)
698
155
575
427
144
(293)
853
1,527
357
1,884
MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 10:- LEASES (Cont.)
Balance as of December 31, 2019:
Buildings
Motor
vehicles
Total
Balance as of January 1, 2019
Cumulative effect adjustment on accumulated ROU assets as a result of adopting IFRS 16
Cost
New leases
Adjustments for indexation
Balance as of December 31, 2019
Accumulated depreciation
Balance as of January 1, 2019
Depreciation and amortization
Balance as of December 31, 2019
Balance as of December 31, 2019
Depreciated cost
-
2,335
-
27
46
187
209
-
46
2,522
209
27
2,362
442
2,804
-
381
-
194
381
194
-
575
575
1,981
248
2,229
The Company recognized depreciation expenses in the amount of $571 which comprise of $427 recorded in the profit and loss and $144
which was re-classified to Leasehold improvements as of 31 December 2020.
d. Disclosures in respect of lease liabilities:
Lease liabilities
Balance as of December 31, 2020:
Balance as of January 1, 2020
Repayment of leases liabilities
Effect of changes in exchange rates
New finance lease obligation recognized
Adjustments for indexation
Interest
Disposals-Termination of leases
Balance as of December 31, 2020
Current maturities of long-term leases
Lease liability Balance as of December 31, 2020
Buildings
Motor
vehicles
Total
2,225
(479)
134
-
(17)
134
(44)
1,953
(396)
1,557
225
(173)
28
283
(18)
10
(1)
354
(170)
184
2,450
(652)
162
283
(35)
144
(45)
2,307
(566)
1,741
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MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 10:- LEASES (Cont.)
Balance as of December 31, 2019:
Buildings
Motor
vehicles
Total
Balance as of January 1, 2019
Cumulative effect adjustment on accumulated liabilities as a result of adopting IFRS 16
Repayment of leases liabilities
Effect of changes in exchange rates
New finance lease obligation recognized
Adjustments for indexation
Interest
Balance as of December 31, 2019
Current maturities of long-term leases
Lease liability Balance as of December 31, 2019
-
2,344
(458)
189
-
11
139
2,225
(403)
1,822
-
178
(172)
10
193
16
-
225
(41)
184
-
2,522
(630)
199
193
27
139
2,450
(444)
2,006
At the initial application date, the Company recognized a lease liability in the amount of about $2,522 under Long term debt and current
maturity, according to the present value of the future lease payments discounted using the Company's incremental interest rate at that date,
and concurrently recognized a ROU asset in the same amount with certain adjustments. The Company's incremental interest rates used for
measuring the lease liability are in the range of 0.1% to 6.7%. Depreciation is calculated on a straight-line basis over the remaining
contractual lease period.
NOTE 11:-
INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET
Balance as of January 1,
Additions
Balance as of December 31,
Balance as of January 1,
Additions
Balance as of December 31,
Balance as of December 31,
Cost
Accumulated Amortization
Amortized cost
License and
Knowhow
2019
2020
1,538
-
1,538
1,043
66
1,109
1,538
-
1,538
1,109
66
1,175
429
363
Intangible assets include exclusive licenses to use patents, know-how and intellectual property for the development, manufacturing and
marketing of products related to burn treatments and other products in the field of wound care. These licenses were purchased from third
parties and from one of the Company's shareholders.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 12:- OTHER PAYABLES
Employees and payroll accruals
Liability in respect of purchase of shares (see Note 16c)
Related parties
Deferred Revenues
Other
NOTE 13:- LIABILITIES IN RESPECT OF IIA GRANTS
Balance as of January 1,
Grants received
Royalties
Amounts carried to Profit or Loss
Balance as of Decmber 31,
Current maturities
Long term liabilities in respect of IIA grants
MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
Year ended
December 31,
2019
2020
1,723
3,167
214
249
384
1,910
667
225
462
260
5,737
3,524
Year ended
December 31,
2019
2020
7,714
248
(635)
(392)
6,935
6,935
-
(235)
828
7,528
(124)
(261)
6,811
7,267
The Company is committed to pay royalties to the IIA up to the total grants received plus the applicable accrued interest. The total amount of
grants actually received by the Company from the IIA including accrued LIBOR interest, net of royalties as of December 31, 2020 is
approximately $ 15,787, while the amortized cost of this liability as of that date is $ 7,528, using the interest method.
NOTE 14:- FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
a.
Financial risk factors:
The Company's activities expose it to various market risks (mainly foreign currency risk and interest rate risk).
The Company's Board of Directors has provided guidelines for risk management and specific policies for
various risk exposures.
Foreign currency risk
The Company operates primarily in an international environment and is exposed to foreign exchange risk
resulting from the fact that a certain portion of the Company's costs are denominated in NIS and EURO, mainly
due to payroll and related benefit costs incurred in Israel and in Europe, and additionally due to marketing
expenses incurred in Europe.
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MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 14:- FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Cont.)
Sensitivity tests relating to changes in market factors:
The Company operates in an international environment and is exposed to foreign exchange risk resulting from
the exposure to different currencies, mainly NIS and EURO. Foreign exchange risks arise from recognized
assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency other than the functional currency.
Gain (loss) from change:
5% increase in exchange rate
5% decrease in exchange rate
Sensitivity tests and principal work assumptions:
2018
December 31,
2019
2020
$
$
31 $
(31) $
285 $
(285) $
76
(76)
The selected changes in the relevant risk variables were determined based on management's estimate as to
reasonable possible changes in these risk variables.
The Company has performed sensitivity tests of principal market risk factors that may affect its reported
operating results or financial position.
The sensitivity tests present the profit or loss for the relevant risk variables chosen as of each reporting date.
b.
Fair value:
The carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents, short‑term bank deposits, trade and other receivables and
trade and other payables approximates their fair value due to the short‑term maturities of such instruments.
The fair value of liabilities in respect to IIA grants with fixed interest is based on a calculation of the present
value of the cash flows at the interest rate for a loan with similar terms. The Company used a discount rate of
12% based in part of the Company's estimation at the time of the Company's recognition of the IIA grants
which approximates the fair value at the respective balance sheet date.
The fair value of the contingent consideration for purchase of shares is based on a calculation of the present
value of future payments. The expected cash flows already reflect assumptions about the uncertainty in future
defaults, and therefore the Company used a discount rate of 14% that is commensurate with the risk inherent in
the expected cash flows.
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MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 15:- SEVERANCE PAY LIABILTY, NET
The Company has liabilities for severance pay for its employees in Israel and in several EU jurisdictions. The
Company's liability for employee benefits is based on local laws, valid labor agreements, the employee's salary
and the applicable terms of employment, which together generate a right to severance compensation.
Post‑employment employee benefits are partially financed by deposits with defined contribution plans, as
detailed below.
The Israeli Severance Pay Law, 1963 ("Severance Pay Law"), specifies that Israeli employees are entitled to
severance payment, following the termination of their employment. Under the Severance Pay Law, the
severance payment is calculated as one month salary for each year of employment, or a portion thereof. Under
Section 14 of the Severance Pay Law ("Section 14"), employees are entitled to have monthly deposits, at a rate
of 8.33% of their monthly salary, made on their behalf to their insurance funds.
Payments in accordance with Section 14 release the Company from the liability for any future severance
payments in respect of those employees.
The majority of the Company's liability for severance pay is covered by Section 14. Acordingly, the Company
does not recognize any liability for severance pay due to these employees and the deposits under Section 14 are
not recorded as an asset in the Company's balance sheet. These contributions for compensation represent
defined contribution plans. The Company recognizes liability for severance pay due to its employees in EU in
accordance with local laws and its Israeli employees which are not under Section 14.
NOTE 16:- CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND COMMITMENTS
a.
In 2000, the Company signed an exclusive license agreement (as amended in 2007) with a third party with regard to its patents and
intellectual property. Pursuant to the agreement, the Company received an exclusive license to use the third party's patents and
intellectual property, for the purpose of developing, manufacturing, marketing, and commercializing products for treatment of burns
and other wounds.
In consideration for this exclusive license, the Company paid an aggregate amount of $ 950 following the
achievement of certain development milestones as set forth in the agreement. In addition, the Company
undertook to pay royalties of 1.5% to 2.5% from future Revenues from sales of products which are based on
this patent for a period ranging between 10 to 15 years from the first commercial delivery in a major country,
and thereafter the Company will have a fully paid-up royalty-free license for these patents. In addition, royalties
will be paid at the rate of 10% - 20% from sub-licensing of such patents and for lump sum amounts paid to the
company by a third party, the company will pay 2% of the proceeds up to $1,000 and 4% of the proceeds above
this amount. Moreover, the Company agreed to pay a one-time lump-sum amount of $ 1,500 when the
aggregate Revenues based on these patents reach $ 100,000. The amount of royalty payments for the years
2018 and 2019 amounted to $ 72 and $ 732, respectively.
b.
Under the Research and Development Law, (the "R&D Law") the Company undertook to pay royalties of 3% on the Revenues
derived from sales of products or services developed in whole or in part using IIA grants. The maximum aggregate royalties paid
generally cannot exceed 100% of the grants received by the Company, plus annual interest generally equal to the 12-month LIBOR
applicable to dollar deposits, as published on the first business day of each calendar year. The royalty amount payable by the Company
as of December 31, 2019 and 2020 is approximately $ 15,966 and $ 15,787, respectively, which represents the total amount of grants
actually received by the Company from the IIA including accrued interest, net of royalties actually paid or accrued by the Company
(see also Note 13).
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 16:- CONTINGENT LIABILITIES AND COMMITMENTS ( Cont.)
MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
c.
Beginning in 2007, the Company entered into a number of agreements with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Limited (“Teva”) related
to collaboration in the development, manufacturing and commercialization of solutions for the burn and chronic wound care markets.
In consideration for these agreements, Teva made investments in the Company's ordinary shares and agreed to fund certain research
and development expenses and manufacturing costs and perform all marketing activities for both NexoBrid, under the 2007 Teva
Agreement, and the PolyHeal Product, under the 2010 PolyHeal Agreements (see also Note 21a). As of December 31, 2012, all of
these agreements were terminated.
On September 2, 2013, in accordance with the terms of the Teva Shareholders’ Rights Agreement, the
Company exercised its rights to repurchase all of its shares held by Teva, and purchased 755,492 ordinary
shares, in consideration for an obligation to pay Teva future royalty payments of 20% of the Company’s
Revenues from the sale or license of NexoBrid up to a total amount of $ 30,600 and from the sale or license of
the PolyHeal Product up to a total amount of $ 10,800. The obligation to pay Teva future royalty payments no
longer includes amounts from the sale or license of the PolyHeal Product since the license to the PolyHeal
Product has expired.
Pursuant to a Settlement Agreement signed on March 2019, Teva paid the Company $4,000 in cash, and agreed
to reduce the contingent consideration that is payable to Teva pursuant to the Company's repurchase of its
shares from Teva in 2013. As a result, the Company was obligated to pay Teva annual payments at a reduced
rate of 15% of its recognized Revenues from the sale or license of NexoBrid after January 1, 2019, up to a
reduced aggregate amount of $10,200. As a result, a one-time net income from settlement agreement of $7,537
was recorded as other income and a one-time income of $4,608 was recorded within the profit from
discontinued operation in the year ending December 31, 2018.
In addition, the Company also agreed to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Teva and its directors, officers,
agents and employees from and against claims relating to a certain milestone related to PolyHeal under an
agreement associated with the Collaboration Agreements, up to an amount of $10,200, if a notice of such claim
has been received by the Company prior to December 31, 2023.
In December 2020, Teva has agreed to a revised consideration that is payable to Teva, in which the company
paid $1,000 in cash and became obligated to pay an amount of $2,000 over 2021-2023, in addition to a
modified contingent consideration up to the amount of $7,200 in quarterly fixed payments starting 2021 subject
to revenues generated from sales of NexoBrid. Total liabilities were recorded as of December 31, 2020 to be
approximately $6,587, and financial income of $433 was recorded in profit or loss within financial income of
financial expenses.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 17:- MATERIAL AGREEMENTS
MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
a.
The Company has awarded a contract with BARDA which was modified in July 2017 and May 2019 providing supplemental funds
and support. In addition, in March 2020 the company was awarded with $5,500 to support emergency readiness for NexoBrid
deployment. The amended contract valued up to $159,000. The modified contract includes $82,000 of funding to support development
activities to complete the FDA approval process for NexoBrid for use in thermal burn injuries and emergency readiness for NexoBrid
deployment, as well as procurement of NexoBrid.
On January 2020, BARDA initiated the procurement of NexoBrid for emergency stockpile as part of the HHS
mission to build national preparedness for public health medical emergencies. The initial BARDA order is
valued at $16,500, with the first delivery of NexoBrid which accepted in August 2020 followed by a second
delivery in the forth quarter of 2020. Additional deliveries are expected to occur throughout 2021 on a
quarterly basis.
The First BARDA Contract also includes options for BARDA (i) to further fund $10,000 in development
activities for other potential NexoBrid indications, and (ii) to further fund $50,000 for additional procurement
of NexoBrid.
In September 2018, the Company has awarded additional contract with BARDA to develop NexoBrid for the
treatment of Sulfur Mustard injuries as a medical countermeasure as part of BARDA preparedness for mass
casualty events.
The contract provides approximately $12,000 of funding to support research and development activities up to
pivotal studies in animals under the FDA Animal Rule. The contract also contains options for
additional funding of up to approximately $31,000 for additional development activities, animal pivotal
studies, and the FDA Biologics License Application (BLA) submission for approval of NexoBrid for the
treatment of Sulfur Mustard injuries.
The total potential value of funding commitments from BARDA under the two contracts is currently $202,000,
in the aggregate.
As of December 31, 2020, the Company has recorded $63,183 in funding, in the aggregate, from BARDA under the two contracts as
well as the procurement of NexoBrid as a medical countermeasure. The participation by BARDA comprises $31,955 which was
classified as reimbursement of research and development expenses. Starting May 2019, following entrance into the Vericel license and
supply agreements, participation by BARDA in the amount of $24,613 was classified as Revenues from development services, clinical
supply in the amount of $596 was recorded as Revenues from sales of products as well as $6,036 of BARDA procurement which were
recorded at the net amount of $3,825 following the split of gross profit agreement with Vericel for the initial BARDA procurement .
b.
On May 6, 2019, the Company entered into exclusive license and supply agreements with Vericel to commercialize NexoBrid in North
America (the “Collaboration Agreements”).
Pursuant to the Collaboration Agreements, Vericel will obtain the authority over and control of the development, regulatory approval
and commercialization of licensed products in the North America territory. MediWound will be responsible for the development of the
product through BLA approval, supported and funded by BARDA, as well as the manufacture and supply of NexoBrid. In addition,
MediWound retains the commercial rights to NexoBrid in non-North American territory.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 17:- MATERIAL AGREEMENTS (Cont.)
MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
Under the terms of the license agreement, Vericel has made an upfront payment to MediWound of $17,500 and
agreed to make an additional $7,500 payment contingent upon BLA approval and up to $125,000 in payments
contingent upon meeting certain annual sales milestones. Vericel has also agreed to pay MediWound tiered
royalties on net sales ranging from high single-digit to teen-digit percentages, a split of gross profit on
committed BARDA procurement orders and a teen-digits royalty on any additional future BARDA purchases of
NexoBrid. Under the terms of the supply agreement, Vericel will procure NexoBrid from MediWound at a
transfer price of cost plus a fixed margin percentage.
The Collaboration Agreements have multiple performance obligations, due to the contract covering multiple
phases of the product lifecycle. Under the Vericel licnese and supply agreements, the Company identified three
distinct performance obligations: (i) license rights (ii) development services for BLA approval and (iii)
manufacturing and supply of NexoBrid.
The Company allocated the Collaboration Agreements transaction price to each performance obligation using
the best estimate of the standalone selling price of each distinct good or service in the contract.
The Company determined the license to the Intellectual Property ("IP") to be a right to use the IP, which has
significant standalone functionality. Since Vericel has sublicensing rights, effective control over the
development strategy in the Territoty and also entitled to generate Revenues from BARDA procurement prior to
BLA approval, the license is a distinct performance obligation and as such Revenues are recognized at the point
in time that control of the license is transferred to the customer. Since the manufacturing and development
services are at market value, then the upfront payment was fully attributed to the license performance
obligation. Consequently, during the second quarter of 2019, the Company has recognized Revenues in the
amount of $17,500.
Future milestone payments are considered variable consideration and are subject to the variable consideration
constraint (i.e. will be recognized once concluded that it is “probable” that a significant reversal of the
cumulative Revenues recognized under the contract will not occur in future periods when the uncertainty
related to the variable considerations are resolved). Therefore, as the milestone payments are not probable,
revenues were not recognized in respect to such milestone payments.
Sales related royalties to be received in exchange for license are recognized at the later of when (i) the
subsequent sale occurs or (ii) the performance obligation to which some or all of the sales royalty has been
allocated is satisfied (in whole or in part). As royalties are payable based on future commercial sales, as defined
in the agreement, which did not occur as of the financial statements date, the Company did not recognize any
Revenues from royalties.
Revenues from the sale of products to Vericel will be recognized when all the significant risks and rewards of
ownership of the products have passed to the buyer and the seller no longer retains continuing managerial
involvement. The delivery date of the products is usually the date of which ownership passes.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 17:- MATERIAL AGREEMENTS (Cont.)
MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
Under the Vericel license agreement, in which Vericel has consumed effective control over the BARDA
contracts. As a result, participation from BARDA for funding research and development projects are now
classified as Revenues from development services.
In Addition, the Revenues drerived by procurement from BARDA will be recognized on their net amount.
NOTE 18:- EQUITY
a.
Share capital
Authorized number of shares
Issued and outstanding number of shares
b. Rights attached to shares:
Year ended December 31,
2019
2020
50,000,000 50,000,000
27,202,795 27,236,752
An ordinary share confers upon its holder(s) a right to vote at the general meeting, a right to participate in distribution of dividends, and
a right to participate in the distribution of surplus assets upon liquidation of the Company.
c.
In March 2014, the Company completed its IPO, and its securities are listed for trading on NASDAQ. In September 21, 2017, the
Company completed a follow-on public offering.
d. Movement in share capital:
•
•
•
During 2019, the authorized number of shares was increased by 12,755,492 shares which has a nominal value of $40.
On December 31, 2019, the company issued additional 23,956 ordinary shares upon vesting of outstanding RSU’s.
During 2020, the company issued additional 33,958 ordinary shares upon vesting of outstanding RSU’s.
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MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 19:- SHARE‑BASED COMPENSATION
a.
Expense recognized in the financial statements:
The expenses that was recognized for services received from employees and directors is as follows:
Cost of Revenues
Research and development
Selling and marketing
General and administrative
Year ended
December 31,
2019
2018
71
181
63
330
226
375
40
593
2020
115
179
3
1,025
Total share-based compensation
645
1,234
1,322
b.
Share-based payment plan for employees and directors:
The Company has reserved for issuance stock options and restricted stock units ("RSUs") for total of 3,672,399
ordinary shares.
As of December 31, 2020, 316,621 ordinary shares of the Company were still available for future grant.
Any options or RSUs, which are forfeited or not exercised before expiration, become available for future grants.
Options granted under the Company's 2003 Israeli Share Option Plan ("Plan") are exercisable in accordance
with the terms of the Plan, within 5-10 years from the date of grant, against payment of an exercise price or
cashless exercise. The options generally vest over a period of 3-4 years.
In March 2014, the Company adopted and obtained shareholder approval for its 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the
“2014 Plan”).
Options and RSU's granted under the Company's 2014 Plan are exercisable in accordance with the terms of the
Plan. Options are exercisable within 5-10 years from the date of grant, against payment of an exercise price or
cashless exercise and share units are granted immediately upon vesting of the RSU's. The options and the RSU's
generally vest over a period of 3-4 years.
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MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 19:- SHARE‑BASED COMPENSATION (Cont.)
c.
Share options activity:
The following table lists the number of share options, the weighted average exercise prices of share options and
changes that were made in the option plan to employees and directors
2018
2019
2020
Weighted
Average
Exercise
price
Weighted
Average
Exercise
price
Weighted
Average
Exercise
price
Number of
options
Number of
options
Number of
options
Outstanding Options at beginning of
year
Option's Granted
Option's Exercised
Option's Forfeited and/or expired
1,934,735
665,000
(208,332)
(78,154)
10.02
5.12
2.63
9.06
2,313,249
95,000
-
(73,817)
9.31
4.45
-
5.17
2,334,432
1,274,379
-
(11,000)
Outstanding options and at end of year
2,313,249
9.31
2,334,432
9.18
3,597,811
Option's Exercisable at end of year
1,475,451
11.23
1,753,803
4.76
1,952,014
9.18
1.43
-
7.19
6.55
9.98
The following table summarizes information about share options outstanding as of December 31, 2020:
Range of exercise prices
1.75-5.15
6.72- 9.82
12.89 ‑ 13.76
Total
Options and outstanding as of
December 31, 2020
Weighted
Average
Remaining
contractual
life
Weighted
average
exercise
price
Number of
options
1,988,129
790,782
818,900
3,597,811
6.67
3.86
2.92
5.20
2.93
9.05
12.94
6.55
The following table summarizes information about RSU's outstanding as of December 31, 2020:
Outstanding at beginning of year
Granted
Forfeited
Vested
RSU's
2018
RSU's
2019
RSU's
2020
-
95,833
-
-
95,833
36,667
-
(23,956)
108,544
-
-
(33,958)
Outstanding at the end of the period
95,833
108,544
74,587
The fair value of the options and RSU's granted to employees and directors at the grant date for the years ends
December 31, 2018, 2019 and 2020 was $1,824 ,$441 and $1,819 respectively.
The options and RSU’s of the Company are managed by a trustee.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 19:- SHARE‑BASED COMPENSATION (Cont.)
MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
1. On February 22, 2018, the general meeting of the Company approved to extend the exercise period of 208,332 options previously
granted to Company's former CEO and in addition approved the grant of 40,000 options to purchase the Company's ordinary
shares, for an exercise price of $ 4.63 per share, to certain of its directors. The fair value of the extended options was estimated at
approximately $98 and the new options granted, as of the grant date, was estimated at approximately $76. On June 27, 2018, the
208,332 options were exercised into 131,102 ordinary shares using cashless exercise mechanism.
2. On December 31, 2018, the Company's Board of Directors approved the grant of 625,000 options to purchase ordinary shares, for
an exercise price of $ 5.15 per share, and the grant of 95,833 RSU's to its employees. The fair value of the options and RSU's
granted, as of the grant date, was estimated at approximately $1,261 and $389, respectivaly.
3. On March 24, 2019, the Company granted to its incoming CEO and chairman of the board 60,000 options (40,000 and 20,000
respectively) to purchase ordinary shares, for an exercise price of $ 4.92 per share, and 30,000 RSU's (20,000 and 10,000
respectively), under the "2014 Share Incentive Plan". The options are exercisable in accordance with the terms of the plan and will
vest over three-four years. The fair value of the options and RSU's granted, as of the grant date, was estimated at approximately
$164 and $158, respectively. On May 2, 2019, the general meeting of the Company approved the abovementioned grants.
4. On June 6, 2019, the Company granted to its incoming CFO 40,000 options to purchase ordinary shares, for an exercise price of
$ 3.84 per share, and 6,667 RSU's, under the "2014 Share Incentive Plan". The options are exercisable in accordance with the
terms of the plan and will vest over four years. The fair value of the options and RSU's granted, as of the grant date, was estimated
at approximately $93 and $26, respectively.
5. On April 23, 2020, the Company's Board of Directors approved the grant of 1,274,379 options to purchase ordinary shares under
the "2014 Share Incentive Plan", for an exercise price of $ 1.75 per share to its employees, managments and board members of the
Company. The fair value of the options granted, as of the grant date, was estimated at approximately $1,819.
d. The fair value of the Company's share options granted to employees and directors for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2019 and
2020 was estimated using the binomial option pricing models using the following assumptions:
Dividend yield (%)
Expected volatility of the share prices (%)
Risk‑free interest rate (%)
Early exercise factor (%)
Weighted average share prices (Dollar)
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2018
December 31,
2019
2020
0
44-54
1.63-2.69
100-150
4.07
0
41-53
1.85-2.45
150
4.83
0
51-71
0.2-0.9
100-150
2.43
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 20:- TAXES ON INCOME
MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
a. The Company operates in two main tax jurisdictions: Israel and Germany. As such, the Company is subject to the applicable tax rates in
the jurisdictions in which it conducts its business.
b. Corporate tax rates in Israel:
• The Israeli corporate income tax rate was 23% in 2020, 2019 and 2018.
In December 2016, the Israeli Parliament approved the Economic Efficiency Law 2017 (Legislative
Amendments for Applying the Economic Policy for the 2017 and 2018 Budget Years), which reduces the
corporate income tax rate to 24% (instead of 25%) effective from January 1, 2017 and to 23% effective from
January 1, 2018.
• Tax benefits under the Israel Law for the Encouragement of Capital Investments, 1959 (the "Investment Law"):
Under the Investment Law, the Company has been granted "Beneficiary Enterprise" status which provides
certain benefits, including tax exemptions and reduced tax rates. Income not eligible for Beneficiary Enterprise
benefits is taxed at a regular rate.
During the benefit period, the Company will be tax exempt in the first two years of the benefit period and
subject to tax at the reduced rate of 10%- 25% for an additional period of five to eight years (depending on the
percentage of foreign investments in the Company) of the benefit period. The benefit entitlement period starts
from the first year that the Beneficiary Enterprise first earned taxable income, and is limited to 12 years from
the year in which the Company requested to have tax benefits apply. In the event of distribution of dividends
from the said tax exempt income, the amount distributed will be subject to corporate tax at the reduced rate
ordinarily applicable to the Beneficiary Enterprise's income.
Tax exempt income generated under the Company's "Beneficiary Enterprise" program will be subject to taxes
upon dividend distribution or complete liquidation. The entitlement to the above benefits is conditional upon
the Company's fulfilling the conditions stipulated by the Investment Law and regulations published thereunder.
Should the Company fail to meet such requirements in the future, income attributable to its Beneficiary
Enterprise programs could be subject to the statutory Israeli corporate tax rate and the Company could be
required to refund a portion of the tax benefits already received, with respect to such programs.
c. The principal tax rates applicable to the subsidiary whose place of incorporation is outside Israel are:
The statutory corporate tax rate in Germany was 29.79% in 2020, 2019 and 2018.
d. Final tax assessments:
The Company has finalized its tax assessments through the 2014 tax year.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 20:- TAXES ON INCOME (Cont.)
MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
The Company's subsidiary has not received a final tax assessment since its incorporation.
e.
Net operating carryforward losses for tax purposes and other temporary differences:
As of December 31, 2020, the Company had carryforward losses and other temporary differences mainly from
R&D expenses together amounting to approximately $130,000.
f.
Deferred taxes:
The Company did not recognize deferred tax assets for carryforward losses and other temporary differences at
the amount of approximately $6,700 because their utilization in the foreseeable future is not probable.
g.
Current taxes on income:
The Company did not record any current taxes for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2019 and 2020 as a
result of its carryforward losses.
h.
Theoretical tax:
The reconciliation between the tax expense, assuming that all the income and expenses, gains and losses in the statement of income
were taxed at the statutory tax rate and the taxes on income recorded in profit or loss, does not provide significant information and
therefore was not presented (the main reconciliation item is due to operating losses and other temporary differences for which deferred
tax assets were not recognized).
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 21:- DISCONTINUED OPERATION
MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
On September 15, 2014, a Statement of Claim was filed against the Company by some shareholders of Polyheal (the
"Plaintiffs") related to '2010 PolyHeal Agreement' in which PolyHeal granted the Company an exclusive global
license to manufacture, develop and commercialize all the Polyheal Products in consideration for royalty payments.
During December 2017, following the TelAviv District Court Ruling, the Company paid the Plaintiffs approximately
$1,497 in consideration for PolyHeal's shares and recorded a full provision of $6,003 which represents the purchase
price for the residual number of shares that the 2010 PolyHeal Agreements contemplate would be acquired by the
Company from the shareholders of PolyHeal (the “Provision”).
On March 24, 2019, the Company entered into a settlement agreement and mutual general release with the Plaintiffs
(the "Polyheal Settlement Agreement"). Pursuant to the terms of Polyheal Settlement Agreement, the Plaintiffs repaid
to MediWound a portion of the amount that was ruled in their favor under the Tel Aviv District Court Ruling, and it
resulted in the acceptance of the Company’s appeal that was filed on December, 2017, and the cancellation of the
2017 Ruling that was issued by the District Court against MediWound.
In September 2019, the Company entered a new series of settlement agreements (the "New PolyHeal Settlement
Agreements") with the majority of the shareholders of Polyheal, including Clal Biotechnology Industries Ltd., its
controlling shareholder. Pursuant to the terms of New PolyHeal Settlement Agreements, the company paid an
aggregate amount of approximately $2,800 and received 14,473 shares of PolyHeal, which was classified as royalty
rights arising from the Company’s ownership of shares of Polyheal.
As a result of the New PolyHeal Settlement Agreements, the Company recognized one-time profit from discontinued
operation of $2,889, following the decrease of the provision which was offset by an impairment of the royalty rights
and settlement fees. As of December 31, 2019, the provision for liability in respect of discontinued operation, which
was classifief as short term other payables, was $275.
In 2020 the Company finalized PolyHeal Settlement Agreements and paid $195 for 1,558 shares of PolyHeal. As of
December 31, 2020, the provision for liability in respect of discontinued operation, was fully offset.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 22:- SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION TO THE STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE PROFIT OR LOST
MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
a.
Additional information on Revenues:
Major customers:
BARDA and Vericel contributed 83% and 0% of the Company’s total revenues, in 2020, 34% and 55%, in 2019, and 0% and 0% in
2018, respectively. (see also Note 17).
No other customer contributed 10% or more of our Revenues in 2020 and 2019.
Revenue Re-classification:
Revenues from distributions agreements which recognized as right to access and does not have a stand alone
value were classified as revenues from sale of products in the year ended 31, December 2018, 2019 in the
amount of $176, $218 respectively.
Geographic information:
The Revenues reported in the financial statements are based on the location of the customers, as follows:
USA ( see also Note 17a, 17b)
EU and other international markets
b.
1.
Cost of Revenues:
Cost of Revenues from sale of products
Salary and benefits (including share-based compensation)
Subcontractors
Depreciation and amortization
Cost of materials
Other manufacturing expenses
Decrease in inventory of finished products
Allotment of manufacturing costs to R&D
2.
Cost of Revenues from development services
Salary and benefits
Subcontractors
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Year ended December 31,
2019
2020
2018
-
3,401
28,504
3,285
18,030
3,733
3,401
31,789
21,763
Year ended
December 31,
2019
2018
2020
2,212
72
474
468
783
299
(2,220)
1,916
89
512
456
657
344
(1,621)
2,139
153
554
704
840
155
(1,394)
2,088
2,353
3,151
Year ended
December 31,
2019
2018
2020
-
-
-
1,404
7,412
2,320
8,747
8,816
11,067
MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 22:- SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION TO THE STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE PROFIT OR LOST (Cont.)
3.
Cost of Revenues from license agreements
Royalties payments
c.
Research and development expenses, net of participations:
Salary and benefits (including share-based compensation)
Subcontractors
Depreciation and amortization
Cost of materials
Allotment of manufacturing costs
Other research and development expenses
Research and development, gross
Participations:
BARDA funds
Revaluation of liabilities in respect of IIA grants
d. Selling and marketing expenses:
Salary and benefits (including share based compensation) (1)
Marketing and medical support
Depreciation and amortization
Shipping and delivery
Registration and marketing license fees
Year ended
December 31,
2019
2018
2020
-
-
680
680
-
-
Year ended
December 31,
2019
2018
2020
3,703
11,423
51
309
2,220
209
2,965
4,694
342
311
1,621
137
2,094
3,173
346
517
1,394
174
17,915
10,070
7,698
(13,238)
(605)
(3,785)
(1,316)
-
-
4,072
4,969
7,698
Year ended
December 31,
2019
2018
2020
2,343
1,055
9
192
589
2,028
1,298
49
200
489
1,700
740
82
282
424
4,188
4,064
3,228
(1) The salary costs for the year ended December 31,2020 Includes one time payment of $243 derived from restructuring astrategy at the EU
subsidery.
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MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 22:- SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION TO THE STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE PROFIT OR LOST (Cont.)
e.
General and administrative expenses:
Salary and benefits (including share‑based compensation)
Professional fees
Depreciation and amortization
Other
f.
Other expenses:
Year ended
December 31,
2019
2018
2020
2,035
1,361
43
360
2,621
1,628
247
746
2,784
2,267
108
300
3,799
5,242
5,459
The other one-time expenses amounted $751 and $1,172 for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019 respectivally, are associated
with the review and assessment of the strategic deal.
g.
Financial income and expense:
Financial income:
Interest income
Revaluation of liabilities in respect of the purchase of shares
Exchange differences, net
Financial expense:
Interest in respect of IIA grants
Revaluation of liabilities in respect of IFRS16
Revaluation of liabilities in respect of the purchase of shares
Exchange differences, net
Finance expenses in respect of deferred Revenues
Other
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Year ended
December 31,
2019
2018
2020
412
-
-
434
-
122
412
556
892
-
758
219
164
84
925
140
1,690
-
161
67
297
433
113
843
832
144
-
-
247
56
2,117
2,983
1,279
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 23:- NET PROFIT (LOSS) PER SHARE
MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
a.
Details of the number of shares and loss used in the computation of loss per share from continuing operations:
2018
Weighted
average
number of
shares
Loss
Year ended December 31,
2019
Weighted
average
number of
shares
Profit
2020
Weighted
average
number of
shares
Loss
Basic and diluted profit (loss)
27,113,617
(5,665) 27,178,839
2,066
27,209,878
(9,276)
b.
Details of the number of shares and profit (loss) used in the computation of profit or (loss) per share from discontinued operation:
2018
Weighted
average
number of
shares
Profit
Year ended December 31,
2019
Weighted
average
number of
shares
Profit
2020
Weighted
average
number of
shares
Profit
Basic and diluted profit
27,113,617
4,608 27,178,839
2,889 27,209,878
80
c.
Net profit (loss) per share from continuing and discontinued operations:
Year ended
December 31,
2019
2018
2020
(0.21)
0.08
(0.34)
0.17
0.10
-
(0.04)
0.18
(0.34)
Basic and Diluted loss per share:
Profit (loss) from from continuing operations
Profit from discontinued operation
Profit (loss) per share
NOTE 24:- BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES AND KEY OFFICERS
a.
Related parties consist of:
• Clal Biotechnologies Industries Ltd.- Parent Company.
• Directors of the Company.
• CureTech Ltd.-Sister Company.
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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
U.S. dollars in thousands (except of share and per share data)
NOTE 24:- BALANCES AND TRANSACTIONS WITH RELATED PARTIES AND KEY OFFICERS (cont.)
MEDIWOUND LTD. AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
b.
Balances of related parties:
Parent Company (1):
As of December 31, 2019
As of December 31, 2020
Other related parties:
As of December 31, 2019
As of December 31, 2020
c.
Transactions with related parties:
Parent company:
2018
2019
2020
Other related parties:
2018
2019
2020
Other
Payables
119
138
95
86
Professional
Fee (1)
Rent
expenses
and other
44
52
54
162
249
272
292
415
446
(246)
(59)
-
(1) Professional fees do not include short-term employee benefits and share-based compensation to one of the Company's
shareholders, who is a key officer, in the amounts of $537, $450 and $486 for the years 2018, 2019 and 2020, respectively, as
well as payment for the purchasing of a patent in amount of $12 in 2018.
d.
Compensation of officers of the Company:
The following amounts disclosed in the table are recognized as an expense during the reporting period related to officers:
Short-term employee benefits (*)
Share-based compensation
Number of officers
Year ended
December 31,
2019
2018
2020
2,304
276
2,533
565
1,993
467
2,580
3,098
2,460
6
7
5
(*) The amount for 2019 includes one-time payments for previous-CEO on the amount of $196.
In December 2007, the Company's board of directors approved one‑time bonus payments to the Chief Medical
Officer in the amounts of $ 120, to be paid upon achieving marketing approval in the United States.
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[ * * * ] Certain identified information has been excluded from the exhibit because it is both (i) not material and (ii) would likely cause
competitive harm to the registrant if publicly disclosed.
Exhibit 4.11.1
AWARD/CONTRACT
2. CONTRACT (Proc. Inst. Ident) NO.
HHSO100201500035C
5. ISSUED BY
1. THIS CONTRACT IS A RATED ORDER UNDER DPAS (15 CFR
RATING
700)
PAGE OF PAGES
48
1
CODE
ASPR–BARDA
3. EFFECTIVE DATE
See Block 20C
4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQUEST/PROJECT NO
OS164559
6. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 5)
ASPR–BARDA01
CODE
ASPR–BARDA
200 Independence Ave., S.W.
Room 640–G
Washington DC 20201
7. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., Street, City, Country, State and ZIP Code)
ASPR–BARDA
330 Independence Ave, SW, Rm G644
Washington DC 20201
8. DELIVERY
o FOB ORIGIN
9. DISCOUNT FOR PROMPT PAYMENT
x OTHER (See below)
MEDIWOUND LTD 1477616
MEDIWOUND LTD 42 HAYARKON
42 HAYARKON
YAVNE 00812
CODE 1477616
11. SHIP TO/MARK FOR
HHS/OS/ASPR
200 C St SW
WASHINGTON DC 20201
FACILITY CODE
CODE
HHS/OS/ASPR
10. SUBMIT INVOICES
(4 copies unless otherwise specified)
TO THE ADDRESS SHOWN IN
ITEM
12. PAYMENT WILL BE MADE BY
PSC
Program Support Center
5600 Fishers Lane
Room 17-21
Rockville MD-20852
CODE PSC
13. AUTHORITY FOR USING OTHER THAN FULL AND OPEN COMPETITION:
14. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA
o 10 U.S.C. 2304 (c) ( ) o 41 U.S.C. 253 (c) ( )
2015.1990002.26201
15A. ITEM NO
15B. SUPPLIES/SERVICES
15C.
QUANTITY
15D.
UNIT
15E. UNIT PRICE
15F. AMOUNT
Continued
(X)
SEC.
DESCRIPTION
PART I - THE SCHEDULE
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
SOLICITATION/CONTRACT FORM
SUPPLIES OR SERVICES AND PRICES/COSTS
DESCRIPTION/SPECS/WORK STATEMENT
PACKAGING AND MARKING
INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE
DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE
CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA
SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS
15G. TOTAL AMOUNT OF CONTRACT
$40,430,469.00
16. TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE(S)
(X)
SEC.
DESCRIPTION
PAGE(S)
PART II - CONTRACT CLAUSES
I
CONTRACT CLAUSES
PART III - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACH.
J
LIST OF ATTACHMENTS
PART IV - REPRESENTATIONS AND INSTRUCTIONS
K
L
M
REPRESENTATIONS. CERTIFICATIONS AND
OTHER STATEMENTS OF OFFERORS
INSTRS., CONDS., AND NOTICES TO OFFERORS
EVALUATION FACTORS FOR AWARD
CONTRACTING OFFICER WILL COMPLETE ITEM 17 (SEALED-B1D OR NEGOTIATED PROCUREMENT) OR 18 (SEALED-B1D PROCUREMENT) AS APPLICABLE
17. o CONTRACTOR’ S NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT (Contractor is required to sign this
document and return ___________ copies to issuing office.) Contractor agrees to furnish and
deliver all items of perform all the services set forth or otherwise identified above and on any
continuation sheets for the consideration staled herein. The rights and obligations of the
parties to this contract shall be subject to and governed by the following documents: (a) this
award/contract. (b) the solicitation, if any, and (c) such provisions, representations,
certifications, and specification as are attached or incorporated by reference herein.
19A NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type of Print)
Sharon Malka
Chief Finance Officer
MediWound Ltd
Gal Cohen
President & Chief Executive Officer
MediWound Ltd
16. ☑ SEALED-BIO AWARD (Contractor is not required to sign this document.) Your bid on
Soliciation Number _________________________________________ including the additions
or changes made by you which additions or changes are set forth in full above, is hereby
accepted as to the items listed above and on any continuation sheets. This award consummates
the contract which consists of the following documents: (a) the Government’s solicitation and
your bid, and (b) this award/contract. No further contractual document is necessary. (Block 18
should be checked City when awarding a seated-bid contract.)
20A NAME OF CONTRACTING OFFICER
BROOKE T. BERNOLD
19B. NAME OF CONTRACTOR
19C. DATE SIGNED 20B.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
20C. DATE SIGNED
BY /s/ Sharon Malka /s/ Gal Cohen
(Signature of person authorized to sign)
AUTHORIZED FOR LOCAL REPRODUCTION
Previous edition is NOT usable
9/29/2015
(Signature of the Contracting Officer)
BY /s/ Brooke T. Bernold
STANDARD FORM 26 (Rev. 5/2011)
Prescribed by GSA - FAR (48 CFR) 53.214(a)
9/29/2015
PART I – THE SCHEDULE
SECTION B – SUPPLIES OR SERVICE AND PRICE / COST
Non-Surgical Debridement for Definitive Care of Burn Injuries
ARTICLE B.1. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SUPPLIES OR SERVICES
Mediwound Ltd. is developing NexoBrid, a unique Debridement product that enables clinicians to restore, normal skin when treating partial thickness or
full thickness burns. The product has the potential to greatly improve the patient’s quality of life while reducing hospital stays and the need for
reconstructive surgery. This product could find utility in day-to-day care, while simultaneously improving our capability to respond to mass casualty
incidents.
Under the base period-of-performance, Mediwound Ltd. will further enhance their product to improve its commercial viability through the FDA approval
process and potentially complete an initial purchase, storage, and delivery of product. The contract options may be exercised to perform follow-on studies
as directed by the FDA, perform additional studies which further extend the ability to protect children and the elderly population, and purchase additional
treatment courses.
The Research and Development (R&D) effort will progress in specific stages that cover the base performance segment and several options as specified in
this contract. The period of performance for the base period is 60 months.
ARTICLE B.2. BASE PERIOD
CLIN
Period of
Performance
Supplies/ Services
Total Est.
Cost
Fixed Fee
(7%)
0001
(Base)
09/28/2015 –
09/27/2020
Licensure, approval, and clearance of
product through the FDA
$22,693,160
$1,262,501
COST REIMBURSEMENT
CLIN
0002
(Base)
Period of
Performance
09/28/2017 –
09/27/2019*(* see
advanced
understanding h.)
FIRM FIXED PRICE
Supplies/ Services
Initial Purchase, storage, and delivery of
product
Units (# of
Product)
10,588
0002
(Base)
09/28/2019 –
09/27/2020
Initial Purchase, storage, and delivery of
product
5412
Total CLINS
1&2
09/28/2015 –
09/27/2020
See Above Descriptions
Unit Price
($)
$1,052
(includes
VMI)
$986
(includes
VMI)
Total Cost
Plus Fixed
Fee
$23,955,661
(Funded)
Total ($)
$11,138,576
(Funded)
$5,336,232
(Funded)
$40,430,469
(Funded)
2
ARTICLE B.3. OPTION PRICES
CLIN
Period of
Performance
Supplies/ Services
Units (# of
Product)
Unit Price
($)
Total ($)
N/A
N/A
$5,639,146
(Not Funded)
60 Months
Period of
Performance
60 Months
60 Months
Period of
Performance
60 Months
FIRM FIXED PRICE
Phase IV post marketing commitments
/Requirements (This is an option that may or
may not be exercised during the base period
as determined by the need and as established
by the FDA)
COST REIMBURSEMENT
Pediatric Study (This is an option that may
or may not be exercised during the base
period for expansion of the label indication
with guidance from the FDA)
Burn Induced Compartment Syndrome
Study(BICS) (This is an option that may or
may not be exercised during the base period
for expansion of the label indication with
guidance from the FDA)
FIRM FIXED PRICE
Supplies/ Services
US Facility validation for manufacture of
product (in USA)
12 Months
Additional Surge Capacity 1 to 23,530 units
1 to 23,530
12 Months
Additional Surge Capacity 23,531 to 47,060
units
23,531 to
47,060
60 Months
See Above Descriptions
Total Est. Cost
Fixed Fee
(7%)
$11,237,608
$688,011
$4,185,894
$261,819
Units (# of
Product)
N/A
Unit Price
($)
N/A
$986
$950
0003
(Option
Quantity)
CLIN
0004 A
(Option
Quantity)
0004 B
(Option
Quantity)
CLIN
0005A
(Option
Quantity)
0005B
(Option
Quantity)
0005B
(Option
Quantity)
Total
CLINs 3-5
Total Cost
Plus Fixed
Fee
$11,925,619
(Not Funded)
$4,447,713
(Not Funded)
Total ($)
$4,819,074
(Ceiling Not
Funded)
$23,200,580
(Ceiling Not
Funded)
$22,353,500
(Ceiling Not
Funded)
$72,385,632
(Not
Funded)
3
ARTICLE B.4. LIMITATIONS APPLICABLE TO DIRECT COSTS
a. Items Unallowable Unless Otherwise Provided
Notwithstanding the clause FAR 52.216-7, Allowable Cost and Payment, incorporated in this contract, the costs of the following items or activities
shall be unallowable as direct costs unless authorized in writing in advance by the Contracting Officer:
1. Acquisition, by purchase or lease, of any interest in real property;
2.
3.
Special rearrangement or alteration of facilities;
Purchase or lease of any item of general purpose office furniture or office equipment regardless of dollar value. (General purpose equipment is
defined as any items of personal property which are usable for purposes other than research, such as office equipment and furnishings, pocket
calculators, etc.);
4. Travel to attend general scientific meetings;
5. Unapproved foreign travel
6. Consultant costs, except costs incurred under firm-fixed price consultant agreements valued at $150,000 or less are allowable without prior
authorization.
7.
8.
Subcontracts; except costs incurred under firm-fixed price subcontracts valued at $150,000 or less are allowable without prior authorization.
Patient care costs;
9. Accountable Government property (defined as both real and personal property with an acquisition cost of $1,000 or more and a life expectancy of
more than two years) and “sensitive items” (defined as items of personal property, supplies and equipment that are highly desirable and easily
converted to personal use), regardless of acquisition value.
10. Printing Costs (as defined in the Government Printing and Binding Regulations).
11. Light Refreshment and Meal Expenditures - Requests to use contract funds to provide light refreshments and/or meals to either federal or
nonfederal employees must be submitted to the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR), with a copy to the Contracting Officer, at least six
(6) weeks in advance of the event and are subject to “HHS Policy on Promoting Efficient Spending: Use of Appropriate Funding for Conferences
and Meeting, Food and Promotional Items and Printing and Publications.” The request shall contain the following information: (a) name, date,
and location of the event at which the light refreshments and/or meals will be provided; (b) a brief description of the purpose of the event; (c) a
cost breakdown of the estimated light refreshments and/or meals costs; (d) the number of nonfederal and federal attendees receiving light
refreshments and/or meals; and (e) if the event will be held at a government facility.
12. Meeting room or conference space used for face to face meetings with USG staff in the performance of this contract. Justification for why the
meeting cannot be held at a government facility must be provided. COA requests must be made at least (2) two weeks prior to meeting date.
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b. Travel Costs
1. Travel incurred by the Prime Contractor in direct performance of this contract shall require and be consistent with advance written approval by the
Contracting Officer for expenditures such as (transportation, lodging, subsistence, and incidental expenses).
2.
FAR 52.247-63 – Preference for U.S.-Flag Air Carriers is applicable.
3. The Contactor shall invoice and be reimbursed for all travel costs in accordance with FAR 31.703 and FAR 31.205-46, Contracts with
Commercial Organizations, Travel Costs.
4. Requests for foreign travel must be submitted at least six weeks in advance and shall contain the following:
(i) Meeting(s) and place(s) to be visited, with costs and dates;
(ii) Names(s) and title(s) of Contractor personnel to travel and their functions in the contract project;
(iii) Contract purpose to be served by the travel;
(iv) How travel of Contractor personnel will benefit and contribute to accomplishing the contract project, or will otherwise justify the expenditure
of AMCG contract funds;
(v) How such advantages justify the costs for travel and absence from the project of more than one person if such are suggested; and
(vi) What additional functions may be performed by the travelers to accomplish other purpose of the contract and thus further benefit the project.
ARTICLE B.5. ADVANCE UNDERSTANDINGS
a. Subcontracts and Consultants
Award of any FFP subcontract or FFP consulting agreement in excess of $150,000 or any cost reimbursement subcontract or consulting
agreement shall not proceed without the prior written consent of the Contracting Officer via a Contracting Officer Authorization (COA) Letter.
COA letters will only be issued upon review of the supporting documentation required by FAR Clause 52.244-2, Subcontracts. After receiving
written consent of the subcontract by the contracting Officer, a copy of the signed, executed subcontract and consulting agreement shall be
provided to the Contracting Officer within ten (10) days.
b. Site Visits, Inspections and General Audits
At the discretion of the USG and independent of activities conducted by the Contractor, with 48 hours’ notice to the Contractor, the USG reserves
the right to conduct site visits and inspections on an as needed basis, including collection of product samples and intermediates held by the
Contractor, or subcontractor. In case of subcontractor visits and inspections that are independent of activities conducted by the Contractor, the
USG shall demonstrate cause for such visit and/or inspection. All costs reasonably incurred by the Contractor and subcontractor for such visit
and/or inspection shall be allowable costs. The Contractor shall coordinate these visits and shall have the opportunity to accompany the USG on
any such visits. Under time-sensitive or critical situations, the USG reserves the right to suspend the 48 hour notice to the Contractor. If the
Government, Contractor, or other party identifies any issues during an audit, the Contractor shall capture the issues, identify potential solutions,
and provide a report to the Government for review and acceptance.
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If issues are identified during the audit, Contractor shall submit a report to the CO and COR within 10 business days detailing the
finding and corrective action(s) of the audit.
COR and CO will review the report and provide a response to the Contractor within 10 business days.
Once corrective action is completed, the Contractor will provide a final report to the CO and COR within 10 business days.
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c. QA Audits
BARDA reserves the right to participate in QA audits. Upon completion of the QA audit the Contractor shall provide a report capturing the findings,
results, and next steps in proceeding with any potential subcontractors. If action is requested for a subcontractor, detailed corrective and preventative
plans for addressing areas of non-conformance to ICH and FDA regulations for GLP, GMP, or GCP guidelines, as identified in the audit report, must
be provided to BARDA for review and acceptance. The Contractor shall provide responses from the subcontractors to address these concerns and plans
for corrective action execution.
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Contractor shall notify CO and COR of upcoming, ongoing, or recent audits/site visits of subcontractors as part of weekly
communications.
Contractor shall notify the COR and CO within 5 business days of report completion. The Contractor shall complete the report within 60
days of the audit/site visit, or as negotiated with the COR in writing dependent upon the audit findings.
d. Man-in-Plant
At the discretion of the Government and seven (7) days advance notice to the Contractor in writing from the Contracting Officer, the Government may
place a man-in-plant in the Contractor’s facility, who shall be subject to the Contractor’s policies and procedures regarding security and facility access
at all times while in the Contractor’s facility. As determined by federal law, no Government representative shall publish, divulge, disclose, or make
known in any manner, or to any extent not authorized by law, any information coming to him in the course of employment or official duties, while
stationed in a contractor plant.
e. Confidential Treatment of Sensitive Information
The Contractor shall, to the extent permitted by law, guarantee strict confidentiality of the information/data that is provided by the Government during
the performance of the contract. The Government has determined that the information/data that the Contractor will be provided during the performance
of the contract is of a sensitive nature.
Disclosure of the information/data, in whole or in part, by the Contractor can only be made after the Contractor receives prior written approval from
the Contracting Officer. Whenever the Contractor is uncertain with regard to the proper handling of information/data under the contract, the Contractor
shall obtain a written determination from the Contracting Officer.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, such information/data shall not be deemed of a sensitive nature with respect to the Contractor for purposes of this
contract if such information/data: (a) was already known to the Contractor; (b) was generally available or known, or was otherwise part of the public
domain, at the time of its disclosure to the Contractor; (c) became generally available or known, or otherwise became part of the public domain, after
its disclosure to, or, with respect to the information/data by, the Contractor through no fault of the Contractor; (d) was disclosed to the Contractor, other
than under an obligation of confidentiality or non-use, by a third party who had no obligation to the Government that controls such information/data
not to disclose such information/data to others; or (e) was independently discovered or developed by the Contractor, as evidenced by its written
records, without the use of information/data belonging to the Government.
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The Contractor may disclose information/data of a sensitive nature provided by the Government to the extent that such disclosure is: (a) made in
response to a valid order of a court of competent jurisdiction (b) otherwise required by law, (c) made by the Contractor to the Regulatory Authorities as
required in connection with any filing, application or request for Regulatory Approval; provided, however, that reasonable measures shall be taken to
assure confidential treatment of such information/data
f. Emergency Use Authorization (EAU)
The Contractor shall be responsible for generating the data to support the USG’s filing of a Pre-Emergency Use Authorization (Pre-EUA) package for
use of the product prior to FDA licensure or approval during a declared emergency, declared potential emergency, or identification of material threat
under an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA).
The Contractor commits to supporting the potential use of the product under a pre-EUA package as submitted by BARDA or the CDC/SNS. The
Contractor shall supply BARDA or the CDC/SNS with the data needed to support such a submission, including expanded access INDs, right to hold
product, right of reference to the Contractor’s Investigational New Drug (IND), or other application that contains the supporting data. The Contractor
shall address any FDA comments on all pre-EUA packages as applicable. The Contractor shall maintain and update, as required by the FDA, all
required regulatory documentation (investigator brochure, regulatory binder, etc.), that will be used to support use under EUA and approval/licensure.
Any product which has not received FDA approval or licensure, but has completed submission of the Pre-EUA package and has met the three (3)
criteria listed below may be considered for procurement at the discretion of the USG. The Contractor would be required to demonstrate the three (3)
essential criteria listed below for consideration of procurement of any unapproved products by seeking a COA. The COA shall include a product
delivery schedule for consideration and the following:
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Substantial evidence, including a validated process, of the Contractor’s ability to manufacture a product that would be identical to the
commercial scale as required for product approval or licensure. A clear understanding of the outstanding risks, if any, for approval or
licensure must be demonstrated.
Completion of pivotal clinical studies with substantial evidence of safety and efficacy for the indicated use. A list of outstanding activities
and targets for completion, adverse events/safety profile which do not pose unusual risks or challenges for FDA approval or licensure shall
be provided.
Substantial evidence of product familiarity/acceptance for use in burn centers. The Contractor shall provide a list of burn centers familiar
with the product, feedback received, and corrective actions required to address any concerns to ensure effective use of the product by burn
care providers unfamiliar with the product. Evidence of the company’s ability to educate such providers on the use of the product (as allowed
within the constraints of law) will be useful.
A tentative delivery schedule of product delivery to the inventory (acceptable as in the Quality Agreement) shall be required as part of the COA. The
delivery schedule shall be updated periodically as necessary.
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For information concerning EUA, please consult
http://www.fda.gov/RegulatoryInformation/Guidances/ucm 125127 and
http://www.fda.gov/EmergencyPreparedness/Counterterrorism/MedicalCountermeasures/MCMLegalRegulatoryandPolicyFramework/ucml82568.htm
g. Sharing of contract deliverables within United States Government (USG)
In an effort to build a robust medical countermeasure pipeline through increased collaboration, BARDA may share technical deliverables with USG
entities responsible for Medical Countermeasure Development. In accordance with recommendations from the Public Health Emergency Medical
Countermeasure Enterprise Review, agreements established in the Integrated Portfolio’s Portfolio Advisory Committee (PAC) Charter, and agreements
between BARDA and the Department of Defense and the National Institutes of Health, BARDA may share technical deliverables and data created in
the performance of this contract with colleagues within the Integrated Portfolio. This advance understanding does not authorize BARDA to share
financial information outside HHS. The Contractor is advised to review the terms of FAR 52.227-14, Rights in Data – General, regarding the
Government’s rights to deliverables submitted during performance as well as the Government’s rights to data contained within those deliverables.
h. Overtime Compensation
No overtime (premium) compensation is authorized under the subject contract. Billing of actual hours should be limited to total productive hours in a
month.
i. Option CLINS
The USG reserves the right to re-negotiate the option CLINS based availability of funds and feedback received from the FDA.
j. Contract Number Designation
On all correspondence submitted under this contract, the Contractor agrees to clearly identify the contract number that appears on the face page of the
contract as follows:
HHS100201500035C
h. Quality Agreement
The Quality Agreement shall specify the responsibilities of both the Contractor and the USG (i.e. – CDC/SNS-Quality Control and BARDA) for
event-driven and product shipping, receiving, acceptance into the inventory and/or custody by the USG. This document shall be drafted and signed by
all parties prior to the commencement of product procurement and acceptance, transport and custody of the product under the VMI/DMI or the
CDC/SNS. The Contractor shall provide documentation and resolution for all concerns raised by USG and commits to cooperation in execution of this
agreement.
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SECTION C – DESCRIPTION/SPECIFICATIONS/WORKSTATEMENT
C.1. STATEMENT OF WORK
ARTICLE C.1. STATEMENT OF WORK
Independently and not as an agent of the Government, the Contractor shall furnish all the necessary services, qualified personnel, material, equipment, and
facilities not otherwise provided by the Government as needed to perform the Statement of Work dated September 28, 2015 set forth in SECTION J - List
of Attachments, attached hereto and made a part of the contract.
ARTICLE C.2. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
See Section F for specific reporting requirements.
All reports required herein shall be submitted in electronic format. All paper/hardcopy documents/reports submitted under this contract shall be printed or
copied, double-sided, on at least 30 percent post-consumer fiber paper, whenever practicable, in accordance with FAR 4.302(b).
ARTICLE C.3. TWICE MONTHLY CONFERENCE CALLS
A conference call between the Contracting Officer’s Representative and the Contractor’s Project Leaders/delegates and designees shall occur twice-
monthly or as directed by the Contracting Officer and Contracting Officer’s Representative. During this call the Contractor’s Project Leaders/delegates and
designees will discuss the activities since the last call, any problems that have arisen and the activities planned until the next call takes place. The
Contractor’s Project Leaders/delegates may choose to include other key personnel on the conference call to give detailed updates on specific projects or
this may be requested by the Contracting Officer’s Representative.
ARTICLE C.4. PROJECT MEETINGS
The Contractor shall participate in Project Meetings to coordinate the performance of the contract, as requested by the Contracting Officer’s
Representative. These meetings may include face-to-face meetings with AMCG/BARDA in Washington, D.C. and at work sites of the Contractor. Such
meetings may include, but are not limited to, meetings of the Contractor to discuss study designs, site visits to the Contractor’s facilities, and meetings with
the Contractor and HHS officials to discuss the technical, regulatory, and ethical aspects of the program. Subject to the data rights provisions in this
contract, the Contractor will provide data, reports, and presentations to groups of outside experts and USG personnel as required by the Contracting Officer
and Contracting Officer’s Representative in order to facilitate review of contract activities.
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SECTION D – PACKAGING, MARKING AND SHIPPING
All deliverables required under this contract shall be packaged, marked and shipped in accordance with Government specifications. At a minimum, all
deliverables shall be marked with the date, contract number and Contractor name. The Contractor shall guarantee that all required materials shall be
delivered in immediate usable and acceptable condition.
The US storage facility will be a subcontractor that must be acceptable to the USG and approved under a COA. Issuance of a COA shall meet the
conditions specified in the Quality Agreement between BARDA, CDC and MediWound.
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SECTION E – INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE
ARTICLE E.1. INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE
The Contracting Officer or the duly authorized representative will perform inspection and acceptance of materials and services to be provided under this
contract.
For the purpose of this SECTION E, the designated Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) is the authorized representative of the Contracting
Officer. The COR will assist in resolving technical issues that arise during performance. The COR however is not authorized to change any contract terms
or authorize any changes in the Statement of Work or modify or extend the period of performance, or authorize reimbursement of any costs incurred
during performance. The Contractor is advised to review FAR 52.243–1 Changes – Fixed Price Contracts Alternate V and FAR 52.243-2 Changes–Cost
reimbursement contracts Alternative V, which is incorporated by reference into this contract in ARTICLE I.1.
Inspection and acceptance will be performed at:
Office of Acquisition Management, Contracts, and Grants (AMCG)
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 C St. SW
Washington, D.C. 20024
Acceptance may be presumed unless otherwise indicated in writing by the Contracting Officer or the duly authorized representative within 30 days of
receipt.
The contract incorporates the following clause by reference with the same force and effect as if it were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting
Officer will make its full text available.
FAR 52.246-4, Inspection of Services - Fixed Price (August 1996)
FAR 52.246-5, Inspection of Services - Cost-Reimbursement (April 1984)
FAR 52.246-9, Inspection of Research and Development (Short Form) (April 1984)
FAR 52.246-16, Responsibility for Supplies (April 1984)
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SECTION F – DELIVERIES OR PERFORMANCE
ARTICLE F.1. PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE
The period of performance for this contract shall be from September 28, 2015 through September 27, 2020. The period of performance for the base period
of this contract shall be consistent with the dates set forth in SECTION B. If the Government exercises option(s), the period of performance will be
extended as described under in SECTION B of this contract.
ARTICLE F.2. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
In all cases the reports are intended to provide sufficient detail to understand the Contractor’s approach and progress to addressing the technical
requirements. The reports supplement, and do NOT replace, routine (i.e. daily) communication between the COR and project manager and/or their
designee(s) regarding project plans and progress.
A. Monthly Progress Report
This report shall include a description of the activities during the reporting period and the activities planned for the ensuing reporting period. The
first reporting period consists of the first full month of performance plus any fractional part of the initial month. Thereafter, the reporting period
shall consist of each calendar month.
The Contractor shall submit a Monthly Progress Report on or before the 15th calendar day following the last day of each reporting period and
shall include the following:
Title Page: The title page for this report shall include the contract number and title; the type of report and period that it covers; the Contractor’s
name, address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address; and the date of submission.
Distribution List: A list of individuals receiving the Technical Progress report.
Progress:
SECTION I - An introduction covering the purpose and scope of the contract effort.
SECTION II Part A: SUMMARY - A description or table summarizing ongoing activities.
SECTION II Part B: MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE – This section shall include a description of all meetings, conference
calls, etc. that have taken place during the reporting period. Include progress on administration and management issues (e.g. evaluating and
managing subcontractor performance and personnel changes). Please include all Quality Management System, Quality Control, and Quality
Assurance updates as part of this report or as requested by the COR.
SECTION II Part C: TECHNICAL PROGRESS – This section shall document the results of work completed and costs incurred during the period
covered in relation to the proposed progress, effort, and budget. The report shall be in sufficient detail to explain comprehensively the results
achieved.
SECTION II Part D: ISSUES – This section shall include a description of problems encountered and proposed corrective action; differences
between planned and actual progress; why the differences have occurred and what corrective actions are planned; and if a project activity is
delinquent, then what corrective action steps are planned. Revised timelines shall be provided.
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SECTION II Part E: PROPOSED WORK – This section shall include a summary of work proposed as a rolling three (3) month forecast for the
next reporting period, by a certain date, and by whom.
SECTION II Part F: MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT – This section shall include a summary of the manufacturing
and supply-chain related activities. Also include in this section updates to the production plan, capacity projections, stability results, inventory and
shipment/distribution information.
Invoices: Summary of any invoices submitted during the reporting period.
A Monthly Progress Report will not be required in the same month Annual or Final Technical Progress Reports are due.
B. Annual Progress Report
This report shall include a summation of the activities during the reporting period, and the activities planned for the ensuing reporting period. The
first reporting period consists of the first full year of performance plus any fractional part of the initial year. Thereafter, the reporting period shall
consist of each calendar year.
The Contractor shall submit an Annual Progress Report on or before the 30th calendar day following the last day of each reporting period and
shall include the following:
Title Page: The title page for this report shall include the contract number and title; the type of report and period that it covers; the Contractor’s
name, address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address; and the date of submission.
Distribution List: A list of individuals receiving the Technical Progress report.
Progress:
SECTION I - An introduction covering the purpose and scope of the contract effort.
SECTION II Part A: SUMMARY - A description or table summarizing ongoing activities.
SECTION II Part B: MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATIVE UPDATE – This section shall include a description of all meetings, conference
calls, etc. that have taken place during the reporting period. Include progress on administration and management issues (e.g. evaluating and
managing subcontractor performance and personnel changes). Please include all Quality Management System, Quality Control, and Quality
Assurance updates as part of this report or as requested by the COR.
SECTION II Part C: TECHNICAL PROGRESS – This section shall document the results of work completed and costs incurred during the period
covered in relation to proposed progress, effort, and budget. The report shall be in sufficient detail to explain comprehensively the results
achieved.
SECTION II Part D: ISSUES – This section shall include a description of problems encountered and proposed corrective action; differences
between planned and actual progress; why the differences have occurred and what corrective actions are planned; and if a project activity is
delinquent, then what corrective action steps are planned. Revised timelines shall be provided.
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SECTION II Part E: PROPOSED WORK – This section shall include a summary of work proposed as a rolling three (3) month forecast for the
next reporting period, by a certain date, and by whom.
SECTION II Part F: MANUFACTURING AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT – This section shall include a summary of the manufacturing
and supply-chain related activities. Also include in this section updates to the production plan, capacity projections, stability results, inventory and
shipment/distribution information.
Invoices: Summary of any invoices submitted during the reporting period.
An Annual Progress Report will not be required for the period when the Final Technical Progress Report is due.
C. Draft Final Report and Final Report
These reports are to include a summation of the work performed and results obtained for execution of various studies or technical work packages
during the entire contract period of performance. This report shall be in sufficient detail to describe comprehensively the results achieved. The
Draft Final Progress Report shall be due forty-five (45) calendar days prior to the expiration date of the contract and the Final Progress Report is
due no later than 30 days following the expiration date of the contract. The report shall conform to the following format:
Title Page: The title for these reports shall include the contract number and title; the type of report and period that it covers; the Contractor’s name,
address, telephone number, fax number, and e-mail address; and the date of submission.
Distribution List: A list of individuals receiving the Technical Progress report.
Progress:
SECTION I: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - Summarize the purpose and scope of the contract effort including a summary of the major
accomplishments relative to the specific activities set forth in the Statement of Work.
SECTION II: RESULTS - A detailed description of the work performed and the results obtained including all expenses for the entire contract
period of performance.
D. FDA Regulatory Agency Correspondence, Meeting Summaries, and Submissions.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Within five business days of any formal meeting with the FDA or other regulatory agency, the Contractor shall forward the initial draft
minutes to BARDA. The Contractor shall forward the final minutes when available.
Within five business days of any informal meeting with the FDA or other regulatory agency, the Contractor shall forward the initial draft
minutes to BARDA. The Contractor shall forward the final minutes when available and if applicable.
The Contractor shall forward the dates and times of any meeting with the FDA and other regulatory agencies to BARDA as soon as the
meeting times are known and make arrangements for appropriate BARDA staff to attend the meetings.
The Contractor shall provide BARDA the opportunity to review and comment upon any documents to be submitted to the FDA or other
regulatory agency. The Contractor shall provide BARDA with five (5) business days in which to review and provide comments back to
the Contractor prior to the Contractor’s submission to the FDA.
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e.
f.
g.
The Contractor shall forward Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) upon request from COR.
The Contractor shall provide raw data and/or specific analysis of data generated with USG funds upon request from the COR.
The Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer’s Representative and Contracting Officer within 24 hours of all FDA arrivals to
conduct site visits/audits by any regulatory agency. The Contractor shall provide the USG with an exact copy (non-redacted) of the FDA
Form 483 and the Establishment Inspection Report (EIR). The Contractor shall provide the Contracting Officer’s Representative and
Contracting Officer copies of the plan for addressing areas of non-conformance to FDA regulations for GLP guidelines as identified in
the audit report, status updates during the plans execution, and a copy of all final responses to the FDA. The Contractor shall also provide
redacted copies of any FDA audits received from subcontractors that occur as a result of this contract or for this product. The Contractor
shall make arrangements with the COR for the appropriate BARDA representative(s) to be present during the final debrief by the
regulatory inspector.
E. Other Requirements/Deliverables
a.
Integrated Master Project Plan
The Contractor shall provide an Integrated Master Project Plan (including tabular and Gantt forms) to BARDA that clearly indicates the
critical path to annual deliverables and Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) elements. Attention shall be placed on providing sufficient
turnaround time for the USG (BARDA, FDA, and CDC) for review of critical documentation. The Contractor shall integrate to
demonstrate interdependencies among all CLINS. The Integrated Master Project Plan shall be incorporated into any potential contract
and will be used to monitor performance of the contract. This report shall be due within 90 days of contract award. Updates shall be due
as requested by the COR or Co- COR.
i. Critical Path Milestones
The Integrated Master Project Plan shall outline key, critical path milestones, with “Go/No Go” decision criteria (entrance
and exit criteria for each phase of the project). This report shall be due within 90 days of contract award. Updates shall be
due as requested by the COR or Co-COR.
ii. Work Breakdown Structure
The USG has provided a Contract Work Breakdown Structure (CWBS) template (See
http://www.phe.gov/about/amcg/contracts/Pages/toolkit.aspx) and the Contractor shall further delineate the CWBS to Level
5 as part of their Integrated Master Project Plan. The WBS shall be discernable and consistent. BARDA may require
Contractor to furnish WBS data at the work package level or at a lower level if there is significant complexity and risk
associated with the task. This report shall be due within 90 days of contract award. Updates shall be due as requested by the
COR or Co-COR.
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iii. Risk Mitigation Plan/Matrix
The Contractor shall develop and maintain a risk management plan that highlights potential problems and/or issues that may
arise during the life of the contract, their impact on cost, schedule and performance, and appropriate remediation plans. This
plan shall reference relevant WBS/SOW elements where appropriate. The USG has provided a Risk Mitigation Matrix
template (See http://www.phe.gov/about/amcg/contracts/Pages/toolkit.aspx) to be completed by any prospective
Contractor. This report shall be due within 90 days of contract award. Updates shall be due as requested by the COR or Co-
COR.
Technology Packages
Technology packages developed under the contract that includes complete protocols must be submitted at the request of the BARDA
Contracting Officer’s Representative. See FAR clauses 52.227-11, Patent Rights-Ownership by the Contractor, and 52.227-14, Rights in
Data. This report shall be due upon request from the COR or Co-COR.
Annual/Final Invention Report
All reports and documentation required by FAR Clause 52.227-11, Patent Rights-Ownership by the Contractor, including, but not limited
to, the invention disclosure report, the confirmatory license, and the Government support certification. An Annual Invention Report shall
be due on or before the 30th calendar day after the completion of each reporting period. A Final Invention Report (see FAR 27.303 (b)(2)
(ii)) shall be due on or before the expiration date of the contract. If no invention is disclosed or no activity has occurred on a previously
disclosed invention during the applicable reporting period, a negative report shall be submitted to the Contracting Officer.
Publications
Any manuscript or scientific meeting abstract containing data generated under this contract must be submitted to COR for review prior to
submission. Reports shall be due within 30 calendar days for manuscripts and 15 calendar days for abstracts.
Press Releases
The Contractor agrees to accurately and factually represent the work conducted under this contract in all press releases. The Contractor
shall ensure the Contracting Officer has received and approved an advanced copy of any press release not less than two (2) business days
prior to the issuance of any potential press release.
Incident Security Report
The Contractor shall report to the government any activity; or incident that is in violation of established security standards; or indicates
the loss or theft of government products. Reports shall be due within 24 hours after occurrence of an activity or incident.
Security Plan
The Contractor shall submit a draft security plan within 90 days of contract award. A detailed security plan with any updates shall be
submitted for approval at least three (3) months prior to the initiation of product procurement with proper documentation. The Contractor
shall cooperate with USG representatives to develop a sustainable security plan to ensure continued security of the premises. Security
plan updates are required when an incident security report has been filed.
Quality Management System (QMS) Plan
The Contractor shall provide a QMS plan within 90 days of contract award with updates at least three (3) months prior to initiation of
product procurement or as directed by the COR or Co-COR. The Contractor agrees to incorporate USG feedback and address concerns
relating to QMS plans.
b.
c.
d.
e.
g.
h.
i.
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j.
k.
Quality Agreement Report
The Quality Agreement Report shall specify the responsibilities of both the Contractor and the USG (i.e. – CDC/SNS-Quality Control
and BARDA) for event-driven and product shipping, receiving, acceptance into the inventory and/or custody by the USG. These
documents shall be drafted and signed by all parties prior to the commencement of product procurement and acceptance, transport and
custody of the product under the VMI/DMI or the CDC/SNS. The Contractor shall provide documentation and resolution for all concerns
raised by USG and commits to cooperation in execution of this agreement. Quality Agreement Reports are due at least three (3) months
prior to initiation of product procurement or as directed by the COR or Co-COR.
Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) Plan
The Contractor shall develop a plan to establish VMI in alignment with the Quality Agreement Report. Interim draft plans shall be
submitted to USG as part of the development process. Draft submission for review is due upon completion of pre-EUA package. Final
submission is required to initiate product procurement through a COA. Documents shall be updated as required by the COR or Co-COR.
Developmental updates should be reported in the monthly reports as requested by the COR or Co-COR.
A minimum of three (3) product deliveries from different manufacturing lots shall be delivered and accepted by USG to the inventory
(considered as substantial delivery to the inventory) before the Contractor shall invoice for the product payment.
F. Earned Value Management System Plan
a. Earned Value Management System Plan:
Subject to the requirements under HHSAR Clause 352.234-3, the Contractor shall use principles of Earned Value Management System
(EVMS) in the management of this contract (include this plan as part of the monthly, annual, and final reports). The Seven Principles are:
I.
II.
Plan all work scope for the program to completion.
Break down the program work scope into finite pieces that can be assigned to a responsible person or organization for
control of technical, schedule, and cost objectives.
III.
Integrate program work scope, schedule, and cost objectives into a performance measurement baseline plan against
which accomplishments may be measured. Control changes to the baseline.
IV. Use actual cost incurred and recorded in accomplishing the work performed.
V.
Objectively assess accomplishments at the work performance level.
VI. Analyze significant variances from the plan, forecast impacts, and prepare an estimate at completion based on
performance to date and work to be performed.
VII. Use earned value information in the company’s management processes.
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VIII. Elements of EVMS shall be applied to all CLINs as part of the Integrated Master Project Plan, the Contractor shall
submit a written summary of the management procedures that it will establish, maintain and use to comply with
EVMS requirements.
b. Performance Measurement Baseline Review (PMBR):
The Contractor shall submit a PMBR plan electronically via email to the CO and COR for a PMBR to occur within 90 days of contract award.
At the PMBR, the Contractor and BARDA shall mutually agree upon the budget, schedule and technical plan baselines (Performance
Measurement Baseline). These baselines shall be the basis for monitoring and reporting progress throughout the life of the contract. The
PMBR is conducted to achieve confidence that the baselines accurately capture the entire technical scope of work, are consistent with contract
schedule requirements, are reasonably and logically planned, and have adequate resources assigned. The goals of the PMBR are as
FOLLOWS:
I.
Jointly assess areas such as the Contractor’s planning for complete coverage of the SOW, logical scheduling of the
work activities, adequate resources, and identification of inherent risks.
II.
Confirm the integrity of the Performance Measurement Baseline (PMB).
III.
Foster the use of EVM as a means of communication.
IV.
Provide confidence in the validity of Contractor reporting
V.
Identify risks associated with the PMB.
VI.
Present any revised PMBs for approval.
VII. Present an Integrated Master Schedule: The Contractor shall deliver an initial program level Integrated Master
Schedule (IMS) that rolls up all time-phased WBS elements down to the activity level. This IMS shall include the
dependencies that exist between tasks. This IMS will be agreed to and finalized at the PMBR. DI-MGMT-81650 may
be referenced as guidance in creation of the IMS (see http://www.acq.osd.mil/pm/).
VIII. Present the Risk Management Plan.
c.
Integrated Master Schedule
The Contractor shall submit an IMS electronically via email as outlined in a format agreed upon by BARDA to the COR and the Contracting
Officer for approval prior to the initiation of any activities of sufficient size and cost to require EVMS. The Integrated Master Schedule shall
be incorporated into the contract, and shall be used to monitor performance of the contract. The Contractor shall include the key milestones
and Go/No Go decision gates. The Contractor shall include BARDA Portfolio Management Milestones (See the AMCG Business Toolkit for
a description and sample (http://www.phe.gov/about/amcg/contracts/Pages/toolkit.aspx) in their IMS and provide monthly updates within
their IMS. This IMS shall include the following fields at a minimum; baseline start and finish, forecast start and finish, actual start and finish,
predecessor and/or successor. The Contractor shall deliver the Integrated Master Schedule, viewed at the work package level in MS Project
file format
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d. Earned Value Contract Performance Report (EV-CPR)
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
The Offeror shall deliver an Earned Value Contract Performance Report (CPR) on a monthly basis per the instruction in DI-MGMT-
81466A (see http://www.acq.osd.mil/pm/). The Contractor shall provide Format 1, Format 3, and Format 5 only. Format 1 will be
reported at the Work Breakdown Structure level agreed to by BARDA and the Contractor.
EV Variance thresholds will be negotiated with the Contractor post-award but for planning purposes will likely be (+/- 10%). In
conjunction with the CPR, the Contractor shall provide a monthly update to the IMS with up to date performance data and shall include
actual start/finish and projected start / finish dates.
The supplemental monthly CAP report shall contain, at the work package level, time phased budget (budgeted cost of work scheduled
(BCWS)), earned value (budgeted cost of work performed (BCWP)), and actual costs of work performed (ACWP) as captured in the
Contractor’s EVM systems.
The Contractor and BARDA shall participate in regular meetings to coordinate and oversee the contracting effort as requested by the
COR. Such meetings may include, but are not limited to, site visits to the Contractor’s and/or subcontractor’s facilities, meetings with
individual Contractors and other HHS officials to discuss the technical, regulatory, and ethical aspects of the program. The Contractor
shall provide data, reports, and presentations to groups of outside experts and USG personnel and Government-contracted subject matter
experts as required by the BARDA COR in order to facilitate review of contract activities.
The Contractor shall provide a list of individuals to serve as primary and secondary points of contact who will be available 24 hours a
day, seven days a week, to be notified in case of a public health emergency.
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ARTICLE F.3. DELIVERIES
Successful performance of the final contract shall be deemed to occur upon performance of the work set forth in the Statement of Work dated September
28, 2015 set forth in SECTION J - List of Attachments of this contract and upon delivery and acceptance by the Contracting Officer, or the duly authorized
representative, of the following items in accordance with the stated delivery schedule below:
Item
No.
Description
Addresses
Deliverable Schedule
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
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Monthly Progress Report
CO: (1) electronic copy
COR: (1) electronic copy
Annual Progress Report
CO: (1) electronic copy
COR: (1) electronic copy
Draft Final Progress Report
CO: (1) electronic copy
COR: (1) electronic copy
Final Progress Report
CO: (1) electronic copy
COR: (1) electronic copy
COR: (1) electronic copy
COR: (1) electronic copy
FDA/ Regulatory Agency
Correspondence and Meeting
Summaries
Integrated Master Project Plan
-Critical Path Milestones
- Work Breakdown Structure
- Risk Mitigation Plan/Matrix
Technology Packages
Experimental Protocols
Annual/Final Invention Report
COR: (1) electronic copy
COR: (1) electronic copy
CO: (1) electronic copy
COR: (1) electronic copy
Publications
COR: (1) electronic copy
Press Releases
CO: (1) electronic copy
COR: (1) electronic copy
Incident Security Report
CO: (1) electronic copy
COR: (1) electronic copy
Security Plan
CO: (1) electronic copy
Quality Management System
(QMS) Plan
COR: (1) electronic copy
COR: (1) electronic copy
Quality Agreement Report
COR: (1) electronic copy
VMI Plan
CO: (1) electronic copy
Earned Value Management
Requirements
COR: (1) electronic copy
CO: (1) electronic copy
COR: (1) electronic copy
Reports are due on or before the 15th of
each month following the end of each
reporting period.
Reports are due on or before the 30th
calendar day following the end of each
reporting period.
Report is due 45 Calendar days prior to the
expiration date of the contract.
Report is due no later than 30 calendar
days after the expiration date of the
contract.
Reports are due within 5 business days of
each meeting for Contractor’s minutes,
upon receipt of minutes from FDA/
regulatory agency, and upon request from
the COR or Co-COR.
Report is due within 90 days of contract
award. Updates are due as requested by the
COR or Alternate COR.
Upon request from the COR or Co-COR.
Upon request from the COR or Co-COR.
An Annual Invention Report is due on or
before the 30th calendar day after the
completion of each reporting period. A
Final Invention Report is due on or before
the expiration date of the contract.
Reports are due within 30 calendar days for
manuscripts and 15 calendar days for
abstracts.
Reports/Notices are due for approval to the
CO not less than two (2) business days
prior to the issuance of any potential press
release.
Reports are due within 24 hours after
occurrence of an activity or incident.
Draft report is due within 90 days of
contract award. Updates are due at least 3
months prior to product procurement or as
requested by the COR or Co-COR.
Draft report is due within 90 days of
contract award. Updates are due at least 3
months prior to product procurement or as
requested by the COR or Co-COR.
Reports are due at least 3 months prior to
product procurement or as directed by the
COR or Co-COR.
Plan is due upon completion of the Pre-
EAU package.
As detailed in Section F.2 Reporting
Requirements, subpart -F.
Email Addresses: CO – matthew.rose@hhs.gov
COR – Julio.Barrera-Oro@hhs.gov
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ARTICLE F.4. FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE, FAR 52.252-2 (FEBRUARY 1998)
This contract incorporates the following clause(s) by reference, with the same force and effect as if it were given in full text. Upon request, the Contracting
Officer will make its full text available. The full text of each clause may be accessed electronically at this address:
http://www.acquisition.gov/comp/far/index.html.
FAR 52.242-15, Stop Work Order (August 1989)
FAR 52.242-15, Stop Work Order (August 1989), Alternate 1 (April 1984)
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SECTION G – CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION DATA
ARTICLE G.1. CONTRACTING OFFICER
The following Contracting Officer (CO) will represent the Government for the purpose of this contract:
Matthew Rose, CO
DHHS/OS/ASPR/AMCG
200 C St.
Washington, D.C. 20024
a. The Contracting Officer (CO) is the only individual who can legally commit the Government to the expenditure of public funds. No person other than
the CO can make any changes to the terms, conditions, general provisions, specifications or other requirements of this contract.
b. The Contracting Officer (CO) is the only person with authority to act as agent of the Government under this contract. Only the CO has authority to: (1)
direct or negotiate any changes in the statement of work; (2) modify or extend the period of performance; (3) change the delivery schedule; (4)
authorize reimbursement to the Contractor for any costs incurred during the performance of this contract; or (5) otherwise change any terms and
conditions of this contract.
c. No information, other than that which may be contained in an authorized modification to this contract duly issued by the CO, shall be considered
grounds for deviation from this contract.
d. The Government may unilaterally change its CO designation
ARTICLE G.2. CONTRACTING OFFICER’S REPRESENTATIVE (COR)
The following Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) will represent the Government for the purpose of this contract:
Julio Barrera-Oro, PhD
Contracting Officer’s Representative
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
Department of Health and Human Services
Julio.Barrera-Oro@hhs.gov
(202) 260-0393
Mailing Address:
330 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Room 640G
Washington, D.C. 20201
Alternate COR:
Narayan Iyer, PhD
Alternate Project Officer (PO), Alternate Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR)
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA)
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
Department of Health and Human Services
narayan.iyer@hhs.gov
(202) 260-0455
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Mailing Address:
330 Independence Avenue, SW, RM G-640
Washington, D.C. 20201
The COR is responsible for:
a. Monitoring the Contractor’s technical progress, including the surveillance and assessment of performance and recommending to the Contracting
Officer changes in requirements;
b. Assisting the Contracting Officer in interpreting the statement of work and any other technical performance requirements;
c. Performing technical evaluation as required;
d. Performing technical inspections and assisting the Contracting Officer in acceptances of deliverables required by this contract; and
e. Assisting in the resolution of technical problems encountered during performance.
f. The Government may unilaterally change its COR designation(s).
ARTICLE G.3. KEY PERSONNEL
The key personnel specified in this contract are considered to be essential to work performance. At least 30 days prior to diverting any of the specified
individuals to other programs or contracts (or as soon as possible, if an individual must be replaced, for example, as a result of leaving the employ of the
Contractor), the Contractor shall notify the Contracting Officer and shall submit comprehensive justification for the diversion or replacement request
(including proposed substitutions for key personnel) to permit evaluation by the Government of the impact on performance under this contract. The
Contractor shall not divert or otherwise replace any key personnel without the written consent of the Contracting Officer. The Government may modify the
contract to add or delete key personnel at the request of the Contractor or Government.
The following individuals are considered to be essential to the work being performed hereunder:
Name
Gal Cohen
Dr. Lior Rosenberg
Dr. Ety Klinger
Andrey Kon
Dr. Eilon Asculai
Smadar Nestor
Nimrod Leuw
Keren David-Zabriv
ARTICLE G.4. INVOICE SUBMISSION
Title
President and CEO
Chief Medical Officer
Chief R&D Officer
Plant Manager
VP R&D
Director Regulatory Affairs
Director of QA/QC
Director Clinical Affairs
a. The Contractor shall submit an electronic copy of contract monthly invoices/financial reports to the Contracting Officer as defined above, in
ARTICLE G of this contract.
b. Contractor invoices/financial reports shall conform to the form, format, and content requirements of the instructions for Invoice/Financing
requests made a part of the contract at Section J, Attachments 2 & 3.
c. Monthly invoices must include the cumulative total expenses to date, adjusted (as applicable) to show any amounts suspended by the Government.
d. The Contractor agrees to immediately notify the Contracting Officer in writing if there is an anticipated overrun (any amount) or unexpended
balance (greater than 10 percent) of the estimated costs for the base period or any options for additional quantities (See estimated costs under
Articles B.2 and B.3) and the reasons for the variance. Also refer to the requirements of FAR Clause 52.232-20, Limitation of Cost.
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e. The Contractor shall submit an electronic copy of the payment request to the approving official instead of a paper copy. The payment request shall
be transmitted as an attachment via e-mail to the address listed above in one of the following formats: MSWord, MS Excel, or Adobe Portable
Document Format (PDF). Only one payment request shall be submitted per e-mail and the subject line of the e-mail shall include the Contractor’s
name, contract number, and unique invoice number.
f. All invoice submissions shall be in accordance with FAR Clause 52.232-25, Prompt Payment.
ARTICLE G.5. INDIRECT COST RATES
1. The following interim provisional indirect rates will be utilized for billing purposes during the period of performance: 80%. Final rate proposals must
be sent to the Contracting Officer, within 6 months of the fiscal year end. See FAR Clause 52.216-7, Allowable Cost and Payment.
2. The interim provisional indirect rates used in this contract have been established after approval by the AMCG/BARDA Auditor.
ARTICLE G.6. REIMBURSEMENT OF COST
1) The Government shall reimburse the Contractor those costs determined by the Contracting Officer to be allowable (hereinafter referred to as allowable
cost) in accordance with FAR 52.216-7, Allowable Cost and Payment and FAR Subpart 31.2. Examples of allowable costs include, but are not limited
to, the following:
a) All direct materials and supplies that are used in the performing of the work provided for under the contract, including those purchased for
subcontracts and purchase orders.
b) All direct labor, including supervisory, that is properly chargeable directly to the contract, plus fringe benefits.
c) All other items of cost budgeted for and accepted in the negotiation of this basic contract or modifications thereto.
d) Travel costs including per diem or actual subsistence for personnel while in an actual travel status in direct performance of the work and services
required under this contract subject to the following:
i. Air travel shall be by the most direct route using “air coach” or “air tourist” (less than first class) unless it is clearly unreasonable
or impractical (e.g., not available for reasons other than avoidable delay in making reservations, would require circuitous routing
or entail additional expense offsetting the savings on fare, or would not make necessary connections).
ii. Rail travel shall be by the most direct route, first class with lower berth or nearest equivalent.
iii. Costs incurred for lodging, meals, and incidental expenses shall be considered reasonable and allowable to the extent that they
do not exceed on a daily basis the per diem rates set forth in the Federal Travel Regulation (FTR).
iv. Travel via privately owned automobile shall be reimbursed at not more than the current General Services Administration (GSA)
FTR established mileage rate.
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ARTICLE G.7. POST AWARD EVALUATION OF CONTRACTOR PERFORMANCE
1. Contractor Performance Evaluations
Interim and final evaluations of Contractor performance will be prepared on this contract in accordance with FAR Subpart 42.15. The final
performance evaluation will be prepared at the time of completion of work. In addition to the final evaluation, interim evaluation(s) will be prepared
annually as to coincide with the Anniversary date of the contract.
Interim and final evaluations will be provided to the Contractor as soon as practicable after completion of the evaluation. The Contractor will be
permitted thirty days to review the document and to submit additional information or a rebutting statement. If agreement cannot be reached between
the parties, the matter will be referred to an individual one level above the Contracting Officer whose decision will be final.
Copies of the evaluations, Contractor responses, and review comments, if any, will be retained as part of the contract file, and may be used to support
future award decisions.
2. Electronic Access to Contractor Performance Evaluations
Contractors may access evaluations through a secure website for review and comment at the following:
http://cpars.gov
ARTICLE G.8. CONTRACT COMMUNICATIONS/CORRESPONDENCE (JULY 1999)
The Contractor shall identify all correspondence, reports, and other data pertinent to this contract by imprinting the contract number HHSO100201500035C
from Page 1 of the contract
ARTICLE G.9. GOVERNMENT PROPERTY
1.In addition to the requirements of the clause, GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, incorporated in SECTION I of this contract, the Contractor shall comply
with the provisions of HHS Publication, “Contractor’s Guide for Control of Government Property,” which is incorporated into this contract by reference.
This document can be accessed at:
http://www.hhs.gov/hhsmanuals/ (HHS Logistics Management Manual)
Among other issues, this publication provides a summary of the Contractor’s responsibilities regarding purchasing authorizations and inventory and
reporting requirements under the contract.
2.Notwithstanding the provisions outlined in the HHS Publication, “Contractor’s Guide for Control of Government Property,” which is incorporated in this
contract in paragraph 1. above, the Contractor shall use the form entitled, “Report of Government Owned, Contractor Held Property” for submitting
summary reports required under this contract, as directed by the Contracting Officer or his/her designee. This form is included as an attachment in
SECTION J of this contract.
3.Title will vest in the Government for equipment purchased as a direct cost.
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SECTION H – SPECIAL CONTRACT REQUIREMENTS
ARTICLE H.1. PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS, HHSAR 352.270-4(b) (January 2006)
a. The Contractor agrees that the rights and welfare of human subjects involved in research under this contract shall be protected in accordance with 45
CFR Part 46 and with the Contractor’s current Assurance of Compliance on file with the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), Department
of Health and Human Services. The Contractor further agrees to provide certification at least annually that the Institutional Review Board has reviewed
and approved the procedures, which involve human subjects in accordance with 45 CFR Part 46 and the Assurance of Compliance.
b. The Contractor shall bear full responsibility for the performance of all work and services involving the use of human subjects under this contract and
shall ensure that work is conducted in a proper manner and as safely as is feasible. The parties hereto agree that the Contractor retains the right to
control and direct the performance of all work under this contract. The Contractor shall not deem anything in this contract to constitute the Contractor
or any subcontractor, agent or employee of the Contractor, or any other person, organization, institution, or group of any kind whatsoever, as the agent
or employee of the Government. The Contractor agrees that it has entered into this contract and will discharge its obligations, duties, and undertakings
and the work pursuant thereto, whether requiring professional judgment or otherwise, as an independent contractor without imputing liability on the
part of the Government for the acts of the Contractor or its employees.
c.
If at any time during the performance of this contract, the Contracting Officer determines, in consultation with OHRP that the Contractor is not in
compliance with any of the requirements and/or standards stated in paragraphs (a) and (b) above, the Contracting Officer may immediately suspend, in
whole or in part, work and further payments under this contract until the Contractor corrects the noncompliance. The Contracting Officer may
communicate the notice of suspension by telephone with confirmation in writing. If the Contractor fails to complete corrective action within the period
of time designated in the Contracting Officer’s written notice of suspension, the Contracting Officer may, after consultation with OHRP, terminate this
contract in whole or in part, and the Contractor’s name may be removed from the list of those contractors with approved Human Subject Assurances.
ARTICLE H.2. CLINICAL RESEARCH
These Clinical Terms apply to all contracts that involve clinical research.
The Government shall have unlimited rights to all protocols, data generated from the execution of these protocols, and final reports, funded by the
Government under this contract, as defined in Rights in Data Clause in FAR 52.227-14. The Government reserves the right to request that the Contractor
provide any contract deliverable in a non-proprietary form, to ensure the Government has the ability to review and distribute the deliverables, as the
Government deems necessary.
H.2.1 Safety and Monitoring Issues
Institutional Review Board (IRB) or Independent Ethics Committee (IEC) Approval
Before award and then with Annual Progress Reports, the Contractor shall submit to the Government a copy of the current IRB or IEC approved informed
consent document, documentation of continuing review and approval and the Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP) FWA number for the
institution or site.
If other institutions are involved in the research (e.g., a multicenter clinical trial or study), each institution’s IRB or IEC must review and approve the
protocol. They must also provide the Government initial and annual documentation of continuing review and approval, including the current approved
informed consent document and FWA number.
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The grantee institution must ensure that the applications as well as all protocols are reviewed by their IRB or IEC.
To help ensure the safety of participants enrolled in BARDA-funded studies, the Contractor must provide the Government a summary explanation and
copies of documents related to all major changes in the status of ongoing protocols, including the following:
1. All amendments or changes to the protocol, identified by protocol version number, date, or both and date it is valid.
2. All changes in informed consent documents, identified by version number, date, or both and dates it is valid.
3. Termination or temporary suspension of patient accrual.
4. Termination or temporary suspension of the protocol.
5. Any change in IRB approval.
6. Any other problems or issues that could affect the participants in the studies.
Contractors must notify BARDA through the Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COR) and Contracting Officer (CO) of any of the above
changes within 24 hours by email, followed by a letter signed by the institutional business official, detailing notification of the change of status to the local
IRB and a copy of any responses from the IRB or IEC.
If a clinical protocol has been reviewed by an Institutional Bio-safety Committee (IBC) or the NIH Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee (RAC), the
Contractor must provide information about the initial and ongoing review and approval, if any. See the NIH Guidelines for Research Involving
Recombinant DNA Molecules.
H.2.2. Data and Safety Monitoring Requirements
The Contractor may be required to conduct independent safety monitoring for clinical trials of investigational drugs, devices, or biologics; clinical trials of
licensed products; and clinical research of any type involving more than minimal risk to volunteers. Independent monitoring can take a variety of forms.
Phase III clinical trials must have an assigned independent data and safety monitoring board (DSMB); other trials may require DSMB oversight as well.
The Contractor shall inform the Government of any upcoming site visits and/or audits of Contractor facilities funded under this effort. BARDA reserves the
right to accompany the Contractor on site visits and/or audits of Contractors and Subcontractors as the Government deems necessary.
The type of monitoring to be used shall be mutually agreed upon between the Contractor and the Government before enrollment starts. Discussions with
the responsible BARDA COR regarding appropriate safety monitoring and approval of the final monitoring plan by BARDA must occur before patient
enrollment begins and may include discussions about the appointment of one of the following:
1.
2.
Independent Safety Monitor – a physician or other appropriate expert who is independent of the study and available in real time to review and
recommend appropriate action regarding adverse events and other safety issues.
Independent Monitoring Committee (IMC) or Safety Monitoring Committee (SMC) – a small group of independent investigators and
biostatisticians who review data from a particular study.
3. Data and Safety Monitoring Board – an independent committee charged with reviewing safety and trial progress and providing advice with
respect to study continuation, modification, and termination. The Contractor may be required to use an established BARDA DSMB or to organize
an independent DSMB. All phase III clinical trials must be reviewed by a DSMB; other trials may require DSMB oversight as well. Please refer
to: NIAID Principles for Use of a Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) For Oversight of Clinical Trials Policy. The Government retains the
right to place a nonvoting member on the DSMB.
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When a monitor or monitoring board is organized, a description of it, its charter or operating procedures (including a proposed meeting schedule and plan
for review of adverse events), and roster and curriculum vitae from all members must be submitted to and approved by the Government before enrollment
starts.
Additionally, the Contractor must submit written summaries of all reviews conducted by the monitoring group to the Government within 30 days of
reviews or meetings.
H.2.3. BARDA Protocol Review Process Before Patient Enrollment Begins
BARDA has a responsibility to ensure that mechanisms and procedures are in place to protect the safety of participants in BARDA-supported clinical trials.
Therefore, before patient accrual or participant enrollment, the Contractor must provide the following (as applicable) for review and approval by the
Government:
1.
IRB or IEC approved clinical research protocol identified by version number, date, or both, including details of study design, proposed
interventions, patient eligibility, and exclusion criteria;
2. Documentation of IRB or IEC approval, including OHRP FWA number, IRB or IEC registration number, and IRB or IEC name;
3.
4.
5.
6.
IRB or IEC approved informed consent document, identified by version number, date, or both and date it is valid;
Plans for the management of side effects;
Procedures for assessing and reporting adverse events;
Plans for data and safety monitoring (see B above) and monitoring of the clinical study site, pharmacy, and laboratory;
7. Documentation that the Contractor and all study staff responsible for the design or conduct of the research have received Good Clinical Practice
(GCP) training in the protection of human subjects.
BARDA comments will be forwarded to the Contractor within two weeks (10 business days) of receipt of the above information. The Contractor must
address in writing all study design, safety, regulatory, ethical, and conflict of interest concerns raised by the BARDA COR to the satisfaction of the
Government before patient accrual or participant enrollment can begin. After the Government receives the corrected documentation, a written protocol
approval will be provided by the COR to the Contractor. This written approval provides authorization to the Contractor to execute the specific clinical
study funded in part or in whole by the Government.
Documentation of IRB or IEC approval, including OHRP FWA number, IRB or IEC registration number, and IRB and IEC name, must be provided to the
BARA COR within 24 hours of receipt by the Contractor.
H.2.4. Required Time-Sensitive Notification
Under an IND or IDE, the sponsor must provide FDA safety reports of serious adverse events. Under these Clinical Terms of Award, the Contractor must
submit copies to the responsible Contracting Officer’s representative (COR) as follows:
1. Expedited safety report of unexpected or life-threatening experience or death – A copy of any report of unexpected or life-threatening experience
or death associated with the use of an IND drug, which must be reported to FDA by telephone or fax as soon as possible but no later than seven
days after the IND sponsor’s receipt of the information, must be submitted to the Contracting Officer’s Representative within 24 hours of FDA
notification.
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2. Expedited safety reports of serious and unexpected adverse experiences – A copy of any report of unexpected and serious adverse experience
associated with use of an IND drug or any finding from tests in laboratory animals that suggests a significant risk for human subjects, which must
be reported in writing to FDA as soon as possible but no later than 15 calendar days after the IND sponsor’s receipt of the information, must be
submitted to the Contracting Officer’s Representative within 24 hours of FDA notification.
3.
IDE reports of unanticipated adverse device effect – A copy of any reports of unanticipated adverse device effect submitted to FDA must be
submitted to the Contracting Officer’s Representative within 24 hours of FDA notification.
4. Expedited safety reports – shall be sent to the COR concurrently with the report to FDA.
5. Other adverse events documented during the course of the trial shall be included in the annual IND or IDE report and reported to the BARDA
annually.
In case of problems or issues, the COR will contact the Contractor within 10 working days by email, followed within 7 calendar days by an official letter to
the Contractor. The Contractor shall forward the official letter to the principal investigator listing issues and appropriate actions to be discussed.
Safety reporting for research not performed under an IND or IDE
Ongoing safety reporting requirements for research not performed under an IND or IDE shall be mutually agreed upon by the Contracting Officer’s
Representative and the Contractor.
ARTICLE H.3.
HUMAN MATERIALS
The acquisition and supply of all human specimen material (including fetal material) used under this contract shall be obtained by the Contractor in full
compliance with applicable State and Local laws and the provisions of the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act in the United States, and no undue inducements,
monetary or otherwise, will be offered to any person to influence their donation of human material.
ARTICLE H.4.
CARE OF LIVE VERTEBRATE ANIMALS
a. Before undertaking performance of any contract involving animal-related activities where the species is regulated by USDA, the Contractor shall
register with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States in accordance with 7 U.S.C. 2136 and 9 CFR sections 2.25 through 2.28. The
Contractor shall furnish evidence of the registration to the Contracting Officer.
b. The Contractor shall acquire vertebrate animals used in research from a dealer licensed by the Secretary of Agriculture under 7 U.S.C. 2133 and 9
CFR Sections 2.1-2.11, or from a source that is exempt from licensing under those sections.
c. The Contractor agrees that the care, use and intended use of any live vertebrate animals in the performance of this contract shall conform with the
Public Health Service (PHS) Policy on Humane Care of Use of Laboratory Animals (PHS Policy), the current Animal Welfare Assurance
(Assurance), the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals (National Academy Press, Washington, DC) and the pertinent laws and
regulations of the United States Department of Agriculture (see 7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq. and 9 CFR Subchapter A, Parts 1-4). In case of conflict
between standards, the more stringent standard shall govern.
d.
If at any time during performance of this contract, the Contracting Officer determines, in consultation with the Office of Laboratory Animal
Welfare (OLAW), National Institutes of Health (NIH), that the Contractor is not in compliance with any of the requirements and standards stated
in paragraphs (a) through (c) above, the Contracting Officer may immediately suspend, in whole or in part, work and further payments under this
contract until the Contractor corrects the noncompliance. Notice of the suspension may be communicated by telephone and confirmed in writing.
If the Contractor fails to complete corrective action within the period of time designated in the Contracting Officer’s written notice of suspension,
the Contracting Officer may, in consultation with OLAW, NIH, terminate this contract in whole or in part, and the Contractor’s name may be
removed from the list of those contractors with approved Assurances.
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Note: The Contractor may request registration of its facility and a current listing of licensed dealers from the Regional Office of the Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service (APHIS), USDA, for the region in which its research facility is located. The location of the appropriate APHIS Regional Office,
as well as information concerning this program may be obtained by contacting the Animal Care Staff, USDA/APHIS, 4700 River Road, Riverdale,
Maryland 20737 (E-mail: ace@aphis.usda.gov; Web site: (http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal welfare).
ARTICLE H.5.
ANIMAL WELFARE
All research involving live, vertebrate animals shall be conducted in accordance with the Public Health Service Policy on Humane Care and Use of
Laboratory Animals. This policy may be accessed at:http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/olaw/references/phspol.htm
ARTICLE H.6.
INFORMATION ON COMPLIANCE WITH ANIMAL CARE REQUIREMENTS
Registration with the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) is required to use regulated species of animals for biomedical purposes. USDA is responsible for
the enforcement of the Animal Welfare Act (7 U.S.C. 2131 et. seq.), http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/legislat/awa.htm.
The Public Health Service (PHS) Policy is administered by the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/olaw/olaw.htm.
An essential requirement of the PHS Policy http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/olaw/references/phspol.htm is that every institution using live vertebrate animals
must obtain an approved assurance from OLAW before they can receive funding from any component of the U. S. Public Health Service.
The PHS Policy requires that Assured institutions base their programs of animal care and use on the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals
http://www.nap.edu/readingroom/books/labrats/ and that they comply with the regulations (9 CFR, Subchapter A)
http://www.nal.usda.gov/awic/legislat/usdaleg1.htm issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the Animal Welfare Act. The Guide may
differ from USDA regulations in some respects. Compliance with the USDA regulations is an absolute requirement of this Policy.
The Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care International (AAALAC) http://www.aaalac.org is a professional
organization that inspects and evaluates programs of animal care for institutions at their request. Those that meet the high standards are given the accredited
status. As of the 2002 revision of the PHS Policy, the only accrediting body recognized by PHS is the AAALAC. While AAALAC Accreditation is not
required to conduct biomedical research, it is highly desirable. AAALAC uses the Guide as their primary evaluation tool. They also use the Guide for the
Care and Use of Agricultural Animals in Agricultural Research and Teaching. It is published by the Federated of Animal Science Societies
http://www.fass.org.
ARTICLE H.7.
REQUIREMENTS FOR ADEQUATE ASSURANCE OF PROTECTION OF VERTEBRATE ANIMAL SUBJECTS
The PHS Policy on Humane Care and Use of Laboratory Animals requires that applicant organizations proposing to use vertebrate animals file a written
Animal Welfare Assurance with the Office for Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW), establishing appropriate policies and procedures to ensure the humane
care and use of live vertebrate animals involved in research activities supported by the PHS. The PHS Policy stipulates that an applicant organization,
whether domestic or foreign, bears responsibility for the humane care and use of animals in PHS- supported research activities. Also, the PHS policy
defines “animal” as “any live, vertebrate animal used, or intended for use, in research, research training, experimentation, biological testing or for related
purposes.” This Policy implements and supplements the U.S. Government Principles for the Utilization and Care of Vertebrate Animals Used in Testing,
Research, and Training, and requires that institutions use the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals as a basis for developing and
implementing an institutional animal care and use program. This Policy does not affect applicable State or local laws or regulations that impose more
stringent standards for the care and use of laboratory animals. All institutions are required to comply, as applicable, with the Animal Welfare Act as
amended (7 USC 2131 et. seq.) and other Federal statutes and regulations relating to animals. These documents are available from the Office of Laboratory
Animal Welfare, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, (301) 496-7163. See http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/olaw.htm.
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No PHS supported work for research involving vertebrate animals will be conducted by an organization, unless that organization is operating in accordance
with an approved Animal Welfare Assurance and provides verification that the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) has reviewed and
approved the proposed activity in accordance with the PHS policy. Applications may be referred by the PHS back to the institution for further review in the
case of apparent or potential violations of the PHS Policy. No award to an individual will be made unless that individual is affiliated with an assured
organization that accepts responsibility for compliance with the PHS Policy. Foreign applicant organizations applying for PHS awards for activities
involving vertebrate animals are required to comply with PHS Policy or provide evidence that acceptable standards for the humane care and use of animals
will be met. Foreign applicant organizations are not required to submit IACUC approval, but should provide information that is satisfactory to the
Government to provide assurances for the humane care of such animals.
ARTICLE H.8.
APPROVAL OF REQUIRED ASSURANCE BY OLAW
Under governing regulations, federal funds which are administered by the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Biomedical Advanced
Research and Development Authority (BARDA) shall not be expended by the Contractor for research involving live vertebrate animals, nor shall live
vertebrate animals be involved in research activities by the Contractor under this award unless a satisfactory assurance of compliance with 7 U.S.C. 2316
and 9 CFR Sections 2.25-2.28 is submitted within 30 days of the date of this award and approved by the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW).
Each performance site (if any) must also assure compliance with 7 U.S.C. 2316 and 9 CFR Sections 2.25-2.28 with the following restriction: Only
activities which do not directly involve live vertebrate animals (i.e. are clearly severable and independent from those activities that do involve live
vertebrate animals) may be conducted by the Contractor or individual performance sites pending OLAW approval of their respective assurance of
compliance with 7 U.S.C. 2316 and 9 CFR Sections 2.25-2.28. Additional information regarding OLAW may be obtained via the Internet at
http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/olaw/references/phspol.htm
ARTICLE H.9.
NEEDLE DISTRIBUTION
The Contractor shall not use contract funds to carry out any program of distributing sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal
drug.
ARTICLE H.10.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF FEDERAL FUNDING
The Contractor shall clearly state, when issuing statements, press releases, requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing projects
or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal money: (1) the percentage of the total costs of the program or project which will be financed with
Federal money; (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project or program; and (3) the percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the project
or program that will be financed by nongovernmental sources.
ARTICLE H.11.
RESTRICTION ON ABORTIONS
The Contractor shall not use funds for any abortion.
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ARTICLE H.12.
CONTINUED BAN ON FUNDING OF HUMAN EMBRYO RESEARCH
The Contractor shall not use contract funds for (1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research purposes; or (2) research in which a human
embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of Injury or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in utero
under 45 CFR 46.204(b) and Section 498(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). The term “human embryo or embryos” includes any
organism, not protected as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis,
cloning, or any other means from one or more human gametes or human diploid cells.
Additionally, in accordance with the March 4, 1997 Presidential Memorandum entitled “Prohibition on Federal Funding for Cloning of Human Beings”,
federal funds may not be used for cloning of human beings.
ARTICLE H.13.
DISSEMINATION OF FALSE OR DELIBERATELY MISLEADING INFORMATION
The Contractor shall not use contract funds to disseminate information that is deliberately false or misleading.
ARTICLE H.14.
OMB CLEARANCE
In accordance with HHSAR 352.201-70, Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, (44 U.S.C. section 3501) the Contractor shall not proceed with surveys or
interviews until such time as Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Clearance for conducting interviews has been obtained by the Contracting
Officer’s Representative (COR) and the Contracting Officer has issued written approval to proceed.
ARTICLE H.15.
RESEARCH INVOLVING HUMAN FETAL TISSUE
All research involving human fetal tissue shall be conducted in accordance with the Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. 289g-1 and 289g-2.
Implementing regulations and guidance for conducting research on human fetal tissue may be found at 45 CFR 46, Subpart B and
http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice- files/not93-235.html and any subsequent revisions to this NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts (“Guide”) Notice.
The Contractor shall make available, for audit by the Secretary, HHS, the physician statements and informed consents required by 42 USC 289g-1 (b) and
(c), or ensure HHS access to those records, if maintained by an entity other than the Contractor.
ARTICLE H.16.
REPORTING MATTERS INVOLVING FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE
Anyone who becomes aware of the existence or apparent existence of fraud, waste and abuse in BARDA funded programs is encouraged to report such
matters to the HHS Inspector General’s Office in writing or on the Inspector General’s Hotline. The toll free number is 1-800-HHS-TIPS (1-800-447-
8477). All telephone calls will be handled confidentially. The e-mail address is Htips@os.dhhs.gov and the mailing address is:
Office of Inspector General
Department of Health and Human Services
TIPS HOTLINE
P.O. Box 23489
Washington, D.C. 20026
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ARTICLE H.17.
PROHIBITION ON CONTRACTOR INVOLVEMENT WITH TERRORIST ACTIVITIES
The Contractor acknowledges that U.S. Executive Orders and Laws, including but not limited to E.O. 13224 and P.L. 107-56, prohibit transactions with,
and the provision of resources and support to, individuals and organizations associated with terrorism. It is the legal responsibility of the Contractor to
ensure compliance with these Executive Orders and Laws. This clause must be included in all subcontracts issued under this contract.
ARTICLE H.18.
RESTRICTION ON PORNOGRAPHY ON COMPUTER NETWORKS
The Contractor shall not use contract funds to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and
exchanging of pornography.
ARTICLE H.19.
CERTIFICATION OF FILING AND PAYMENT OF TAXES
The Contractor must be in compliance with Section 518 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of FY 2014.
ARTICLE H.20.
ELECTRONIC INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY ACCESSIBILITY NOTICE
a. Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794d), as amended by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and the Architectural and
Transportation Barriers Compliance Board Electronic and Information (EIT) Accessibility Standards (36 CFR part 1194), require that when
Federal agencies develop, procure, maintain, or use electronic and information technology, Federal employees with disabilities have access to and
use of information and data that is comparable to the access and use by Federal employees who are not individuals with disabilities, unless an
undue burden would be imposed on the agency. Section 508 also requires that individuals with disabilities, who are members of the public seeking
information or services from a Federal agency, have access to and use of information and data that is comparable to that provided to the public
who are not individuals with disabilities, unless an undue burden would be imposed on the agency.
b. Accordingly, any Offeror responding to this solicitation must comply with established HHS EIT accessibility standards. Information about Section
508 is available at http://www.hhs.gov/web/508. The complete text of the Section 508 Final Provisions can be accessed at http://www.access-
board.gov/sec508/standards.htm.
c. The Section 508 accessibility standards applicable to this solicitation are stated in the clause at 352.239-74, Electronic and Information
Technology Accessibility.
In order to facilitate the Government’s determination whether proposed EIT supplies meet applicable Section 508 accessibility standards, Offerors
must submit an HHS Section 508 Product Assessment Template, in accordance with its completion instructions. The purpose of the template is to
assist HHS acquisition and program officials in determining whether proposed EIT supplies conform to applicable Section 508 accessibility
standards. The template allows Offerors or developers to self-evaluate their supplies and document--in detail--whether they conform to a specific
Section 508 accessibility standard, and any underway remediation efforts addressing conformance issues. Instructions for preparing the HHS
Section 508 Evaluation Template are available under Section 508 policy on the HHS Web site http://hhs.gov/web/508.
In order to facilitate the Government’s determination whether proposed EIT services meet applicable Section 508 accessibility standards, Offerors
must provide enough information to assist the Government in determining that the EIT services conform to Section 508 accessibility standards,
including any underway remediation efforts addressing conformance issues.
d. Respondents to this solicitation must identify any exception to Section 508 requirements. If a Offeror claims its supplies or services meet
applicable Section 508 accessibility standards, and it is later determined by the Government, i.e., after award of a contract or order, that supplies or
services delivered do not conform to the described accessibility standards, remediation of the supplies or services to the level of conformance
specified in the contract will be the responsibility of the Contractor at its expense.
(End of provision)
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ARTICLE H. 21.
FULL EARNED VALUE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, HHSAR 352.234-3 (October 2008) with ALTERNATE I (October
2008)
a. The Contractor shall use an Earned Value Management System (EVMS) that is compliant with the guidelines in ANSI/EIA Standard-748 (current
version at the time of award) to manage this contract. If the Contractor’s current EVMS is not compliant at the time of award, see paragraph (b) of
this clause. The Contractor shall submit EVM reports in accordance with the requirements of this contract.
b.
If, at the time of award, the Contractor’s EVM system is not in compliance with the EVMS guidelines in ANSI/EIA Standard-748 (current version
at time of award), the Contractor shall:
a. Apply the current system to the contract; and
b. Take necessary and timely actions to meet the milestones in the Contractor’s EVMS plan approved by the Contracting Officer.
c. HHS will not formally validate or accept the Contractor’s EVMS with respect to this contract. The use of the Contractor’s EVMS for this contract
does not imply HHS acceptance of the Contractor’s EVMS for application to future contracts. The Contracting Officer or designee will conduct a
Compliance Review to assess the Contractor’s compliance with its approved plan. If the Contractor does not follow the approved implementation
schedule or correct all resulting system deficiencies noted during the Compliance Review within a reasonable time, the Contracting Officer may
take remedial action that may include, but is not limited to, suspension of or reduction in progress payments, or a reduction in fee.
d. HHS will conduct a Performance Measurement Baseline Review (PMBR). If a pre-award PMBR has not been conducted, a post-award PMBR
will be conducted by HHS as early as practicable, but no later than ninety (90) days after contract award. The Contracting Officer may also require
a PMBR as part of the exercise of an option or the incorporation of a major modification.
e. The Contractor shall provide access to all pertinent records and data requested by the Contracting Officer or a duly authorized representative as
necessary to permit Government surveillance to ensure that the EVMS conforms, and continues to conform to the requirements referenced in
paragraph (a) of this clause.
f. The Contractor shall require the subcontractors specified below to comply with the requirements of the clause:
ARTICLE H. 22.
CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION
a. Confidential information, as used in this article, means information or data of a personal nature about an individual, or proprietary information or
data submitted by or pertaining to an institution or organization.
b. The Contracting Officer and the Contractor may, by mutual consent, identify elsewhere in this contract specific information and/or categories of
information which the Government will furnish to the Contractor or that the Contractor is expected to generate which is confidential. Similarly, the
Contracting Officer and the Contractor may, by mutual consent, identify such confidential information from time to time during the performance
of the contract. Failure to agree will be settled pursuant to the “Disputes” clause.
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c.
If it is established elsewhere in this contract that information to be utilized under this contract, or a portion thereof, is subject to the Privacy Act,
the Contractor will follow the rules and procedures of disclosure set forth in the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 552a, and implementing
regulations and policies, with respect to systems of records determined to be subject to the Privacy Act.
d. Confidential information, as defined in paragraph (a) of this article, shall not be disclosed without the prior written consent of the individual,
institution, or organization.
e. Whenever the Contractor is uncertain with regard to the proper handling of material under the contract, or if the material in question is subject to
the Privacy Act or is confidential information subject to the provisions of this article, the Contractor shall obtain a written determination from the
Contracting Officer prior to any release, disclosure, dissemination, or publication.
f. Contracting Officer determinations will reflect the result of internal coordination with appropriate program and legal officials.
The provisions of paragraph (d) of this article shall not apply to conflicting or overlapping provisions in other Federal, State or local laws.
ARTICLE H.23. INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY REGARDING INVESTIGATOR CONFLICTS OF INTERESTS
The Institution (includes any Contractor, public or private, excluding a Federal agency) shall comply with the requirements of 45 CFR Part 94, Responsible
Prospective Contractors, which promotes objectivity in research by establishing standards to ensure that Investigators (defined as the project director or
principal Investigator and any other person, regardless of title or position, who is responsible for the design, conduct, or reporting of research funded under
BARDA contracts, or proposed for such funding, which may include, for example, collaborators or consultants) will not be biased by any Investigator
financial conflicts of interest. 45 CFR Part 94 is available at the following Web site: http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi- bin/text-
idx?c=ecfr&SID=0af84ca649a74846f102aaf664da1623&rgn=div5&view=text&node=45:1.0.1.1.51&idno= 45
As required by 45 CFR Part 94, the Institution shall, at a minimum:
a. Maintain an up-to-date, written, enforceable policy on financial conflicts of interest that complies with 45 CFR Part 94, inform each Investigator
of the policy, the Investigator’s reporting responsibilities regarding disclosure of significant financial interests, and the applicable regulation, and
make such policy available via a publicly accessible Web site, or if none currently exist, available to any requestor within five business days of a
request. A significant financial interest means a financial interest consisting of one or more of the following interests of the Investigator (and
those of the Investigator’s spouse and dependent children) that reasonably appears to be related to the Investigator’s institutional responsibilities:
1. With regard to any publicly traded entity, a significant financial interest exists if the value of any remuneration received from the entity
in the twelve months preceding the disclosure and the value of any equity interest in the entity as of the date of disclosure, when
aggregated, exceeds $5,000. Included are payments and equity interests;
2. With regard to any non-publicly traded entity, a significant financial interest exists if the value of any remuneration received from the
entity in the twelve months preceding the disclosure, when aggregated, exceeds $5,000, or when the Investigator (or the Investigator’s
spouse or dependent children) holds any equity interest; or
Intellectual property rights and interests, upon receipt of income related to such rights and interest.
3.
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Significant financial interests do not include the following:
4.
5.
Income from seminars, lectures, or teaching, and service on advisory or review panels for government agencies, Institutions of higher
education, academic teaching hospitals, medical centers, or research institutes with an Institution of higher learning; and
Income from investment vehicles, such as mutual funds and retirement accounts, as long as the Investigator does not directly control
the investment decisions made in these vehicles.
b. Require each Investigator to complete training regarding the Institution’s financial conflicts of interest policy prior to engaging in research
related to any BARDA funded contract and at least every four years. The Institution must take reasonable steps [see Part 94.4(c)] to ensure that
investigators working as collaborators, consultants or subcontractors comply with the regulations.
c. Designate an official(s) to solicit and review disclosures of significant financial interests from each Investigator who is planning to participate
in, or is participating in, the BARDA funded research.
d. Require that each Investigator who is planning to participate in the BARDA funded research disclose to the Institution’s designated official(s)
the Investigator’s significant financial interest (and those of the Investigator’s spouse and dependent children) no later than the date of
submission of the Institution’s proposal for BARDA funded research. Require that each Investigator who is participating in the BARDA
funded research to submit an updated disclosure of significant financial interests at least annually, in accordance with the specific time period
prescribed by the Institution during the period of the award as well as within thirty days of discovering or acquiring a new significant financial
interest.
e.
Provide guidelines consistent with the regulations for the designated official(s) to determine whether an Investigator’s significant financial
interest is related to BARDA funded research and, if so related, whether the significant financial interest is a financial conflict of interest. An
Investigator’s significant financial interest is related to BARDA funded research when the Institution, thorough its designated official(s),
reasonably determines that the significant financial interest: Could be affected by the BARDA funded research; or is in an entity whose
financial interest could be affected by the research. A financial conflict of interest exists when the Institution, through its designated official(s),
reasonably determines that the significant financial interest could directly and significantly affect the design, conduct, or reporting of the
BARDA funded research.
f.
Take such actions as necessary to manage financial conflicts of interest, including any financial conflicts of a subcontractor Investigator.
Management of an identified financial conflict of interest requires development and implementation of a management plan and, if necessary, a
retrospective review and mitigation report pursuant to Part 94.5(a).
g.
Provide initial and ongoing FCOI reports to the Contracting Officer pursuant to Part 94.5(b).
h. Maintain records relating to all Investigator disclosures of financial interests and the Institution’s review of, and response to, such disclosures,
and all actions under the Institution’s policy or retrospective review, if applicable, for at least 3 years from the date of final payment or, where
applicable, for the other time periods specified in 48 CFR Part 4, subpart 4.7, Contract Records Retention.
i.
j.
Establish adequate enforcement mechanisms and provide for employee sanctions or other administrative actions to ensure Investigator
compliance as appropriate.
Complete the certification in Section K - Representations, Certifications, and Other Statements of Contractors titled “Certification of Institutional
Policy on Financial Conflicts of Interest”.
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If the failure of an Institution to comply with an Institution’s financial conflicts of interest policy or a financial conflict of interest management plan
appears to have biased the design, conduct, or reporting of the BARDA funded research, the Institution must promptly notify the Contracting Officer
of the corrective action taken or to be taken. The Contracting Officer will consider the situation and, as necessary, take appropriate action or refer the
matter to the Institution for further action, which may include directions to the Institution on how to maintain appropriate objectivity in the BARDA
funded research project.
The Contracting Officer and/or HHS may inquire at any time before, during, or after award into any Investigator disclosure of financial interests, and
the Institution’s review of, and response to, such disclosure, regardless of whether the disclosure resulted in the Institution’s determination of a
financial conflict of interests. The Contracting Officer may require submission of the records or review them on site. On the basis of this review of
records or other information that may be available, the Contracting Officer may decide that a particular financial conflict of interest will bias the
objectivity of the BARDA funded research to such an extent that further corrective action is needed or that the Institution has not managed the
financial conflict of interest in accordance with Part 94.6(b). The issuance of a Stop Work Order by the Contracting Officer may be necessary until the
matter is resolved.
If the Contracting Officer determines that BARDA funded clinical research, whose purpose is to evaluate the safety or effectiveness of a drug, medical
device, or treatment, has been designed, conducted, or reported by an Investigator with a financial conflict of interest that was not managed or reported by
the Institution, the Institution shall require the Investigator involved to disclose the financial conflict of interest in each public presentation of the results of
the research and to request an addendum to previously published presentations.
ARTICLE H.24. PUBLICATION AND PUBLICITY
The Contractor shall acknowledge the support of the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and
Response, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority whenever publicizing the work under this contract in any media by including an
acknowledgment substantially as follows:
“This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Biomedical
Advanced Research and Development Authority, under Contract No. HHSO100201500035C
Press Releases:
The Contractor shall clearly state, when issuing statements, press releases, requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing projects
or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal money that: (1) the percentage of the total costs of the program or project which will be financed with
Federal money; (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project or program; and (3) the percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the project
or program that will be financed by non-Governmental sources.
ARTICLE H.25. ACCESS TO DOCUMENTATION/DATA
The Government shall have physical and electronic access to all documentation and data generated under this contract, including: all data documenting
Contractor performance, all data generated, all communications and correspondence with regulatory agencies and bodies to include all audit observations,
inspection reports, milestone completion documents, and all Contractor commitments and responses. Contractor shall provide the Government with an
electronic copy of all correspondence with the FDA within 24 hours of receipt. The Government shall acquire unlimited rights to all data funded under a
contract awarded in response to this RFP in accordance with FAR Subpart 27.4 and FAR Clause 52.227-14.
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ARTICLE H.26. DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION
No information related to data obtained under this contract shall be released or publicized without the prior written consent of the COR, whose approval
shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, or delayed, provided that no such consent is required to comply with any law, rule, regulation, court
ruling or similar order; for submission to any government entity’ for submission to any securities exchange on which the Contractor’s (or its parent
corporation’s) securities may be listed for trading; or to third parties relating to securing, seeking, establishing or maintaining regulatory or other legal
approvals or compliance, financing and capital raising activities, or mergers, acquisitions, or other business transactions.
ARTICLE H.27. DISSEMINATION OF FALSE OR DELIBERATELY MISLEADING INFORMATION
The Contractor shall not use contract funds to disseminate information that is deliberately false or misleading.
ARTICLE H.28. IDENTIFICATION AND DISPOSITION OF DATA
The Contractor will be required to provide certain data generated under this contract to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). HHS
reserves the right to review any other data determined by HHS to be relevant to this contract. The Contractor shall keep copies of all data required by the
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) relevant to this contract for the time specified by the FDA.
ARTICLE H.29. CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The Contractor represents and warrants that, to the best of the Contractor’s knowledge and belief, there are no relevant facts or circumstances which could
give rise to an organizational conflict of interest, as defined in FAR 2.101 and Subpart 9.5, or that the Contractor has disclosed all such relevant
information. Prior to commencement of any work, the Contractor agrees to notify the Contracting Officer promptly that, to the best of its knowledge and
belief, no actual or potential conflict of interest exists or to identify to the Contracting Officer any actual or potential conflict of interest the firm may have.
In emergency situations, however, work may begin but notification shall be made within five (5) working days. The Contractor agrees that if an actual or
potential organizational conflict of interest is identified during performance, the Contractor shall promptly make a full disclosure in writing to the
Contracting Officer. This disclosure shall include a description of actions which the Contractor has taken or proposes to take, after consultation with the
Contracting Officer, to avoid, mitigate, or neutralize the actual or potential conflict of interest. The Contractor shall continue performance until notified by
the Contracting Officer of any contrary action to be taken. Remedies include termination of this contract for convenience, in whole or in part, if the
Contracting Officer deems such termination necessary to avoid an organizational conflict of interest. If the Contractor was aware of a potential
organizational conflict of interest prior to award or discovered an actual or potential conflict after award and did not disclose it or misrepresented relevant
information to the Contracting Officer, the Government may terminate the contract for default, debar the Contractor from Government contracting, or
pursue such other remedies as may be permitted by law or this contract.
ARTICLE H.30. IN-PROCESS REVIEW
In Process Reviews (IPR) will be conducted at the discretion of the Government to discuss the progression of the milestones. The Government reserves
the right to revise the milestones and budget pending the development of the project. Deliverables may be required when the IPRs are conducted. The
Contractor’s success in completing the required tasks under each work segment must be demonstrated through the Deliverables and Milestones specified
under SECTION F. Those deliverables will constitute the basis for the Government’s decision, at its sole discretion, to proceed with the work segment, or
unilaterally institute changes to the work segment, or terminate the work segment.
IPRs may be scheduled at the discretion of the Government to discuss progression of the contract. The Contractor shall provide a presentation following a
prescribed template which will be provided by the Government at least 30 days prior to the IPR. The Contractor shall provide a draft presentation to the
Contracting Officer at least 10 days prior to the IPR.
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ARTICLE H.31. PRIVACY ACT APPLICABILITY
1) Notification is hereby given that the Contractor and its employees are subject to criminal penalties for violation of the Privacy Act to the same
extent as employees of the Government. The Contractor shall assure that each of its employees knows the prescribed rules of conduct and that
each is aware that he or she can be subjected to criminal penalty for violation of the Act. A copy of 45 CFR Part 5b, Privacy Act Regulations,
may be obtained at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/cfr/index.html
2) The Project Officer is hereby designated as the official who is responsible for monitoring contractor compliance with the Privacy Act.
3) The Contractor shall follow the Privacy Act guidance as contained in the Privacy Act System of Records number 09-25-0200. This document
may be obtained at the following link: http://oma.od.nih.gov/ms/privacy/pa-files/0200.htm
ARTICLE H.32. QA AUDIT REPORTS
BARDA reserves the right to participate in QA audits. Upon completion of the audit/site visit the Contractor shall provide a report capturing the findings,
results and next steps in proceeding with the subcontractor. If action is requested of the subcontractor, detailed concerns for addressing areas of non-
conformance to FDA regulations for GLP, GMP, or GCP guidelines, as identified in the audit report, must be provided to BARDA. The Contractor shall
provide responses from the subcontractors to address these concerns and plans for corrective action execution.
·
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Contractor shall notify CO and COR of upcoming, ongoing, or recent audits/site visits of subcontractors as part of weekly communications. The
Contractor shall notify the CO and COR reasonably in advance of upcoming QA audit so that Government personnel may participate in person at
BARDA’s discretion.
Contractor shall notify the COR and CO within 5 business days of report completion.
ARTICLE H.33. BARDA AUDITS
Contractor shall accommodate periodic or ad hoc site visits by the Government. If the Government, the Contractor, or other parties identifies any issues
during an audit, the Contractor shall capture the issues, identify potential solutions, and provide a report to the Government.
·
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·
If issues are identified during the audit, Contractor shall submit a report to the CO and COR detailing the finding and corrective action(s) within
10 business days of the audit.
COR and CO will review the report and provide a response to the Contractor with 10 business days.
Once corrective action is completed, the Contractor will provide a final report to the CO and COR.
ARTICLE H.34. SECURITY REPORTING REQUIREMENT
Violations of established security protocols shall be reported to the CO and COR upon discovery within 24 hours of its receipt of any compromise,
intrusion, loss or interference of its security processes and procedures. The Contractor shall ensure that all software components that are not required for
the operation and maintenance of the database/control system has been removed and/or disabled. The Contractor shall provide to the CO and the COR
information appropriate to Information and Information Technology software and service updates and/or workarounds to mitigate all vulnerabilities
associated with the data and shall maintain the required level of system security.
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The Contractor will investigate violations to determine the cause, extent, loss or compromise of sensitive program information, and corrective actions
taken to prevent future violations. The CO in coordination with BARDA will determine the severity of the violation. Any contractual actions resulting
from the violation will be determined by the CO.
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PART II – CONTRACT CLAUSES
SECTION I - CONTRACT CLAUSES
ARTICLE I.1. FAR 52.252-2, CLAUSES INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE (FEBRUARY 1998)
This contract incorporates the following clauses by reference, with the same force and effect as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the
Contracting Officer will make their full text available. Also, the full text of a clause may be accessed electronically at these addresses:
https://www.acquisition.gov/FAR/. HHSAR Clauses at: http://www.hhs.gov/policies/hhsar/subpart352.html.
General Clauses for Cost-Reimbursement/Fixed Price Research and Development Contract
(1) FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) (48 CFR CHAPTER 1) CLAUSES:
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FAR
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Nov 2013
Apr 1984
May 2014
Sep 2006
May 2014
May 2014
May 2014
Oct 2010
Apr 2010
Dec 2007
52.203-17
Apr 2014
52.204-4
52.204-7
52.204-10
52.204-13
May 2011
Jul 2013
Jul 2013
Jul 2013
52.209-6
Aug 2013
52.209-10
52.210-1
52.215-2
52.215-8
52.215-10
52.215-11
52.215-12
52.215-13
52.215-15
52.215-18
52.215-19
Dec 2014
Apr 2011
Oct 2010
Oct 1997
Aug 2011
Aug 2011
Oct 2010
Oct 2010
Oct 2010
Jul 2005
Oct 1997
52.215-21
Oct 2010
52.215-23
52.216-7
52.216-8
52.219-8
52.219-28
52.222-1
Oct 2009
Jun 2013
Jun 2011
Oct 2014
July 2013
Feb 1997
Clause Title
Definitions
Gratuities
Covenant Against Contingent Fees
Restrictions on Subcontractor Sales to the Government
Anti-Kickback Procedures
Cancellation, Rescission, and Recovery of Funds for Illegal or Improper Activity
Price or Fee Adjustment for Illegal or Improper Activity
Limitation on Payments to Influence Certain Federal Transactions
Contractor Code of Business Ethics and Conduct
Display of Hotline Posters
Contractor Employee Whistleblower Rights and Requirement To Inform Employees of
Whistleblower Rights
Printed or Copied Double-Sided on Postconsumer Fiber Content Paper
System for Award Management
Reporting Executive Compensation and First-Tier Subcontract Awards
System for Award Management Maintenance
Protecting the Government’s Interests When Subcontracting With Contractors Debarred, Suspended,
or Proposed for Debarment
Prohibition on Contracting with Inverted Domestic Corporations
Market Research
Audit and Records – Negotiation
Order of Precedence - Uniform Contract Format
Price Reduction for Defective Cost or Pricing Data
Price Reduction for Defective Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications.
Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data
Subcontractor Certified Cost or Pricing Data—Modifications
Pension Adjustments and Asset Reversions
Reversion or Adjustment of Plans for Postretirement Benefits (PRB) other than Pensions
Notification of Ownership Changes
Requirements for Certified Cost or Pricing Data and Data Other Than Certified Cost or Pricing Data -
Modifications
Limitations on Pass-Through Charges
Allowable Cost and Payment
Fixed Fee
Utilization of Small Business Concerns
Post-Award Small Business Program Representation
Notice to the Government of Labor Disputes
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52.222-2
52.222-3
52.222-21
52.222-26
52.222-35
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52.224-2
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52.227-3
52.227-11
52.227-14
52.227-14
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52.230-4
52.230-6
52.232-1
52.232-2
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52.232-17
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52.233-3
52.233-4
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52.242-4
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52.242-15
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52.243-7
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52.244-5
52.244-6
52.245-1
52.245-9
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52.246-25
52.248-1
52.249-2
52.249-6
52.249-8
52.249-9
52.249-14
52.253-1
Jul 1990
Jun2003
Apr 2015
Apr 2015
Jul 2014
Jul 2014
Jul 2014
Dec 2010
Mar 2015
Aug 2013
May 2001
Aug 2011
April 1984
April 1984
Jun 2008
Dec 2007
Dec 2007
Apr 1984
May 2014
May 2014
Dec 2007
Mar 1996
Feb 2013
May 2014
June 2010
Apr 1984
Apr 1984
Feb 2002
Apr 1984
Apr 1984
May 2014
Apr 1984
May 2014
Jul 2013
Jul 2013
May 2014
Aug 1996
Oct 2004
Apr 1984
May 2014
Jan 1997
Jul 1995
Aug 1989
Aug 1987
Aug 1987
Apr 1984
Oct 2010
Dec 1996
Apr 2015
Apr 2012
Apr 2012
Feb 1997
Feb 1997
October 2010
Apr 2012
May 2004
Apr 1984
Apr 1984
Apr 1984
Jan 1991
Payment for Overtime Premiums
Convict Labor
Prohibition of Segregated Facilities
Equal Opportunity
Equal Opportunity for Veterans
Equal Opportunity for Workers with Disabilities
Employment Reports on Veterans
Notification of Employee Rights Under the National Labor Relations Act
Combating Trafficking in Persons
Employment Eligibility Verification
Drug-Free Workplace
Encouraging Contractor Policy to Ban Text Messaging While Driving
Privacy Act Notification
Privacy Act
Restrictions on Certain Foreign Purchases
Authorization and Consent, Alternate 1 (APR 1984)
Notice and Assistance Regarding Patent and Copyright Infringement
Patent Indemnity
Patent Rights – Ownership by the Contractor
Rights in Data - General
Alt II
Insurance – Liability to Third Persons
Federal, State and Local Taxes
Disclosure and Consistency of Cost Accounting Practices—Foreign Concerns
Administration of Cost Accounting Standards
Payments
Payments under Fixed-Price Research and Development Contracts
Discounts for Prompt Payment
Limitation on Withholding of Payments
Extras
Interest
Limitation of Cost
Assignment of Claims
Prompt Payment
Payment by Electronic Funds Transfer--System for Award Management
Disputes
Protest After Award, Alternate I
Applicable Law for Breach of Contract Claim
Notice of Intent to Disallow Costs
Penalties for Unallowable Costs
Certification of Final Indirect Costs
Bankruptcy
Stop Work Order, Alternate I (Aug 1984)
Changes - Fixed-Price Alternate V (Apr 1984).
Changes—Cost-Reimbursement Alternate V (Apr 1984).
Notification of Changes
Subcontracts, Alternate 1 (Jun 2007)
Competition in Subcontracting
Subcontracts for Commercial Items
Government Property
Use and Charges
Limitation of Liability.
Limitation of Liability—Services
Value Engineering
Termination for the Convenience of the Government (Fixed-Price)
Termination (Cost-Reimbursement)
Default (Fixed-Price Supply and Service)
Default (Fixed-Price Research and Development)
Excusable Delays
Computer Generated Forms
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(2) DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ACQUISITION REGULATION (HHSAR) (48 CFR CHAPTER 3) CLAUSES:
HHSAR
HHSAR
HHSAR
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HHSAR
HHSAR
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352.201-70
352.202-1
352.203-70
352.216-70
352.222-70
352.223-70
352.224-70
352.227-70
352.228-7
352.231-70
352.231-71
352.233-71
352.242-70
352.242-73
352.242-74
Sept 2010
Jan 2006
Mar 2012
Jan 2006
Jan 2010
Sept 2010
Jan 2006
Jan 2006
Dec 1991
Jan 2006
Jan 2001
Jan 2006
Jan 2006
Jan 2006
Apr 1984
Paperwork Reduction Act
Definitions - with Alternate paragraph (h)
Anti-Lobbying
Additional Cost Principles
Contractor Cooperation in Equal Employment Opportunity Investigations
Safety and Health
Privacy Act
Publications and Publicity
Insurance - Liability to Third Persons
Salary Rate Limitation
Pricing of Adjustments
Litigation and Claims
Key Personnel
Withholding of Contract Payments
Final Decisions on Audit Findings
ARTICLE I.2. ADDITIONAL CONTRACT CLAUSES
This contract incorporates the following clauses by reference, with the same force and effect, as if they were given in full text. Upon request, the
Contracting Officer will make their full text available.
a. FEDERAL ACQUISITION REGULATION (FAR) (48 CFR CHAPTER 1) CLAUSES
1. FAR 52.215-17, Waiver of Facilities Capital Cost of Money (October 1997).
2. FAR 52.227-16, Additional Data Requirements (June 1987).
ARTICLE I.3. ADDITIONAL FAR CLAUSES INCLUDED IN FULL TEXT
352.231-70 Salary rate limitation (August 2012)
1. Pursuant to the current and applicable prior HHS appropriations acts, the Contractor shall not use contract funds to pay the direct salary of an
individual at a rate in excess of the Federal Executive Schedule Level II in effect on the date an expense is incurred.
2. For purposes of the salary rate limitation, the terms “direct salary,” “salary”, and “institutional base salary”, have the same meaning and are
collectively referred to as “direct salary”, in this clause. An individual’s direct salary is the annual compensation that the Contractor pays for an
individual’s direct effort (costs) under the contract. Direct salary excludes any income that an individual may be permitted to earn outside of duties
to the Contractor. Direct salary also excludes fringe benefits, overhead, and general and administrative expenses (also referred to as indirect costs
or facilities and administrative [F&A] costs).
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Note: The salary rate limitation does not restrict the salary that an organization may pay an individual working under an HHS contract or order; it merely
limits the portion of that salary that may be paid with Federal funds.
1. The salary rate limitation also applies to individuals under subcontracts. If this is a multiple-year contract or order, it may be subject to unilateral
modification by the Contracting Officer to ensure that an individual is not paid at a rate that exceeds the salary rate limitation provision established
in the HHS appropriations act in effect when the expense is incurred regardless of the rate initially used to establish contract or order funding.
2. See the salaries and wages pay tables on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management Web site for Federal Executive Schedule salary levels that
apply to the current and prior periods.
FAR 52.217-7 Option for Increased Quantity-Separately Priced Line Item (Mar 1989)
The Government may require the delivery of the numbered line item, identified in the Schedule as an option item, in the quantity and at the price stated in
the Schedule. The Contracting Officer may exercise the option by written notice to the Contractor within 30 days. Delivery of added items shall continue at
the same rate that like items are called for under the contract, unless the parties otherwise agree.
FAR 52.217-9 Option to Extend the Term of the Contract (Mar 2000)
(a) The Government may extend the term of this contract by written notice to the Contractor within 30 Days provided that the Government gives the
Contractor a preliminary written notice of its intent to extend at least 30 days before the contract expires. The preliminary notice does not commit the
Government to an extension.
(b) If the Government exercises this option, the extended contract shall be considered to include this option clause.
(c) The total duration of this contract, including the exercise of any options under this clause, shall not exceed 8 years.
FAR 52.219-1 Small Business Program Representations (Oct 2014)
(a)
(1)
(2)
(3)
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541711.
The small business size standard is 500 employees.
The small business size standard for a concern which submits an offer in its own name, other than on a construction or service contract, but
which proposes to furnish a product which it did not itself manufacture, is 500 employees.
(b) Representations.
(1)
The Offeror represents as part of its offer that it [X] is, [_] is not a small business concern.
(2)
(3)
[Complete only if the Offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (b)(1) of this provision.] The Offeror represents,
for general statistical purposes, that it [_] is, [X] is not, a small disadvantaged business concern as defined in 13 CFR 124.1002.
[Complete only if the Offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (b)(1) of this provision.] The Offeror represents as
part of its offer that it [X] is, [_] is not a women-owned small business concern.
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(4) Women-owned small business (WOSB) concern eligible under the WOSB Program. [Complete only if the Offeror represented itself as a
women-owned small business concern in paragraph (b)(3) of this provision.] The Offeror represents as part of its offer that—
(i) It [_] is, [X] is not a WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program, has provided all the required documents to the WOSB
Repository, and no change in circumstances or adverse decisions have been issued that affects its eligibility; and
(ii) It [_] is, [X] is not a joint venture that complies with the requirements of 13 CFR part 127, and the representation in paragraph (b)
(4)(i) of this provision is accurate for each WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program participating in the joint venture.
[The offeror shall enter the name or names of the WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program and other small businesses
that are participating in the joint venture: __________.] Each WOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program participating in
the joint venture shall submit a separate signed copy of the WOSB representation.
(5)
Economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) concern. [Complete only if the offeror represented itself as a
women-owned small business concern eligible under the WOSB Program in (b)(4) of this provision.] The Offeror represents as part of its
offer that—
(i) It [_] is, [X] is not an EDWOSB concern eligible under the WOSB Program, has provided all the required documents to the
WOSB Repository, and no change in circumstances or adverse decisions have been issued that affects its eligibility; and
(ii) It [_] is, [X] is not a joint venture that complies with the requirements of 13 CFR part 127, and the representation in paragraph (b)
(5)(i) of this provision is accurate for each EDWOSB concern participating in the joint venture. [The Offeror shall enter the name
or names of the EDWOSB concern and other small businesses that are participating in the joint venture: __________.] Each
EDWOSB concern participating in the joint venture shall submit a separate signed copy of the EDWOSB representation.
[Complete only if the Offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (b)(1) of this provision.] The Offeror represents as
part of its offer that it [_] is, [X] is not a veteran-owned small business concern.
[Complete only if the Offeror represented itself as a veteran-owned small business concern in paragraph (b)(6) of this provision.] The
Offeror represents as part of its offer that is [_] is, [_] is not a service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern.
[Complete only if the Offeror represented itself as a small business concern in paragraph (b)(1) of this provision.] The Offeror represents,
as part of its offer, that –
(6)
(7)
(8)
(i) It [_] is, [X] is not a HUBZone small business concern listed, on the date of this representation, on the List of Qualified HUBZone
Small Business Concerns maintained by the Small Business Administration, and no material changes in ownership and control,
principal office, or HUBZone employee percentage have occurred since it was certified in accordance with 13 CFR part 126; and
(ii) It [_] is, [X] is not a HUBZone joint venture that complies with the requirements of 13 CFR part 126, and the representation in
paragraph (b)(8)(i) of this provision is accurate for each HUBZone small business concern participating in the HUBZone joint
venture. [The offeror shall enter the names of each of the HUBZone small business concerns participating in the HUBZone joint
venture: __________.] Each HUBZone small business concern participating in the HUBZone joint venture shall submit a separate
signed copy of the HUBZone representation.
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(c) Definitions. As used in this provision—
“Economically disadvantaged women-owned small business (EDWOSB) concern” means a small business concern that is at least 51 percent
directly and unconditionally owned by, and the management and daily business operations of which are controlled by, one or more women who
are citizens of the United States and who are economically disadvantaged in accordance with 13 CFR part 127. It automatically qualifies as a
women-owned small business concern eligible under the WOSB Program.
“Service-disabled veteran-owned small business concern”—
(1) Means a small business concern—
(i) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of any publicly owned
business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more service-disabled veterans; and
(ii) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more service-disabled veterans or, in the case of
a service-disabled veteran with permanent and severe disability, the spouse or permanent caregiver of such veteran.
(2) Service-disabled veteran means a veteran, as defined in 38 U.S.C. 101(2), with a disability that is service-connected, as defined in 38
U.S.C. 101(16).
“Small business concern,” means a concern, including its affiliates that is independently owned and operated, not dominant in the field of
operation in which it is bidding on Government contracts, and qualified as a small business under the criteria in 13 CFR Part 121 and the size
standard in paragraph (a) of this provision.
“Veteran-owned small business concern” means a small business concern—
(1) Not less than 51 percent of which is owned by one or more veterans (as defined at 38 U.S.C. 101(2)) or, in the case of any publicly
owned business, not less than 51 percent of the stock of which is owned by one or more veterans; and
(2) The management and daily business operations of which are controlled by one or more veterans.
“Women-owned small business concern,” means a small business concern –
(1)
That is at least 51 percent owned by one or more women; or, in the case of any publicly owned business, at least 51 percent of the stock of
which is owned by one or more women; and
(2) Whose management and daily business operations are controlled by one or more women.
“Women-owned small business (WOSB) concern eligible under the WOSB Program (in accordance with 13 CFR part 127),” means a small
business concern that is at least 51 percent directly and unconditionally owned by, and the management and daily business operations of which are
controlled by, one or more women who are citizens of the United States.
(d) Notice.
(1)
If this solicitation is for supplies and has been set aside, in whole or in part, for small business concerns, then the clause in this solicitation
providing notice of the set-aside contains restrictions on the source of the end items to be furnished.
(2) Under 15 U.S.C. 645(d), any person who misrepresents a firm’s status as a business concern that is small, HUBZone small, small
disadvantaged, service-disabled veteran-owned small, economically disadvantaged women-owned small, or women-owned small eligible
under the WOSB Program in order to obtain a contract to be awarded under the preference programs established pursuant to section 8, 9,
15, 31, and 36 of the Small Business Act or any other provision of Federal law that specifically references section 8(d) for a definition of
program eligibility, shall –
(i) Be punished by imposition of fine, imprisonment, or both;
(ii) Be subject to administrative remedies, including suspension and debarment; and
(iii) Be ineligible for participation in programs conducted under the authority of the Act.
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FAR 52.232-40, Providing Accelerated Payment to Small Business Subcontractors (Dec 2013)
(a) Upon receipt of accelerated payments from the Government, the Contractor shall make accelerated payments to its small business subcontractors
under this contract, to the maximum extent practicable and prior to when such payment is otherwise required under the applicable contract or
subcontract, after receipt of a proper invoice and all other required documentation from the small business subcontractor.
(b)
The acceleration of payments under this clause does not provide any new rights under the Prompt Payment Act.
(c)
Include the substance of this clause, including this paragraph (c), in all subcontracts with small business concerns, including subcontracts with small
business concerns for the acquisition of commercial items.
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PART III - LIST OF DOCUMENTS, EXHIBITS AND OTHER ATTACHMENTS
SECTION J - LIST OF ATTACHMENTS
The following documents are attached and incorporated in this contract:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
Statement of Work, dated September 29, 2015
Invoice/Financing Instructions for Cost-Reimbursement Type Contracts
Invoice Instructions for Fixed-Priced Type Contracts
Sample Invoice Form
Research Patient Care Costs
Report of Government Owned, Contractor Held Property
Form SF-LLL, Disclosure of Lobbying Activities
Inclusion Enrollment Report, 5/01 (Modified OAMP: 10/01)
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Final Revised Proposal
Volume II: Technical Proposal
Full Proposal Submitted for Consideration under Solicitation 15-100-SOL-00021
Non-Surgical Debridement for Definitive Care of Burn Injuries
This proposal is made in agreement with all the terms and conditions of this Solicitation.
Advanced Development of NexoBrid
as a Medical Countermeasure for Injury Associated
with Burns
SOW Portion of the Base pages 66-89
Submitted to:
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
Contracting Officer – Matthew Rose
ASPR-AMCG-202-205-2901
200 C St. SW
Washington, D.C. 20024
Attention: Matthew Rose, Contracting Officer
Reference: Solicitation # 15-100-SOL-00021
Prime Offeror:
Business Contact:
MediWound Ltd.
42 Hayarkon Street,
Yavne, Israel 8122745
Tel: + +972 77 9714100
Fax: +972 77 9714111
e-mail:
info@mediwound.cominfo@mediwound.com
DUNS: 5320400334
September 10, 2015
Gal Cohen
President & Chief Executive Officer
Technical Contact:
Ety Klinger, PhD
Chief R&D Officer
Advanced Development of NexoBrid
as a Medical Countermeasure for Injury Associated with Burns
Throughout this proposal, MediWound refers to various trademarks, service marks and trade names that it uses in its business. The “MediWound” design
logo, “MediWound”, “NexoBrid”, “EscharEx” and other trademarks or service marks of MediWound appearing in this proposal are the property of
MediWound. MediWound has several other trademarks, service marks and pending applications relating to its applications. Other trademarks and service
marks appearing in this proposal are the property of their respective holders.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.1 Statement of Work
1. BASE PERIOD STATEMENT OF WORK
1.1 Program Management (WBS 1.1)
1.1.1 Technical and Project Management (WBS 1.1.1)
1.1.1.1. Update Project Schedule (WBS 1.1.1.1)
1.1.1.2. Complete Project Baseline Schedule (WBS 1.1.1.2)
1.1.1.3. Complete Integrated Master Project Plan (WBS 1.1.1.3)
1.1.1.4. Base Period Management (CLIN 0001)/Report (WBS 1.1.1.4)
1.1.2 Subcontractor Management (WBS 1.1.2)
1.1.3 Risk management (WBS 1.1.3)
1.1.4 EVMS (WBS 1.1.4)
1.2 Non Clinical Toxicology (WBS 1.2)
1.2.1 Safety (WBS 1.2.1)
1.2.1.1 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.2.1.1)
1.2.1.2 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.2.1.2)
1.2.1.3 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.2.1.3)
1.2.1.4 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.2.1.4)
1.2.1.5 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.2.1.5)
1.3 Non- Clinical Pharmacology (WBS 1.3)
1.3.1 Mechanism of Action Studies (WBS 1.3.1)
1.3.1.1 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.3.1.1)
1.3.1.2 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.3.1.2)
1.3.1.3 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.3.1.3)
1.3.1.4 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.3.1.4)
1.3.2 Product Characterization (WBS 1.3.2)
1.3.2.6 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.3.2.1)
1.3.3 Efficacy and Safety (WBS 1.3.3)
1.3.3.1 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.3.3.1)
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1.5 Regulatory
1.5.1 IND
1.5.1.1 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.5.1.1)
1.5.1.2 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.5.1.2)
1.5.1.3 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.5.1.3)
1.5.1.4 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.5.1.4)
1.5.1.5 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.5.1.5)
1.5.1.6 FDA Submission Request For [ * * * ] (WBS 1.5.1.6)
1.5.2 BLA (WBS 1.5.2)
1.5.2.1 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.5.2.1)
1.5.2.2 Pre-BLA Meeting (WBS 1.5.2.2)
1.5.2.3 BLA preparation and submission (WBS 1.5.2.3)
1.6 Chemistry, Manufacturing and Control (CMC) (WBS 1.6)
1.6.1 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.1)
1.6.1.1 [ * * * ] (LC-MS) (WBS 1.6.1.1)
1.6.1.2 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.1.2)
1.6.1.3 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.1.3)
1.6.2 [ * * * ] Development (WBS 1.6.2)
1.6.2.1 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.2.1)
1.6.2.2 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.2.2)
1.6.2.3 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.2.3)
1.6.2.4 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.2.4)
1.6.3 Quality by Design (QbD) (WBS 1.6.3)
1.6.3.1 Risk Based Design of Experiment (DOE) Plan (WBS 1.6.3.1)
1.6.3.2 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.3.2)
1.6.3.3 Statistical Analysis and Summary of the Results (WBS 1.6.3.3)
1.6.4 Agriculture Raw Material Studies (WBS 1.6.4)
1.6.4.1 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.4.1)
1.6.4.2 Analytical Chemistry Testing and Statistical Analysis (WBS 1.6.4.2)
1.6.5 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.5)
1.6.5.1 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.5.1)
1.6.5.2 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.5.2)
1.6.5.3 File Submission, Inspection & Approving (WBS 1.6.5.3)
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1.6.5.5 FDA Approval of Scale-up (WBS 1.6.5.5)
1.7 Procurement (WBS 1.7)
1.7.1 Acquisition (WBS 1.7.1)
1.7.2 Warm Base (Inventory Stockpile) (WBS 1.7.2)
1.7.2.1 Setup of vendor managed inventory system (VMI) plan (WBS 1.7.2.1)
1.7.2.2 Implementation of vendor managed inventory system (VMI) plan (WBS 1.7.2.2)
1.7.3 Sustainment (WBS 1.7.3)
1.7.4 Disposal (WBS 1.7.4)
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1.1
Statement of Work
The Statement of Work has a separate numb ering system from the section numbers in this document. SOW section numbers correspond to the correct
WBS numbers.
1. BASE PERIOD STATEMENT OF WORK
1.1 Program Management (WBS 1.1)
Program Management encompasses contract management (e.g., contract reporting), program management (e.g., subcontractor oversight, program
progress), and risk management (e.g., EVM, risk evaluation). Project Management milestones and activities in this section are listed below, corresponding
to management in the period described.
1.1.1 Technical and Project Management (WBS 1.1.1)
WBS# and Title
Milestone
Deliverables
1.1.1 Technical and Project
Management
Successful completion of technical and project
management activities for each option period.
Project scheduled completed and reports
submitted to BARDA PO/CO after completion
of each option period.
Objective/Description of Work: These activities encompass all Program Management for the listed contract period.
1.1.1.1. Update Project Schedule (WBS 1.1.1.1)
1.1.1.2. Complete Project Baseline Schedule (WBS 1.1.1.2)
1.1.1.3. Complete Integrated Master Project Plan (WBS 1.1.1.3)
1.1.1.4. Base Period Management (CLIN 0001)/Report (WBS 1.1.1.4)
Objective/Description of Work: An overall project schedule in the form of a Gantt chart will be created and maintained as part of project management. This
schedule will be updated and formally completed within 90 days after the contract award.
Milestones:
Complete Project Baseline Schedule (WBS 1.1.1.2)
Complete Integrated Master Project Plan (WBS 1.1.1.3)
Deliverables: The project schedule will be submitted to the BARDA PO/CO. Reports on these activities will be included as part of regular project status
updates to the BARDA PO/CO as listed below.
Complete Project Baseline Schedule (WBS 1.1.1.2)
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Complete Integrated Master Project Plan (WBS 1.1.1.3)
Base Period Management/ Report (WBS 1.1.1.4)
1.1.2 Subcontractor Management (WBS 1.1.2)
WBS# and Title
Milestone
Deliverables
1.1.2 Subcontractor Management
Completion of subcontractor management plan
Subcontractor management plan submitted to
BARDA
Objective/Description of Work: Company will compile all necessary materials and finalize all aspects of the project related to preparing the Subcontractor
Management Plan, including a description of how MediWound will communicate with each subcontractor’s lead representative on a regular basis; monitor
subcontractor costs, technical performance, and conformance to schedules; and stay informed of changes and availability of the subcontractor’s technical
team personnel.
Milestones:
Completion of plan development stages as indicated above within 90 days of award.
Develop Subcontractor Management Plan (WBS 1.1.2.1)
Complete Subcontractor Plan and submit to BARDA(WBS 1.1.2.2)
Implementation of Subcontractor Management Plan (WBS 1.1.2.3)
Deliverables:
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1.1.3 Risk management (WBS 1.1.3)
Objective/Description of Work: MediWound will prepare a Risk Mitigation Plan and Matrix consistent with the template provided by BARDA, and submit
such documents to BARDA within 90 days of contract award. The risk mitigation plan will highlight potential problems and/or issues that may arise during
the life of the contract, their impact on cost, schedule and performance, and appropriate remediation plans. This plan shall reference relevant WBS/SOW
elements where appropriate. MediWound will maintain and update the plan as necessary throughout the term of the contract and provide updates as
requested by the COR. A report on these activities will be included as part of regular quarterly project status updates to the BARDA PO/CO.
WBS# and Title
Milestone
Deliverables
1.1.3 Risk Management
Completion of risk management plan
Risk management plan submitted to BARDA
Milestones:
Completion of plan development stages as indicated above.
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Develop Risk Management Plan (WBS 1.1.3.1)
Complete Risk Management Plan (WBS 1.1.3.2)
Quarterly RMP Update (WBS 1.1.3.3)
Deliverables:
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Complete Risk Management Plan and Submit Report to BARDA (WBS 1.1.3.2)
Quarterly RMP Update Report to BARDA (WBS 1.1.3.3)
1.1.4 EVMS (WBS 1.1.4)
WBS# and Title
1.1.4 EVMS
Milestone
Deliverables
Development and implementation of EVMS
system.
Completion of EVMS system and regular
EVMS reports to BARDA CO/PO.
Objective/Description of Work: MediWound will use principles of Earned Value Management in the management of this contract and develop an EVMS
plan as part of its deliverables. Documents maintained and utilized as part of MediWound’s EVMS will include: Integrated Master Schedule, Baseline
Budget, WBS Dictionary, Control Account Work Authorization Documents, Control Account Plans, Baseline Logs and budget revision documentation,
documentation required for the Performance Measurement Baseline Review (PMBR), and Monthly Earned Value Contract Performance Report (CPR).
Milestones:
Develop EVMS Plan Within 90 days of contract award. (WBS 1.1.4.1)
Complete EVMS Plan Implementation Within 90 days of contract award. (WBS 1.1.4.3)
Deliverables
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EVMS System Implementation (WBS 1.1.4.2)
EVMS Monthly Report (WBS 1.1.4.4)
EVMS reports will be submitted on a monthly basis to the BARDA CO/PO commencing after the first report is delivered.
1.2 Non Clinical Toxicology (WBS 1.2)
1.2.1 Safety (WBS 1.2.1)
WBS# and Title
1.2.1.1 [ * * * ]
1.2.1.2 [ * * * ]
1.2.1.3 [ * * * ]
1.2.1.4 [ * * * ]
1.2.1.5 [ * * * ]
Milestone
[ * * * ]
[ * * * ]
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[ * * * ]
[ * * * ]
[ * * * ]
Deliverables
Study report submitted to BARDA
Study report submitted to BARDA
Study report submitted to BARDA
Study report submitted to BARDA
Study report submitted to BARDA
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[ * * * ] (WBS 1.2.1.1)
Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ]
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Milestones:
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.2.1.1).
Deliverables:
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Study protocol for BARDA review and approval.
Final study report submitted to BARDA (WBS 1.2.1.1).
1.2.1.2 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.2.1.2)
Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ]
.
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Milestones:
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.2.1.2).
Deliverables:
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Study protocol for BARDA review/approval (WBS 1.2.1.2).
Final study report submitted to BARDA (WBS 1.2.1.2).
1.2.1.3 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.2.1.3).
Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ]
Milestones:
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.2.1.3).
Deliverables:
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Study protocol for BARDA review/approval (WBS 1.2.1.3).
Final study report submitted to BARDA (WBS 1.2.1.3).
1.2.1.4 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.2.1.4).
Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ]
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Milestones:
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.2.1.4).
Deliverables:
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Study protocol for BARDA review/approval (WBS 1.2.1.4).
Final study report submitted to BARDA (WBS 1.2.1.4).
1.2.1.5 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.2.1.5).
Objective/Description of Work:
Milestones:
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.2.1.5).
Deliverables:
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Study protocol for BARDA review/approval (WBS 1.2.1.5).
Final study report submitted to BARDA (WBS 1.2.1.5).
1.3 Non- Clinical Pharmacology (WBS 1.3)
1.3.1 Mechanism of Action Studies (WBS 1.3.1)
WBS# and Title
1.3.1.1 [ * * * ]
Milestone
[ * * * ]
Deliverables
Study reports submitted to BARDA
1.3.1.2 [ * * * ]
1.3.1.3 [ * * * ]vitro
[ * * * ]
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[ * * * ]
Study report submitted to BARDA
Study report submitted to BARDA
1.3.1.4 [ * * * ]
[ * * * ]
Study report submitted to BARDA
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[ * * * ] (WBS 1.3.1.1)
Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ]
Milestones:.
Completion of study (WBS 1.3.1.1).
Deliverables:
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Study protocol for BARDA review/approval (WBS 1.3.1.1).
Final study report submitted to BARDA (WBS 1.3.1.1).
1.3.1.2 [ * * * ]
(WBS 1.3.1.2).
Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ]
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Milestones:.
Completion of study (WBS 1.3.1.2).
Deliverables:
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Study protocol for BARDA review/approval (WBS 1.3.1.2).
Final study report submitted to BARDA (WBS 1.3.1.2).
1.3.1.3 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.3.1.3)
Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ]
Milestones:.
Completion of study (WBS 1.3.1.3).
Deliverables:
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Study protocol for BARDA review/approval (WBS 1.3.1.3).
Final study report submitted to BARDA (WBS 1.3.1.3).
1.3.1.4 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.3.1.4)
Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ]
Milestones:.
Completion of study (WSB 1.3.1.4).
Deliverables:
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Study protocol for BARDA review/approval (WBS 1.3.1.4).
Final study report submitted to BARDA (WBS 1.3.1.4).
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Product Characterization (WBS 1.3.2)
WBS# and Title
1.3.2 [ * * * ]
Milestone
[ * * * ]
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1.3.2.6 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.3.2.1)
Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ]
Milestones:.
Completion of study (WBS 1.3.2.1).
Deliverables:
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Study protocol for BARDA review/approval (WBS 1.3.2.1).
Final study report submitted to BARDA (WBS 1.3.2.1).
1.3.3
Efficacy and Safety (WBS 1.3.3)
1.3.3.1
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.3.3.1)
WBS# and Title
1.3.3.1 [ * * * ]
Milestone
[ * * * ]
Deliverables
Study report submitted to BARDA
Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ]
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Milestones:.
Completion of study (WBS 1.3.3.1).
Deliverables:
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Study protocol for BARDA review/approval (WBS 1.3.3.1).
Final study report submitted to BARDA (WBS 1.3.3.1)
1.4 Clinical (WBS 1.4)
1.4.1 US phase 3 study (WBS 1.4.1)
WBS# and Title
Milestone
Deliverables
1.4.1 US phase 3 study
Completion of Phase 3 clinical trial.
Final clinical study report (CSR) accepted by
BARDA.
Objective/Description of Work: MediWound will complete a multicenter, multinational, randomized, controlled, assessor blinded phase 3 study in subjects
with thermal burns, to evaluate the efficacy and safety of NexoBrid compared to Gel Vehicle and compared to Standard of Care. This study is currently
ongoing.
Study primary endpoint is to demonstrate superiority of NexoBrid over Gel Vehicle for eschar removal as measured by incidence of complete eschar
removal. The following secondary endpoints will be evaluated in this study and compared between NexoBrid and SOC to further support the clinical
benefit of NexoBrid.
1. Reduction in surgical need- Demonstrate superiority of NexoBrid over SOC in reduction of surgical need for excisional eschar removal as measured
by an analysis of incidence of surgical eschar removal (tangential/ minor/ avulsion/ Versajet and/or dermabrasion excision).
2. Earlier eschar removal- Demonstrate superiority of NexoBrid over SOC with regard to the time when complete eschar removal has been achieved.
For definition of complete eschar removal see primary endpoint.
3. Blood loss related to eschar removal- Demonstrate superiority of NexoBrid over SOC with regard to the blood loss occurred during the eschar
removal procedures.
This clinical trial is underway, however a study protocol will be provided to BARDA for reference. Any changes to the study protocol will be submitted to
BARDA in advance for review.
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[ * * * ]
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175 Hospitalized adults with Deep Partial Thickness (DPT) and Full Thickness (FT) thermal burns will be enrolled. The total duration of the study
treatment and follow up period of each participating subject is approximately 25 months. Approximately [ * * * ] sites will participate in the study from the
US ([ * * * ]), Europe ([ * * * ]) and Israel and data will be monitored by local CROs from the US and Europe.
Milestones
First Patient In (WBS 1.4.1.1)
Last Patient In (WBS 1.4.1.2)
Last Patient Out (WBS 1.4.1.5)
Deliverables:
This study is currently on-going. Protocol amendments (if will be applied) will be provided to BARDA for review and approval before submission.
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.4.1.3).
[ * * * ]
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.4.1.4).
[ * * * ]
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.4.1.6).
[ * * * ]
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Milestone
Deliverables
Completion of all pre-BLA activities in support
of NexoBrid as an MCM.
[ * * * ]
1.5 Regulatory
1.5.1 IND
WBS# and Title
1.5.1 IND
Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ]
1.5.1.1
[ * * * ]
(WBS 1.5.1.1)
Objective/Description of Work:
[ * * * ]
Milestones:
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.5.1.1).
Deliverables:
Final meeting minutes submitted to BARDA (WBS 1.5.1.1).
1.5.1.2 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.5.1.2)
Objective/Description of Work:
[ * * * ]
Milestones:
Completion of the FDA meeting (WBS 1.5.1.2).
Deliverables:
Final official meeting minutes submitted to BARDA (WBS 1.5.1.2).
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1.5.1.3 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.5.1.3)
Objective/Description of Work:
[ * * * ]
Milestones:
Completion of the study protocol to FDA (WBS 1.5.1.3).
Deliverables:
Study protocol submitted to FDA for approval (WBS 1.5.1.3).
1.5.1.4 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.5.1.4)
Objective/Description of Work:
[ * * * ]
Milestones:
Completion of the study protocol after FDA guidance is received (WBS 1.5.1.4).
Deliverables:
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Prior to study initiation, the study protocol will be provided to BARDA for review and approval
Study protocol submitted to FDA for approval (WBS 1.5.1.4).
1.5.1.5 [ * * * ]
(WBS 1.5.1.5)
Objective/Description of Work:
[ * * * ]
Milestones:
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.5.1.5).
Deliverables:
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.5.1.5).
1.5.1.6 FDA Submission Request For [ * * * ] (WBS 1.5.1.6)
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Objective/Description of Work:
In an attempt to expedite the development and review process of NexoBrid, MediWound plans to submit a request for [ * * * ] designation. Prior to
submission, the [ * * * ] application request will be provided to BARDA for review and approval.
Milestones:
Completion of the [ * * * ] application (WBS 1.5.1.6).
Deliverables:
[ * * * ] submitted to FDA for approval (WBS 1.5.1.6).
Milestone
Deliverables
Completion of all preparatory and regulatory
activities for the BLA submission of NexoBrid
as an MCM.
This includes all activities in support of the
BLA submission.
1.5.2 BLA (WBS 1.5.2)
WBS# and Title
1.5.2 BLA
Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ]
1.5.2.1
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.5.2.1)
Objective/Description of Work:
[ * * * ]
Milestones:
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.5.2.1).
Deliverables:
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.5.2.1).
1.5.2.2 Pre-BLA Meeting (WBS 1.5.2.2)
Objective/Description of Work:
[ * * * ]
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Milestones:
Completion of FDA pre-BLA meeting (WBS 1.5.2.2).
Deliverables:
Final official meeting minutes submitted to BARDA (WBS 1.5.2.2).
1.5.2.3 BLA preparation and submission (WBS 1.5.2.3)
Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ]
Milestones:
BLA completion (WBS 1.5.2.3).
Deliverables:
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.5.2.3)
[ * * * ] (US, PIP) (WBS 1.5.2.4)
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.5.2.5)
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1.6 Chemistry, Manufacturing and Control (CMC) (WBS 1.6)
Milestone
[ * * * ]
.
Deliverables
Reports submitted to BARDA CO/PO.
1.6.1 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.1)
WBS# and Title
1.6.1 [ * * * ]
1.6.1.1
[ * * * ] (LC-MS) (WBS 1.6.1.1)
Objective/Description of Work:
[ * * * ]
Milestones:
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.1.1).
Deliverables:
Report on method submitted to BARDA PO/CO (WBS 1.6.1.1).
1.6.1.2 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.1.2)
Objective/Description of Work:
[ * * * ]
Milestones:
[ * * * ]
(WBS 1.6.1.2).
Deliverables:
- Method validation protocol submitted to BARDA for review and approval.
-
Report on method submitted to BARDA PO/CO (WBS 1.6.1.2).
1.6.1.3 Analytical Support and Troubleshooting (WBS 1.6.1.3)
MediWound will give analytical support and troubleshooting to the production processes of NexoBrid to ensure the quality of the product.
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Deliverables:
Report on support submitted to BARDA PO/CO (WBS 1.6.1.3).
1.6.2 [ * * * ] Development (WBS 1.6.2)
WBS# and Title
1.6.2.1 [ * * * ]
Milestone
Deliverables
Completion of study to [ * * * ]
Final development report submitted to
BARDA
1.6.2.2 [ * * * ]
Completion of study to [ * * * ]
[ * * * ]
1.6.2.3 MediWound will conduct [ * * * ]
[ * * * ].
[ * * * ]
1.6.2.4 [ * * * ]
[ * * * ].
[ * * * ]
1.6.2.1 NexoBrid [ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.2.1)
Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ]
Milestones:
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.2.1).
Deliverables:
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Final development report submitted to BARDA (WBS 1.6.2.1).
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1.6.2.2 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.2.2)
Objective/Description of Work:
[ * * * ]
Milestones:
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.2.2).
Deliverables:
-
-
Validation protocol will be provided to BARDA for review and approval.
Final process validation and stability reports (WBS 1.6.2.2).
1.6.2.3 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.2.3)
Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ].
Milestones:
[ * * * ] study completion (WBS 1.6.2.3).
Deliverables:
-
-
[ * * * ].
Final study report (WBS 1.6.2.3).
1.6.2.4 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.2.4)
Deliverables:
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.2.4).
1.6.3 Quality by Design (QbD) (WBS 1.6.3)
WBS# and Title
1.6.3 Quality by Design
Milestone
Deliverables
Completion of QbD studies defining the critical
parameters and design space of the NexoBrid
manufacturing process.
Reports submitted to BARDA CO/PO.
1.6.3.1 Risk Based Design of Experiment (DOE) Plan (WBS 1.6.3.1)
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Objective/Description of Work: MediWound will conduct together with [ * * * ] Ltd., or will assist other subcontractor approved by BARDA, risk based
design of experiment (DOE) for creating a design space for the NexoBrid production process. [ * * * ]
. The objective of the QbD research is to follow the FDA initiative of the Quality by Design approach. The QbD studies will follow the relevant ICH
guidelines such as ICH Q8, ICH Q9 and Q10. QbD Studies protocol will be provided to BARDA for review and approval.
Milestones:
DOE study completion (WBS 1.6.3.1).
Deliverables:
-
-
QbD Study protocol will be provided to BARDA for review and approval.
Final study report submitted to BARDA (WBS 1.6.3.1).
1.6.3.2 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.3.2)
Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ]
Milestones:
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.3.2).
Deliverables:
-
-
Study protocol will be provided to BARDA for review and approval.
Final study report submitted to BARDA (WBS 1.6.3.2).
1.6.3.3 Statistical Analysis and Summary of the Results (WBS 1.6.3.3)
Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ]
Milestones:
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.3.3).
Deliverables:
-
Final study report submitted to BARDA (WBS 1.6.3.3).
1.6.4 Agriculture Raw Material Studies (WBS 1.6.4)
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WBS# and Title
Milestone
Deliverables
1.6.4 Agriculture Raw Material Studies
[ * * * ]
Reports submitted to BARDA CO/PO.
1.6.4.1
[ * * * ]
(WBS 1.6.4.1)
Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ]
Milestones:
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.4.1).
Deliverables:
-
-
Study protocols will be provided to BARDA for review and approval.
Final study report submitted to BARDA (WBS 1.6.4.1).
1.6.4.2 Analytical Chemistry Testing and Statistical Analysis (WBS 1.6.4.2)
Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ]
Milestones:
Study and analysis completion (WBS 1.6.4.2).
Deliverables:
-
-
Study protocols will be provided to BARDA for review and approval.
Final study report submitted to BARDA (WBS 1.6.4.2).
1.6.5 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.5
WBS# and Title
1.6.5 [ * * * ]
Milestone
[ * * * ]
Deliverables
Reports submitted to BARDA CO/PO;
submissions sent to FDA for approval.
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1.6.5.1
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.5.1)
Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ]
Milestones:
Design completion (WBS 1.6.5.1).
Deliverables:
Final design submitted to BARDA (WBS 1.6.5.1).
1.6.5.2 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.5.2)
-
Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ]
Milestones:
Validation/PQ activities completed (WBS 1.6.5.2).
Deliverables:
-
-
Validation protocols will be provided to BARDA for review and approval.
Report on validation activities submitted to BARDA (WBS 1.6.5.2).
1.6.5.3 File Submission, Inspection & Approving (WBS 1.6.5.3)
-
Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ]
.
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Milestones:
Completion of submission preparation (WBS 1.6.5.3).
Deliverables:
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.5.3).
1.6.5.4 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.5.4)
Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ]
Milestones:
Completion of stability study (WBS 1.6.5.4).
Deliverables:
-
-
Stability protocols for BARDA review and approval
Submission of stability report to BARDA and FDA (WBS 1.6.5.4).
1.6.5.5 FDA Approval of Scale-up (WBS 1.6.5.5)
-
-
Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ]
. Application file will be provided to BARDA for review and approval prior to submission.
Milestones:
Completion of application for approval (WBS 1.6.5.5).
Deliverables:
Submission of application to BARDA and FDA (WBS 1.6.5.5).
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1.7 Procurement (WBS 1.7)
1.7.1 Acquisition (WBS 1.7.1)
WBS# and Title
1.7.1 Acquisition
Milestone
Deliverables
Acquisition of [ * * * ]of NexoBrid.
[ * * * ] of NexoBrid successfully delivered to
BARDA.
1.7.2 Warm Base (Inventory Stockpile) (WBS 1.7.2)
WBS# and Title
1.7.2 Warm Base
Milestone
Deliverables
Establishment of operational readiness to
manufacture NexoBrid.
Report submitted to BARDA PO/CO.
1.7.2.1
Setup of vendor managed inventory system (VMI) plan (WBS 1.7.2.1)
Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ]
Milestones:
[ * * * ] and plan development (WBS 1.7.2.1).
Deliverables:
Submission of the VMI plan by BARDA (WBS 1.7.2.1).
1.7.2.2 Implementation of vendor managed inventory system (VMI) plan (WBS 1.7.2.2)
Objective/Description of Work: MediWound will implement the VMI plan with the approved vendor.
Milestones:
Implementation of VMI plan (WBS 1.7.2.2).
Deliverables:
Notification to BARDA of successful implementation (WBS 1.7.2.2).
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1.7.3 Sustainment (WBS 1.7.3)
WBS# and Title
1.7.3 Sustainment
1.7.4 Disposal (WBS 1.7.4)
WBS# and Title
1.7.4 Disposal
Milestone
Deliverables
Replacement of expired material as necessary.
Replacement of expired material as necessary.
Milestone
Deliverables
Disposal of expired material as necessary.
Disposal of expired material as necessary.
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Final Revised Proposal
Volume II: Technical Proposal
Full Proposal Submitted for Consideration under Solicitation 15-100-SOL-00021
Non-Surgical Debridement for Definitive Care of Burn Injuries
This proposal is made in agreement with all the terms and conditions of this Solicitation.
Advanced Development of NexoBrid
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SOW Portion of the Options pages 89-98
Submitted to:
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response
Contracting Officer – Matthew Rose
ASPR-AMCG-202-205-2901
200 C St. SW
Washington, D.C. 20024
Attention: Matthew Rose, Contracting Officer
Reference: Solicitation # 15-100-SOL-00021
Prime Offeror:
Business Contact:
MediWound Ltd.
42 Hayarkon Street,
Yavne, Israel 8122745
Tel: + +972 77 9714100
Fax: +972 77 9714111
e-mail:
info@mediwound.cominfo@mediwound.com
DUNS: 5320400334
September 10, 2015
Gal Cohen
President & Chief Executive Officer
Technical Contact:
Ety Klinger, PhD
Chief R&D Officer
Advanced Development of NexoBrid
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Throughout this proposal, MediWound refers to various trademarks, service marks and trade names that it uses in its business. The “MediWound” design
logo, “MediWound”, “NexoBrid”, “EscharEx” and other trademarks or service marks of MediWound appearing in this proposal are the property of
MediWound. MediWound has several other trademarks, service marks and pending applications relating to its applications. Other trademarks and service
marks appearing in this proposal are the property of their respective holders.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. OPTION PERIOD STATEMENT OF WORK (CLIN 0003, 0004, 0005)
1.1 Program Management (WBS 1.1)
1.1.1 Technical and Project Management (WBS 1.1.1)
1.1.1.5 [ * * * ] / Report (WBS 1.1.1.5)
1.1.1.6 [ * * * ] / Report (WBS 1.1.1.6)
1.1.1.7 [ * * * ]/ Report (WBS 1.1.1.7)
1.1.1.8 VMI Implementation Option Management (CLIN 0005A)/Report (WBS 1.1.1.8)
1.4 Clinical (WBS 1.4)
1.4.2 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.4.2)
1.4.3 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.4.3)
1.5 Regulatory
1.5.3 Post Marketing Activities (WBS 1.5.3)
1.5.3.1 Marketing Requirement- Infrastructure/Obligation (PhV, Call Center) (WBS 1.5.3.1)
1.5.3.2 Phase IV Post-Marketing Study (WBS 1.5.3.2)
1.5.3.3 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.5.3.3)
1.6 Chemistry, Manufacturing and Control (CMC) (WBS 1.6)
1.6.6 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.6)
1.6.6.1 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.6.1)
1.6.6.2 [ * * * ](WBS 1.6.6.2)
1.6.6.3 File submission, Inspection & Approving (WBS 1.6.6.3)
1.6.6.4 File submission, Inspection & Approving (WBS 1.6.6.4)
1.6.6.5 File submission, Inspection & Approving (WBS 1.6.6.5)
1.8 Surge Capacity (WBS 1.8)
1.8.1 Acquisition (WBS 1.8.1)
1.8.2 Warm Base (Inventory Stockpile) (WBS 1.8.2)
1.8.3 Sustainment (WBS 1.8.3)
1.8.4 Disposal (WBS 1.8.4)
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1. OPTION PERIOD STATEMENT OF WORK (CLIN 0003, 0004, 0005)
1.1 Program Management (WBS 1.1)
Updated SOW(s) and accompanying budgets will be provided to BARDA for each option period to define the execution of each CLIN.
Program Management encompasses contract management (e.g., contract reporting), program management (e.g., subcontractor oversight, program
progress), and risk management (e.g., EVM, risk evaluation). Project Management milestones and activities in this section are listed below, corresponding
to management in the period described.
1.1.1 Technical and Project Management (WBS 1.1.1)
WBS# and Title
Milestone
Deliverables
1.1.1 Technical and Project Management
Successful completion of technical and project
management activities for each option period.
Project scheduled completed and reports
submitted to BARDA PO/CO after completion
of each option period.
Objective/Description of Work: These activities encompass all Program Management for the listed contract period.
1.1.1.5 [ * * * ] / Report (WBS 1.1.1.5)
1.1.1.6 [ * * * ] / Report (WBS 1.1.1.6)
1.1.1.7 Post-Marketing Option Management (CLIN 0003)/ Report (WBS 1.1.1.7)
1.1.1.8 VMI Implementation Option Management (CLIN 0005A)/Report (WBS 1.1.1.8)
Objective/Description of Work: An overall project schedule in the form of a Gantt chart will be created and maintained as part of project management.
This schedule will be updated and formally completed within 90 days after the contract award.
Milestones:
[ * * * ] / Report (WBS 1.1.1.5)
Option 2 Management/ Report (WBS 1.1.1.6)
Option 3 Management/ Report (WBS 1.1.1.7)
Option 4 Management/ Report (WBS 1.1.1.8)
1.4 Clinical (WBS 1.4)
1.4.2
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.4.2)
WBS# and Title
1.4.2 [ * * * ]
Milestone
Deliverables
Completion of Phase 3 clinical trial
Final clinical study report (CSR) accepted by
BARDA.
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Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ].
[ * * * ]
Milestones:
First Patient In (WBS 1.4.2.1)
Last Patient In (WBS 1.4.2.2)
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Last Patient Out (WBS 1.4.2.5)
Deliverables:
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Study protocol for BARDA review/approval prior to submission to FDA (WBS 1.4.2.1).
Safety analysis, [ * * * ] patient (WBS 1.4.2.3)
[ * * * ] month follow up: Data analysis + CSR (WBS 1.4.2.4)
[ * * * ] month follow up: Data analysis + CSR (WBS 1.4.2.6)
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1.4.3 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.4.3)
WBS# and Title
1.4.3 [ * * * ]
Milestone
Deliverables
Completion of Phase 3 clinical trial.
Final clinical study report (CSR) accepted by
BARDA.
This is a phase 3 study to assess NexoBrid effect on [ * * * ]. The main objective is to demonstrate the ability of NexoBrid to prevent and resolve [ * * * ].
The study will include approximately [ * * * ] patients from US sites and will be managed locally by a US CRO. The main endpoints will be [ * * * ].
[ * * * ]
Milestones:
Set up (WBS 1.4.3.1)
First Patient In (WBS 1.4.3.2)
Last Patient In (WBS 1.4.3.3)
Last Patient Out (WBS 1.4.3.5)
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-
-
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Prior to study initiation, the study protocol will be provided to BARDA for review and approval. (WBS 1.4.3.1).
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.4.3.4)
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.4.3.6)
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1.5.3 Post Marketing Activities (WBS 1.5.3)
WBS# and Title
Milestone
Deliverables
1.5.3 Post Marketing Activities
Initiation of FDA required post-marketing
activities.
Successful establishment of required post-
marketing activities.
1.5.3.1 Marketing Requirement- Infrastructure/Obligation (PhV, Call Center) (WBS 1.5.3.1)
Objective/Description of Work:
In order to comply with regulatory requirements for NexoBrid in the US market following approval, MediWound will establish an appropriate
pharmacovigilance system, overseeing all safety aspects of the marketed product.
Milestones:
Establishment of the pharmacovigilance system in compliance with FDA guidance (WBS 1.5.3.1).
Deliverables:
Report on implemented pharmacovigilance system submitted to BARDA PO/CO (WBS 1.5.3.1).
1.5.3.2 Phase IV Post-Marketing Study (WBS 1.5.3.2)
Objective/Description of Work:
Following product approval, MediWound anticipates the necessity of conducting post approval activities (as was required in Europe by the EMA) that may
or may not be required during the base period but may be required by the FDA. [ * * * ].
Milestones:
Initiation of post-approval marketing studies in compliance with FDA guidance (WBS 1.5.3.2).
Deliverables:
Report on implemented post-approval marketing studies submitted to BARDA PO/CO (WBS 1.5.3.2).
1.5.3.3 [ * * * ] (WBS 1.5.3.3)
Objective/Description of Work:
[ * * * ]
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Milestones:
Initiation of post-approval marketing studies in compliance with FDA guidance (WBS 1.5.3.3).
Deliverables:
-
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Study protocol will be provided to BARDA for review and approval.
Report on implemented post-approval marketing studies submitted to BARDA PO/CO (WBS 1.5.3.3).
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1.6 Chemistry, Manufacturing and Control (CMC) (WBS 1.6)
1.6.6 [ * * * ]
(WBS 1.6.6)
WBS# and Title
1.6.6 1. [ * * * ]
Milestone
[ * * * ]
.
Deliverables
Reports submitted to BARDA CO/PO
1.6.6.1
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.6.1)
-
Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ]
.
Milestones:
Completion of application for approval (WBS 1.6.6.1).
Deliverables:
-
Submission of design and technology transfer protocol and report to BARDA for review (WBS 1.6.6.1).
1.6.6.2 Subcontractor Facility technical batches and validations (WBS 1.6.6.2)
Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ]
Milestones:
Validation/PQ activities completed (WBS 1.6.6.2).
Deliverables:
Validation protocol and Report on validation activities submitted to BARDA (WBS 1.6.6.2).
1.6.6.3 File submission, Inspection & Approving (WBS 1.6.6.3)
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Objective/Description of Work: MediWound will contract with consultants approved by BARDA, to prepare and submit a file of the [ * * * ]
Milestones:
Completion of submission preparation (WBS 1.6.6.3).
Deliverables:
[ * * * ] (WBS 1.6.6.3).
1.6.6.4 File submission, Inspection & Approving (WBS 1.6.6.4)
Objective/Description of Work: MediWound will contract with consultants approved by BARDA to [ * * * ].
Milestones:
Completion of stability study (WBS 1.6.6.4).
Deliverables:
Submission of stability protocol and report to BARDA and FDA (WBS 1.6.6.4).
1.6.6.5 File submission, Inspection & Approving (WBS 1.6.6.5)
Objective/Description of Work: [ * * * ]
Milestones:
Completion of application for approval (WBS 1.6.6.5).
Deliverables:
Submission of application to BARDA and FDA (WBS 1.6.6.5).
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1.8 Surge Capacity (WBS 1.8)
WBS# and Title
1.8.1 Acquisition
1.8.2 Warm Base
1.8.3 Sustainment
1.8.4 Disposal
1.8.1 Acquisition (WBS 1.8.1)
WBS# and Title
1.8.1 Acquisition
Milestone
Deliverables
Acquisition of up to [ * * * ] of NexoBrid.
Establishment of operational readiness to
manufacture NexoBrid.
[ * * * ] of NexoBrid successfully delivered to
BARDA.
Report submitted to BARDA PO/CO.
Replacement of expired material as necessary.
Replacement of expired material as necessary.
Disposal of expired material as necessary.
Disposal of expired material as necessary.
Milestone
Deliverables
Acquisition of [ * * * ] of NexoBrid.
[ * * * ] of NexoBrid successfully delivered to
BARDA.
1.8.2 Warm Base (Inventory Stockpile) (WBS 1.8.2)
1.8.3 Sustainment (WBS 1.8.3)
1.8.4 Disposal (WBS 1.8.4)
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ATTACHMENT #2
INVOICE/FINANCING REQUEST INSTRUCTIONS - FOR COST-REIMBURSEMENT TYPE
CONTRACTS
Format: Payment requests shall be submitted on the Contractor’s self-generated form in the manner and format prescribed herein and as illustrated in the
Sample Invoice/Financing Request. Standard Form 1034, Public Voucher for Purchases and Services Other Than Personal, may be used in lieu of the
Contractor’s self-generated form provided it contains all of the information shown on the Sample Invoice/Financing Request. DO NOT include a cover
letter with the payment request.
Number of Copies: Payment requests shall be submitted in the quantity specified in the Invoice Submission Instructions in Section G of the Contract
Schedule.
Frequency: Payment requests shall not be submitted more frequently than once every two weeks in accordance with the Allowable Cost and Payment
Clause incorporated into this contract. Small business concerns may submit invoices/financing requests more frequently than every two weeks when
authorized by the Contracting Officer.
Cost Incurrence Period: Costs incurred must be within the contract performance period or covered by pre-contract cost provisions.
Billing of Costs Incurred: If billed costs include (1) costs of a prior billing period, but not previously billed, or (2) costs incurred during the contract
period and claimed after the contract period has expired, the Contractor shall site the amount(s) and month(s) in which it incurred such costs.
Contractor’s Fiscal Year: Payment requests shall be prepared in such a manner that the Government can identify costs claimed with the Contractor’s
fiscal year.
Currency: All BARDA contracts are expressed in United States dollars. When the Government pays in a currency other than United States dollars, billings
shall be expressed, and payment by the Government shall be made, in that other currency at amounts coincident with actual costs incurred. Currency
fluctuations may not be a basis of gain or loss to the Contractor. Notwithstanding the above, the total of all invoices paid under this contract may not exceed
the United States dollars authorized.
Costs Requiring Prior Approval: Costs requiring the Contracting Officer’s approval, including those set forth in an Advance Understanding in the
contract, shall be identified and reference the Contracting Officer’s Authorization (COA) Number. In addition, the Contractor shall show any cost set forth
in an Advance Understanding as a separate line item on the payment request.
Invoice/Financing Request Identification: Each payment request shall be identified as either:
(a)
(b)
Interim Invoice/Contract Financing Request: These are interim payment requests submitted during the contract performance period.
Completion Invoice: The completion invoice shall be submitted promptly upon completion of the work, but no later than one year from the
contract completion date, or within 120 days after settlement of the final indirect cost rates covering the year in which the contract is physically
complete (whichever date is later). The Contractor shall submit the completion invoice when all costs have been assigned to the contract and it
completes all performance provisions.
(c)
Final Invoice: A final invoice may be required after the amounts owed have been settled between the Government and the Contractor (e.g.,
resolution of all suspensions and audit exceptions).
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Preparation and Itemization of the Invoice/Financing Request: The Contractor shall furnish the information set forth in the instructions below. The
instructions are keyed to the entries on the Sample Invoice/Financing Request.
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
(h)
(i)
(j)
(k)
(l)
Designated Billing Office Name and Address: Enter the designated billing office name and address, as identified in the Invoice Submission
Instructions in Section G of the Contract Schedule.
Contractor’s Name, Address, Point of Contact, VIN, and DUNS or DUNS+4 Number: Show the Contractor’s name and address exactly as
they appear in the contract, along with the name, title, phone number, and e-mail address of the person to notify in the event of an improper invoice
or, in the case of payment by method other than Electronic Funds Transfer, to whom payment is to be sent. Provide the Contractor’s Vendor
Identification Number (VIN), and Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number or DUNS+4. The DUNS number must identify the
Contractor’s name and address exactly as stated on the face page of the contract. When an approved assignment has been made by the Contractor,
or a different payee has been designated, provide the same information for the payee as is required for the Contractor (i.e., name, address, point of
contact, VIN, and DUNS).
Invoice/Financing Request Number: Insert the appropriate serial number of the payment request.
Date Invoice/Financing Request Prepared: Insert the date the payment request is prepared.
Contract Number and Order Number (if applicable): Insert the contract number and order number (if applicable).
Effective Date: Insert the effective date of the contract or if billing under an order, the effective date of the order.
Total Estimated Cost of Contract/Order: Insert the total estimated cost of the contract, exclusive of fixed-fee. If billing under an order, insert the
total estimated cost of the order, exclusive of fixed-fee. For incrementally funded contracts/orders, enter the amount currently obligated and
available for payment.
Total Fixed-Fee: Insert the total fixed-fee (where applicable) or the portion of the fixed-fee applicable to a particular invoice as defined in the
contract.
Two-Way/Three-Way Match: Identify whether payment is to be made using a two-way or three-way match. To determine required payment
method, refer to the Invoice Submission Instructions in Section G of the Contract Schedule.
Office of Acquisitions: Insert the name of the Office of Acquisitions, as identified in the Invoice Submission Instructions in Section G of the
Contract Schedule.
Central Point of Distribution: Insert the Central Point of Distribution, as identified in the Invoice Submission Instructions in Section G of the
Contract Schedule.
Billing Period: Insert the beginning and ending dates (month, day, and year) of the period in which costs were incurred and for which
reimbursement is claimed.
(m)
Amount Billed - Current Period: Insert the amount claimed for the current billing period by major cost element, including any adjustments and
fixed-fee. If the Contract Schedule contains separately priced line items, identify the contract line item(s) on the payment request and include a
separate breakdown (by major cost element) for each line item.
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(n)
(o)
Amount Billed - Cumulative: Insert the cumulative amounts claimed by major cost element, including any adjustments and fixed-fee. If the
Contract Schedule contains separately priced line items, identify the contract line item(s) on the payment request and include a separate breakdown
(by major cost element) for each line item.
Direct Costs: Insert the major cost elements. For each element, consider the application of the paragraph entitled “Costs Requiring Prior Approval”
on page 1 of these instructions.
(1)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
(6)
(7)
(8)
Direct Labor: Include salaries and wages paid (or accrued) for direct performance of the contract. List individuals by name, title/position,
hourly/annual rate, level of effort (actual hours or % of effort), breakdown by task performed by personnel, and amount claimed.
Fringe Benefits: List any fringe benefits applicable to direct labor and billed as a direct cost. Do not include in this category fringe benefits
that are included in indirect costs.
Accountable Personal Property: Include any property having a unit acquisition cost of $5,000 or more, with a life expectancy of more
than two years, and sensitive property regardless of cost (see the HHS Contractor’s Guide for Control of Government Property)(e.g.
personal computers). Note this is not permitted for reimbursement without pre-authorization from the CO.
On a separate sheet of paper attached to the payment request, list each item for which reimbursement is requested. Include reference to the
following (as applicable):
- Item number for the specific piece of equipment listed in the Property Schedule, and
- COA number, if the equipment is not covered by the Property Schedule.
The Contracting Officer may require the Contractor to provide further itemization of property having specific limitations set forth in the
contract.
Materials and Supplies: Include all consumable material and supplies regardless of amount. Detailed line-item breakdown (e.g. receipts,
quotes, etc.) is required.
Premium Pay: List remuneration in excess of the basic hourly rate.
Consultant Fee: List fees paid to consultants. Identify consultant by name or category as set forth in the contract or COA, as well as the
effort (i.e., number of hours, days, etc.) and rate billed.
Travel: Include domestic and foreign travel. Foreign travel is travel outside of Canada, the United States and its territories and possessions.
However, for an organization located outside Canada, the United States and its territories and possessions, foreign travel means travel
outside that country. Foreign travel must be billed separately from domestic travel.
Subcontract Costs: List subcontractor(s) by name and amount billed. Provide subcontract invoices/receipts as backup documentation. If
subcontract is of the cost-reimbursement variety, detailed breakdown will be required. Regardless, include backup documentation (e.g.
subcontractor invoices, quotes, etc.).
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(9)
Other: Include all other direct costs not fitting into an aforementioned category. If over $1,000, list cost elements and dollar amounts
separately. If the contract contains restrictions on any cost element, that cost element must be listed separately.
(p)
Cost of Money (COM): Cite the COM factor and base in effect during the time the cost was incurred and for which reimbursement is claimed, if
applicable.
(q)
Indirect Costs: Identify the indirect cost base (IDC), indirect cost rate, and amount billed for each indirect cost category.
(r)
(s)
(t)
(u)
(v)
Fixed-Fee: Cite the formula or method of computation for fixed-fee, if applicable. The fixed-fee must be claimed as provided for by the contract.
Total Amounts Claimed: Insert the total amounts claimed for the current and cumulative periods.
Adjustments: Include amounts conceded by the Contractor, outstanding suspensions, and/or disapprovals subject to appeal.
Grand Totals
Certification of Salary Rate Limitation: If required by the contract (see Invoice Submission Instructions in Section G of the Contract Schedule),
the Contractor shall include the following certification at the bottom of the payment request:
“I hereby certify that the salaries billed in this payment request are in compliance with the Salary Rate Limitation Provisions in Section H of the
contract.”
**Note the Contracting Officer may require the Contractor to submit detailed support for costs claimed on payment requests. Every cost must be
determined to be allocable, reasonable, and allowable per FAR Part 31.
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INVOICE/FINANCING REQUEST INSTRUCTIONS FOR FIXED PRICE TYPE CONTRACTS
ATTACHMENT #3
General The Contractor shall submit vouchers or invoices as prescribed herein.
Format Standard Form I034, Public Voucher for Purchases and Services Other Than Personal, and Standard Form I035, Public Voucher for Purchases and
Services Other than Personal--Continuation Sheet, and the payee’s letterhead or self-designed form should be used to submit claims for reimbursement.
Number of Copies: As indicated in the contract.
Frequency Invoices submitted in accordance with the Payment Clause shall be submitted monthly upon delivery of goods or services unless otherwise
authorized by the Contracting Officer.
Preparation and Itemization of the Invoice The invoice shall be prepared as follows:
(a) Designated Billing Office and address:
HHS/ASPR/BARDA
330 Independence Ave, Room G640
Washington DC 20201
ATTN: Contracting Officer
(b) Invoice Number
(c) Date of Invoice
(d) Contract number and date
(e) Payee’s name and address. Show the Contractor’s name (as it appears in the contract), correct address, and the title and phone number of the responsible
official to whom payment is to be sent. When an approved assignment has been made by the Contractor, or a different payee has been designated, then
insert the name and address of the payee instead of the Contractor.
(f) Description of goods or services, quantity, unit price, (where appropriate), and total amount.
(g) Charges for freight or express shipments other than F.O.B. destination. (If shipped by freight or express and charges are more than $25, attach prepaid
bill.)
(h) Equipment - If there is a contract clause authorizing the purchase of any item of equipment, the final invoice must contain a statement indicating that no
item of equipment was purchased or include a completed form HHS-565, Report of Capitalized Nonexpendable Equipment.
Currency: Where payments are made in a currency other than United States dollars, billings on the contract shall be expressed, and payment by the United
States Government shall be made, in that other currency at amounts coincident with actual costs incurred. Currency fluctuations may not be a basis of gain
or loss to the Contractor. Notwithstanding the above, the total of all invoices paid under this contract may not exceed the United States dollars authorized.
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ATTACHMENT #4 - SAMPLE INVOICE FORM
Company Name
Designated Billing Office Name and Address:
DHHS/OS/ASPR/AMCG
Attn: Contracting Officer
200 C St., S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201
Invoice/Finance Number:
Date Invoice Prepared:
Contract No. and Title:
Effective Date & Period of Performance:
Contractor’s Address and Contact Information:
Total Estimated Cost of Order:
Office of Acquisitions:
Contracting Officer (insert name here)
Office of Acquisitions Management, Contracts, and
Grants (AMCG)
Central Point of Distribution:
Current
Amount Billed
Cumulative
Contract Value
POC: Name of accountant or COO or signatory authority for invoice
Title:
Phone:
E-Mail:
TIN:
DUNS #:
This invoice represents reimbursable costs for the period from
Expenditure Category
Direct Costs:
Direct Labor
Fringe Benefits 0.00%
Total Labor Costs:
Overhead 0.00%
Travel
Subcontracts
Consultant Fees
Materials and Supplies
Other
Total Direct Costs
G&A Rate 0.00%
Subtotal:
Fixed Fee 0.0
Total Amount Claimed
Adjustments
Grand Total
I certify that all payments requested are for appropriate purposes and in accordance with the contract.
—
$
Name/signature of signatory authority for invoicing
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ATTACHMENT #5
RESEARCH PATIENT CARE COSTS
(a)Research patient care costs are the costs of routine and ancillary services provided to patients participating in research programs described in this
contract.
(b)Patient care costs shall be computed in a manner consistent with the principles and procedures used by the Medicare Program for determining the part of
Medicare reimbursement based on reasonable costs. The Diagnostic Related Group (DRG) prospective reimbursement method used to determine the
remaining portion of Medicare reimbursement shall not be used to determine patient care costs. Patient care rates or amounts shall be established by the
Secretary of HHS or his duly authorized representative.
(c)Prior to submitting an invoice for patient care costs under this contract, the Contractor must make every reasonable effort to obtain third party
payment, where third party payors (including Government agencies) are authorized or are under a legal obligation to pay all or a portion of the
charges incurred under this contract for patient care.
(d)The Contractor must maintain adequate procedures to identify those research patients participating in this contract who are eligible for third party
reimbursement.
(e)Only those charges not recoverable from third party payors or patients and which are consistent with the terms and conditions of the contract are
chargeable to this contract.
CONTRACTOR:
REPORT OF GOVERNMENT OWNED, CONTRACTOR HELD PROPERTY
CONTRACT NUMBER:
Attachment 6
ADDRESS:
ADDRESS1:
ADDRESS2:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP:
REPORT DATE:
FISCAL YEAR:
CLASSIFICATION
BEGINNING OF
PERIOD
#ITEMS
VALUE
ADJUSTMENTS
END OF PERIOD
GFP
ADDED
CAP
ADDED
DELETIONS
#ITEMS
VALUE
LAND >=$25K
LAND <$25K
OTHER REAL >=$25K
OTHER REAL <$25K
PROPERTY UNDER CONST >=$25K
PROPERTY UNDER CONST <$25K
PLANT EQUIP >=$25K
PLANT EQUIP <$25K
SPECIAL TOOLING >=$25K
SPECIAL TOOLING <$25K
SPECIAL TEST EQUIP >=$25K
SPECIAL TEST EQUIP <$25K
AGENCY PECULIAR >=$25K
AGENCY PECULIAR <$25K
MATERIAL >=$25K
(CUMULATIVE)
PROPERTY UNDER MFR >=$25K
PROPERTY UNDER MFR <$25K
SIGNED BY:
SIGNATURE
NAME PRINTED
TITLE
Report of Government Owned, Contractor Held Property (Rev 10/2014)
DATE SIGNED:
Email
TELEPHONE
Attachment 7
DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYING ACTIVITIES
Complete this form to disclose lobbying activities pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1352
(See reverse for public burden disclosure.)
Approved by OMB
0348-0046
1. Type of Federal Action:
☐ a. contract
b. grant
c. cooperative agreement
d. loan
e. loan guarantee
f. loan insurance
4. Name and Address of Reporting Entity:
☐ Prime ☐ Subawardee
Tier _______, if known:
Congressional District, if known: 4c
6. Federal Department/Agency:
2. Status of Federal Action:
☐ a. bid/offer/application
b. initial award
c. post-award
3. Report Type:
☐ a. initial filing
b. material change
For Material Change Only:
year _______ quarter __________
date of last report _____________
5. If Reporting Entity in No. 4 is a Subawardee, Enter Name and Address of Prime:
Congressional District, if known:
7. Federal Program Name/Description:
CFDA Number, if applicable:____________
8. Federal Action Number, if known:
10. a. Name and Address of Lobbying Registrant
(if individual, last name, first name, Ml):
9. Award Amount, if known:
$
b. Individuals Performing Services (including address if different from No. 10a)
(last name, first name, Ml):
11.
through
this form
is
Information requested
authorized by title 31 U.S.C. section 1352. This
disclosure of lobbying activities is a material
representation of fact upon which reliance was
placed by the tier above when this transaction was
made or entered into. This disclosure is required
pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1352. This information will
be available for public inspection. Any person who
fails to file the required disclosure shall be subject
to a civil penalty of not less than $10, 000 and not
more than $100,000 for each such failure.
Signature:___________________________________________________________________
Print Name:_________________________________________________________________
Title:_______________________________________________________________________
Telephone No.:______________________________________________ Date:____________
Federal Use Only:
Authorized for Local Reproduction
Standard Form LLL (Rev. 7-97)
INSTRUCTIONS FOR COMPLETION OF SF-LLL, DISCLOSURE OF LOBBYING ACTIVITIES
This disclosure form shall be completed by the reporting entity, whether subawardee or prime Federal recipient, at the initiation or receipt of a covered
Federal action, or a material change to a previous filing, pursuant to title 31 U.S.C. section 1352. The filing of a form is required for each payment or
agreement to make payment to any lobbying entity for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Congress,
an officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with a covered Federal action. Complete all items that apply
for both the initial filing and material change report. Refer to the implementing guidance published by the Office of Management and Budget for additional
information.
1.
2.
3.
Identify the type of covered Federal action for which lobbying activity is and/or has been secured to influence the outcome of a covered Federal
action.
Identify the status of the covered Federal action.
Identify the appropriate classification of this report. If this is a followup report caused by a material change to the information previously
reported, enter the year and quarter in which the change occurred. Enter the date of the last previously submitted report by this reporting entity
for this covered Federal action.
4. Enter the full name, address, city, State and zip code of the reporting entity. Include Congressional District, if known. Check the appropriate
classification of the reporting entity that designates if it is, or expects to be, a prime or subaward recipient. Identify the tier of the subawardee,
e.g., the first subawardee of the prime is the 1st tier. Subawards include but are not limited to subcontracts, subgrants and contract awards under
grants.
5.
If the organization filing the report in item 4 checks “Subawardee,” then enter the full name, address, city, State and zip code of the prime
Federal recipient. Include Congressional District, if known.
6. Enter the name of the Federal agency making the award or loan commitment. Include at least one organizational level below agency name, if
known. For example, Department of Transportation, United States Coast Guard.
7. Enter the Federal program name or description for the covered Federal action (item 1). If known, enter the full Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance (CFDA) number for grants, cooperative agreements, loans, and loan commitments.
8. Enter the most appropriate Federal identifying number available for the Federal action identified in item 1 (e.g., Request for Proposal (RFP)
number; Invitation for Bid (IFB) number; grant announcement number; the contract, grant, or loan award number; the application/proposal
control number assigned by the Federal agency). Include prefixes, e.g., “RFP-DE-90-001.”
9.
For a covered Federal action where there has been an award or loan commitment by the Federal agency, enter the Federal amount of the
award/loan commitment for the prime entity identified in item 4 or 5.
10. (a) Enter the full name, address, city, State and zip code of the lobbying registrant under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 engaged by the
reporting entity identified in item 4 to influence the covered Federal action.
(b) Enter the full names of the individual(s) performing services, and include full address if different from 10 (a). Enter Last Name, First Name,
and Middle Initial (Ml).
11. The certifying official shall sign and date the form, print his/her name, title, and telephone number.
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aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the Office of Management and Budget, Paperwork Reduction
Project (0348-0046), Washington, DC 20503.
Cumulative Inclusion Enrollment Report
This report format should NOT be used for collecting data from study participants.
Study Title:
Comments:
Racial Categories
Not Hispanic or Latino
Hispanic or Latino
Unknown/Not Reported Ethnicity
Total
Female
Male
Unknown/
Not
Reported
Female
Male
Unknown/
Not
Reported
Female
Male
Unknown/
Not
Reported
Ethnic Categories
American Indian/
Alaska Native
Asian
Native Hawaiian or
Other Pacific Islander
Black or African
American
White
More Than One Race
Unknown or Not
Reported
Total
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
PHS 398 / PHS 2590 (Rev. 08/12 Approved Through 8/31/2015)
OMB No. 0925-0001/0002
Cumulative Inclusion Enrollment Report
AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION/MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT
1. CONTRACT ID CODE
2. AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION NO.
P00005
6. ISSUED BY
CODE
3. EFFECTIVE DATE
See Block 16C
ASPR-BARDA
ASPR-BARDA
200 Independence Ave., S.W.
Room 640-G
Washington DC 20201
4. REQUISITION/PURCHASE REQ. NO.
OS254380
7. ADMINISTERED BY (If other than Item 6)
CODE ASPR-BARDA01
ASPR-BARDA
330 Independence Ave, SW, Rm G644
Washington DC 20201
Exhibit 4.11.6
PAGE OF PAGES
1
8
5. PROJECT NO. (If applicable)
8. NAME AND ADDRESS OF CONTRACTOR (No., street, county, State and ZIP Code)
(x)
9A. AMENDMENT OF SOLICITATION NO.
MEDIWOUND LTD 1477616
MEDIWOUND LTD
42 HAYARKON
YAVNE 00812
42 HAYARKON
9B. DATED (SEE ITEM 11)
x
10A. MODIFICATION OF CONTRACT/ORDER NO.
HHSO100201500035C
10B. DATED (SEE ITEM 13)
CODE 1477616
FACILITY CODE
09/29/2015
11. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO AMENDMENTS OF SOLICITATIONS
☐ The above numbered solicitation is amended as set forth in Item 14. The hour and date specified for receipt of Offers ☐ is extended. ☐ is not extended.
Offers must acknowledge receipt of this amendment prior to the hour and date specified in the solicitation or as amended , by one of the following methods: (a) By completing Items 8 and 15,
and returning ________ copies of the amendment; (b) By acknowledging receipt of this amendment on each copy of the offer submitted ; or (c) By separate letter or telegram which includes
a reference to the solicitation and amendment numbers. FAILURE OF YOUR ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO BE RECEIVED AT THE PLACE DESIGNATED FOR THE RECEIPT OF
OFFERS PRIOR TO THE HOUR AND DATE SPECIFIED MAY RESULT IN REJECTION OF YOUR OFFER. If by virtue of this amendment you desire to change an offer already
submitted , such change may be made by telegram or letter, provided each telegram or letter makes reference to the solicitation and this amendment, and is received prior to the opening hour
and date specified.
12. ACCOUNTING AND APPROPRIATION DATA (If required)
2020.1991073.25106
Net Increase:
$5,537,538.00
13. THIS ITEM ONLY APPLIES TO MODIFICATION OF CONTRACTS/ORDERS. IT MODIFIES THE CONTRACT/ORDER NO. AS DESCRIBED IN ITEM 14.
CHECK ONE
A. THIS CHANGE ORDER IS ISSUED PURSUANT TO: (Specify authority) THE CHANGES SET FORTH IN ITEM 14 ARE MADE IN THE CONTRACT ORDER
NO. IN ITEM 10A.
B. THE ABOVE NUMBERED CONTRACT/ORDER IS MODIFIED TO REFLECT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES (such as changes in paying office,
appropriation date, etc.) SET FORTH IN ITEM 14, PURSUANT TO THE AUTHORITY OF FAR 43.103(b).
X
C. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT IS ENTERED INTO PURSUANT TO AUTHORITY OF:
FAR 52.243-2 (Alt V) Changes - Cost , FAR 43.103(a) - By Mutual Agreements of the Parties
D. OTHER (Specify type of modification and authority)
E. IMPORTANT: Contractor ☐ is not. ☒ is required to sign this document and return 1 copies to the issuing office.
14. DESCRIPTION OF AMENDMENT/MODIFICATION (Organized by UCF section headings, including solicitation/contract subject matter where feasible.)
Tax ID Number: C0-0000387
DUNS Number: 532040334
The purpose of this modification is to accomplish the following:
1. ARTICLE B.5. ADVANCE UNDERSTANDINGS, is modified to add several advance understandings.
2. ARTICLE B.3. OPTION PRICES, is modified to add and fund CLINs 0006A; 0006B, and 0006C, and 0007A and 0007B.
3. ARTICLE C.1. STATEMENT OF WORK, is modified to add an addendum.
4. SECTION J, LIST OF ATTACHMENTS, is modified to add an addendum.
5. The total estimated cost of the contract is increased by $5,175,269.
6. The total fixed fee of the contract is increased by $362,269.
7. The total cost plus fixed fee amount of the contract is increased by $5,537,538 from Continued ...
Except as provided herein, all terms and conditions of the document referenced in Item 9 A or 10A, as heretofore changed, remains unchanged and in full force and effect.
15A. NAME AND TITLE OF SIGNER (Type or print)
16A. NAME AND TITLE OF CONTRACTING OFFICER (Type or print)
Sharon Malka, Chief Executive Officer Yaron Meyer, General Counsel & Corporate
Secretary
15B. CONTRACTOR/OFFEROR
/s/Sharon Malka /s/Yaron Meyer
(Signature of person authorized to sign)
15C. DATE SIGNED+ 16B. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
2/28/2020
/s/George J. Keane
(Signature of Contracting Officer)
GEORGE J. KEANE
Previous edition unusable
16C. DATE SIGNED
02/28/2020
STANDARD FORM 30 (REV.
11/2016)
Prescribed by GSA FAR
(48 CFR) 53.243
CONTINUATION SHEET
REFERENCE NO. OF DOCUMENT BEING CONTINUED
HHSO100201500035C/P00006
PAGE OF
8
2
NAME OF OFFEROR OR CONTRACTOR
MEDIWOUND LTD 1477616
ITEM NO.
(A)
SUPPLIES/SERVICES
(B)
QUANTITY
(C)
UNIT
(D)
UNIT PRICE
(E)
AMOUNT
(F)
$76,406,048 to $81,943,586.
8. The total ultimate contract value is increased by $5,537,538 from $80,853,761 to
$86,391,299.
See supplemental pages for remainder of modification. All other terms and
conditions of this contract remain in full force and effect.
Delivery: 06/30/2024
Delivery Location Code: HHS
HHS
200 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington DC 20201 US
Appr. Yr.: 2020 CAN: 1991073 Object Class: 25106
Period of Performance: 09/29/2015 to 06/30/2024
Add Item 9 as follows:
9
CLIN 0006A ($1,015,002 total cost and $71,050 fixed fee, total CLIN cost
$1,086,052), CLIN 0006B ($3,241,917 total cost and $226,934 fixed fee, total CLIN
cost $3,468,851) , CLIN 0006C ($15,000 total cost, $1,050 fixed fee, total CLIN
cost $16,050), CLIN 0007A ($32,000 total cost, $2,240 fixed fee, total CLIN cost
$34,240), CLIN 0007B ($871,350 total cost and $60,995 fixed fee, total CLIN cost
$932,345).
Obligated Amount: $5,537,538.00
$5,537,538.00
NSN 7540-01-152-8067
OPTIONAL FORM 336 (4-86)
Sponsored by GSA
FAR (48 CFR) 53.110
Contract No.
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ARTICLE B.3. OPTION PRICES, is modified to add the following:
CLIN
0006 A
Period of
Performance
3/1/2020 –
6/30/2024
0006 B
3/1/2020 –
6/30/2024
0006 C
3/1/2020 –
6/30/2024
Cost Reimbursement
Supplies/Services
Total Est. Cost
Fixed Fee
(7%)
Total Cost Plus
Fixed Fee
Emergency Readiness for NexoBrid
Deployment –– Procure shipment
boxes (up to 890 units of 56L capacity
Master Shippers) with temperature
tales to enable CRT shipment of
16,000 Nexobrid units in a staggered
fashion to compliment quarterly
Nexobrid procurements. Shipment box
choice contingent upon COR approval.
Emergency Readiness for NexoBrid
Deployment –– Monthly Maintenance
to cover up to 36 months duration after
final Nexobrid procurement (not to
exceed $58,900/month) for shipment
boxes to be ready for shipment from
Sentry at CRT.
Access and management for SNS
and/or BARDA annual inventory
audit (1 full business day/year) Audit
will include both Nexobrid units and
shipment boxes.
Emergency Readiness for NexoBrid
Deployment – At least one drill dry run
exercise executed by the Contractor’s
VMI vendor to fully package 50 Credo
boxes of Nexobrid to fully ready for
deployment.
$1,015,002
$71,050
$1,086,052
$3,241,917
$226,934
$3,468,851
$15,000
$1,050
$16,050
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0007 A
3/1/2020 –
6/30/2024
0007 B
3/1/2020 –
6/30/2024
Emergency Deployment – Vendor
executes Pick and Pack for up to 16,000
NexoBrid treatment units (not to exceed
$2 per unit) as instructed by SNS to be
ready for CRT shipment of 3,150 units
in 24 hours and the rest of the 12,850
units NLT in 72 hours.
Emergency Deployment – As directed
by SNS upon their notification,
Vendor ships at CRT using either their
established shipping contract(s), or
maintains readiness for pick up by
SNS-managing shipment
mechanism(s) for up to all 16,000
units of Nexobrid.
$32,000
$2,240
$34,240
$871,350
$60,995
$932,345
ARTICLE B.5. ADVANCE UNDERSTANDINGS, is modified to add paragraphs l through p as follows:
l.
In a mass casualty situation, which does not require a national emergency declaration, upon consultation and request for use of NexoBrid,
the Contractor could submit a request for COA and justification to potentially trigger all or part of the emergency deployment strategies
outlined in CLIN 7.
m. The cost estimate listed in CLIN 7 represents the best estimate. Upon triggering of deployment actions the Contractor may seek additional
reimbursement for actual costs incurred by providing justification and approval by CO.
n. Notification of Release of Product - Notification to release product(s) under this Contract shall be provided in writing to the Contractor by
the CO, or by an authorized representative designated by the CO.
o. To clarify the term ‘substantial delivery’, it is hereby defined to indicate product delivery and acceptance of at least two (2) deliveries, and
cover at least three (3) production manufacturing lots. As such the first invoice for the delivery of the product can only be submitted upon
acceptance by BARDA of at least 2 deliveries of the product with at least three (3) manufactured lots per delivery.
“Acceptance” signifies that the requested product meets all the specifications as defined in the QA contract and
therefore can be accepted by BARDA’s Quality Group, who represents the USG check for acceptance of
deliverables for both quantity and quality. Acceptance will be contingent upon receipt of undamaged product units
manufactured under GMP conditions and maintained within the specified shipping conditions. BARDA Quality
will count all dosages and ensure that the product is maintained within temperature during transport and all
deviations have been closed prior to acceptance.
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Delivery term - Shipping and handling fees up to delivery of the products are included within the negotiated unit
purchase price. NexoBrid price is including delivery at point “DAP” (incoterms 2000), at Sentry’s warehouse
based in Indianapolis, U.S.
p. Consistent with FAR 52.227-14, the BEACON model (the “Model”) developed under this contract will be owned by USG. The USG holds
an unlimited rights license to that model. However, BARDA will provide MediWound with a limited rights license to use of the current
version of the Model developed under the Contract with to meet the corporate needs for marketing NexoBrid (the “USG/MediWound
License”). The USG/MediWound License is limited to use by MediWound, and may not be assigned by MediWound to any other parties
without the express written authorization of the USG’s contracting officer.
To further expand the utility of the model for evaluating the combined effects with other MCMs, BARDA may use this model with
additional BARDA prime contractors. Future versions of the model, solely supported by BARDA funding, will be made accessible to all
product development partners equally. It is BARDA’s intent to make iterations of the model available publically.
ARTICLE C.1. STATEMENT OF WORK, is modified to read as follows:
Independently and not as an agent of the Government, the Contractor shall furnish all the necessary services, qualified personnel,
material, equipment, and facilities not otherwise provided by the Government as needed to perform the Statement of Work dated
September 28, 2015, as amended on January 29, 2017 (via Modification 3), and amended February 21, 2020 (herein); and set
forth in SECTION J - List of Attachments, attached hereto and made a part of the contract.
SECTION J – LIST OF ATTACHMENTS, is modified to add the following:
1. Statement of Work, amendment dated 2/21/2020.
ATTACHMENT 1
STATEMENT OF WORK 02/21/2020
CLINS 0006 and 0007 are hereby added to the Statement of Work:
1. CLIN 0006 SOW
The proposed SOWs for CLIN 0006A, 6B and 6C are contained in the tables below. Dates are TBD pending consultation with
the BARDA PO.
Table 1: CLIN 0006 SOW
WBS
Title
Description
Milestone
Deliverables
Cost
Delivery
Date
(est.)
6
6.7
CLIN 0006A
Emergency Readiness Tasks - Materials
Procurement
Start & end
of shipment
containers
deliveries.
Shipment box
procurement/delivery
schedule, with
maintenance costs.
$1,086,053
Q1/2020
through
Q1/2021
Shipment containers
deliveries
6.7.1
Acquisition
6.7.1.1
Shipment
Containers
Procure shipment containers (up
to 890 units of 56L capacity)
with Temperature tales to enable
CRT shipment of 16,000
NexoBrid units in a staggered
fashion to compliment quarterly
NexoBrid procurements.
Shipment containers choice
contingent upon COR
approval.
The total costs encompass box
procurement of up to 890
CREDO (or equivalent)
shippers on a staggered
schedule in 3 stages.
WBS
Title
Description
Milestone
Deliverables
Cost
Delivery
Date
(est.)
6
6.7
CLIN 0006B
Emergency Readiness Tasks - Maintenance
Procurement
6.7.2
Sustainment
6.7.2.1 Maintenance
of Shipment
Boxes
Monthly Maintenance charges to cover 36
months duration after final NexoBrid
procurement for shipment boxes to be ready
for shipment from Sentry at CRT. Period -
01/01/2020 through 06/30/2024.
Start & end
of
maintenance
of shipment
boxes.
Costs are calculated based on storage of
the boxes over the contract period of
performance, assuming a staggered
procurement schedule as described in
WBS 6.7.1.1.
$3,421,051
Through
June 30
2024
Verification of
box storage
readiness
Box
Maintenance
Plan SOP
Shipment box
deliveries and
storage.
CLIN
0006A
0006A
0006A
0006A
CLIN
0006B
0006B
0006B
0006B
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Attachment 1 – Statement of Work
WBS
Title
Description
Milestone
Deliverables
Cost
CLIN
Delivery
Date
(est.)
6.7.2.2
BARDA/SNS
audit
Formal SOPs will be developed at
MediWound’s VMI vendor for assembly,
storage and maintenance of the boxes.
Access and Management for SNS and/or
BARDA annual inventory audit (@ 1 full
business day/year). Audit will include both
NexoBrid units and shipment boxes
Completion of
yearly audit.
Completion of
yearly audit.
$42,800
0006B
Through
June 30
2024
Start & end
of
maintenance
of shipment
boxes.
WBS
Title
Description
Milestone
Deliverables
Cost
6
6.7
CLIN 0006C
Emergency Readiness Tasks – Emergency Preparedness Procedures / Exercise
Procurement
Delivery
Date
(est.)
CLIN
0006C
0006C
0006C
0006C
Documents
submitted to
BARDA
PO/CO.
SOPs and
emergency
protocol
developed
and
approved.
6.7.3
Sustainment
6.7.3.1
Emergency
Preparedness
Procedures
6.7.3.2
Emergency
Preparedness
Exercise
Operational SOPs developed at
MediWound’s VMI vendor, including:
• An emergency communication
system with the Strategic National
Stockpile
• Evidence of emergency shipment
mechanism(s) by Sentry to move the
product in the stated amounts and
timeframes
• Development of an emergency
exercise design protocol in
coordination with
Sentry/BARDA/SNS
At least one drill dry run Exercise
executed by MediWound’s VMI vendor to
fully package 50 Credo boxes of
NexoBrid to be ready for deployment
Completion
of exercise.
Final report
(After Action
Report)
submitted to
BARDA
PO/CO.
$16,050
Q4/20
20
0006C
1. CLIN 0007 – EMERGENCY DEPLOYMENT TASKS
CLIN 0007 has been structured into two distinct CLINs that can be authorized separately upon emergency/MCI:
Title
CLIN 0007A
CLIN 0007B
Description
Emergency Deployment Preparation
Emergency Deployment and Shipping
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Attachment 1 – Statement of Work
Either CLIN would only be authorized in the event of an emergency upon notification from the SNS Director/Designee.
MediWound will provide immediate notification to the BARDA CO/COR and BARDA/RQA (who manage the Quality
Agreement). CLIN 0007A describes the packing operations that would take place at MediWound’s VMI vendor after the request
is received from BARDA/SNS. CLIN 0007B would be authorized if the actual shipping of NexoBrid were to be conducted by the
VMI vendor rather than by SNS.
1.1 CLIN 0007 SOW
The proposed SOWs for CLIN 0007A, and 7B are contained in the tables below. Dates are TBD pending consultation with the
BARDA PO.
Table 3: CLIN 0007 SOW
WBS
Title
Description
Milestone
Deliverables
Cost
7
7.7
7.7.1
7.7.1.1
CLIN 0007A
Emergency Deployment Preparation
Emergency
Deployment
Pick and pack
Emergency
Deployment
Vendor executes Pick and Pack for up to
16,000 NexoBrid treatment units as
instructed by SNS to be ready for CRT
shipment of 3,150 units in 24hr. and the
rest of the 12,850 units NLT in 72 hr.
Complete
deployment.
Communication
of “deployment
ready status”
made to
BARDA/SNS
$34,240
WBS
Title
Description
Milestone
Deliverables
Cost
7
7.7
CLIN 0007B
Emergency Deployment and Shipping
Emergency
Deployment
7.7.2
Shipping
7.7.1.2
Emergency
Shipping
As directed by SNS upon their
notification, Vendor ships at CRT using
either their established shipping
contract(s) and/or maintains readiness for
pick up by SNS-managing shipment
mechanism(s) for up to 16,000 units of
NexoBrid.
Assumed shipment of 890 boxes to the
major cities in the furthest 4 corners of the
continental US upon SNS guidance
Emergency
shipment
performed.
Emergency
shipment
completed
$932,345
Delivery
Date
(est.)
Delivery
Date
(est.)
CLIN
0007A
0007A
0007A
0007A
CLIN
0007B
0007B
0007B
0007B
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Attachment 1 – Statement of Work
Amendment No. 1 to Settlement Agreement and Mutual General Release
This Amendment No.1 to a Settlement Agreement and Mutual General Release (“Amendment”) is made effective of
December 13, 2020 (the “Effective Date”) by end between Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. ("Teva"), on the one hand, and
MediWound Ltd. ("MediWound"), on the other hand. Teva and MediWound are together referred to as the "Parties" and
individually referred to as a “Party”.
Exhibit 4.16
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS the Parties entered into a Settlement Agreement and Mutual General Release dated March 24, 2019, (the
“Agreement”) to fully and finally settle all matters arising from and/or related to the their business relationship and the
termination of such relationship, including without limitation the Asserted Claims, as such term is defined in the Agreement
followed by Mediwound’s undertakings pursuant to that letter dated March 24, 2019 regarding Certain Indemnity in connection
with the Settlement Agreement (the "Indemnification Letter");
WHEREAS following discussions that were held between the Parties, the Parties have reached new understandings regarding the
payment of the Revenue-Based Payments, as such term is defined in the Agreement, and wish to amend them, in accordance with
the principles of Appendix A attached to this Amendment, and as more fully set forth herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises herein contained, it is agreed as follows:
1. All capitalized terms not herein defined shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Agreement.
2. Section 3.2 shall be removed entirely from the Agreement and shall be replaced with the following:
"MediWound hereby undertakes to pay Teva:
(i) an amount of US$ 3,000,004, in lieu of the Revenue-Based Payment for the calendar year 2019 (which was due to be
paid on April 2020), which shall be paid as follows: an amount of US$1,000,000 to be paid within 3 business days after
signing this Amendment; in addition, twelve quarterly payments in the amount of US$ 166,667 each during the period
commencing on January 1, 2021 and ending on December 31, 2023. Such payments will be made on or prior to the end of
each calendar quarter, in which such payment is due. Such payments shall be performed regardless of any revenues, received
or not received by MediWound; and
(ii) commencing on January 1, 2021, an annual payment of US$1,000,000, payable on a quarterly basis (i.e., US$ 250,000
per quarter) (the "Contingent Payments"), unless MediWound will not recognize any revenues generated from the sale or
license by MediWound or its Affiliate of the Licensed Products in a certain calendar quarter in which a payment is due, and in
this case, MediWound shall not be obligated to pay Teva the Contingent Payment due for that quarter (the term "Licensed
Product” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in that certain License and Collaboration Agreement dated August 21, 2007,
as amended, by and between MediWound and Teva, which definition is hereby incorporated by reference into this
Amendment to constitute an integral part hereof); all, up to an aggregate amount equal to US$ 7,200,000 regardless of the
number of quarters required for purposes of the payment of such aggregate amount. Each Contingent Payment will be on or
prior to the end of each calendar quarter, in which such payment is due. For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby clarified that
the Contingent Payment for a certain quarter shall be paid in the event that Mediwound shall have recognized revenues
generated from the sale or license by MediWound or its Affiliate of the Licensed Products above 0 during such calendar
quarter (regardless of the actual amount of such revenues).
(iii) the Parties agree that MediWound shall have the right, upon 30 days advance written notice, to pay in advance the
balance of the Contingent Payments that have not been paid up to the date of such advance repayment, subject to the Parties'
agreement on the present value of such balance of Contingent Payments."
3. Section 3.3(ii) shall be removed from the Agreement and the Section 3.3(ii) shall be left intentionally blank.
4.
In Section 3.3(iii)(B) the reference will be amended from Section 3.2(i) to Section 3.2.
5. All other terms and conditions of the Agreement shall apply to the Amendment and remain in full force and effect as detailed in the Agreement.
6.
In the event of any inconsistency or conflict between the provisions of the Agreement the provisions of this Amendment, this Amendment shall prevail
and govern.
7.
It is hereby clarified that the Indemnification Letter remains in full force and effect without any change following this Amendment.
The Parties have caused this Amendment to be duly authorized, executed, and delivered as of the Effective Date.
[Signature Block Follows]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Settlement Agreement and Mutual General Release has been duly executed on the date
herein above set forth:
MediWound Ltd.
By: /s/Sharon Malka
Name: Sharon Malka
Title: Chief Executive Officer
By: /s/Boaz Gur-Lavie
Name: Boaz Gur-Lavie
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
By: /s/Eli Shani
Name: Eli Shani
Title: SVP, Business Development
By: /s/Eli Kalif
Name: Eli Kalif
Title: EVP, Chief Financial Officer
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to
Settlement Agreement and Mutual General Release / 2020]
Subsidiaries of MediWound Ltd.
Exhibit 8.1
Entity
MediWound Germany GmbH
MediWound US, Inc.
MediWound UK Limited
Jurisdiction of Incorporation/Organization
Germany
United States
United Kingdom
Exhibit 12.1
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Sharon Malka, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of MediWound Ltd.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in
all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the company as of, and for, the periods
presented in this report;
4. The company’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined
in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the company and have:
a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by
others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our
supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for
external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d. Disclosed in this report any change in the company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by
the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s internal control over financial
reporting; and
5. The company’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the company’s auditors and the audit committee of the company’s board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent functions):
a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the company’s internal
control over financial reporting.
/s/Sharon Malka
Sharon Malka
Chief Executive Officer
Date: February 25, 2021
Exhibit 12.2
CERTIFICATIONS
I, Boaz Gur-Lavie, certify that:
1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of MediWound Ltd.;
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in
all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the company as of, and for, the periods
presented in this report;
4. The company’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and
procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined
in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the company and have:
a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our
supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by
others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our
supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for
external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d. Disclosed in this report any change in the company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by
the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s internal control over financial
reporting; and
5. The company’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over
financial reporting, to the company’s auditors and the audit committee of the company’s board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent functions):
a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are
reasonably likely to adversely affect the company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the company’s internal
control over financial reporting.
/s/ Boaz Gur-Lavie
Boaz Gur-Lavie
Chief Financial Officer
Date: February 25, 2021
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
Exhibit 13.1
In connection with the Annual Report of MediWound Ltd. (the “Company”) on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2020 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Sharon Malka, do
certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my
knowledge:
(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of
operations of the Company.
/s/Sharon Malka
Sharon Malka
Chief Executive Officer
Date: February 25, 2021
CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906
OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002
Exhibit 13.2
In connection with the Annual Report of MediWound Ltd. (the “Company”) on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2020 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Boaz Gur-Lavie,
do certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to my
knowledge:
(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of
operations of the Company.
/s/ Boaz Gur-Lavie
Boaz Gur-Lavie
Chief Financial Officer
Date: February 25, 2021
Exhibit 15.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference Registration Statements (Form S-8 No.'s 333-223767, 333-195517,
333-210375, 333-230487 and 333-236635) and Registration Statement (Form F-3 No. 333-230490) of our report dated February
25, 2021, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of MediWound Ltd. and its subsidiaries (the "Company") included
in the Annual Report (Form 20-F) of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2020.
Tel Aviv, Israel
February 25, 2021
/s/ KOST, FORER, GABBAY & KASIERER
KOST, FORER, GABBAY & KASIERER
A Member of Ernst & Young Global