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Twist BioscienceUNITED STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWashington, D.C. 20549 FORM 10-K (Mark One)☒ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018OR☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE TRANSITION PERIODFROM TO Commission File Number 001-38470 Unity Biotechnology, Inc.(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter) Delaware26-4726035( State or other jurisdiction ofincorporation or organization)(I.R.S. EmployerIdentification No.)3280 Bayshore Blvd. Suite 100Brisbane, CA94005(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (650) 416-1192 Title of each class Name of each exchange on which registered Common stock, par value $0.0001 The Nasdaq Global Select Market Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: NoneIndicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. YES ☐ NO ☒Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Act. YES ☐ NO ☒Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. 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YES ☐ NO ☒The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the Registrant, based on the closing price of the shares of common stock on TheNASDAQ Global Select Market on June 29, 2018, was $423,352,473.The number of shares of Registrant’s Common Stock outstanding as of March 1, 2019 was 42,856,993.DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCEPortions of the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement relating to the 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, scheduled to be held on June 20, 2019, are incorporated by reference intoPart III of this Report. Such proxy statement will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days of the end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report onForm 10-K. Table of Contents PagePART I Item 1.Business4Item 1A.Risk Factors42Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments82Item 2.Properties82Item 3.Legal Proceedings82Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures82 PART II Item 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities83Item 6.Selected Financial Data85Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations86Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk98Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data99Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure131Item 9A.Controls and Procedures131Item 9B.Other Information131 PART III Item 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance132Item 11.Executive Compensation132Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters132Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence132Item 14.Principal Accounting Fees and Services132 PART IV Item 15.Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules133Item 16.Form 10-K Summary136 Signatures137 i Forward-Looking StatementsThis Annual Report on Form 10-K contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are statementsthat could be deemed forward-looking statements reflecting the current beliefs and expectations of management with respect to future events or to our futurefinancial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievementsto be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These statementsare often identified by the use of words such as “aim,” “anticipate,” “assume,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “due,” “estimate,” “expect,”“goal,” “if,” “intend,” “may,” “objective,” “plan,” “predict,” “potential,” “positioned,” “seek,” “should,” “target,” “will,” “would,” “until” and similarexpressions or variations. Forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K include, but are not limited to, statements about: •our expectations regarding the potential benefits, activity, effectiveness and safety of our drug candidates; •our expectations with regard to the results of our clinical studies, preclinical studies and research and development programs, including the timingand availability of data from such studies; •our preclinical, clinical and regulatory development plans for our drug candidates, including the timing or likelihood of regulatory filings andapprovals for our drug candidates; •our expectations with regard to our ability to acquire, discover and develop additional drug candidates and advance such drug candidates into, andsuccessfully complete, clinical studies; •our expectations regarding the potential market size and size of the potential patient populations for our drug candidates, if approved forcommercial use; •our intentions and our ability to establish collaborations and/or partnerships; •the timing and amount of any milestone payments we are obligated to make pursuant to our existing license agreements and any future license orcollaboration agreements that we may enter into; •our commercialization, marketing, and manufacturing capabilities and expectations; •our intentions with respect to the commercialization of our drug candidates; •the pricing and reimbursement of our drug candidates, if approved; •the implementation of our business model and strategic plans for our business and drug candidates, including additional indications for which wemay pursue; •the scope of protection we are able to establish and maintain for intellectual property rights covering our drug candidates, including the projectedterms of patent protection; •estimates of our expenses, future revenue, capital requirements, our needs for additional financing, and our ability to obtain additional capital; •our anticipated use of proceeds from our initial public offering; •our future financial performance; •developments and projections relating to our competitors and our industry, including competing therapies; and •other risks and uncertainties, including those listed under the caption “Risk Factors.”We caution you that the foregoing list may not contain all of the forward-looking statements made in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance orachievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Wediscuss these risks in greater detail in “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Given these uncertainties, you should not placeundue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Also, forward-looking statements represent our management’s beliefs and2 assumptions only as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update these forward-lookingstatements publicly, or to update the reasons actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements, even if newinformation becomes available in the future.This Annual Report on Form 10-K also contains estimates, projections and other information concerning our industry, our business and the marketsfor certain drugs, including data regarding the estimated size of those markets, their projected growth rates and the incidence of certain medical conditions.Information that is based on estimates, forecasts, projections or similar methodologies is inherently subject to uncertainties, and actual events orcircumstances may differ materially from events and circumstances reflected in this information. Unless otherwise expressly stated, we obtained this industry,business, market and other data from reports, research surveys, studies and similar data prepared by third parties, industry, medical and general publications,government data and similar sources. In some cases, we do not expressly refer to the sources from which this data is derived. In that regard, when we refer toone or more sources of this type of data in any paragraph, you should assume that other data of this type appearing in the same paragraph is derived from thesame sources, unless otherwise expressly stated or the context otherwise requires.TrademarksThis Annual Report on Form 10-K includes trademarks, service marks and trade names owned by us or other companies. All trademarks, servicemarks and trade names included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K are the property of their respective owners.3 PART IItem 1. Business.Overview Our mission is to extend human healthspan. We define healthspan, or healthy longevity, as the period of one’s life unburdened by thediseases of aging. Enabled by foundational scientific insights, we have devoted over seven years to identifying multiple mechanisms that we believe to beroot causes of age-related disease. We are utilizing these insights to develop a broad portfolio of drug candidates to treat these diseases of aging, and weinitiated our first clinical study of our lead drug candidate in the second quarter of 2018. We believe our team of scientific, clinical, and business leaders, andour strong culture of collaboration with external scientists make us uniquely qualified to accomplish our ambitious mission.Age-related diseases such as arthritis, vision loss, and cognitive decline cause considerable economic, personal, and societal burden. As individualsage, the prevalence of chronic disease increases, with 80% of older Americans having at least one chronic disease and 50% having two or more. Age-relateddiseases negatively impact quality of life, are typically chronic, and progress from the time of onset until death. It is estimated that providing healthcare forpeople over the age of 65 costs four to five times more than for younger individuals. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this elderlypopulation of Americans is expected to nearly double by 2050, increasing the economic burden of aging dramatically. Any success increasing longevitywithout treating underlying diseases of aging would only serve to increase this burden.We have developed a portfolio of programs targeting specific biological mechanisms implicated in diseases of aging and a pipeline of drugcandidates to attack specific age-related diseases, beginning with musculoskeletal, ophthalmologic, and pulmonary indications.Cellular SenescenceWe believe that the accumulation of senescent cells is a fundamental mechanism of aging and a major driver of many common age-related diseases.Cellular senescence is a natural biological state in which a cell permanently halts division. These cells are referred to as senescent. As senescent cellsaccumulate with age, they begin secreting large quantities of more than 100 proteins, including inflammatory factors, proteases, fibrotic factors, and growthfactors, that disturb the tissue micro-environment. This collection of secreted proteins is referred to as the Senescence Associated Secretory Phenotype, orSASP. In addition to its effects on tissue function, the SASP contains factors that induce senescence in neighboring cells, setting off a cascade of events thatculminates in the formation of the functionally aged and/or diseased tissue that underlies a variety of age-related diseases.Senolytic medicines selectively eliminate senescent cells and stop the production of the SASP at its source, which we believe addresses a rootcause of diseases of aging. Many existing therapeutics, such as antibodies, target single SASP factors, but fail to remove the cells that continually producemultiple SASP factors. By stopping the production of the SASP at it source, we believe senolytic medicines could have a more durable impact on disease andcould slow, halt, or reverse particular diseases of aging, and shift the treatment paradigm from chronic to intermittent dosing. Less frequent dosing may alsoimprove drug tolerability and patient adherence. We are developing a number of molecules that we refer to as senolytic medicines.Our PipelineWe are developing a portfolio of programs targeting specific biological mechanisms implicated in diseases of aging. Our core therapeutic approachtargets cellular senescence, and we are currently advancing senescence programs in musculoskeletal, ophthalmologic, and pulmonary disorders. Our clinicaldevelopment strategy is initially focused on the development of senolytic medicines designed to be administered locally into diseased tissue. Afterdemonstrating efficacy in indications amenable to localized therapy, we plan to pursue the development of senolytic medicines that could be administeredsystemically to treat additional age-related diseases such as kidney disease, liver disease and neurological disorders. In addition to our efforts to eliminatesenescent cells, we are also advancing other programs that have the potential to extend human healthspan, including the administration of circulating youthfactors and the enhancement of mitochondrial function.4 Our current pipeline of programs is illustrated below:Within our cellular senescence programs, our lead senolytic molecules, UBX0101 and UBX1967, designed for local treatment for the removal ofaccumulated senescent cells, are described below:Musculoskeletal/Osteoarthritis ProgramsUBX0101 is our lead drug candidate for musculoskeletal disease with an initial focus on osteoarthritis, or OA, of the knee. It is a potent senolyticsmall molecule inhibitor of the MDM2/p53 interaction. Disruption of this protein-protein interaction can trigger the elimination of senescent cells. Weinitiated a Phase 1 clinical study in OA of the knee in the second quarter of 2018 and we expect initial results from this Phase 1 clinical study in the secondquarter of 2019. We own, co-own or have exclusively licensed worldwide rights for the use of UBX0101 for the treatment of OA. See “—IntellectualProperty.”Ophthalmology ProgramUBX1967 is our most advanced lead drug candidate for age-related diseases of the eye, including age-related macular degeneration, diabeticmacular edema and proliferative diabetic retinopathy. This drug candidate is a potent senolytic small molecule inhibitor of specific members of the Bcl-2family of apoptosis regulatory proteins. UBX1967 inhibits the function of proteins that senescent cells rely on for survival. In our preclinical studies, wehave demonstrated that by targeting this pathway UBX1967 preferentially eliminates senescent cells while sparing non-senescent cells. We plan to submit anIND application for UBX1967 in early 2020 that, if accepted, would enable us to pursue multiple age-related eye indications in clinical trials. Under alicense agreement with Ascentage Pharma Group Corp Limited, we have exclusive worldwide development and commercialization rights and non-exclusivemanufacturing rights to UBX1967 outside of Greater China (China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan) in all non-oncology indications Inside Greater China,we will be obligated to develop, manufacture and commercialize UBX1967 through a joint venture with Ascentage. See “—Licenses and Collaborations.”Our StrategyTo achieve our objective of building Unity into a leading healthspan company, we focus on two parallel efforts. First, we are committed todeveloping senolytic medicines that slow, halt, or reverse specific diseases of aging. Second, we dedicate significant resources and effort to better understandfundamental aging mechanisms and translating these insights into human medicines. This pioneering work is supported by valuable collaborations withleading academics. By investing early in the science of aging, we believe we are positioned to transition the field of5 aging biology from fundamental scientific insights to the development and commercialization of medicines. Our core strategies to achieve this objectiveinclude: •Demonstrate in our clinical studies that local treatment with senolytic medicines can alter the course of age-related diseases. We believe thatlocal treatment with senolytic medicines has the potential to slow, halt, or reverse aspects of aging. If we prove this concept in a localized setting,we will be well-positioned to expand upon that success with numerous additional applications. •Continue research into the development of systemic senolytic medicines. We believe that harnessing the full potential of senolysis, or theselective elimination of senescent cells, to alter many diseases of aging will require systemic senolytic medicines. We intend to explore thedevelopment of systemic senolytic medicines using multiple modalities, including small molecules and biologics. •Target aging mechanisms beyond cellular senescence. While cellular senescence and senolysis have been shown to affect the course of multiplediseases of aging, we believe achieving our broader goal of extending human healthspan will require intervention in additional aging mechanismsbeyond cellular senescence. We will continue to conduct fundamental research into these other aging mechanisms, including loss of circulatingyouth factors and mitochondrial dysfunction. We will also continue to partner with the most forward-thinking aging researchers in the world tofoster a collaborative environment to bring their insights, innovation, and technologies into our powerful research and drug developmentinfrastructure. •Leverage our core science and biotechnology experience. We strive to attract, retain, and incentivize a unique team with significant strengthsand experience in basic science, biotechnology, medicinal chemistry, and clinical development. Over the last seven years, our team has identifiedmultiple mechanisms that can selectively eliminate senescent cells, created potent senolytic molecules, and developed proprietary animal modelsto monitor senescent cell clearance. We have developed significant insight into the relationship between the accumulation of senescent cells andhuman disease. Further, our management team has extensive biotechnology and pharmaceutical experience, and has played a leadership role in thecreation of numerous FDA-approved medicines. •Opportunistically expand our product portfolio. Our internal research has identified multiple biological pathways that are potential targets fordiseases of aging. We will search for opportunities to in-license novel medicines that can rapid enter clinical development. We expect that ourcurrent leadership in the biology of cellular senescence will serve as a foundation for us to develop numerous products to treat human disease. •Continue to build a robust and defensible patent portfolio. We are an innovative biotechnology company focused on developing novel insightsinto the biology and diseases of aging. Our current patent portfolio consists, on a worldwide basis, of 30 issued and allowed patents and more than100 additional pending patent applications which we own, co-own or have exclusively licensed. We intend to continue to aggressively develop,file, and pursue additional patent protection for our innovative technologies and products.Healthspan and Diseases of AgingAge-related diseases such as arthritis, vision loss, and cognitive decline cause considerable economic, personal and societal burden. As individualsage, the prevalence of chronic disease increases, with 80% of older Americans having at least one chronic disease and 50% having two or more. Thisdeterioration of health negatively impacts quality of life, and age-related diseases are typically chronic and persist from the time of onset until death.Diseases of aging drive significant healthcare spending. It is estimated that providing healthcare for people over the age of 65 costs four to fivetimes more than for younger individuals. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services expect health spending in the United States, or U.S., to exceed$5.2 trillion by 2025, which is equal to approximately 20% of the projected U.S. gross national product for the same year. According to the Centers forDisease Control and Prevention, the population of Americans aged 65 years or older is expected to nearly double by 2050, dramatically increasing theeconomic burden of aging. Moreover, diseases associated with aging have a detrimental impact on quality of life and older adults are often less optimisticabout their future. Of the 34 million6 family caregivers in the U.S. who support aging relatives, many experience a deterioration in their own health and well-being as a result.We believe that by creating medicines that target fundamental aging mechanisms, we can reduce the economic, personal, and societal burden ofaging and enhance quality of life. Our Approach to Extending Human HealthspanCauses of Cellular SenescenceCellular senescence is a natural biological state in which a cell permanently halts division. Cells become senescent when they experience someform of unresolvable cellular stress. To date, six stress mechanisms have been identified that can cause a cell to become senescent, including (i) extensive celldivision and telomere shortening, (ii) DNA damage, (iii) oxidative stress, (iv) high concentration glucose, (v) mitochondrial dysfunction, and (vi) activationof a cancer-causing gene.These cellular stress events result in the activation of the tumor suppressor protein p53, which drives the production of two cell-cycle dependentkinase inhibitors, or CDK inhibitors, p21 and p16. These two molecules are required for the establishment and subsequent maintenance of the senescent cellstate. The first CDK inhibitor to be produced is p21, which works through subsequent pathways to block the production of numerous proteins that cells needto divide. The initial p21-driven signal is an acute response to cell damage and eventually decreases. In contrast, p16 permanently locks the cell into a non-dividing state and the production of p16 continues as long as the cell lives. Given that p16 production, in most cases, continues indefinitely and is believedto be produced almost exclusively in senescent cells, it is a widely used marker to identify and quantify senescent cells.The process through which stress mechanisms can induce cells to become senescent is illustrated in the figure below. How Senescent Cells Drive Diseases of Aging: The SASPOnce cells become senescent, they begin secreting large quantities of more than 100 proteins, including pro-inflammatory factors that recruit theimmune system, proteases that remodel the extra-cellular matrix, pro-fibrotic factors that drive the formation of dysfunctional matrix, and growth factors thatperturb the function of the tissue7 micro-environment. This collection of secreted proteins is referred to as the Senescence Associated Secretory Phenotype, or SASP. In addition to its effects ontissue function, the SASP contains factors that induce senescence in neighboring cells, setting off a cascade of events that ultimately culminates in theformation of a functionally aged and/or diseased tissue that underlies a variety of age-related diseases. This process is illustrated in the figure below. Numerous SASP factors have been implicated as potentially contributing to human disease and it is now believed that the SASP is the primarymeans by which senescent cells drive specific diseases of aging. For example, a variety of single SASP factors (TNF-α and VEGF-A) have been demonstratedto drive human diseases by themselves and have been the target of well-known antibody therapeutics, including HUMIRA® and EYLEA®. While theseantibodies are able to modify human disease by removing the activity of a single SASP factor, we believe the clearance of senescent cells will remove thesource of numerous SASP factors, providing improvement in both efficacy and duration-of-effect. Our Therapeutic ParadigmWe were founded on the principle that the selective elimination of senescent cells and their accompanying SASP has the potential to slow, halt, orreverse diseases of aging. Our insights into senescent cell biology allow us to8 identify senescence-driven diseases, target the senescent cells driving a particular disease, and selectively eliminate these cells. The figure below illustratesthis process. In developing this approach, we have acquired significant expertise with respect to senescent cell survival pathways, which are the signalingsystems that senescent cells rely on for survival. When these pathways are inhibited with specifically designed molecules, senescent cells undergoprogrammed cell death. Through our research, we have identified several of these mechanistically distinct survival pathways, which differ depending on celltype and the tissue in which the senescent cells reside.Using small molecules, we have cataloged these survival pathways on a cell-type-by-cell-type basis into a database we refer to as the ATLAS. Thedatabase indicates the survival pathways on which specific senescent cell types depend thereby elucidating vulnerabilities in those cells that can beexploited by the administration of senolytic molecules to trigger the selective elimination of these cells. The ATLAS provides us with a map of chemicalstarting points for the creation of senolytic medicines. Advantages of Our ApproachWe believe that senolytic medicines—medicines that selectively eliminate senescent cells from diseased tissues—may have four advantages overother efforts to treat age-related diseases: •Senolytic medicines target a root cause of diseases of aging. We believe that the accumulation of senescent cells is a root cause of many diseasesof aging. Unlike treatments that inhibit the activity of a single factor (such as antibodies targeting single pro-inflammatory proteins), we believe asenolytic medicine that selectively eliminates accumulated senescent cells and consequently also their associated SASP, could blunt the activityof numerous factors contributing to disease. As a result, senolytic medicines could have improved efficacy because they target diseases at theirsource and therefore may be able to normalize tissue levels of numerous disease-causing factors simultaneously. •Senolytic medicines can be dosed intermittently. The administration of senolytic medicines would remove senescent cells from diseased tissue.As new senescent cells may take months or even years to re-accumulate, senolytic medicines could potentially be dosed infrequently. We believethat intermittent dosing (rather than ongoing chronic dosing) could restore normal tissue function such that further drug administration would notbe required until senescent cells have re-accumulated. Intermittent dosing may also improve drug tolerability and patient adherence whencompared to chronic therapies. •Senescent cells accumulate at sites of disease, simplifying multiple aspects of clinical development. We believe senescent cells accumulate atsites of disease and drive disease through their accompanying SASP.9 Our ability to quantify senescent cells and accompanying SASP factors in sites of disease may simplify clinical development in a number of ways.First, we can simplify indication selection to pursue the development of senolytic medicines for diseases in which we observe the localaccumulation of senescent cells. Second, it is possible to identify patients that may better respond to senolytic medicines based on p16 expressionand other biomarkers of senescence. Third, we can potentially monitor patients for response to therapy by tracking the reduction of senescence-associated biomarkers. •Senolytic medicines restore tissues to a healthy state. We believe senescent cells generally do not accumulate in young individuals and that theaccumulation of senescent cells is unnecessary for normal tissue function. Our goal for the administration of senolytic medicines is to restore tissueto a functionally younger state.Our Discovery and Development StrategyWe believe that each of our senolytic programs has the potential to address a root cause of an age-related disease. Our clinical developmentstrategy is initially to develop senolytic medicines designed to be administered locally into diseased tissue (either by injection or inhalation), which reducessystemic toxicological risks by limiting drug exposure largely to the treated tissue. After demonstrating safety and efficacy in indications amenable tolocalized therapy, we plan to pursue the development of senolytic medicines that could be administered systemically, initially acting on specific tissues forwhich direct local administration is challenging. Ultimately, we envision the potential for systemic administration of senolytic medicines to selectivelyeliminate senescent cells throughout the body to treat diseases of aging that are not amenable to local treatment, such as kidney, liver, and heart disease. Weare also developing medicines that act on aging mechanisms beyond cellular senescence, such as those that address the loss of circulating youth factors andenhance mitochondrial health. By targeting specific biological mechanisms that are implicated in diseases of aging, our vision is to address the body as awhole, reducing age-related diseases and extending human healthspan.Cellular Senescence Biology ProgramMusculoskeletal/Osteoarthritis ProgramsUnmet Need and Therapeutic RationaleDiseases of the musculoskeletal system represent one of the leading causes of disability in the world, particularly among the aging population.According to the 2015 World Health Organization World Report on Ageing and Health, musculoskeletal diseases account for the most time those over age 50in the developed world spend living with a disability. To date, senescence has been linked with osteoarthritis of the knee, hip, and intervertebral (spine) facetjoints, degeneration of intervertebral discs, and loss of bone density.Osteoarthritis, or OA, is a degenerative disease that negatively impacts subchondral bone and the synovial tissue surrounding the joint, causingpain and physical impairment. The effect of tissue degeneration causes the normally smooth joint layers to become fragmented and pitted, the synovial tissueto become inflamed and thickened, and the bone to develop abnormal morphology, all of which lead to a decrease in joint function and mobility, pain, andphysical impairment. OA is a highly prevalent disease, symptomatically affecting as many as 10% to 15% of the world’s population over age 60, and resultsin a decline in quality of life. The most common joint affected by OA is the knee, followed by the hip, ankle, and shoulder. Importantly, the current standardof care begins with symptomatic treatment that temporarily addresses joint inflammation or pain control. The natural progression of treatment often results injoint replacement surgery. Based on data from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (a division of the U.S. Department of Health and HumanServices) for 2009, the aggregate cost of knee and hip replacements in the United States was $42.3 billion. The overall cost of OA is estimated to be greaterthan $150 billion per year in the United States.OA of the knee is believed to be a heterogeneous and multifactorial disease. We believe that the accumulation of senescent cells and associatedSASP are significant contributing factors in OA disease. A number of SASP factors are secreted by senescent cells into the tissue and/or synovial fluidsurrounding an affected joint, including (i) cytokines and chemokines which may cause inflammation, such as the interleukins IL-1ß and IL-6; (ii) proteasesand protease inhibitors, which may cause tissue degradation, such as MMP-1, MMP-3 and MMP-13; and (iii) growth10 factors and adhesion molecules, which may lead to tissue remodeling, such as VEGFC and ICAM-1. The presence and concentrations of these SASP factorsmay vary based on the tissue and fluid type, however we believe these SASP factors lead to cartilage loss, inflammation of the synovial membrane,abnormalities to bone, degeneration of the joint cartilage, and pain.Evidence for Cellular Senescence Burden in Human Disease and Human Biomarker DiscoveryTo evaluate the link between cellular senescence, SASP accumulation and OA disease, we conducted a non-interventional biomarker study in 30patients with primary OA of the knee. The enrolled patients displayed a range of OA disease between grades 1 and 4 based on an X-ray scoring system calledthe Kellgren-Lawrence, or KL, grade. The KL grade is a common tool used to classify extent of OA with scores ranging from 0, referring to no disease, tograde 4, referring to severe disease. During the study, patients underwent knee MRI imaging with contrast enhancement and arthroscopy, a fiber opticsurgical device inserted into the knee joint, for biopsy of synovial membrane and non-weight bearing cartilage. They also provided blood and urine, andunderwent pain scoring, as measured by the WOMAC-A sub-scale, a commonly used standardized questionnaire, to evaluate their OA disease status and itsrelationship to senescent cell burden.Immunohistochemistry, or IHC, of the sampled tissue demonstrated p16-positive cells affecting a number of cell types within the synovialmembrane. The degree of senescence was quantified in these samples by measuring the percentage of p16 positive cells relative to the total cell number in thespecimen.Several significant findings were identified by assessing the relationship between the percent of p16-positive cells and other measures in thisstudy. First, the extent of senescence was significantly correlated with the concentration of IL-6, a well-established inflammatory marker associated with OA.(Figure 1A). Second, the extent of senescence in the synovial membrane from each patient showed statistically significant correlation to the amount of paineach of those patients experienced at the start of the study, based on the WOMAC-A pain sub-scale (Figure 1B). Third, the extent of senescence in thesynovial membrane, including examining specific individual areas within the knee, showed statistically significantly correlation with the MRI-basedsynovitis score that evaluates 11 different regions within the knee (Figure 1C). Finally, a relationship trend was identified when assessing the correlationbetween the extent of senescence and the grade of disease based on the KL grade. When evaluating the relationship in patients with mild to moderatelysevere disease (KL grades 1-3), this relationship was statistically significant (Figure 1D). 11 Figure 1A. Relationship between concentration of IL-6 and percent of p16 positive cells within the synovial membrane. Regression adjusted partial R, rank = 0.5888, p-value = 0.0137. The regression adjusted partial R is the correlation after adjustment for body mass index (BMI), age, and KL grade.Figure 1B. Relationship between WOMAC-A Score and percent of p16 positive cells within the synovial membrane. Regression adjusted partial R, rank = 0.4554, p-value =0.0147. Figure 1C. Relationship between MRI synovitis score and percent of p16 positive cells within the synovial membrane; p-value overall = 0.0008; Score 0 vs 2, p = 0.0043;Score 1 vs 2, p = 0.0656.Figure 1D. Relationship between KL grade and percent of p16 positive cells within the synovial membrane. Trend observed across all grades; across grades 1-3, p=0.005 inan unadjusted regression model.Mechanism of Action of UBX0101UBX0101 is a small molecule inhibitor of the MDM2/p53 protein-protein interaction. The tumor suppressor p53 is a transcription factor thatregulates a broad set of genes that control cellular functions including cell cycle arrest, cell death (or apoptosis), and senescence. MDM2 is a protein-ubiquitin ligase that marks proteins for destruction. UBX0101 binds to MDM2, raising p53 levels and causing senescent cells to undergo apoptosis.Preclinical Studies with UBX0101We conducted in vitro experiments to study the potency of UBX0101 and its ability to eliminate senescent cells. In vitro studies demonstrate thatUBX0101 is a potent inducer of p53 expression and senescent cell apoptosis. This confirmed that UBX0101 elevates p53 and eliminates senescent cells. Inparticular, treatment of irradiated human fetal lung fibroblasts, or IMR90, and irradiated human primary synovial fibroblasts exhibited a dose-dependentpotent reduction of senescent cell survival. IMR90 cells have been the cell line used to study senescence biology for the past 30 years. These cells are used tostudy senescence in vitro because they are normal cells without acquired mutations that could drive resistance to drug-induced apoptosis. We use IMR90 andsynovial fibroblast cells as our primary screens and complement these two cell types with disease-relevant primary cell cultures to confirm that mechanismsof senescence translate to the relevant cell type.We next studied the in vivo efficacy of UBX0101 in a mouse model of OA. We used the mouse anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, transectionmodel in which the ACL is transected in a surgical procedure after which the mouse is allowed to recover for 14 days. This model induces an aggressive formof OA characterized by inflammation, cartilage degeneration, and pain. We selected this model as it has demonstrated the accumulation of senescent cells.Intra-articular, or IA, dosing of our clinical candidate, UBX0101, led to a dose-dependent reduction of senescent cells as measured by lowering the expressionof p16 (Figure 2A) and a reduced expression of SASP factors, including IL-1ß (Figure 2B) and MMP-13 (Figure 2C), each in whole knee homogenate.Although attempts to replicate these findings in different animal models of OA proved to be challenging, as it is difficult to mimic a disease like OA, which12 develops over a long period of time in humans, in short-term animal models, these mouse model data further support our hypothesis that elimination ofsenescent cells with UBX0101 leads to changes in accompanying SASP. Figures 2A, 2B and 2C. IA dosing of UBX0101 reduces p16 expression (*p<0.05) and OA-relevant SASP factors, including IL-1ß and MMP-13 expression levels inthe ACLT murine model.We also conducted an ex vivo study in which cartilage (chondrocytes) from active OA lesions was obtained from human knees following total kneereplacement surgery and then placed in culture and treated with UBX0101. The regions of high OA disease tissue burden correlated well with higher p16 andMMP-13 biomarker levels, which we believe is a key indicator of cellular senescence-driven disease within cartilage. When treated with UBX0101, thenumber of p16 positive cells and cells expressing MMP-13 were greatly reduced. In addition, the expression of two key proteins, type 2 collagen andaggrecan, were significantly upregulated (n=4; *p≤0.05)). These two proteins are among the most abundant components of cartilage. These data suggest thatchondrocytes from patients with end-stage OA are capable of synthesizing new cartilage once accumulated senescent cells are removed. As a result, webelieve that intervening in vivo in humans could not only slow the progression of OA, but could also induce a reparative state in which more functionaltissue is restored.The potential for local toxicity was assessed in GLP-compliant studies after a single-dose intra-articular injection in both rabbits (doses of 0.1, 0.3and 0.6 mg/joint) and canines (doses of 0.1, 0.3 and 1.0 mg/joint). Findings from these rabbit and canine studies showed that a single intra-articularadministration of UBX0101 was well tolerated at doses up to 0.6 mg/joint in the rabbit and 1 mg/joint in the canine, the highest doses tested in the GLPtoxicity studies. UBX0101-related histopathological findings after a single intra-articular injection were limited to fibrinoid degeneration and mixed cellinflammation of the synovium in canines. Neither the degeneration nor the inflammation was considered adverse at any dose level due to the minimalseverity of the changes. There was no evidence of systemic toxicity in the canines following intra-articular injection. Although histopathological findingswere noted in earlier exploratory rabbit studies performed at high doses (up to 9 mg/joint), no UBX0101-related findings in the joint or evidence of systemictoxicity were noted in the 2017 GLP toxicity study conducted in rabbits.The potential systemic toxicity was evaluated in GLP-compliant toxicity studies after a single oral administration in both rats (doses of 30, 300 and600 mg/kg) and canines (doses of 30, 100 and 300 mg/kg). In these studies, the no-observed-adverse-effect level (NOAEL) was 300 mg/kg in rats and100 mg/kg in canines. At doses of 100 mg/kg and above, adverse effects after oral dosing consisted of transient, reversible and monitorable clinical signs incanines (300 mg/kg), decrease in body weight in canines (100 and 300 mg/kg) and rats (600 mg/kg) and clinical pathology changes (decrease inhematopoietic populations and increase in hepatic parameters) in both canines (100 and 300 mg/kg) and rats (300 and 600 mg/kg). At pathologicalexamination, changes in hematopoietic organs were noted in both rats (600 mg/kg) and dogs (100 and 300 mg/kg) whereas non-adverse liver-related changeswere observed in rats only (300 and 600 mg/kg). These effects were observed at systemic exposures that are greater than 800-fold the anticipated maximumexposure in patient after a single intra articular injection.The potential genotoxicity of UBX0101 was evaluated in the following GLP studies: (i) a bacterial reverse mutation assay (in vitro) atconcentrations up to 5000 µg/plate, (ii) a chromosome aberration assay (in vitro) at concentrations ranging from 0.25 µg/ml to 300 µg/ml, and (iii) a ratmicronucleus assay (oral/once) at doses of 500,13 1000 and 2000 mg/kg. In these studies, UBX0101 was non-mutagenic in bacterial species up to a concentration of 5000 ug/plate and it was weakly positivein vitro for inducing chromosomal aberrations, which is consistent with the pharmacological activity of UBX0101. It was negative for inducing polyploidyand endoreduplication in cultured human lymphocytes and negative in the in vivo rat micronucleus at oral doses up to 2000 mg/kg, the maximumrecommended dose based on regulatory guidelines.We also conducted the following safety pharmacology studies: (i) hERG channel in mammalian cells (in vitro) at concentrations of 1, 3, 10 and30 µM, (ii) central nervous system in rat (oral/once) at doses of 30, 300 and 600 mg/kg, (iii) cardiovascular in canine (oral/once) at doses of 10, 30 and100 mg/kg, and (iv) respiratory in rat at doses of 30, 300 and 600 mg/kg. These studies indicated that the risk for significant hERG inhibition in vivo isminimal. UBX0101 demonstrated a low potential for cardiovascular effects in canines (NOAEL of 30 mg/kg) and did not produce any effect on ventilatoryfunction or neurobehavioral effects in rats at doses up to 30 mg/kg (the no-observed-effect-level, or NOEL) when given as a single oral administration.The nonclinical exploratory and GLP studies have demonstrated that findings related to the proposed clinical intra-articular route of administrationare generally non-adverse and likely to be reversible. There was no systemic toxicity noted after intra-articular injection in safety assessment studies at anydose level tested. Estimated UBX0101 knee concentrations at the NOAEL from the safety studies were 38-fold higher than the exposures required to achievethe EC50 concentration in the in vitro OA knee efficacy model. Based on the findings of our preclinical studies, we believe the safety pharmacology andtoxicology studies support the evaluation of UBX0101 in the Phase 1 clinical program.UBX0101 Development PlanIn the second quarter of 2018, we initiated a Phase 1 clinical study in patients with moderate to severe OA of the knee. This Phase 1 study is arandomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to investigate the safety and tolerability of single, ascending intra-articular doses of UBX0101. In theinitial phase, or Part A, of the study, 48 patients were randomly assigned to receive UBX0101 or placebo in 3:1 randomization by dose level cohort. Primaryendpoints are safety and tolerability. Secondary and exploratory endpoints include plasma pharmacokinetics, synovitis as measured by MRI, pain, and SASPfactors in synovial fluid and plasma. Patients will be followed for a total of 12 weeks following treatment administration, at which time key endpoints will beassessed.In the first quarter of 2019, we expanded the study to include a second phase, or Part B, with an additional cohort of at least 24 patients with thehighest safe and tolerated dose level evaluated during Part A of the study (4 mg). Part B is intended to supplement Part A by further evaluating the impact ofUBX0101 on SASP factors. In Part B, patients will be randomized to receive UBX0101 or placebo in a 2:1 randomization. Primary endpoints are safety andtolerability. Secondary endpoints include SASP factors in synovial fluid and plasma, pain, and drug exposure. Synovial fluid samples will be obtained pre-treatment and at four weeks. Key endpoints will be assessed at four weeks and patients will be followed for a total of six weeks following treatmentadministration. We expect top-line results from both Part A and Part B in the second quarter of 2019.OA of the knee is believed to be a heterogeneous and multifactorial disease where multiple SASP factors are implicated in pathogenesis. Whileevidence suggests that individual SASP factors contribute to OA disease pathology, it is our belief that suppression of multiple factors is likely needed for ameaningful clinical benefit to be observed. The Phase 1 study will evaluate the impact of UBX0101 on SASP factors (24 in synovial fluid and 8 plasma)believed to play a role in human OA. The factors were selected based on our Ph 0 OA biomarker study, pre-clinical data, and an extensive literature review.These factors, which include cytokines and chemokines, proteases and protease inhibitors, and growth factors and adhesion molecules, will be measured forchange from baseline to 12 weeks in Part A and from baseline to 4 weeks in Part B (Figure 3).14 Figure 3: SASP factors for Phase 1 measurement.At the conclusion of Parts A and B of this study, if the results are positive, we expect to have the option to use the safety, tolerability, andpharmacodynamic data from Parts A and B, to support the further expansion of selected cohorts to sufficiently power a proof-of-concept study for theassessment of pain and inflammation. Additionally, we may also conduct a repeated dose study to optimize the dosing regimen for future trials.Ophthalmology ProgramsUnmet Need and Therapeutic RationaleThe majority of significant eye diseases are age related, with the prevalence of vision-threatening disease increasing significantly over the age of75. Of the 285 million individuals worldwide living with visual impairment, 65% are over the age of 50. The individual diseases that are associated withthese figures include age-related macular degeneration, diabetic eye diseases and glaucoma, all of which have a high prevalence and significant unmet needin either prevention or therapeutic options. The diseases we are evaluating as initial target indications for local administration of senolytic therapy in the eyeare age-related macular degeneration, diabetic macular edema, diabetic retinopathy, and primary open angle glaucoma.Age-Related Macular DegenerationAge-related macular degeneration, or AMD, is the leading cause of irreversible vision loss in people over the age of 65 in the United States, wherethere are an estimated 2.1 million people with AMD. This number is projected to more than double by 2050, reaching 5.4 million. The prevalence of AMDincreases significantly with advancing age, with a prevalence of 2.8% in those aged 65 to 74 years, increasing to 8.7% in those over 75 years. AMD affectscentral vision, impairing functions such as reading, driving, and facial recognition, and has a major impact on quality of life and the ability to liveindependently. AMD is defined in three stages: (i) “early,” in which visual function is affected in the presence of signs of age-related changes in the retinasuch as drusen and pigmentary changes, (ii) “intermediate,” in which increasing degrees of macular lipid deposition and structural changes are noted, and (iii)“late,” in which central vision is severely compromised due to abnormal blood vessel growth (known as “wet” AMD) or advanced atrophy of the retina(known as “dry” AMD). It is a heterogenous, complex, multifactorial disease, with inflammatory, degenerative, genetic, and vascular factors all contributingto its development and progression. The15 potential role of senescent cells and the associated SASP in driving the two main presentations of the disease, both wet and dry forms, could prove a unifyingmechanism across this complex disorder.Standard of care for AMD is limited to anti-vascular endothelial growth factor, or anti-VEGF, drugs which control aspects of the wet form of thedisease only. Therapeutic options for dry AMD have proven challenging with no currently approved therapies available to slow progression or reversedisease. Wet AMD has been significantly impacted by anti-VEGF therapy but that approach is limited by the need for frequent, long-term eye injections, asignificant percentage of patients not completing or being non-responsive or poorly-responsive to anti-VEGF therapy, and the contribution of multiple othermechanisms at play in the disease beyond VEGF. Thus, there is considerable potential for a senolytic approach to impact disease progression and achievestabilization in AMD via modulation of senescent cell burden and the accompanying SASP. SASP factors in AMD include molecules that promote abnormalblood vessel growth, inflammation, and fibrosis, all of which have been implicated in various stages of the disease. It is our hypothesis that a senolyticmedicine could have a meaningful and prolonged impact on the AMD disease state and help restore the cellular microenvironment to a more normal, pre-senescent state.Diabetic Macular EdemaThe prevalence of diabetic macular edema, or DME, in the U.S. ranges from approximately 4.0 to 6.8% of people with diabetes who are 40 years ofage or older. There is a high burden of DME among non-Hispanic blacks and robust associations with higher hemoglobin A1c and longer duration ofunderlying diabetes.Because the prevalence of DME increases with increasing duration of hyperglycemia, retinopathy is more likely to be found in eyes of patientswho have a longer interval between the onset of diabetes and its discovery. Lower frequencies of DME would be expected in asymptomatic people who arediscovered to have diabetes by testing during population-based studies. These people are probably closer to the time of “onset” of their diabetes thansymptomatic patients who are discovered to have Type 2 diabetes by their physicians.Despite the success achieved with anti-VEGF treatment for retinal disease like AMD that involve the proliferation of abnormal blood vessels, orneovascularization, in DME, the impact of this therapeutic approach has been limited. This is due to poor patient compliance with the regimen (monthly andor bimonthly IVT injections), the number of cases that are refractory to anti-VEGF treatment (50% of DME patients), and the long-term complication ofincreased ischemia and retinal fibrosis associated with long-term treatment with anti-VEGF injections. As a result there is an unmet need in this group ofpatients. Although VEGF has been identified as a primary biomarker for neovascular disease, other biomarkers, which we believe are SASP factors, are presentin DME (including IL-1ß, TNF-a, IL-6, and TGF-ß, among others). Due to the multifactorial nature of the disease, a significant opportunity exists to develop amore comprehensive approach to the treatment of DME that targets the root cause of the disease.Diabetic RetinopathyDiabetic retinopathy, or DR, is estimated to affect over 90 million people globally and approximately 28 million have vision-threatening stages ofdisease. It is a leading cause of vision loss in middle-aged and elderly people and impacts 8% of the U.S. population over age 65. Due to the increasingdiabetic population arising from lifestyle changes in developing countries, the disease incidence is predicted to climb.Diabetic retinopathy is a complex multifactorial disease, characterized by progression through a series of stages of increasing severity. Highglucose levels incite a variety of inflammatory and a number of metabolic stress-induced events leading to proliferation of neovascularization, withsubsequent bleeding and swelling causing visual loss. The risk of developing diabetic retinopathy and its severity increase with the duration of underlyingdiabetes. It is also associated with poor glycemic control and the presence of additional coexistent diseases, such as high blood pressure, high cholesterollevels, and impaired kidney function.Current standard of care for diabetic retinopathy, which includes blood sugar control, anti-VEGF drugs, and laser therapy, is modestly effective.Limitations of existing therapy include general challenges with achieving diabetes control, the need for frequent intra-vitreal injections for theadministration of anti-VEGF therapy, a significant percentage of patients not completing or being non-responsive to anti-VEGF therapy, and tissuedestruction with16 permanent side effects from laser therapy. This presents a significant opportunity to design and develop a treatment paradigm that treats a root cause of thedisease.Evidence suggests that diabetic retinopathy is driven by the accumulation of senescent cells that are a direct result of elevated glucose levels inpatients with diabetes. These senescent cells are triggered by local stresses in the retina and their accumulation drives the production of the accompanyingocular SASP factors, VEGF and PDGF. Overproduction of VEGF and IL-6 leads to ocular inflammation and abnormal blood vessel growth, key signatures ofthe causes of diabetic retinopathy. Thus, a senolytic approach could target multiple aspects of the underlying causes of diabetic retinopathy and ideally leadto greater therapeutic coverage in a wider range of patients. By eliminating senescent cell accumulation and accompanying SASP factors, one could limitfurther disease progression, reduce vessel leakage and inflammation, and prevent vision loss.Primary Open-Angle GlaucomaGlaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in the world, with an estimated 60 million cases worldwide. There are approximately2.7 million people in the United States with glaucoma, with up to 50% of cases undetected as the result of the disease typically being asymptomatic untilvery late in the course of its progression. This number is projected to reach 6.3 million by 2050 and age is one of the strongest risk factors for thedevelopment of the disease. Prevalence in general increases with age, with 2.5% prevalence between the ages of 55 and 64, 5.7% between 65 and 74 and10.3% over the age of 75.Primary open-angle glaucoma, or POAG, is a degeneration of nerve cells in the retina characterized by a progressive loss of retinal nerve function.This occurs due to abnormalities in the outflow channels, which are referred to as the trabecular meshwork, or TM, of the front portion of the eye such thatremoval of aqueous humor, or AH fluid, no longer balances AH production. As a result, intra-ocular pressure, or IOP, increases. Before vision loss becomesprominent, POAG is an asymptomatic disease making screening examinations critical for early detection. There are no available therapies that restore lostvisual function. With advancing disease, more central vision is lost and, if left untreated, total blindness can occur. There are no curative therapies forglaucoma. Treatment is lifelong and aimed at slowing progression of disease. Even with maximal therapy a proportion of patients will continue to progress,highlighting the significant unmet need in glaucoma treatment.Current POAG management primarily includes strategies to lower IOP by medical and/or surgical means in an attempt to slow disease progression.IOP is a modifiable risk factor in glaucoma and therefore a target for therapy, yet it is known that IOP is but one of many factors in the complexpathophysiology of POAG. Topical therapeutic options to reduce IOP include prostaglandin analogues, cholinergic agonists, and ß-blockers. The majorchallenge in topical therapy is non-adherence with regimens that require at least daily dosing and are associated with significant tolerability profiles.Adherence rates with topical regimens at one year following prescription were reported to be between 10% and 40%. Compounding this problem is a greaterthan 40% incidence rate of intolerability issues and that 40% of patients require more than one medication to control IOP to their individual target range.Surgical options to control IOP include laser therapy, surgery to open the outflow channels, and micro-incisional glaucoma surgery. Surgical interventionsare associated with greater risks and are in general reserved for more advanced cases.Thus, POAG remains a high unmet medical need with significant opportunity for a sustained and durable IOP lowering therapy. We believe thatPOAG is driven by the accumulation of senescent cells and secretion of the SASP in the TM as a result of cellular stress and injury leading to decreasedoutflow of AH. A reduction in cellularity leading to changes in TM architecture has been described in glaucoma and supports our belief that a senolyticcould have prolonged effect on IOP lowering through the clearance of senescent cells and reduction in SASP.Evidence for Senescence Burden in Human Disease and Human Biomarker Discovery: AMD, DME and DRWe evaluated the presence of senescent cells in retinal donor tissue from normal and AMD subject samples by IHC staining for p16. We believethat data supported our hypothesis that the accumulation of senescent cells is linked to AMD and is seen at the juncture between normal retina and AMDaffected retina. 17 We have also evaluated the link between senescence in human retinal microvascular endothelial cells, or HRMEC, and human DME/DR patientsby evaluating the gene expression of several disease-relevant factors. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, demonstrated elevations in VEGF,PDGF, IL-1ß, and TNF in senescent HRMEC, relative to non-senescent cells. These disease-relevant mediators have been reported to be elevated in DME/DRpatients. We believe this data is consistent with our hypothesis that senescent cell accumulation and SASP factors play a central role in both DME and DR.We further investigated this hypothesis by evaluating one of our proprietary senolytic molecules in an animal model of DR.With recently optimized methods, we are now focused on quantifying the senescence burden in samples from normal donors verses donors withAMD and DME/DR. We intend to use this method to identify the cell types that stain positive for p16, and the localization of disease-relevant factors whichwill assist in the development of AMD and DR models in cells and animal models. Figure 4. Disease-relevant mediators are elevated in senescent HRMECEvidence for Senescence Burden in Human Disease and Human Biomarker Discovery: POAGWe evaluated the presence of senescent cells in the trabecular meshwork, or TM, by quantifying the detection of p16 positive cells in TM fromcontrol verses POAG patients. We are currently focused on utilizing optimized methods for the detection of p16-positive cells and co-localization withdisease-relevant factors in human donor globes. In addition, we will have the opportunity to look for p16-positive senescent cells in POAG patient retinas.Mechanism of Action of UBX1967 (Inhibitors of the Bcl-2 Family)The most advanced senolytic drug candidate in our ophthalmology program, UBX1967, is a potent small molecule inhibitor of specific subtypeswithin the Bcl-2 family of regulator proteins. The B-cell lymphoma 2, or Bcl-2, gene family encodes more than 20 proteins that regulate the intrinsicapoptosis pathway and are fundamental to the balance between cell survival and cell death. Inhibition of certain Bcl-2 family proteins results in cell death.Targeting this pathway has been extensively studied in connection with the search for new oncology medicines. In vitro and in vivo Pharmacology Studies with UBX1967We conducted an in vitro assessment of binding and efficacy to determine the potency of senolytic molecules for the Bcl-2 family protein targetsand their potency at eliminating senescent cells. Biochemical assays for Bcl-2, Bcl-xL, and Bcl-w yielded binding affinities in the sub-nM range. In order toassess the activity of UBX1967 on senescent cells, we used a cell-based assay with radiation-induced senescence. Senescent cells were then exposed toincreasing concentrations of UBX1967 for 72 hours. In this study, UBX1967 showed potent, dose-dependent senolytic activity against IMR90, human retinalpigmented epithelial cells, and HRMEC as measured by reduction of senescent cell survival. UBX1967 demonstrated selectivity for elimination of senescentHRMEC over non-senescent HRMEC which is observed as decreased potency in non-senescent cells (Figure 5).18 Figure 5. Dose dependent induction of apoptosis in HRMEC cellsWe next studied the efficacy of UBX1967 in the eye in an in vivo model. We employed the mouse oxygen-induced retinopathy, or OIR, model,which provides an in vivo model of retinopathy of prematurity, or ROP, and DR. In this model, UBX1967 showed statistically significant improvement in thedegree of neovascularization at all dose levels along with a reduction in the number of p16-positive senescent cells. We also identified a dosing formulationof UBX1967 that is compatible with clinical development, a polysorbate-80 (PS-80)-based solution formulation, which has demonstrated the same activity inthis OIR model (Figure 6). Figure 6. Intravitreal injection of UBX1967 reduced retinal neovascularization in the mouse OIR model19 Based on these results in this key OIR model, we believe a single ocular injection of UBX1967 can functionally inhibit pathogenic angiogenesisand promote vascular repair (Figure 7). Figure 7. Representative images from mouse OIR illustrate the reduction in neovascularization and vaso-obliteration after treatment with UBX1967We believe that efficacy of UBX1967 in the OIR model is due to elimination of senescent cells and accompanying SASP that propagatessenescence in retinal cells and promotes neovascularization of retinal vessels.We then studied in vivo efficacy in a mouse streptozotocin model to understand the effects of UBX1967 in a diabetic retina, which showsphenotypes similar to the human diseased condition. In this model, UBX1967 demonstrated changes in the electroretinogram, or ERG, as a measure ofretinal/photoreceptor function, vascular leakage, and production of several disease-relevant cytokines. UBX1967 showed a dose dependent reduction (1 –100 µM) in IL-1ß and TNF mRNA (p<0.05 v. vehicle control) in the diabetic retina. Evans Blue dye permeation was measured as an indication of vascularleakage in the eye. Administration of UBX1967 significantly reversed leakage in the DMSO-based formulation (p<0.01) and demonstrated dose-dependentreversal in the PS-80-based formulation, although not statistically significant. Finally, at doses of 1 – 100 µM delivered per eye, UBX1967 led to significantincrease in the amplitude of both the A- and B-waves (p<0.05 and p<0.001, respectively) of the ERG when compared20 to the vehicle control group. The UBX1967-treated groups were not significantly different from the non-diabetic control animals. Figure 8. Streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice have increased cytokine expression (8A), increased retinal vascular leakage (8B) and decreased A-wave amplitude in ERG(8C). Administration of UBX1967 attenuated each of these disease-relevant endpoints.We have also studied the in vivo efficacy of UBX1967 in a mouse model of elevated IOP, which is relevant to glaucoma. An experimental increasein IOP was induced in one eye of a mouse cohort by injection of bleomycin, a DNA damage agent known to cause fibrosis. Within the study design, the lefteye of a single animal was used as a vehicle control (no insult and no treatment) while the right eye was subjected to insult and treatment with UBX1967.During the study we measured the level of p16 expression and intraocular pressure. We experienced some procedural challenges with this version of theelevated IOP model and we have recently employed a more refined technique to administer bleomycin and UBX1967. Using these new refinements, we willnow extend the study duration in order to measure neuron loss in the retina after administration of UBX1967. Preliminary studies with a reference standardmolecule indicate a decrease in bleomycin-induced IOP elevation and preservation of retinal ganglion cells.We completed non-GLP non-clinical safety assessment, tolerability and drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics, or DMPK, studies with UBX1967in two non-clinical species. In December 2018, we nominated UBX1967 as a development candidate to progress into GLP safety assessment studies to enablethe filing of an IND.21 Ophthalmology Development PlanOne of the properties of UBX1967 is a sustained exposure in ocular tissues of interest after intravitreal injection. After engaging regulatoryauthorities regarding the design of IND-enabling studies, we have determined that the duration of these non-clinical studies will be longer than originallyanticipated due to the pharmacokinetic profile. As a result, we expect to file our IND for UBX1967 in early 2020 that, if accepted, would enable us to pursuemultiple age-related diseases of the eye in clinical trials, such as AMD, DME and DR.As part of our continued commitment to our ophthalmology indications, we have also designed a number of alternative senolytic molecules withdiffering mechanisms of action. We are also focused on the physiochemical properties of our small molecules and are developing approaches to optimizesolubility, permeability, and PK parameters to create favorable ocular absorption, distribution, metabolism, and residency profiles.Pulmonary ProgramsUnmet Need and Therapeutic RationaleData from the World Health Organization from 2015 shows that respiratory diseases make up three of the top five causes of death worldwide,several of which are prevalent in the elderly. In addition, the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the U.S. National Institutes of Health published awhite paper in 2017 highlighting the association of age with lung disease, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, or IPF, and chronic obstructivepulmonary disease, or COPD, and underscoring the potential for understanding and developing therapeutics related to aging biology.Historically, therapies for these diseases have been non-specific in their mode of action, whether anti-inflammatory (e.g., corticosteroids), orimmunosuppressive (e.g., cyclophosphamide), or purely supportive in nature (e.g., supplemental oxygen). Increasingly, new therapies have been developedthat are more targeted to specific pathogenic factors, such as anti-IL-5 antibody (mepolizumab) in COPD and tyrosine kinase inhibitor (nintedanib) in IPF. Incontrast, the goal of senolytics is not just to interrupt specific pathogenic pathways but specifically to target senescent cells and thereby inhibit multiplepathogenic pathways.We initiated an active discovery and development program in IPF based on a series of observations including the aggressive nature of the diseaseand data suggesting a potentially strong association between IPF and senescence.IPF is a severely debilitating fibrotic disease of the lung that primarily affects older adults and often leads to a progressive worsening of lungfunction, eventually leading to respiratory failure or lung transplantation. Increasing organ fibrosis causes a restriction of ventilation that symptomatically isperceived as a constant state of suffocation. While the course of the disease is variable, the prognosis is uniformly poor with a median survival of about threeto four years after diagnosis. In the United States, it is estimated to affect up to 90,000 people, with approximately 40,000 people dying each year. While theoverall prevalence is not high, it increases substantially in people over the age of 65. The hypoxemia resulting from IPF ultimately necessitates the use ofsupplemental oxygen. Supplemental oxygen relieves dyspnea and improves functional status and may play a role in ameliorating associated comorbiditiessuch as secondary pulmonary hypertension. However, the use of supplemental oxygen requires equipment for administration that can place significantburden on patients, limiting their mobility and profoundly reducing quality of life.Beyond the use of oxygen, there are two marketed products available for the treatment of IPF, nintedanib and pirfenidone, that are recommendedby the American Thoracic Society. In clinical studies, these anti-fibrotic agents slowed the rate of decline in lung function over 52 weeks but did not show asignificant effect on survival or disease exacerbations. IPF remains a fatal disease for which additional effective therapies that treat the underlying lungfibrosis to improve quality of life and survival are needed.Resident cell types within the lung, including epithelial cells and macrophages, have been shown to become senescent. Accumulation of thesesenescent cells followed by SASP secretion may drive IPF disease exacerbation and progression. In the case of senescent lung cells, we believe that the SASPis characterized in part by pro-fibrotic factors such as connective tissue growth factor CTGF and TGF-β. We believe that excessive and prolonged exposure tothese factors leads to remodeling of the lung, expansion of lung matrix, and fibrosis, all of which deteriorate function and22 ultimately result in death. Furthermore, these factors may also play a role in suppressing the endogenous capacity of the lung to demonstrate regenerativecapacity that has been shown in patients after removal of diseased lung tissue, as well as during recuperation of those patients who survive Acute RespiratoryDistress Syndrome, an injury that severely damages the lung.Evidence for Cellular Senescence Burden in Human Disease and Human Biomarker DiscoveryOur exploratory work in IPF resulted in the identification of senescent cells associated with areas of active disease in lung tissue taken frompatients with IPF. Immunohistochemistry staining for p16 in human IPF lung tissue demonstrated the presence of senescent cells. These cells werepredominantly epithelial in origin and located in areas of fibrosis and at the leading edge of the disease. These sites are likely amendable to access byinhalation therapeutics.Importantly, the number of p16 positive cells was greater across all levels of fibrosis relative to that of normal tissue (p<0.0001 for group differenceamong means by one-way ANOVA). Additionally, there was a strong relationship between the extent of disease in a given area and the percentage ofsenescent cells present in those areas. At its peak, approximately 30% of the total cellularity in an affected region is comprised of senescent cells. These datasupport the hypothesis that elimination of senescent cells and its associated SASP could halt progressive fibrosis and potentially allow for restoration ofpulmonary function. This further supports our hypothesis that IPF is related to SASP proliferation and suggests that treatment with senolytic molecules hasthe potential to treat the root cause of disease. We further studied our hypothesis regarding cellular senescence accumulation and their accompanying SASPby investigating the cellular senescence signature in a key animal model of lung fibrosis.Preclinical Disease Model of Lung FibrosisPreclinical studies were conducted to understand the involvement of senescent cells in in vivo models of lung fibrosis. Based on initial resultsdemonstrating a modest increase in whole lung senescence (p16 mRNA) following23 local delivery of bleomycin, we validated an in vivo bleomycin-induced PD model focusing on enriched epithelial cells from mouse lungs and demonstrateda reduction in p16 mRNA following local senolytic treatment. Figure 9. Epithelial cells enriched from mouse lungs treated with bleomycin exhibited an increase in p16 mRNA, which was significantly reduced following local senolytictreatmentWhile preliminary results from the bleomycin model of lung fibrosis in the mouse were compelling, we are exploring alternative models that betterrepresent senescence and fibrotic lung disease. We are also conducting studies that explore how the observed senolysis translates to a reduction in lungfibrosis. Development Plan in Pulmonary DiseasesWe intend to advance our lead development candidate, an inhaled administration senolytic molecule for pulmonary indications, into IND-enablingstudies and, subject to the acceptance by the FDA of an IND for such candidate, into human clinical trials. While IPF is currently our lead indication, we arealso exploring inhaled administration opportunities in other lung diseases, such as systemic sclerosis with pulmonary manifestations and hypersensitivitypneumonitis, and in obstructive diseases such as COPD.We expect our integrated pulmonary development plan will utilize patient safety data and pharmacological dose responses from the initial clinicalstudy to accelerate the design of next-generation clinical studies in other pulmonary diseases. We expect that any Phase 1 program in any of these diseaseswould closely parallel our work in IPF and would take advantage of any learnings regarding pharmacokinetics following inhaled administration as well asbiomarker and imaging responses. This approach should allow us to lay additional groundwork for a broader range of pulmonary diseases once wedemonstrate the safety, tolerability, and pharmacodynamics of inhaled senolytic administration.Research and Discovery – Other Anti-Aging ProgramsWe have secured our lead position in the discovery and development of senolytic medicines through our commitment to fundamental biologicalresearch and translational science. We have partnered with key academics and thought leaders to pursue areas of emerging aging science. We continue torecruit top-tier scientists with the desire and drive to understand, uncover, and invent. We invest a significant proportion of our resources and effort inemerging fields of aging science in order to transition fundamental scientific observations to the design and development of new therapeutics. We believethat we have built the internal research capabilities and scientific network to continue to be at the forefront of extending human healthspan.24 Strategy for Systemically Administered Senolytic MedicinesIn addition to our discovery and development of locally administered senolytic medicines for the treatment of local disease, we are similarlyinvestigating the systemic administration of senolytic medicines for the treatment of senescent cell-driven disease within specific organs, tissues, and celltypes.Our first approach to systemic administration is to create a senolytic medicine that is designed to target a specific organ or even specific tissuewithin that organ. Such a senolytic medicine would selectively eliminate senescent cells within a tissue and reduce the SASP within that tissue. Inconsidering therapeutic areas with unmet need and where there is strong evidence for the role of senescent cells driving disease, we are evaluating liver andkidney disease as well as neurological disorders.Our long-term goal is to use the principles that we establish for the design of systemically administered, targeted senolytic medicines to produce apipeline of clinical candidates to eliminate senescent cells throughout the body. This could draw on ideas from immunology, senolytic viruses, vaccines,CAR-T type approaches or antibody drug conjugates.Circulating Youth Factors (α-Klotho Protein)We are also evaluating the administration of circulating youth factors in age-related diseases. Our lead discovery effort in circulating youth factorsis focused on the α-Klotho protein. First discovered in 1997, the klotho gene was identified in mice as an “aging-suppressor” that accelerates aging whendisrupted and extends lifespan when overexpressed. The α-Klotho protein is a circulating hormone primarily produced in the kidneys and choroid plexus ofthe brain and was recently discovered to delay and suppress the deleterious effects of aging on multiple organs, including the brain. Circulating levels of α-Klotho protein gradually decline with age and are implicated in chronic stress, cognitive impairment, and neurodegenerative disease.A small percentage of the population possesses naturally elevated α-Klotho levels as a result of the α-Klotho-VS heterozygous genetic variation. α-Klotho-VS heterozygosity is associated with extended healthspan, enhanced cognition, and less age-related cognitive decline. Elevated α-Klotho levels arealso associated with greater dorsolateral prefrontal cortex volume and improved connectivity between cortical regions, which in turn correlates with betterexecutive function in normal aging humans. As this brain region is especially susceptible to shrinkage with age and vulnerable in several psychiatric andneurological disorders, its protection may provide clinical benefit in both normal aging and disease.In 2014, Dena Dubal, of the University of California, San Francisco, and one of our scientific collaborators, first demonstrated that geneticallyelevated α-Klotho levels significantly enhance cognitive performance and neural resilience independent of age in normal and human amyloid precursorprotein mouse models of neurodegenerative disease related to Alzheimer’s Disease. α-Klotho is hypothesized to optimize synaptic neurotransmission ofNMDA receptors in the brain, effectively combatting the cognitive and synaptic deficits, despite high levels of pathogenic Ab, tau, and phosphorylated tauproteins associated with Alzheimer’s Disease.We are exploring the utility of α-Klotho protein in a variety of preclinical animal models, with the intention of identifying a drug candidate.ManufacturingOur success as a company will depend on our ability to deliver reliable, high-quality preclinical and clinical drug supply. As we mature as acompany and approach commercial stage operations, securing reliable high-quality commercial drug supply will be critical. We do not currently own oroperate facilities for product manufacturing, storage and distribution, or testing. We contract with third parties for the manufacture of our drug candidates.Because we rely on contract manufacturers, we employ personnel with extensive technical, manufacturing, analytical, and quality experience. Our staff hasstrong project management discipline to oversee contract manufacturing and testing activities, and to compile manufacturing and quality information for ourregulatory submissions.25 Manufacturing is subject to extensive regulation that imposes various procedural and documentation requirements and that governs recordkeeping, manufacturing processes and controls, personnel, quality control and quality assurance, and more. Our systems and our contractors are required to bein compliance with these regulations, and compliance is assessed regularly through monitoring of performance and a formal audit program.Our current supply chains for our lead drug candidates involve several manufacturers that specialize in specific operations of the manufacturingprocess, specifically, raw materials manufacturing, drug substance manufacturing, and drug product manufacturing. We currently operate under purchaseorder programs for our drug candidates with Material Service Agreements in place, and we intend to establish long-term supply agreements in the future. Webelieve our current manufacturers have the scale, the systems, and the experience to supply all planned clinical studies.We do not currently require commercial manufacturing capabilities. Should our needs change, we will likely need to scale up our manufacturingprocesses to enable commercial launch. To ensure continuity in our supply chain, we plan to establish supply arrangements with alternative larger scalesuppliers for certain portions of our supply chain, as appropriate.Commercialization PlanWe do not currently have, nor do we expect to have in the near term, any FDA-approved drugs in our portfolio. Therefore, we have not yet built aninfrastructure for sales, marketing, or commercial distribution.Should any of our drug candidates be approved for commercialization, we intend to develop a plan to commercialize them in the U.S. and otherkey markets, through an internal infrastructure or external partnerships.CompetitionThe biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries, including the field of research in aging, are typically rife with rapid technologicaldevelopments, bold competition, and dependence on intellectual property. Like any biotechnology company, we face competition from multiple sources,including large or established pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and wellness companies, academic research institutions, government agencies, and privateinstitutions. We believe our drug candidates will prevail amid the competitive landscape through their efficacy, safety, administration methods andconvenience, cost, public and institutional demand, intellectual property portfolio, and treatment of the root cause of many age-related diseases.We are aware of other companies seeking to develop treatments to prevent or treat aging-associated diseases through various biological pathways,including Calico, resTORbio and several other earlier-stage companies exploring cellular senescence. Calico has not yet disclosed any pipeline candidates ormechanisms of interest, and resTORbio is developing candidates targeting TORC1. Hence, we believe that we currently have the most advanced programaddressing cellular senescence.Our drug candidates are likely to compete against current therapies from a wide range of companies and technologies, including therapies for ourlead indications: •Musculoskeletal diseases, including osteoarthritis: current standard of care treatments (though not disease-modifying and focused on symptommanagement) include anti-inflammatory drugs (Ibruprofen, Diclofenac, Celecoxib), analgesic pain relief (Acetaminophen), or narcotic pain relief(Tramadol). •Ophthalmology diseases, including diabetic retinopathy: potentially disease-modifying therapeutics are being sold and developed by severalpharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, including Roche/Genentech and Regeneron. •Pulmonary disease, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: therapeutics are being sold and developed by several pharmaceutical andbiotechnology companies and academic institutions, including Genentech, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Cytokinetics and Mallinckrodt, and are invarious stages of clinical studies.26 Many of our competitors, either alone or with strategic partners, have substantially greater financial, technical, and human resources than we do.Accordingly, our competitors may be more successful in obtaining approval for treatments and achieving widespread market acceptance, rendering ourtreatments obsolete or non-competitive. Accelerated merger and acquisition activity in the biotechnology and biopharmaceutical industries may result ineven more resources concentrated among a smaller number of our competitors. These companies also compete with us in recruiting and retaining qualifiedscientific and management personnel, establishing clinical study sites, patient registration for clinical studies, and acquiring technologies complementary to,or necessary for, our programs. Smaller or early-stage companies may also prove to be significant competitors, particularly through collaborativearrangements with large and established companies. Our commercial opportunity could be substantially limited in the event that our competitors developand commercialize products that are more effective, safer, more tolerable, more convenient, or less expensive than our comparable products. In geographiesthat are critical to our commercial success, competitors may also obtain regulatory approvals before us, resulting in our competitors building a strong marketposition in advance of our products’ entry. We believe the factors determining the success of our programs will be the efficacy, safety, and convenience of ourdrug candidates.Intellectual PropertyOur success depends in large part upon our ability to obtain and maintain proprietary protection for our products and technologies and to operatewithout infringing the proprietary rights of others. Our policy is to protect our proprietary position by, among other methods, filing U.S. and foreign patentapplications that relate to our proprietary technologies, inventions and improvements that are important to the development and implementation of ourbusiness. We also rely on trademarks, trade secrets, know-how, continuing technological innovation and licensing opportunities to develop and maintain ourproprietary position.Patent PortfolioOur patent portfolio consists of a combination of issued and allowed patents and pending patent applications that are owned or co-owned by usand/or licensed or optioned to us from third parties. The majority of these patents and applications cover our cellular senescence program, and others pertainto our programs that target aging mechanisms beyond cellular senescence, including the administration of circulating youth factors and enhancement ofmitochondrial health. As of March 2019, we own, co-own, or have an exclusive license or exclusive option to license in certain fields of use to more than100 patents and pending applications in the United States and foreign jurisdictions. This portfolio includes 27 issued U.S. patents, 33 pending U.S.applications (including 13 provisional applications), and over 30 granted or pending applications in foreign jurisdictions.Our cellular senescence patent portfolio includes patents and patent applications that are directed to our senolytic agents and programs, includingour lead molecules UBX0101 and UBX1967, related molecules, and other compounds. We also have licensed the issued patents and patent applicationscovering the composition of matter and process manufacturing of UBX1967 under a license agreement with Ascentage Pharma Group Corp. Ltd., orAscentage, as further described below. Our cellular senescence patent portfolio includes patents and patent applications directed to compositions of matter,use for treating age-related conditions, and methods of manufacture.Our patent portfolio, including patents and applications that we have exclusively optioned, as well as those we own, co-own or have exclusivelylicensed, directed to our programs that target aging mechanisms beyond cellular senescence, including the administration of circulating youth factors andenhancement of mitochondrial health, includes four pending U.S. patent applications and six pending patent applications in foreign jurisdictions.In general, patents have a term of 20 years from the earliest claimed non-provisional priority date. Several of our issued U.S. and foreign patentsthat relate to UBX0101 and UBX1967 are scheduled to expire between approximately 2032 and 2037. The patent term may be extendible by up to five yearsin certain countries by means of patent term extension, depending on the regulatory pathway and the remaining term upon marketing approval. Certain otherpatents and patent applications directed to our cellular senescence patent portfolio, if they were to issue, may have later expiration dates.27 Osteoarthritis ProgramWe co-own a patent family directed to the treatment of senescence-related diseases, including osteoarthritis, by removal of senescent cells in oraround the site of the disease. The other co-owners of this patent family are the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, or the Buck Institute, the Johns HopkinsUniversity, and Mayo Clinic, each of which has granted us an exclusive license which extends to the treatment of senescence-related diseases in therapeuticareas. This patent family includes four issued U.S. patents and one foreign patent directed toward the use of UBX0101 for the treatment of osteoarthritis. Oneof these issued U.S. patents covers a unit dose of a pharmaceutical composition as a composition of matter, and the other three cover methods of treatment.Applications are also pending in the following 14 foreign jurisdictions: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Europe, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Korea, Mexico,New Zealand, Russia and Singapore, and South Africa. Patents that issue from this family are expected to expire in 2035, excluding any patent termadjustments or extensions.We also own a patent family directed to a scalable method of chiral synthesis of UBX0101, which includes one issued U.S. and one pending U.S.patent application and one international application filed under the patent cooperation treaty, or PCT. Future U.S. and foreign patents issued from this familyare expected to expire in 2037, excluding any patent term adjustments and patent term extensions.We additionally own 10 patent applications directed to alternative drug candidates for osteoarthritis, 10 pending provisional U.S. applications(which also cover aspects of our ophthalmology and pulmonary programs), and two pending international applications. Future U.S. and foreign patentsissued from these patent families are expected to expire between 2035, 2038, and 2039, excluding any patent term adjustments and patent term extensions.Ophthalmology ProgramWe have entered into a license with Ascentage to a family of issued composition of matter patents and pending manufacturing patent applicationsdirected to chemical entities including our lead drug candidate, UBX1967. This license grants us exclusive development and commercialization rights andnon-exclusive manufacturing rights to UBX1967 for all non-oncology indications outside of Greater China (China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan). InsideGreater China, we will be obligated to develop, manufacture and commercialize UBX1967 through the joint venture with Ascentage. Patents in this familyhave been granted in the U.S., Korea, New Zealand, and South Africa, and are pending in Australia, Canada, China, Europe, India, Japan, and Singapore.Future U.S. and foreign patents issued from this family are expected to expire in 2032, excluding any patent term adjustments or extensions.We co-own two families of pending patent applications directed to the use of Bcl-2 inhibitors, including UBX1967 and related chemical entitiesfor the treatment of eye disease, including diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, and glaucoma (which also cover aspects of ourosteoarthritis and/or pulmonary programs). One of these patent families is co-owned by the Buck Institute and us. The patents within the other family that arerelevant for ophthalmology indications are co-owned by the Buck Institute, the Mayo Clinic and us. We have exclusive licenses from each of the BuckInstitute and the Mayo Clinic to these patent families in the field of senescence. Applications in both of these families are pending in the U.S., Australia,Canada, China, Europe, and Japan. Future U.S. and foreign patents issued from these families are expected to expire in 2035 and 2036, excluding any patentterm adjustments and patent term extensions.We also own eight patent applications directed to alternative drug candidates for the treatment of eye disease and 12 pending provisionalapplications (which also cover aspects of our osteoarthritis and pulmonary programs). Future U.S. and foreign patents issued from these patent families areexpected to expire between 2035 and 2039, excluding any patent term adjustments and patent term extensions.Pulmonary ProgramWe are currently testing a number of drug candidates for the treatment of pulmonary disease. One of these compounds is covered as composition ofmatter by the issued patents and pending applications that are included in the patent family we have licensed from Ascentage.28 We also co-own two families of pending patent applications directed to the use of these compounds and other Bcl inhibitors for the treatment ofpulmonary disease, including IPF and COPD (which also cover aspects of our osteoarthritis and/or ophthalmology programs). One of these patent families isco-owned by the Buck Institute and us. The patents within the other family that are relevant for pulmonary indications are co-owned by the Buck Institute,the Mayo Clinic and us. We have exclusive licenses from each of the Buck Institute and the Mayo Clinic to these patent families in the field of senescence.Patent applications in both these families are pending in the U.S., Australia, Canada, China, Europe, and Japan. Future U.S. and foreign patents issued fromthese families are expected to expire in 2035 and 2036, excluding any patent term adjustments and patent term extensions.We additionally own eight patent applications directed to the use of alternative drug candidates for the treatment of lung disease and 12 pendingprovisional applications (which also cover aspects of our osteoarthritis and ophthalmology programs). Future U.S. and foreign patents issued from thesepatent families are expected to expire between 2035 and 2039, excluding any patent term adjustments and patent term extensions.We also own a provisional patent application directed to the use of certain combinations of compounds for the treatment of various pulmonarydiseases, as well as other disease indications. Future U.S. and foreign patents issued from this application are expected to expire in 2039, excluding anypatent term adjustments and patent term extensions.Other Anti-Aging ProgramsWe have an option to enter into an exclusive license with The Regents of the University of California for a patent family directed to methods oftreatment and the use of klotho protein for the development of human therapeutics. Patent applications in this family are pending in the U.S. and six foreignjurisdictions. Future U.S. and foreign patents issued from this family are expected to expire in 2036, excluding any patent term adjustments and patent termextensions.We also own one pending PCT application and co-own one U.S. provisional application with the Buck Institute on the enhancement ofmitochondrial health. Future U.S. and foreign patents issued from these two patent families are expected to expire in 2038 and 2039, excluding any patentterm adjustments and patent term extensions.Other Intellectual PropertyOur continuing research and development, technical know-how, and contractual arrangements supplement our intellectual property protection tomaintain our competitive position. Our policy is to require inventors who are identified on any Company-owned patent applications to assign rights to us.We also have confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants, and other advisors to protect our proprietary information. Our policy is to requirethird parties that receive material UNITY confidential information to enter into confidentiality agreements with us.We also protect our brand through procurement of trademark rights. As of March 1, 2019, the mark UNITY BIOTECHNOLOGY® and the UNITYBIOTECHNOLOGY® design logo are registered in both the United States and the European Union. The mark UNITY® is also registered in the EuropeanUnion. In order to supplement protection of our brand, we have also registered several internet domain names.Government RegulationGovernment authorities in the United States (including federal, state and local authorities) and in other countries, extensively regulate, amongother things, the manufacturing, research and clinical development, marketing, labeling and packaging, storage, distribution, post-approval monitoring andreporting, advertising and promotion, pricing, and export and import of pharmaceutical products, such as those we are developing. The process of obtainingregulatory approvals and the subsequent compliance with appropriate federal, state, local and foreign statutes and regulations require the expenditure ofsubstantial time and financial resources.29 U.S. Government RegulationIn the United States, the FDA regulates drugs under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, or FDCA, and its implementing regulations, andbiologics under the FDCA and the Public Health Service Act, or PHSA, and its implementing regulations. FDA approval is required before any newunapproved drug or dosage form, including a new use of a previously approved drug, can be marketed in the United States. Drugs and biologics are alsosubject to other federal, state and local statutes and regulations. If we fail to comply with applicable FDA or other requirements at any time during the drugdevelopment process, clinical testing, the approval process or after approval, we may become subject to administrative or judicial sanctions. These sanctionscould include the FDA’s refusal to approve pending applications, license suspension or revocation, withdrawal of an approval, warning letters, productrecalls, product seizures, total or partial suspension of production or distribution, injunctions, fines, civil penalties or criminal prosecution.The process required by the FDA before drug candidates may be marketed in the United States generally involves the following: •completion of extensive preclinical laboratory tests and preclinical animal studies, all performed in accordance with the Good LaboratoryPractices, or GLP, regulations; •submission to the FDA of an IND, which must become effective before human clinical studies may begin; •approval by an independent IRB or ethics committee representing each clinical site before each clinical study may be initiated; •performance of adequate and well-controlled human clinical studies to establish the safety and efficacy, or in the case of a biologic, the safety,purity and potency, of the drug candidate for each proposed indication; •preparation of and submission to the FDA of a new drug application, or NDA, or biologics license application, or BLA, after completion of allpivotal clinical studies; •review of the product application by an FDA advisory committee, where appropriate and if applicable; •a determination by the FDA within 60 days of its receipt of an NDA or BLA to file the application for review; •satisfactory completion of an FDA pre-approval inspection of the manufacturing facilities where the drug candidate is produced to assesscompliance with current Good Manufacturing Practices, or cGMP; and •FDA review and approval of an NDA or BLA prior to any commercial marketing or sale of the drug or biologic in the United States.An IND is a request for authorization from the FDA to administer an investigational new drug product to humans. The central focus of an INDsubmission is on the general investigational plan and the protocol(s) for human studies. The IND also includes results of animal and in vitro studies assessingthe toxicology, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology and pharmacodynamic characteristics of the product; chemistry, manufacturing and controls information;and any available human data or literature to support the use of the investigational new drug. An IND must become effective before human clinical studiesmay begin. An IND will automatically become effective 30 days after receipt by the FDA, unless before that time the FDA raises concerns or questions relatedto the proposed clinical studies. In such a case, the IND may be placed on clinical hold and the IND sponsor and the FDA must resolve any outstandingconcerns or questions before clinical studies can begin. Accordingly, submission of an IND may or may not result in the FDA allowing clinical studies tocommence.Clinical StudiesClinical studies involve the administration of the investigational new drug to human subjects under the supervision of qualified investigators inaccordance with Good Clinical Practice regulations, or GCPs, which include the requirement that all research subjects provide their informed consent for theirparticipation in any clinical study. Clinical studies are conducted under protocols detailing, among other things, the objectives of the study, the parametersto be used in monitoring safety and the efficacy criteria to be evaluated. A protocol for each clinical study and any subsequent protocol amendments must besubmitted to the FDA as part of the IND. Additionally, approval must also be obtained from each clinical study site’s IRB before the studies may be initiated,and the IRB must monitor30 the study until completed. There are also requirements governing the reporting of ongoing clinical studies and clinical study results to public registries.The clinical investigation of a drug or biologic is generally divided into three or four phases. Although the phases are usually conductedsequentially, they may overlap or be combined. •Phase 1. The drug or biologic is initially introduced into healthy human subjects or patients with the target disease or condition. These studiesare designed to evaluate the safety, dosage tolerance, metabolism and pharmacologic actions of the investigational new drug in humans, the sideeffects associated with increasing doses, and if possible, to gain early evidence on effectiveness. •Phase 2. The drug or biologic is administered to a limited patient population to evaluate dosage tolerance and optimal dosage, identify possibleadverse side effects and safety risks and preliminarily evaluate efficacy. •Phase 3. The drug or biologic is administered to an expanded patient population, generally at geographically dispersed clinical study sites togenerate enough data to statistically evaluate dosage, clinical effectiveness and safety, to establish the overall benefit-risk relationship of theinvestigational product and to provide an adequate basis for product approval. •Phase 4. In some cases, the FDA may condition approval of an NDA or BLA for a drug candidate on the sponsor’s agreement to conductadditional clinical studies after approval. In other cases, a sponsor may voluntarily conduct additional clinical studies after approval to gain moreinformation about the drug. Such post-approval studies are typically referred to as Phase 4 clinical studies.A pivotal study is a clinical study that adequately meets regulatory agency requirements for the evaluation of a drug candidate’s efficacy andsafety such that it can be used to justify the approval of the product. Generally, pivotal studies are Phase 3 studies, but the FDA may accept results from Phase2 studies if the study design provides a well-controlled and reliable assessment of clinical benefit, particularly in situations where there is an unmet medicalneed and the results are sufficiently robust.The FDA, the IRB or the clinical study sponsor may suspend or terminate a clinical study at any time on various grounds, including a finding thatthe research subjects are being exposed to an unacceptable health risk. Additionally, some clinical studies are overseen by an independent group of qualifiedexperts organized by the clinical study sponsor, known as a data safety monitoring board or committee. This group provides authorization for whether or nota study may move forward at designated check points based on access to certain data from the study. We may also suspend or terminate a clinical study basedon evolving business objectives and/or competitive climate.Submission of an NDA or BLA to the FDAAssuming successful completion of all required testing in accordance with all applicable regulatory requirements, detailed investigational newdrug product information is submitted to the FDA in the form of an NDA or BLA requesting approval to market the product for one or more indications.Under federal law, the submission of most NDAs and BLAs is subject to a substantial application user fee. Applications for orphan drug products areexempted from the NDA and BLA application user fees.An NDA or BLA must include all relevant data available from pertinent preclinical and clinical studies, including negative or ambiguous results aswell as positive findings, together with detailed information relating to the product’s chemistry, manufacturing, controls and proposed labeling, among otherthings. Data can come from company-sponsored clinical studies intended to test the safety and effectiveness of a use of a product, or from a number ofalternative sources, including studies initiated by investigators. To support marketing approval, the data submitted must be sufficient in quality and quantityto establish the safety and effectiveness of the investigational product to the satisfaction of the FDA.Once an NDA or BLA has been submitted, the FDA’s goal is to review the application within ten months after it accepts the application for filing,or, if the application relates to an unmet medical need in a serious or life-threatening indication, six months after the FDA accepts the application for filing.The review process is often significantly extended by FDA requests for additional information or clarification.31 Before approving an NDA or BLA, the FDA typically will inspect the facility or facilities where the product is manufactured. The FDA will notapprove an application unless it determines that the manufacturing processes and facilities are in compliance with cGMP requirements and adequate to assureconsistent production of the product within required specifications. Additionally, before approving an NDA or BLA, the FDA will typically inspect one ormore clinical sites to assure compliance with GCP.The FDA is required to refer an application for a novel drug or biologic to an advisory committee or explain why such referral was not made. Anadvisory committee is a panel of independent experts, including clinicians and other scientific experts, that reviews, evaluates and provides arecommendation as to whether the application should be approved and under what conditions. The FDA is not bound by the recommendations of an advisorycommittee, but it considers such recommendations carefully when making decisions and typically follows such recommendations.The FDA’s Decision on an NDA or BLAAfter the FDA evaluates the NDA or BLA and conducts inspections of manufacturing facilities, it may issue an approval letter or a CompleteResponse Letter. An approval letter authorizes commercial marketing of the drug or biologic with specific prescribing information for specific indications. AComplete Response Letter indicates that the review cycle of the application is complete and the application is not ready for approval. A Complete ResponseLetter may require additional clinical data and/or an additional pivotal Phase 3 clinical study(ies), and/or other significant, expensive and time-consumingrequirements related to clinical studies, preclinical studies or manufacturing. Even if such additional information is submitted, the FDA may ultimatelydecide that the NDA or BLA does not satisfy the criteria for approval. The FDA could also approve the NDA or BLA with a Risk Evaluation and MitigationStrategy, or REMS, to mitigate risks, which could include medication guides, physician communication plans or elements to assure safe use, such asrestricted distribution methods, patient registries and other risk minimization tools. The FDA also may condition approval on, among other things, changes toproposed labeling, development of adequate controls and specifications or a commitment to conduct one or more post-market studies or clinical studies.Such post-market testing may include Phase 4 clinical studies and surveillance to further assess and monitor the product’s safety and effectiveness aftercommercialization. Also, new government requirements, including those resulting from new legislation, may be established, or the FDA’s policies maychange, which could delay or prevent regulatory approval of our products under development.Expedited Review and Accelerated Approval ProgramsThe FDA has various programs, including fast track designation, breakthrough therapy designation, accelerated approval, and priority review, thatare intended to expedite the development and approval of new drugs and biologics that address unmet medical needs in the treatment of serious or life-threatening diseases and conditions. To be eligible for a fast track designation, the FDA must determine, based on the request of a sponsor, that a product isintended to treat a serious or life-threatening disease or condition and demonstrates the potential to address an unmet medical need. The FDA may reviewsections of the NDA for a fast-track product on a rolling basis before the complete application is submitted, if the sponsor provides a schedule for thesubmission of the sections of the NDA, the FDA agrees to accept sections of the NDA and determines that the schedule is acceptable, and the sponsor paysany required user fees upon submission of the first section of the NDA.The FDA may give a priority review designation to drugs that offer major advances in treatment, or provide a treatment where no adequate therapyexists. A priority review means that the goal for the FDA to review an application is six months, rather than the standard review of ten months under current.These six- and 10-month review periods are measured from the “filing” date rather than the receipt date for NDAs for new molecular entities, which typicallyadds approximately two months to the timeline for review and decision from the date of submission. Most products that are eligible for fast-track designationare also likely to be considered appropriate to receive a priority review.In addition, products studied for their safety and effectiveness in treating serious or life-threatening illnesses and that provide meaningfultherapeutic benefit over existing treatments may be eligible for accelerated approval and may be approved on the basis of adequate and well-controlledclinical studies establishing that the product has an effect on a surrogate endpoint that is reasonably likely to predict clinical benefit, or on a clinicalendpoint that can be measured earlier than irreversible morbidity or mortality, that is reasonably likely to predict an effect on irreversible morbidity ormortality or other clinical benefit, taking into account the severity, rarity or prevalence of the condition32 and the availability or lack of alternative treatments. As a condition of approval, the FDA may require a sponsor of a drug receiving accelerated approval toperform post-marketing studies to verify and describe the predicted effect on irreversible morbidity or mortality or other clinical endpoint, and the drug maybe subject to accelerated withdrawal procedures.Moreover, under the provisions of the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, or FDASIA, passed in July 2012, a sponsor canrequest designation of a drug candidate as a “breakthrough therapy.” A breakthrough therapy is defined as a drug or biologic that is intended, alone or incombination with one or more other drugs or biologics, to treat a serious or life-threatening disease or condition, and preliminary clinical evidence indicatesthat the product may demonstrate substantial improvement over existing therapies on one or more clinically significant endpoints, such as substantialtreatment effects observed early in clinical development. Drugs designated as breakthrough therapies are also eligible for the other expedited review andapproval programs, including accelerated approval, priority review, and fast-track designation. The FDA must take certain actions, such as holding timelymeetings and providing advice, intended to expedite the development and review of an application for approval of a breakthrough therapy.Even if a product qualifies for one or more of these programs, the FDA may later decide that the product no longer meets the conditions forqualification or decide that the time period for FDA review or approval will not be shortened.Post-Approval RequirementsDrugs and biologics marketed pursuant to FDA approvals are subject to pervasive and continuing regulation by the FDA, including, among otherthings, requirements relating to recordkeeping, periodic reporting, product sampling and distribution, advertising and promotion and reporting of adverseexperiences with the product. After approval, most changes to the approved product, such as adding new indications or other labeling claims are subject toprior FDA review and approval. There also are continuing, annual user fee requirements.Manufacturers are subject to periodic unannounced inspections by the FDA and state agencies for compliance with cGMP requirements. Changesto the manufacturing process are strictly regulated and, depending on the significance of the change, may require prior FDA approval before beingimplemented. FDA regulations also require investigation and correction of any deviations from cGMP and impose reporting and documentation requirementsupon us and any third-party manufacturers that we may decide to use. Accordingly, manufacturers must continue to expend time, money and effort in the areaof production and quality control to maintain compliance with cGMP and other aspects of regulatory compliance.Discovery of previously unknown problems with a product or the failure to comply with applicable requirements may result in restrictions on aproduct, manufacturer or holder of an approved NDA or BLA, including withdrawal or recall of the product from the market or other voluntary, FDA-initiatedor judicial action that could delay or prohibit further marketing. Also, new government requirements, including those resulting from new legislation, may beestablished, or the FDA’s policies may change, which could delay or prevent regulatory approval of our products under development.The FDA may withdraw approval if compliance with regulatory requirements and standards is not maintained or if problems occur after the productreaches the market. Later discovery of previously unknown problems with a product, including adverse events of unanticipated severity or frequency, or withmanufacturing processes, or failure to comply with regulatory requirements, may result in revisions to the approved labeling to add new safety information;imposition of post-market studies or clinical studies to assess new safety risks; or imposition of distribution restrictions or other restrictions under a REMSprogram. Other potential consequences include, among other things: •restrictions on the marketing or manufacturing of the product; •complete withdrawal of the product from the market or product recalls; •fines, warning letters or holds on post-approval clinical studies;33 •refusal of the FDA to approve pending NDAs or BLAs or supplements to approved NDAs or BLAs, or suspension or revocation of product licensesor approvals; •product seizure or detention, or refusal to permit the import or export of products; or •injunctions or the imposition of civil or criminal penalties.The FDA strictly regulates marketing, labeling, advertising and promotion of products that are placed on the market. Drugs may be promoted onlyfor the approved indications and in accordance with the provisions of the approved label. The FDA and other agencies actively enforce the laws andregulations prohibiting the promotion of off-label uses, and a company that is found to have improperly promoted off-label uses may be subject to significantliability.Orphan Designation and ExclusivityUnder the Orphan Drug Act, the FDA may grant orphan designation to a drug or biologic intended to treat a rare disease or condition, defined as adisease or condition with a patient population of fewer than 200,000 individuals in the United States, or a patient population greater than 200,000individuals in the United States and when there is no reasonable expectation that the cost of developing and making available the drug or biologic in theUnited States will be recovered from sales in the United States for that drug or biologic. Orphan drug designation must be requested before submitting a BLAor NDA. After the FDA grants orphan drug designation, the generic identity of the therapeutic agent and its potential orphan use are disclosed publicly by theFDA.If a product that has orphan drug designation subsequently receives the first FDA approval for a particular active ingredient for the disease forwhich it has such designation, the product is entitled to orphan product exclusivity, which means that the FDA may not approve any other applications,including a full BLA, to market the same biologic for the same indication for seven years, except in limited circumstances, such as a showing of clinicalsuperiority to the product with orphan drug exclusivity or if FDA finds that the holder of the orphan drug exclusivity has not shown that it can assure theavailability of sufficient quantities of the orphan drug to meet the needs of patients with the disease or condition for which the drug was designated. Orphandrug exclusivity does not prevent the FDA from approving a different drug or biologic for the same disease or condition, or the same drug or biologic for adifferent disease or condition. Among the other benefits of orphan drug designation are tax credits for certain research and a waiver of the BLA or NDAapplication user fee.A designated orphan drug many not receive orphan drug exclusivity if it is approved for a use that is broader than the indication for which itreceived orphan designation. In addition, orphan drug exclusive marketing rights in the United States may be lost if the FDA later determines that the requestfor designation was materially defective or, as noted above, if the second applicant demonstrates that its product is clinically superior to the approvedproduct with orphan exclusivity or the manufacturer of the approved product is unable to assure sufficient quantities of the product to meet the needs ofpatients with the rare disease or condition.Biosimilars and ExclusivityThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, or the Affordable Care Act,signed into law in 2010, includes a subtitle called the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009, or BPCIA, which created an abbreviatedapproval pathway for biological products that are biosimilar to or interchangeable with an FDA-licensed reference biological product. To date, only ahandful of biosimilars have been licensed under the BPCIA, although numerous biosimilars have been approved in Europe. The FDA has issued severalguidance 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 termsof safety, purity and potency, can be shown through analytical studies, animal studies and a clinical study or studies. Interchangeability requires that aproduct is biosimilar to the reference product and the product must demonstrate that it can be expected to produce the same clinical results as the referenceproduct in any given patient and, for products that are administered multiple times to an individual, the biologic and the reference biologic may be alternatedor switched after one has been previously administered without increasing safety34 risks or risks of diminished efficacy relative to exclusive use of the reference biologic. However, complexities associated with the larger, and often morecomplex, structures of biological products, as well as the processes by which such products are manufactured, pose significant hurdles to implementation ofthe 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 referenceproduct 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 onwhich the reference product was first licensed. During this 12-year period of exclusivity, another company may still market a competing version of thereference product if the FDA approves a full BLA for the competing product containing that applicant’s own preclinical data and data from adequate andwell-controlled clinical studies to demonstrate the safety, purity and potency of its product. The BPCIA also created certain exclusivity periods forbiosimilars approved as interchangeable products. At this juncture, it is unclear whether products deemed “interchangeable” by the FDA will, in fact, bereadily substituted by pharmacies, which are governed by state pharmacy law.A biological product can also obtain pediatric market exclusivity in the United States. Pediatric exclusivity, if granted, adds six months to existingexclusivity periods and patent terms. This six-month exclusivity, which runs from the end of other exclusivity protection or patent term, may be grantedbased on the voluntary completion of a pediatric study in accordance with an FDA-issued “Written Request” for such a study.The BPCIA is complex and continues to be interpreted and implemented by the FDA. In addition, recent government proposals have sought toreduce the 12-year reference product exclusivity period. Other aspects of the BPCIA, some of which may impact the BPCIA exclusivity provisions, have alsobeen the subject of recent litigation. As a result, the ultimate impact, implementation, and impact of the BPCIA is subject to significant uncertainty.Hatch-Waxman Amendments and ExclusivitySection 505 of the FDCA describes three types of marketing applications that may be submitted to the FDA to request marketing authorization for anew drug. A Section 505(b)(1) NDA is an application that contains full reports of investigations of safety and efficacy. A 505(b)(2) NDA is an application thatcontains full reports of investigations of safety and efficacy but where at least some of the information required for approval comes from investigations thatwere not conducted by or for the applicant and for which the applicant has not obtained a right of reference or use from the person by or for whom theinvestigations were conducted. This regulatory pathway enables the applicant to rely, in part, on the FDA’s prior findings of safety and efficacy for anexisting product, or published literature, in support of its application. Section 505(j) establishes an abbreviated approval process for a generic version ofapproved drug products through the submission of an Abbreviated New Drug Application, or ANDA. An ANDA provides for marketing of a generic drugproduct that has the same active ingredients, dosage form, strength, route of administration, labeling, performance characteristics and intended use, amongother things, to a previously approved product. ANDAs are termed “abbreviated” because they are generally not required to include preclinical (animal) andclinical (human) data to establish safety and efficacy. Instead, generic applicants must scientifically demonstrate that their product is bioequivalent to, orperforms in the same manner as, the innovator drug through in vitro, in vivo or other testing. The generic version must deliver the same amount of activeingredients into a subject’s bloodstream in the same amount of time as the innovator drug and can often be substituted by pharmacists under prescriptionswritten for the reference listed drug. In seeking approval for a drug through an NDA, applicants are required to list with the FDA each patent with claims thatcover the applicant’s drug or a method of using the drug. Upon approval of a drug, each of the patents listed in the application for the drug is then publishedin the FDA’s Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations, commonly known as the Orange Book. Drugs listed in the Orange Bookcan, in turn, be cited by potential competitors in support of approval of an ANDA or 505(b)(2) NDA.Upon submission of an ANDA or a 505(b)(2) NDA, an applicant must certify to the FDA that (1) no patent information on the drug product that isthe subject of the application has been submitted to the FDA; (2) such patent has expired; (3) the date on which such patent expires; or (4) such patent isinvalid or will not be infringed upon by the manufacture, use or sale of the drug product for which the application is submitted. Generally, the ANDA or505(b)(2) NDA cannot be approved until all listed patents have expired, except where the ANDA or 505(b)(2) NDA applicant challenges a listed patentthrough the last type of certification, also known as a paragraph IV certification. If the applicant does not challenge the listed patents, or indicates that it isnot seeking approval of a patented method35 of use, the ANDA or 505(b)(2) NDA application will not be approved until all of the listed patents claiming the referenced product have expired.If the ANDA or 505(b)(2) NDA applicant has provided a Paragraph IV certification to the FDA, the applicant must send notice of the Paragraph IVcertification to the NDA and patent holders once the application has been accepted for filing by the FDA. The NDA and patent holders may then initiate apatent infringement lawsuit in response to the notice of the paragraph IV certification. If the paragraph IV certification is challenged by an NDA holder or thepatent owner(s) asserts a patent challenge to the paragraph IV certification, the FDA may not approve that application until the earlier of 30 months from thereceipt of the notice of the paragraph IV certification, the expiration of the patent, when the infringement case concerning each such patent was favorablydecided in the applicant’s favor or settled, or such shorter or longer period as may be ordered by a court. This prohibition is generally referred to as the 30-month stay. In instances where an ANDA or 505(b)(2) NDA applicant files a paragraph IV certification, the NDA holder or patent owner(s) regularly takeaction to trigger the 30-month stay, recognizing that the related patent litigation may take many months or years to resolve.The FDA also cannot approve an ANDA or 505(b)(2) application until all applicable non-patent exclusivities listed in the Orange Book for thebranded reference drug have expired. For example, a pharmaceutical manufacturer may obtain five years of non-patent exclusivity upon NDA approval of anew chemical entity, or NCE, which is a drug containing an active moiety that has not been approved by FDA in any other NDA. An “active moiety” isdefined as the molecule responsible for the drug substance’s physiological or pharmacologic action. During that five-year exclusivity period, the FDA cannotaccept for filing (and therefore cannot approve) any ANDA seeking approval of a generic version of that drug or any 505(b)(2) NDA that relies on the FDA’sapproval of the drug, provided that that the FDA may accept an ANDA four years into the NCE exclusivity period if the ANDA applicant also files aParagraph IV certification.A drug, including one approved under Section 505(b)(2), may obtain a three-year period of exclusivity for a particular condition of approval, orchange to a marketed product, such as a new formulation for a previously approved product, if one or more new clinical studies (other than bioavailability orbioequivalence studies) was essential to the approval of the application and was conducted/sponsored by the applicant. Should this occur, the FDA would beprecluded from approving any ANDA or 505(b)(2) application for the protected modification until after that three-year exclusivity period has run. However,unlike NCE exclusivity, the FDA can accept an application and begin the review process during the exclusivity period.Other Healthcare Laws and Compliance RequirementsPharmaceutical companies are subject to additional healthcare regulation and enforcement by the federal government and by authorities in thestates and foreign jurisdictions in which they conduct their business. Such laws include, without limitation, state and federal anti-kickback, fraud and abuse,false claims, privacy and security and physician sunshine laws and regulations. If their operations are found to be in violation of any of such laws or any othergovernmental regulations that apply, they may be subject to penalties, including, without limitation, civil and criminal penalties, damages, fines, thecurtailment or restructuring of operations, exclusion from participation in federal and state healthcare programs and individual imprisonment.Coverage and ReimbursementSales of any product depend, in part, on the extent to which such product will be covered by third-party payors, such as federal, state and foreigngovernment healthcare programs, commercial insurance and managed healthcare organizations and the level of reimbursement for such product by third-party payors. Decisions regarding the extent of coverage and amount of reimbursement to be provided are made on a plan-by-plan basis. These third-partypayors are increasingly reducing reimbursements for medical products, drugs and services. In addition, the U.S. government, state legislatures and foreigngovernments have continued implementing cost-containment programs, including price controls, restrictions on coverage and reimbursement andrequirements for substitution of generic products. Adoption of price controls and cost-containment measures, and adoption of more restrictive policies injurisdictions with existing controls and measures, could further limit sales of any product. Decreases in third-party reimbursement for any product36 or a decision by a third-party payor not to cover a product could reduce physician usage and patient demand for the product and also have a material adverseeffect on sales.Healthcare ReformIn March 2010, former President Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, which substantially changed the way healthcare is financed by bothgovernmental and private insurers in the United States, and significantly affected the pharmaceutical industry. The Affordable Care Act contains a number ofprovisions, including those governing enrollment in federal healthcare programs, reimbursement adjustments and fraud and abuse changes. Additionally, theAffordable Care Act increases the minimum level of Medicaid rebates payable by manufacturers of brand name drugs from 15.1% to 23.1%; requirescollection of rebates for drugs paid by Medicaid managed care organizations; requires manufacturers to participate in a coverage gap discount program,under which they must agree to offer 50 percent point-of-sale discounts off negotiated prices of applicable brand drugs to eligible beneficiaries during theircoverage gap period, as a condition for the manufacturer’s outpatient drugs to be covered under Medicare Part D; and imposes a non-deductible annual fee onpharmaceutical manufacturers or importers who sell “branded prescription drugs” to specified federal government programs.Since its enactment, there have been judicial and Congressional challenges to certain aspects of the Affordable Care Act, and we expect there willbe additional challenges and amendments to the Affordable Care Act in the future. Other legislative changes have been proposed and adopted since theAffordable Care Act was enacted, including aggregate reductions of Medicare payments to providers of 2% per fiscal year and reduced payments to severaltypes of Medicare providers. Moreover, there has recently been heightened governmental scrutiny over the manner in which manufacturers set prices for theirmarketed products, which has resulted in several Congressional inquiries and proposed bills designed to, among other things, bring more transparency toproduct pricing, review the relationship between pricing and manufacturer patient programs, and reform government program reimbursement methodologiesfor drug products. Individual states in the United States have also become increasingly active in implementing regulations designed to controlpharmaceutical product pricing, including price or patient reimbursement constraints, discounts, restrictions on certain product access and marketing costdisclosure and transparency measures, and, in some cases, designed to encourage importation from other countries and bulk purchasing.Licenses and CollaborationsDescription of Ascentage AgreementsIn February 2016, we entered into several related agreements with Ascentage Pharma Group Corp Limited, or, Ascentage, based in Hong Kong,China. These agreements include (i) a compound library and option agreement, which includes a template form of license agreement, (ii) a license agreementcovering an initial compound, APG1252, and (iii) a research services agreement. In January 2019, we entered into another license agreement granting usdevelopment and commercialization rights to UBX1967 and the right to continue preclinical development efforts with another Ascentage-controlled Bcl-2inhibitor compound.Library Agreement and License TemplateThe compound library and option agreement, or library agreement, gives us access to Ascentage’s existing collection of Bcl-2 inhibitorcompounds, as well as any additional Bcl-2 inhibitor compounds developed during the term of the library agreement, in order to screen such compounds forsenolytic activity. The library agreement permits us to nominate up to 15 such compounds at any given time for further evaluation and subsequently to selectup to five of such selected compounds for preclinical development and an additional five as back-up compounds.. Prior to commencing IND-enablingtoxicology studies on an Ascentage compound of interest, we must formally designate the compound as a development candidate under the libraryagreement and enter into a separate license agreement with Ascentage covering that compound on the terms set forth in the template form of licenseagreement. The library agreement includes exclusivity provisions that (i) prohibit us from developing Ascentage Bcl-2 compounds for oncology indications,(ii) prohibit Ascentage from researching or developing certain Bcl-2 compounds for non-oncology indications under any circumstances, and (iii) prohibitAscentage from researching or developing certain other Bcl-2 compounds for a specified set of non-oncology indications under certain circumstances. Theterm of the37 library agreement is determined by a formula that is linked to the term of the research services agreement, with a maximum term of six years. The libraryagreement may be terminated by either party due to the other party’s uncured material breach of the library agreement.Under the terms of the template form of license agreement, Ascentage will grant us the following rights with respect to a selected Ascentagecompound for all non-oncology indications: (i) exclusive worldwide development rights, and (ii) exclusive commercialization rights outside of GreaterChina (China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan). Inside Greater China, we will be obligated to commercialize the licensed Ascentage compound through ajoint venture with Ascentage. Ascentage will also have the right to manufacture at least 50% of our supply requirements of the licensed compound, providedthey achieve and maintain certain manufacturing quality standards. We will be obligated to make certain milestone payments in the form of shares of ourcommon stock, subject to the equity cap described below, and other milestone payments in in the form of cash, not to exceed $38 million per licensedproduct, based in each case, upon the achievement of certain clinical and commercial milestones. We will also be required to make low-single digit royaltypayments on net sales of the licensed product under the agreement. Our royalty payment obligations will expire on a country-by-country basis and licensedproduct-by-licensed product basis upon the later to occur of (a) the expiration of the last valid claim of a licensed patent covering such licensed product insuch country, (b) the expiration of regulatory exclusivity for such licensed product in such country, and (c) the tenth anniversary of the first commercial saleof such licensed product in any country. We have the right to credit certain royalty payments that we pay to third parties with respect to certain licensedproducts against our royalty obligation to Ascentage. Any license agreement may be terminated by either party due to the other party’s uncured materialbreach of the agreement.Under the library agreement, we issued 133,333 shares of our common stock as an upfront license fee. Of such shares, 80% were issued to Ascentageand 20% were issued to the University of Michigan in satisfaction of Ascentage’s obligation to pay a related sublicense fee to the University of Michigan. Inaddition to the shares issued pursuant to the APG1252 license agreement described below, we will also be obligated to issue an additional 133,333 shares ofour common stock as an upfront license fee to Ascentage and the University of Michigan for each of the next two license agreements. The aggregate numberof shares of our common stock we could be required to issue to Ascentage and the University of Michigan pursuant to the library agreement, the APG1252license agreement, and any additional license agreements we enter into pursuant to the library agreement is capped at 1,333,338 shares.APG1252 License AgreementIn conjunction with the library agreement, we entered into our first license agreement with Ascentage, which grants us the right to develop andcommercialize an Ascentage compound known as APG1252 on the template license terms described above, including up to $38.0 million of potential cashmilestone payments and low-single digit royalties. Under the APG1252 license agreement, Ascentage retains the right to manufacture APG1252 compoundsfor use in our licensed products. In connection with the APG1252 license agreement, we issued 533,335 shares of our common stock as an upfront license feeto Ascentage and the University of Michigan, in the proportion described above. The APG1252 license agreement may be terminated by either party due tothe other party’s uncured material breach of the APG1252 license agreement, and we may terminate for convenience on a licensed product-by-licensedproduct basis.Research AgreementIn conjunction with the library agreement we also entered into a research services agreement with Ascentage under which we provide $500,000 peryear in funding to Ascentage for the further development of Bcl-2 inhibitor compounds, which we retain the right to access under the library agreement. Theresearch agreement has a term of up to four years from the effective date of February 2, 2016, provided that the research agreement may be terminated by usfor convenience after the first year, by either party due to the other party’s uncured material breach, and by Ascentage if we fail to make the $500,000payment in any given year.UBX1967 License AgreementIn January 2019, we entered into our second license agreement with Ascentage granting rights to UBX1967 (which Ascentage calls APG1197) onthe template license terms described above, including up to $38.0 million of potential cash milestone payments and low-single digit royalties. Under theterms of this license agreement, Ascentage38 has granted us exclusive development and commercialization rights and non-exclusive manufacturing rights to UBX1967 for all non-oncology indicationsoutside of Greater China. Inside Greater China, we will be obligated to develop, manufacture and commercialize UBX1967 through a joint venture withAscentage. The UBX1967 license agreement also grants us the right to continue our preclinical development efforts with another Ascentage-controlled Bcl-2inhibitor compound. In the event we wish to pursue clinical development of the additional compound as well as UBX1967, we will be required to enter into aseparate license agreement with Ascentage on the template license terms described above. In connection with the UBX1967 license agreement, we will issue106,666 shares of common stock to Ascentage and 26,667 shares if common stock to the University of Michigan as an upfront license fee in early 2019. TheUBX1967 License Agreement may be terminated by either party due to an uncured material breach of the agreement but the other party, and we mayterminate for convenience on a licensed product-by-licensed product basis. Additional License AgreementsWe are party to three additional license agreements that support our senescence-related patent portfolio. These agreements are with The JohnHopkins University, or JHU, an entity affiliated with the Mayo Clinic, or Mayo, and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, or Buck, and provide us with aworldwide, exclusive, sublicensable license under those counter-parties’ rights to a patent family that is co-owned by JHU, Buck, Mayo and us to developand commercialize licensed products, including for the treatment of senescence-related diseases in therapeutic areas including osteoarthritis, ophthalmology,and pulmonary disease.Under our November 2016 license with JHU, which relates to patents that are relevant only to osteoarthritis indications, we may be obligated tomake development and sales milestone payments to JHU in the form of equity (22,033 shares of our common stock) and cash (of up to $2.6 million in theaggregate), to pay JHU a low-single digit percentage of certain sublicensing revenue, and to pay JHU a running royalty payment of less than 1% on net sales,in all cases, with respect to licensed products for the treatment of osteoarthritis, which we refer to as Royalty Products. Our obligation to pay running royaltiesto JHU under the agreement is subject to a non-material minimum annual royalty, and may continue on a country-by-country basis until such time as neitherthe manufacture, sale, or use of such Royalty Product would infringe a valid claim of a licensed patent in the applicable country. Our agreement with JHUcontinues on a country-by-country basis until the expiration of the last to expire licensed patent in such country (or until twenty years after the effective dateif no licensed patent issues in such country). We may terminate the agreement for convenience (as a whole, with respect to a licensed product, or with respectto a particular licensed patent). Either party may terminate the agreement for the other party’s uncured material breach or bankruptcy or insolvency-relatedevents.Under our June 2013 license with Mayo, we may be obligated to make development and sales milestone payments to Mayo of up to $10.8 millionin the aggregate, to pay Mayo a percentage of certain sublicensing revenue that is between the high-single digits and the low-teens, and to pay Mayo runningroyalty payments ranging from less than 1% to low-single digit percentages on net sales of licensed products. Our obligation to pay running royalties toMayo under the agreement is subject to a non-material minimum annual royalty and could potentially extend until January 1, 2037. We also issued 677,966shares of our common stock to Mayo under this agreement. Our agreement with Mayo continues until the later of (i) the expiration of the last valid claimwithin the licensed patents and (ii) 13 years after first commercial sale of the first licensed product. We may terminate the agreement for convenience, andeither party may terminate the agreement for the other party’s uncured material breach.Under our January 2017 license with Buck, which includes similar rights to a second patent family that is co-owned only by Buck and us, we maybe obligated to make development and sales milestone payments to Buck of up to $5.4 million in the aggregate, to pay Buck a mid-single digit percentage ofcertain sublicensing revenue, and to pay Buck running royalty payments ranging from less than 1% to low-single digit percentages on net sales of licensedproducts. Our obligation to pay running royalties to Buck under the agreement is subject to a non-material minimum annual royalty and could potentiallyextend until January 1, 2037. We also issued 132,203 shares of our common stock to Buck under this agreement. The term of our license agreement withBuck continues until the expiration of all our payment obligations to Buck thereunder. We may terminate the agreement for convenience, and either partymay terminate the agreement for the other party’s uncured material breach.39 EmployeesAs of March 1, 2019, we had 106 employees, all of whom were full-time. Greater than 65% of our employees hold advanced degrees. The majorityof our employees work in our Brisbane, California, facility. None of our employees is represented by a labor union or a collective bargaining agreement.40 FacilitiesOur corporate headquarters are located in Brisbane, California, where we currently lease approximately 39,000 square feet of office and laboratoryspace pursuant to a lease dated May 13, 2016. Although this facility is sufficient for our current needs, we will require additional space by the end of 2019 toaccommodate our anticipated growth. Therefore, on February 28, 2019, we entered into a lease for a new facility which we anticipate will be ready foroccupancy during the fourth quarter of 2019. The new facility is located in South San Francisco, California, and is comprised of approximately 62,000square feet of office and laboratory space. The new lease has a term of 10 years from the lease commence date. Substantially all our employees work at ourcurrent facility and will also work at the new facility.Legal ProceedingsWe are not currently involved in any litigation or legal proceedings that, in management’s opinion, are likely to have any material adverse effecton our company. While we know of no imminent legal action in which we are likely to be involved, we may in the future become engaged in litigation orother legal proceedings. Regardless of the outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact due to defense fees, settlement costs, demands on managementattention, and other concerns.Financial Information About SegmentsWe view our operations and manage our business as one reportable segment. See Note 1 in the Notes to Financial Statements included in thisAnnual Report on Form 10 K. Additional information required by this item is incorporated herein by reference to Part II, Item 6, “Selected Financial Data.”About UnityWe were incorporated in the State of Delaware on March 30, 2009. Our registered trademarks include UNITY BIOTECHNOLOGY®. Other servicemarks, trademarks and trade names referred to in this document are the property of their respective owners.Available InformationWe are subject to the information requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and we therefore file periodic reports, proxystatements and other information with the SEC relating to our business, financial statements and other matters. The SEC maintains an Internet site,www.sec.gov, that contains reports, proxy statements and other information regarding issuers such as Unity.For more information about Unity, including free access to our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports onForm 8-K and amendments to those reports, visit our website, www.unitybiotechnology.com. The information found on or accessible through our website isnot incorporated into, and does not form a part of, this Form 10-K.41 Item 1A. Risk Factors.This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking information based on our current expectations. Because our business is subject tomany risks and our actual results may differ materially from any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of us, this section includes a discussion ofimportant factors that could affect our business, operating results, financial condition and the trading price of our common stock. This discussion should beread in conjunction with the other information in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, including our condensed financial statements and the notesaccompanying those financial statements and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”. The occurrenceof any of the events or developments described below could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition,prospects and stock price. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also impair our business.Risks Related to Our Limited Operating History, Financial Condition, and Capital RequirementsWe are a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with a limited operating history and no products approved for commercial sale. We haveincurred significant losses since our inception, and we anticipate that we will continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future, which, together with ourlimited operating history, make it difficult to assess our future viability.We are a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company with a limited operating history. Biopharmaceutical product development is a highlyspeculative undertaking and involves a substantial degree of risk. We have not yet sought approval for commercial sale of any products and therefore haveno products approved for commercial sale and have not generated any revenue from contracts with customers and have incurred losses in each year since ourinception in March 2009. We have only a limited operating history upon which you can evaluate our business and prospects. In addition, we have limitedexperience and have not yet demonstrated an ability to successfully overcome many of the risks and uncertainties frequently encountered by companies innew and rapidly evolving fields, particularly in the biopharmaceutical industry. We initiated a Phase 1 clinical study of UBX0101, a potent senolytic small-molecule inhibitor of the MDM2/p53 interaction, in osteoarthritic patients in the second quarter of 2018. We have not yet submitted an Investigational NewDrug, or IND, application or initiated a clinical study for any of our other drug candidates.We have had significant operating losses since our inception. Our net loss for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, was approximately$76.4 million and $44.7 million, respectively. As of December 31, 2018, we had an accumulated deficit of $163.3 million. Substantially all of our losses haveresulted from expenses incurred in connection with our research and development programs and from general and administrative costs associated with ouroperations. We expect to continue to incur losses for the foreseeable future, and we anticipate these losses will increase as we continue to develop our drugcandidates, conduct clinical studies and pursue research and development activities. Even if we achieve profitability in the future, we may not be able tosustain profitability in subsequent periods. Our prior losses, combined with expected future losses, have had and will continue to have an adverse effect onour stockholders’ equity and working capital.We will require substantial additional financing to achieve our goals, and a failure to obtain this capital when needed on acceptable terms, or atall, could force us to delay, limit, reduce or terminate our product development, other operations or commercialization efforts.Since our inception, we have invested a significant portion of our efforts and financial resources in research and development activities. Preclinicalstudies and clinical studies for our drug candidates and additional research and development activities to discover and develop new drug candidates willrequire substantial funds to complete. As of December 31, 2018, we had capital resources consisting of cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities of$171.1 million. In March and April 2018, we sold and issued an aggregate of 3,913,425 shares of our Series C convertible preferred stock at $15.3317 pershare for net cash proceeds to us of approximately $59.9 million. In May 2018, we completed our initial public offering, or IPO, and received net proceeds of$75.9 million, after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and offering expenses payable by us. We believe that we will continue to expendsubstantial resources for the foreseeable future in connection with the preclinical and clinical development of our lead drug candidates, UBX0101 andUBX1967, and the discovery and/or development of any other drug candidates we may choose to pursue. These expenditures will include costs associatedwith conducting preclinical studies and clinical studies, obtaining regulatory approvals, and manufacturing and supply, as well as marketing and selling anyproducts42 approved for sale. In addition, other unanticipated costs may arise. Because the outcome of any preclinical study or clinical study is highly uncertain, wecannot reasonably estimate the actual amounts necessary to successfully complete the development and commercialization of our lead drug candidates orany future drug candidates.Based on our current operating plans, we expect our existing capital resources will fund our planned operating expenses into 2021. However, ouroperating plans may change as a result of many factors currently unknown to us, and we may need to seek additional funds sooner than planned, throughpublic or private equity or debt financings or other sources, such as strategic collaborations. Such financing may result in dilution to stockholders, theimposition of burdensome debt covenants and repayment obligations, or other restrictions that may affect our business. In addition, we may seek additionalcapital due to favorable market conditions or strategic considerations even if we believe we have sufficient funds for our current or future operating plans.Our future capital requirements depend on many factors, including: •the scope, progress, results and costs of researching and developing UBX0101, UBX1967 or any other drug candidates, and conductingpreclinical studies and clinical studies, including our ongoing Phase 1 clinical study of UBX0101, which was initiated in the second quarter of2018; •the timing of, and the costs involved in, obtaining regulatory approvals for our lead drug candidates or any future drug candidates; •the number and characteristics of any additional drug candidates we develop or acquire; •the timing and amount of any milestone payments we are required to make pursuant to our license agreements; •the cost of manufacturing our lead drug candidates or any future drug candidates and any products we successfully commercialize; •the cost of building a sales force in anticipation of product commercialization; •the cost of commercialization activities if our lead drug candidates or any future drug candidates are approved for sale, including marketing,sales and distribution costs; •our ability to maintain existing, and establish new, strategic collaborations, licensing or other arrangements and the financial terms of any suchagreements, including the timing and amount of any future milestone, royalty or other payments due under any such agreement; •any product liability or other lawsuits related to our products; •the expenses needed to attract, hire and retain skilled personnel; •the costs associated with being a public company; •the costs involved in preparing, filing, prosecuting, maintaining, defending and enforcing our intellectual property portfolio; and •the timing, receipt and amount of sales of any future approved products, if any.Additional funds may not be available when we need them, on terms that are acceptable to us, or at all. If adequate funds are not available to us ona timely basis, we may be required to: •delay, limit, reduce or terminate preclinical studies, clinical studies or other development activities for our lead drug candidates or any futuredrug candidate; •delay, limit, reduce or terminate our research and development activities; or •delay, limit, reduce or terminate our efforts to establish manufacturing and sales and marketing capabilities or other activities that may benecessary to commercialize our lead drug candidates or any future drug candidate, or reduce our flexibility in developing or maintaining oursales and marketing strategy.We also could choose or be required to seek funds through arrangements with collaborators or others that may require us to relinquish rights tosome of our technologies or drug candidates that we would otherwise pursue on our own. We do not expect to realize revenue from sales of products orroyalties from licensed products in the foreseeable future, if at all, and unless and until our drug candidates are clinically tested, approved forcommercialization and43 successfully marketed. To date, we have primarily financed our operations through the sale of debt and equity securities. We will be required to seekadditional funding in the future and currently intend to do so through collaborations, public or private equity offerings or debt financings, credit or loanfacilities or a combination of one or more of these funding sources. Our ability to raise additional funds will depend on financial, economic and other factors,many of which are beyond our control. Additional funds may not be available to us on acceptable terms or at all. If we raise additional funds by issuingequity securities, our stockholders will suffer dilution and the terms of any financing may adversely affect the rights of our stockholders. In addition, as acondition to providing additional funds to us, future investors may demand, and may be granted, rights superior to those of existing stockholders. Debtfinancing, if available, is likely to involve restrictive covenants limiting our flexibility in conducting future business activities, and, in the event ofinsolvency, debt holders would be repaid before holders of our equity securities received any distribution of our corporate assets.Due to the significant resources required for the development of our drug candidates, we must prioritize development of certain drug candidatesand/or certain disease indications. We may expend our limited resources on candidates or indications that do not yield a successful product and fail tocapitalize on drug candidates or indications that may be more profitable or for which there is a greater likelihood of success.We plan to continue to develop a pipeline of drug candidates to treat age-related diseases and extend human healthspan. Our clinical developmentstrategy is initially focused on the development of senolytic medicines designed to be administered locally into diseased tissue and we are currentlyadvancing programs in musculoskeletal, ophthalmologic, and pulmonary disorders. We are also in the early stages of developing senolytic medicines thatcould be administered systemically to treat additional age-related diseases, such as kidney disease, liver disease, and neurological disorders. In addition toour efforts to eliminate senescent cells, we are also advancing other programs with the potential to extend human healthspan, including the administration ofcirculating youth factors.We seek to maintain a process of prioritization and resource allocation among our programs to maintain a balance between aggressively advancinglead programs in identified indications and exploring additional indications and/or mechanisms related to diseases of aging. However, due to the significantresources required for the development of our drug candidates, we must focus on specific diseases and disease pathways and decide which drug candidates topursue and the amount of resources to allocate to each. Our near-term objective is to demonstrate in our clinical studies that local treatment with senolyticmolecules can alter the course of an age-related disease. To accomplish this goal, we initiated a Phase 1 clinical study of UBX0101 in osteoarthritic patientsin the second quarter of 2018. In addition, we plan to submit an ophthalmology IND application for UBX1967 in early 2020 that, if accepted, would enableus to pursue multiple indications in age-related eye diseases.Our decisions concerning the allocation of research, development, collaboration, management and financial resources toward particular drugcandidates or therapeutic areas may not lead to the development of any viable commercial product and may divert resources away from better opportunities.Similarly, our potential decisions to delay, terminate or collaborate with third parties in respect of certain programs may subsequently also prove to besuboptimal and could cause us to miss valuable opportunities. If we make incorrect determinations regarding the viability or market potential of any of ourprograms or drug candidates or misread trends in the biopharmaceutical industry, particularly those segments focused on aging and healthspan, our business,financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected. As a result, we may fail to capitalize on viable commercial products orprofitable market opportunities, be required to forego or delay pursuit of opportunities with other drug candidates or other diseases and disease pathways thatmay later prove to have greater commercial potential than those we choose to pursue, or relinquish valuable rights to such drug candidates throughcollaboration, licensing or other royalty arrangements in cases where it may have been more advantageous for us to invest additional resources to retaindevelopment and commercialization rights.Our operating results may fluctuate significantly, which makes our future operating results difficult to predict and could cause our operatingresults to fall below expectations.44 Our quarterly and annual operating results may fluctuate significantly, making it difficult for us to predict our future operating results. Thesefluctuations may occur due to a variety of factors, many of which are outside of our control and may be difficult to predict, including: •the timing, cost and level of investment in research, development and, if approved, commercialization activities relating to our drug candidates,which may change from time to time; •the timing and status of enrollment for our clinical studies; •the cost of manufacturing our drug candidates, as well as building out our supply chain, which may vary depending on the quantity ofproduction and the terms of our agreements with manufacturers; •expenditures we may incur to acquire, develop or commercialize additional drug candidates and technologies; •timing and amount of any milestone, royalty or other payments due under any collaboration or license agreement; •future accounting pronouncements or changes in our accounting policies; •the timing and success or failure of preclinical studies and clinical studies for our drug candidates or competing drug candidates, or any otherchange in the competitive landscape of our industry, including consolidation among our competitors or partners; •the timing of receipt of approvals for our drug candidates from regulatory authorities in the United States, or U.S., and internationally; •coverage and reimbursement policies with respect to our drug candidates, if approved, and potential future drugs that compete with our products;and •the level of demand for our products, if approved, which may vary significantly over time.The cumulative effects of these factors could result in large fluctuations and unpredictability in our quarterly and annual operating results. As aresult, comparing our operating results on a period-to-period basis may not be meaningful. Investors should not rely on our past results as an indication of ourfuture performance.This variability and unpredictability could also result in our failing to meet the expectations of industry or financial analysts or investors for anyperiod. If our revenue or operating results fall below the expectations of analysts or investors or below any forecasts we may provide to the market, or if theforecasts we provide to the market are below the expectations of analysts or investors, the price of our common stock could decline substantially. Such astock price decline could occur even when we have met any previously publicly stated revenue or earnings guidance we may provide.Risks Related to Our BusinessOur core therapeutic approach to extending human healthspan is based on our understanding of cellular senescence. Utilizing senolyticmolecules to treat age-related diseases is a novel therapeutic approach, which exposes us to unforeseen risks and makes it difficult to predict the time andcost of drug development and potential for regulatory approval.We are developing a pipeline of drug candidates to treat age-related diseases and extend human healthspan. Our foundational science and leaddrug candidates are based on senescence biology. We believe that we can develop drug candidates capable of eliminating accumulated senescent cells andtheir associated Senescence Associated Secretory Phenotype, or SASP, when administered locally. We are also in the early stages of developing senolyticmedicines that could be administered systemically to treat additional other age-related diseases such as kidney disease, liver disease, and neurologicaldisorders. In our development efforts we intend to explore senolytic medicines that use multiple modalities. However, this approach to treating age-relateddiseases is novel and the scientific research that forms the basis of our efforts to develop senolytic medicines is ongoing. We currently have only limited data,and no conclusive evidence in humans, that the accumulation of senescent cells and resulting exposure to SASP factors is the underlying cause of tissuedamage and dysfunction associated with many age-related diseases. The indications we45 are currently pursuing, including osteoarthritis, or OA, of the knee, and several age-related eye diseases, are believed to be heterogeneous and multifactorialdiseases that are driven by multiple SASP factors. While evidence suggests that, in each case, individual SASP factors contribute to the disease, it is our beliefthat suppression of multiple factors is likely needed for a meaningful clinical benefit to be observed and we do not yet know which of the SASP factors willbe most important in each disease or whether we can measure them. We have only just begun testing our senolytic molecules in humans and our current datais largely limited to animal models and preclinical cell lines, the results of which may not translate into humans. As such, there can be no assurances that evenif we are able to develop senolytic medicines capable of eliminating senescent cells and their associated SASP, that such medicines would safely andeffectively treat age-related diseases.Further, while cellular senescence is a natural occurring biological process, the administration of senolytic medicines to eliminate accumulatedsenescent cells and their associated SASP in humans is untested and may potentially harm healthy tissue or result in unforeseen safety events. We may alsoultimately discover that our senolytic molecules do not possess certain properties required for therapeutic effectiveness, or that even if found to be effectivein one type of tissue, that such molecules will be effective in other tissues. In addition, given the novel nature of this therapeutic approach, designingpreclinical and clinical studies to demonstrate the effect of senolytic medicines is complex and exposes us to unforeseen risks. For example, our attempts toreplicate early in vivo findings in different animal models proved to be challenging, particularly with respect to our efforts to mimic a disease like OA, whichdevelops over a long period of time in humans. In addition, the scientific evidence to support the feasibility of developing systemic senolytic medicines isboth preliminary and limited. We may spend substantial funds attempting to develop these drug candidates and never succeed in doing so.No regulatory authority has granted approval for a senolytic medicine. As such, we believe the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or the FDA, haslimited experience with biological senescence, which may increase the complexity, uncertainty and length of the clinical development and regulatoryapproval process for our drug candidates. We may never receive approval to market and commercialize any drug candidate. Even if we obtain regulatoryapproval, the approval may be for targets, disease indications or patient populations that are not as broad as we intended or desired or may require labelingthat includes significant use or distribution restrictions or safety warnings. We may be required to perform additional or unanticipated clinical studies toobtain approval or be subject to post-marketing testing requirements to maintain regulatory approval. If our senolytic molecules prove to be ineffective,unsafe or commercially unviable, our entire senolytic platform and pipeline would have little, if any, value, which would have a material and adverse effecton our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.Our business is dependent on the successful development, regulatory approval, and commercialization of our drug candidates, all of which are inearly stages of development and none of which have been tested in a human subject.We have no products approved for sale and all of our drug candidates are in early stages of development. Our first lead drug candidate, UBX0101,is currently being evaluated in a Phase 1 clinical study and we will commence IND-enabling studies with our other lead drug candidate, UBX1967 in the firstquarter of 2019. UBX0101 is the only drug candidate that we have administered to humans, and as such, we face significant translational risk with our drugcandidates. We may also be required by the FDA or similar foreign regulatory agencies to conduct additional preclinical studies beyond those planned tosupport the commencement of clinical trials. For example, one of the properties of UBX1967 is a sustained exposure in ocular tissues of interest afterintravitreal injection. After engaging the FDA regarding the design of IND-enabling studies for UBX1967, we determined that the duration of these non-clinical studies will be longer than originally anticipated due to the pharmacokinetic profile, which will delay the filing of our IND until early 2020.The success of our business, including our ability to finance our company and generate any revenue in the future, will primarily depend on thesuccessful development, regulatory approval and commercialization of drug candidates from our senolytic medicine pipeline. However, given our early stageof development, it may be many years, if we succeed at all, before we have demonstrated the safety and efficacy of a drug candidate sufficient to warrantapproval for commercialization.46 In the future, we may also become dependent on other drug candidates that we may develop or acquire. The clinical and commercial success of ourdrug candidates and future drug candidates will depend on a number of factors, including the following: •our ability to raise any additional required capital on acceptable terms, or at all; •our ability to complete IND-enabling studies and successfully submit IND or comparable applications; •timely completion of our preclinical studies and clinical studies, which may be significantly slower or cost more than we currently anticipate andwill depend substantially upon the performance of third-party contractors; •whether we are required by the FDA or similar foreign regulatory agencies to conduct additional clinical studies or other studies beyond thoseplanned to support the approval and commercialization of our drug candidates or any future drug candidates; •acceptance of our proposed indications and primary endpoint assessments relating to the proposed indications of our drug candidates by theFDA and similar foreign regulatory authorities; •our ability to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the FDA and similar foreign regulatory authorities the safety, efficacy and acceptable risk tobenefit profile of our lead drug candidates or any future drug candidates; •the prevalence, duration and severity of potential side effects or other safety issues experienced with our drug candidates or future approvedproducts, if any; •the timely receipt of necessary marketing approvals from the FDA and similar foreign regulatory authorities; •achieving and maintaining, and, where applicable, ensuring that our third-party contractors achieve and maintain compliance with ourcontractual obligations and with all regulatory requirements applicable to our lead drug candidates or any future drug candidates or approvedproducts, if any; •the willingness of physicians, operators of clinics and patients to utilize or adopt any of our future drug candidates to treat age-related diseases; •the ability of third parties with whom we contract to manufacture adequate clinical study and commercial supplies of our lead drug candidates orany future drug candidates, to remain in good standing with regulatory agencies and develop, validate and maintain commercially viablemanufacturing processes that are compliant with current good manufacturing practices, or cGMP; •our ability to successfully develop a commercial strategy and thereafter commercialize our drug candidates or any future drug candidates in theU.S., and internationally, if approved for marketing, reimbursement, sale and distribution in such countries and territories, whether alone or incollaboration with others; •the convenience of our treatment or dosing regimen; •acceptance by physicians, payors and patients of the benefits, safety and efficacy of our drug candidates or any future drug candidates, ifapproved, including relative to alternative and competing treatments; •patient demand for our drug candidates, if approved; •our ability to establish and enforce intellectual property rights in and to our drug candidates or any future drug candidates; and •our ability to avoid third-party patent interference, intellectual property challenges or intellectual property infringement claims.These factors, many of which are beyond our control, could cause us to experience significant delays or be unable to obtain regulatory approvals orcommercialize our drug candidates. Even if regulatory approvals are obtained, we may never achieve success in commercializing any of our drug candidates.Accordingly, we cannot provide assurances that we will be able to generate sufficient revenue through the sale of our drug candidates or any future drugcandidates to continue our business or achieve profitability.47 We may be unable to obtain regulatory approval for our drug candidates under applicable regulatory requirements. The denial or delay of anysuch approval would delay commercialization of our drug candidates and adversely impact our potential to generate revenue, our business and our resultsof operations.To gain approval to market our drug candidates, we must provide the FDA and foreign regulatory authorities with clinical data that adequatelydemonstrate the safety and efficacy of the drug candidate for the intended indication applied for in the applicable regulatory filing. For our senolyticmedicines, we must also demonstrate that eliminating senescent cells and the associated SASP will lead to the improvement of well-defined and measurableendpoints.We have not previously submitted a new drug application, or NDA, or biologics license application, or BLA, to the FDA, or similar approval filingsto comparable foreign regulatory authorities. An NDA, BLA or other relevant regulatory filing must include extensive preclinical and clinical data andsupporting information to establish that the drug candidate is safe, pure and potent for each desired indication. The NDA, BLA or other relevant regulatoryfiling must also include significant information regarding the chemistry, manufacturing and controls for the product.The research, testing, manufacturing, labeling, approval, sale, marketing and distribution of drug and biologic products are subject to extensiveregulation by the FDA and other regulatory authorities in the U.S. and other countries, and such regulations differ from country to country. We are notpermitted to market our drug candidates in the U.S. or in any foreign countries until they receive the requisite approval from the applicable regulatoryauthorities of such jurisdictions.The FDA or any foreign regulatory bodies can delay, limit or deny approval of our drug candidates for many reasons, including: •our inability to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the FDA or the applicable foreign regulatory body that any of our drug candidates is safe andeffective for the requested indication; •the FDA’s or the applicable foreign regulatory agency’s disagreement with our trial protocol or the interpretation of data from preclinical studiesor clinical studies; •our inability to demonstrate that the clinical and other benefits of any of our drug candidates outweigh any safety or other perceived risks; •the FDA’s or the applicable foreign regulatory agency’s requirement for additional preclinical studies or clinical studies; •the FDA’s or the applicable foreign regulatory agency’s failure to approve the formulation, labeling or specifications of UBX0101, UBX1967, orany of our future drug candidates; •the FDA’s or the applicable foreign regulatory agency’s failure to approve the manufacturing processes or facilities of third-party manufacturersupon which we rely; or •the potential for approval policies or regulations of the FDA or the applicable foreign regulatory agencies to significantly change in a mannerthat renders our clinical data insufficient for approval.Of the large number of biopharmaceutical and pharmaceutical products in development, only a small percentage successfully complete the FDA orother regulatory approval processes and are commercialized.In addition, disruptions at the FDA and other regulatory agencies that are unrelated to our company or our products could also cause delays to theregulatory approval process for our products. For example, over the last several years, including in December 2018 and January 2019, the U.S. governmenthas shut down several times and certain regulatory agencies, including the FDA, have had to furlough critical employees and stop critical activities. If aprolonged government shutdown occurs, it could significantly impact the ability of the FDA to timely review and process our regulatory submissions.Even if we eventually complete clinical testing and receive approval from the FDA or applicable foreign agencies for any of our drug candidates,the FDA or the applicable foreign regulatory agency may grant approval contingent on the performance of costly additional clinical studies which may berequired after approval. The FDA or the applicable foreign regulatory agency also may approve our lead drug candidates for a more limited indication or a48 narrower patient population than we originally requested, and the FDA, or applicable foreign regulatory agency, may not approve our drug candidates withthe labeling that we believe is necessary or desirable for the successful commercialization of such drug candidates.Any delay in obtaining, or inability to obtain, applicable regulatory approval would delay or prevent commercialization of our drug candidatesand would materially adversely impact our business and prospects.Clinical development involves a lengthy and expensive process with an uncertain outcome, and results of earlier studies and trials may not bepredictive of future trial results.Clinical testing is expensive and can take many years to complete, and its outcome is inherently uncertain. Failure or delay can occur at any timeduring the clinical study process. Success in preclinical studies and early clinical studies does not ensure that later clinical studies will be successful. Anumber of companies in the biotechnology, and pharmaceutical industries have suffered significant setbacks in clinical studies, even after positive results inearlier preclinical studies or clinical studies. These setbacks have been caused by, among other things, preclinical findings made while clinical studies wereunderway and safety or efficacy observations made in clinical studies, including previously unreported adverse events. The results of our preclinical animalstudies or studies in ex vivo human tissues may not be predictive of the results of outcomes in human clinical studies. For example, our senolytic moleculesmay demonstrate different chemical and pharmacological properties in patients than they do in laboratory studies or may interact with human biologicalsystems in unforeseen or harmful ways. Additionally, with respect to our initial clinical trials for our senolytic drug candidates. we may be unable toaccurately predict whether or in what manner we will be able to measure the impact of a drug candidate on relevant SASP factors. The indications we arecurrently pursuing, including OA of the knee and several age-related eye diseases, are believed to be heterogeneous and multifactorial diseases that aredriven by multiple SASP factors. While evidence suggests that, in each case, individual SASP factors contribute to the disease, it is our belief that suppressionof multiple factors is likely needed for a meaningful clinical benefit to be observed and we do not yet know which of the SASP factors will be most importantin each disease or whether we can measure them. For example, in the initial phase, or Part A, of our Phase 1 clinical of UBX0101 in patients with osteoarthritisof the knees, we sought to collect synovial fluid via simple aspiration; however, a number of patients had an insufficient amount of fluid for sampling. Thisled us to expand the study to include a second phase, or Part B, with an additional cohort of patients to provide an increased sample size for SASP assessmentby allowing saline lavage in those patients who do not have adequate fluid to collect via simple aspiration.Drug candidates in later stages of clinical studies may fail to show the desired pharmacological properties or safety and efficacy traits despitehaving progressed through preclinical studies and initial clinical studies. Notwithstanding any promising results in earlier studies, we cannot be certain thatwe will not face similar setbacks. Even if we are able to initiate and complete clinical studies, the results may not be sufficient to obtain regulatory approvalfor our drug candidates.Although we initiated our Phase 1 clinical study of UBX0101 in osteoarthritis in the second quarter of 2018, we may experience delays inobtaining the FDA’s authorization to initiate further clinical studies under the IND for UBX0101, completing ongoing studies of our other drug candidatesand initiating our planned studies and trials. Additionally, we cannot be certain that studies or trials for our drug candidates will begin on time, not requireredesign, enroll an adequate number of subjects on time or be completed on schedule, if at all. Clinical studies can be prolonged, delayed or terminated for avariety of reasons, including: •the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities disagreeing with or requiring changes to the design or implementation of our clinicalstudies; •delays in obtaining regulatory approval to commence or continue a trial; •reaching agreement on acceptable terms with prospective contract research organizations, or CROs, and clinical study sites, the terms of whichcan be subject to extensive negotiation and may vary significantly among different CROs and trial sites; •obtaining institutional review board, or IRB, approval at each trial site; •recruiting an adequate number of suitable patients to participate in a trial; •having subjects complete a trial or return for post-treatment follow-up;49 •encountering difficulties in gathering the range of biological data from patients needed to fully assess the impact of our drug candidates, such asthe challenges we encountered in collecting synovial fluid from OA patients in Part A of our Phase 1 clinical study; •clinical sites deviating from trial protocol or dropping out of a trial; •addressing subject safety concerns that arise during the course of a trial; •adding a sufficient number of clinical study sites; or •obtaining sufficient product supply of drug candidate for use in preclinical studies or clinical studies from third-party suppliers.We may experience numerous adverse or unforeseen events during, or as a result of, preclinical studies and clinical studies that could delay orprevent our ability to receive marketing approval or commercialize our drug candidates, including: •clinical studies of our drug candidates may produce negative or inconclusive results, and we may decide, or regulators may require us, to modifyclinical study design, conduct additional clinical studies or abandon drug development programs, including all of our senolytic programs; •the number of patients required for clinical studies of our drug candidates may be larger than we anticipate, enrollment in these clinical studiesmay be slower than we anticipate or participants may drop out of these clinical studies at a higher rate than we anticipate; •our third-party contractors may fail to comply with regulatory requirements, fail to maintain adequate quality controls, or be unable to provide uswith sufficient product supply to conduct and complete preclinical studies or clinical studies of our drug candidates in a timely manner, or at all; •we or our investigators might have to suspend or terminate clinical studies of our drug candidates for various reasons, including non-compliancewith regulatory requirements, a finding that our drug candidates have undesirable side effects or other unexpected characteristics, or a findingthat the participants are being exposed to unacceptable health risks; •the cost of clinical studies of our drug candidates may be greater than we anticipate; •the quality of our drug candidates or other materials necessary to conduct preclinical studies or clinical studies of our drug candidates may beinadequate; •regulators may revise the requirements for approving our drug candidates, or such requirements may not be as we anticipate; and •future collaborators may conduct clinical studies in ways they view as advantageous to them but that are suboptimal for us.If we are required to conduct additional clinical studies or other testing of our drug candidates beyond those that we currently contemplate, if weare unable to successfully complete clinical studies of our drug candidates or other testing, if the results of these trials or tests are not positive or are onlymoderately positive, or if there are safety concerns, we may: •incur unplanned costs; •be delayed in obtaining marketing approval for our drug candidates or not obtain marketing approval at all; •obtain marketing approval in some countries and not in others; •obtain marketing approval for indications or patient populations that are not as broad as intended or desired •obtain marketing approval with labeling that includes significant use or distribution restrictions or safety warnings, including boxed warnings; •be subject to additional post-marketing testing requirements; or •have the treatment removed from the market after obtaining marketing approval.50 We could also encounter delays if a clinical study is suspended or terminated by us, by the IRBs of the institutions in which such trials are beingconducted, by the Data Safety Monitoring Board, or DSMB, for such trial or by the FDA or other regulatory authorities. Such authorities may suspend orterminate a clinical study due to a number of factors, including failure to conduct the clinical study in accordance with regulatory requirements or ourclinical protocols, inspection of the clinical study operations or trial site by the FDA or other regulatory authorities resulting in the imposition of a clinicalhold, unforeseen safety issues or adverse side effects, failure to demonstrate a benefit from using a drug, changes in governmental regulations oradministrative actions or lack of adequate funding to continue the clinical study.Further, conducting clinical studies in foreign countries, as we may do for certain of our drug candidates, presents additional risks that may delaycompletion of our clinical studies. These risks include the failure of enrolled patients in foreign countries to adhere to clinical protocol as a result ofdifferences in healthcare services or cultural customs, managing additional administrative burdens associated with foreign regulatory schemes, as well aspolitical and economic risks relevant to such foreign countries.Principal investigators for our clinical studies may serve as scientific advisors or consultants to us from time to time and may receive cash or equitycompensation in connection with such services. If these relationships and any related compensation result in perceived or actual conflicts of interest, or aregulatory authority concludes that the financial relationship may have affected the interpretation of the trial, the integrity of the data generated at theapplicable clinical study site may be questioned and the utility of the clinical study itself may be jeopardized, which could result in the delay or rejection ofthe marketing application we submit. Any such delay or rejection could prevent or delay us from commercializing our current or future drug candidates.If we experience termination or delays in the completion of any preclinical study or clinical study of our drug candidates, the commercial prospectsof our drug candidates may be harmed, and our ability to generate revenues from any of these drug candidates will be delayed or unrealized. In addition, anydelays in completing our clinical studies may increase our costs, slow down our drug candidate development and approval process and jeopardize our abilityto commence product sales and generate revenues. Any of these occurrences may significantly harm our business, financial condition and prospects. Inaddition, many of the factors that cause, or lead to, a delay in the commencement or completion of clinical studies may also ultimately lead to the denial ofregulatory approval of our drug candidates. If one or more of our drug candidates or our senescence technology generally prove to be ineffective, unsafe orcommercially unviable, our entire platform and pipeline would have little, if any, value, which would have a material and adverse effect on our business,financial condition, results of operations and prospects.We may not be successful in our efforts to continue to create a pipeline of drug candidates or to develop commercially successful products. If wefail to successfully identify and develop additional drug candidates, our commercial opportunity may be limited.We are committed to developing senolytic medicines that slow, halt or reverse age-related diseases and are currently advancing multiple senolyticmolecules to address a variety of age-related diseases, including musculoskeletal, ophthalmologic and pulmonary disorders. As senolytic medicines are notlimited to intervention by a single mode of action or molecular target, we believe that we can modulate a number of biologic pathways in order to trigger thebeneficial elimination of senescent cells. However, our core therapeutic approach is based on our belief that the elimination of the accumulation of senescentcells and their accompanying SASP can treat a root cause of many diseases of aging, which may never be successfully validated in a human. The indicationswe are currently pursuing, including OA of the knee and several age-related eye diseases, are believed to be heterogeneous and multifactorial diseases that aredriven by multiple SASP factors. While evidence suggests that, in each case, individual SASP factors contribute to the disease, it is our belief that suppressionof multiple factors is likely needed for a meaningful clinical benefit to be observed and we do not yet know which of the SASP factors will be most importantor whether we can measure them.In addition, identifying, developing, obtaining regulatory approval and commercializing drug candidates for the treatment of age-related diseaseswill require substantial additional funding and is prone to the risks of failure inherent in drug development. Research programs to identify drug candidatesalso require substantial technical, financial and human resources, regardless of whether or not any drug candidates are ultimately identified, and even if51 our preclinical research programs initially show promise in identifying potential drug candidates, they may fail to yield drug candidates for clinicaldevelopment.In addition, we believe that many age-related diseases will require the development of senolytic medicines that can be administered systemicallyand that the full potential to extend human healthspan will require additional non-senescence based therapeutic approaches. As a result, we intend tocontinue to dedicate resources and effort to better understand fundamental aging mechanisms, such as loss of circulating youth factors and mitochondrialdysfunction and translate these insights into human medicines. However, the scientific evidence to support the feasibility of developing systemic senolyticmedicines is both preliminary and limited and our non-senolytic programs are based on emerging science. We therefore cannot provide any assurance that wewill be able to successfully identify or acquire additional drug candidates, advance any of these additional drug candidates through the development process,successfully commercialize any such additional drug candidates, if approved, or assemble sufficient resources to identify, acquire, develop or, if approved,commercialize additional drug candidates. If we are unable to successfully identify, acquire, develop and commercialize additional drug candidates, ourcommercial opportunity may be limited.It may be many years, if ever, before we develop senolytic medicines capable of systemic administration to treat systemic diseases of aging.We are focusing initially on the development of senolytic molecules for age-related diseases that can be treated by means of local treatment andintend to continue our research into the development of systemic senolytic medicines. However, we are still at a very early stage of developing locallyadministered senolytic medicines, and we must establish proof-of-concept in humans for local treatment before developing a systemically administeredsenolytic medicine. We still face significant risks in the development of localized treatments. As a result, it may be many years before we have sufficienthuman data and scientific understanding to effectively pursue a systemically administered senolytic medicine, if ever.If we encounter difficulties enrolling patients in our clinical studies, our clinical development activities could be delayed or otherwise adverselyaffected.The timely completion of clinical studies in accordance with their protocols depends, among other things, on our ability to enroll a sufficientnumber of patients who remain in the study until its conclusion. We may experience difficulties in patient enrollment in our clinical studies for a variety ofreasons. The enrollment of patients depends on many factors, including: •the patient eligibility criteria defined in the protocol; •the size of the patient population required for analysis of the trial’s primary endpoints; •the proximity of patients to trial sites; •the design of the trial; •our ability to recruit clinical study investigators with the appropriate competencies and experience; •clinicians’ and patients’ perceptions as to the potential advantages of the drug candidate being studied in relation to other available therapies,including any new drugs that may be approved for the indications we are investigating; and •our ability to obtain and maintain patient consents.In addition, our clinical studies may compete with other clinical studies for drug candidates that are in the same therapeutic areas as our drugcandidates, and this competition will reduce the number and types of patients available to us, because some patients who might have opted to enroll in ourtrials may instead opt to enroll in a trial being conducted by one of our competitors. Since the number of qualified clinical investigators is limited, we mayconduct some of our clinical studies at the same clinical study sites that some of our competitors use, which will reduce the number of patients who areavailable for our clinical studies in such clinical study site.Further, the administration of senolytic medicines designed to eliminate senescent cells and associated SASP may result in unforeseen events,including by harming healthy tissues. As a result, it is possible that safety concerns52 could negatively affect patient enrollment among the patient populations that we intend to treat, including among those in indications with a low risk ofmortality. Delays in patient enrollment may result in increased costs or may affect the timing or outcome of the planned clinical studies, which could preventcompletion of these trials and adversely affect our ability to advance the development of our drug candidates.Our drug candidates may cause undesirable side effects or have other properties that could delay or prevent their regulatory approval, limit thecommercial profile of an approved label, or result in significant negative consequences following marketing approval, if any.Undesirable side effects caused by our drug candidates could cause us or regulatory authorities to interrupt, delay or halt clinical studies and couldresult in a more restrictive label or the delay or denial of regulatory approval by the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities. Other than in ourPhase 1 clinical study of UBX0101, which was initiated in the second quarter of 2018, senolytic medicines designed to eliminate senescent cells andassociated SASP have never been tested in humans. As a result, any clinical studies we initiate could reveal a high and unacceptable severity and prevalenceof side effects, and it is possible that patients enrolled in such clinical studies could respond in unexpected ways. For instance, in preclinical in vivo animaland ex vivo human tissue studies, our senolytic molecules have exhibited clearance of senescent cells, however the elimination of accumulated senescentcells may result in unforeseen events, including by harming healthy cells or tissues. In addition, the entry by cells into a senescent state is a natural biologicalprocess that we believe may have protective effects, such as halting the proliferation of damaged cells. The treatment of tissues with senolytic moleculescould interfere with such protective processes.If unacceptable side effects arise in the development of our drug candidates, we, the FDA, the IRBs at the institutions in which our studies areconducted, or the DSMB could suspend or terminate our clinical studies or the FDA or comparable foreign regulatory authorities could order us to ceaseclinical studies or deny approval of our drug candidates for any or all targeted indications. Treatment-related side effects could also affect patient recruitmentor the ability of enrolled patients to complete any of our clinical studies or result in potential product liability claims. In addition, these side effects may notbe appropriately recognized or managed by the treating medical staff. We expect to have to train medical personnel using our drug candidates to understandthe side effect profiles for our clinical studies and upon any commercialization of any of our drug candidates. Inadequate training in recognizing or managingthe potential side effects of our drug candidates could result in patient injury or death. Any of these occurrences may harm our business, financial conditionand prospects significantly.In addition, even if we successfully advance any of our drug candidates into and through clinical studies, such trials will likely only include alimited number of subjects and limited duration of exposure to our drug candidates. As a result, we cannot be assured that adverse effects of our drugcandidates will not be uncovered when a significantly larger number of patients are exposed to the drug candidate. Further, clinical studies may not besufficient to determine the effect and safety consequences of taking our drug candidates over a multi-year period.If any of our drug candidates receives marketing approval, and we or others later identify undesirable side effects caused by such products, anumber of potentially significant negative consequences could result, including: •regulatory authorities may withdraw their approval of the product; •we may be required to recall a product or change the way such product is administered to patients; •additional restrictions may be imposed on the marketing of the particular product or the manufacturing processes for the product or anycomponent thereof; •regulatory authorities may require the addition of labeling statements, such as a “black box” warning or a contraindication; •we may be required to implement a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy, or REMS, or create a Medication Guide outlining the risks of suchside effects for distribution to patients; •we could be sued and held liable for harm caused to patients;53 •the product may become less competitive; and •our reputation may suffer.Any of the foregoing events could prevent us from achieving or maintaining market acceptance of the particular drug candidate, if approved, andresult in the loss of significant revenues to us, which would materially and adversely affect our results of operations and business. In addition, if one or moreof our drug candidates or our senescence approach generally prove to be unsafe, our entire platform and pipeline could be affected, which would have amaterial and adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects.Even if our lead drug candidates or any future drug candidates obtain regulatory approval, they may fail to achieve the broad degree ofphysician and patient adoption and use necessary for commercial success.Even if one or more of our drug candidates receive FDA or other regulatory approvals, the commercial success of any of our current or future drugcandidates will depend significantly on the broad adoption and use of the resulting product by physicians and patients for approved indications. Our drugcandidates may not be commercially successful for a variety of reasons, including: competitive factors, pricing or physician preference, reimbursement byinsurers, the degree and rate of physician and patient adoption of our current or future drug candidates. If approved, the commercial success of our drugcandidates will depend on a number of factors, including: •the clinical indications for which the product is approved and patient demand for approved products that treat those indications; •the safety and efficacy of our product as compared to other available therapies; •the availability of coverage and adequate reimbursement from managed care plans, insurers and other healthcare payors for any of our drugcandidates that may be approved; •acceptance by physicians, operators of clinics and patients of the product as a safe and effective treatment; •physician and patient willingness to adopt a new therapy over other available therapies to treat approved indications; •overcoming any biases physicians or patients may have toward particular therapies for the treatment of approved indications; •proper training and administration of our drug candidates by physicians and medical staff; •public misperception regarding the use of our therapies, or public bias against “anti-aging” companies; •patient satisfaction with the results and administration of our drug candidates and overall treatment experience, including, for example, theconvenience of any dosing regimen; •the cost of treatment with our drug candidates in relation to alternative treatments and reimbursement levels, if any, and willingness to pay forthe product, if approved, on the part of insurance companies and other third-party payers, physicians and patients; •the willingness of patients to pay for certain of our products, if approved; •the revenue and profitability that our products may offer a physician as compared to alternative therapies; •the prevalence and severity of side effects; •limitations or warnings contained in the FDA-approved labeling for our products; •the willingness of physicians, operators of clinics and patients to utilize or adopt our products as a solution; •any FDA requirement to undertake a REMS; •the effectiveness of our sales, marketing and distribution efforts; •adverse publicity about our products or favorable publicity about competitive products; and •potential product liability claims.54 We cannot assure you that our current or future drug candidates, if approved, will achieve broad market acceptance among physicians and patients.Any failure by our drug candidates that obtain regulatory approval to achieve market acceptance or commercial success would adversely affect our results ofoperations.We rely on third-party suppliers to manufacture preclinical supplies of our drug candidates and we intend to rely on third parties to produceclinical supplies as well as commercial supplies of any approved product. The loss of these suppliers, or their failure to comply with applicable regulatoryrequirements or to provide us with sufficient quantities at acceptable quality levels or prices, or at all, would materially and adversely affect our business.We do not have the infrastructure or capability internally to manufacture supplies of our drug candidates or the materials necessary to produce ourdrug candidates for use in the conduct of our preclinical studies or clinical studies, and we lack the internal resources and the capability to manufacture anyof our drug candidates on a preclinical, clinical or commercial scale. The facilities used by our contract manufacturers to manufacture our drug candidates aresubject to various regulatory requirements and may be subject to the inspection of the FDA or other regulatory authorities. We do not control themanufacturing process of, and are completely dependent on, our contract manufacturing partners for compliance with the regulatory requirements, known ascGMPs. If our contract manufacturers cannot successfully manufacture material that conforms to our specifications and the strict regulatory requirements ofthe FDA or comparable regulatory authorities in foreign jurisdictions, we may not be able to rely on their manufacturing facilities for the manufacture or ourdrug candidates. In addition, we have limited control over the ability of our contract manufacturers to maintain adequate quality control, quality assuranceand qualified personnel. If the FDA or a comparable foreign regulatory authority finds these facilities inadequate for the manufacture of our drug candidatesor if such facilities are subject to enforcement action in the future or are otherwise inadequate, we may need to find alternative manufacturing facilities, whichwould significantly impact our ability to develop, obtain regulatory approval for or market our drug candidates.We currently intend to supply all of our drug candidates in all territories for our clinical development programs. We currently rely on third partiesat key stages in our supply chain. For instance, the supply chains for our lead drug candidates involve several manufacturers that specialize in specificoperations of the manufacturing process, specifically, raw materials manufacturing, drug substance manufacturing, and drug product manufacturing. As aresult, the supply chain for the manufacturing of our drug candidates is complicated and we expect the logistical challenges associated with our supply chainto grow more complex as our drug candidates such as UBX0101 and UBX1967, progress through the clinical trial process.We do not have any control over the process or timing of the acquisition or manufacture of materials by our manufacturers. We generally do notbegin a preclinical study and we do not intend to initiate any clinical studies unless we believe we have access to a sufficient supply of a drug candidate tocomplete such study or trial. In addition, any significant delay in, or quality control problems with respect to, the supply of a drug candidate, or the rawmaterial components thereof, for an ongoing study or trial could considerably delay completion of our preclinical studies or future clinical studies, producttesting and potential regulatory approval of our drug candidates.We have not yet engaged any manufacturers for the commercial supply of our drug candidates. Although we intend to enter into such agreementsprior to commercial launch of any of our drug candidates, we may be unable to enter into any such agreement or do so on commercially reasonable terms,which could have a material adverse impact upon our business. Moreover, if there is a disruption to one or more of our third-party manufacturers’ or suppliers’relevant operations, or if we are unable to enter into arrangements for the commercial supply of our drug candidates, we will have no other means ofproducing our lead drug candidates until they restore the affected facilities or we or they procure alternative manufacturing facilities or sources of supply. Ourability to progress our preclinical and clinical programs could be materially and adversely impacted if any of the third-party suppliers upon which we relywere to experience a significant business challenge, disruption or failure due to issues such as financial difficulties or bankruptcy, issues relating to othercustomers such as regulatory or quality compliance issues, or other financial, legal, regulatory or reputational issues.Additionally, any damage to or destruction of our third-party manufacturers’ or suppliers’ facilities or equipment may significantly impair ourability to manufacture our drug candidates on a timely basis.55 In addition, to manufacture our lead drug candidates in the quantities that we believe would be required to meet anticipated market demand, ourthird-party manufacturers would likely need to increase manufacturing capacity and, in some cases, we would need to secure alternative sources ofcommercial supply, which could involve significant challenges and may require additional regulatory approvals. In addition, the development ofcommercial-scale manufacturing capabilities may require us and our third-party manufacturers to invest substantial additional funds and hire and retain thetechnical personnel who have the necessary manufacturing experience. Neither we nor our third-party manufacturers may successfully complete any requiredincrease to existing manufacturing capacity in a timely manner, or at all. If our manufacturers or we are unable to purchase the raw materials necessary for themanufacture of our drug candidates on acceptable terms, at sufficient quality levels, or in adequate quantities, if at all, the commercial launch of our lead drugcandidates or any future drug candidates would be delayed or there would be a shortage in supply, which would impair our ability to generate revenues fromthe sale of such drug candidates, if approved.We depend on third-party suppliers for key raw materials used in our manufacturing processes, and the loss of these third-party suppliers or theirinability to supply us with adequate raw materials could harm our business.We rely on third-party suppliers for the raw materials required for the production of our drug candidates. Our dependence on these third-partysuppliers and the challenges we may face in obtaining adequate supplies of raw materials involve several risks, including limited control over pricing,availability, and quality and delivery schedules. As a small company, our negotiation leverage is limited and we are likely to get lower priority than ourcompetitors who are larger than we are. We cannot be certain that our suppliers will continue to provide us with the quantities of these raw materials that werequire or satisfy our anticipated specifications and quality requirements. Any supply interruption in limited or sole sourced raw materials could materiallyharm our ability to manufacture our drug candidates until a new source of supply, if any, could be identified and qualified. We may be unable to find asufficient alternative supply channel in a reasonable time or on commercially reasonable terms. Any performance failure on the part of our suppliers coulddelay the development and potential commercialization of our drug candidates, including limiting supplies necessary for clinical studies and regulatoryapprovals, which would have a material adverse effect on our business.We rely on third parties in the conduct of critical portions of our preclinical studies and intend to rely on third parties in the conduct of criticalportions of our future clinical studies. If these third parties do not successfully carry out their contractual duties, fail to comply with applicable regulatoryrequirements or meet expected deadlines, we may be unable to obtain regulatory approval for our drug candidates.We currently do not have the ability to independently conduct preclinical studies that comply with the regulatory requirements known as goodlaboratory practice, or GLP, requirements. We also do not currently have the ability to independently conduct any clinical studies. The FDA and regulatoryauthorities in other jurisdictions require us to comply with regulations and standards, commonly referred to as good clinical practice, or GCP, requirementsfor conducting, monitoring, recording and reporting the results of clinical studies, in order to ensure that the data and results are scientifically credible andaccurate and that the trial subjects are adequately informed of the potential risks of participating in clinical studies. We rely on medical institutions, clinicalinvestigators, contract laboratories and other third parties, such as CROs, to conduct GLP-compliant preclinical studies and GCP-compliant clinical studieson our drug candidates properly and on time. While we have agreements governing their activities, we control only certain aspects of their activities and havelimited influence over their actual performance. The third parties with whom we contract for execution of our GLP-compliant preclinical studies and ourGCP-compliant clinical studies play a significant role in the conduct of these studies and trials and the subsequent collection and analysis of data. Thesethird parties are not our employees and, except for restrictions imposed by our contracts with such third parties, we have limited ability to control the amountor timing of resources that they devote to our programs. Although we rely on these third parties to conduct our GLP-compliant preclinical studies and GCP-compliant clinical studies, we remain responsible for ensuring that each of our GLP preclinical studies and clinical studies is conducted in accordance withits investigational plan and protocol and applicable laws and regulations, and our reliance on the CROs does not relieve us of our regulatory responsibilities.Many of the third parties with whom we contract may also have relationships with other commercial entities, potentially including our competitors,for whom they may also be conducting clinical studies or other drug56 development activities that could harm our competitive position. If the third parties conducting our preclinical studies or our clinical studies do notadequately perform their contractual duties or obligations, experience significant business challenges, disruptions or failures, do not meet expecteddeadlines, terminate their agreements with us or need to be replaced, or if the quality or accuracy of the data they obtain is compromised due to their failure toadhere to our protocols or to GCPs, or for any other reason, we may need to enter into new arrangements with alternative third parties. This could be difficult,costly or impossible, and our preclinical studies or clinical studies may need to be extended, delayed, terminated or repeated. As a result we may not be ableto obtain regulatory approval in a timely fashion, or at all, for the applicable drug candidate, our financial results and the commercial prospects for our drugcandidates would be harmed, our costs could increase, and our ability to generate revenues could be delayed.We face significant competition in an environment of rapid technological and scientific change, and our drug candidates, if approved, will facesignificant competition and our failure to effectively compete may prevent us from achieving significant market penetration. Most of our competitors havesignificantly greater resources than we do and we may not be able to successfully compete.The biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries in particular are characterized by rapidly advancing technologies, intense competition and astrong emphasis on developing proprietary therapeutics. Numerous companies are engaged in the development, patenting, manufacturing and marketing ofhealthcare products competitive with those that we are developing. We face competition from a number of sources, such as pharmaceutical companies,generic drug companies, biotechnology companies and academic and research institutions, many of which have greater financial resources, marketingcapabilities, sales forces, manufacturing capabilities, research and development capabilities, clinical study expertise, intellectual property portfolios,experience in obtaining patents and regulatory approvals for drug candidates and other resources than we do. Some of the companies that offer competingproducts also have a broad range of other product offerings, large direct sales forces and long-term customer relationships with our target physicians, whichcould inhibit our market penetration efforts. Mergers and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical industry may result in even more resources being concentratedamong a smaller number of our competitors. Smaller or early-stage companies may also prove to be significant competitors, particularly throughcollaborative arrangements with large and established companies. These competitors also compete with us in recruiting and retaining qualified scientific andmanagement personnel and establishing clinical study sites and patient registration for clinical studies, as well as in acquiring technologies complementaryto, or necessary for, our programs. In addition, certain of our drug candidates, if approved, may compete with other products that treat age-related diseases,including over-the-counter, or OTC, treatments, for a share of some patients’ discretionary budgets and for physicians’ attention within their clinicalpractices.We are aware of other companies seeking to develop treatments to prevent or treat aging-related diseases through various biological pathways,including Calico and resTORbio. Within our three leading senolytic programs, our drug candidates would compete against current therapies from a widerange of companies and technologies, including: •Musculoskeletal diseases, including osteoarthritis: current standard of care treatments (though not disease-modifying and focused on symptommanagement) include anti-inflammatory drugs (Ibruprofen, Diclofenac, Celecoxib), analgesic pain relief (Acetaminophen), or narcotic pain relief(Tramadol). •Ophthalmology diseases, including diabetic retinopathy: potentially disease-modifying therapeutics are being sold and developed by severalpharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, including Roche/Genentech and Regeneron. •Pulmonary disease, including idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: therapeutics are being sold and developed by several pharmaceutical andbiotechnology companies and academic institutions, including Genentech, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Cytokinetics and Mallinckrodt, and are invarious stages of clinical studies.Further, we believe that potential competitors may be able to develop senolytic medicines utilizing well-established molecules and pathways,which could enable the development of competitive drug candidates utilizing the same cellular senescence biological theories.Certain alternative treatments offered by competitors may be available at lower prices and may offer greater efficacy or better safety profiles.Furthermore, currently approved products could be discovered to have application57 for treatment of age-related diseases generally, which could give such products significant regulatory and market timing advantages over any of our drugcandidates. Our competitors also may obtain FDA, EMA or other regulatory approval for their products more rapidly than we may obtain approval for oursand may obtain orphan product exclusivity from the FDA for indications our drug candidates are targeting, which could result in our competitors establishinga strong market position before we are able to enter the market. Newly developed systemic or non-systemic treatments that replace existing therapies thatcurrently are only utilized in patients suffering from severe disease may also have lessened side effects or reduced prices compared to current therapies, whichmake them more attractive for patients suffering from mild to moderate disease. Even if a generic or OTC product is less effective than our drug candidates, itmay be more quickly adopted by physicians and patients than our competing drug candidates based upon cost or convenience.The successful commercialization of our drug candidates will depend in part on the extent to which governmental authorities and health insurersestablish adequate coverage, reimbursement levels and pricing policies. Failure to obtain or maintain coverage and adequate reimbursement for our drugcandidates, if approved, could limit our ability to market those products and decrease our ability to generate revenue.The availability and adequacy of coverage and reimbursement by governmental healthcare programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, privatehealth insurers and other third-party payors are essential for most patients to be able to afford prescription medications such as our drug candidates, assumingFDA approval. Our ability to achieve acceptable levels of coverage and reimbursement for products by governmental authorities, private health insurers andother organizations will have an effect on our ability to successfully commercialize our drug candidates. Assuming we obtain coverage for our drugcandidates by a third-party payor, the resulting reimbursement payment rates may not be adequate or may require co-payments that patients findunacceptably high. We cannot be sure that coverage and reimbursement in the U.S., the EU or elsewhere will be available for our drug candidates or anyproduct that we may develop, and any reimbursement that may become available may be decreased or eliminated in the future.Third-party payors increasingly are challenging prices charged for pharmaceutical products and services, and many third-party payors may refuseto provide coverage and reimbursement for particular drugs or biologics when an equivalent generic drug, biosimilar or a less expensive therapy is available.It is possible that a third-party payor may consider our drug candidates as substitutable and only offer to reimburse patients for the cost of the less expensiveproduct. Even if we show improved efficacy or improved convenience of administration with our drug candidates, pricing of existing third- party therapeuticsmay limit the amount we will be able to charge for our drug candidates. These payors may deny or revoke the reimbursement status of a given product orestablish prices for new or existing marketed products at levels that are too low to enable us to realize an appropriate return on our investment in our drugcandidates. If reimbursement is not available or is available only at limited levels, we may not be able to successfully commercialize our drug candidates, andmay not be able to obtain a satisfactory financial return on our investment in the development of drug candidates.There is significant uncertainty related to the insurance coverage and reimbursement of newly- approved products. In the U.S., third-party payors,including private and governmental payors, such as the Medicare and Medicaid programs, play an important role in determining the extent to which newdrugs and biologics will be covered. The Medicare and Medicaid programs increasingly are used as models in the U.S. for how private payors and othergovernmental payors develop their coverage and reimbursement policies for drugs and biologics. Some third-party payors may require pre-approval ofcoverage for new or innovative devices or drug therapies before they will reimburse healthcare providers who use such therapies. We cannot predict at thistime what third-party payors will decide with respect to the coverage and reimbursement for our drug candidates.No uniform policy for coverage and reimbursement for products exists among third-party payors in the U.S.. Therefore, coverage andreimbursement for products can differ significantly from payor to payor. As a result, the coverage determination process is often a time-consuming and costlyprocess that will require us to provide scientific and clinical support for the use of our drug candidates to each payor separately, with no assurance thatcoverage and adequate reimbursement will be applied consistently or obtained in the first instance. Furthermore, rules and regulations regardingreimbursement change frequently, in some cases on short notice, and we believe that changes in these rules and regulations are likely.58 Outside the U.S., international operations are generally subject to extensive governmental price controls and other market regulations, and webelieve the increasing emphasis on cost-containment initiatives in Europe and other countries have and will continue to put pressure on the pricing andusage of our drug candidates. In many countries, the prices of medical products are subject to varying price control mechanisms as part of national healthsystems. Other countries allow companies to fix their own prices for medical products, but monitor and control company profits.Additional foreign price controls or other changes in pricing regulation could restrict the amount that we are able to charge for our drug candidates.Accordingly, in markets outside the U.S., the reimbursement for our drug candidates may be reduced compared with the U.S. and may be insufficient togenerate commercially-reasonable revenue and profits.Moreover, increasing efforts by governmental and third-party payors in the U.S. and abroad to cap or reduce healthcare costs may cause suchorganizations to limit both coverage and the level of reimbursement for newly approved products and, as a result, they may not cover or provide adequatepayment for our drug candidates. We expect to experience pricing pressures in connection with the sale of our drug candidates due to the trend towardmanaged health care, the increasing influence of health maintenance organizations and additional legislative changes. The downward pressure on healthcarecosts in general, particularly prescription drugs and biologics and surgical procedures and other treatments, has become intense. As a result, increasingly highbarriers are being erected to the entry of new products.We currently have no sales organization. If we are unable to establish sales capabilities on our own or through third parties, we may not be ableto market and sell our drug candidates effectively in the U.S. and foreign jurisdictions, if approved, or generate product revenue.We currently do not have a marketing or sales organization. In order to commercialize our drug candidates in the U.S. and foreign jurisdictions, wemust build our marketing, sales, distribution, managerial and other non-technical capabilities or make arrangements with third parties to perform theseservices, and we may not be successful in doing so. If any of our drug candidates receive regulatory approval, we expect to establish a sales organization withtechnical expertise and supporting distribution capabilities to commercialize each such drug candidate, which will be expensive and time consuming. Wehave no prior experience in the marketing, sale and distribution of pharmaceutical products and there are significant risks involved in building and managinga sales organization, including our ability to hire, retain, and incentivize qualified individuals, generate sufficient sales leads, provide adequate training tosales and marketing personnel, and effectively manage a geographically dispersed sales and marketing team. Any failure or delay in the development of ourinternal sales, marketing and distribution capabilities would adversely impact the commercialization of these products. We may choose to collaborate withthird parties that have direct sales forces and established distribution systems, either to augment our own sales force and distribution systems or in lieu of ourown sales force and distribution systems. If we are unable to enter into such arrangements on acceptable terms or at all, we may not be able to successfullycommercialize our drug candidates. If we are not successful in commercializing our drug candidates or any future drug candidates, either on our own orthrough arrangements with one or more third parties, we may not be able to generate any future product revenue and we would incur significant additionallosses.We will need to increase the size of our organization, and we may experience difficulties in managing growth.As of March 1, 2019, we had 106 full-time employees. We will need to continue to expand our managerial, operational, finance and other resourcesin order to manage our operations and clinical studies, continue our development activities and commercialize our lead drug candidates or any future drugcandidates. Our management and personnel, systems and facilities currently in place may not be adequate to support this future growth. Our need toeffectively execute our growth strategy requires that we: •manage our clinical studies effectively; •identify, recruit, retain, incentivize and integrate additional employees, including sales personnel; •manage our internal research, development and operational efforts effectively while carrying out our contractual obligations to third parties; and •continue to improve our operational, financial and management controls, reports systems and procedures.59 If we fail to attract and retain senior management and key scientific personnel, we may be unable to successfully develop our lead drugcandidates or any future drug candidates, conduct our clinical studies and commercialize our current or any future drug candidates.Our success depends in part on our continued ability to attract, retain and motivate highly qualified management, clinical and scientific personnel.We are highly dependent upon our senior management, particularly our President, Nathaniel E. David, and our Chief Executive Officer, Keith R. Leonard, aswell as our senior scientists and other members of our senior management team. The loss of services of any of these individuals could delay or prevent thesuccessful development of our product pipeline, initiation or completion of our planned clinical studies or the commercialization of our lead drug candidatesor any future drug candidates.Competition for qualified personnel in the biotechnology and pharmaceuticals field is intense due to the limited number of individuals whopossess the skills and experience required by our industry. We will need to hire additional personnel as we expand our clinical development and if we initiatecommercial activities. We may not be able to attract and retain quality personnel on acceptable terms, or at all. In addition, to the extent we hire personnelfrom competitors, we may be subject to allegations that they have been improperly solicited or that they have divulged proprietary or other confidentialinformation, or that their former employers own their research output.If product liability lawsuits are brought against us, we may incur substantial liabilities and may be required to limit commercialization of ourcurrent or future drug candidates.We face an inherent risk of product liability as a result of the clinical testing of our drug candidates and will face an even greater risk if wecommercialize any products. For example, we may be sued if any product we develop allegedly causes injury or is found to be otherwise unsuitable duringproduct testing, manufacturing, marketing or sale. Any such product liability claims may include allegations of defects in manufacturing, defects in design,and a failure to warn of dangers inherent in the product, negligence, strict liability, and a breach of warranty. Claims could also be asserted under stateconsumer protection acts. If we cannot successfully defend ourselves against product liability claims, we may incur substantial liabilities or be required tolimit commercialization of our drug candidates.Even a successful defense would require significant financial and management resources. Regardless of the merits or eventual outcome, liabilityclaims may result in: •decreased demand for our current or future drug candidates; •injury to our reputation; •withdrawal of clinical study participants; •costs to defend the related litigation; •a diversion of management’s time and our resources; •substantial monetary awards to trial participants or patients; •regulatory investigations, product recalls, withdrawals or labeling, marketing or promotional restrictions; •loss of revenue; and •the inability to commercialize our current or any future drug candidates.Our inability to obtain and maintain sufficient product liability insurance at an acceptable cost and scope of coverage to protect against potentialproduct liability claims could prevent or inhibit the commercialization of our current or any future drug candidates we develop. We currently carry productliability insurance covering our clinical studies. Although we maintain such insurance, any claim that may be brought against us could result in a courtjudgment or settlement in an amount that is not covered, in whole or in part, by our insurance or that is in excess of the limits of our insurance coverage. Ourinsurance policies also have various exclusions and deductibles, and we may be subject to a product liability claim for which we have no coverage. We willhave to pay any amounts awarded by a court or negotiated in a settlement that exceed our coverage limitations or that are not covered by our insurance, andwe may not have, or be able to obtain, sufficient funds to pay such amounts. Moreover, in the future, we may not be able to maintain insurance coverage at areasonable cost or in sufficient amounts to protect us against losses. If and60 when we obtain approval for marketing any of our drug candidates, we intend to expand our insurance coverage to include the sale of such drug candidate;however, we may be unable to obtain this liability insurance on commercially reasonable terms or at all.Our existing collaborations as well as additional collaboration arrangements that we may enter into in the future may not be successful, whichcould adversely affect our ability to develop and commercialize our drug candidates.We utilize external collaborations and currently maintain approximately ten active early-stage research and discovery focused collaborations. Inthe future, we may seek additional collaboration arrangements for the commercialization, or potentially for the development, of certain of our drugcandidates depending on the merits of retaining commercialization rights for ourselves as compared to entering into collaboration arrangements. To theextent that we decide to enter into additional collaboration agreements in the future, we may face significant competition in seeking appropriatecollaborators. Moreover, collaboration arrangements are complex and time-consuming to negotiate, document, implement and maintain and challenging tomanage. We may not be successful in our efforts to prudently manage our existing collaborations or to enter new ones should we chose to do so. The terms ofnew collaborations, or other arrangements that we may establish may not be favorable to us.The success of our collaboration arrangements will depend heavily on the efforts and activities of our collaborators and partners. Collaborations aresubject to numerous risks, which may include risks that: •collaborators and partners have significant discretion in determining the efforts and resources that they will apply to collaborations and they maynot devote the level of effort or resources we expect; •collaborators may not pursue development and commercialization of our drug candidates or may elect not to continue or renew development orcommercialization programs based on clinical study results, changes in their strategic focus due to their acquisition of competitive products ortheir internal development of competitive products, availability of funding or other external factors, such as a business combination that divertsresources or creates competing priorities; •collaborators may delay clinical studies, provide insufficient funding for a clinical study program, stop a clinical study, abandon a drugcandidate, repeat or conduct new clinical studies or require a new formulation of a drug candidate for clinical testing; •collaborators could independently develop, or develop with third parties, products that compete directly or indirectly with our products or drugcandidates; •a collaborator with marketing, manufacturing and distribution rights to one or more products may not commit sufficient resources to or otherwisenot perform satisfactorily in carrying out these activities; •we could grant exclusive rights to our collaborators that would prevent us from collaborating with others; •collaborators may not properly maintain or defend our intellectual property rights or may use our intellectual property or proprietary informationin a way that gives rise to actual or threatened litigation that could jeopardize or invalidate our intellectual property or proprietary informationor expose us to potential liability; •disputes may arise between us and a collaborator that cause the delay or termination of the research, development or commercialization of ourcurrent or future drug candidates or that result in costly litigation or arbitration that diverts management attention and resources; •collaborations may be terminated, resulting in a need for additional capital to pursue further development or commercialization of the applicablecurrent or future drug candidates; •collaborators may own or co-own intellectual property covering products that results from our collaborating with them, and in such cases, wewould not have the exclusive right to develop or commercialize such intellectual property; •disputes may arise with respect to the ownership of any intellectual property developed pursuant to our collaborations; and •a collaborator’s sales and marketing activities or other operations may not be in compliance with applicable laws resulting in civil or criminalproceedings.61 Unfavorable global economic or political conditions could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.Our results of operations could be adversely affected by general conditions in the global economy and in the global financial markets. Furthermore,the market for products with the potential to treat age-related diseases, particularly those affecting large populations in a wide range of geographic locations,may be particularly vulnerable to unfavorable economic conditions. A global financial crisis or a global or regional political disruption could cause extremevolatility in the capital and credit markets. A severe or prolonged economic downturn or political disruption could result in a variety of risks to our business,including weakened demand for our lead drug candidates or any future drug candidates, if approved, and our ability to raise additional capital when neededon acceptable terms, if at all. A weak or declining economy or political disruption could also strain our manufacturers or suppliers, possibly resulting insupply disruption, or cause our customers to delay making payments for our services. Any of the foregoing could harm our business and we cannot anticipateall of the ways in which the political or economic climate and financial market conditions could adversely impact our business.We or the third parties upon whom we depend may be adversely affected by earthquakes or other natural disasters and our business continuityand disaster recovery plans may not adequately protect us from a serious disaster.Our corporate headquarters and other facilities are located in the San Francisco Bay Area, which in the past has experienced both severeearthquakes and wildfires. Although we carry earthquake insurance, it is limited in scope. Earthquakes, wildfires or other natural disasters could severelydisrupt our operations, and have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects.If a natural disaster, power outage or other event occurred that prevented us from using all or a significant portion of our headquarters, thatdamaged critical infrastructure, such as our enterprise financial systems or manufacturing resource planning and enterprise quality systems, or that otherwisedisrupted operations, it may be difficult or, in certain cases, impossible, for us to continue our business for a substantial period of time. The disaster recoveryand business continuity plans we have in place currently are limited and are unlikely to prove adequate in the event of a serious disaster or similar event. Wemay incur substantial expenses as a result of the limited nature of our disaster recovery and business continuity plans, which, particularly when takentogether with our lack of earthquake insurance, could have a material adverse effect on our business.Furthermore, integral parties in our supply chain are similarly vulnerable to natural disasters or other sudden, unforeseen and severe adverse events.If such an event were to affect our supply chain, it could have a material adverse effect on our business.Significant disruptions of information technology systems or breaches of data security could materially adversely affect our business, results ofoperations and financial condition.We collect and maintain information in digital form that is necessary to conduct our business, and we are increasingly dependent on informationtechnology systems and infrastructure to operate our business. In the ordinary course of our business, we collect, store and transmit large amounts ofconfidential information, including intellectual property, proprietary business information and personal information. It is critical that we do so in a securemanner to maintain the confidentiality and integrity of such confidential information. We have established physical, electronic and organizational measuresto safeguard and secure our systems to prevent a data compromise, and rely on commercially available systems, software, tools, and monitoring to providesecurity for our information technology systems and the processing, transmission and storage of digital information. We have also outsourced elements of ourinformation technology infrastructure, and as a result a number of third-party vendors may or could have access to our confidential information. Our internalinformation technology systems and infrastructure, and those of our current and any future collaborators, contractors and consultants and other third partieson which we rely, are vulnerable to damage from computer viruses, malware, natural disasters, terrorism, war, telecommunication and electrical failures, cyber-attacks or cyber-intrusions over the Internet, attachments to emails, persons inside our organization, or persons with access to systems inside our organization.62 The risk of a security breach or disruption, particularly through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion, including by computer hackers, foreigngovernments and cyber terrorists, has generally increased as the number, intensity and sophistication of attempted attacks and intrusions from around theworld have increased. In addition, the prevalent use of mobile devices that access confidential information increases the risk of data security breaches, whichcould lead to the loss of confidential information or other intellectual property. The costs to us to mitigate network security problems, bugs, viruses, worms,malicious software programs and security vulnerabilities could be significant, and while we have implemented security measures to protect our data securityand information technology systems, our efforts to address these problems may not be successful, and these problems could result in unexpectedinterruptions, delays, cessation of service and other harm to our business and our competitive position. If such an event were to occur and cause interruptionsin our operations, it could result in a material disruption of our product development programs. For example, the loss of clinical study data from completed orongoing or planned clinical studies could result in delays in our regulatory approval efforts and significantly increase our costs to recover or reproduce thedata.Moreover, if a computer security breach affects our systems or results in the unauthorized release of personally identifiable information, ourreputation could be materially damaged. In addition, such a breach may require notification to governmental agencies, the media or individuals pursuant tovarious federal and state privacy and security laws, if applicable, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended bythe Health Information Technology for Clinical Health Act of 2009, and its implementing rules and regulations, as well as regulations promulgated by theFederal Trade Commission and state breach notification laws. We would also be exposed to a risk of loss or litigation and potential liability, which couldmaterially adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.Our employees and independent contractors, including principal investigators, consultants, commercial collaborators, service providers andother vendors may engage in misconduct or other improper activities, including noncompliance with regulatory standards and requirements, which couldhave an adverse effect on our results of operations.We are exposed to the risk that our employees and independent contractors, including principal investigators, consultants, any future commercialcollaborators, service providers and other vendors may engage in misconduct or other illegal activity. Misconduct by these parties could include intentional,reckless and/or negligent conduct or other unauthorized activities that violate the laws and regulations of the FDA and other similar regulatory bodies,including those laws that require the reporting of true, complete and accurate information to such regulatory bodies; manufacturing standards; U.S. federaland state healthcare fraud and abuse, data privacy laws and other similar non-U.S. laws; or laws that require the true, complete and accurate reporting offinancial information or data. Activities subject to these laws also involve the improper use or misrepresentation of information obtained in the course ofclinical studies, the creation of fraudulent data in our preclinical studies or clinical studies, or illegal misappropriation of product, which could result inregulatory sanctions and cause serious harm to our reputation. It is not always possible to identify and deter misconduct by employees and other third-parties,and the precautions we take to detect and prevent this activity may not be effective in controlling unknown or unmanaged risks or losses or in protecting usfrom governmental investigations or other actions or lawsuits stemming from a failure to be in compliance with such laws or regulations. In addition, we aresubject to the risk that a person or government could allege such fraud or other misconduct, even if none occurred. If any such actions are instituted againstus, and we are not successful in defending ourselves or asserting our rights, those actions could have a significant impact on our business and financialresults, including, without limitation, the imposition of significant civil, criminal and administrative penalties, damages, monetary fines, disgorgements,possible exclusion from participation in Medicare, Medicaid and other U.S. healthcare programs, individual imprisonment, other sanctions, contractualdamages, reputational harm, diminished profits and future earnings and curtailment of our operations, any of which could adversely affect our ability tooperate our business and our results of operations.Our business involves the use of hazardous materials and we and our third-party manufacturers and suppliers must comply with environmentallaws and regulations, which can be expensive and restrict how we do business.Our research and development activities and our third-party manufacturers’ and suppliers’ activities involve the controlled storage, use anddisposal of hazardous materials owned by us, including the components of our product and drug candidates and other hazardous compounds. We and anythird-party manufacturers and suppliers we engage63 are subject to numerous federal, state and local environmental, health and safety laws, regulations and permitting requirements, including those governinglaboratory procedures; the generation, handling, use, storage, treatment, and disposal of hazardous and regulated materials and wastes; the emission anddischarge of hazardous materials into the ground, air and water; and employee health and safety. Our operations involve the use of hazardous and flammablematerials, including chemicals and biological and radioactive materials. Our operations also produce hazardous waste. In some cases, these hazardousmaterials and various wastes resulting from their use are stored at our and our manufacturers’ facilities pending their use and disposal. We generally contractwith third parties for the disposal of these materials and wastes. We cannot eliminate the risk of contamination, which could cause an interruption of ourcommercialization efforts, research and development efforts and business operations, environmental damage resulting in costly clean-up and liabilities underapplicable laws and regulations governing the use, storage, handling and disposal of these materials and specified waste products.Although we believe that the safety procedures utilized by our third-party manufacturers for handling and disposing of these materials generallycomply with the standards prescribed by these laws and regulations, we cannot guarantee that this is the case or eliminate the risk of accidentalcontamination or injury from these materials. Under certain environmental laws, we could be held responsible for costs relating to any contamination at ourcurrent or past facilities and at third-party facilities. In such an event, we may be held liable for any resulting damages and such liability could exceed ourresources and state or federal or other applicable authorities may curtail our use of certain materials and/or interrupt our business operations. Furthermore,environmental laws and regulations are complex, change frequently and have tended to become more stringent. We cannot predict the impact of suchchanges and cannot be certain of our future compliance.Compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations may be expensive, and current or future environmental laws and regulations mayimpair our research, product development and manufacturing efforts. In addition, we cannot entirely eliminate the risk of accidental injury or contaminationfrom these materials or wastes. Although we maintain workers’ compensation insurance to cover us for costs and expenses we may incur due to injuries to ouremployees resulting from the use of hazardous materials, this insurance may not provide adequate coverage against potential liabilities. We do not carryspecific biological or hazardous waste insurance coverage, and our property, casualty, and general liability insurance policies specifically exclude coveragefor damages and fines arising from biological or hazardous waste exposure or contamination. Accordingly, in the event of contamination or injury, we couldbe held liable for damages or be penalized with fines in an amount exceeding our resources, and our clinical studies or regulatory approvals could besuspended, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.Risks Related to Intellectual PropertyOur senolytic medicine platform and any future products that we commercialize could be alleged to infringe patent rights and other proprietaryrights of third parties, which may require costly litigation and, if we are not successful, could cause us to pay substantial damages and/ or limit our abilityto commercialize our products.Our commercial success depends on our ability to develop, manufacture and market our senolytic medicines and future drug candidates and use ourproprietary technology without infringing the patents and other proprietary rights of third parties. Intellectual property disputes can be costly to defend andmay cause our business, operating results and financial condition to suffer. We operate in an industry with extensive intellectual property litigation. As thebiopharmaceutical and pharmaceutical industries expand and more patents are issued, the risk increases that there may be patents issued to third parties thatrelate to our products and technology of which we are not aware or that we may need to challenge to continue our operations as currently contemplated.Whether merited or not, we may face allegations that we have infringed the trademarks, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property rights ofthird parties, including patents held by our competitors or by non-practicing entities. We may also face allegations that our employees have misappropriatedthe intellectual property rights of their former employers or other third parties.Litigation may make it necessary to defend ourselves by determining the scope, enforceability and validity of third-party proprietary rights, or toestablish our proprietary rights. Regardless of whether claims that we are infringing patents or other intellectual property rights have merit, the claims can betime consuming, divert management attention64 and financial resources and are costly to evaluate and defend. Results of any such litigation are difficult to predict and may require us to stop treating certainconditions, obtain licenses or modify our products and features while we develop non-infringing substitutes, or may result in significant settlement costs. Forexample, litigation can involve substantial damages for infringement (and if the court finds that the infringement was willful, we could be ordered to paytreble damages and the patent owner’s attorneys’ fees), and the court could prohibit us from selling or licensing our products unless the third party licensesrights to us, which it is not required to do at a commercially reasonable price or at all. If a license is available from a third party, we may have to paysubstantial royalties, upfront fees or grant cross-licenses to intellectual property rights for our products. We may also have to redesign our products so they donot infringe third-party intellectual property rights, which may not be possible at all or may require substantial monetary expenditures and time, duringwhich our products may not be available for manufacture, use, or sale.In addition, patent applications in the U.S. and many international jurisdictions are typically not published until 18 months after the filing ofcertain priority documents (or, in some cases, are not published until they issue as patents) and publications in the scientific literature often lag behind actualdiscoveries. Thus, we cannot be certain that others have not filed patent applications or made public disclosures relating to our technology or ourcontemplated technology. A third party may have filed, and may in the future file, patent applications covering our products or technology similar to ours.Any such patent application may have priority over our patent applications or patents, which could further require us to obtain rights to issued patentscovering such technologies. If another party has filed a U.S. patent application on inventions similar to ours, depending on whether the timing of the filingdate falls under certain patent laws, we may have to participate in a priority contest (such as an interference proceeding) declared by the U.S. Patent andTrademark Office, to determine priority of invention in the U.S. The costs of patent and other proceedings could be substantial, and it is possible that suchefforts would be unsuccessful if it is determined that the other party had independently arrived at the same or similar invention prior to our own invention,resulting in a loss of our U.S. patent position with respect to such inventions.From time to time, we may be subject to legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of business with respect to intellectual property.Although we are not currently subject to any claims from third parties asserting infringement of their intellectual property rights, in the future, we may receiveclaims from third parties asserting infringement of their intellectual property rights. Future litigation may be necessary to establish our intellectual propertyrights or to defend ourselves by determining the scope, enforceability and validity of third-party intellectual property rights. There can be no assurance withrespect to the outcome of any current or future litigation brought by or against us, and the outcome of any such litigation could have a material adverseimpact on our business, operating results and financial condition. Litigation is inherently unpredictable and outcomes are uncertain. Further, as the costs andoutcome of these types of claims and proceedings can vary significantly, it is difficult to estimate potential losses that may occur. Accordingly, we are unableat this time to estimate the effects of these potential future lawsuits on our financial condition, operations or cash flows.Some of our competitors may be able to sustain the costs of complex patent litigation more effectively than we can because they have substantiallygreater resources. Even if resolved in our favor, litigation or other legal proceedings relating to intellectual property claims may cause us to incur significantexpenses, and could distract our technical and management personnel from their normal responsibilities. In addition, there could be public announcements ofthe results of hearings, motions or other interim proceedings or developments, and if securities analysts or investors perceive these results to be negative, itcould have a material adverse effect on the price of our common stock. Finally, any uncertainties resulting from the initiation and continuation of anylitigation could have a material adverse effect on our ability to raise the funds necessary to continue our operations.If we are unable to obtain, maintain and enforce intellectual property protection directed to our senolytic medicine platform and any futuretechnologies that we develop, others may be able to make, use, or sell products substantially the same as ours, which could adversely affect our ability tocompete in the market.As of March 2019, we own, co-own, or have an exclusive license or option in certain fields of use to more than 100 patents and pendingapplications in the United States and foreign jurisdictions. This portfolio includes 27 issued U.S. patents, 33 pending U.S. applications (including 13provisional applications), and over 30 granted or pending applications in foreign jurisdictions.65 We have not pursued or maintained, and may not pursue or maintain in the future, patent protection for our products in every country or territory inwhich we may sell our products. In addition, we cannot be sure that any of our pending patent applications or pending trademark applications will issue orthat, if issued, they will issue in a form that will be advantageous to us. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, or the USPTO, international patent offices orjudicial bodies may deny or significantly narrow claims made under our patent applications and our issued patents may be successfully challenged, may bedesigned around, or may otherwise be of insufficient scope to provide us with protection for our commercial products. Further, the USPTO, internationaltrademark offices or judicial bodies may deny our trademark applications and, even if published or registered, these trademarks may not effectively protectour brand and goodwill. Like patents, trademarks also may be successfully opposed or challenged.We cannot be certain that the steps we have taken will prevent unauthorized use or unauthorized reverse engineering of our technology. Moreover,third parties may independently develop technologies that are competitive with ours and such competitive technologies may or may not infringe ourintellectual property. The enforcement of our intellectual property rights also depends on the success of our legal actions against these infringers in therespective country or forum, but these actions may not be successful. As with all granted intellectual property, such intellectual property may be challenged,invalidated or circumvented, may not provide specific protection and/or may not prove to be enforceable in actions against specific alleged infringers.The market for biopharmaceuticals, pharmaceuticals and treatments for age-related diseases is highly competitive and subject to rapidtechnological change. Our success depends, in part, upon our ability to maintain a competitive position in the development and protection of technologiesand products for use in these fields and upon our ability to obtain, maintain and enforce our intellectual property rights in connection therewith. We seek toobtain and maintain patents and other intellectual property rights to restrict the ability of others to market products that misappropriate our technologyand/or infringe our intellectual property to unfairly and illegally compete with our products. If we are unable to protect our intellectual property andproprietary rights, our competitive position and our business could be harmed, as third parties may be able to make, use, or sell products that are substantiallythe same as ours without incurring the sizeable development and licensing costs that we have incurred, which would adversely affect our ability to competein the market.We use a combination of patents, trademarks, know-how, confidentiality procedures and contractual provisions to protect our proprietarytechnology. However, these protections may not be adequate and may not provide us with any competitive advantage. For example, patents may not issuefrom any of our currently pending or any future patent applications, and our issued patents and any future patents that may issue may not survive legalchallenges to their scope, validity or enforceability, or provide significant protection for us.If we or one of our current or future collaborators were to initiate legal proceedings against a third party to enforce a patent covering one of our leaddrug candidates or future drug candidates, the defendant could counterclaim that our patent is invalid and/or unenforceable. In patent litigation in the U.S.,defendant counterclaims alleging invalidity and/or unenforceability are commonplace.Grounds for a validity challenge could be an alleged failure to meet any of several statutory requirements, including lack of novelty, obviousnessor non-enablement. Grounds for an unenforceability assertion could be an allegation that someone connected with prosecution of the patent withheldrelevant information from the USPTO, or made a misleading statement, during prosecution. Third parties may also raise similar claims before the USPTO,even outside the context of litigation. The outcome following legal assertions of invalidity and unenforceability is unpredictable.With respect to the validity question, for example, we cannot be certain that there is no invalidating prior art, of which we and the patent examinerwere unaware during prosecution. If a defendant were to prevail on a legal assertion of invalidity and/or unenforceability, we would lose at least part, andperhaps all, of the patent protection on our drug candidates. Such a loss of patent protection would have a material adverse impact on our business.Even if our patents are determined by a court to be valid and enforceable, they may not be interpreted sufficiently broadly to prevent others frommarketing products similar to ours or designing around our patents. For example, third parties may be able to make products that are similar to ours but thatare not covered by the claims of our patents. Third parties may assert that we or our licensors were not the first to make the inventions covered by our66 issued patents or pending patent applications. The claims of our issued patents or patent applications when issued may not cover our proposed commercialtechnologies or the future products that we develop. We may not have freedom to commercialize unimpeded by the patent rights of others. Third parties mayhave dominating, blocking, or other patents relevant to our technology of which we are not aware. There may be prior public disclosures or art that could bedeemed to invalidate one or more of our patent claims. Further, we may not develop additional proprietary technologies in the future, and, if we do, they maynot be patentable.Patent law can be highly uncertain and involve complex legal and factual questions for which important principles remain unresolved. In the U.S.and in many international jurisdictions, policy regarding the breadth of claims allowed in patents can be inconsistent. The U.S. Supreme Court and the Courtof Appeals for the Federal Circuit have made, and will likely continue to make, changes in how the patent laws of the U.S. are interpreted. Similarly,international courts have made, and will likely continue to make, changes in how the patent laws in their respective jurisdictions are interpreted. We cannotpredict future changes in the interpretation of patent laws or changes to patent laws that might be enacted into law by U.S. and international legislativebodies. Those changes may materially affect our patents, our ability to obtain patents or the patents and patent applications of our licensors.Patent reform legislation in the U.S. could increase the uncertainties and costs surrounding the prosecution of our patent applications and theenforcement or defense of our issued patents. For example, on September 16, 2011, the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, or Leahy-Smith Act, was signedinto law. The Leahy-Smith Act included a number of significant changes to U.S. patent law. These include provisions that affect the way patent applicationsare prosecuted, redefine prior art, may affect patent litigation, and switch the U.S. patent system from a “first-to-invent” system to a “first-to-file” system.Under a “first-to-file” system, assuming the other requirements for patentability are met, the first inventor to file a patent application generally will be entitledto the patent on an invention regardless of whether another inventor had made the invention earlier. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recentlydeveloped new regulations and procedures to govern administration of theLeahy-Smith Act, and many of the substantive changes to patent law associated with the Leahy-Smith Act, and in particular, the first-to-fileprovisions, only became effective on March 16, 2013. The Leahy-Smith Act and its implementation could increase the uncertainties and costs surroundingthe prosecution of our patent applications and the enforcement or defense of our issued patents, which could have a material adverse effect on our businessand financial condition.In addition, we have a number of international patents and patent applications, and expect to continue to pursue patent protection in many of thesignificant markets in which we intend to do business. The laws of some international jurisdictions may not protect intellectual property rights to the sameextent as laws in the U.S., and many companies have encountered significant difficulties in obtaining, protecting, and defending such rights in internationaljurisdictions. If we encounter such difficulties or we are otherwise precluded from effectively protecting our intellectual property rights in internationaljurisdictions, our business prospects could be substantially harmed.Varying filing dates in international countries may also permit intervening third parties to allege priority to certain technology.Patent terms may be shortened or lengthened by, for example, terminal disclaimers, patent term adjustments, supplemental protection certificates,and patent term extensions. Patent term extensions and supplemental protection certificates, and the like, may be impacted by the regulatory process and maynot significantly lengthen patent term. Non-payment or delay in payment of patent fees or annuities, delay in patent filings or delay in extension filing(including any patent term extension or adjustment filing), whether intentional or unintentional, may also result in the loss of patent rights important to ourbusiness. Certain countries have compulsory licensing laws under which a patent owner may be compelled to grant licenses to other parties. In addition,many countries limit the enforceability of patents against other parties, including government agencies or government contractors. In these countries, thepatent owner may have limited remedies, which could materially diminish the value of any patents.In addition to the protection afforded by patents, we rely on confidentiality agreements to protect confidential information and proprietary know-how that is not patentable or that we elect not to patent, processes for which patents are difficult to enforce and any other elements of our drug candidatediscovery and development processes that involve proprietary know-how, information or technology that is not covered by patents. We seek to protect ourproprietary67 technology and processes, in part, by entering into confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants, scientific advisors and contractors. Wecannot guarantee that we have entered into such agreements with each party that may have or have had access to our confidential information or proprietarytechnology and processes. We also seek to preserve the integrity and confidentiality of our data and other confidential information by maintaining physicalsecurity of our premises and physical and electronic security of our information technology systems. While we have confidence in these individuals,organizations and systems, agreements or security measures may be breached and detecting the disclosure or misappropriation of confidential informationand enforcing a claim that a party illegally disclosed or misappropriated confidential information is difficult, expensive and time-consuming, and theoutcome is unpredictable. Further, we may not be able to obtain adequate remedies for any breach. In addition, our confidential information may otherwisebecome known or be independently discovered by competitors, in which case we would have no right to prevent them, or those to whom they communicateit, from using that technology or information to compete with us. We may in the future rely on trade secret protection, which would be subject to the risksidentified above with respect to confidential information.Monitoring unauthorized use of our intellectual property is difficult and costly. From time to time, we review our competitors’ products, and mayin the future seek to enforce our patents or other rights against potential infringement. However, the steps we have taken to protect our proprietary rights maynot be adequate to prevent misappropriation of our intellectual property. We may not be able to detect unauthorized use of, or take appropriate steps toenforce, our intellectual property rights. Our competitors may also independently develop similar technology. Any inability to meaningfully protect ourintellectual property could result in competitors offering products that incorporate our product or service features, which could reduce demand for ourproducts. In addition, we may need to defend our patents from third-party challenges, such as (but not limited to) interferences, derivation proceedings, re-examination proceedings, post-grant review, inter partes review, third-party submissions, oppositions, nullity actions or other patent proceedings. We mayneed to initiate infringement claims or litigation.Adverse proceedings such as litigation can be expensive, time consuming and may divert the efforts of our technical and managerial personnel,which could in turn harm our business, whether or not we receive a determination favorable to us. In addition, in an infringement proceeding, a court or otherjudicial body may decide that the patent we seek to enforce is invalid or unenforceable, or may refuse to stop the other party from using the technology atissue on the grounds that the patent in question does not cover the technology in question. An adverse result in any litigation could put one or more of ourpatents at risk of being invalidated or interpreted narrowly. Some of our competitors may be able to devote significantly more resources to intellectualproperty litigation, and may have significantly broader patent portfolios to assert against us if we assert our rights against them. Further, because of thesubstantial discovery required in connection with intellectual property litigation, there is a risk that some of our confidential information could be disclosedor otherwise compromised during litigation.We may not be able to correctly estimate or control our future operating expenses in relation to obtaining intellectual property, enforcingintellectual property and/or defending intellectual property, which could affect operating expenses. Our operating expenses may fluctuate significantly in thefuture as a result of a variety of factors, including the costs of preparing, filing, prosecuting, defending, and enforcing patent and trademark claims and otherintellectual property-related costs, including adverse proceedings (such as litigation) costs.Our intellectual property agreements with third parties may be subject to disagreements over contract interpretation, which could narrow thescope of our rights to the relevant intellectual property or technology or increase our financial or other obligations to our licensors.Certain provisions in our intellectual property agreements may be susceptible to multiple interpretations. The resolution of any contractinterpretation disagreement that may arise could affect the scope of our rights to the relevant intellectual property or technology, or affect financial or otherobligations under the relevant agreement, either of which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations andprospects.In addition, while it is our policy to require our employees and contractors who may be involved in the conception or development of intellectualproperty to execute agreements assigning such intellectual property to us, we may be unsuccessful in executing such an agreement with each party who infact conceives or develops intellectual property that we regard as our own. Our assignment agreements may not be self-executing or may be breached, and68 we may be forced to bring claims against third parties, or defend claims they may bring against us, to determine the ownership of what we regard as ourintellectual property.We may be subject to claims challenging the inventorship or ownership of our patents and other intellectual property.We may also be subject to claims that former employees, collaborators or other third parties have an ownership interest in our patents or otherintellectual property. Litigation may be necessary to defend against these and other claims challenging inventorship or ownership. If we fail in defending anysuch claims, in addition to paying monetary damages, we may lose valuable intellectual property rights. Such an outcome could have a material adverseeffect on our business. Even if we are successful in defending against such claims, litigation could result in substantial costs and distraction to managementand other employees.We may not be able to protect our intellectual property rights throughout the world.Filing, prosecuting and defending patents on drug candidates in all countries throughout the world would be prohibitively expensive, and ourintellectual property rights in some countries outside the U.S. can be less extensive than those in the U.S. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries donot protect intellectual property rights to the same extent as federal and state laws in the U.S.. Consequently, we may not be able to prevent third parties frompracticing our inventions in all countries outside the U.S., or from selling or importing products made using our inventions in and into the U.S. or otherjurisdictions. Competitors may use our technologies in jurisdictions where we have not obtained patent protection to develop their own products and further,may export otherwise infringing products to territories where we have patent protection, but enforcement is not as strong as that in the U.S. These productsmay compete with our products and our patents or other intellectual property rights may not be effective or sufficient to prevent them from competing.Many companies have encountered significant problems in protecting and defending intellectual property rights in foreign jurisdictions. The legalsystems of certain countries, particularly certain developing countries, do not favor the enforcement of patents and other intellectual property protection,particularly those relating to biopharmaceuticals, which could make it difficult for us to stop the infringement of our patents or marketing of competingproducts in violation of our proprietary rights generally. Proceedings to enforce our patent rights in foreign jurisdictions could result in substantial costs anddivert our efforts and attention from other aspects of our business, could put our patents at risk of being invalidated or interpreted narrowly and our patentapplications at risk of not issuing and could provoke third parties to assert claims against us. We may not prevail in any lawsuits that we initiate and thedamages or other remedies awarded, if any, may not be commercially meaningful.Accordingly, our efforts to enforce our intellectual property rights around the world may be inadequate to obtain a significant commercialadvantage from the intellectual property that we develop or license.If our trademarks and trade names are not adequately protected, then we may not be able to build name recognition in our markets of interestand our business may be adversely affected.Our registered or unregistered trademarks or trade names may be challenged, infringed, circumvented, declared generic or conflict with third-partyrights. We may not be able to protect our rights to these trademarks and trade names, which we need to build name recognition by potential partners orcustomers in our markets of interest. In addition, third parties may file first for our trademarks in certain countries. If they succeeded in registering suchtrademarks, and if we were not successful in challenging such third-party rights, we may not be able to use these trademarks to market our products in thosecountries. In such cases, over the long term, if we are unable to establish name recognition based on our trademarks and trade names, then our marketingabilities may be impacted.If we are unable to protect the confidentiality of our proprietary information and know-how, the value of our technology and products could beadversely affected.We may not be able to protect our proprietary information and technology adequately. Although we use reasonable efforts to protect ourproprietary information, technology, and know-how, our employees, consultants,69 contractors and outside scientific advisors may unintentionally or willfully disclose our information to competitors. Enforcing a claim that a third partyillegally obtained and is using any of our proprietary information, technology or know-how is expensive and time consuming, and the outcome isunpredictable. In addition, courts outside the U.S. are sometimes less willing to protect proprietary information, technology, and know-how. We rely, in part,on non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants and other parties to protect our proprietary information, technology, andknow-how. These agreements may be breached and we may not have adequate remedies for any breach. Moreover, others may independently develop similaror equivalent proprietary information, and third parties may otherwise gain access to our proprietary knowledge.Risks Related to Government RegulationEven if we obtain regulatory approval for a drug candidate, our products will remain subject to regulatory scrutiny.If our drug candidates are approved, they will be subject to ongoing regulatory requirements for manufacturing, labeling, packaging, storage,advertising, promotion, sampling, record-keeping, conduct of post-marketing studies, and submission of safety, efficacy, and other post-market information,including both federal and state requirements in the U.S. and requirements of comparable foreign regulatory authorities.Manufacturers and manufacturers’ facilities are required to comply with extensive FDA and comparable foreign regulatory authority requirements,including ensuring that quality control and manufacturing procedures conform to cGMP regulations. As such, we and our contract manufacturers will besubject to continual review and inspections to assess compliance with cGMP and adherence to commitments made in any approved marketing application.Accordingly, we and others with whom we work must continue to expend time, money, and effort in all areas of regulatory compliance, includingmanufacturing, production, and quality control.We will have to comply with requirements concerning advertising and promotion for our products. Promotional communications with respect toprescription drugs and biologics are subject to a variety of legal and regulatory restrictions and must be consistent with the information in the product’sapproved label. As such, we may not promote our products for indications or uses for which they do not have approval. The holder of an approvedapplication must submit new or supplemental applications and obtain approval for certain changes to the approved product, product labeling, ormanufacturing process. We could also be asked to conduct post-marketing clinical studies to verify the safety and efficacy of our products in general or inspecific patient subsets. An unsuccessful post-marketing study or failure to complete such a study could result in the withdrawal of marketing approval.If a regulatory agency discovers previously unknown problems with a product, such as adverse events of unanticipated severity or frequency, orproblems with the facility where the product is manufactured, or disagrees with the promotion, marketing or labeling of a product, such regulatory agencymay impose restrictions on that product or us, including requiring withdrawal of the product from the market. If we fail to comply with applicable regulatoryrequirements, a regulatory agency or enforcement authority may, among other things: •issue warning letters; •impose civil or criminal penalties; •suspend or withdraw regulatory approval; •suspend any of our clinical studies; •refuse to approve pending applications or supplements to approved applications submitted by us; •impose restrictions on our operations, including closing our contract manufacturers’ facilities; or •seize or detain products, or require a product recall.Any government investigation of alleged violations of law could require us to expend significant time and resources in response, and couldgenerate negative publicity. Any failure to comply with ongoing regulatory requirements may significantly and adversely affect our ability to commercializeand generate revenue from our70 products. If regulatory sanctions are applied or if regulatory approval is withdrawn, the value of our company and our operating results will be adverselyaffected.Moreover, the policies of the FDA and of other regulatory authorities may change and additional government regulations may be enacted thatcould prevent, limit or delay regulatory approval of our drug candidates. We cannot predict the likelihood, nature or extent of government regulation thatmay arise from future legislation or administrative or executive action, either in the U.S. or abroad. For example, certain policies of the Trump administrationmay impact our business and industry.Namely, the Trump administration has taken several executive actions, including the issuance of a number of Executive Orders, that could imposesignificant burdens on, or otherwise materially delay, the FDA’s ability to engage in routine oversight activities such as implementing statutes throughrulemaking, issuance of guidance, and review and approval of marketing applications. It is difficult to predict how these orders will be implemented, and theextent to which they will impact the FDA’s ability to exercise its regulatory authority. If these executive actions impose restrictions on the FDA’s ability toengage in oversight and implementation activities in the normal course, our business may be negatively impacted. In addition, if we are slow or unable toadapt to changes in existing requirements or the adoption of new requirements or policies, or if we are not able to maintain regulatory compliance, we maylose any marketing approval that we may have obtained and we may not achieve or sustain profitability.If any of our small molecule drug candidates obtain regulatory approval, additional competitors could enter the market with generic versions ofsuch drugs, which may result in a material decline in sales of affected products.Under the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984, or the Hatch-Waxman Act, a pharmaceutical manufacturer may file anabbreviated new drug application, or ANDA, seeking approval of a generic version of an approved, small molecule innovator product. Under the Hatch-Waxman Act, a manufacturer may also submit a new drug application, or NDA, under section 505(b)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act thatreferences the FDA’s prior approval of the small molecule innovator product. A 505(b)(2) NDA product may be for a new or improved version of the originalinnovator product. The Hatch-Waxman Act also provides for certain periods of regulatory exclusivity, which preclude FDA approval (or in somecircumstances, FDA filing and review) of an ANDA or 505(b)(2) NDA. In addition to the benefits of regulatory exclusivity, an innovator NDA holder mayhave patents claiming the active ingredient, product formulation or an approved use of the drug, which would be listed with the product in the FDApublication, “Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations,” known as the Orange Book. If there are patents listed in the Orange Bookfor a product, a generic or 505(b)(2) applicant that seeks to market its product before expiration of the patents must include in their applications what isknown as a “Paragraph IV” certification, challenging the validity or enforceability of, or claiming non-infringement of, the listed patent or patents. Notice ofthe certification must be given to the patent owner and NDA holder and if, within 45 days of receiving notice, either the patent owner or NDA holder sues forpatent infringement, approval of the ANDA or 505(b)(2) NDA is stayed for up to 30 months.Accordingly, if any of our small molecule drug candidates, such as UBX0101 or UBX1967, are approved, competitors could file ANDAs for genericversions of our small molecule drug products or 505(b)(2) NDAs that reference our small molecule drug products. If there are patents listed for our smallmolecule drug products in the Orange Book, those ANDAs and 505(b)(2) NDAs would be required to include a certification as to each listed patent indicatingwhether the ANDA applicant does or does not intend to challenge the patent. We cannot predict which, if any, patents in our current portfolio or patents wemay obtain in the future will be eligible for listing in the Orange Book, how any generic competitor would address such patents, whether we would sue onany such patents, or the outcome of any such suit.We may not be successful in securing or maintaining proprietary patent protection for products and technologies we develop or license. Moreover,if any of our owned or in-licensed patents that are listed in the Orange Book are successfully challenged by way of a Paragraph IV certification andsubsequent litigation, the affected product could immediately face generic competition and its sales would likely decline rapidly and materially.Any biologic, or large molecule, drug candidates for which we intend to seek approval may face competition sooner than anticipated.71 If we are successful in achieving regulatory approval to commercialize any biologic drug candidate faster than our competitors, such drugcandidates may face competition from biosimilar products. In the U.S., large molecule drug candidates are regulated by the FDA as biologic products subjectto approval under the biologics license application, or BLA, pathway. The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009, or BPCIA, creates anabbreviated pathway for the approval of biosimilar and interchangeable biologic products following the approval of an original BLA. The abbreviatedregulatory pathway establishes legal authority for the FDA to review and approve biosimilar biologics, including the possible designation of a biosimilar as“interchangeable” based on its similarity to an existing brand product. Under the BPCIA, an application for a biosimilar product cannot be approved by theFDA until 12 years after the original branded product was approved under a BLA. The law is complex and is still being interpreted and implemented by theFDA. As a result, its ultimate impact, implementation, and meaning are subject to uncertainty.Moreover, the extent to which a biosimilar product, once approved, will be substituted for any one of our reference products in a way that is similarto traditional generic substitution for non-biologic products is not yet clear, and will depend on a number of marketplace and regulatory factors that are stilldeveloping. In addition, a competitor could decide to forego the biosimilar approval path and submit a full BLA after completing its own preclinical studiesand clinical studies. In such cases, any exclusivity to which we may be eligible under the BPCIA would not prevent the competitor from marketing itsproduct as soon as it is approved.If competitors are able to obtain marketing approval for biosimilars referencing our large molecule drug candidates, if approved, such products maybecome subject to competition from such biosimilars, with the attendant competitive pressure and potential adverse consequences. Such competitiveproducts may be able to immediately compete with us in each indication for which our drug candidates may have received approval.We may seek orphan drug designation for certain future drug candidates, but we may be unable to obtain such designations or to maintain thebenefits associated with orphan drug designation, including market exclusivity, which may cause our revenue, if any, to be reduced.We may pursue orphan drug designation for certain of our future drug candidates. Under the Orphan Drug Act, the FDA may designate a drug orbiologic product as an orphan drug if it is intended to treat a rare disease or condition, defined as a patient population of fewer than 200,000 in the U.S., or apatient population greater than 200,000 in the U.S. where there is no reasonable expectation that the cost of developing the drug will be recovered from salesin the U.S. In the European Union, the EMA’s Committee for Orphan Medicinal Products, or COMP, grants orphan drug designation to promote thedevelopment of products that are intended for the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment of a life-threatening or chronically debilitating condition affecting notmore than five in 10,000 persons in the European Union. Additionally, designation is granted for products intended for the diagnosis, prevention, ortreatment of a life-threatening, seriously debilitating or serious and chronic condition when, without incentives, it is unlikely that sales of the drug in theEuropean Union would be sufficient to justify the necessary investment in developing the drug or biological product or where there is no satisfactory methodof diagnosis, prevention, or treatment, or, if such a method exists, the medicine must be of significant benefit to those affected by the condition.In the U.S., orphan drug designation entitles a party to financial incentives such as opportunities for grant funding towards clinical study costs, taxadvantages, and application fee waivers. In addition, if a product receives the first FDA approval for the indication for which it has orphan designation, theproduct is entitled to orphan drug exclusivity, which means the FDA may not approve any other application to market the same drug for the same indicationfor a period of seven years, except in limited circumstances, such as a showing of clinical superiority over the product with orphan exclusivity or where themanufacturer is unable to assure sufficient product quantity for the orphan patient population. In the European Union, orphan drug designation entitles aparty to financial incentives such as reduction of fees or fee waivers and ten years of market exclusivity following drug or biological product approval. Thisperiod 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 sufficientlyprofitable not to justify maintenance of market exclusivity.Even if we obtain orphan drug designation, we may not be the first to obtain marketing approval for any particular orphan indication due to theuncertainties associated with developing pharmaceutical products. Further, even if we obtain orphan drug exclusivity for a drug candidate, that exclusivitymay not effectively protect the product from competition because different drugs with different active moieties can be approved for the same condition. Even72 after an orphan drug is approved, the FDA or EMA can subsequently approve the same drug with the same active moiety for the same condition if the FDA orEMA concludes that the later drug is clinically superior in that it is safer, more effective, or makes a major contribution to patient care. Orphan drugdesignation neither shortens the development time or regulatory review time of a drug or biologic nor gives the drug or biologic any advantage in theregulatory review or approval process.Enacted and future healthcare legislation may increase the difficulty and cost for us to obtain marketing approval of and commercialize ourdrug candidates and may affect the prices we may set.In the U.S., the EU and other jurisdictions, there have been, and we expect there will continue to be, a number of legislative and regulatory changesand proposed changes to the healthcare system that could affect our future results of operations. In particular, there have been and continue to be a number ofinitiatives at the U.S. federal and state levels that seek to reduce healthcare costs and improve the quality of healthcare. For example, in March 2010, thePatient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, or collectively the Affordable Care Act, wasenacted, which substantially changed the way healthcare is financed by both governmental and private insurers. Among the provisions of the Affordable CareAct, those of greatest importance to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries include the following: •an annual, non-deductible fee payable by any entity that manufactures or imports certain branded prescription drugs and biologic agents (otherthan those designated as orphan drugs), which is apportioned among these entities according to their market share in certain governmenthealthcare programs; •a new Medicare Part D coverage gap discount program, in which manufacturers must agree to offer 50% point-of-sale discounts off negotiatedprices of applicable brand drugs to eligible beneficiaries during their coverage gap period, as a condition for the manufacturer’s outpatient drugsto be covered under Medicare Part D; •new requirements to report certain financial arrangements with physicians and teaching hospitals, including reporting “transfers of value” madeor distributed to prescribers and other healthcare providers and reporting investment interests held by physicians and their immediate familymembers; •an increase in the statutory minimum rebates a manufacturer must pay under the Medicaid Drug Rebate Program to 23.1% and 13.0% of theaverage manufacturer price for branded and generic drugs, respectively; •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; •extension of a manufacturer’s Medicaid rebate liability to covered drugs dispensed to individuals who are enrolled in Medicaid managed careorganizations; •expansion of eligibility criteria for Medicaid programs by, among other things, allowing states to offer Medicaid coverage to certain individualswith income at or below 133% of the federal poverty level, thereby potentially increasing a manufacturer’s Medicaid rebate liability; •a new Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to oversee, identify priorities in, and conduct comparative clinical effectiveness research,along with funding for such research; •creation of the Independent Payment Advisory Board, which, once empaneled, will have the authority to recommend certain changes to theMedicare program that could result in reduced payments for prescription drugs and those recommendations could have the effect of law unlessoverruled by a supermajority vote of Congress; and •establishment of a Center for Medicare Innovation at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, or CMS, to test innovative payment andservice delivery models to lower Medicare and Medicaid spending, potentially including prescription drug spending.Since its enactment, there have been judicial and Congressional challenges to certain aspects of the Affordable Care Act, and we expect there willbe additional challenges and amendments to the Affordable Care Act in the future. The current presidential administration and Congress will likely continueto seek to modify, repeal, or otherwise invalidate all, or certain provisions of, the Affordable Care Act. It is uncertain the extent to which any such changesmay impact our business or financial condition.73 In addition, other legislative changes have been proposed and adopted in the U.S. since the Affordable Care Act was enacted. In August 2011, theBudget Control Act of 2011, among other things, led to aggregate reductions of Medicare payments to providers of 2% per fiscal year. These reductions wentinto effect in April 2013 and, due to subsequent legislative amendments to the statute, will remain in effect through 2025 unless additional action is taken byCongress. In January 2013, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 was signed into law, which, among other things, further reduced Medicare payments toseveral types of providers, including hospitals, imaging centers and cancer treatment centers, and increased the statute of limitations period for thegovernment to recover overpayments to providers from three to five years.Individual states in the U.S. have also become increasingly aggressive in passing legislation and implementing regulations designed to controlpharmaceutical and biological product pricing, including price or patient reimbursement constraints, discounts, restrictions on certain product access andmarketing cost disclosure and transparency measures, and, in some cases, designed to encourage importation from other countries and bulk purchasing.Legally-mandated price controls on payment amounts by third-party payors or other restrictions could harm our business, results of operations, financialcondition and prospects. In addition, regional healthcare authorities and individual hospitals are increasingly using bidding procedures to determine whatpharmaceutical products and which suppliers will be included in their prescription drug and other healthcare programs. This could reduce the ultimatedemand for our drug candidates or put pressure on our product pricing. Moreover, payment methodologies may be subject to changes in healthcarelegislation and regulatory initiatives. For example, CMS may develop new payment and delivery models, such as bundled payment models. In addition,recently there has been heightened governmental scrutiny over the manner in which manufacturers set prices for their marketed products.In the EU, similar political, economic and regulatory developments may affect our ability to profitably commercialize our drug candidates, ifapproved. In addition to continuing pressure on prices and cost containment measures, legislative developments at the EU or member state level may result insignificant additional requirements or obstacles that may increase our operating costs. The delivery of healthcare in the EU, including the establishment andoperation of health services and the pricing and reimbursement of medicines, is almost exclusively a matter for national, rather than EU, law and policy.National governments and health service providers have different priorities and approaches to the delivery of health care and the pricing and reimbursementof products in that context. In general, however, the healthcare budgetary constraints in most EU member states have resulted in restrictions on the pricingand reimbursement of medicines by relevant health service providers. Coupled with ever-increasing EU and national regulatory burdens on those wishing todevelop and market products, this could prevent or delay marketing approval of our drug candidates, restrict or regulate post-approval activities and affectour ability to commercialize our drug candidates, if approved. In markets outside of the U.S. and EU, reimbursement and healthcare payment systems varysignificantly by country, and many countries have instituted price ceilings on specific products and therapies.We cannot predict the likelihood, nature or extent of government regulation that may arise from future legislation or administrative action in theU.S., the EU or any other jurisdiction. If we or any third parties we may engage are slow or unable to adapt to changes in existing requirements or theadoption of new requirements or policies, or if we or such third parties are not able to maintain regulatory compliance, our drug candidates may lose anyregulatory approval that may have been obtained and we may not achieve or sustain profitability.Our business operations and current and future relationships with investigators, healthcare professionals, consultants, third-party payors,patient organizations and customers will be subject to applicable healthcare regulatory laws, which could expose us to penalties.Our business operations and current and future arrangements with investigators, healthcare professionals, consultants, third-party payors, patientorganizations and customers, may expose us to broadly applicable fraud and abuse and other healthcare laws and regulations. These laws may constrain thebusiness or financial arrangements and relationships through which we conduct our operations, including how we research, market, sell and distribute ourdrug candidates, if approved.74 Such laws include: •the U.S. federal Anti-Kickback Statute, which prohibits, among other things, persons or entities from knowingly and willfully soliciting, offering,receiving or providing any remuneration (including any kickback, bribe, or certain rebate), directly or indirectly, overtly or covertly, in cash orin kind, to induce or reward, or in return for, either the referral of an individual for, or the purchase, lease, order or recommendation of, any good,facility, item or service, for which payment may be made, in whole or in part, under U.S. federal and state healthcare programs such as Medicareand Medicaid. A person or entity does not need to have actual knowledge of the statute or specific intent to violate it in order to have committeda violation; •the U.S. federal false claims and civil monetary penalties laws, including the civil False Claims Act, which, among other things, impose criminaland civil penalties, including through civil whistleblower or qui tam actions, against individuals or entities for knowingly presenting, or causingto be presented, to the U.S. federal government, claims for payment or approval that are false or fraudulent, knowingly making, using or causingto be made or used, a false record or statement material to a false or fraudulent claim, or from knowingly making a false statement to avoid,decrease or conceal an obligation to pay money to the U.S. federal government. In addition, the government may assert that a claim includingitems and services resulting from a violation of the U.S. federal Anti-Kickback Statute constitutes a false or fraudulent claim for purposes of theFalse Claims Act; •the U.S. federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, which imposes criminal and civil liability for, amongother things, knowingly and willfully executing, or attempting to execute, a scheme to defraud any healthcare benefit program, or knowinglyand willfully falsifying, concealing or covering up a material fact or making any materially false statement, in connection with the delivery of, orpayment for, healthcare benefits, items or services; similar to the U.S. federal Anti-Kickback Statute, a person or entity does not need to haveactual 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 Act of 2009 and its implementing regulations,which also imposes certain obligations, including mandatory contractual terms, with respect to safeguarding the privacy, security andtransmission of individually identifiable health information without appropriate authorization by covered entities subject to the rule, such ashealth plans, healthcare clearinghouses and healthcare providers as well as their business associates that perform certain services involving theuse or disclosure of individually identifiable health information; •the FDCA, which prohibits, among other things, the adulteration or misbranding of drugs, biologics and medical devices; •the U.S. Public Health Service Act, which prohibits, among other things, the introduction into interstate commerce of a biological product unlessa biologics license is in effect for that product; •the U.S. Physician Payments Sunshine Act and its implementing regulations, which require certain manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologics andmedical supplies that are reimbursable under Medicare, Medicaid, or the Children’s Health Insurance Program to report annually to thegovernment information related to certain payments and other transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals, as well as ownership andinvestment interests held by the physicians described above and their immediate family members;75 •analogous U.S. state laws and regulations, including: state anti-kickback and false claims laws, which may apply to our business practices,including but not limited to, research, distribution, sales and marketing arrangements and claims involving healthcare items or servicesreimbursed by any third-party payor, including private insurers; state laws that require pharmaceutical companies to comply with thepharmaceutical industry’s voluntary compliance guidelines and the relevant compliance guidance promulgated by the U.S. federal government,or otherwise restrict payments that may be made to healthcare providers and other potential referral sources; state laws and regulations thatrequire drug manufacturers to file reports relating to pricing and marketing information, which requires tracking gifts and other remuneration anditems of value provided to healthcare professionals and entities; and state laws governing the privacy and security of health information incertain circumstances, many of which differ from each other in significant ways and often are not preempted by HIPAA, thus complicatingcompliance efforts; and •similar healthcare laws and regulations in the EU and other jurisdictions, including reporting requirements detailing interactions with andpayments to healthcare providers.Ensuring that our internal operations and future business arrangements with third parties comply with applicable healthcare laws and regulationswill involve substantial costs. It is possible that governmental authorities will conclude that our business practices do not comply with current or futurestatutes, regulations, agency guidance or case law involving applicable fraud and abuse or other healthcare laws and regulations. If our operations are foundto be in violation of any of the laws described above or any other governmental laws and regulations that may apply to us, we may be subject to significantpenalties, including civil, criminal and administrative penalties, damages, fines, exclusion from government-funded healthcare programs, such as Medicareand Medicaid or similar programs in other countries or jurisdictions, disgorgement, individual imprisonment, contractual damages, reputational harm,diminished profits and the curtailment or restructuring of our operations. Further, defending against any such actions can be costly, time-consuming and mayrequire significant personnel resources. Therefore, even if we are successful in defending against any such actions that may be brought against us, ourbusiness may be impaired.Recent U.S. tax legislation and future changes to applicable U.S. tax laws and regulations may have a material adverse effect on our business,financial condition and results of operations.Changes in laws and policy relating to taxes may have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. For example,the U.S. government recently enacted significant tax reform, and certain provisions of the new law for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017 mayadversely affect us. Changes include, but are not limited to, a federal corporate tax rate decrease to 21%, a reduction to the maximum deduction allowed fornet operating losses generated in tax years after December 31, 2017, eliminating carrybacks of net operating losses, and providing for indefinite carryforwardsfor losses generated in tax years after December 31, 2017. The legislation is unclear in many respects and could be subject to potential amendments andtechnical corrections, and will be subject to interpretations and implementing regulations by the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service, any of which couldmitigate or increase certain adverse effects of the legislation. In addition, it is unclear how these U.S. federal income tax changes will affect state and localtaxation. Generally, future changes in applicable U.S. tax laws and regulations, or their interpretation and application could have an adverse effect on ourbusiness, financial conditions and results of operations.Risks Related to Ownership of Our Common StockOur stock price may be volatile and you may not be able to resell shares of our common stock at or above the price you paid.The trading price of our common stock may be highly volatile and may be subject to wide fluctuations in response to various factors, some ofwhich are beyond our control.These factors include those discussed in this “Risk Factors” section of this report and others such as: •results from, and any delays in, commencing, conducting or completing our clinical studies for our lead drug candidates, or any other futureclinical development programs;76 •announcements by academic or other third parties challenging the fundamental premises underlying our approach to treating age-relateddiseases and/or drug development; •announcements of regulatory approval or disapproval of our current or any future drug candidates; •failure or discontinuation of any of our research and development programs; •announcements relating to future licensing, collaboration, or development agreements; •delays in the commercialization of our current or any future drug candidates; •public misperception regarding the use of our therapies, or public bias of against “anti-aging” companies; •acquisitions and sales of new products, technologies, or businesses; •manufacturing and supply issues related to our drug candidates for clinical studies or future drug candidates for commercialization; •quarterly variations in our results of operations or those of our future competitors; •changes in earnings estimates or recommendations by securities analysts; •announcements by us or our competitors of new products, significant contracts, commercial relationships, acquisitions, or capital commitments; •developments with respect to intellectual property rights; •our commencement of, or involvement in, litigation; •changes in financial estimates or guidance, including our ability to meet our future revenue and operating profit or loss estimates or guidance; •any major changes in our board of directors or management; •new legislation in the U.S. relating to the sale or pricing of pharmaceuticals; •FDA or other U.S. or foreign regulatory actions affecting us or our industry; •product liability claims or other litigation or public concern about the safety of our drug candidates; •market conditions in the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors; and •general economic conditions in the U.S. and abroad.In addition, the stock markets in general, and the markets for pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, and biotechnology stocks in particular, haveexperienced extreme volatility that may have been unrelated to the operating performance of the issuer. These broad market fluctuations may adversely affectthe trading price or liquidity of our common stock. In the past, when the market price of a stock has been volatile, holders of that stock have sometimesinstituted securities class action litigation against the issuer. If any of our stockholders were to bring such a lawsuit against us, we could incur substantialcosts defending the lawsuit and the attention of our management would be diverted from the operation of our business.An active, liquid and orderly market for our common stock may not develop and may not be maintained.Prior to our initial public offering in May 2018, there was no public market for shares of our common stock. Although our common stock is listedon the Nasdaq Global Select Market, an active trading market for our common stock may never be sustained on the Nasdaq Global Select or any otherexchange in the future. The lack of an active market may impair your ability to sell your shares at the time you wish to sell them or at a price that youconsider reasonable. An inactive market may also impair our ability to raise capital by selling shares and may impair our ability to acquire other businesses,applications, or technologies using our shares as consideration.77 If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or reports about our business, or if they issue an adverse or misleading opinionregarding our stock, our stock price and trading volume could decline.The trading market for our common stock is influenced by the research and reports that industry or securities analysts publish about us or ourbusiness. We only recently obtained research coverage by securities and industry analysts. If no additional new or few securities or industry analystscommence coverage of us, the trading price for our stock would be negatively impacted. In the event any of the analysts who cover us issue an adverse ormisleading opinion regarding us, our business model, our intellectual property or our stock performance, or if our clinical studies and operating results fail tomeet the expectations of analysts, our stock price would likely decline. If one or more of these analysts cease coverage of us or fail to publish reports on usregularly, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause our stock price or trading volume to decline.We are an “emerging growth company” and as a result of the reduced disclosure and governance requirements applicable to emerging growthcompanies, our common stock may be less attractive to investors.We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the JOBS Act, and we intend to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reportingrequirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies including, but not limited to, not being required tocomply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reportsand proxy statements, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval ofany golden parachute payments not previously approved. In addition, as an “emerging growth company” the JOBS Act allows us to delay adoption of new orrevised accounting pronouncements applicable to public companies until such pronouncements are made applicable to private companies. We have electedto use this extended transition period under the JOBS Act. As a result, our financial statements may not be comparable to the financial statements of issuerswho are required to comply with the effective dates for new or revised accounting standards that are applicable to public companies, which may makecomparison of our financials to those of other public companies more difficult.We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock less attractive because we will rely on these exemptions. If some investors find ourcommon stock less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and our stock price may be more volatile. We maytake advantage of these reporting exemptions until we are no longer an emerging growth company. We will remain an emerging growth company until theearlier of (1) the last day of the year following the fifth anniversary of the consummation of our IPO, (2) the last day of the year in which we have total annualgross revenue of at least $1.07 billion, (3) the last day of the year in which we are deemed to be a “large accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under theExchange Act, which would occur if the market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates exceeded $700.0 million as of the last business day of thesecond fiscal quarter of such year or (4) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt securities during the prior three-yearperiod.If we sell shares of our common stock in future financings, stockholders may experience immediate dilution and, as a result, our stock price maydecline.We may from time to time issue additional shares of common stock at a discount from the current trading price of our common stock. As a result,our stockholders would experience immediate dilution upon the purchase of any shares of our common stock sold at such discount. In addition, asopportunities present themselves, we may enter into financing or similar arrangements in the future, including the issuance of debt securities, preferred stockor common stock. If we issue common stock or securities convertible into common stock, our common stockholders would experience additional dilutionand, as a result, our stock price may declineOur principal stockholders and management own a significant percentage of our stock and will be able to exert significant control over matterssubject to stockholder approval.As of December 31, 2018, our executive officers, directors, holders of 5% or more of our capital stock and their respective affiliates beneficiallyowned approximately 66.1% of our voting stock. Therefore, these stockholders have the ability to influence us through this ownership position. Thesestockholders may be able to determine all matters requiring stockholder approval. For example, these stockholders may be able to control elections ofdirectors,78 amendments of our organizational documents, or approval of any merger, sale of assets, or other major corporate transaction. This may prevent or discourageunsolicited acquisition proposals or offers for our common stock that you may feel are in your best interest as one of our stockholders.Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market could cause our stock price to fall.Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market could occur at any time. These sales, or the perception in themarket that the holders of a large number of shares intend to sell shares, could reduce the market price of our common stock. Moreover, holders ofapproximately 15.7 million shares of our common stock have rights, subject to certain conditions, to require us to file registration statements covering theirshares or to include their shares in registration statements that we may file for ourselves or other stockholders. We have registered and intend to continue toregister all shares of common stock that we may issue under our equity compensation plans. Once we register these shares, they can be freely sold in thepublic market upon issuance, subject to volume limitations applicable to affiliates.We incur increased costs as a result of operating as a public company, and our management devote substantial time to new complianceinitiatives. We may fail to comply with the rules that apply to public companies, including Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which couldresult in sanctions or other penalties that would harm our business.We have incurred and will continue to incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses as a public company, including costs resulting frompublic company reporting obligations under the Exchange Act and regulations regarding corporate governance practices. The listing requirements of theNasdaq Global Select Market and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, require that we satisfy certain corporate governancerequirements relating to director independence, filing annual and interim reports, stockholder meetings, approvals and voting, soliciting proxies, conflicts ofinterest and a code of conduct. Our management and other personnel have devoted and will need to devote a substantial amount of time to ensure that wecomply with all of these requirements. Moreover, the reporting requirements, rules and regulations will increase our legal and financial compliance costs andwill make some activities more time-consuming and costlier. Any changes we make to comply with these obligations may not be sufficient to allow us tosatisfy our obligations as a public company on a timely basis, or at all. These reporting requirements, rules and regulations, coupled with the increase inpotential litigation exposure associated with being a public company, could also make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified persons to serveon our board of directors or board committees or to serve as executive officers, or to obtain certain types of insurance, including directors’ and officers’insurance, on acceptable terms.We are subject to Section 404 of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or Section 404, and the related rules of the SEC, which generally require ourmanagement and independent registered public accounting firm to report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting. Beginning withthe second annual report that we will be required to file with the SEC, Section 404 requires an annual management assessment of the effectiveness of ourinternal control over financial reporting. However, for so long as we remain an emerging growth company as defined in the JOBS Act, we intend to takeadvantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to public companies that are not emerging growth companies,including, but not limited to, not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404. Once we are no longer an emerginggrowth company or, if prior to such date, we opt to no longer take advantage of the applicable exemption, we will be required to include an opinion from ourindependent registered public accounting firm on the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting.To date, we have never conducted a review of our internal control for the purpose of providing the reports required by these rules. During thecourse of our review and testing, we may identify deficiencies and be unable to remediate them before we must provide the required reports.79 Furthermore, if we have a material weakness in our internal controls over financial reporting, we may not detect errors on a timely basis and ourfinancial statements may be materially misstated. We or our independent registered public accounting firm may not be able to conclude on an ongoing basisthat we have effective internal control over financial reporting, which could harm our operating results, cause investors to lose confidence in our reportedfinancial information and cause the trading price of our stock to fall. In addition, as a public company we will be required to file accurate and timely quarterlyand annual reports with the SEC under the Exchange Act. In order to report our results of operations and financial statements on an accurate and timely basis,we will depend in part on CROs to provide timely and accurate notice of their costs to us. Any failure to report our financial results on an accurate and timelybasis could result in sanctions, lawsuits, delisting of our shares from The Nasdaq Global Select Market or other adverse consequences that would materiallyharm to our business.Our ability to use our net operating loss carryforwards and certain other tax attributes may be limited.We have incurred substantial losses during our history and do not expect to become profitable in the near future, and we may never achieveprofitability. To the extent that we continue to generate taxable losses, unused losses will carry forward to offset a portion of future taxable income, if any,until such unused losses expire, if ever. Under Sections 382 and 383 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, if a corporation undergoes an“ownership change,” generally defined as a greater than 50 percentage point change (by value) in its equity ownership by certain stockholders over a three-year period, the corporation’s ability to use its pre-change net operating loss carryforwards, or NOLs, and other pre-change tax attributes (such as research anddevelopment tax credits) to offset its post- change income or taxes may be limited. We may have experienced ownership changes prior to December 31, 2018,and may experience ownership changes in the future as a result of subsequent shifts in our stock ownership (some of which shifts are outside our control). As aresult, if we earn net taxable income, our ability to use our pre-change NOLs to offset such taxable income could be subject to limitations. Similar provisionsof state tax law may also apply. As a result, even if we attain profitability, we may be unable to use a material portion of our NOLs and other taxattributes.Additionally, the Tax Act, which was enacted on December 22, 2017, significantly reforms the Code, including changes to the rules governing netoperating loss carryforwards arising in tax years ending after December 31, 2017. For net operating loss carryforwards, the Tax Act limits a taxpayer’s abilityto utilize such carryforwards to 80% of taxable income. In addition, net operating loss carryforwards arising in tax years ending after December 31, 2017 canbe carried forward indefinitely, but carryback is generally prohibited. Net operating loss carryforwards generated by us before January 1, 2018 will not besubject to the taxable income limitation and will continue to have a twenty- year carryforward period. However, the changes in the carryforward andcarryback periods as well as the new limitation on use of net operating losses may significantly impact our ability to use net operating loss carryforwardsgenerated after December 31, 2017, as well as the timing of any such use, and could adversely affect our results of operations.Provisions in our charter documents and under Delaware law could discourage a takeover that stockholders may consider favorable and maylead to entrenchment of management.Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws contain provisions that could delay or prevent changes incontrol or changes in our management without the consent of our board of directors. These provisions include the following: •a classified board of directors with three-year staggered terms, which may delay the ability of stockholders to change the membership of amajority of our board of directors; •no cumulative voting in the election of directors, which limits the ability of minority stockholders to elect director candidates; •the exclusive right of our board of directors to elect a director to fill a vacancy created by the expansion of the board of directors or theresignation, death or removal of a director, which prevents stockholders from being able to fill vacancies on our board of directors; •the ability of our board of directors to authorize the issuance of shares of preferred stock and to determine the price and other terms of thoseshares, including preferences and voting rights, without stockholder approval, which could be used to significantly dilute the ownership of ahostile acquiror; •the ability of our board of directors to alter our amended and restated bylaws without obtaining stockholder approval;80 •the required approval of at least 66 2/3% of the shares entitled to vote at an election of directors to adopt, amend or repeal our amended andrestated bylaws or repeal the provisions of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation regarding the election and removal of directors; •a prohibition on stockholder action by written consent, which forces stockholder action to be taken at an annual or special meeting of ourstockholders; •the requirement that a special meeting of stockholders may be called only by the chief executive officer or the president or the board of directors,which may delay the ability of our stockholders to force consideration of a proposal or to take action, including the removal of directors; and •advance notice procedures that stockholders must comply with in order to nominate candidates to our board of directors or to propose matters tobe acted upon at a stockholders’ meeting, which may discourage or deter a potential acquiror from conducting a solicitation of proxies to electthe acquiror’s own slate of directors or otherwise attempting to obtain control of us.We are also subject to the anti-takeover provisions contained in Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. Under Section 203, acorporation may not, in general, engage in a business combination with any holder of 15% or more of its capital stock unless the holder has held the stock forthree years or, among other exceptions, the board of directors has approved the transaction.Claims for indemnification by our directors and officers may reduce our available funds to satisfy successful third-party claims against us andmay reduce the amount of money available to us.Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws provide that we will indemnify our directors and officers,in each case to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law.In addition, as permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, our amended and restated bylaws and our indemnificationagreements that we have entered into with our directors and officers provide that: •We will indemnify our directors and officers for serving us in those capacities or for serving other business enterprises at our request, to the fullestextent permitted by Delaware law. Delaware law provides that a corporation may indemnify such person if such person acted in good faith and ina manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the registrant and, with respect to any criminalproceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful. •We may, in our discretion, indemnify employees and agents in those circumstances where indemnification is permitted by applicable law. •We are required to advance expenses, as incurred, to our directors and officers in connection with defending a proceeding, except that suchdirectors or officers shall undertake to repay such advances if it is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to indemnification. Wewill not be obligated pursuant to our amended and restated bylaws to indemnify a person with respect to proceedings initiated by that personagainst us or our other indemnitees, except with respect to proceedings authorized by our board of directors or brought to enforce a right toindemnification. •The rights conferred in our amended and restated bylaws are not exclusive, and we are authorized to enter into indemnification agreements withour directors, officers, employees and agents and to obtain insurance to indemnify such persons. •We may not retroactively amend our amended and restated bylaw provisions to reduce our indemnification obligations to directors, officers,employees and agents.We do not currently intend to pay dividends on our common stock, and, consequently, your ability to achieve a return on your investment willdepend on appreciation in the price of our common stock.We do not currently intend to pay any cash dividends on our common stock for the foreseeable future. We currently intend to invest our futureearnings, if any, to fund our growth. Therefore, you are not likely to receive any dividends on your common stock for the foreseeable future. Since we do notintend to pay dividends, your ability to receive a return on your investment will depend on any future appreciation in the market value of our common stock.There is no guarantee that our common stock will appreciate or even maintain the price at which our holders have purchased it.81 Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.None.Item 2. Properties..Our corporate headquarters are located in Brisbane, California, where we currently lease approximately 39,000 square feet of office and laboratory spacepursuant to a lease dated May 13, 2016. Although this facility is sufficient for our current needs, we will require additional space by the end of 2019 toaccommodate our anticipated growth. Therefore, on February 28, 2019, we entered into a lease for a new facility which we anticipate will be ready foroccupancy during the fourth quarter of 2019. The new facility is located in South San Francisco, California, and is comprised of approximately 62,00 squarefeet of office and laboratory space. The new lease has a term of 10 years from the lease commence date. Substantially all our employees work at our currentfacility and will also work at the new facility..Item 3. Legal Proceedings.We are not currently a party to any material litigation or other material legal proceedings.Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.Not applicable.82 PART IIItem 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.Market Information for Common StockOur common stock has been listed on The Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “UBX” since May 3, 2018. As of March 1, 2019, therewere 98 holders of record of our common stock. Because many of our shares of common stock are held by brokers and other institutions on behalf ofstockholders, we are unable to estimate the total number of beneficial owners of our common stock represented by these record holders.Dividend PolicyWe have never declared or paid any cash dividends on our common stock or any other securities. We anticipate that we will retain all availablefunds and any future earnings, if any, for use in the operation of our business and do not anticipate paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Inaddition, future debt instruments may materially restrict our ability to pay dividends on our common stock. Payment of future cash dividends, if any, will beat the discretion of the board of directors after taking into account various factors, including our financial condition, operating results, current andanticipated cash needs, the requirements of current or then-existing debt instruments and other factors the board of directors deems relevant.Performance GraphThis graph is not “soliciting material” or deemed “filed” with the SEC for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject toliabilities under that Section, and shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing of Unity Biotechnology, Inc. under the Securities Act of1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), whether made before or after the date hereof and irrespective of any general incorporation language in any suchfiling.The following graph compares the cumulative total return on our common stock relative to the cumulative total returns of the Nasdaq CompositeIndex and the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index. Pursuant to applicable Securities and Exchange Commission rules, all values assume reinvestment of the fullamount of all dividends, however no dividends have been declared on our common stock to date. The stockholder returns shown on the graph below are83 based on historical results and are not necessarily indicative of future performance, and we do not make or endorse any predictions as to future stockholderreturns. Sales of Unregistered SecuritiesFrom January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2018, we sold and issued the following unregistered securities, which share numbers have beenadjusted, as appropriate, for the 1-for-2.95 reverse stock split that occurred on April 20, 2018: 1.Prior to filing our registration statement on Form S-8 in May 2018, we granted stock options and stock awards to employees, directors andconsultants under our 2013 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, covering an aggregate of 6,640,219 shares of common stock, at a weighted-averageaverage exercise price of $2.60 per share. Of these, options covering an aggregate of 155,519 shares were cancelled without being exercised and143,181 unvested shares were repurchased concurrent with employee terminations. 2.Prior to filing our registration statement on Form S-8 in May 2018, we sold an aggregate of 2,161,731 shares of common stock to employees,directors and consultants for cash consideration in the aggregate amount of $0.1 million upon the exercise of stock options. 3.In March and April 2018, we authorized 11,554,669 and issued 3,913,425 shares of Series C convertible preferred stock, $0.0001 par value,original issue price of $15.3317 per share, for cash proceeds of approximately $59.9 million. 4.In May 2018, upon the closing of our IPO, all 32,073,149 shares of our then-outstanding convertible preferred stock automatically converted into32,073,149 shares of common stock.Use of Proceeds from our Initial Public Offering of Common StockOn May 2, 2018, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission declared effective our registration statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-224163), asamended, filed in connection with our initial public offering (IPO). There has been no material change in the planned use of proceeds from our IPO from thatdescribed in the related prospectus dated May 2, 2018, filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)(4) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.84 Repurchase of Shares or of Company Equity SecuritiesNone.Item 6. Selected Financial Data.You should read the following selected historical financial data below together with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of FinancialCondition and Results of Operations” and our audited financial statements, related notes and other financial information included elsewhere in this report.The selected financial data in this section are not intended to replace the financial statements and are qualified in their entirety by the audited financialstatements and related notes included elsewhere in this report.We derived our selected statements of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 and the balance sheet data as ofDecember 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 from our audited financial statements included elsewhere in this report. Our historical results are not necessarilyindicative of the results that may be expected in any future period. The selected financial data below should be read in conjunction with the section entitled“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our financial statements and related notes includedelsewhere in this report. Year Ended December 31, 2018 2017 2016 (in thousands, except share and per share data) Statement of Operations Data: Contribution revenue $— $1,382 $— Operating expenses: Research and development 58,907 37,373 13,707 General and administrative 16,016 9,617 5,137 Fair value of contingent consideration 4,542 — — Total operating expenses 79,465 46,990 18,844 Loss from operations (79,465) (45,608) (18,844)Loss on extinguishment of promissory notes — — (9,377)Interest income (expense), net 3,312 1,055 (2,183)Other expense, net (245) (103) — Net loss $(76,398) $(44,656) $(30,404)Net loss per share, basic and diluted(1) $(2.70) $(13.97) $(11.42)Weighted average number of shares used in computing net loss per share, basic and diluted(1) 28,269,907 3,197,516 2,662,841 (1)See Note12 to our audited financial statements for an explanation of the calculations of our basic and diluted net loss per common share and theweighted-average number of common shares used in the computation of the per share amounts. As of December 31, 2018 2017 2016 (in thousands) Balance Sheet Data: Cash and cash equivalents $15,399 $7,298 $89,286 Marketable securities 155,736 84,330 — Working capital 156,383 80,983 89,718 Total assets 181,375 102,024 96,648 Convertible preferred stock — 173,956 131,089 Accumulated deficit (163,278) (86,880) (42,224)Total stockholders’ equity (deficit) 160,693 (83,113) (41,536) 85 Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with the section entitled“Selected Financial Data” and our audited financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this report. This discussion and other parts of thisreport contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, such as our plans, objectives, expectations, intentions and beliefs. Ouractual results could differ materially from those discussed in these forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differencesinclude, but are not limited to, those identified below and those discussed in the section entitled “Risk Factors” included elsewhere in this report.OverviewWe are a biotechnology company engaged in researching and developing therapeutics to extend healthspan by slowing, halting or reversing age-related diseases. Our initial focus is on creating senolytic medicines to selectively eliminate senescent cells and thereby treat age-related diseases, such asmusculoskeletal, opthalmologic and pulmonary diseases. Since the commencement of our operations, we have invested a significant portion of our efforts and financial resources in research anddevelopment activities, and we have incurred net losses each year since inception. Our net losses were $76.4 million and $44.7 million for the years endedDecember 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. We do not have any products approved for sale, and we have never generated any revenue from contracts withcustomers. As of December 31, 2018, we had an accumulated deficit of $163.3 million, and we do not expect positive cash flows from operations in theforeseeable future. We expect to continue to incur net operating losses for at least the next several years as we continue our research and development efforts,advance our drug candidates through preclinical and clinical development, seek regulatory approval, prepare for and, if approved, proceed tocommercialization. Prior to our initial public offering, or IPO, we had funded our operations primarily from the issuance and sale of convertible preferred stock andconvertible promissory notes. In May 2018, we completed our IPO pursuant to which we issued 5,000,000 shares of our common stock at a price of $17.00per share. We received proceeds of approximately $75.9 million, after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions, and offering-related transaction costsfrom the IPO.We do not expect to generate revenue from any drug candidates that we develop until we obtain regulatory approval for one or more of such drugcandidates and commercialize our products or enter into collaborative agreements with third parties. Substantially all of our net losses have resulted fromcosts incurred in connection with our research and development programs and from general and administrative costs associated with our operations. As aresult, we will need to raise additional capital. If sufficient funds on acceptable terms are not available when needed, we could be required to significantlyreduce our operating expenses and delay, reduce the scope of, or eliminate one or more of our development programs.We rely on third parties in the conduct of our preclinical studies and clinical trials and for manufacturing and supply of our drug candidates. Wehave no internal manufacturing capabilities, and we will continue to rely on third parties, many of whom are single-source suppliers, for our preclinical andclinical trial materials, as well as the commercial supply of our products. In addition, we do not yet have a marketing or sales organization or commercialinfrastructure. Accordingly, we will incur significant expenses to develop a marketing and sales organization and commercial infrastructure in advance ofgenerating any product sales.86 Components of Our Results of OperationsResearch and Development ExpensesResearch and development expenses consist primarily of costs incurred for the development of our drug candidates, which include: •personnel-related expenses, including salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation for personnel contributing to research anddevelopment activities; •laboratory expenses including supplies and services; •expenses incurred under agreements with third-party contract manufacturing organizations, contract research organizations, research anddevelopment service providers, academic research institutions, and consultants; •expenses related to license and sponsored research agreements; •clinical trial expenses; and •facilities and other allocated expenses, including expenses for rent and facilities maintenance, and depreciation and amortization.We expect our research and development expenses to increase as we advance our drug candidates into and through preclinical and clinical trialsand pursue regulatory approval of our drug candidates. The process of conducting the clinical trials required to obtain regulatory approval is costly and time-consuming. Clinical trials generally become larger and costlier to conduct as they advance into later stages and we are required to make estimates for expenseaccruals related to clinical trial expenses. The actual probability of success for our drug candidates may be affected by a variety of factors including: thesafety and efficacy of our drug candidates, early clinical data, investment in our clinical program, the ability of collaborators, if any, to successfully developany drug candidates we license to them, competition, manufacturing capability and commercial viability. We may never succeed in achieving regulatoryapproval for any of our drug candidates. Program costs that are direct external expenses are tracked on a program-by-program basis once they enter clinicalstudies. Due to the early-stage nature of our lead programs, the costs of our programs are not material. As a result of the uncertainties discussed above, we areunable to determine the duration and completion costs of our research and development projects or when and to what extent we will generate revenue fromthe commercialization and sale of our drug candidates.General and Administrative ExpensesOur general and administrative expenses consist primarily of personnel costs, allocated facilities costs and other expenses for outside professionalservices, including legal, audit and accounting services, and depreciation and amortization expense related to property and equipment. Personnel costsconsist of salaries, benefits, insurance and stock-based compensation. We expect to continue to incur additional expenses associated with operating as apublic company, including expenses related to compliance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and standardsapplicable to companies listed on a national securities exchange, additional insurance expenses, investor relations activities and other administrative andprofessional services. We also expect to increase the size of our administrative headcount to support the growth of our business and operate as a publiccompany. Fair Value of Contingent ConsiderationOur license agreements include contingent consideration in the form of the obligation to issue additional shares of our common stock based if weachieve certain milestones. To determine whether such contingent consideration constitutes an asset acquisition, we assess whether it meets the definition ofa derivative and/or whether it can be classified within stockholders’ equity, until such time that equity classification criteria are met or the milestones expire.As of December 31, 2018, we have recorded a liability related to contingent consideration because the net settlement criteria required for the contingentconsideration to be defined as a derivative had been met whereas the equity classification criteria had not been met. The derivative related to this contingentconsideration is measured at fair value as of each balance sheet date with the related change in fair value being reflected in operating expenses. Thecontingent consideration expense is driven by the change in the estimated fair value of the liability, which is87 determined using a probability-weighted valuation approach model that reflects the probability and timing of future issuances common shares. Interest IncomeInterest income is primarily related to interest earned on our marketable securities for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016. Results of OperationsComparison of the Years Ended December 31, 2018 and 2017The following table sets forth the significant components of our results of operations (in thousands): Year Ended December 31, 2018 2017 Increase/(Decrease) Summary of Operations Data: Contribution revenue $— $1,382 $(1,382)Operating expenses: Research and development 58,907 37,373 21,534 General and administrative 16,016 9,617 6,399 Change in fair value of contingent consideration 4,542 — 4,542 Total operating expenses 79,465 46,990 32,475 Loss from operations (79,465) (45,608) (33,857)Interest income 3,312 1,055 2,257 Other expense, net (245) (103) (142)Net loss $(76,398) $(44,656) $(31,742) Contribution RevenueContribution revenue for the year ended December 31, 2017 was related to funding we recognized from a third-party organization in 2017 for theperformance of certain research and development activities in pursuit of that organization’s philanthropic mission. We did not engage in similar activities in2018, therefore we did not recognize any contribution revenue for the year ended December 31, 2018.Research and DevelopmentResearch and development expenses increased by $21.5 million, to $58.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 from $37.4 million forthe year ended December 31, 2017. The increase was primarily due to increases of $11.3 million for personnel-related expenses, of which $4.3 million wasrelated to non-cash stock-based compensation, $7.8 million for direct research and development activities and $2.4 million for facilities-related costs.General and AdministrativeGeneral and administrative expenses increased by $6.4 million, to $16.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 from $9.6 million for theyear ended December 31, 2017. The increase was primarily due to increases of $4.8 million for personnel related expenses, of which $2.1 million was relatedto non-cash stock-based compensation, $1.9 million in professional services expenses primarily related to activities in preparation of becoming a publiccompany, $0.5 million in insurance expense and $0.5 million for facilities-related costs. The increases were partially offset by a $1.3 million in unconditionalfunding provided to academic institutions.88 Change in fair value of contingent considerationExpenses related to the change in fair value of contingent consideration was $4.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2018. The contingentconsideration expense was due to a change in the estimated fair value of the liability under our license agreements as the probability of milestone eventsrequiring settlement through the issuance of shares of our common stock increase. The fair value is determined using a probability-weighted valuationapproach model which considers our stock price and the probability and timing of the achievement of certain milestones at the balance sheet date. Interest IncomeOur interest income was $3.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2018, as compared to $1.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2017,as we invested our cash and proceeds from our Series C financing and IPO in marketable securities.Comparison of the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016The following table sets forth the significant components of our results of operations: Year Ended December 31, 2017 2016 Increase/(Decrease) (in thousands) Summary of Operations Data: Contribution revenue $1,382 $— $1,382 Operating expenses: Research and development 37,373 13,707 23,666 General and administrative 9,617 5,137 4,480 Total operating expenses 46,990 18,844 28,146 Loss from operations (45,608) (18,844) (26,764)Loss on extinguishment of promissory notes — (9,377) 9,377 Interest income (expense), net 1,055 (2,183) 3,238 Other expense, net (103) — (103)Net loss $(44,656) $(30,404) $(14,252) Contribution RevenueContribution revenue for the year ended December 31, 2017 was related to funding we recognized from a third-party organization in 2017 for theperformance of certain research and development activities in pursuit of that organization’s philanthropic mission.Research and DevelopmentResearch and development expenses increased by $23.7 million from $13.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 to $37.4 million forthe year ended December 31, 2017. The increase was primarily due to an increase of $10.4 million for direct research and development costs related toconsultants, third-party contract research organizations, and preclinical studies as we expanded and continued to progress our development programs.Additionally, we had a $8.6 million increase in personnel-related expenses, of which $1.5 million related to stock-based compensation due to an increase inour headcount, an increase of $1.9 million in lab supplies as we expanded our lab space, $1.0 million in facility-related costs, and a $1.0 million increase indepreciation and amortization primarily related to leasehold improvements associated with our new space.89 General and AdministrativeGeneral and administrative expenses increased by $4.5 million from $5.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 to $9.6 million for theyear ended December 31, 2017. The increase was primarily due to an increase in personnel-related expenses of $2.9 million, of which $1.3 million related tostock-based compensation, as a result of an increase in our headcount and an increase of $1.3 million related to unconditional funding provided to academicinstitutions in 2017.Loss on Extinguishment of Promissory NotesWe recognized a loss on extinguishment of promissory notes issued in July, September, and October 2016 of $9.4 million upon the settlement ofsuch notes in 2016 for shares of Series B convertible preferred stock.Interest Income (Expense), netOur interest income was $1.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 as we invested our cash in marketable securities.We recognized interest expense of $2.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 primarily related to the discount created from a contingentbeneficial conversion on the February, April, and May 2016 promissory notes which was recognized upon the conversion of such notes in 2016 into shares ofSeries B preferred stock.Liquidity, Capital Resources and Capital RequirementsSources of LiquidityWe have incurred net losses each year since inception. We do not have any products approved for sale and have never generated any revenuefrom product sales. Historically, we have incurred operating losses as a result of ongoing efforts to develop our drug candidates, including conductingongoing research and development, preclinical studies and providing general and administrative support for these operations. As of December 31, 2018, wehad an accumulated deficit of $163.3 million, and we do not expect positive cash flows from operations in the foreseeable future. We expect our operatinglosses and net cash used in operating activities will increase over at least the next several years as we continue our research and development activities,advance our drug candidates through preclinical and clinical testing and move into later and more costly stages of drug development, hire personnel andprepare for regulatory submissions and the commercialization of our drug candidates.We have historically financed our operations primarily through issuance and sale of common stock, convertible preferred stock and convertiblepromissory notes and will continue to be dependent upon equity and/or debt financing until we are able to generate positive cash flows from our operations.In March 2018, we sold 3,590,573 shares of Series C convertible preferred stock at $15.3317 per share for proceeds of $54.9 million. In April 2018, we sold322,852 shares of Series C convertible preferred stock at $15.3317 per share for additional proceeds of $5.0 million. In May 2018, we completed our IPO andreceived net proceeds of $75.9 million, after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and offering expenses payable by us. As of December 31, 2018,we had $171.1 million in cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities.Future Funding RequirementsTo date we have not generated any revenue for contracts with customers and have only received a contribution from a third-party organization forcertain research and development activities to support their philanthropic mission. We expect to continue to incur significant losses for the foreseeablefuture, and we expect the losses to increase as we continue the development of, and seek regulatory approvals for, our drug candidates, and begin tocommercialize any approved products. We are subject to all of the risks typically related to the development of new drug candidates, and we may encounterunforeseen expenses, difficulties, complications, delays and other unknown factors that may adversely affect our business. Moreover, following thecompletion of our IPO, we have incurred additional ongoing costs associated with operating as a public company. We anticipate that we will need substantialadditional funding in connection with our continuing operations.90 Until we can generate a sufficient amount of revenue from the commercialization of our drug candidates or from collaborative agreements withthird parties, if ever, we expect to finance our future cash needs through public or private equity or debt financings. Additional capital may be raised throughthe sale of our equity securities, incurring debt, entering into licensing, collaboration agreements with partners, receiving research contributions, grants orother sources of financing to fund our operations. There can be no assurance that sufficient funds will be available to us on attractive terms or at all. If we areunable to obtain additional funding from these or other sources, it may be necessary to significantly reduce our rate of spending through reductions in staffand delaying, scaling back, or stopping certain research and development programs. Insufficient liquidity may also require us to relinquish rights to drugcandidates at an earlier stage of development or on less favorable terms than we would otherwise choose.Since our inception, we have incurred significant losses and negative cash flows from operations. We have an accumulated deficit of $163.3million through December 31, 2018. We expect to incur substantial additional losses in the future as we conduct and expand our research and developmentactivities. We believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities will be sufficient to enable us to fund our projected operationsthrough at least the next 12 months. Based on our current operating plans, we expect our existing capital resources will fund our planned operating expensesinto 2021, including through clinical data readout from our Phase 1 clinical study of UBX0101 and data readouts from additional Phase 1 clinical studies ofour lead program for ophthalmologic diseases.We have based our projections of operating capital requirements on assumptions that may prove to be incorrect and we may use all our availablecapital resources sooner than we expect. Because of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with research, development and commercialization ofbiotechnology products, we are unable to estimate the exact amount of our operating capital requirements. Our future funding requirements will depend onmany factors, including, but not limited to: •the scope, progress, results and costs of researching and developing UBX0101, UBX1967 or any other drug candidates, and conductingpreclinical studies and clinical trials, including our ongoing Phase 1 clinical study of UBX0101, which was initiated in the second quarterof 2018; •the timing of, and the costs involved in, obtaining regulatory approvals for our lead drug candidates or any future drug candidates; •the number and characteristics of any additional drug candidates we develop or acquire; •the timing and amount of any milestone payments we are required to make pursuant to our license agreements; •the cost of manufacturing our lead drug candidates or any future drug candidates and any products we successfully commercialize; •the cost of building a sales force in anticipation of product commercialization; •the cost of commercialization activities if our lead drug candidates or any future drug candidates are approved for sale, including marketing,sales and distribution costs; •our ability to establish and maintain strategic collaborations, licensing or other arrangements and the financial terms of any suchagreements, including the timing and amount of any future milestone, royalty or other payments due under any such agreement; •any product liability or other lawsuits related to our products; •the expenses needed to attract, hire and retain skilled personnel; •the costs associated with being a public company; •the costs involved in preparing, filing, prosecuting, maintaining, defending and enforcing our intellectual property portfolio; and •the timing, receipt and amount of sales of any future approved or cleared products, if any.91 Cash FlowsThe following table sets forth a summary of the primary sources and uses of cash and restricted cash for each of the periods presented below (inthousands): Year Ended December 31, 2018 2017 2016 Cash used in operating activities $(56,623) $(38,358) $(16,398)Cash used in investing activities (72,206) (86,305) (2,744)Cash provided by financing activities 136,930 42,775 107,938 Net increase (decrease) in cash and restricted cash $8,101 $(81,888) $88,796 Operating ActivitiesCash used in operating activities of $56.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 consisted primarily of a net loss of $76.4 millionadjusted for net non-cash charges of $14.6 million and net changes to our operating assets and liabilities of $5.1 million. Our non-cash charges consistedprimarily of $9.4 million in stock-based compensation, $4.5 million change in fair value of contingent consideration and $2.2 million in depreciation andamortization, partially offset by a $1.0 million in amortization of premium and discounts on marketable securities and $0.6 million in accretion of our tenantimprovement allowance. The net change in our operating assets and liabilities consisted of a decrease of $1.4 million in contribution receivable, andincreases of $2.2 million in accounts payable, $1.6 million in accrued compensation and $1.4 million in accrued liabilities and other current liabilities,partially offset by a decrease of $0.6 million in other long-term assets and $0.8 million in prepaid expenses and other current assets.Cash used in operating activities of $38.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 consisted primarily of a net loss of $44.7 million, whichwas partially offset by non-cash charges of $4.0 million and a decrease in our net operating assets of $2.3 million. Our non-cash charges primary consisted of$1.3 million for depreciation and amortization expense and $3.0 million for stock-based compensation expense. The decrease in our net operating assets of$2.3 million was primarily due to an increase in accrued compensation of $1.6 million related to our bonus accrual and increases in accounts payable of$1.2 million and accrued and other current liabilities of $1.3 million as we expand our operations, partially offset by an increase in our contributionreceivable of $1.4 million.Cash used in operating activities of $16.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 consisted primarily of a net loss of $30.4 million, whichwas partially offset by non-cash charges of $12.0 million and a decrease in our net operating assets of $2.0 million. Our non-cash charges primarily consistedof $9.4 million for loss on extinguishment of our July, September, and October 2016 promissory notes and $2.2 million for interest expense related to ourFebruary, April and May 2016 promissory notes. The decrease in our net operating assets was due primarily to an increase in accrued and other currentliabilities of $1.0 million primarily related to deferred rent for our facility lease entered into in 2016 and an increase in our accrued compensation of$0.5 million.Investing ActivitiesCash used in investing activities of $72.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 was related to purchases of marketable securities of$204.1 million, purchases of property and equipment of $1.2 million and the purchase of an investment in stock of $0.5 million, which were offset bymaturities of marketable securities of $133.6 million.Cash used in investing activities of $86.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 was related to purchases of marketable securities of$134.5 million and purchases of property and equipment of $1.7 million, which were partially offset by maturities of marketable securities of $49.8 million.Cash used in investing activities of $2.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 was related to the purchases of property and equipment of$2.2 million and the purchase of an investment in stock of $0.5 million.92 Financing ActivitiesCash provided by financing activities of $136.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 was primarily related to net proceeds from our saleof common stock in our IPO of $75.9 million, net proceeds from issuance of Series C convertible preferred stock of $59.9 million, proceeds from repayment ofrecourse notes of $0.9 million, and proceeds from issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options of $0.4 million.Cash provided by financing activities of $42.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 was primarily related to net proceeds from theissuance of shares of our convertible preferred stock.Cash provided by financing activities of $107.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2016 was primarily related to net proceeds of $91.0million from the issuance of shares of our convertible preferred stock and proceeds of $16.9 million from the issuance of convertible promissory notes whichhave since been converted into or settled with shares of convertible preferred stock.Contractual Obligations and Other CommitmentsThe following table summarizes our contractual obligations as of December 31, 2018: Payments due by period Less than1 year 1 to 3years 3 to 5 years More than5 years Total (in thousands) Contractual obligations: Operating lease(1) $2,012 $4,207 $1,621 $— $7,840 Capital lease 78 46 — — 124 Total contractual obligations $2,090 $4,253 $1,621 $— $7,964 (1)Our contractual obligations and commitments primarily relate to our facilities lease agreement. We have a lease for laboratory and office space inBrisbane, California. The current lease is for approximately 39,000 square feet and the lease period expires in October 2022.We are party to various license agreements pursuant to which we have in-licensed rights to various technologies, including patents, research“know-how” and proprietary research tools, for the discovery, research, development and commercialization of drug products to treat age-related diseases.The license agreements obligate us to make certain milestone payments related to specified clinical development and sales milestone events, as well as tieredroyalties in the low-single digits based on sales of licensed products. This table does not include any milestone payments or royalty payments to third partiesas the amounts, timing and likelihood of such payments are not known. See Note 5 to our financial statements “License Agreements” for additionalinformation.In February 2019, we entered into a lease agreement for approximately 62,655 rentable square feet of office and laboratory space in South SanFrancisco, California. The term of the lease agreement will commence on the later of: (i) the earlier to occur of (a) October 1, 2019, and (b) the date uponwhich we begin conducting business on the premises, and (ii) the date the landlord’s construction and tenant improvements have been completed. The leasehas an initial term of ten years from the commencement date, and we have an option to extend the initial term for an additional eight years at the then fairrental value as determined pursuant to the lease agreement. The total base rent for the first twelve months will be $5.25 per rental square foot and willescalate by approximately 3.5% annually beginning from the 13th month of the lease agreement. We will also be responsible for the operating expenses andtax expenses allocated to the building, and the operating expenses and tax expenses attributable to the common areas. The landlord will provide us with atenant improvement allowance of up to a maximum amount of approximately $7.8 million, and we have the right to use up to approximately $2.8 million asan additional tenant improvement allowance that must be paid back as described in the lease agreement. In connection with the execution of the leaseagreement, we delivered a letter of credit of approximately $0.9 million to the landlord.Off-Balance Sheet ArrangementsWe have not entered into any off-balance sheet arrangements. While we have an investment in a variable interest entity, its purpose is not toprovide off-balance sheet financing.93 Critical Accounting Polices and EstimatesThis discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based on our financial statements, which have been preparedin accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts ofassets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, as well as the reported expenses incurredduring the reporting periods. Our estimates are based on our historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under thecircumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent fromother sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. While our significant accounting policies aredescribed in more detail in the notes to our financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus, we believe that the following accounting policies arecritical to understanding our historical and future performance, as these policies relate to the more significant areas involving management’s judgments andestimates.Research and Development ExpensesCosts related to research and development of drug candidates are charged to research and development expense as incurred. Research anddevelopment costs include, but are not limited to, payroll and personnel expenses for personnel contributing to research and development activities,laboratory supplies, outside services, licenses acquired to be used in research and development and allocated overhead, including rent, equipment,depreciation and utilities. Payments made prior to the receipt of goods or services to be used in research and development are deferred and recognized asexpense in the period in which the related goods are received or services are rendered. Such payments are evaluated for current or long-term classificationbased on when they will be realized.We have and may continue to enter into license agreements to access and utilize certain technology. We evaluate if the license agreement is anacquisition of an asset or a business. To date none of our license agreements have been considered to be an acquisition of a business. For asset acquisitions,the upfront payments to acquire such licenses, as well as any future milestone payments made before product approval, are immediately recognized asresearch and development expense when due, provided there is no alternative future use of the rights in other research and development projects. Theselicense agreements may also include contingent consideration in the form of cash and additional issuances of our common stock.Contingent Consideration LiabilityWe have entered into license agreements to access and utilize certain intellectual property and technology and may enter into additional licenseagreements in the future. In each case, we evaluate if the license agreement results in the acquisition of an asset or a business. To date, none of our licenseagreements have been considered an acquisition of a business. If a license agreement is deemed to constitute an asset acquisition, the upfront payments toacquire such licenses, as well as any future milestone payments made before product approval, are immediately recognized as research and developmentexpense when due, provided there is no alternative future use of the rights in other research and development projects. Several of our license agreements alsoinclude contingent consideration in the form of an obligation to issue additional shares of our common stock if we achieve certain milestones. To determinewhether such contingent consideration constitutes anasset acquisition, we assess on a continuous basis whether the contingent consideration meets thedefinition of a derivative and/or whether it can be classified within stockholders’ equity, until such time that equity classification criteria are met or themilestones expireThe derivative related to the contingent consideration arising from our license agreements is measured at fair value as of each balance sheetdate with the related change in fair value being reflected in operating expenses. Upon a reassessment event that results in the contingent consideration nolonger meeting the definition of a derivative and/or meeting equity classification critera, the final change in fair value of the insutrment is recorded withinoperating expenses and the liability is reclassified into stockholders’ equity.We value the contingent consideration liability using a probability-weighted valuation approach model that reflects the probability and timingof achieving the milestones which trigger the obligation to issue additional shares of common stock. The probability of achieving the defined milestones foreach licensed product is estimated on a quarterly basis by our management team. The total contingent consideration may change significantly over time aspreclinical and/or clinical development progresses and additional data is obtained, impacting our assumptions regarding the probability of successfullyachieving the relevant milestones and the time frame in which they are94 expected to be achieved. For example, significant increases in the estimated probability of achieving a milestone would result in a significantly higher fairvalue measurement, while significant decreases in the estimated probability of achieving a milestone would result in a significantly lower fair valuemeasurement. Judgment is employed in determining these assumptions at each subsequent period. Updates to assumptions could have a significant impacton our results of operations in any given period. Actual results may differ from estimates.We believe the fair values used to record contingent consideration liability are based upon reasonable estimates and assumptions given the factsand circumstances as of the related valuation dates.Variable Interest EntitiesAt the inception of each arrangement that we enter into with a third party entity, and at each reporting date thereafter, we assess whether we arethe primary beneficiary of that arrangement such that it constitutes a variable interest entity, or VIE. This assessment is based on our power to direct theactivities of the third party that most significantly impact the third party’s economic performance and our obligation to absorb losses or the right to receivebenefits from the third party that could potentially be significant to it.Stock-Based CompensationWe recognize compensation costs related to stock options granted to employees and nonemployees based on the estimated fair value of theawards on the date of grant, and we recognize forfeitures as they occur. For awards that vest solely based on service conditions or a combination of serviceand performance conditions, we estimate the grant date fair value, and the resulting stock-based compensation expense, using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model. The grant date fair value of the awards is generally recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, which is typically theirvesting period. Forfeitures are recognized as they occur.Prior to our IPO, the fair value of our shares of common stock underlying the stock options was the responsibility of and determined by ourBoard. Because there was no public market for our common stock, the Board determined the fair value of common stock at the time of grant of the option byconsidering a number of objective and subjective factors, including, among others: the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock tooutside investors in arms-length transactions; the rights, preferences and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock;our results of operations, financial position and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our commonstock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of management; progress of our research and development activities; our stage of development andmaterial risks related to its business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; and the likelihood of achieving aliquidity event, such as an initial public offering or sale, in light of prevailing market conditions.Following the IPO, the market traded price of the shares of common stock underlying the stock options is the fair value of our stock as reportedon The Nasdaq Global Select Market on the grant date.The Black-Scholes option-pricing model requires the use of highly subjective assumptions to determine the fair value of stock-based awards.These assumptions include: •Expected term—The expected term represents the period that the stock-based awards are expected to be outstanding. We use, due toinsufficient historical data, the simplified method to determine the expected term, which is based on the average of the time-to-vesting andthe contractual life of the options. •Expected volatility—Due to our limited trading history for our common stock, the expected volatility is estimated based on the averagehistorical volatilities of common stock of comparable publicly traded entities over a period equal to the expected term of the stock optiongrants. The comparable companies are chosen based on their size, stage in the product development cycle or area of specialty. We willcontinue to apply this process until a sufficient amount of historical information regarding the volatility of our own stock price becomesavailable.95 •Risk-free interest rate—The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield in effect at the time of grant for zero-coupon U.S.Treasury notes with maturities approximately equal to the expected term of the awards. •Expected dividend—We have never paid dividends on our common stock and have no plans to pay dividends on our common stock.Therefore, we used an expected dividend yield of zero.For options granted to non-employee consultants, the fair value of these options is also remeasured using the Black-Scholes option-pricingmodel reflecting consistent assumptions as applied to employee options in each of the reported periods, other than the expected term, which is assumed to bethe remaining contractual life of the option.We have also granted stock options to certain key employees that vest in conjunction with certain performance and market conditions. Weestimate the fair value of these awards using a lattice model, taking into consideration the market conditions. No expense will be recorded related to theseawards until the achievement of the performance condition becomes probable. Once the achievement of the performance condition becomes probable,expense related to these awards is recognized using the accelerated attribution method with a cumulative catch-up adjustment over the derived service periodrelating to the market conditions, if the market conditions have not been met. As these awards vest in their entirety upon achievement of the marketconditions, any unrecognized expense would be accelerated if the market conditions are achieved prior to the completion of the derived service period.We will continue to use judgment in evaluating the expected volatility, expected terms and forfeiture rates utilized for our stock-basedcompensation expense calculations on a prospective basis. In addition to the Black-Scholes assumptions, we estimate our forfeiture rate based on an analysisof our actual forfeitures and we will continue to evaluate the adequacy of the forfeiture rate based on actual forfeiture experience, analysis of employeeturnover behavior and other factors. The impact from any forfeiture rate adjustment would be recognized in full in the period of adjustment, and if the actualnumber of future forfeitures differs from our estimates, we might be required to record adjustments to stock-based compensation in future periods.As of December 31, 2018, we had $20.6 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested stock options, which is expected tobe recognized over an estimated weighted-average period of 4.1 years. For stock option awards subject to ratable vesting, we recognize compensation cost ona straight-line basis over the service period for the entire award. In future periods, our stock-based compensation expense is expected to increase as a result ofrecognizing our existing unrecognized stock-based compensation for awards that will vest and as we issue additional stock-based awards to attract and retainour employees.Income TaxesWe use the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes, in which deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for future taxconsequences attributable to the differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities, their respective tax bases, netoperating loss carryforwards, and credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxableincome in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be reversed. Current income tax expense or benefit represents the amount of incometaxes expected to be payable or refundable for the current year. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized asincome in the period that includes the enactment date. We record a valuation allowance to reduce our deferred tax assets to reflect the net amount that webelieve is more likely than not to be realized. Realization of our deferred tax assets is dependent on the generation of future taxable income, the amount andtiming of which are uncertain. The valuation allowance requires an assessment of both positive and negative evidence when determining whether it is morelikely than not that deferred tax assets are recoverable. Based upon the weight of available evidence at December 31, 2018, we continue to maintain a fullvaluation allowance against all of our deferred tax assets after management considered all available evidence both positive and negative, including but notlimited to our historical operating results, income or loss in recent periods, cumulative income in recent years, forecasted earnings, future taxable income, andsignificant risk and uncertainty related to forecasts..We recognize the tax effects of an uncertain tax position only if it is more likely than not to be sustained based solely on its technical merits as ofthe reporting date and only in an amount more likely than not to be sustained upon review by the tax authorities. We recognize interest accrued and penaltiesrelated to unrecognized tax benefits in our tax96 provision. We evaluate uncertain tax positions on a quarterly basis. The evaluations are based on a number of factors, including changes in facts andcircumstances, changes in tax law, correspondence with tax authorities during the course of the audit, and effective settlement of audit issues. To the extentthat the final tax outcome of these matters is different than the amounts recorded, such differences will impact the income tax provision in the period in whichsuch determination is made. The resolution of our uncertain income tax positions is dependent on uncontrollable factors such as law changes, new case law,and the willingness of the income tax authorities to settle, including the timing thereof and other factors. Although we do not anticipate significant changesto our uncertain income tax positions in the next twelve months, items outside of our control could cause our uncertain income tax positions to change in thefuture, which would be recorded in our statements of operations. Our provision for income taxes includes the effects of any accruals that we believe areappropriate, as well as the related net interest and penalties.On December 22, 2017, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“Tax Act”) was signed into law. The Tax Act lowered the Federal corporate tax rate from 35%to 21% and made numerous other tax law changes. The Company has measured deferred tax assets at the enacted tax rate expected to apply when thesetemporary differences are expected to be realized or settled. U.S. GAAP requires companies to recognize the effect of tax law changes in the period ofenactment.As a result of the impact of the Tax Act, in December 2017, the SEC staff issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 118 (SAB 118), Income TaxAccounting Implications of the Tax Act or TCJA, which allows SEC registrants to record provisional amounts during a measurement period not to extendbeyond one year of the enactment date. Since the Act was passed late in the fourth quarter of 2017, and ongoing guidance and accounting interpretation areexpected over the next 12 months, Management considers its accounting of the various tax laws impacted by the Tax Act to be reasonable despite anyforthcoming guidance. Any subsequent adjustment to these amounts will be adjusted accordingly as further guidance comes out. In the fourth quarter of2018, we completed our analysis to determine the effect of the Tax Act and no material adjustments were recognized as of December 31, 2018.As of December 31, 2018, our total deferred tax assets were $38 million. Due to our lack of earnings history and uncertainties surrounding ourability to generate future taxable income, the net deferred tax assets have been fully offset by a valuation allowance. The deferred tax assets were primarilycomprised of federal and state tax net operating losses, and Research and Development Credits. Utilization of NOLs may be limited by the “ownershipchange” rules, as defined in Section 382 of the Code. The Company has engaged a third party to perform a Section 382 analysis covering from inception in2010 to December 31, 2018 balance sheet reporting date. The Company has had various rounds of funding since inception (Series A-1, A-2, B) that haveresulted in a change in ownership which limits the amount of net operating losses that may be used in the future. The Company has written off any deferredtax assets that will not be accessible due to the limitation from Section 382/383 with a corresponding adjustment to the valuation allowance..JOBS Act Accounting ElectionWe are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act. Under the JOBS Act,emerging growth companies can delay adopting new or revised accounting standards issued subsequent to the enactment of the JOBS Act until such time asthose standards apply to private companies.We have elected to use this extended transition period to enable us to comply with new or revised accounting standards that have differenteffective dates for public and private companies until the earlier of the date we (i) are no longer an emerging growth company or (ii) affirmatively andirrevocably opt out of the extended transition period provided in the JOBS Act. As a result, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies thatcomply with new or revised accounting pronouncements as of public company effective dates.Recent Accounting PronouncementsSee Note 2 to our Financial Statements “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” for information.97 Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.We are exposed to market risks in the ordinary course of our business. These risks primarily relate to interest rate sensitivities. We had cash, cash equivalentsand marketable securities of $171.1 million as of December 31, 2018, which consist of bank deposits, money market funds, and marketable securities. Theprimary objective of our investment activities is to preserve capital to fund our operations. We also seek to maximize income from our investments withoutassuming significant risk. Because our investments are primarily short-term in duration, we believe that our exposure to interest rate risk is not significant,and a 1% movement in market interest rates would not have a significant impact on the total value of our portfolio. We had no debt outstanding as ofDecember 31, 2018.98 Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data. UNITY BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.Index to Financial Statements Page Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 100 Balance Sheets 101 Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss 102 Statements of Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) 103 Statements of Cash Flows 104 Notes to the Financial Statements 105 99 Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting FirmTo the Stockholders and the Board of Directors ofUnity Biotechnology, Inc.Opinion on the Financial StatementsWe have audited the accompanying balance sheets of Unity Biotechnology, Inc. (the Company) as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, and related statements ofoperations and comprehensive loss, statements of convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ equity (deficit) and cash flows for each of the three years inthe period ended December 31, 2018, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statementspresent fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the results of its operations and its cashflows for each of the three years ended December 31, 2018 in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.Basis for OpinionThese financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financialstatements 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 ofthe 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 reasonableassurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, norwere 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 ofinternal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control overfinancial 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, andperforming procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures include examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in thefinancial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well asevaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion./s/ Ernst & Young LLPWe have served as the Company’s auditor since 2017.Redwood City, CaliforniaMarch 6, 2019,100 UNITY BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.Balance Sheets(in thousands, except share and per share amounts) December 31, 2018 2017 Assets Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $15,399 $7,298 Contribution receivable — 1,382 Short-term marketable securities 155,736 79,212 Prepaid expenses and other current assets 1,830 988 Total current assets 172,965 88,880 Property and equipment, net 6,238 6,958 Long-term marketable securities — 5,118 Restricted cash 550 550 Other long-term assets 1,622 518 Total assets $181,375 $102,024 Liabilities, Convertible Preferred Stock, and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit) Current liabilities: Accounts payable $4,847 $2,378 Accrued compensation 3,791 2,181 Accrued and other current liabilities 4,990 3,338 Settlement liability 2,059 — Contingent consideration liability 895 — Total current liabilities 16,582 7,897 Deferred rent, net of current portion 2,467 3,166 Contingent consideration liability, net of current portion 1,588 — Other non-current liabilities 45 118 Total liabilities 20,682 11,181 Commitments and contingencies (Note 7) Convertible preferred stock, $0.0001 par value; 10,000,000 and 91,739,149 shares authorized as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively; 0 and 28,159,724 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively; aggregate liquidation preference of $0 and $190,825 as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively — 173,956 Stockholders’ equity (deficit): Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 300,000,000 and 122,000,000 shares authorized as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively; 42,414,294 and 4,830,389 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively 4 1 Additional paid-in capital 324,663 4,072 Related party promissory notes for purchase of common stock (201) (202)Employee promissory notes for purchase of common stock (400) — Accumulated other comprehensive loss (95) (104)Accumulated deficit (163,278) (86,880)Total stockholders’ equity (deficit) 160,693 (83,113)Total liabilities, convertible preferred stock, and stockholders’ equity (deficit) $181,375 $102,024 See accompanying notes to the financial statements.101 UNITY BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss(in thousands, except share and per share amounts) Year ended December 31, 2018 2017 2016 Contribution revenue $— $1,382 $— Operating expenses: Research and development 58,907 37,373 13,707 General and administrative 16,016 9,617 5,137 Change in fair value of contingent consideration 4,542 — — Total operating expenses 79,465 46,990 18,844 Loss from operations $(79,465) $(45,608) $(18,844)Loss on extinguishment of promissory notes — — (9,377)Interest income (expense), net 3,312 1,055 (2,183)Other expense, net (245) (103) — Net loss $(76,398) $(44,656) $(30,404)Other comprehensive loss Unrealized gain (loss) on marketable securities, net of tax 9 (104) — Comprehensive loss $(76,389) $(44,760) $(30,404)Net loss per share, basic and diluted $(2.70) $(13.97) $(11.42)Weighted average number of shares used in computing net loss per share, basic and diluted 28,269,907 3,197,516 2,662,841 See accompanying notes to the financial statements. 102 UNITY BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.Statements of Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)(in thousands, except share amounts) ConvertiblePreferred Stock Common Stock AdditionalPaid-In Related PartyPromissory Notesfor Purchase of EmployeePromissoryNotes forPurchase of AccumulatedOtherComprehensive Accumulated TotalStockholders’ Shares Amount Shares Amount Capital Common Stock Common Stock Loss Deficit Equity (Deficit) Balances at December 31, 2015 8,713,925 $7,579 2,054,204 $1 $123 $(49) $— $— $(11,820) $(11,745)Issuance of Series A-2 convertiblepreferred stock at $0.876 per share for cash, net of issuance costs of$1 4,671,430 4,092 — — — — — — — — Issuance of Series B convertiblepreferred stock at $12.125 per share for cash, net of issuance costs of$214 11,235,260 119,418 — — — — — — — — Issuance of common stock upon exerciseof stock options, net of amount related to early exercisedoptions of $408 — — 1,436,902 — 38 — — — — 38 Vesting of early exercised options — — — — 58 — — — — 58 Issuance of restricted stock — — 76,271 — — — — — — — Common stock granted to third parties — — 736,161 — 446 — — — — 446 Stock-based compensation — — — — 224 — — — — 224 Receipt of promissory note from relatedparty for purchase of common stock — — — — — (153) — — — (153)Net loss — — — — — — — — (30,404) (30,404)Balances at December 31, 2016 24,620,615 $131,089 4,303,538 $1 $889 $(202) $— $— $(42,224) $(41,536)Issuance of Series B convertiblepreferred stock at $12.125 per share for cash, net of issuance costs of$43 3,539,109 42,867 — — — — — — — — Issuance of common stock upon exerciseof stock options, net of amount related to early exercisedoptions of $5 — — 43,727 — 8 — — — — 8 Vesting of early exercised options — — — — 97 — — — — 97 Issuance of restricted stock — — 625,931 — — — — — — — Common stock granted to third party — — 12,711 — 44 — — — — 44 Stock-based compensation — — — — 3,034 — — — — 3,034 Unrealized loss on marketable securities,net of tax — — — — — — — (104) — (104)Repurchase of early exercised shares ofcommon stock — — (155,518) — — — — — — — Net loss — — — — — — — — (44,656) (44,656)Balances at December 31, 2017 28,159,724 $173,956 4,830,389 $1 $4,072 $(202) $— $(104) $(86,880) $(83,113)Issuance of Series C convertiblepreferred stock at $15.3317 per share for cash, net of issuance costs of$119 3,913,425 59,881 — — — — — — — — Issuance of common stock upon initialpublic offering, net of issuance costs of $9,149 — — 5,000,000 1 75,851 — — — — 75,852 Conversion of Series A-1, A-2, B and Cconvertible preferred stock to common stock (32,073,149) (233,837) 32,073,149 2 233,837 — — — — 233,839 Issuance of common stock upon exerciseof warrants and stock options, net of amount related to early exercisedoptions of $1,212 — — 510,756 — 374 — — — — 374 Vesting of early exercised stock options — — — — 584 — — — — 584 Stock-based compensation — — — — 9,441 — — — — 9,441 Unrealized gain on available-for-salemarketable securities, net of tax — — — — — — — 9 — 9 Receipt of promissory note from relatedparty for purchase of common stock — — — — — (390) — — — (390)Receipt of promissory note fromemployee for purchase of common stock — — — — — — (400) — — (400)Repayment of promissory note fromrelated party — — — — 504 391 — — — 895 Net loss — — — — — — — — (76,398) (76,398)Balances at December 31, 2018 — $— 42,414,294 $4 $324,663 $(201) $(400) $(95) $(163,278) $160,693 See accompanying notes to the financial statements. 103 UNITY BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.Statements of Cash Flows(in thousands) Year Ended December 31, 2018 2017 2016 Operating activities Net loss $(76,398) $(44,656) $(30,404)Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: Depreciation and amortization 2,180 1,304 153 Net accretion and amortization of premium and discounts on marketable securities (955) 182 — Stock-based compensation 9,441 3,034 224 Loss on extinguishment of promissory notes — — 9,377 Non-cash interest expense — — 2,223 Loss on disposal of property and equipment 45 15 — Common stock granted to third party — 44 447 Accretion of tenant improvement allowance (605) (605) (403)Change in fair value of contingent consideration for license agreements 4,542 — — Changes in operating assets and liabilities: Contribution receivable 1,382 (1,382) — Prepaid expenses and other current assets (842) (746) (229)Other long-term assets (604) 23 (41)Accounts payable 2,228 1,198 198 Accrued compensation 1,610 1,607 504 Accrued liabilities and other current liabilities 1,446 1,258 1,046 Deferred rent, net of current portion (93) 366 27 Other non-current liabilities — — 480 Net cash used in operating activities (56,623) (38,358) (16,398)Investing activities Purchase of marketable securities (204,086) (134,465) — Maturities of marketable securities 133,644 49,849 — Purchase of investment in stock (500) — (500)Purchase of property and equipment (1,264) (1,689) (2,244)Net cash used in investing activities (72,206) (86,305) (2,744)Financing activities Proceeds from issuance of convertible promissory notes payable — — 16,887 Proceeds from issuance of convertible preferred stock, net of issuance costs 59,881 42,867 90,956 Proceeds from issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options, net of repurchases 374 (37) 95 Proceeds from initial public offering, net of issuance costs 79,055 — — Payment of initial public offering costs (3,201) — — Proceeds from repayment of recourse notes 895 — — Payments made on capital lease obligations (74) (55) — Net cash provided by financing activities 136,930 42,775 107,938 Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash 8,101 (81,888) 88,796 Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of year 7,848 89,736 940 Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of year $15,949 $7,848 $89,736 Supplemental Disclosures of Non-Cash Investing and Financing Activities Conversion and settlement of convertible notes and accrued interest into convertible preferred stock $— $— $15,667 Property and equipment included in accounts payable $241 $314 $98 Property and equipment acquired under capital leases $— $243 $— Lessor funded lease incentives included in property and equipment $— $3,881 $— Receipt of promissory note for purchase of common stock $400 $— $— Receipt of promissory note from related party for purchase of common stock $390 $— $153 See accompanying notes to the financial statements.104 UNITY BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS1. OrganizationDescription of BusinessUnity Biotechnology, Inc. (the “Company”) is a biotechnology company engaged in the research and development of therapeutics to extend humanhealthspan. The Company devotes substantially all of its time and efforts to performing research and development, raising capital and recruiting personnel.The Company is located in Brisbane, California and was incorporated in the State of Delaware in 2009. Need for Additional CapitalThe accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. Since inception, the Company hasincurred net losses and negative cash flows from operations. During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company incurred a net loss of $76.4 million andused $56.6 million of cash in operations. At December 31, 2018, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $163.3 million and does not expect positivecash flows from operations in the foreseeable future. The Company has historically financed its operations primarily through the issuance and sale ofconvertible preferred stock and convertible promissory notes. To date, none of the Company’s drug candidates have been approved for sale and therefore theCompany has not generated any revenue from contracts with customers. The Company has evaluated and concluded there are no conditions or events,considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of one year following thedate that these financial statements are issued. Management expects operating losses to continue for the foreseeable future. As a result, the Company willneed to raise additional capital. If sufficient funds on acceptable terms are not available when needed, the Company could be required to significantly reduceits operating expenses and delay, reduce the scope of, or eliminate one or more of its development programs. Failure to manage discretionary spending orraise additional financing, as needed, may adversely impact the Company’s ability to achieve its intended business objectives.2. Summary of Significant Accounting PoliciesBasis of PresentationThese financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).Reverse Stock SplitOn April 19, 2018, the Company’s board of directors approved an amendment to the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation to effect a1-for-2.95 reverse split (“Reverse Split”) of shares of the Company’s common and convertible preferred stock, which was effected on April 20, 2018. The parvalue and authorized shares of common stock and convertible preferred stock were not adjusted as a result of the Reverse Split. All of the share and per shareinformation included in the accompanying financial statements has been adjusted to reflect the Reverse Split.Initial Public OfferingOn May 7, 2018, the Company closed its initial public offering (“IPO”), of 5,000,000 shares of common stock, at an offering price to the public of $17.00 pershare. The Company received net proceeds of approximately $75.9 million, after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and offering relatedtransaction costs of approximately $9.1 million. In connection with the IPO, all of the Company’s outstanding shares of convertible preferred stock wereautomatically converted into 32,073,149 shares of common stock. In addition, all of the Company’s convertible preferred stock warrants were converted intowarrants to purchase shares of common stock.In connection with the completion of its IPO, on May 7, 2018, the Company’s certificate of incorporation was amended and restated to provide for300,000,000 authorized shares of common stock with a par value of $0.0001 per share and 10,000,000 authorized shares of preferred stock with a par value of$0.0001 per share.105 Use of EstimatesThe preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported inthe financial statements and accompanying notes. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and market-specific or other relevantassumptions that it believes are reasonable under the circumstances. The amounts of assets and liabilities reported in the Company’s balance sheets and theamount of expenses and income reported for each of the periods presented are affected by estimates and assumptions, which are used for, but are not limitedto, determining the fair value of assets and liabilities, contingent consideration liability, common stock valuation, and stock-based compensation. Actualresults could differ from such estimates or assumptions.SegmentsThe Company has one operating segment. The Company’s chief operating decision maker, its Chief Executive Officer, manages the Company’s operationson a consolidated basis for the purposes of allocating resources.Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted CashThe Company considers all highly liquid investments with original maturities of 90 days or less from the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. Cashequivalents primarily include money market funds that invest in U.S. Treasury obligations which are stated at fair value.The Company has issued a letter of credit under a lease agreement which has been collateralized. This cash is classified as noncurrent restricted cash on thebalance sheet based on the term of the underlying lease.The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reported within the balance sheets that sum to the total of the sameamounts shown in the statements of cash flows. December 31, 2018 2017 2016 (in thousands) Cash and cash equivalents $15,399 $7,298 $89,286 Restricted cash 550 550 450 Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash $15,949 $7,848 $89,736 Marketable SecuritiesThe Company generally invests its excess cash in investment grade, short to intermediate-term, fixed income securities. Such investments are consideredavailable-for-sale, and reported at fair value with unrealized gains and losses included as a component of stockholders’ deficit. Marketable securities withoriginal maturities of greater than 90 days from the date of purchase but less than one year from the balance sheet date are classified as short-term, whilemarketable securities with maturities in one year or beyond one year from the balance sheet date are classified as long-term. The amortized cost of debtsecurities is adjusted for amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts to maturity, which is included in interest income on the statements ofoperations and comprehensive loss. Realized gains and losses and declines in value judged to be other-than-temporary, if any, on marketable securities areincluded in interest income (expense), net. The cost of securities sold is determined using the specific identification method.The Company periodically evaluates whether declines in fair values of its marketable securities below their book value are other-than-temporary. Thisevaluation consists of several qualitative and quantitative factors regarding the severity and duration of the unrealized loss as well as the Company’s abilityand intent to hold the marketable security until a forecasted recovery occurs. Additionally, the Company assesses whether it has plans to sell the security or itis more likely than not it will be required to sell any marketable securities before recovery of its amortized cost basis. Factors considered include quotedmarket prices, recent financial results and operating trends, implied values from any recent transactions or offers of investee securities, credit quality of debtinstrument issuers, other publicly available information that may affect the value of the marketable security, duration and severity of the decline in value, and106 management’s strategy and intentions for holding the marketable security. To date, the Company has not recorded any impairment charges on its marketablesecurities related to other-than-temporary declines in market value.Fair Value of Financial InstrumentsThe Company’s financial instruments during the periods presented consist of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, contribution receivable, marketablesecurities, prepaid expenses and other current assets, accounts payable, accrued compensation, accrued and other current liabilities. Fair value estimates ofthese instruments are made at a specific point in time, based on relevant market information. These estimates may be subjective in nature and involveuncertainties and matters of significant judgment.Concentrations of RiskFinancial instruments that potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash, cash equivalents, restrictedcash, marketable securities and contribution receivable. Substantially all of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash is deposited inaccounts with financial institutions that management believes are of high credit quality. Such deposits have and will continue to exceed federally insuredlimits. The Company maintains its cash with accredited financial institutions and accordingly, such funds are subject to minimal credit risk. The Companyhas not experienced any losses on its cash deposits. The contribution receivable is unsecured and is concentrated with one third-party organization, andaccordingly the Company may be exposed to credit risk. To date, the Company has not experienced any loss related to its contributions receivable.The Company’s investment policy limits investments to certain types of securities issued by the U.S. government, its agencies and institutions withinvestment-grade credit ratings and places restrictions on maturities and concentration by type and issuer. The Company is exposed to credit risk in the eventof a default by the financial institutions holding its cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash and marketable securities and issuers of marketable securities to theextent recorded on the balance sheets. As of December 31, 2018, the Company had no off-balance sheet concentrations of credit risk.The Company depends on third-party suppliers for key raw materials used in its manufacturing processes and is subject to certain risks related to the loss ofthese third-party suppliers or their inability to supply the Company with adequate raw materials.Contribution Revenue and ReceivablesThe Company recognizes contribution revenue related to the receipt of cash from third-party resource providers not considered to be customers and where thetransfer of assets is not an exchange transaction or financing of research and development. Contribution revenue and related receivables are recognized forconditional contributions as the conditions related to the contribution are relieved.In July 2017, the Company entered an arrangement with a third-party organization under which the Company would be provided with up to $1.5 million offunding for the performance of certain research and development activities during the 90-day period following the arrangement in pursuit of the third-partyorganization’s philanthropic mission. All conditions related to this contribution were met during 2017 and the Company recognized $1.4 million under thisarrangement, which was recorded as contribution revenue in the statement of operations and a contribution receivable on the balance sheet.Research and Development ExpensesCosts related to research, design and development of drug candidates are charged to research and development expense as incurred. Research anddevelopment costs include, but are not limited to, payroll and personnel expenses for personnel contributing to research and development activities,laboratory supplies, outside services, licenses acquired to be used in research and development and allocated overhead, including rent, equipment,depreciation and utilities. Payments made prior to the receipt of goods or services to be used in research and development are deferred and107 recognized as expense in the period in which the related goods are received or services are rendered. Such payments are evaluated for current or long-termclassification based on when they will be realized.Contingent Consideration LiabilityThe Company has entered into and may continue to enter into, license agreements to access and utilize certain technology. In each case, the Companyevaluates if the license agreement results in the acquisition of an asset or a business. To date none of the Company’s license agreements have been consideredan acquisition of a business. For asset acquisitions, the upfront payments to acquire such licenses, as well as any future milestone payments made beforeproduct approval, are immediately recognized as research and development expense when due, provided there is no alternative future use of the rights inother research and development projects. These license agreements also include contingent consideration in the form of additional issuances of theCompany’s common stock based on the achievement of certain milestones. For asset acquisitions, the Company assesses on a continuous basis whether suchcontingent consideration meets the definition of a derivative and can or cannot be classified within stockholders’ equity, until such time that equityclassification criteria are met or the milestones expire. The derivative related to this contingent consideration is measured at fair value as of each balancesheet date with the related change in fair value being reflected in operating expenses. Upon a reassessment event that results in the contingent considerationno longer meeting the definition of a derivative and/or meeting equity classification critera, the final change in fair value of the instrument is recorded withinoperating expenses and the liability is reclassified into stockholders’ equity.Variable Interest EntitiesThe Company reviews agreements it enters into with third-party entities, pursuant to which the Company may have a variable interest in the entity, in orderto determine if the entity is a variable interest entity (“VIE”). If the entity is a VIE, the Company assesses whether or not it is the primary beneficiary of thatentity. In determining whether the Company is the primary beneficiary of an entity, the Company applies a qualitative approach that determines whether ithas both (i) the power to direct the economically significant activities of the entity and (ii) the obligation to absorb losses of, or the right to receive benefitsfrom, the entity that could potentially be significant to that entity. If the Company determines it is the primary beneficiary of a VIE, it consolidates that VIEinto the Company’s financial statements. The Company’s determination about whether it should consolidate such VIEs is made continuously as changes toexisting relationships or future transactions may result in a consolidation or deconsolidation event.Property and Equipment, NetProperty and equipment are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated usefullives of the respective assets, generally three years. Leasehold improvements are amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of their estimated usefullives or the term of the lease. Depreciation and amortization begins at the time the asset is placed in service. Maintenance and repairs are charged to expenseas incurred and costs of improvement are capitalized.Impairment of Long-Lived AssetsThe Company evaluates long-lived assets for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of an asset may not befully recoverable. If indicators of impairment exist and the undiscounted future cash flows that the assets are expected to generate are less than the carryingvalue of the assets, the Company reduces the carrying amount of the assets through an impairment charge, to their estimated fair values based on a discountedcash flow approach or, when available and appropriate, to comparable market values. No impairment losses have been recorded for the periods presented.LeasesThe Company leases office space and laboratory facilities under non-cancelable operating lease agreements and recognizes related rent expense on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. Incentives granted under the Company’s facilities lease, including allowances to fund leasehold improvements and rentholidays, and are recognized as reductions to rental expense on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. Lessor funded leasehold108 improvement incentives not yet received are recorded in prepaid expense and other current assets on the balance sheet. The Company does not assumerenewals in its determination of the lease term unless they are deemed to be reasonably assured at the inception of the lease and begins recognizing rentexpense on the date that it obtains the legal right to use and control the leased space. Deferred rent consists of the difference between cash payments and therent expense recognized.The Company entered into capital lease agreements for certain equipment with a lease term of three years. The current portion of capital lease obligations isincluded in accrued and other liabilities and the noncurrent capital lease obligations is included in other noncurrent liabilities in the balance sheet.Convertible Preferred StockThe Company records all shares of convertible preferred stock at their respective issuance price less issuance costs on the dates of issuance. Upon theoccurrence of certain change in control events that are outside the Company’s control, including liquidation, sale or transfer of the Company, holders of theconvertible preferred stock can cause redemption for cash. Therefore, convertible preferred stock is classified outside of stockholders’ deficit on the balancesheet as events triggering the liquidation preferences are not solely within the Company’s control. The carrying values of the convertible preferred stock areadjusted to their liquidation preferences when and if it becomes probable that such an event will occur.Stock-Based CompensationThe Company measures employee and director stock-based compensation expense for all stock-based awards based on their grant date fair value. For stock-based awards with service conditions only, stock-based compensation expense is recognized over the requisite service period using the straight-line method.For awards with performance conditions, the Company evaluates the probability of achieving performance condition at each reporting date. The Companybegins to recognize stock-based compensation expense using an accelerated attribution method when it is deemed probable that the performance conditionwill be met. Forfeitures are recognized as they occur.The Company uses the Black-Scholes option-pricing model to estimate the fair value of stock option awards that do not contain market conditions. TheBlack-Scholes option-pricing model requires assumptions to be made related to the expected term of an award, expected dividends, expected volatility andrisk-free rate. The Company uses the Monte Carlo simulation models to estimate the fair value of stock option awards that contain market conditions. TheMonte Carlo simulation models require the use of subjective and complex assumptions which determine the fair value of such awards including pricevolatility of the underlying stock and derived service periods.The Company recognizes stock-based compensation expense for stock options granted to non-employees based on the estimated fair value of the award as itis more readily measurable than the fair value of the services received. The fair value of stock options granted to non-employees is estimated at grant date andre-measured at each reporting period using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model until the awards vest and the resulting change in value, if any, isrecognized in the statements of operations.Income TaxesThe Company uses the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes, in which deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for future taxconsequences attributable to the differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases.Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using the enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporarydifferences are expected to be reversed. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized as income in the period thatincludes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is established if it is more likely than not that all or a portion of the deferred tax asset will not be realized.The Company’s tax positions are subject to income tax audits. The Company recognizes the tax benefit of an uncertain tax position only if it is more likelythan not that the position is sustainable upon examination by the taxing authority, based on the technical merits. The tax benefit recognized is measured asthe largest amount of benefit which is more109 likely than not to be realized upon settlement with the taxing authority. The Company recognizes interest accrued and penalties related to unrecognized taxbenefits in its tax provision. The Company evaluates uncertain tax positions on a regular basis. The evaluations are based on a number of factors, includingchanges in facts and circumstances, changes in tax law, correspondence with tax authorities during the course of the audit, and effective settlement of auditissues. The provision for income taxes includes the effects of any accruals that the Company believes are appropriate, as well as the related net interest andpenalties.Net Loss per Common ShareBasic net loss per share is calculated by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of shares outstanding for the period. Diluted net loss per share iscalculated by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock and potential dilutive common stock equivalents outstandingduring the period if the effect is dilutive. The calculation of diluted earnings (loss) per share also requires that, to the extent the presumed issuance ofadditional shares as contingent consideration is dilutive to earnings (loss) per share for the period, adjustments to net income or net loss used in thecalculation are required to remove the change in fair value of the contingent consideration liability for the period. Likewise, adjustments to the denominatorare required to reflect the related dilutive shares. In all periods presented, the Company’s outstanding stock options, convertible preferred stock, earlyexercised common stock subject to future vesting, restricted stock accounted for as options common and preferred stock warrants and presumed issuance ofadditional shares as contingent consideration were excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share because their effects were antidilutive.Comprehensive LossComprehensive loss includes net loss and certain changes in stockholders’ deficit that are excluded from net loss, primarily unrealized losses on theCompany’s marketable securities.Recently Issued Accounting PronouncementsIn August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-15, Intangibles (Topic 350): Customer’s Accounting for Implementation Costs Incurred in a CloudComputing Arrangement That Is a Service Contract, which aligns the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred in a hosting arrangementthat is a service contract with the requirements for capitalizing implementation costs incurred to develop or obtain internal-use software. This new standardalso requires customers to expense the capitalized implementation costs of a hosting arrangement that is a service contract over the term of the hostingarrangement. This standard is effective for the Company for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2020, and interim periods within annualperiods beginning after December 15, 2021. This new standard can be applied either retrospectively or prospectively to all implementation costs incurredafter the date of adoption. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adoption on its financial statements.In August 2018, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement(Topic 820): Disclosure Framework – Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement. This ASU eliminates, modifies and addsdisclosure requirements for fair value measurements. The amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years, and for interim periods within those fiscalyears, beginning after December 15, 2019, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effects of this ASU on its financialstatements and related disclosures.In August 2018, the SEC adopted amendments to certain disclosure requirements in Securities Act Release No. 33-10532, Disclosure Update andSimplification. The Company adopted these SEC amendments on November 5, 2018 and will present the analysis of changes in stockholders’ equity in itsinterim financial statements in its March 31, 2019 Form 10-Q. The Company does not anticipate that the adoption of these SEC amendments will have amaterial effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, cash flows or shareholders’ equity.In June 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-07, Compensation – Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Improvements to Nonemployee Share-Based PaymentAccounting. The amendments in this ASU expand the scope of Topic 718 to include share-based payment transactions for acquiring goods and services fromnonemployees. This new guidance is110 effective for the Company in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020.Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the effects of this ASU on its financial statements and related disclosures.In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-01, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business. This ASU clarifies thedefinition of a business when evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or businesses. The guidance iseffective for the Company for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019.Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of this ASU to have a significant impact on its financial statements and relateddisclosures.In August 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-15, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230: Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments). Thisguidance addresses specific cash flow issues with the objective of reducing the diversity in practice for the treatment of these issues. The areas identifiedinclude: debt prepayment or debt extinguishment costs; settlement of zero-coupon debt instruments; contingent consideration payments made after abusiness combination; proceeds from the settlement of insurance claims; proceeds from the settlement of corporate-owned life insurance policies;distributions received from equity method investees; beneficial interests in securitization transactions; and application of the predominance principle withrespect to separately identifiable cash flows. The guidance will generally be applied retrospectively and is effective for fiscal years beginning after December15, 2018, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. The Company does not expect theadoption of this ASU to have a significant impact on its financial statements.In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which supersedes the guidance in former ASC 840, Leases. The new standard, asamended by subsequent ASUs on the Topic, requires lessees to apply a dual approach, classifying leases as either finance or operating leases based on theprinciple of whether or not the lease is effectively a financed purchase by the lessee. This classification will determine whether lease expense is recognizedbased on an effective interest method or on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. A lessee is also required to record a right-of-use asset and a leaseliability for all leases with a term of greater than 12 months regardless of their classification. Leases with a term of 12 months or less will be accounted forsimilar to existing guidance for operating leases today. For the Company, this standard is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15,2019, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2020. Early adoption is permitted. The ASU is expected to impact theCompany’s financial statements as the Company has certain operating lease arrangements for which the Company is the lessee. While the Company iscurrently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this standard on its financial statements, the Company anticipates the recognition of additional assets andcorresponding liabilities on its balance sheet related to these leases. The adoption of this accounting standard update is also expected to impact theCompany’s financial statement disclosuresIn January 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-01, Financial Instruments Overall (Subtopic 825-10): Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assetsand Financial Liabilities. This guidance makes amendments to the classification and measurement of financial instruments and revises the accountingrelated to: (1) the classification and measurement of investments in equity securities (except for investments accounted for under the equity method ofaccounting); and (2) the presentation of certain fair value changes for financial liabilities measured at fair value. In addition, the update also amends certaindisclosure requirements associated with the fair value of financial instruments. The guidance is effective for the Company for annual periods beginning in2019 and interim periods beginning in 2020. Early adoptions of certain amendments within the update are permitted. The Company is currently evaluatingthe effects of this ASU on its financial statements and related disclosures.In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-09, Compensation-Stock Compensation (Topic 718)- Scope of Modification Accounting (ASU 2017- 09). Theamendments included in this update provide guidance about which changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award require an entity toapply modification accounting. The amendments in this update will be applied prospectively to an award modified on or after the adoption date. Theamendments in ASU 2017-09 became effective for the Company on January 1, 2018 and the adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on theCompany’s financial statements.111 3. Fair Value MeasurementsThe Company determines the fair value of financial and non-financial assets and liabilities based on the assumptions that market participants would use inpricing the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The identification of market participantassumptions provides a basis for determining what inputs are to be used for pricing each asset or liability. A fair value hierarchy has been established whichgives precedence to fair value measurements calculated using observable inputs over those using unobservable inputs. This hierarchy prioritized the inputsinto three broad levels as follows: •Level 1: Quoted prices in active markets for identical instruments •Level 2: Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices in active markets for similar instruments) •Level 3: Significant unobservable inputs (including assumptions in determining the fair value of certain investments)The carrying amounts of financial instruments such as cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, contribution receivable, prepaid expenses and other currentassets, accounts payable, accrued compensation, accrued and other current liabilities approximate the related fair values due to the short maturities of theseinstruments.The Company’s financial assets subject to fair value measurements on a recurring basis and the level of inputs used in such measurements were as follows (inthousands): December 31, 2018 Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Assets: Cash equivalents: Money market funds $14,131 $14,131 $— $— Total cash equivalents 14,131 14,131 — — Short-term marketable securities: U.S. treasuries 34,121 — 34,121 — U.S. and foreign commercial paper 10,635 — 10,635 — U.S. and foreign corporate debt securities 26,533 — 26,533 — Asset-backed securities 2,748 — 2,748 — U.S. government debt securities 81,699 — 81,699 — Total short-term marketable securities 155,736 — 155,736 — Total assets subject to fair value measurements on a recurring basis $169,867 $14,131 $155,736 $— Liabilities: Contingent consideration liability $2,483 $— $— $2,483 Total liabilities subject to fair value measurements on a recurring basis $2,483 $— $— $2,483112 December 31, 2017 Total Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Assets: Cash equivalents: Money market funds $5,709 $5,709 $— $— Total cash equivalents 5,709 5,709 — — Short-term marketable securities: U.S. and foreign commercial paper 6,359 — 6,359 — U.S. and foreign corporate debt securities 16,149 — 16,149 — Asset-backed securities 14,588 — 14,588 — U.S. government debt securities 40,362 — 40,362 — U.S. treasuries 1,754 — 1,754 — Total short-term marketable securities 79,212 — 79,212 — Long-term marketable securities: Asset-backed securities 2,742 — 2,742 — U.S. government debt securities 2,376 — 2,376 — Total long-term marketable securities 5,118 — 5,118 — Total marketable securities 84,330 — 84,330 — Total assets subject to fair value measurements on a recurring basis $90,039 $5,709 $84,330 $— The Company estimates the fair value of its money market funds, U.S. and foreign commercial paper, U.S. and foreign corporate debt securities, asset-backedsecurities, U.S. treasuries and U.S. government debt securities by taking into consideration valuations obtained from third-party pricing services. The pricingservices utilize industry standard valuation models, including both income and market-based approaches, for which all significant inputs are observable,either directly or indirectly, to estimate fair value. These inputs include reported trades of and broker/dealer quotes on the same or similar securities, issuercredit spreads; benchmark securities; prepayment/default projections based on historical data; and other observable inputs.The fair value of the contingent consideration liability includes inputs not observable in the market and thus represents a Level 3 measurement. TheCompany has recorded a contingent consideration liability related to two agreements executed in February 2016 with a privately held clinical-stagebiopharmaceutical company: (a) a license agreement granting the Company the right to research, develop, and seek and obtain marketing approval for aninitial licensed compound, and (b) a compound library and option agreement granting the Company the right to identify and take licenses to additionalcompounds, in each case for the treatment of indications outside of oncology (collectively, the “Commercial Agreements”). The Commercial Agreementsinclude contingent consideration of up to an aggregate of 666,670 additional shares of common stock to be issued based on achievement of certain specifiedclinical development and sales milestone events. The Company valued the contingent consideration liability using a probability-weighted valuationapproach model which reflects the probability and timing of future issuances of shares. The probability of achieving the defined milestones for each licensedproduct was estimated by the Company’s management. Total contingent consideration may change significantly as preclinical and clinical developmentunder the Commercial Agreements progresses and additional data is obtained, impacting the Company’s assumptions regarding probabilities of successfulachievement of related development and commercial milestones used to estimate the fair value of the liability and the timing in which they are expected tobe achieved. For example, significant increases in the estimated probability of achieving a milestone would result in a significantly higher fair valuemeasurement while significant decreases in the estimated probability of achieving a milestone would result in a significantly lower fair value measurement.The potential outstanding contingent consideratin value results in shares to be issued ranging from zero, if none of the milestones are achieved, to amaximum of $8.7 million at December 31, 2018 (using the Company’s stock price as of December 31, 2018). As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, none of thecommercial milestones had been achieved and no royalties were due from the sales of licensed products.As of December 31, 2018, the Company determined that the net settlement criteria of the definition of a derivative had been met for 133,333 shares ofcommon stock to the third parties. The Company issued 106,666 of these shares113 in January 2019 and will issue the remaining 26,667 shares in early 2019 and recorded a settlement liability of $2.0 million at December 31, 2018. TheCompany recorded a contingent consideration liability of $2.5 million at December 31, 2018 related to additional potential shares subject to theachievement of certain specified clinical development and sales milestone events under the agreements. No liability was recorded at December 31, 2017 asthe net settlement criteria were not met. The following table provides a reconciliation of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis usingsignificant unobservable inputs (Level 3) (in thousands): Amount Balance at December 31, 2017 $— Additions — Settlements — Change in fair value 4,542 Balance at December 31, 2018 $4,542 There were no transfers within the hierarchy during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017. See Note 4 for further information regarding the carrying value of the Company's financial instruments.4. Marketable SecuritiesMarketable securities, which are classified as available-for-sale, consisted of the following (in thousands): December 31, 2018 AmortizedCost Basis UnrealizedGains UnrealizedLosses FairValue Cash equivalents: Money market funds $14,131 $— $— $14,131 Total cash equivalents 14,131 — — 14,131 Short-term marketable securities: U.S. and foreign commercial paper 10,638 — (3) 10,635 U.S. and foreign corporate debt securities 26,552 2 (21) 26,533 Asset-backed securities 2,750 — (2) 2,748 U.S. government debt securities 81,755 1 (57) 81,699 U.S. treasuries 34,136 1 (16) 34,121 Total short-term marketable securities 155,831 4 (99) 155,736 Total marketable securities $169,962 $4 $(99) $169,867114 December 31, 2017 AmortizedCost Basis UnrealizedGains UnrealizedLosses FairValue Cash equivalents: Money market funds $5,709 $— $— $5,709 Total cash equivalents 5,709 — — 5,709 Short-term marketable securities: U.S. and foreign commercial paper 6,369 — (10) 6,359 U.S. and foreign corporate debt securities 16,162 — (13) 16,149 Asset-backed securities 14,604 — (16) 14,588 U.S. government debt securities 40,418 — (56) 40,362 U.S. treasuries 1,754 — — 1,754 Total short-term marketable securities 79,307 — (95) 79,212 Long-term marketable securities: Asset-backed securities 2,752 — (10) 2,742 U.S. government debt securities 2,375 1 — 2,376 Total long-term marketable securities 5,127 1 (10) 5,118 Total marketable securities $90,143 $1 $(105) $90,039 There have been no significant realized gains or losses on available-for-sale securities for the periods presented. Available-for-sale debt securities that were ina continuous loss position but were not deemed to be other than temporarily impaired were immaterial at both December 31, 2018 and 2017. The Companydoes not intend to and believes it is not more likely than not that it will be required to sell these securities before their maturities.See Note 3 for further information regarding the fair value of the Company's financial instruments.5. License AgreementsLicense and Compound Library and Option AgreementIn February 2016, the Company entered into a license agreement with a privately held clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company (the “Licensor”) toresearch, develop, and seek and obtain marketing approval for a licensed compound. In February 2016, in conjunction with this license agreement, theCompany also entered into a compound library and option agreement with the Licensor to identify compounds with potential utility in the treatment of age-related conditions other than indications in oncology (collectively, the “Commerical Agreements”). As part of these agreements, the Company issued533,335 shares of common stock to the Licensor and 133,333 shares of common stock to an academic institution from whom the Licensor had previouslylicensed the technology.The Commercial Agreements referenced above include cash payments of up to $70.3 million as well as the equity payments of up to an aggregate 666,670additional shares of common stock, in each case to be issued based on the Company’s achievement of certain specified clinical development and salesmilestone events. The milestones include the filing of an investigational drug application, the commencement of clinical studies, Food and DrugAdministration and/or European Medicines Agency approval, and a net sales threshold. The license agreement also includes tiered royalties in the low-singledigits based on sales of licensed products.115 In December 2018, the Company elected to advance a second compound into formal preclinical development which gave rise to an obligation under thecompound library and option agreement to issue an additional 133,333 shares of common stock to the Licensor and the academic institution. In connectionwith the issuance of these shares, the Company issued 106,666 shares of common stock to the Licensor in January 2019 and the remaining 26,667 will beissued to the academic institution in 2019. The Company recorded a settlement liability of $2.0 million at December 31, 2018. In connection with theadditional shares of common stock that the Company may be obligated to issue under the Commercial Agreements upon achievement of the specifiedmilestones and preclinical development events, the Company recorded a contingent consideration liability of $2.5 million at December 31, 2018. As ofDecember 31, 2017, none of those milestones or events had been achieved. As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, no royalties were due from the sales oflicensed products.In April 2016, in connection with the Commercial Agreements the Company purchased an equity interest in an affiliate of the Licensor for an aggregatepurchase price of $0.5 million. The equity interest represents an insignificant level of ownership in the entity and has been recorded within other assets in theCompany’s balance sheet. In May 2018 these shares were exchanged for new shares of a newly formed affiliate of the Licensor as part of a reorganization ofthose entities. The Company also invested an additional $0.5 million in the newly formed affiliate of the Licensor in May 2018. The Company agreed to provide funding to the Licensor for research and development work performed at a cost of up to $2.0 million through February 2020.The research and development expense under the research services agreement was $0.5 million and $0.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2018 and2017.Under the consolidation guidance, the Company determined that the Licensor is a VIE. The Company does not have the power to direct the activities thatmost significantly affect the economic performance of this entity and as such the Company is not the primary beneficiary and consolidation is not required.As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company has not provided financial, or other, support to the Licensor that was not contractually required.Other License Agreements with Research InstitutionsThe Company has entered into license agreements with various research institutions which have provided the Company with rights to patents, and in certaincases, research “know-how” and proprietary research tools to research, develop and commercialize drug candidates. In addition to upfront consideration paidto these various research institutions in either cash or shares of the Company’s common stock, the Company may be obligated to pay milestone payments incash or the issuance of the Company’s common stock upon achievement of certain specified clinical development and/or sales events. The contingentconsideration liability considered to be a derivative associated with the potential issuance of common stock related to these license agreements was notsignificant at December 31, 2018 or 2017. To date, none of these events has occurred and no contingent consideration, milestone or royalty payments havebeen recognized.6. Balance Sheet ComponentsProperty and Equipment, NetProperty and equipment, net, consists of the following: December 31, 2018 2017 (in thousands) Laboratory equipment $4,162 $2,614 Computer equipment 247 137 Furniture and fixtures 113 105 Leasehold improvements 5,366 5,346 Construction in progress — 226 Total property and equipment 9,888 8,428 Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization (3,650) (1,470)Total property and equipment, net $6,238 $6,958116 Depreciation expense related to property and equipment was $2.2 million, 1.3 million and $0.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and2016 respectively.Accrued and Other Current LiabilitiesAccrued and other current liabilities consist of the following: December 31, 2018 2017 (in thousands) Accrued research and development $1,837 $2,105 Deferred rent, current portion 783 702 Professional fees 26 70 Liability related to early exercise shares 885 257 Accrued other 1,459 204 $4,990 $3,338 7. Commitments and ContingenciesIndemnificationsThe Company indemnifies each of its officers and directors for certain events or occurrences, subject to certain limits, while the officer or director is or wasserving at the Company’s request in such capacity, as permitted under Delaware law and in accordance with the Company’s amended and restated certificateof incorporation and bylaws. The term of the indemnification period lasts as long as an officer or director may be subject to any proceeding arising out of actsor omissions of such officer or director in such capacity.The maximum amount of potential future indemnification is unlimited; however, the Company currently holds director and officer liability insurance. Thisinsurance allows the transfer of risk associated with the Company’s exposure and may enable the Company to recover a portion of any future amounts paid.The Company believes that the fair value of these indemnification obligations is minimal. Accordingly, the Company has not recognized any liabilitiesrelating to these obligations for any period presented.Operating LeaseIn May 2016, the Company executed a non-cancellable lease agreement for office and laboratory space in Brisbane, California which commenced in May2016 and continues through October 2022. The lease agreement includes an escalation clause for increased rent and a renewal provision allowing theCompany to extend this lease for an additional four years by giving the landlord written notice of the election to exercise the option at least fifteen monthsprior to the original expiration of the lease term. The lease provides for monthly base rent amounts escalating over the term of the lease and the lessorprovided the Company a $3.9 million tenant improvement allowance to complete the laboratory and office renovation which was recorded as deferred rentliability and leasehold improvement within property and equipment, net. In May 2017, the Company entered into an amendment to expand the leased spaceand received a three-month rent holiday for the expanded space.As of December 31, 2018, the Company’s future minimum payments under the noncancelable operating lease is as follows (in thousands): Amount 2019 $2,012 2020 2,072 2021 2,135 2022 1,621 Total future minimum lease payments $7,840117 Rent expense was $1.8 million, $2.0 million and $0.8 million and for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.8. Related-Party TransactionsRecourse NotesIn December 2015, April 2016, and July 2016, the Company issued three full-recourse promissory notes to two executive officers for an aggregate principalamount of $0.2 million with an interest rate of 2.5% per annum. All of the principal was used to early exercise options for 667,253 shares of the Company’scommon stock, in aggregate. All of these related party full-recourse notes were repaid on April 4, 2018 in accordance with the terms of such notes.In October 2017, the Company issued two promissory notes to an executive officer for $1.6 million and $0.5 million, each with an interest rate of 1.85% perannum. The aggregate principal amount of $2.1 million was used to purchase 625,084 shares of restricted stock. The promissory notes were considered to benon-recourse in substance and accordingly, the shares sold subject to such promissory notes are considered to be an option for accounting purposes. In April2018, the Company’s board of directors approved the forgiveness of all outstanding principal and accrued interest of the $1.6 million non-recoursepromissory note. The non-recourse promissory note outstanding of $0.5 million was repaid on April 4, 2018 in accordance with the terms of the note. Theforgiveness of the promissory note was accounted for as a modification of a share-based payment. The Company recorded an incremental charge of $1.5million related to the modification for the year ended December 31, 2018.In January 2018, the Company issued full-recourse promissory notes to an executive and an executive officer of the Company for an aggregate principalamount of $0.4 million with an interest rate of 2.5% per annum. All of the principal was used to early exercise options for 114,406 shares of the Company’scommon stock. The full recourse note of $0.2 million for the executive officer was repaid on April 4, 2018 in accordance with the terms of the note. Financing ActivitiesDuring the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company issued convertible preferred stock for total proceeds of $3.0 million to shareholders who areconsidered to be related parties. During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company issued additional shares of Series B convertible preferred stock fortotal proceeds of $8.0 million to one of these related party shareholders. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company issued convertible preferredstock and convertible notes for total proceeds of $32.8 million to shareholders and certain executive officers who are considered to be related parties. All ofthe convertible notes converted into shares of series B preferred stock during 2016.OtherIn 2017, the Company entered into a master services agreement with a significant shareholder who was considered a related party. The Company incurred atotal of $0.4 million and $0.6 million of research and development expenses during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively, related tothis agreement.9. Convertible Preferred Stock and Common StockConvertible Preferred StockThe Company is authorized to issue two classes of stock: convertible preferred stock and common stock. Convertible preferred stock is carried at the issuanceprice, net of issuance costs.In July 2013, the Company sold an aggregate of 2,887,086 shares of Series A-1 convertible preferred stock at $0.864 per share for gross proceeds of $2.0million. From January 2014 through March 2015, the Company closed three tranches of Series A-2 convertible preferred stock financing and sold anaggregate of 5,826,839 shares of Series A-2 convertible preferred stock at $0.876 per share for gross proceeds of $4.9 million.118 In February 2016, the Company closed the final tranche of Series A-2 convertible preferred stock financing by selling an aggregate of 4,671,430 shares ofSeries A-2 convertible preferred stock at $0.876 per share for gross proceeds of $4.0 million.In October 2016, the Company closed the first tranche of its Series B round of financing by selling an aggregate of 7,519,592 shares of Series B convertiblepreferred stock at $12.125 per share for gross proceeds of $91.2 million, with an additional $9.0 million of Series B convertible preferred stock to be sold totwo investors within 180 days of the first tranche closing at the issuance price per share of the Series B convertible preferred stock. The Company accountedfor this issuance as forward options to issue shares at a fixed price. As the forward options expired in 180 days, and there was limited expected volatility inthe Series B convertible preferred stock issuance price, the value of the forward options was considered immaterial at December 31, 2016. In March 2017, theCompany issued an aggregate of 659,821 shares of Series B convertible preferred stock at $12.125 per share for gross proceeds of $8.0 million in fullsettlement of one of the forward options while the other expired unexercised.In June 2017, the Company closed the second and final tranche of its Series B convertible preferred stock round of financing by selling an aggregate of2,879,288 shares of Series B convertible preferred stock at $12.125 per share for gross proceeds of $34.9 million.Included in the terms of the Series B Preferred Stock Agreement were rights to purchase additional tranches of Series B convertible preferred stock under thesame terms as those provided at the initial closing. The Company did not separately account for these tranche purchase rights as a forward option as neitherthe purchasers nor the Company had a commitment or obligation to purchase or sell additional shares until the tranche closing occurred.In March 2018, the Company amended and restated its certificate of incorporation to, among other things, (i) increase its authorized shares of common stockfrom 122,000,000 to 140,000,000 shares, (ii) increase its authorized shares of preferred stock from 91,739,149 to 103,283,818 shares, of which 11,544,669shares were designated as Series C convertible preferred stock, and (iii) set forth the rights, preferences and privileges of the Series C convertible preferredstock. In March 2018, the Company sold 3,590,573 shares of Series C convertible preferred stock at $15.3317 per share for net proceeds of $54.9 million andin April 2018, the Company sold an additional 322,852 shares of Series C convertible preferred stock $15.3317 per share for net proceeds of $5.0 million.Each share of Series C convertible preferred stock was convertible into one share of the Company’s common stock. Each share of preferred stock wasautomatically converted into one share of common stock upon the consummation of a qualified public offering. A qualified public offering was defined as aninitial public offering that resulted in listing on a U.S. national securities exchange and at least $30.0 million of gross proceeds at a per share price of not lessthan the Series C original issue price of $15.3317.The Company evaluated the other rights, preferences and privileges of each series of convertible preferred stock and concluded that there were nofreestanding derivative instruments or any embedded derivatives requiring bifurcation.Upon the closing of the IPO, all of the Company’s outstanding shares of convertible preferred stock were converted into 32,073,149 shares of common stock.In addition, all 763,501 of the Company’s convertible preferred stock warrants were converted into warrants to purchase shares of common stock. As ofDecember 31, 2018, the Company had no shares of convertible or preferred stock issued or outstanding.As of December 31, 2017, convertible preferred stock consisted of the following (in thousands, except share amounts): SharesAuthorized Shares Issuedand Outstanding LiquidationPreference CarryingValue Series A-1 9,085,738 2,887,086 $2,495 $2,457 Series A-2 32,653,411 10,498,269 9,198 9,214 Series B 50,000,000 14,774,369 179,132 162,285 Total convertible preferred stock 91,739,149 28,159,724 $190,825 $173,956 119 Prior to the conversion of the convertible preferred stock upon closing of the IPO, the rights, preferences and privileges of the convertible preferred stock wereas follows:Conversion RightsEach share of convertible preferred stock was convertible at the right and option of the stockholder, at any time after the date of issuance, into such number offully paid and non-assessable shares of common stock on a one for one ratio (1:1 conversion ratio). The Series A-1 conversion price was $0.864 per share, theSeries A-2 conversion price was $0.876 per share, the Series B conversion price was $12.125 per share and the Series C conversion price was $15.3317 pershare, in each case, subject to certain antidilution adjustments as provided in the Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation.Each share of convertible preferred stock was automatically convertible into a fully paid, non-assessable share of common stock at the then-effectiveconversion rate for such share (i) upon the closing of a firm commitment, underwritten initial public offering of the Company’s common stock with aggregategross proceeds of not less than $30.0 million and a price per share to the public of not less than $15.3317 per share; or (ii) upon the receipt by the Companyof a written request for such conversion from at least 60% of the holders of the convertible preferred stock then outstanding (voting together as a single classand on an as-converted basis), or if later, the effective date for conversion specified in such requests.Liquidation RightsIn the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company or a deemed liquidation event, as further defined in theCompany’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, prior to and in preference to any distribution of any of the assets of the Company to the holdersof Series B convertible preferred stock and the Series A-1 and Series A-2 convertible preferred stock and common stock, the holders of Series C convertiblepreferred stock would have been paid, on a pari passu basis, an amount per share equal to the Series C liquidation preference of $15.3317 per share, plus anamount equal to any dividends declared but unpaid thereon (the “Series C Liquidation Preference”). If upon any such liquidation, dissolution or winding upof the Company or a deemed liquidation event, the assets of the Company available for distribution to its stockholders had been insufficient to pay theholders of Series C convertible preferred stock the full amount to which they were entitled, the holders of the Series C convertible preferred stock would haveshared ratably in any distribution of the assets available for distribution in proportion to the respective amounts which would otherwise have been payable inrespect of the shares held by them upon such distribution if all amounts payable on or with respect to such shares were paid in full.After the payment or setting aside for payment to the holders of the Series C convertible preferred stock of the full amount of the Series C LiquidationPreference, prior to any distribution of any of the assets of the Company to the holders of the Series A-1 and Series A-2 convertible preferred stock andcommon stock, the holders of Series B convertible preferred stock would have been paid, on a pari passu basis, an amount per share equal to the Series Bliquidation preference of $12.125 per share for Series B, plus, in each case, an amount equal to any dividends declared but unpaid thereon (the “Series BLiquidation Preference”). If upon any such liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company or deemed liquidation event, the assets of the Companyavailable for distribution to its stockholders had been insufficient to pay the holders of shares of Series B convertible preferred stock the full amount to whichthey shall be entitled, the holders of the Series B convertible preferred stock would have shared ratably in any distribution of the assets available fordistribution in proportion to the respective amounts which would otherwise have been payable in respect of the shares held by them upon such distribution ifall amounts payable on or with respect to such shares were paid in full.After the payment or setting aside for payment to the holders of the Series B convertible preferred stock of the full amount of the Series B LiquidationPreference, prior to any distribution of any of the assets of the Company to the holders of the common stock, the holders of Series A-1 and Series A-2convertible preferred stock would have been paid, on a pari passu basis, an amount per share equal to $0.864 per share for Series A-1 and $0.876 per share forSeries A-2, plus, in each case, an amount equal to any dividends declared but unpaid thereon (the “Series A Liquidation Preference”). If upon any suchliquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company or deemed liquidation event, the assets of the Company available for distribution to its stockholdershad been insufficient to pay the holders of shares of Series A-1 and Series A-2 convertible preferred stock the full amount to which they shall be entitled, theholders of the Series A-1 and Series A-2 convertible preferred stock would have shared ratably in any distribution of the assets available for distribution inproportion to the respective amounts which would otherwise have been payable120 in respect of the shares held by them upon such distribution if all amounts payable on or with respect to such shares were paid in full.After the payments or setting aside for payment to the holders of convertible preferred stock of the full amounts specified above, the entire remaining assets ofthe Company legally available for distribution shall be distributed pro rata to holders of the common stock of the Company in proportion to the number ofshares of common stock held by them.Voting RightsThe holders of outstanding shares of Series A-1 and Series A-2 convertible preferred stock, voting together as a single class, were entitled to elect twomembers of the Company’s Board of Directors. The holders of outstanding shares of Series B convertible preferred stock, voting together as a single class,were entitled to elect one member of the Company’s Board of Directors.Additionally, each holder of the Company’s convertible preferred stock was entitled to a vote equal to the number of shares of common stock into which theshares of convertible preferred stock could have been converted as of the record date. The holders of convertible preferred were entitled to vote on all matterson which the common stock shall be entitled to vote.Dividend RightsHolders of the Series A-1, Series A-2, Series B and Series C convertible preferred stock were entitled to receive non-cumulative dividends at a rate of 6% ofthe original respective series of convertible preferred stock issuance price. Only after payment of the dividends to the holders of Series C convertible preferredstock were the holders of shares of Series B, Series A-1 and Series A-2 convertible preferred stock be entitled to receive dividends, out of any assets legallyavailable therefore, prior and in preference to any declaration or payment of any dividend (other than dividends on the common stock payable solely incommon stock) on the common stock.After the payment or setting aside for payment of the dividends described above, any additional dividends (other than dividends on common stock payablesolely in common stock) set aside or paid in any fiscal year could have been set aside or paid among the holders of the convertible preferred stock andcommon stock then outstanding on a pari passu basis in proportion to the greatest whole number of shares of common stock which would have been held byeach such holder if all shares of convertible preferred stock were converted at the then-effective conversion rate.Dividends were only payable as and if declared by the Board of Directors. To date, the Company has not declared or paid any dividends.Redemption RightsThe convertible preerred stock was not mandatorily redeemable as it did not have a set redemption date or a date after which the shares may be redeemed bythe holders. A redemption event would have occurred only upon the occurrence of certain change in control events that are outside the Company’s control,including a sale, lease, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets. The Company has elected not to adjust the carryingvalues of the convertible preferred stock to the liquidation preferences of such shares because it is uncertain whether or when an event would have occurredthat would obligate the Company to pay the liquidation preferences to holders of shares of convertible preferred stock. Subsequent adjustments to thecarrying values of the liquidation preferences will be made only when it becomes probable that such a liquidation event will occur. 10. Stock-Based CompensationEquity Incentive PlansIn March 2018, the Company’s board of directors adopted the Company’s 2018 Incentive Award Plan (the “2018 Plan”). The 2018 Plan was approved by theCompany’s stockholders in April 2018 and became effective on May 2, 2018. The 2018 Plan initially reserved 4,289,936 shares for the issuance of stockoptions as well as any automatic121 annual increases in the number of shares of common stock reserved for future issuance under the 2018 Plan. Awards granted under the 2018 Plan expire nolater than ten years from the date of grant. For stock options, the option price shall not be less than 100% of the estimated fair value on the day of grant.Options granted typically vest over a four-year period but may be granted with different vesting terms. Unvested options not exercised at the time of anemployee’s termination of employment are added back to the 2018 Plan.Following the Company’s IPO and in connection with the effectiveness of the 2018 Plan, the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2013 Plan”) terminated andno further awards will be granted under that plan. All outstanding awards under the 2013 Plan will continue to be governed by their existing terms and theshares that remained outstanding for issuance under the 2013 Plan were transferred into the 2018 Plan. As of December 31, 2018, there was an aggregate5,058,434 shares of common stock authorized for issuance under the 2018 Plan.Prior to its termination, the 2013 Plan provided for the granting of incentive stock options (“ISOs”), non-statutory stock options (“NSOs”) and restrictedshares to employees, directors, and consultants at the discretion of management and the Board of Directors. The exercise price of an ISO and NSO shall not beless than 100% of the estimated fair value of the shares on the date of grant, and the exercise price of an ISO and NSO granted to a 10% stockholder shall notbe less than 110% of the estimated fair value of the shares on the date of grant. For awards granted between September 2017 and February 2018 with anexercise price of $3.42, a deemed fair value ranging from $3.95 to $8.47 per share was used in calculating stock-based compensation expense, which wasdetermined using management hindsight. Options granted under the 2013 Plan expire no later than 10 years from the date of grant and generally vest over afour-year period but may be granted with different vesting terms. Unvested options not exercised at the time of an employee’s termination of employment areadded back to the 2018 Plan.Under the 2013 Plan, the Company permited early exercise of certain stock options prior to vesting. These unvested shares are subject to repurchase by theCompany at the original issuance price in the event the optionee’s employment is terminated either voluntarily or involuntarily. The amounts paid for sharespurchased under an early exercise of stock options and subject to repurchase by the Company are reported as a liability and reclassified into additional paid-in capital as the shares vest.Stock Option ActivityA summary of the Company’s stock option activity under the 2013 and 2018 Plan is as follows: SharesAvailablefor Grant OutstandingOptions Weighted-AverageExercisePrice Weighted-AverageRemainingContractTerm AggregateIntrinsicValue (in Years) (in thousands) Balances at December 31, 2017 918,595 4,196,213 $3.06 Retired from 2013 Plan (378,875) — — Authorized 4,289,936 — — Granted (2,082,265) 2,082,265 13.20 Exercised — (501,329) 3.17 Canceled 280,411 (276,618) 5.82 Balances at December 31, 2018 3,027,802 5,500,531 $6.75 8.49 $53,051 Vested and exercisable at December 31, 2018 1,619,419 $2.72 7.65 $21,929 Vested and expected to vest at December 31, 2018 5,500,531 $6.75 8.49 $53,051 The total intrinsic value of options exercised was $1.5 million, $0.1 million and $20,000 for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016,respectively. The weighted-average estimated fair value of stock options granted was $13.20, $3.40 and $0.32 for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017and 2016, respectively.The aggregate intrinsic value of options exercisable was $21.9 million and $3.3 million as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.122 As of December 31, 2018, the total stock-based compensation cost related to options granted but not yet amortized was $20.6 million and will be recognizedover a weighted-average period of approximately 4.1 years. The total grant-date fair value of stock options granted to employees that vested during the yearsended December 31, 2018 and 2017 was approximately $3.5 million and $1.5 million. respectively.Stock Options Granted to Employees with Service-Based VestingThe fair value of stock options granted to employees was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model using the followingassumptions: Year Ended December 31, 2018 2017 2016 Expected dividend yield — — — Expected term of options (in years) 6.1 5.6–6.7 5.3–6.1 Risk-free interest rate 2.6%-3.0% 1.8%–2.2% 1.2%–2.1% Expected stock price volatility 87.4%-92.6% 77.0%–82.0% 76.1%–79.7% The valuation assumptions were determined as follows:Expected Term—The expected term represents the period that the options granted are expected to be outstanding and is determined using the simplifiedmethod (based on the mid-point between the vesting date and the end of the contractual term) as the Company has concluded that its stock option exercisehistory does not provide a reasonable basis upon which to estimate expected term.Expected Volatility—The Company used an average historical stock price volatility of comparable public companies within the biotechnology andpharmaceutical industry that were deemed to be representative of future stock price trends as the Company does not have a sufficient historical tradinghistory for its own common stock. The Company will continue to apply this process until a sufficient amount of historical information regarding thevolatility of its own stock price becomes available.Risk-Free Interest Rate—The Company based the risk-free interest rate over the expected term of the options based on the constant maturity rate of U.S.Treasury securities with similar maturities as of the date of the grant.Expected Dividends—The Company has never paid any dividends and does not plan to pay dividends in the foreseeable future. Therefore, the expecteddividend yield is zero.Performance Contingent Stock Options Granted to EmployeesDuring the year endend December 31, 2018, the Board of Directors granted performance contingent stock option awards exercisable for 53,575 shares, tocertain members of the Company’s executive team. These awards had a weighted average exercise price of $3.42 which was based on the fair market value onthe grant date, as determined by the Board of Directors, and vest upon the successful achievement of one or more specified performance goals.The total estimated fair value of employee performance contingent stock option awards was $0.4 million and was estimated at the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option-pricing model using the same assumptions as the stock options granted to employees with service-based vesting conditions. As of December 31, 2018, and 2017, there were 329,498 and 275,922 performance contingent stock option awards outstanding with a total grant date fairvalue of $0.7 million and $0.3 million respectively. As of December 31, 2018, and 2017, the Company determined that the achievement of the requisiteperformance conditions was not probable and, as a result, no compensation cost was recognized for these awards.123 Performance and Market Contingent Stock Options Granted to EmployeesDuring the year ended December 31, 2018, the Board of Directors granted performance and market contingent stock option awards exercisable for 160,727shares of common stock to certain members of the Company’s executive team. These awards had a weighted average exercise price of $3.42, which was basedon the fair market value on the grant date, as determined by the Board of Directors. The total estimated grant-date fair value of these options was $0.7 million.Key assumptions in the valuation model included expected volatility, a risk-free interest rate, expected dividend yield, and an expected term unique to theterms of these awards.Under the performance and market contingent awards, 53,575 of the shares have three separate market triggers for vesting based upon (i) the closing of afinancing where the Company sells shares of its equity securities to institutional investors at a minimum price per share, (ii) a change in control withaggregate proceeds payable for the Company’s common stock at a minimum price per share, or (iii) an initial public offering that becomes effective at aminimum specified price per share. The remaining 107,152 shares have three separate market triggers for vesting based upon (i) the closing of a financingwhere the Company sells shares of its equity securities to institutional investors at a minimum pre-money valuation, (ii) a change in control with minimumaggregate proceeds payable for the Company’s common stock at a minimum price per share, or (iii) either an initial public offering or an achievement of aminimum market capitalization, as measured by a trailing 30 day volume-weighted average price. By definition, the market condition in these awards can only be achieved after the performance condition of a liquidity event has been achieved. As such, therequisite service period is based on the estimated period over which the market condition can be achieved. When a performance goal is deemed to beprobable of achievement, which for liquidity events is generally upon achievement, time-based vesting and recognition of stock-based compensationexpense commence. As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, there were 454,584 and 360,594 performance and market contingent stock option awards outstanding with a grant datetotal fair value of $1.0 million and $0.4 million respectively. As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company determined that the achievement of therequisite performance conditions was not probable and, as a result, no compensation cost was recognized for these awards.Stock-Based Compensation for NonemployeesThe Company has granted options to purchase shares of common stock to consultants in exchange for services performed. During the years endedDecember 31, 2018 and 2017, the Company granted options to purchase an aggregate of 20,337 and 235,250 shares (of which an aggregate of 169,491 wereissued outside of the 2018 and 2013 Plans) of the Company’s common stock with a weighted average exercise price of $6.19 and $3.39 per share,respectively.The fair value of stock options granted to nonemployees was estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The valuationassumptions used were substantially consistent with the assumption used to value the employee options with the exception of the expected term which wasbased on the contractual term of the award. During the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, stock-based compensation expense recognized related tononemployee options was $1.2 million and $0.4 million, respectively.Restricted StockA summary of the Company’s restricted stock activity for the year ended December 31, 2018 was as follows: Shares Weighted-AverageGrant DateFair Value Unvested at December 31, 2017 478,971 $4.57 Granted — $4.57 Vested (119,742) $4.57 Unvested at December 31, 2018 359,229 $4.57124 In October 2017, the Company and an executive officer entered into two restricted stock agreements whereby the executive officer purchased an aggregate of625,084 shares of restricted stock of which 146,113 shares vested immediately, 119,742 shares vest on January 1, 2018 and 359,229 shares vest on January 1,2019. As discussed in Note 8, the purchase of the restricted stock was through the issuance of promissory notes which were considered to be non-recourse insubstance and accordingly, considered an option for accounting purposes. The Company measured compensation cost for this option based on its fair valueon the grant date using the Black-Scholes option pricing model considering an expected term commensurate with the expected timing to a liquidity eventwhich would trigger repayment of these promissory notes and an exercise price consistent with the repayment term of the promissory notes. The Companyrecognized compensation cost over the requisite service period with an offsetting credit to additional paid-in capital. The shares of restricted stock have onlybeen included in the shares issued and outstanding as such shares are legally issued.2018 Employee Stock Purchase PlanIn March 2018, the Company’s board of directors adopted the Company’s 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2018 ESPP”). The 2018 ESPP wasapproved by the Company’s stockholders in April 2018 and became effective on May 2, 2018. The 2018 ESPP reserved 536,242 shares of common stock forissuance pursuant to future awards, as well as any automatic increases in the number of shares of our common stock reserved for future issuance under thisplan. Under the 2018 ESPP, employees are offered the option to purchase the Company’s common stock at a discount during the offering periods, at semi-annualintervals, with their accumulated payroll deductions. The option purchase price will be 85% of the lower of the closing trading price per share at thebeginning of the offering period or at the purchase date. The 2018 ESPP provides for consecutive offering periods and eligible employees may elect towithhold up to 15% of their compensation through payroll deductions during the offering period for the purchase of stock. The maximum number of sharesthat may be purchased by any one participant is limited to 15,000 shares in each offering period and $25,000 in fair market value during any calendar yearper the Internal Revenue Code limits. The first offering period commenced on September 16, 2018.The fair values of the rights granted under the 2018 ESPP were calculated using the following assumptions: Year Ended December 31, 2018 Expected dividend yield — Expected term of options (in years) 0.7 Risk-free interest rate 2.41% Expected stock price volatility 73.18% Stock-Based Compensation ExpenseThe following table sets forth the total stock-based compensation expense for all options granted to employees and nonemployees, including shares soldthrough the issuance of non-recourse promissory notes which are considered to be options for accounting purposes, and costs associated with the Company’s2018 ESPP included in the Company’s statement of operations (in thousands): Year Ended December 31, 2018 2017 2016 Research and development $6,043 $1,695 $164 General and administrative 3,398 1,339 60 Total $9,441 $3,034 $224 125 11. WarrantsIn June 2013, the Company granted warrants to its then Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), considered to be a related party, to purchase 192,823 shares ofSeries A-1 convertible preferred stock with an exercise price of $0.65 per share and 190,226 shares of Series A-2 convertible preferred stock at a price of $0.66per share as compensation. In January 2015, the Company granted warrants to the aforementioned CEO to purchase an aggregate of 380,452 shares of SeriesA-2 convertible preferred stock with an exercise price of $0.66 per share as compensation. Upon the completion of the IPO, these warrants converted tocommon stock warrants. These warrants were exercisable beginning on January 1, 2018 and expired on the earlier of (i) December 31, 2018, (ii) December 31of the year in which a change of control occurs or (iii) December 31 of the year in which the holder terminates service. All of the vested warrants expiredunexercised on December 31, 2018.In October 2013, the Company granted warrants to a nonemployee to purchase an aggregate of 96,610 shares of common stock with an exercise price of$0.18 per share of which 9,425 warrants vested immediately. During April 2018 the nonemployee exercised the vested shares and the remaining unvestedwarrants expired on May 3, 2018 upon the closing of the IPO.12. Net Loss per Common ShareBasic net loss per share is calculated by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of shares outstanding for the period. Diluted net loss per share iscalculated by dividing net loss by the weighted average number of shares of common stock and potential dilutive common stock equivalents outstandingduring the period if the effect is dilutive.The calculation of diluted earnings (loss) per share also requires that, to the extent the presumed issuance of additional shares as contingent consideration isdilutive to earnings (loss) per share for the period, adjustments to net income or net loss used in the calculation are required to remove the change in fairvalue of the contingent consideration liability for the period. Likewise, adjustments to the denominator are required to reflect the related dilutive shares. Inall periods presented, the Company’s outstanding stock options, convertible preferred stock, early exercised common stock subject to future vesting,restricted stock accounted for as options common and preferred stock warrants, shares subject to the 2018 ESPP and presumed issuance of additional shares ascontingent consideration were excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per share because their effects were antidilutive.A reconciliation of the numerators and denominators used in computing net loss from continuing operations per share is as follows (in thousands, except pershare amounts): December 31, 2018 2017 2016 (in thousands, except share and per share amounts) Numerator: Net loss $(76,398) $(44,656) $(30,404)Denominator: Weighted average number of shares outstanding—basic and diluted 28,269,907 3,197,516 2,662,841 Net loss per share—basic and diluted $(2.70) $(13.97) $(11.42) 126 Since the Company was in a loss position for all periods presented, basic net loss per common share is the same as diluted net loss per common share as theinclusion of all potential common shares outstanding would have been anti-dilutive. Potentially dilutive securities that were not included in the diluted pershare calculations because they would be anti-dilutive were as follows: Year Ended December 31, 2018 2017 2016 Convertible preferred stock — 28,159,724 24,620,615 Options to purchase common stock 5,500,531 4,365,694 508,418 Early exercised common stock subject to future vesting 704,028 831,439 1,287,435 Restricted stock accounted for as options 359,228 625,084 — Warrants to purchase convertible preferred stock — 763,501 763,501 Warrants to purchase common stock — 96,610 96,610 Shares subject to the 2018 ESPP 27,622 — — Total 6,591,409 34,842,052 27,276,579 Up to 606,218 shares may be contingently issued, if certain performance conditions are met under the Company’s in-licensing agreements.13. Defined Contribution PlanThe Company sponsors a 401(k) Plan that stipulates that eligible employees can elect to contribute to the 401(k) Plan, subject to certain limitations, on apretax basis. The Company does not match any employee contributions. In January 2019, the Company began to match 4% of employees’ salary.14. Income TaxesThe Company has incurred net operating losses for all the periods presented. The Company has not reflected the benefit of any such net operating losscarryforwards in the accompanying financial statements. The Company has established a full valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets due to theuncertainty surrounding the realization of such assets. All losses to date have been incurred domestically as the Company has no international operations orsubsidiaries.No provision for U.S. income taxes exists due to tax losses incurred in all periods presented. All losses incurred were U.S. based.The effective tax rate for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 is different from the federal statutory rate primarily due to the valuationallowance against deferred tax assets as a result of insufficient sources of income. The effective tax rate of the provision for income taxes differs from thefederal statutory rate as follows: Year Ended December 31, 2018 2017 2016 Taxes at the U.S. statutory income tax rate 21.0 % 34.0 % 34.0 %State tax, net of federal benefit 0.9 — — Other (0.1) (2.2) — Stock-based compensation 0.3 — — General business credits 1.0 — — Change in valuation allowance (23.1) (13.3) (21.0) Non-deductible interest expense — — (13.0) Change in income tax rate due to Tax Act — (18.5) — Total provision for income taxes — % — % — % On December 22, 2017, the U.S. federal government enacted the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (Tax Act). The Tax Act contains, among other things, significantchanges to corporate taxation, including reduction of the corporate tax rate127 from a top marginal rate of 35% to a flat rate of 21% for tax years beginning after December 31, 2017, limitation of the deduction for net operating losses to80% of current year taxable income and elimination of net operating loss carrybacks, implementing a territorial tax system, and requiring a mandatory one-time tax on U.S. owned undistributed foreign earnings and profits known as the transition tax.Pursuant to SAB 118, an entity may select between one of three scenarios to determine a reasonable estimate arising from the Tax Act. The scenarios are (i) afinal estimate which effectively closes the measurement window; (ii) a reasonable estimate leaving the measurement window open for future revisions; and(iii) no estimate as the law is still being analyzed. The Company was able to provide a reasonable estimate for the revaluation of deferred taxes. As such, theCompany recorded a $8.3 million reduction in deferred tax assets for the revaluation of deferred taxes in 2017 which was offset by a corresponding decreaseto the Company’s full valuation allowance. The ultimate impact of the Act did not differ materially from provision amounts recorded. Adjustments, if any,would not have impacted the statement of operations and comprehensive loss due to the full valuation allowance on the Company’s deferred tax assets.The tax effects of significant items comprising the Company’s deferred tax assets are as follows: December 31, 2018 2017 (in thousands) Deferred tax assets: Net operating loss $29,926 $16,530 Research and development credits 3,865 1,879 Stock-based compensation 1,839 671 Contingent consideration 954 — Accruals and other 1,040 895 Charitable contributions 253 330 Total deferred tax assets 37,877 20,305 Valuation allowance (37,877) (20,236)Net deferred tax assets — 69 Deferred tax liability — (69)Net deferred tax assets $— $— ASC 740 requires that the tax benefit of net operating losses, temporary differences and credit carryforwards be recorded as an asset to the extent thatmanagement assesses that realization is "more likely than not." Realization of the future tax benefits is dependent on the Company's ability to generatesufficient taxable income within the carryforward period. Because of the Company's recent history of operating losses, management believes that recognitionof the deferred tax assets arising from the above-mentioned future tax benefits is currently not likely to be realized and, accordingly, has provided a valuationallowance.Realization of the net deferred tax assets is dependent upon future taxable income, if any, the amount and timing of which is uncertain. Based on the weightof available positive and negative objective evidence, management believes it more likely than not that the Company’s deferred tax assets are not realizable.Accordingly, the net deferred tax assets have been fully offset by a valuation allowance. For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, the net increase inthe valuation allowance was $17.6 million and $9.4 million, respectively.Net operating losses and tax credit carryforwards as of December 31, 2018 are as follows: Amount Expiration YearsNet operating losses, federal (post December 31, 2017) $64,593 indefiniteNet operating losses, federal (pre January 1, 2018) 64,136 2030 - 2038Net operating losses, state 64,663 2030 - 2039Tax credits, federal 2,988 2031 - 2039Tax credits, state 2,692 Indefinite128 The net operating loss and research and development credit carryforwards are subject to review and possible adjustment by the Internal Revenue Service(“IRS”) and state tax authorities and may become subject to an annual limitation in the event of certain future cumulative changes in the ownership interestof significant stockholders over a three-year period in excess of 50%, as defined under Sections 382 and 383 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. TheCompany has performed this analysis and concluded that an additional $1.6 million of net operating losses and research development credits, collectively,were limited under Section 382, which has been reflected in the amounts disclosed in the financials.The Company determines its uncertain tax positions based on a determination of whether and how much of a tax benefit taken by the Company in its taxfilings is more likely than not to be sustained upon examination by the relevant income tax authorities.A reconciliation of the beginning and ending amounts of unrecognized tax benefits is as follows: December 31, 2018 2017 (in thousands) Gross unrecognized tax benefits at January 1 $3,065 $2,800 Additions for tax positions taken in the current year 753 478 Reductions for tax positions taken in the prior year (104) (213)Gross unrecognized tax benefits at December 31 $3,714 $3,065 If recognized, none of the unrecognized tax benefits as of December 31, 2018 and 2017 would reduce the annual effective tax rate, primarily due tocorresponding adjustments to the valuation allowance. The Company will recognize both accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized benefits inincome tax expense. As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, no liability has been recorded for potential interest or penalties. The Company does not expect theunrecognized tax benefits to change significantly over the next 12 months.Since the Company is in a loss carryforward position, the Company is generally subject to examination by the U.S. federal, state and local income taxauthorities for all tax years in which a loss carryforward is available.15. Subsequent EventsIn February 2019, the Company entered into a lease agreement for approximately 62,655 square feet of office, research and development and laboratory spacein South San Francisco, California. The lease is expected to commence on October 1, 2019. The lease has an approximately ten year term with an option toextend for a period of eight years subject to certain conditions. Pursuant to the lease agreement, the Company provided a $0.9 million letter of credit to the landlord for the term of the lease.16. Selected Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)The following tables show a summary of the Company’s quarterly financial information for each of the four quarters of 2018 and 2017 and has been preparedin accordance with GAAP for interim financial reporting (in thousands, except for per share data): Quarter Year Ended December 31, 2018 First Second Third Fourth Loss from operations $(16,482) $(20,798) $(19,377) $(22,808)Net loss $(16,133) $(20,002) $(18,346) $(21,917)Net loss per common share, basic and diluted $(4.69) $(0.76) $(0.45) $(0.53)129 Quarter Year Ended December 31, 2017 First Second Third Fourth Loss from operations $(9,040) $(11,698) $(12,083) $(12,787)Net loss $(8,934) $(11,428) $(11,750) $(12,544)Net loss per common share, basic and diluted $(2.90) $(3.62) $(3.63) $(3.67) 130 Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.None.Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and ProceduresOur management, with the participation of our chief executive and financial officers, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosures controls and procedures,as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, as of December 31, 2018. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined inRules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that informationrequired to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported withinthe time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed toensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated andcommunicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisionsregarding required disclosure. Management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide onlyreasonable assurance of achieving their objectives and management necessarily applies its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possiblecontrols and procedures. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2018, our chief executive officer and chieffinancial officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at a reasonable assurance level.Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial ReportingThis Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include a report of management’s assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting due to atransition period established by rules of the SEC for newly public companies.Attestation Report of the Registered Public Accounting FirmThis Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include an attestation report of our registered public accounting firm due to an exemption established by theJOBS Act for “emerging growth companies.”This Annual Report on Form 10-K does not include a report of management’s assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting due to atransition period established by rules of the SEC for newly public companies.Changes in Internal Control over Financial ReportingManagement determined that, as of December 31, 2018, there were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the fiscalquarter then ended that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.Item 9B. Other Information.None.131 PART IIIItem 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.Information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the sections titled “Executive Officers,” “Election of Directors,” “CorporateGovernance” and “Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership and Reporting Compliance” in our Definitive Proxy Statement with respect to our 2019 AnnualMeeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K.Item 11. Executive Compensation.Information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the section titled “Executive Compensation,” “Director Compensation” and“Corporate Governance” in our Definitive Proxy Statement with respect to our 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K.Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.Information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the section titled “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners andManagement” and “Equity Compensation Plan Information” in our Definitive Proxy Statement with respect to our 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders tobe filed with the SEC within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K.Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.Information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the section titled “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” and“Corporate Governance” in our Definitive Proxy Statement with respect to our 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K.Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services.Information required by this Item is incorporated herein by reference to the section titled “Ratification of Selection of Independent Registered PublicAccounting Firm” in our Definitive Proxy Statement with respect to our 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be filed with the SEC within 120 days afterthe end of the fiscal year covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K.132 PART IVItem 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules. (a)The following documents are filed as part of this report:1. Financial StatementsSee Index to Financial Statements in Part II Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.2. Financial Statement SchedulesAll schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or the required information is shown in the financial statements or notesthereto.3. Exhibits133 Exhibit Index Incorporated by ReferenceExhibitNumber Description Form Number Filing Date FiledHerewith3.1 Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Unity Biotechnology, Inc. 8-K 3.1 5-7-18 3.2 Amended and Restated Bylaws of Unity Biotechnology, Inc. 8-K 3.2 5-7-18 4.1 Reference is made to exhibits 3.1 through 3.2. 4.2 Form of Common Stock Certificate. S-1 4.2 4-23-18 4.3 Amended and Restated Investors’ Rights Agreement, dated as of March 15, 2018, byand among Unity Biotechnology, Inc. and the investors party thereto. S-1 4.3 4-5-18 10.1(a) Lease Agreement, dated as of May 13, 2016, by and between Unity Biotechnology,Inc. and BMR-Bayshore Boulevard L.P. S-1 10.1(a) 4-5-18 10.1(b) First Amendment to Lease Agreement, dated as of May 23, 2017, by and betweenUnity Biotechnology, Inc. and BMR-Bayshore Boulevard L.P. S-1 10.1(b) 4-5-18 10.2(a) Space License Agreement, dated as of October 20, 2016, by and between UnityBiotechnology, Inc. and BMR-Bayshore Boulevard L.P. S-1 10.2(a) 4-5-18 10.2(b) First Amendment to Space License Agreement, dated as of December 5, 2016, by andbetween Unity Biotechnology, Inc. and BMR-Bayshore Boulevard L.P. S-1 10.2(b) 4-5-18 10.2(c) Second Amendment to Space License Agreement, dated as of January 30, 2017, byand between Unity Biotechnology, Inc. and BMR-Bayshore Boulevard L.P. S-1 10.2(c) 4-5-18 10.3(a)# 2013 Equity Incentive Plan. S-1 10.3(a) 4-5-18 10.3(b)# Form of Stock Option Agreement under 2013 Equity Incentive Plan. S-1 10.3(b) 4-5-18 10.4(a)# 2018 Incentive Award Plan. S-1 10.4(a) 4-23-18 10.4(b)# Form of Stock Option Grant Notice and Stock Option Agreement under the 2018Incentive Award Plan. S-1 10.4(b) 4-5-18 10.4(c)# Form of Restricted Stock Award Grant Notice and Restricted Stock Award Agreementunder the 2018 Incentive Award Plan. S-1 10.4(c) 4-5-18 10.4(d)# Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Grant Notice and Restricted Stock Unit AwardAgreement under the 2018 Incentive Award Plan. S-1 10.4(d) 4-5-18 10.5# 2018 Employee Stock Purchase Plan. S-1 10.5 4-23-18 10.6# Amended and Restated Non-Employee Director Compensation Program (EffectiveJanuary 1, 2019) X10.7# Form of Indemnification Agreement for directors and officers. S-1 10.7 4-5-18 10.8# Employment Agreement, dated January 29, 2018, by and between UnityBiotechnology, Inc. and Keith R. Leonard Jr. S-1 10.8 4-5-18 10.9# Employment Agreement, dated January 29, 2018, by and between UnityBiotechnology, Inc. and Nathaniel E. David. S-1 10.9 4-5-18 10.10# Employment Agreement, dated January 29, 2018, by and between UnityBiotechnology, Inc. and Robert C. Goeltz II. S-1 10.10 4-5-18 10.11# Employment Agreement, dated January 29, 2018, by and between UnityBiotechnology, Inc. and Jamie Dananberg. S-1 10.11 4-5-18 10.12# Employment Agreement, dated January 29, 2018, by and between UnityBiotechnology, Inc. and Daniel G. Marquess. S-1 10.12 4-5-18 10.13# Employment Agreement, dated January 29, 2018, by and between UnityBiotechnology, Inc. and Tamara L. Tompkins. S-1 10.13 4-5-18 134 10.14† Compound Library and Option Agreement, dated as of February 2, 2016, by andbetween Ascentage Pharma Group Corp. Ltd. and Unity Biotechnology, Inc. S-1 10.14 4-23-18 10.15† APG1252 License Agreement, dated as of February 2, 2016, by and betweenAscentage Pharma Group Corp. Ltd. and Unity Biotechnology, Inc. S-1 10.15 4-23-18 10.16† Research Services Agreement, dated as of February 2, 2016, by and betweenAscentage Pharma Group Corp. Ltd. and Unity Biotechnology, Inc. S-1 10.16 4-5-18 10.17† Amendment to APG1252 License Agreement, dated as of February 2, 2016, by andbetween Ascentage Pharma Group Corp. Ltd. S-1 10.17 4-5-18 10.18† Amendment to Compound Library and Option Agreement, dated as of February 2,2016, by and between Ascentage Pharma Group Corp. Ltd. and Unity Biotechnology,Inc. S-1 10.18 4-5-18 10.19(a)† Exclusive License Agreement, dated as of June 28, 2013, by and between the MayoFoundation for Medical Education and Research and Unity Biotechnology, Inc. S-1 10.19(a) 4-23-18 10.19(b)† Amendment No. 1 to Exclusive License Agreement, dated as of September 10, 2014,by and between the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research and UnityBiotechnology, Inc. S-1 10.19(b) 4-23-18 10.19(c)† Amendment No. 2 to Exclusive License Agreement, dated as of November 17, 2014,by and between the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research and UnityBiotechnology, Inc. S-1 10.19(c) 4-23-18 10.19(d)† Amendment No. 3 to Exclusive License Agreement, dated as of May 5, 2015, by andbetween the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research and UnityBiotechnology, Inc. S-1 10.19(d) 4-23-18 10.19(e)† Amendment No. 4 to Exclusive License Agreement, dated as of September 15, 2016,by and between the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research and UnityBiotechnology, Inc. S-1 10.19(e) 4-23-18 10.19(f)† Addendum to Amendment No. 4 to Exclusive License Agreement, dated as ofSeptember 15, 2016, by and between the Mayo Foundation for Medical Educationand Research and Unity Biotechnology, Inc. S-1 10.19(f) 4-23-18 10.19(g)† Amendment No. 5 to Exclusive License Agreement, dated as of October 17, 2016, byand between the Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research and UnityBiotechnology, Inc. S-1 10.19(g) 4-23-18 10.20† Amended and Restated License Agreement, dated as of January 27, 2017, by andbetween the Buck Institute for Research on Aging and Unity Biotechnology, Inc. S-1 10.20 4-23-18 10.21† License Agreement, dated as of November 3, 2016, by and between The JohnsHopkins University and Unity Biotechnology, Inc. S-1 10.21 4-23-18 10.22†† License Agreement for APG1197, dated as of January 2, 2019, by and betweenAscentage Pharma Group Corp. Ltd. And Unity Biotechnology, Inc. X10.23 Lease Agreement, dated as of February 28, 2019, by and between UnityBiotechnology, Inc. and Bayside Area Development, LLC X23.1 Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm X24.1 Power of Attorney. Reference is made to the signature page. X135 31.1 Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a)under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of theSarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. X 31.2 Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a)under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of theSarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. X 32.1** Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-OxleyAct of 2002. X101.INS XBRL Instance Document X101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document X101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document X101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document X101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document X101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document X †Confidential treatment has been granted for certain information contained in this exhibit. Such information has been omitted and filed separately withthe Securities and Exchange Commission.††Portions of this exhibit (indicated by asterisks) have been omitted pursuant to a request for confidential treatment filed separately with the Securitiesand Exchange Commission.#Indicates management contract or compensatory plan. **The certification attached as Exhibit 32.1 that accompanies this Annual Report on Form 10-K is not deemed filed with the Securities and ExchangeCommission and is not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of Unity Biotechnology, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, irrespective of any generalincorporation language contained in such filing.Item 16. Form 10-K Summary.None.136 SIGNATURESPursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused thisAnnual Report on Form 10-K to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. Unity Biotechnology, Inc. Date: March 6, 2019By:/s/ Keith R. Leonard Jr. Keith R. Leonard Jr. Chief Executive Officer POWER OF ATTORNEY KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Keith R.Leonard, Robert C. Goeltz II and Tamara L. Tompkins his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact andagent, with full power of substitution, for him or her andin his or her name, place and stead, in any and allcapacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and to file the same, withall exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-factand agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connectiontherewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that all said attorneys-in-fact andagents, or their, his or her substitutes or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.137 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Annual Report on Form 10-K has been signed by the following personson behalf of the Registrant in the capacities and on the dates indicated. Name Title Date /s/ Keith R. Leonard Jr. Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Director(Principal Executive Officer) March 6, 2019Keith R. Leonard Jr. /s/ Robert C. Goeltz II Chief Financial Officer(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) March 6, 2019Robert C. Goeltz II /s/ Paul L. Berns Director March 6, 2019Paul L. Berns /s/ Kristina M. Burow Director March 6, 2019Kristina M. Burow /s/ Graham K. Cooper Director March 6, 2019Graham K. Cooper /s/ Nathaniel E. David President and Director March 6, 2019Nathaniel E. David /s/ David L. Lacey Director March 6, 2019David L. Lacey /s/ Robert T. Nelsen Director March 6, 2019Robert T. Nelsen /s/ Margo Roberts Director March 6, 2019Margo Roberts /s/ Camille D. Samuels Director March 6, 2019Camille D. Samuels 138Exhibit 10.6UNITY BIOTECHNOLOGY, INC.AMENDED AND RESTATED NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION PROGRAM(EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2019)Whereas the Unity Biotechnology, Inc. (the “Company”) Non-Employee Director Compensation Program was adopted under theCompany’s 2018 Incentive Award Plan (the “Plan”) and became effective upon the closing of the Company’s initial public offering ofits common stock (the “IPO”). This Amended and Restated Non-Employee Director Compensation Program (the “Amended Program”)shall be effective as of January 1, 2019. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed in the Plan. Cash CompensationEffective on January 1, 2019, annual retainers will be paid in the following amounts to Non-Employee Directors: Non-Employee Director:$35,000Lead Independent Director$25,000Chair of Audit Committee:$15,000Chair of Compensation Committee:$10,000Chair of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee:$8,000Audit Committee Member (other than Chair):$7,500Compensation Committee Member (other than Chair):$5,000Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Member (other than Chair):$4,000 All annual retainers will be paid in cash quarterly in arrears promptly following the end of the applicable calendar quarter, but in noevent more than thirty (30) days after the end of such quarter. In the event a Non-Employee Director does not serve as a Non-EmployeeDirector, or in the applicable positions described above, for an entire calendar quarter, the retainer paid to such Non-Employee Directorshall be prorated for the portion of such calendar quarter actually served as a Non-Employee Director, or in such position, as applicable.Equity Compensation Initial Stock Option Grant:Each Non-Employee Director who is initially elected or appointed to serve on the Board after theIPO shall be granted an Option under the Plan or any other applicable Company equity incentiveplan then-maintained by the Company to purchase that number of shares of Common Stock suchthat the Option has a Grant Date Value (as defined below) equal to $450,000 (the “InitialOption”). For the purposes of this Amended Program, “Grant Date Value” shall mean the fairvalue of an option determined using the Black-Scholes pricing model with the volume weightedaverage trading price of a share of Common Stock on the stock exchange on which the CommonStock is then listed or traded for the thirty (30) consecutive trading daysending on the trading day prior to the date of grant and the volatility, risk-free rate and lifeexpectancy assumptions in the Company’s most recent public filings disclosing thoseassumptions. The Initial Option will be automatically granted on the date on which such Non-EmployeeDirector commences service on the Board, and will vest as to 1/36th of the shares subject theretoon each monthly anniversary of the applicable date of grant such that the shares subject to theInitial Option are fully vested on the third anniversary of the grant, subject to the Non-EmployeeDirector continuing in service on the Board through each vesting date. Annual Stock Option Grant:Each Non-Employee Director who is serving on the Board as of the date of each annualshareholder meeting of the Company (each, an “Annual Meeting”) shall be granted an Optionunder the Plan or any other applicable Company equity incentive plan then-maintained by theCompany to purchase that number of shares of Common Stock such that the Option has a GrantDate Value equal to $225,000 (the “Annual Option”), provided that the number of shares subjectto the Annual Option will be prorated for any partial year of service as a Non-Employee Director. The Annual Option will be automatically granted on the date of the applicable Annual Meeting,and will vest in full on the earlier of (i) the first anniversary of the date of grant and (ii)immediately prior to the Annual Meeting following the date of grant, subject to the Non-Employee Director continuing in service on the Board through such vesting date. The per share exercise price of each Option granted to a Non-Employee Director shall equal the Fair Market Value of a share ofcommon stock on the date the Option is granted.The term of each Option granted to a Non-Employee Director shall be ten (10) years from the date the Option is granted.No portion of an Initial Option or Annual Option which is unvested or unexercisable at the time of a Non-Employee Director’stermination of service on the Board shall become vested and exercisable thereafter.Members of the Board who are employees of the Company or any parent or subsidiary of the Company who subsequently terminatetheir service with the Company and any parent or subsidiary of the Company and remain on the Board will not receive an InitialOption, but to the extent that they are otherwise eligible, will be eligible to receive, after termination from service with the Companyand any parent or subsidiary of the Company, Annual Options as described above.Change in ControlUpon a Change in Control of the Company, all outstanding equity awards granted under the Plan and any other equity incentive planmaintained by the Company that are held by a Non-Employee Director shall become fully vested and/or exercisable, irrespective of anyother provisions of the Non-Employee Director’s Award Agreement. ReimbursementsThe Company shall reimburse each Non-Employee Director for all reasonable, documented, out-of-pocket travel and other businessexpenses incurred by such Non-Employee Director in the performance of his or her duties to the Company in accordance with theCompany’s applicable expense reimbursement policies and procedures as in effect from time to time.MiscellaneousThe other provisions of the Plan shall apply to the Options granted automatically pursuant to this Amended Program, except to theextent such other provisions are inconsistent with this Amended Program. All applicable terms of the Plan apply to this AmendedProgram as if fully set forth herein, and all grants of Options hereby are subject in all respect to the terms of such Plan. The grant ofany Option under this Amended Program shall be made solely by and subject to the terms set forth in a written agreement in a form tobe approved by the Board and duly executed by an executive officer of the Company.EffectivenessThis Amended Program is effective as of January 1, 2019. * * * * *I hereby certify that the foregoing Amended Program was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of Unity Biotechnology, Inc. onJanuary 29, 2019.Executed on this 29th day of January, 2019. /s/ Tamara L. TompkinsCorporate Secretary Exhibit 10.22Compound License Agreement for APG1197This Compound License Agreement (the “Agreement”) effective as of the 2nd day of January, 2019, (the “Effective Date”)is made by and between Ascentage Pharma Group Corp. Ltd., a Hong Kong corporation and its affiliates (collectively,“Ascentage”), with a business address at 11/F, AXA CENTRE, Gloucester Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong, and Unity Biotechnology,Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Unity”), with a business address at 3280 Bayshore Blvd, Suite 100, Brisbane, California 94005. Eachof Ascentage and Unity shall be a “Party,” and both the “Parties.”BACKGROUNDA.Unity and Ascentage entered into (i) that certain Compound Library and Option Agreement dated February 2,2016, which was amended by that First Amendment dated March 28, 2018 (as amended the “Library Agreement”), pursuant to whichUnity has certain rights to acquire a license under the Licensed Intellectual Property to commercialize specified compounds, and (ii)that certain license agreement dated February 2, 2016, which was amended by that First Amendment dated March 28, 2018 (asamended “APG-1252 License Agreement”), pursuant to which Unity obtained a license to commercialize that certain BCL-2/BCL-xLinhibitor known as “APG-1252” (“APG-1252”, as further defined in the APG-1252 License Agreement) for treatment of age-relatedconditions; andB.Unity has exercised its rights under the Library Agreement to acquire from Ascentage such a license under theLicensed Intellectual Property for the Licensed Compound, all as set forth below on the terms and conditions herein.NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the covenants, conditions, and undertakings hereinafter set forth, it isagreed by and between the Parties as follows:ARTICLE 1DEFINITIONS1.1The following terms have the meanings set forth in the Library Agreement:Active CompoundAffiliateBack-up CompoundsCompoundsDevelopment CandidatesGreater ChinaINDOncology IndicationsPatentsStock AgreementThird Party 1.2“Ascentage Intellectual Property” means all Patents and Technology owned or Controlled by Ascentage or itsAffiliates during the Term.1.3“Ascentage Manufacturing Improvements” means any existing and future improvements to AscentageManufacturing IP developed by or for Ascentage during the Term (including Patents covering such improvements).1.4“Ascentage Manufacturing IP” means (a) Technology that is under the Control of Ascentage or its Affiliates as ofthe Effective Date Covering the manufacture of APG-1197 and/or the Back-up Compound or intermediates thereof, that is necessaryand/or reasonably useful for the manufacture of the Licensed Compound or the Back-up Compound, and (b) Technology Coveringany inventions described in clause (a).1.5“Fair Market Value” means with respect to a share of Unity common stock (i) the average price that Unitycommon stock is publicly trading at for [***] ([***]) days prior to the date in question, determined by the reported closing price of ashare of Common Stock on the NASDAQ National Market System, or (ii) if the common stock is not publicly traded, the value ofsuch stock as determined in good faith by Unity’s board of directors in reliance upon Unity’s most recent IRC Section 409Aindependent valuation of Unity’s common stock that it used for the purposes of granting stock options to its employees.1.6“Control” and its correlative terms, “Controlled” or “Controls” means, with respect to any Patent or item ofTechnology, that a Party or one of its Affiliates owns or possesses rights to such Patent or item of Technology sufficient to grant theaccess, license or sublicense contemplated in this Agreement without violating the terms of any agreement or other arrangement withany Third Party.1.7“Cover” and its correlative terms, “Covers”, “Covered” or “Covering” means (a) with respect to an issued patent,that, in the absence of a license, the use, offer for sale, sale, importation or manufacture of the product in question would infringe oneor more claims of such patent or (b) with respect to a pending patent application, that, in the absence of a license, the use, offer for sale,sale, importation or manufacture of the product in question would infringe one or more claims of such patent application, should suchclaims issue as published.1.8“Designation Letter” means the Development Candidate designation letter from Unity to Ascentage [***], a copyof which is attached hereto as Schedule 1.8.1.9“Enabling IP” means Patents and/or Technology of a Third Party that Covers or relates to a Licensed Product andis necessary or useful for the research, development, manufacture, use, sale or import of Licensed Products, including Patents directedto the composition and manufacture of Licensed Compound, but excluding Patents related to formulation and therapeutic methods.1.10“EMA” means the European Medicines Agency and any successor agency.1.11“Existing Agreements” means (a) that certain Exclusive License Agreement between Unity and the MayoFoundation for Medical Education and Research originally entered into by the parties effective June 28th, 2013; (b) that certainExclusive License Agreement2 between Unity and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging originally entered into by the parties effective February 3rd, 2014, asamended; and (c) that certain Exclusive License Agreement between Unity and the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansasoriginally entered into by the parties effective April 28th, 2015.1.12“FDA” means the United States Food and Drug Administration and any successor agency.1.13“Field” means the prophylaxis and treatment of, and palliation of symptoms associated with, indications otherthan Oncology Indications.1.14“Generic Product” means a product which (a) contains as its active pharmaceutical ingredient a compound that is(or is substantially the same as) the Licensed Compound, and (b) has been placed on the market pursuant to a validly grantedmarketing authorization.1.15“Licensed Compound” means (a) the Development Candidate that was designated in the Designation Letter,[***], or (b) if the Back-up Compound that was designated in the Designation Letter is substituted under Section 3.3 below, aSubstitute Licensed Compound [***]. 1.16“Licensed Intellectual Property” means the Licensed Patents and Licensed Technology.1.17“Licensed Patents” means (i) the Patents set forth on Schedule 1.15 hereto, and (ii) any additional Patents ownedor Controlled by Ascentage or its Affiliates during the Term, in each case to the extent Covering the development, manufacture, use,sale, offering for sale, import, export or distribution of the Licensed Compound or a Licensed Product.1.18“Licensed Product” means a pharmaceutical product containing the Licensed Compound (either alone or withother active pharmaceutical ingredients), in all forms, presentations, formulation and dosage forms. Unity acknowledges and agreesthat in the event Unity [***].1.19“Licensed Product-Specific Patents” means those Licensed Patents that [***] the Licensed Compound and/orLicensed Product and [***].1.20“Licensed Technology” means Technology owned or Controlled by Ascentage or its Affiliates during the Term,in each case to the extent such Technology is necessary or reasonably useful for the development, manufacture or commercialization ofthe Licensed Compound or a Licensed Product.1.21“Manufacturing Process Improvement” means (a) the Unity Manufacturing Improvements and (b) AscentageManufacturing Improvements.3 1.22“Marketing Approval Application” or “MAA” means a New Drug Application (or its equivalent), as defined inthe U.S. Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder, or any corresponding or similar application,registration or certification in any country.1.23“Net Sales” means the gross amount invoiced to non-Affiliate Third Parties on sales of Licensed Products byUnity or its Affiliates or Third Party Sublicensees, less the actual amounts incurred, allowed, or paid for the following items (if notpreviously deducted from the amount invoiced and provided that such deductions are calculated in accordance with generally acceptedaccounting principles of the United States of America (“GAAP”) on a consistent basis): (a) trade, cash, and quantity discounts; (b)amounts for claims, allowances or credits for returns, rejections or recalls; (c) freight, shipping and insurance charges allocable to suchLicensed Products; (d) sales taxes, duties and other governmental charges (including value added tax) on particular sales, but excludingwhat is commonly known as income taxes; (e) government mandated rebates; (f) contracted rebates; and (g) a provision foruncollectible accounts; in each case as determined from books and records of the selling party maintained in accordance with GAAP,as consistently applied by such selling party. In the event that Unity grants a sublicense to a Third Party Sublicensee hereunder, andreceives payments based upon such Third Party Sublicensee’s sales of Licensed Product, Unity may, with Ascentage’s consent, whichconsent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, substitute the definition of “Net Sales,” used by such Third Party Sublicenseeto calculate its payments to Unity in place of the foregoing definition of “Net Sales” for purposes of calculating royalties payable toAscentage on such Third Party Sublicensee’s sales.1.24“Phase I Clinical Trial” means a human clinical trial, the principal purpose of which is preliminary determinationof safety of a drug in healthy individuals or patients, that would satisfy the requirements of 21 C.F.R. §312.21(a).1.25“Phase II Clinical Trial” means a clinical trial of a drug conducted on a limited number of patients for thepurpose of preliminary evaluation of clinical efficacy and safety of such drug, and/or to obtain an indication of the dosage regimenrequired, in each case that would satisfy the requirements of 21 C.F.R. 312.21(b).1.26“Phase III Clinical Trial” means a pivotal human clinical trial intended to gather additional information regardingthe safety and efficacy of the drug in patients with the disease being studied, which clinical study is designed to be of a size andstatistical power sufficient to support the filing of an MAA and that would satisfy the requirements of 21 C.F.R. 312.21(c).1.27“Prodrug” means a derivative of an Active Compound, which is transformed to release the Active Compound,which transformation can include, but is not limited to, [***].1.28“Technology” means all inventions, discoveries, improvements, trade secrets and proprietary methods andmaterials, whether or not patentable, directly relating to one or more structurally related Compounds, in each case that is Controlled byAscentage or its Affiliates during the Term of this Agreement and is necessary and/or reasonably useful to Unity in exercising its rightsor performing its obligations under this Agreement, including (a)4 methods of production or use of, Compounds and (b) data, formulations and techniques arising from the synthesis or characterizationof Compounds.1.29“Territory” means the entire world excluding Greater China.1.30“Third Party Sublicensee” means any Third Party to which Unity sublicenses the right to manufacture and/orcommercialize any Licensed Product. For the avoidance of doubt, “Third Party Sublicensee” shall not include Third Party distributors,service providers, vendors and suppliers that do not have the right to manufacture, market or promote Licensed Product.1.31“UM License Agreement” means that certain license agreement entered into by Ascentage and the Regents ofthe University of Michigan (“UM”) effective as of December 1, 2010, as amended by all amendments to such license agreementexisting as of the Effective Date.1.32“Unity Manufacturing Improvements” means existing and future (a) improvements to the AscentageManufacturing IP that are developed by of for Unity during the Term, and (b) Patents Covering any inventions described in clause(a). 1.33“Valid Claim” means a claim contained in an issued Patent within the Licensed Patents in any country that (a)has not expired; (b) has not been disclaimed; (c) has not been cancelled or superseded, or if cancelled or superseded, has beenreinstated; and (d) has not been revoked, held invalid, or otherwise declared unenforceable or not allowable by a tribunal or patentauthority of competent jurisdiction over such claim in such country from which no further appeal has or may be taken.5 1.34The following terms have the meanings set forth in the referenced provisions of this Agreement: Agreement RecitalsAPG-1252 RecitalsAPG-1252 License Agreement RecitalsAscentage RecitalsAscentage Indemnitees Section 11.1Bankruptcy Code Section 15.14China JVCO Section 9.1Competitive Product Section 8.2.1(a)Confidential Information Section 10.1Effective Date RecitalsEnforcement Action Section 8.2.1(a)Enforcing Party Section 8.4Indemnitee Section 11.3Inventing Party Section 4.2JCS Section 5.1Joint Steering Committee Section 5.1Liabilities Section 11.1Library Agreement RecitalsNon-Inventing Party Section 4.2Party/Parties RecitalsSubstitute Licensed Compound Section 3.3.1Substitution Notice Section 3.3.2Term Section 13.1Third Party Intellectual Property Section 2.3Unity RecitalsUnity Indemnitees Section 11.2 ARTICLE 2LICENSES2.1Licenses.2.1.1Development Licenses.(a)Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Ascentage hereby grants to Unity aroyalty-free, exclusive license in the Field and the Territory, with the right to grant sublicenses as provided in Section 2.2, under theLicensed Intellectual Property to research, develop and seek and obtain marketing approval for the Licensed Compound and LicensedProducts in the Field and Territory, and to have any of the foregoing performed on its behalf by a Third Party.(b)For the avoidance of doubt, until such time as Unity elects to discontinue development ofthe Licensed Compound and designate the Back-up Compound as a Substitute Licensed Compound as provided in Section 3.3 herein,the Parties agree that Unity6 will be permitted to continue to conduct activities with respect to the Back-up Compound as an Active Compound under the terms andconditions set forth in the Library Agreement.(c)Additionally, and notwithstanding Section 3.1 of the Library Agreement, Ascentage furtheragrees that Unity will be permitted to pursue formal preclinical development of the Back-Up Compound, including by initiating GLPtoxicity studies until the earlier of such time as (i) Unity designates the Back-Up Compound as a Substitute Licensed Compound inaccordance with Section 3.3. herein, (ii) Unity declares the Back-Up Compound to be a separate Development Candidate, in whichcase the Parties shall complete and execute a separate form of Compound License Agreement in accordance with Section 3.3 of theLibrary Agreement, or (iii) the Back-Up Compound is released pursuant to Section 3.5.3 of the Library Agreement. 2.1.2Manufacturing Licenses. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement:(a)Ascentage hereby grants to Unity a royalty-free, non-exclusive license in the Field and theTerritory, with the right to grant sublicenses as provided in Section 2.2, under the Ascentage Intellectual Property, including allAscentage Manufacturing Improvements, to manufacture or have manufactured the Licensed Compound or the Back-up Compoundand Licensed Product for research, development, and commercialization purposes.(b)Unity hereby grants to Ascentage a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license, with theright to grant sublicenses as provided in Section 2.2, under the Unity Manufacturing Improvements to manufacture or havemanufactured BCL-2/BCL-xL inhibitor compounds outside the Field for research, development, and commercializationpurposes. Such license shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Library Agreement, including without limitation, theexclusivity provisions and restrictions on compound development set forth in Article 4 therein.2.1.3Commercialization Licenses. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Ascentagehereby grants to Unity a royalty-bearing, exclusive license in the Field and the Territory, with the right to grant sublicenses as providedin Section 2.2, under the Licensed Intellectual Property: (a) to use the Licensed Compound to make or have made the LicensedProducts; (b) to make or have made Licensed Products and all components thereof (including without limitation, Licensed Compound);and (c) to use, offer for sale, sell, import, export, market, promote and distribute Licensed Compound and Licensed Products; in eachcase, solely for use in the Field and Territory, and to have any of the foregoing performed on its behalf by a Third Party. For clarity, itis understood and agreed that Unity’s right under subsection (b) above to make or have made Licensed Products and all componentsthereof may only be exercised as (i) contemplated by Article 9, and (ii) permitted under Section 2.1.2(a).2.2Sublicenses. Either Party may grant and authorize sublicenses (through multiple tiers of sublicensees) within thescope of the licenses granted to it pursuant to this Agreement subject to the following: (a) the sublicensing Party shall not be relieved ofits obligations pursuant to this Agreement as a result of such sublicense and shall remain fully responsible and liable for any action oromission of such sublicensee which would constitute a breach of this7 Agreement if committed by the sublicensing Party as if the sublicensing Party had committed such action or inaction itself, (b) thesublicensee shall expressly agree in writing to be bound by and be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement in the samemanner and to the same extent as the sublicensing Party, (c) the sublicensing Party shall, at its own expense, investigate each report andindication of breach of any of its sublicense agreements, and the sublicensing Party shall promptly report to non-sublicensing Party anybreach learned of or discovered by sublicensing Party, (d) the sublicensing Party shall diligently enforce the terms and conditions ofeach sublicense agreement, including without limitation, by (i) pursuing all appropriate judicial and administrative action and relief inthe event of any breach of its sublicense agreement and (ii) upon the non-sublicensing Party’s request, terminating the sublicenseagreement upon a breach thereof, (e) with the prior written consent of the non-sublicensing Party, not to be unreasonablywithheld. For clarity, Unity shall remain responsible for all activities, including milestone and other payments due to Ascentage underthis Agreement, by or relating to Unity’s sublicensees.2.3Third Party Intellectual Property. If after the Effective Date, Ascentage acquires or licenses from a Third Partysubject matter that would fall within the Licensed Intellectual Property (“Third Party Intellectual Property”) that is subject to anypayment obligation to the Third Party, then Ascentage shall so notify Unity and Unity shall inform Ascentage if it wishes such subjectmatter to be included within the Licensed Intellectual Property. If Unity notifies Ascentage that it does wish such subject matter to beso included, the rights granted to Unity hereunder with respect to such Third Party Intellectual Property shall be subject to Unitypromptly reimbursing Ascentage for [***] and Unity shall reimburse Ascentage for [***]. Upon request by Unity, Ascentage shalldisclose to Unity a written description of such payment obligations. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Unity shall have the right to treatamounts paid to Ascentage as reimbursements for payments for Enabling IP for purposes of Section 6.5.2.4No Implied Licenses. Nothing herein shall be construed as granting Unity, by implication, estoppel or otherwise,any license or other right (a) to any intellectual property of Ascentage other than the Licensed Intellectual Property, (b) tocommercialize Licensed Products outside of the Field and Territory, (c) not relating to the Licensed Compound and Licensed Productsor (d) any right or license other than those expressly granted herein.2.5Exclusivity with Respect to Licensed Compound. Ascentage hereby covenants that except as expressly permittedunder any future agreement that the Parties may enter into pursuant to Article 9 below pertaining to the China JVCO, Ascentage shallnot: (a) research, develop, use or commercialize, and shall not authorize any Affiliate or other Third Party to research, develop, use orcommercialize, the Licensed Compound or any Licensed Product in the Field in the Territory, or (b) manufacture, or authorize anyThird Party to manufacture, the Licensed Compound or any Licensed Product in the Field in the Territory.2.6[***]. The Parties agree that within [***] of the Effective Date of this Agreement the Joint Steering Committeeshall determine whether it is necessary put in place a procedure pursuant to which [***] shall [***] that [***] to [***].8 ARTICLE 3DUE DILIGENCE3.1General. Unity shall use commercially reasonable efforts to develop and obtain marketing approval for at leastone Licensed Product hereunder, and thereafter shall use commercially reasonable efforts to launch and commercialize each suchLicensed Product and to fulfill the market demand therefor.3.2Diligence Milestones. Without limiting its general diligence obligations under Section 3.1 above, Unity agreesthat it shall achieve the following diligence milestones with respect to the Licensed Compound by the deadlines specified below:MilestoneTime Period1.[***]Within [***] ([***]) [***] of the Effective Date2.[***]Within [***] ([***]) [***] of the Effective Date3.[***]Within [***] ([***]) [***] of (i) the Effective Date, in the case ofthe Licensed Compound, or (ii) the date of the Substitution Notice,in the event Unity designates the Back-Up Compound as aSubstitute Licensed Compound4.[***]Within [***] ([***]) [***] of (i) the Effective Date, in the case ofthe Licensed Compound, or (ii) the date of the Substitution Notice,in the event Unity designates the Back-Up Compound If Unity is unable to meet [***], as applicable, by the specified deadline, Unity shall nonetheless be deemed to be in compliance withits diligence obligations hereunder so long as it [***]. 3.3Substitution of Licensed Compound.3.3.1General. If Unity elects to discontinue development of a Licensed Compound for [***] reasons, thenUnity shall have a right to replace such abandoned Licensed Compound with the Back-up Compound designated in the DesignationLetter, together with all salts, hydrates and polymorphic forms of such Back-Up Compound. Following such replacement pursuant tothis Section 3.3, the Back-up Compound shall be considered a “Substitute Licensed Compound”.3.3.2Designation. In the event that Unity wishes to exercise its right under this Article 3 to select aSubstitute Licensed Compound, Unity will provide Ascentage with written notice specifying the Licensed Compound for whichdevelopment is being discontinued and the Back-up Compound that it wishes to replace it with (“Substitution Notice”).9 3.3.3Following designation of a Substitute Licensed Compound, the Parties shall promptly updateSchedule 1.13 to reflect the substitution of the Substitute Licensed Compound for the current Licensed Compound. Upon any suchsubstitution, all references to the “Licensed Compound” in this Agreement shall thereafter be deemed to refer to such SubstituteLicensed Compound, and the compound for which such Substitute Licensed Compound was substituted shall cease to be considered aLicensed Compound.ARTICLE 4TECH TRANSFER; MANUFACTURING PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS4.1Technology Transfer of Ascentage Manufacturing IP. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement,following the Effective Date (or if applicable, the date Unity elects to substitute the Back-up Compound as a Substitute LicensedCompound) and upon Unity’s written request, Ascentage shall conduct or cause to be conducted a customary technology transfer ofthe then-most current version of the Ascentage Manufacturing IP in a format, scope and manner reasonably deemed by Unity to besufficient to enable Unity to manufacture the Licensed Compound and Licensed Products (including if applicable, a SubstituteLicensed Compound). All written portions of the technology transfer package shall be provided in the English language.4.2Disclosure of Manufacturing Process Improvements. Each Party (the “Inventing Party”) shall disclose to the otherParty (the “Non-Inventing Party”) all Manufacturing Process Improvements conceived, discovered, or generated by such InventingParty which the Inventing Party intends to implement in its own manufacturing processes, including any invention disclosures, or othersimilar documents submitted to it by its employees, agents or independent contractors describing such inventions as well as anyCompound-Related Patents covering such inventions, and shall promptly respond to reasonable requests from the Non-Inventing Partyfor additional information relating to such inventions. Such disclosures shall be made through the Joint Steering Committee asprovided in Section 5.1 herein.4.3Technology Transfer of Manufacturing Process Improvements. Upon the written request of the Non-InventingParty, the Inventing Party shall conduct or cause to be conducted a customary technology transfer of the Manufacturing ProcessImprovement in a format, scope and manner reasonably deemed by the Non-Inventing Party to be sufficient to enable the Non-Inventing Party to exercise its rights under Section 2.1.2. All written portions of any technology transfer package shall be provided inthe English language.4.4Technology Transfer Fees. All costs other than document transfer for the technology transfers described inSections 4.1 and 4.3 above shall be borne by the Non-Inventing Party.4.5Process Improvement Records. During the term of this Agreement and for the period of time, if any, thereafterrequired by applicable law or regulations, the Parties shall maintain records of any use by Third Parties of any Manufacturing ProcessImprovements owned or Controlled by the other Party. Each sublicensing Party agrees to either: (a) require each of its Third PartySublicensees to maintain similar records and to open such records for inspection by an independent Third Party, reasonably satisfactoryto such non-sublicensing Party for the10 purpose of auditing use of Manufacturing Process Improvements hereunder, or (b) obtain such audits rights from the Third PartySublicensee for the non-sublicensing Party and exercise such audit rights on behalf of the non-sublicensing Party, at such non-sublicensing Party’s request and cost and disclose the results thereof to the sublicensing Party.ARTICLE 5JOINT STEERING COMMITTEE5.1Joint Steering Committee. Ascentage and Unity will establish a committee (the “Joint SteeringCommittee” or “JSC”) to coordinate the Parties activities under this Agreement. The responsibilities of the Joint Research Committeeshall consist of:5.1.1Facilitating the exchange of information and materials hereunder, including, without limitation, bymanaging (i) the initial technology transfer of the Ascentage Manufacturing IP under Section 4.1 above, (ii) the disclosure ofManufacturing Process Improvements under Section 4.2 above, and (iii) any subsequent technology transfers under Section 4.3 above;5.1.2Determining whether it is necessary to implement a procedure for [***] as set forth in Section 2.6above and, if it deemed necessary, then managing the implementation of such procedure;5.1.3Monitoring and reporting on Unity’s due diligence obligations under Article 3 above;5.1.4Reviewing and discussing issues that may arise regarding the designation or release of the Back-UpCompound;5.1.5Managing the initial, informal mediation of any dispute that arises under this Agreement; and5.1.6Assuming such other responsibilities as both parties may mutually agree to delegate to the JSC.5.2Membership. The JSC shall include two (2) employees to serve as members of each of Ascentage andUnity, with each Party’s members selected by that Party. Ascentage and Unity may each replace its JSC member at any time, uponwritten notice to the other Party. The chairperson shall serve for a term of one (1) year, beginning on the Effective Date or ananniversary thereof, as the case may be. The right to name the chairperson of the JSC shall alternate between the Parties. The initialchairperson shall be selected by [***]. Neither Party shall have the right to remove a sitting member of the other Party. 5.3Meetings. The JSC shall meet at least [***], or more frequently as agreed by the parties, at suchlocations as the parties agree, and will otherwise communicate regularly. With the consent of the parties, other representatives ofAscentage or Unity may attend JSC meetings as nonvoting observers. Each party shall be responsible for all of its own expensesassociated with attendance of such meetings.11 5.4Decision Making. With respect to decisions taken on matters placed by either party before the JSC,each Party shall have one vote. Decisions of the JSC shall be made by unanimous approval of the Parties. If the members of the JSCcannot reach an agreement after commercially reasonable efforts to do so, then either Party’s representative to the JSC may refer suchdispute to the [***] of each Party, who shall meet in person or by telephone within [***] ([***]) days after such referral to attempt ingood faith to resolve such dispute.ARTICLE 6PAYMENTS6.1Equity Grants.6.1.1[***]. Upon the [***], Unity shall issue (i) One Hundred Six Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Seven(106,667) shares of Unity common stock to Ascentage, and (ii) Twenty-Six Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-Six (26,666) shares of Unitycommon stock to UM, in each case pursuant to a restricted stock issuance agreement substantially in the form set forth on Schedule5.1.1 hereto and within [***] ([***]) days of date that [***] occurs. For clarity, [***].6.1.2[***]. Upon the [***], Unity shall issue to Ascentage and UM the following number of shares ofUnity common stock based on how long after the Effective Date of the Library Agreement such [***], in each case pursuant to arestricted stock issuance agreement substantially in the form set forth on Schedule 5.1.1 hereto and within [***] ([***]) days of datethat such [***] occurs:(a)If such [***] occurs within [***] ([***]) [***] of the Effective Date of the LibraryAgreement, then (i) [***] ([***]) shares of Unity common stock to Ascentage, and (ii) [***] ([***]) shares of Unity common stock toUM.(b)If such [***] occurs more than [***] ([***]) [***] after the Effective Date of the LibraryAgreement but less than [***] ([***]) [***] after the Effective Date of the Library Agreement then (i) [***] ([***]) shares of Unitycommon stock to Ascentage, and (ii) [***] ([***]) shares of Unity common stock to UM.(c)If such [***] occurs more than [***] ([***]) [***] after the Effective Date of the LibraryAgreement then (i) [***] ([***]) shares of Unity common stock to Ascentage, and (ii) [***] ([***]) shares of Unity common stock toUM.6.1.3Equity Cap. Notwithstanding anything in the contrary in this Agreement, the Library Agreement, theAPG-1252 License Agreement or any other Compound License Agreement, the maximum cumulative aggregate number of shares ofUnity common stock that Ascentage and UM are collectively eligible to receive under Sections 6.1 and 6.2 of the Library Agreement,Section 5.1 of the APG-1252 License Agreement, this Section 6.1 and Section 5.1 of any other Compound License Agreement is:(a)[***] ([***]) shares of Unity common stock (as adjusted for stock splits, reverse stock splits,stock dividends, recapitalizations and the like) if only one Licensed Product (as defined in the applicable Compound LicenseAgreement) has been developed (i.e., [***]); and12 (b)One Million Three Hundred Thirty Three Thousand Three Hundred and Thirty-Nine(1,333,339) shares of Unity common stock (as adjusted for stock splits, reverse stock splits, stock dividends, recapitalizations and thelike) if two or more Licensed Products (as defined in the applicable Compound License Agreement) are developed (i.e., [***). 6.1.4Fractional Shares. No fractional shares of Unity common stock shall be issued in connection with thisAgreement. In lieu of any fractional shares to which Ascentage or UM would be entitled as the result of any stock split, reverse stocksplit, dividend, recapitalization or the like, Unity shall pay cash equal to such fraction multiplied by the Fair Market Value of a share ofcommon stock.6.2Development/Sales Milestones. In partial consideration of the rights and licenses granted herein to Unity, Unityshall pay Ascentage the following milestone payments. For the avoidance of doubt, each development milestone pursuant to thisSection 6.2 is across all indications for a Licensed Product, such that Unity shall only have the obligation to pay once for eachdevelopment milestone for each Licensed Product, regardless of indication.(a)Within [***] ([***]) days after the first achievement by Unity (or any of its Affiliates orThird Party Sublicensees) of each of the following milestones with respect to the first Licensed Product to achieve such milestone,Unity shall pay Ascentage the corresponding milestone payment set forth below, in accordance with the payment provisions of Article7 below: Milestone EventMilestone Payment1.[***]:$[***]2.[***]:$[***]3.[***]:$[***]4.[***]$[***]5.[***]$[***]Total per Licensed Product$[***] (b)Within [***] ([***]) days after the first achievement by Unity (or any of its Affiliates orThird Party Sublicensees) of each of the following milestones with respect to the second and each Licensed Product to achieve suchmilestone, Unity shall pay Ascentage the corresponding milestone payment set forth below, in accordance with the payment provisionsof Article 7 below:13 Milestone EventMilestone Payment1.[***]:$[***]2.[***]:$[***]3.[***]:$[***]Total per Licensed Product$[***] 6.2.2Certain Additional Terms.(a)For clarity, all forms, presentations, formulation and dosage forms of a Licensed Productshall be considered one and the same Licensed Product for purposes of Section 5.1 and this Section 6.2.(b)If Unity begins development of one Licensed Product and a milestone payment is madeunder this Section 6.2, and then Unity terminates development of such Licensed Product and begins development of a second LicensedProduct, the milestone which was already paid under this Section 6.2 for the abandoned Licensed Product will not be repeated, but theremaining milestone payments hereunder will be due as the second Licensed Product advances. For clarity, it is acknowledged andagreed that should the first Licensed Product be abandoned prior to achieving all of the milestones set forth Section 6.2(a), suchremaining unpaid milestones shall become due and payable when first achieved by the next Licensed Product.(c)In its sole discretion, Unity may elect in lieu of the payment of the milestone paymentsowing to Ascentage under this Section 6.2, to grant to Ascentage that number of shares of Unity common stock of equivalent value(based on the Fair Market Value of such Unity common stock at the time of such grant).6.3Royalties. In partial consideration of the licenses granted herein to Unity, Unity shall pay to Ascentage a runningroyalty equal to the percentage set forth below on the Net Sales of Licensed Product, subject to any adjustments set forth in Sections6.5 and 6.6, and in accordance with the payment provisions of Article 7 below.14 (a)With respect to Net Sales of the [***] to receive marketing approval, Unity shall pay toAscentage the royalties set forth below:Annual Net Sales of Licensed ProductApplicable Royalty RatePortion of worldwide annual Net Sales of the Licensed Product less than or equal to [***]Dollars (US$[***])[***]%Portion of worldwide annual Net Sales of the Licensed Product over [***] Dollars(US$[***])[***]% (b)With respect to Net Sales of the [***] to receive marketing approval, Unity shall pay toAscentage the royalties set forth below:Annual Net Sales of Licensed ProductApplicable Royalty RatePortion of worldwide annual Net Sales of the Licensed Product less than or equal to [***]Dollars (US$[***])[***]%Portion of worldwide annual Net Sales of the Licensed Product over [***] Dollars(US$[***])[***0]% 6.4Royalty Term. Unity’s obligation to pay royalties on Net Sales of Licensed Product under this Agreement shallcontinue on a country-by-country and Licensed Product-by-Licensed Product basis until the later of (a) abandonment or expiration ofthe last Valid Claim that claims the [***] of the Compound contained in such Licensed Product in such country, (b) the date of expiryof any applicable regulatory, pediatric, orphan drug or data exclusivity obtained for such Licensed Product in such country, or (c) ten(10) years after the first commercial sale of the Licensed Product by or under the authority of Unity in any country in the Territory.6.5Royalty Stacking. Unity shall be entitled to deduct from the amounts owing to Ascentage under Sections 6.2 and6.3 above [***] percent ([***]%) of any royalties or other payments made to Third Parties for Enabling IP, provided that (a) the totalaggregate amount payable to Ascentage under Sections 6.2 and 6.3 in any [***] may not be reduced to less than [***] percent([***]%) of the amounts that would otherwise be due Ascentage in such [***], and (b) Unity shall not be entitled to deduct anyroyalties or other payments made under the Existing Agreements. If, in any [***], Unity is not able to fully recover its [***] percent([***]%) portion of the payments due to a Third Party, it shall be entitled to carry forward such right of off-set to future [***] withrespect to the excess amount.6.6Generic Products. If at any time during the term of this Agreement a Generic Product enters the market in anycountry and has for a period of at least [***] ([***])15 consecutive [***] a market share in such country of at least [***] percent ([***]%) of the then combined unit volume of thecorresponding Licensed Product (i.e., the Licensed Product containing the same active pharmaceutical ingredient(s) as are present inthe Generic Product) and such Generic Product, then Unity’s obligation to pay royalties to Ascentage on Net Sales of such LicensedProduct in such country shall be reduced to [***] percent ([***]%) of the amounts that would otherwise be due Ascentage underSection 6.3 in such [***].6.7Maximum Reduction to Royalties. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 6, in no event shall theroyalties owing to Ascentage with respect to Net Sales of a Licensed Product in any country be reduced by cumulative operation ofSections 6.5 and 6.6 to less than [***] percent ([***]%) of the amounts that would otherwise be due Ascentage under Section 6.3 insuch [***].6.8Combination Products. In the event that a Licensed Product is sold for a single price in combination with anothertherapeutically active pharmaceutical ingredient, or other product or service, for which no royalty would be due hereunder if soldseparately, Net Sales from such combination sales, for purposes of calculating the applicable royalty rate and the applicable royalty dueunder Section 6.3 shall be calculated by multiplying the Net Sales of the combination product by the fraction A/(A + B), where A isthe average gross selling price during the previous [***] of the Licensed Product sold separately and B is the gross selling price duringthe previous [***] of the therapeutically active ingredient, product or service. In the event that separate sales of the Licensed Product orthe additional therapeutically active ingredient, product or service were not made during the previous [***], then the Net Sales shall bereasonably allocated between such Licensed Product and such other active ingredient, product or service as agreed upon by the Parties,or failing agreement, determined in accordance with Section 14.1 (Dispute Resolution) below.6.9Unity’s Covenant. Unity hereby agrees that any shares of common stock issued to Ascentage will not be dilutedunless diluted in good faith by Unity on a proportionate basis to the other shares of common stock of Unity outstanding at the time ofany such dilution, and subject to the anti-dilution protections as set forth in Unity’s certificate of incorporation, as may be amendedfrom time to time in good faith; provided further, that Unity shall not take actions that specifically treat Ascentage differently from otherholders of common stock, or issue any capital stock in a manner which is intended to circumvent this covenant. The shares of commonstock issued to Ascentage shall be duly adjusted for any bonus issue, share split, consolidation, subdivision, reclassification,recapitalization or similar arrangement of Unity, in each case in accordance with, and as expressly contemplated by, Unity’s certificateof incorporation, as may be amended from time to time in good faith.ARTICLE 7ACCOUNTING; RECORDS; METHOD OF PAYMENT7.1Royalty Reports; Payments, Invoices. After the first sale of a Licensed Product on which royalties are payable byUnity hereunder, Unity shall make quarterly written reports to Ascentage within [***] ([***]) days after the end of each calendarquarter, stating in each such report the number, description, and aggregate Net Sales of Licensed Product sold during the calendarquarter upon which a royalty is payable under Article 6 above. Concurrently with the16 making of such reports, Unity shall pay to Ascentage all amounts payable pursuant to Article 6 above, in accordance with the paymentprovisions of Section 7.3.7.2Records; Inspection. During the term of this Agreement and for a period of [***] ([***]) years thereafter, Unityand its Affiliates shall keep complete, true and accurate books of account and records for the purpose of determining the amountspayable to Ascentage under this Agreement. Ascentage shall have the right to cause an independent, certified public accountantreasonably acceptable to Unity to audit such records to confirm gross sales, Net Sales and royalty payments for a period covering notmore than the preceding [***] ([***]) years. Unity agrees to either: (a) require each of its Third Party Sublicensees to maintain similarbooks and records and to open such records for inspection by an independent, certified public accountant reasonably satisfactory tosuch Third Party Sublicensee, on behalf of, and as required by, Ascentage for the purpose of verifying payments hereunder, or (b)obtain such audits rights from the Third Party Sublicensee for itself and exercise such audit rights on behalf of Ascentage uponAscentage’s request and disclose the results thereof to Ascentage. All such inspections may be made no more than once each calendaryear at reasonable times and on reasonable notice. No accounting period of Unity or its Affiliate or Third Party Sublicensee shall besubject to audit more than one time hereunder. Such independent, certified public accountant will be obliged to execute a reasonableconfidentiality agreement prior to commencing any such inspection. The results of any inspection hereunder shall be provided to bothParties, and Unity shall pay any underpayment to Ascentage within [***] ([***]) days. Inspections conducted under this Section 7.2shall be at the expense of Ascentage (and Ascentage will reimburse Unity’s reasonable out-of-pocket costs of those inspectionsconducted by Unity at Ascentage’s request under (b) above), unless a variation or error producing an increase exceeding [***] percent([***]%) of the amount stated for any period is established in the course of any such inspection, whereupon all costs of such audit ofsuch period will be paid by Unity.7.3Payment Method. All payments due hereunder shall be made in U.S. dollars, and shall be made by bank wiretransfer in immediately available funds to an account designated by Ascentage in a written notice to Unity. If any currency conversionshall be required in connection with the payment of royalties hereunder, such conversion shall be made by using the exchange ratesused by Unity in calculating Unity’s own revenues for financial reporting purposes.7.4Late Payments. Any payments due from Unity that are not paid on the date such payments are due under thisAgreement shall bear interest at [***] ([***]%) above the then prevailing US Federal Funds Target Rate (Bloomberg page: FDTR
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