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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

☒ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023

☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from __________________ to __________________

Commission file number: 001-39421

ORCHESTRA BIOMED HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

150 Union Square Drive

New Hope, Pennsylvania18938

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (215) 862-5797

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered

Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share OBIO The Nasdaq Global Market

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐No☒

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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 preceding 12 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. Yes☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer ☐ Accelerated filer ☐

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Emerging growth company ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐

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Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive‐based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D‐1(b). ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐No ☒

The aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock held by non-affiliates as of June 30, 2023 the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter was approximately $123.2 million as computed by reference to the closing price of the common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market on that date.

As of March 22, 2024, the registrant had 35,777,412 shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, outstanding.

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PART I 1

Item 1 Business 1

Item 1A Risk Factors 76

Item 1B Unresolved Staff Comments 127

Item 1C Cybersecurity 127

Item 2 Properties 128

Item 3 Legal Proceedings 129

Item 4 Mine Safety Disclosures 129

Item 6 [Reserved] 130

Item 7A Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 146

Item 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data 147

Item 9A Controls and Procedures 184

Item 9B Other Information 185

Item 9C Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions That Prevent Inspections 185

Item 10 Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance 186

Item 11 Executive Compensation 193

Item 14 Principal Accountant Fees and Services 208

Item 15 Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules 209

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Unless the context indicates otherwise, references in this Annual Report on Form 10-K to the “Company,” “Orchestra,” “we,” “us,” “our” and similar terms refer to Orchestra BioMed Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation formerly known as Health Sciences Acquisitions Corporation 2, and its consolidated subsidiaries. “Legacy Orchestra” refers to Orchestra BioMed, Inc., the private Delaware corporation that is now our wholly owned subsidiary. References to “HSAC2” refer to Health Sciences Acquisitions Corporation 2, our predecessor company prior to the consummation of the Business Combination (as defined herein).

Certain information contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K relates to or is based on studies, publications, surveys and other data obtained from third-party sources and our own internal estimates and research. While we believe these third-party sources to be reliable as of the date of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, we have not independently verified the market and industry data contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K or the underlying assumptions relied on therein. Finally, while we believe our own internal research is reliable, such research has not been verified by any independent source. Notwithstanding the foregoing, we are liable for the information provided in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. The industry in which we operate is subject to a high degree of uncertainty and risk due to a variety of factors, including those referred to in “Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. These and other factors could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in the estimates made by the independent parties and by us.

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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this report, including statements regarding our future results of operations and financial position, business strategy, product candidates, planned preclinical studies and clinical trials, results of clinical trials, research and development costs, regulatory approvals, timing, and likelihood of success, as well as plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other important factors that are in some cases beyond our control and may cause our actual results, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements.

In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “would,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “could,” “intend,” “target,” “project,” “contemplate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential,” or “continue” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions. Forward-looking statements contained in this report include, but are not limited to, statements about:

● our ability to raise financing in the future;

● our ability to achieve and sustain profitability;

● our ability to achieve our projected development and commercialization goals;

● market acceptance of our product candidates, if approved;

● our ability to manage growth or control costs related to growth;

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● the success of our licensing agreements; and

● our public securities’ liquidity and trading.

We have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current expectations and projections about our business, the industry in which we operate and financial trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, and prospects, and these forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or development. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report and are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions described under the heading “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in Part I of this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Because forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. The events and circumstances reflected in our forward-looking statements may not be achieved or occur and actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. We do not plan to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements contained herein whether as a result of any new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.

In addition, statements that “we believe” and similar statements reflect our beliefs and opinions on the relevant subject. These statements are based upon information available to us as of the date of this report, and, while we believe such information forms a reasonable basis for such statements, such information may be limited or incomplete, and our statements should not be read to indicate that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all potentially available relevant information. These statements are inherently uncertain, and you are cautioned not to unduly rely upon these statements.

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SUMMARY OF RISK FACTORS

The following is a summary of some of the risks and uncertainties that could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. This summary should be read together with the more detailed description of each risk factor disclosed under “Item 1A Risk Factors” contained in Part I of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

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PART I

Item 1. Business

Our Vision

Our vision is to accelerate medical innovation to patients through risk-reward-sharing partnerships with leading medical device companies.

Our Company

We are a biomedical innovation company accelerating high-impact technologies to patients through risk-reward sharing partnerships with leading medical device companies. Our partnership-enabled business model focuses on forging strategic collaborations with leading medical device companies to drive successful global commercialization of products we develop. We are led by a highly accomplished, multidisciplinary management team and a board of directors with extensive experience in all phases of therapeutic device development. Our business was formed in 2018 by assembling a pipeline of multiple late-stage clinical product candidates originally developed by our founding team. Our lead product candidate is BackBeat Cardiac Neuromodulation Therapy (“BackBeat CNT”) for the treatment of hypertension (“HTN”), the leading risk factor for death worldwide. We have an exclusive license and collaboration agreement with Medtronic, Inc. for the development and commercialization of BackBeat CNT for the treatment of HTN in patients indicated for a cardiac pacemaker. We are also developing the Virtue Sirolimus AngioInfusion Balloon (“Virtue SAB”) for the treatment of atherosclerotic artery disease, the leading cause of mortality worldwide. We have a strategic collaboration with Terumo Medical Corporation (“Terumo”) for the development and commercialization of Virtue SAB for the treatment of coronary and peripheral artery disease.

On January 26, 2023, we consummated the business combination contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 4, 2022 (as amended, the “Merger Agreement”), by and among HSAC2, a special purpose acquisition company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company in 2020 (“HSAC2”), HSAC Olympus Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of HSAC2 (“Merger Sub”), and Orchestra BioMed, Inc. (“Legacy Orchestra”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, (i) HSAC2 deregistered in the Cayman Islands in accordance with the Companies Act (2022 Revision) (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands and domesticated as a Delaware corporation in accordance with Section 388 of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “Domestication”) and (ii) Merger Sub merged with and into Legacy Orchestra, with Legacy Orchestra as the surviving company in the merger and, after giving effect to such merger, continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of Orchestra (the “Merger” and, together with the Domestication and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the “Business Combination”). As part of the Domestication, the Company’s name was changed from “Health Sciences Acquisitions Corporation 2” to “Orchestra BioMed Holdings, Inc.”

BackBeat CNT, also known as Atrioventricular Interval Modulation (“AVIM”) therapy, is a bioelectronic therapy candidate designed to substantially and persistently lower blood pressure. BackBeat CNT can be fully integrated as a firmware upgrade to standard cardiac pacemakers which, given HTN is the most common comorbidity in the pacemaker population affecting over 70% of the pacemaker-indicated patients, makes it a potentially attractive therapeutic solution for these patients. Although there is no guarantee BackBeat CNT will be safe and effective, BackBeat CNT showed encouraging results in MODERATO II, a prospective, multi-center, randomized, double-blind pilot study of pacemaker patients with persistent HTN. We estimate that the addressable annual market for pacemaker-indicated patientswith HTN comprises more than 750,000 patients worldwide annually and represents a potential annual revenue opportunity of over $2 billion. We also believe BackBeat CNT may offer therapeutic benefit to select high-risk HTN patients not indicated for a pacemaker. We estimate that this additional addressable annual market for high-risk HTN patients comprises more than 2.4 million patients worldwide and represents a potential annual revenue opportunity of more than $8 billion.

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On June 30, 2022, we entered into an exclusive license and collaboration agreement with Medtronic, one of the largest medical device companies in the world, for the development of BackBeat CNT for the treatment of HTN in pacemaker-indicated patients (the “Medtronic Collaboration”). The Medtronic Collaboration provides us with development, clinical and regulatory support for the BACKBEAT pivotal study.Uponregulatoryapproval,ifreceived,Medtronicwillhavetheexclusiveglobalrightstocommercialize BackBeat CNT (AVIM therapy) for this target population. If BackBeat CNT is approved and successfully commercialized,wewillsharemeaningfullyintherevenuesgeneratedfromMedtronic’ssaleofBackBeatCNT-enabled pacing systems. Medtronic has a right of first negotiation with respect to BackBeat CNT for the treatment of HTN in non-pacemakerpatients.

On September 19, 2023, we announced that the FDA granted us investigational device exemption (“IDE”) approval to initiate our planned BACKBEAT (BradycArdia paCemaKer with AVIM for Blood prEssure treAtmenT) pivotal study (the “BACKBEAT pivotal study”) to treat HTN in patients indicated for a pacemaker. On January 8, 2024, we announced that the first patient was enrolled and randomized into the BACKBEAT pivotal study in late December 2023. For a detailed description of the BACKBEAT pivotal study, see “—BIOELECTRONIC PRODUCT CANDIDATES — BackBeat CNT (AVIM Therapy) for Hypertension and CNT-HF for Heart Failure—Clinical Results—Clinical, Regulatory and Commercialization Pathway—The BACKBEAT Global Pivotal Study.”

On February 26, 2024, we announced new data showing sustained, clinically meaningful reduction in 24-hour ambulatory systolic blood pressure (aSBP) in hypertensive pacemaker patients treated with AVIM therapy for over 3 years. Reduction in aSBP measured at 6 months from randomization and therapy activation was the primary endpoint of the MODERATO II study, a European multi-center, double-blind, randomized pilot study involving 47 subjects. Patients randomized to AVIM therapy and antihypertension medication in that study experienced an 11.1 mmHg (p<0.001) reduction in mean aSBP at 6 months follow-up, resulting in a statistically significant difference of 8.1 mmHg compared to control patients who were managed only with antihypertensive medications (p=0.01). Long-term blood pressure results are from a follow-up study of 16 patients originally enrolled in the MODERATO II study. This group included eight patients from the MODERATO II AVIM treatment arm and eight control arm patients that crossed over to AVIM therapy at the end of the 6-month double-blind phase. aSBP was measured in this group of patients an average of 3.6 (±0.6) years following initiation of AVIM therapy. As a group and based on individual paired data, these patients continued to experience a statistically significant, clinically meaningful mean aSBP reduction of 8.9 mmHg at long term follow up which is similar to the mean aSBP reduction of 8.9 mmHg seen in this same group of patients when measured at the 6-month aSBP measurement.

On March 6, 2024, we announced the presentation of results from a pressure-volume (“PV”) loop clinical study of AVIM therapy (also known as BackBeat CNT) in pacemaker-indicated patients with uncontrolled HTN despite the use of antihypertensive medication. The new clinical data demonstrate the favorable hemodynamic impact of AVIM therapy as compared to standard right ventricular (RV) pacing on systolic blood pressure and overall cardiac function when delivered using both conduction system (CSP) as well as standard pacing lead locations. AVIM therapy with pacing leads placed in standard RV (“AVIM RV”) locations, as well as in conduction system pacing (“AVIM CSP”) locations targeting the left bundle branch area (LBBA) regions, respectively, was compared to standard atrial-ventricular (“AV”) sequential pacing (DDD mode pacing or “AV Pacing”). Overall mean results for each variable were calculated using paired measurements for each individual patient using AVIM RV, AVIM CSP and AV Pacing, respectively:

o SBP was reduced by 17.1 mmHg and 19.2 mmHg compared to 1.6 mmHg

o EDV was reduced by 12.6 mL and 18.6 mL compared to 1.4 mL

o EDP was reduced by 2.3 mmHg and 3.6 mmHg compared to an increase of 0.3 mmHg

o ESV was reduced by 11.0 mL and 14.1 mL compared to an increase of 1.8 mL

o Stroke work (SW) was reduced by 1596 mL and 1870 mL compared to 42 mL

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o Ees remained unchanged with AVIM RV, AVIM CSP and AV Pacing

Virtue SAB is a proprietary drug/device combination product candidate for the treatment of artery disease that is designed to deliver a proprietary, investigational, extended-release formulation of sirolimus (“SirolimusEFR”) to the vessel wall during balloon angioplasty without the need for balloon coating or a permanentimplant. AlthoughthereisnoguaranteeVirtueSABwillprovetobesafeandeffective,VirtueSAB demonstrated promising three-year clinical data in the treatment of coronary In-Stent Restenois (“ISR”) in the prospective, multi-center SABRE Study.

VirtueSABwasgrantedBreakthroughDevicedesignationbytheFDA,forspecificindications relating to the treatment of coronary ISR, coronary small vessel disease and peripheral artery disease below-the-knee. We estimate that these indications will represent an annual global addressable market opportunity of at least $4 billion, based on approximately 3.2 million procedures, as discussed below under “— FOCAL THERAPIES — Virtue SAB for Artery Disease and SirolimusEFR for Local Inflammation in Multiple Indications. — Targeted Unmet Needs and Market Opportunity for Virtue SAB.”

On August 8, 2023, we announced that the FDA granted us investigational device exemption approval with conditions to initiate our planned Virtue ISR-US pivotal study evaluating the efficacy and safety of Virtue SAB for the treatment of patients with coronary ISR. The conditional approval permits us to initiate enrollment of the Virtue ISR-US pivotal study following completion of clinical trial initiation activities, including clinical center Institutional Review Board approvals. We are also required to submit additional information to the FDA.

We have a strategic partnership with Terumo, a global leader in medical technology, for thedevelopment and commercialization of Virtue SAB to treat coronary artery disease (“CAD”) or peripheral artery disease (“PAD”). Under the terms of our partnership, it is expected that Terumo will assume financial and execution responsibility for substantially all future clinical and regulatory development, with the exception of the Virtue ISR-US pivotal study, for which we are responsible. Terumo will also be responsible for device manufacturing, commercial sales, marketing and distribution for Virtue SAB for coronary and peripheral vascular indications globally. If Virtue SAB is successfullydevelopedandapproved,wewillsharemeaningfullyinfuturecommercialrevenuesofVirtueSAB throughdouble-digitroyaltiesonnetsalesandperunitpaymentsastheexclusivesupplierofSirolimusEFR.

As previously disclosed, we have been negotiating with Terumo for mutually agreeable adjustments to our distribution agreement with Terumo (the “Terumo Agreement”) with the purpose of restructuring milestone payments as well as making other potential material modifications to that agreement, including additional financial commitments by Terumo to Orchestra and the Virtue SAB program. We have delayed initiation of our Virtue ISR-US pivotal study until such time as we and Terumo restructure the Terumo Agreement in a manner that provides us with a satisfactory amount of additional capital, whether from milestone payments or other financial arrangements. In addition, in light of the recent FDA approval of Boston Scientific Corporation’s AGENTTM paclitaxel-coated balloon for the treatment of coronary ISR, we and Terumo are reviewing the design for the Virtue ISR-US pivotal study and considering alternative clinical study designs with input from our clinical steering committee for Virtue SAB. If negotiations are not completed to our satisfaction or to the satisfaction of Terumo, clinical study, product development, and commercialization plans for Virtue SAB may continue to be adversely impacted.

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History of Caliber and BackBeat

We were incorporated in Delaware in January 2017 and were formed to acquire operating and other assets as well as to raise capital to support further development of acquired assets. We had limited activity in 2017. In May 2018, we concurrently completed a recapitalization and mergers with Caliber Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation that has, among other things, the rights to the Virtue SAB product candidate and BackBeat Medical, Inc., a Delaware corporation that has, among other things, the rights to the BackBeat CNT product candidate. Caliber Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware in October 2005 and began development of its lead product candidate, Virtue SAB, in 2008. BackBeat Medical, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware in January 2010 and began development of its lead product candidate, BackBeat CNT, that sameyear.

Conversion of Caliber and BackBeat Limited Liability Companies

On December 26, 2019, we completed the conversions of Caliber Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation, to Caliber Therapeutics, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and BackBeat Medical, Inc., a Delaware corporation, to BackBeat Medical, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. References in this Annual Report on Form 10-K to “Caliber” refer to Caliber Therapeutics, Inc. prior to its conversion to a limited liability company and to Caliber Therapeutics, LLC after its conversion to a limited liability company, as applicable. References in this Annual Report on Form 10-K to “BackBeat” refer to BackBeat Medical, Inc. prior to its conversion to a limited liability company and to BackBeat Medical, LLC after its conversion to a limited liability company, as applicable.

Partnership-Enabled Business Model

Our business was formed specifically to pursue a partnership-enabled business model that seeks to apply strategies typically used by the biopharmaceutical industry to the medical device market where product developers are typically challenged with the financial and execution burdens of also needing to commercialize the products they are developing in order to achieve a value inflection event for their shareholders.

Our goal is to accelerate and improve the likelihood of its product innovations reaching patients and providers worldwide by sharing the risks and rewards of developing and commercializing these product candidates with established multinational companies, such as Medtronic and Terumo. Using this approach, we believe we can pursue multiple potentially lucrative innovation opportunities by focusing its efforts and resources on advancing promising therapeutic solutions, such as BackBeat CNT and Virtue SAB, through late-stage clinical research and regulatory approvals. Meanwhile, our partners secure substantial new prospective growth opportunities with the potential to reduce risk and expense while leveraging their existing infrastructure to bring our partnered product candidates to global markets quickly and efficiently if regulatory approval is obtained.

We believe our partnership-enabled business model can create value for its stakeholders and partners by:

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Our Product Pipeline

Our pipeline is comprised of innovative therapeutic product candidates that we believe have the potential for value creation using our partnership-enabled business model, led by our product candidate, BackBeat CNT, as well as Virtue SAB. We believe our product pipeline has the potential to improve clinical outcomes and provide distinct commercial advantages within two of the largest and well-establishedglobalmedicaldevicemarkets:BackBeat CNT in cardiac rhythm management implants, an overall global market that LSI & Grand View Research valued at a $18.0 billion market worldwide in 2022; and VirtueSABininterventionaldevicestotreatCADandPAD, anoverallglobalmarketthatLSI&FortuneBusinessInsights,marketresearchfirms,valuedata $20.9 billion market worldwide in 2022. Our pipeline also includes additional product candidates for other significant medical conditions that we believe are attractive candidates for value creation using its partnership-enabled business model.

Our product candidates are based on platform technologies that each have late-stage lead clinicalindicationswithattractivefollow-onclinicalindicationsthatcouldaddsubstantialfuturecommercial potential. Moreover, our additional pipeline opportunities, such as Cardiac Neuromodulation Therapy (“CNT”) for heart failure, or potential treatment of clinical indications such as urology or osteoarthritis usingSirolimusEFR,andthemicroporousAngioInfusionballoontechnologyusedintheVirtueSABleverage the same platform technologies and intellectual property already developed for its flagship product candidates. Generally, our product candidates target large, mature global markets in which there are several active multinational and regional corporations with established distribution capabilities in place. These product candidates are designed to potentially offer important clinical, health and economic benefitswithout changing established treatment paradigms such as physician techniques or patient referral and treatment patterns, providing a select strategic partner a potential means to differentiate their product portfolios from competitors, drive revenue growth and gain market share. Our strategic collaboration agreements with Medtronic for BackBeat CNT and Terumo for Virtue SAB demonstrate our ability to align with global market leaders for the long-term development and commercialization of our productcandidates.

Thefollowingtablesummarizesourmaterialpipelineprogramsorganizedbyproductplatform,aswell as target indications, development status, market opportunity, strategic partners/collaborators and next milestones.

Advancing a High-Impact Pipeline

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BIOELECTRONIC PRODUCT CANDIDATES — BackBeat CNT (AVIM Therapy) for Hypertension and CNT-HF for Heart Failure

We are developing bioelectronic therapies based on patented CNT technology. Our product candidates are designed to use standard active implantable cardiac rhythm management systems, such as pacemakers, with changes to firmware and software only. Our flagship product candidate of the Bioelectronic Therapies Group is BackBeat CNT, also known as AVIM therapy, a patented, potential bioelectronics treatment for HTN, the leading risk factor for death worldwide. We have an exclusive strategic collaboration with Medtronic for the development and commercialization of BackBeat CNT for the treatment of hypertension in patients indicated for a cardiac pacemaker. We also believe BackBeat CNT may offer therapeutic benefit to select high-risk HTN patients not indicated for a pacemaker. Medtronic has a right of first negotiation with respect to BackBeat CNT for the treatment of HTN in non-pacemaker patients.

We are also pursuing CNT-HF, a bioelectronic product candidate that aims to reduce chronic sympathetic nervous system activity in heart failure (“HF”) for which there is an estimated global patient population of 64 million people according to the AME Medical Journal.

BackBeat Cardiac Neuromodulation Therapy (CNT) Product Candidate

In the discussion below and elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10 K, we reference p-values, which are statistical calculations that relate to the probability that the observed difference between groups happened by chance, with a p-value of less than 0.05 (i.e., less than 5% probability that the observed difference happened by chance) generally considered as the threshold to indicate statistical significance in clinical trials.

BackBeat CNT is now also known as Atrioventricular Interval Modulation or “AVIM” therapy. As such, the terms “BackBeat CNT” and “AVIM therapy” are used interchangeably below. With respect to the strategic collaboration agreement with Medtronic described below and the preclinical and clinical results also described below, the therapy is typically referred to as BackBeat CNT as this was term generally used to describe the therapy for such agreement or prior development activities. With respect to the BACKBEAT pivotal study we plan to initiate in the near future, the therapy is referred to as AVIMtherapy.

BackBeat CNT is a bioelectronic product candidate for HTN that is designed to substantially reduce blood pressure. BackBeat CNT is delivered through programmed cardiac pacing algorithms and is designed to leverage standard rhythm management device procedures (dual-chamber pacemaker), utilizing the same implant procedure and lead positions while still enabling standard rhythm management (pacing) functions. While BackBeat CNT is designed to achieve certain results as described above, there is no guarantee that BackBeat CNT will prove to be safe and effective.

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Clinical studies performed to date have been conducted using our proprietary Moderato system, a pacemaker system, incorporating BackBeat CNT. Clinical results from two European clinical studies, the MODERATO I single-arm clinical study and the MODERATO II double-blind, randomized, controlled pilot study, demonstrated a significant and clinically meaningful reduction in systolic blood pressure in hypertensive patients also indicated for a pacemaker. In particular, the MODERATO II study met its primary efficacy endpoint, as patients randomized to BackBeat CNT showed a statistically significant 11.1 mmHg (p<0.01) reduction in mean 24-hour ambulatory systolic blood pressure (“aSBP”) at six months follow-up from activation, resulting in a statistically significant difference of 8.1 mmHg (p=0.01) of aSBP comparedtocontrolpatientswhoweremanagedonlywithantihypertensivemedications.Thestudy also met its primary safety endpoint with no clinically meaningful differences in rate of MACE between the two groupsatsixmonthsfollow-up.FurtherdetailsontheresultsoftheBackBeatCNTclinicalstudiesperformed to date are providedbelow.

Strategic Collaboration Agreement with Medtronic

In June 2022, we and Medtronic entered into the Medtronic Agreement for the development and commercialization of BackBeat CNT for the treatment of HTN in patients indicated for a cardiac pacemaker (the “HTN+P population” or the “Primary Field”). Under the terms of the Medtronic Agreement, we are the sponsor for the BACKBEAT pivotal study to support regulatory approval in the United States, European Union (the “EU”), Japan and other potential territories of AVIM therapy in the Primary Field and we are financially responsible for development, clinical and regulatory costs associated with this pivotalstudy.

Medtronic has completed integration and associated validation and verification testing of AVIM therapy algorithms as a field downloadable addition to its premium, commercially available dual-chamber pacemaker systems for use in the pivotal study. Medtronic is also providing clinical, regulatory, operational field clinical resources in support of the BACKBEAT pivotal study. We are reimbursing Medtronic at cost for these development, clinical and regulatory resources. Medtronic will integrate AVIM therapy, at our cost, as a firmware component of a premium pacemaker for potential regulatory approval and commercialization of AVIM therapy-enabled commercial devices following a successful outcome of the BACKBEAT pivotal study.

Medtronic is the global market leader in cardiac rhythm management (“CRM”), and pacemaker devices, with over 50% of the U.S. market share for such devices and typically having a leading share in all otherglobalmarkets.GivenMedtronic’smarketleadershipandthepotentialtherapeuticbenefitsofBackBeat CNT, we believe BackBeat CNT-enabled pacemakers, if commercially approved, have the potential to be rapidly adopted into existing pacemaker-indicated patient care for addressable hypertensive patients. We further believe the substantial potential added clinical value and differentiation of BackBeat CNT-enabled pacemakers can help Medtronic potentially expand market share and growrevenue.

Under the terms of the Medtronic Agreement, Medtronic will have exclusive rights in the Primary Field to commercialize BackBeat CNT-enabled pacing systems globally following receipt of regulatoryapprovals. Medtronic would be entirely responsible for global commercialization following any receipt of regulatory approvals, including manufacturing, sales, marketing and distribution costs.

Under the terms of the Medtronic Agreement, we are expected to receive between $500 and $1,600 per BackBeat CNT-enabled device sold based on a formula of the higher of (1) a fixed dollar amount per BackBeat CNT-enabled device (amount varies materially on a country-by-country basis) or (2) a percentage of the BackBeat CNT generated sales. This estimated range is derived from publicly-available information, ourmanagement’sknowledgeofthepacemakermarket,ourdiscussionswithMedtronic,andthetermsofthe Medtronic Agreement. Based on our discussions with Medtronic, the global market leader in pacemakers, thetermsoftheMedtronicAgreementandourmanagement’sknowledgeofreimbursementcodesformedical devices, we believe that BackBeat CNT-enabled pacemakers can be supported by existing reimbursement codes without the need for newcodes.

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Under the terms of the Medtronic Agreement, Medtronic has a right of first negotiation through FDA approval of BackBeat CNT for the Primary Field, to expand its global rights to BackBeat CNT for the treatment of HTN patients not indicated for a pacemaker.

Market Needs

Hypertension

HTN is elevated blood pressure that increases risk of major cardiac events like heart attack and stroke andcancontributetoothersignificantconditionssuchasheartfailureandkidneydisease.HTNistheleading global risk factor for death according to the World Health Organization (the “WHO”). An estimated 1.28 billion adults have HTN worldwide according to theWHO.

In the United States, 119.9 million adults, or approximately 48% of all adults, are estimated to have HTN according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (the “CDC”). The American Heart Association (the “AHA”) and the American College of Cardiology (“ACC”) established new Hypertension Clinical Practice Guidelines in 2017. According to these guidelines, Stage 1 hypertension is defined for patients with systolic 130 to 139 mmHg or diastolic 80 to 89 mmHg. Stage 2 hypertension now encompasses patients with a systolic BP of at least 140 mmHg or a diastolic BP of at least 90 mmHg. These updated guidelines increased the number of patients believed to have HTN to approximately 47% of all adults from 31.9% under prior guidelines. Global guidelines have yet to be updated to be in line with U.S. clinical practice and generally HTN diagnosis starting at blood pressure at the level of U.S. Stage 2 HTN or above 140 mmHg for systolic BP. Importantly, 77% of U.S. adults over age 65, the age group most likely to need pacemakers, now have HTN according to the new guidelines. Further, the guidelines also recommend that a substantial proportion of U.S. adults taking antihypertensive medication undergo a more intensive BP lowering treatment to get their HTN undercontrol.

High blood pressure was a primary or contributing cause of death in 2021 for more than 691,000 people in the United States, nearly 1,850 deaths each day, according to the CDC. By 2035, the estimated direct cost of high blood pressure could increase to $220.9 billion (annual average), according to the AHA. Cardiovascular risk doubles for every 10 mmHg increase in office systolic blood pressure and the mortality rate doubles with an increase of 20 mmHg in office systolic blood pressure, according to the National Center for Biotechnology Information.

Of U.S. patients aware of their HTN diagnosis, about 76% are believed to be taking antihypertensive medication, but only 52% of those have their condition controlled, according to the Journal of Clinical Hypertension. Therefore, approximately 60% of hypertensive U.S. adults have uncontrolled HTN. Non-adherence to antihypertensive treatment is a critical contributor to suboptimal blood pressure control and another important risk factor for adverse cardiovascular disease outcomes. An estimated 45% of HTN patients are non-adherent to medications, according to the journal Medicine. Thus, many medically responsivepatientshavehighbloodpressuresimplybecausetheydonottaketheirmedicationsandmedication non-compliance is one of the biggest challenges of HTN treatment. In addition, since HTN patients are typically older, they are more likely to use multiple medications for HTN and other medical conditions: polypharmacy (multiple medications) has been shown to be associated with increased risk of adverse events (fall injury, heart failure, etc.), polypharmacy mismanagement, and drug-drug interactions. Furthermore, AHA estimates as much as 15% of the prevalent HTN population is resistant to medical therapy, and these patients are 47% more likely to suffer the combined outcomes of death, myocardial infarction, heart failure, stroke, or chronic kidney disease over the median 3.8 years of follow-up than other HTN patients. Because of the factors mentioned above, there is a significant need for alternative therapies to treat HTN, particularly, device-basedtherapies.

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Isolated Systolic Hypertension & Pulse Pressure

Based on data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey III, 74.5% of U.S. adults over 60 years old have HTN, with over 65% of them suffering from isolated systolic hypertension (“ISH”). ISHpatientshaveelevatedsystolicbloodpressure(>140mmHg),whiletheirdiastolicbloodpressureremains normal or low (≤90 mmHg). ISH is a more difficult to treat form of HTN because antihypertensive medications generally impact both systolic and diastolic pressure. It is estimated that over 80% of medical treatment failure patients over 60 years old have ISH. ISH patients experience elevated Pulse Pressure (the differencebetweensystolicanddiastolicpressures),whichisaknownsignificant,independentriskfactorfor coronaryheartdisease.Accordingtopublishedliterature,a10mmHgincreaseinPulsePressureisassociated with a 32% increase in risk of heart failure and a 24% increase in risk of stroke (after controllingfor systolic BP and other risk factors). In addition, in men ≥60 years old (which happens to be the typical age ofpacemakerpatients),riskforcoronaryarterydiseaseisthreetimeslargerinpatientswithPulsePressureof ≥70 mmHg compared to those with Pulse Pressure of 60 mmHg.

Hypertension among Patients with Pacemakers

Pacemakers are recommended for the management of symptomatic bradycardia (slow heart rate) due tosicksinussyndrome,atrio-ventricularblock,acombinationoftheseconditionsorothersituationsinwhich patients are prone to brady-arrhythmias. Currently available devices have evolved from single-chamber, fixed-rate pacemakers to multi-chamber, rate-responsive units. Over 80% of pacemaker patients receive dual-chamber devices which have wires or leads implanted in the right atrium and right ventricle of theheart capable of sensing and stimulating the heart to control contraction timing of both chambers. There were nearly 1.1 million pacemaker implants performed worldwide in 2021, including an estimated 427,500 in the United States according to LSI & HRI Research. Global sales of pacemakers exceeded $4.5 billion in 2022 according to GlobalData, comprising 25% of the overall $18.0 billion market for implantable cardiac rhythm managementdevices.

Based on the new ACC/AHA guidelines, we estimate that nearly 80% of U.S. patients that are indicated for the implant of a pacemaker have HTN. Among this group of patients, over 60% are estimated to have uncontrolled HTN based on the treatment goal per the 2017 ACC/AHA guidelines. Further, since the average age of pacemaker-indicated patients is approximately 73 years old and, in consideration of other demographic factors associated with this population, these patients are at elevated risk of ISH (over 80% of patients enrolled in prior clinical studies of BackBeat CNT had ISH). Furthermore, these patients are likely to suffer from other co-morbidities common to this population such as atherosclerosis, hyperlipidemia, diabetes mellitus and chronic kidney disease. We believe these patients could benefit substantially from a HTN therapy like BackBeat CNT that can be administered via an already necessary pacemaker.

Target Patient Populations and Market Opportunity for AVIM Therapy

The initial target market for AVIM therapy (BackBeat CNT) is the large population of patients with uncontrolled HTN who also require the implant or replacement of a pacemaker (the HTN+P population). Pursuing this patient population takes advantage of the fact that AVIM therapy is designed to address patients who already require a pacemaker implant since it can be readily incorporated into standard cardiac rhythm management systems such as pacemakers, as Medtronic has already done for the BACKBEAT pivotal study. As a novel HTN therapy completely integrated with an established existing commercially-available device patients already require for a critical medical indication, we believe AVIM therapy can be readily adoptedintotheexistingparadigmofcareforhypertensivepatientsthatalreadyrequireapacemakerimplant. As already described above, we believe there is a significant unmet need and commercial opportunity for more effective treatment of the HTN+Ppopulation.

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AVIM therapy-enabled pacemakers can be implanted using standard implant procedures, electrical leadsandleadpositions.Further,webelieveanyexperiencedandtrainedphysicianswhoperformpacemaker implants, such as electrophysiologists and cardiologists, will be able to select a AVIM therapy-enabled pacemaker for an appropriate patient without the need for another physician referral, if approved. AVIM therapy features proprietary algorithms that are designed to enable physicians to non-invasively adjust the therapeutic parameters to optimize chronic blood pressure reduction to individual patient needs. In addition, AVIM therapy is designed to be de-activated or reactivated by the physician as necessary, offering potential efficacyandsafetyadvantagesoverotherdevice-basedtherapies.Importantly,thetherapeuticeffectsofAVIM therapy are designed to not rely on patient adherence or compliance, offering a significant complement to pharmaceutical therapies for which adherence and compliance are a keychallenge.

We estimate that the addressable annual market for pacemaker-indicated patients with HTN will comprise more than 750,000 patients worldwide by 2025. We estimate that, if approved, commercialization of BackBeat CNT in hypertensive pacemaker patients can increase the commercial value of the global pacemaker device market by over $2 billion annually. This substantial annual opportunity is based on incorporating BackBeat CNT’s potentially potent and clinically impactful HTN treatment capabilities into a pacemaker to drive a meaningful increase in the average selling price (“ASP”) that can be supported by existing pacemaker procedure codesglobally.

We also believe BackBeat CNT may offer therapeutic benefit to select high-risk HTN patients not indicated for a pacemaker who have uncontrolled systolic blood pressure despite medical therapy and have elevatedriskfactorssuchasISHandadditionalseriousmedicalcomorbidities.Weestimatethatthisadditional addressable annual market for high-risk HTN patients will comprise at least 2.4 million patients worldwide by 2025, or approximately 0.2% of the global HTN population. We calculate this estimated market using information from publicly available third-party sources and only includes those hypertensive patients who are(1)ofsimilarageasthepacemaker-indicatedpatientpopulation(~73yearsoldonaverage),(2)haveISH, (3) have high systolic blood pressure (greater than 150 mmHg oSBP) despite medical therapy, and (4) have atleastonemajorco-morbidity(suchasarterydisease,diabetes,kidneydisease,etc.).Usingsimilarmaximum ASP figures based on existing reimbursement codes for pacemaker implantation, we estimate that this calculated market represents a global potential annual revenue opportunity of over $8 billion using similar potential ASPs as BackBeat CNT-enabledpacemakers.

Impact Potential of BackBeat CNT

BackBeat CNT, also known as AVIM therapy, is a bioelectronic product candidate for HTN that is designed to substantially reduce blood pressure. BackBeat CNT is delivered through programmed cardiac pacing algorithms. These algorithms are specifically designed to reduce blood pressure by (1) lowering cardiac preload (ventricular filling volume) and maintaining reduced blood pressure and by (2) modulating sympathetic tone (the level of activity of the sympathetic nervous system) as well as reducing cardiac afterload (total peripheral resistance). AVIM therapy is designed to leverage standard rhythm management devices(dual-chamberpacemaker),utilizingthesameimplantprocedureandleadpositionswhilestillenabling standard rhythm management (pacing) functions. We believe that physicians such as implanting cardiologists and electrophysiologists who currently implant pacemakers and are responsible for the care of these patients can make the medical decision to implant a AVIM therapy-enabled pacemaker in an eligible patient.Further,webelievethatAVIMtherapy-enableddevicescangarnermeaningfullyhigherASPsthatcan be supported by existing reimbursement without the need for new procedure codes. While AVIM therapy is designedtoachievecertainresultsasdescribedaboveandbelow,thereisnoguaranteethatAVIMtherapywill prove to be safe andeffective.

AVIM therapy is designed to deliver cardiac pacing to reduce blood pressure through two essential mechanisms:

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Preclinical Data

The goal of the preclinical studies was to evaluate the feasibility of the use of BackBeat CNT in a canine model with surgically induced HTN and to provide a rationale for clinical use to persistently lower blood pressure in patients with HTN. BackBeat CNT was delivered via pacing algorithms in a prototype device in the canine model. Chronic delivery of BackBeat CNT significantly reduced 24-hour aSBP by an average of 32.5 mmHg over a one-month period (n=4).

The reduction occurred immediately upon activation of therapy and was maintained for the period that the therapy was active (approximately 30 days). Blood pressure did not meaningfully change in the study’s single control animal that had a BackBeat CNT device implanted, but not activated. 24-hour aSBP was measured using an implanted blood pressuresensor.

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The chart below shows the baseline 24-hour aSBP profile of one of the study animals prior to therapy activation as compared to the 24-hour aSBP profile of the same animal following activation of BackBeat CNT. The results are plotted as a histogram demonstrating the frequency of blood pressure levels over the courseofthe24-hourperiod.ThebaselineaSBPhistogramshowsthepercentagefrequencyofaSBPreaching different levels of pressure ranging from approximately 135 mmHg to 280 mmHg and a mostfrequent aSBP of approximately 180 mmHg. By contrast, the BackBeat CNT aSBP histogram shows the percentage frequencyofaSBPreachingdifferentlevelsofpressurerangingfromapproximately120mmHgto260mmHg andamostfrequentaSBPofapproximately145mmHg.Thechartsdemonstratesthesignificant improvement in the entire 24-hour aSBP profile of the animal driven by BackBeat CNT as the entire aSBP histogramisshiftedsubstantiallydownwardsandtotheleftintermoffrequencyofreachinglowerSBPlevels and the peak SBP frequency level is reduced by approximately 35 mmHg. These results are similar in the three BackBeat CNT study animals in terms of substantial improvement of the 24-hour aSBP profile while theonestudycontrolanimaldidnotexperienceashiftin24-houraSBPprofile.

The chart below on the left shows average aSBP per 24-hour period of the same study animal profiled above over the entire study period. This chart demonstrates that (1) BackBeat CNT drove a substantial reduction of 24-hour aSBP from baseline levels (shown in orange with each box representing a full 24-hour period of aSBP measurement); (2) this blood pressure reduction was maintained through the period that BackBeat CNT was active (as reflected in the orange line made up of orange boxes); and (3) blood pressure levels took more than 10 days to return to baseline levels after BackBeat CNT was turned off, indicating that sympathetic tone responses and afterload levels were potentially modulated by chronic delivery of BackBeat CNT since aSBP levels would be expected to return immediately to baseline levels if sympathetic tone and afterload were not modulated. These results are similar in all three BackBeat CNT study animals in terms of durable substantial improvement of the 24-hour aSBP profile and slow response over days to baselineaSBPlevels.Asshowninthechartbelowontheright,theonestudycontrolanimaldidnotexperience any significant changes in 24-hour aSBP during the study period as illustrated by the chartbelow.

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Clinical Results

Acute Clinical Studies (Nanjing):

A short time-based study of the effects of the BackBeat CNT therapy in 18 patients with HTN who were already scheduled to undergo an invasive electrophysiology procedure was conducted at Jiangsu Province Hospital/The First Affiliated Hospital with Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China. The study population consisted of patients with HTN and systolic blood pressure >140 mmHg despite at least one antihypertensive medication.

BackBeat CNT was applied for at least one minute in all patients and up to five minutes in certain patients based on whether the physician managing the primary electrophysiology procedure allowed for longer duration of treatment based on the time available to perform the BackBeat CNT acute clinical study versus the primary electrophysiology procedure for which the patient was being treated. Various signal parameters were evaluated. All patients exhibited reduction of >10 mmHg in systolic blood pressure. The averagesustainedreductioninbloodpressurewas19.7+/-7.4mmHgsystolic(p<0.001)and4.3+/-3.7mmHg diastolic (p<0.001). No serious adverse effects were observed or reported in these studies. The study also demonstrated that reduction in blood pressure was titrated by modifying BackBeat CNT parameters as needed.

Acute Clinical Study (Prague):

On March 6, 2024, we announced the presentation of results from a PV loop clinical study of AVIM therapy in pacemaker-indicated patients with uncontrolled hypertension despite the use of antihypertensive medication. The new clinical data demonstrate the favorable hemodynamic impact of AVIM therapy as compared to standard right ventricular (RV) pacing on systolic blood pressure and overall cardiac function when delivered using both conduction system as well as standard pacing lead locations. The PV loop study was conducted at Na Homolce Hospital in Prague by Petr Neužil, MD, CSc., FESC and the data were presented by Prof. Karl-Heinz Kuck, M.D., Medical Director at LANS Cardio Hamburg at the Technology and Heart Failure Therapeutics 2024 Meeting.

The PV loop study enrolled 16 patients indicated for a dual-chamber pacemaker that also had uncontrolled hypertension despite antihypertensive medication underwent invasive PV loop testing to evaluate cardiac function, measured by changes in left ventricular (“LV”) volumes and pressures using a pressure-volume catheter placed in the LV. Systolic blood pressure (SBP) was measured using a pressure transducer placed in the aorta, and baseline measurements were recorded using atrial pacing at a fixed rate and normal conduction AVIM therapy with pacing leads placed in AVIM RV locations as well as in AVIM CSP locations targeting the left bundle branch area (LBBA) regions, respectively, was compared to standard AV Pacing.

Overall mean results for each variable were calculated using paired measurements for each individual patient using AVIM RV, AVIM CSP and AV Pacing, respectively:

o SBP was reduced by 17.1 mmHg and 19.2 mmHg compared to 1.6 mmHg

o EDV was reduced by 12.6 mL and 18.6 mL compared to 1.4 mL

o EDP was reduced by 2.3 mmHg and 3.6 mmHg compared to an increase of 0.3 mmHg

o ESV was reduced by 11.0 mL and 14.1 mL compared to an increase of 1.8 mL

o Stroke work (SW) was reduced by 1596 mL and 1870 mL compared to 42 mL

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o Ees remained unchanged with AVIM RV, AVIM CSP and AV Pacing

Chronic Clinical Studies:

MODERATO I Single Arm Study

The 27-patient, MODERATO I clinical study was conducted in Europe and Chile to evaluate the safety and efficacy of BackBeat CNT therapy using our proprietary Moderato system, capable of delivering BackBeat CNT as well as performing the rhythm management function of a standard dual-chamber pacemaker. The Moderato system, comprised of the implantable pulse generator (“IPG”) and programmer, was manufactured under an original equipment manufacturer contract by a division of Integer Holdings Corporation (“Integer”), a leading supplier of cardiac rhythm management device components. The Moderato system was European Conformity (“CE”) marked in July 2019. However, we do not plan to commercialize the Moderato device but may consider utilizing the CE marked system to conduct additional clinical work in theEU.

The results from the MODERATO I study were published in December 2017 in the Journal of the American Heart Association. The main inclusion criteria required patients to have oSBP >150 mmHg despite taking at least two anti-hypertensive drugs as well as having a clinical indication for a dual-chamber pacemaker implant or replacement. Twenty-seven patients meeting all study entry criteria underwent a Moderato device implant, at which time only standard pacemaker functions were activated. Nearly 80% of the patients enrolled had ISH, making them a more difficult group of patients to treat. All enrolled patients were implanted with Moderato devices and then followed for a one-month observation period to evaluate anychangesinbloodpressureduetoeithertheinitiationofstandardpacingaloneorduetotheirparticipation in the study. At the end of the one-month period blood pressure was reassessed to ensure oSBPremained >140 mmHg for eligibility to enter the treatment phase of the study. Only 27 patients met the criteria and in these patients BackBeat CNT was activated. Patients were then reevaluated following three months of treatment for changes in blood pressure assessed by both office cuff measurements and by 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure recordings. The study’s co-primary efficacy endpoints were changes in oSBP and mean 24-hour aSBP (added as study amendment) from pre-activation through three months post activation of therapy. All 27 patients completed the study’s three-month activation period and clinical follow-up. Twenty-one patients consented to be followed at 6, 12, 18 and 24 months after activation and onlyoSBPlevelsweremeasuredattheselongerfollow-uptimepointsduetothefactthatmeasuringchanges in aSBP over two- to six-month periods is generally deemed appropriate to assess HTN therapies and because additional aSBP measurements are highly burdensome for patients that participate in HTN studies as they require wearing a device that takes frequent blood pressure measurements over a 24-hourperiod. Two-year follow-up data available from these 21 patients was presented for the first time in October 2017 at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) conference in Denver, Colorado.

The co-primary efficacy endpoint of changes in mean 24-hour aSBP was met successfully with BackBeat CNT activation driving a significant 11.6 mmHg reduction (p<0.001) from pre-activation levels during the first day of therapy. The reduction was maintained through the three-month activation period, representing a statistically significant reduction of 10.1 mmHg (p=0.007) from the pre-activation aSBP. Seventeen of the 27 study patients participated in the co-primary efficacy endpoint analysis which was included as amendment to the MODERATO I study design following initiation of the study given new evidence from other clinical studies regarding the potential importance of change in mean 24-hour aSBP in assessing the potential efficacy of HTN therapies.

The co-primary efficacy endpoint of changes in oSBP was also met successfully with BackBeat CNT driving a statistically significant reduction in oSBP, 16.1 mmHg (p<0.001) from pre-activation levels. This reduction in oSBP was maintained in patients who reached the later follow-up time points with a mean statistically significant reduction of 23.4 mmHg (p<0.001) in oSBP from baseline levels after 24 months of therapy.

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Long-term (24-month) data showed results consistent with expected mechanism of action, including statistically significant reduction in heart rate (p<0.05), a key measure of sympathetic nervous system activation, and end-diastolic volume, a key safety measure. In addition, comparison of echocardiograms performed at baseline and following activation up to two years of BackBeat CNT therapy showed that there were no significant changes in cardiac function (ejection fraction).

24-month Data Consistent with Expected Mechanism of Action

DuringtheinitialstudyperiodforMODERATOI,therewereelevenserious adverse events (“SAEs”)insevenofthe27study patients.Nineeventsinsixpatientswerecardiacrelated.Twonon-cardiaceventswereurinarytractinfection anddyspneatreatedwithbronchodilator.Noeventswereadjudicatedasdefinitelyorprobablyrelatedto BackBeatCNT.OneeventwasadjudicatedasprobablyrelatedtotheimplantprocedurefortheModerato device. Four events in four patients were adjudicated as possibly related to the Moderato device (atrial fibrillation,myocardialinfarctionwithsymptomsofheartfailure,cardiacasthma,andarrhythmiadueto ventricularoversensing).

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During the extended 21-month follow-up period that included 24 patients who continued with BackBeat CNT, there were 25 SAEs in twelve patients. No events were adjudicated as definitely or probably related to BackBeat CNT. Out of 25 events, 17 events in seven patients were cardiac related. There were eight non-cardiac events in eight patients. The non-cardiac events included two orthopedic events, two cases of cancer, a transient ischemic event, and three respiratory related events. Five events in three patients wereadjudicatedaspossiblydevicerelated.Theseincludedtwoeventsofatrialfibrillationinthesamepatient, pneumonia with cardiac decompensation and dyspnea with cardiac decompensation in one patient, and cardiac decompensation in anotherpatient.

MODERATO II Double-Blind, Randomized Study

The results of the MODERATO II study of BackBeat CNT in hypertensive patients also indicated for a pacemaker were published in August 2021 in the Journal of the American Heart Association. All patients enrolled in the MODERATO II, a European prospective, multi-center, double-blind, randomized pilot study of BackBeat CNT, had persistent HTN (aSBP ≥ 130 mmHg and oSBP ≥ 140 mmHg) despite one or more anti-hypertensive medications and a pacemaker indication, and were implanted with our Moderato System. Following a 30-day run-in period during which patients received only standard pacing along with anti-hypertensive medications, patients who met follow-up screening criteria for daytime aSBP were randomized to BackBeat CNT or control groups.

Prior to randomization, mean aSBP for both groups was 136.3 mmHg with patients, on average, treated with over three prescribed anti-hypertensive drugs. 88.5% of the patients in the BackBeat CNT treatment arm had ISH, making them a more challenging group of patients to treat. 71.4% of control arm patientsalsohadISH.ThestudymetitsprimaryefficacyendpointofsuperiorityofBackBeatCNTtocontrol in terms of change in mean 24-hour aSBP at six months following randomization. After six months, mean aSBP was reduced by a statistically significant 11.1 mmHg in the BackBeat CNT group as compared to a non-significant reduction of 3.1 mmHg in the control group, resulting in a statistically significant difference of 8.1 mmHg (p=0.01) betweengroups.

The treatment group saw a high (85%) overall response rate, with approximately 54% of the BackBeat CNT-treated patients experiencing aSBP reduction at six months of greater than 10 mmHg, an amount associated with a clinically meaningful reduction in risk of heart attack and stroke.

The study met its secondary efficacy endpoint of superiority of BackBeat CNT to control in terms of changeinoSBPatsixmonthsfollowingrandomization.Aftersixmonths,oSBPwasreducedbyastatistically significant 12.4 mmHg in the BackBeat CNT group as compared to a non-significant reduction of 0.1 mmHginthecontrolgroup,resultinginastatisticallysignificantdifferenceof12.3mmHg(p=0.02)between groups.

The MODERATO II study also met its primary safety endpoint, which was no significant differences in rates of MACE. There were no MACE in the BackBeat CNT group and three MACE in two patients in the control group (one death from cancer and two cardiac events) at six months. Additionally, there were no notable differences in echo parameters between the two arms. During the randomized phase of the study, there were eight SAEs in four patients in the control group (n=21) and none in the treatment group (n=26). Two of the eight events were cardiac related. During the extended 18-month follow-up period that included treatment patients (n=26) and crossover-to-treatment patients (n=14), there were

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26 SAEs in 16patients. Out of26events,only13events(inelevenpatients)werecardiacrelated.Noeventswereadjudicatedaspossibly related to BackBeat CNT. The non-cardiac events included four cancer related events, for gastrointestinal disorder events, one COVID-19 death, one amputation, two inflammatory events, and a transient ischemic event.

BackBeatCNT-treatedpatientsintheMODERATOIIstudycontinuedtobefollowedthroughthe 24-monthperiodofthestudy,includingcontrolpatientswhocrossedovertoBackBeatCNTaftertheend of the six-month double-blind period of the study. Only oSBP measurements were taken at follow-up visits after the six-month aSBP primary endpoint was measured. Significant reduction in oSBP, a mean of 17.5mmHg,wasmaintainedinallBackBeatCNT-treatedpatientswhocompletedthe24-monthfollow-up. Theresultsfor24-houraSBPandoSBPatsixmonthspost-randomization,aswellastheoSBPresultsat 24monthsareshowninthefigurebelow:

(2) Burkhoff MODERATO II Study 2-Year Results TCT 2021;

Definitions: Major Adverse Cardiac Events (MACE) included death, heart failure, clinically significant arrhythmias (i.e., persistent or increased atrial fibrillation, serious ventricular arrhythmias), myocardial infarction, stroke and renal failure in treatment group calculated per patient; Office Systolic Blood Pressure (oSBP); and Ambulatory Systolic Blood Pressure(aSBP).

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Additionally, as shown in the chart below, the mean pre-activation 24-hour aSBP profile (systolic blood pressure plotted over a 24-hour period) for all 26 BackBeat CNT patients (prior to BackBeat CNT) was significantly reduced at six months following BackBeat CNT activation at all time points.

Following completion of the randomized period and successful achievement of the primary endpoints, 14 control patients crossed over to active BackBeat CNT. Nine of the fourteen patients had ISH. The results in these patients were encouraging and consistent with the reductions in the BackBeat CNT group during the randomized portion of the study and are summarizedbelow:

MODERATO II Long-Term Follow Up Study:

On February 26, 2024, we announced results from a follow-up study that enrolled 16 patients originally enrolled in the MODERATO II study. This group included eight patients from the MODERATO II AVIM treatment arm and eight control arm patients that crossed over to AVIM therapy at the end of the 6-month double-blind phase. Each patient’s aSBP was measured an average of 3.6 (±0.6) years following original initiation of AVIM therapy. As a group and based on individual paired data, these patients continued to experience a statistically significant, clinically meaningful mean aSBP reduction of 8.9 mmHg, identical to the 8.9 mmHg mean reduction in aSBP seen in this same group of patients at the 6-month primary aSBP measurement endpoint of the original study.

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BackBeat CNT in Patients with ISH

In a subgroup of patients with ISH, a dangerous and challenging to treat form of HTN prevalent in older patients, treatment with BackBeat CNT resulted in clinically meaningful and statistically significant reductions of 7.4 mmHg in aSBP and 11.9 mmHg in oSBP when compared to control (continued medical therapy) patients at six months. Further, in patients with ISH, BackBeat CNT drove statistically significant reductionsof9.4mmHginambulatoryPulsePressureand13.3mmHginofficePulsePressureatsixmonths as compared to controlpatients.

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Clinical, Regulatory and Commercialization Pathway

The BACKBEAT Global Pivotal Study

On September 19, 2023, we announced that the FDA granted us IDE approval to initiate our planned BACKBEAT (BradycArdia paCemaKer with AVIM for Blood prEssure treAtmenT) pivotal study (the “BACKBEAT pivotal study”) to treat HTN in patients indicated for a pacemaker. On January 8, 2024, we announced that the first patient was enrolled and randomized into the BACKBEAT pivotal study in late December 2023. The BACKBEAT pivotal study is a global, multi-center, prospective, randomized, double-blind study investigating the efficacy and safety of AVIM therapy in patients who have recently undergone implantation of a Medtronic dual-chamber cardiac pacemaker and have uncontrolled HTN despite the use of antihypertensive medications. We are actively screening patients for enrollment in the BACKBEAT pivotal study. Site activations are expected to continue throughout 2024 with a target of activating approximately 80 centers in the United States and Europe. The study will randomize approximately 500 patients 1:1 to AVIM therapy combined with continued medical therapy (treatment) or continued medical therapy and standard pacing alone (control). The study’s primary efficacy endpoint will determine at three months post-randomization whether AVIM-treated patients experience a statistically significant reduction in daily average blood pressure (mean 24-hour aSBP) as compared to control patients. The primary safety endpoint will determine at three months post-randomization whether AVIM-treated patients experience serious adverse device effects that are not anticipated with cardiac pacing. Double-blind follow up will continue through 12 months to enable the collection of additional clinical endpoints. All patients will be eligible to cross over upon completion of the 12-month blinded follow-up phase. The design of the BACKBEAT pivotal study is outlined in the chart below:

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We utilize a four-pronged approach to support clinical activities for BackBeat CNT: (1) full-time employees to directly manage clinical studies and supervise external providers; (2) an external contact resource organization (“CRO”), that serves as the authorized and legal representative of the study sponsor, submits study protocol for approval by clinical site review boards and ethics committees, and reports adverse events; (3) local part-time independent clinical research associates and field clinical engineers (“FCEs”) sites that can assist with site initiations, clinical study activities and full data monitoring; and (4) FCE and other clinical and regulatory resources from Medtronic, our strategic partner, to assist with certain clinical study activities.

In the third quarter of 2019, the Moderato implantable system that delivers BackBeat CNT for the treatment of HTN while also providing standard pacemaker functions was CE marked in the EU under the Active Implantable Medical Device Directive. We currently do not have plans to commercialize this system in the EU on our own but believe there is a significant opportunity for Medtronic to commercialize AVIM therapy-enabled pacemakers in the EU post-marketing approval. We expect that the BACKBEAT pivotal study will include at least 20 clinical study sites in the EU, including several sites that participated in the MODERATO I and II studies.

For the clinical and regulatory development of AVIM therapy for High-Risk HTN, we will seek to leverage data from the BACKBEAT pivotal study given that age and other demographic factors of the target population are expected to be similar, the type of hypertension treated will likely be isolated systolic hypertension which is a predominant form of HTN in the HTN+P population, and other comorbidities are also expected to be similar to both targetpopulations.

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BackBeat CNT & CNT-HF for Heart Failure

Our Bioelectronic Therapies group is also seeking to develop a pipeline of additional treatments for development and future licensing based on its patented CNT technology. The lead follow-on therapy candidate is CNT-HF, a bioelectronic treatment for HF. According to the AME Medical Journal, HF affects an estimated 64 million people worldwide. According to the CDC, 6.8 million Americans have HF, which contributed to 1 in 8 deaths in the United States in 2020, while costing nearly $31.0 billion annually. AHA projects the cost of HF will increase by 127% to $69.8 billion in 2030, amounting to approximately $244 for every U.S. adult. Approximately half of the patients with signs and symptoms of heart failure have largely normal left ventricular ejection fraction and are therefore considered Heart Failure patients with Preserved Ejection Fraction (“HFpEF”), according to the AHA. The prevalence of HFpEF compared with prevalence of HF with reduced ejection fraction (“HFrEF”), appears to be increasing over time along with aging of the population and the increasing prevalence of risk factors for HFpEF, such as obesity, HTN, and type 2 diabetes as well as improvements in diagnosis, according to the AHA. Those living with HFpEF experience frequent hospitalizations and high mortality rates. Nevertheless, there are currently no approved disease-modifying therapies for HFpEF. The success of existing HF therapies is mostly limited to treatment of HFrEF, not HFpEF, according toGlobalData.

We are exploring the benefits of AVIM therapy (BackBeat CNT) in patients with HTN and/or ISH that are at high risk for the development of HFpEF or have early stage HFpEF. We believe there is a likely physiologic relationship between the cardiovascular strain of chronic HTN and ISH and the development of HF, particularly HFpEF. We believe AVIM therapy may play a beneficial role in the dynamic, helping to prevent progression of HFpEF. We initiated clinical feasibility work with regard to CNT-HF, a modified cardiac neuromodulation therapy algorithm that, like BackBeat CNT, aims to achieveautonomicnervoussystemmodulationwithaprimaryfocusonsympatheticdown-regulationwithout substantialimpactonbloodpressure for the treatment of HFrEF. HFrEFisasyndromecharacterizedinitiallybyleftventriculardysfunction that triggers countermeasures aimed to restore cardiac output. These responses are compensatory at first buteventuallybecomepartofthediseaseprocessitself,leadingtofurtherworseningcardiacfunction.Among these responses is the activation of the sympathetic nervous system (“SNS”), that provides inotropic support to the failing heart increasing stroke volume, and peripheral vasoconstriction to maintain mean arterialperfusionpressure,buteventuallyacceleratesdiseaseprogressionaffectingsurvival.Activationof SNS has been attributed to the withdrawal of normal restraining influences and the enhancement of excitatory inputs, leading to worsening heart failure symptoms and progression of disease.

We are conducting an ongoing European acute clinical study of CNT-HF for the treatment of patients with HFrEF. In total, we expect to treat over 20 HFrEF patients acutely with exploratory CNT-HF algorithms. If the results from these acute clinical studies are encouraging, we will likely seek to initiate a chronic feasibility implant clinical study of CNT-HF using an upgraded version of our Moderato IPG.

If safe and effective, we believe CNT-HF for the treatment of heart failure has the potential to be an attractive therapeutic candidate for licensing and collaboration with strategic partners that have established commercial cardiac rhythm management business. We anticipate that CNT-HF will run on a dual-chamber pacemaker, a three-chamber bi-ventricular pacemaker (also known as a cardiac resynchronization therapy or “CRT” device), as well as, potentially, a combined pacemaker/CRT/defibrillator, allowing potential strategic partners already in the cardiac rhythm management business to provide an entirely new HF treatment leveraging their existing manufacturing and commercialization infrastructure.

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FOCALTHERAPIES—VirtueSABforArteryDiseaseandSirolimusEFRforLocal Inflammationin MultipleIndications

We are developing high impact therapeutic product candidates designed to optimize focal drug delivery during well-established interventional procedures with the objective of improving clinical outcomes and reducing complications. Our flagship product candidate of the Focal Therapies group is the Virtue SAB, a drug/device product candidate that is designed to enable targeted delivery of sirolimus, an approved pharmaceutical agent for preventing restenosis during interventional stent treatment of artery disease, the leading cause of death worldwide. We have a global strategic partnership with Terumo, one of the world’s largest medical device companies, for Virtue SAB. We are also exploring multiple additional applications of SirolimusEFR, our proprietary, investigational extended focal release formulation of sirolimususedinVirtueSAB.Sirolimusisawidelyusedanti-proliferative,anti-inflammatorypharmaceutical, which we believe in its unique formulation has the potential for the treatment of local inflammation in target tissues other than coronary and peripheralarteries.

Below is a detailed summary of Virtue SAB and an overview of potential future SirolimusEFR-based programs.

Virtue Sirolimus AngioInfusion Balloon

Virtue SAB is a novel, proprietary drug/device combination product candidate for the treatment of artery disease that is designed to deliver an extended focal release formulation of sirolimus to the vessel wall during balloon angioplasty without the need for balloon coating or a permanent implant. Virtue SAB utilizes two key enabling technologies, our proprietary, investigational formulation of sirolimus, SirolimusEFR, and its patented microporous AngioInfusion Balloon, that work synergistically to optimize the clinical performance of the product candidate. Clinical data from the SABRE trial, a multi-center, prospective, independent core lab-adjudicated pilot clinical study of 50 patients conducted in Europe, has positioned Virtue SAB for a U.S. pivotal clinical study to support potential FDA approval for the treatment of ISR. We will sponsor this study, called the Virtue ISR-US. The aim of this study is to have VirtueSAB bethefirstapprovedAngioInfusionBalloonforcoronaryuseintheUnitedStates.WebelieveVirtueSABhas the potential for further evaluation in follow-on clinical indications such as treatment of de novo coronary small vessel (“SV”) disease, and below-the-knee peripheral disease (“BTK”). According to our current agreement, Terumo is responsible for executingaglobalclinicalandregulatorydevelopmentprogramfocusedonSV,BTKandcoronaryindications, except for the Virtue ISR-US trial, for which we haveresponsibility.

Strategic Partnership with Terumo

In June 2019, we entered into the Terumo Agreement with Terumo, one of the largest medical device companies in the world, with corporate headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, pursuant to which Terumo secured global commercialization rights for Virtue SAB in coronary and peripheral vascular indications (“Subject Indications”). Under the Terumo Agreement, Terumo made an upfront payment to us of $30.0 million and invested a total of $5.0 million in our last two private equity financings and may potentially make additional futureclinicalandregulatorymilestonepaymentstous.Further,accordingtotheagreement,whichiscurrently in the process of being renegotiated, it is expected that Terumo will assume financial and execution responsibility for substantially all future clinical and regulatory development, except for the Virtue ISR-US trial, for which we are responsible. Our responsibilities in this regard with respect to the currentagreementincludecompletingthedevelopmentoftheproductintheUnitedStatesin support of Terumo filing forpremarket approval by the FDA for the ISR indication including (i) manufacturing, testing and packaging the drug required for the clinical trials, (ii) supplying Terumo with information related to the design and manufacture of the delivery device and the technology transfer needed for Terumo to ultimately commence manufacture of the delivery device, and (iii) conducting clinical studies in the United States for the ISR indication, including regulatory activities related to such studies. Terumo will also be responsible for device manufacturing, commercial sales, marketing and distribution for Virtue SAB for coronary and peripheral vascular indications globally. The agreementalsoprovidesforustobeabletoperformresearch,development,clinical,regulatory,manufacturing and supply activities on behalf of Terumo, if requested, and be reimbursed for such services or paid on a “cost plus” basis for supplies. In addition, we will manufacture, or have manufactured, SirolimusEFR and have exclusive rights to sell it on a per unit basis to Terumo for use in the Virtue SAB product, and Terumo may also request other services from us from time totime.

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Pursuant to the Terumo Agreement, we share in all of Terumo’s Virtue SAB revenues during the term of the agreement through future royalties of 10 – 15% of net sales of Virtue SAB, and additional per unit paymentsforSirolimusEFRusedinVirtueSABforwhichwearethesoleexclusivesupplier.Theinitialterm of the Terumo Agreement expires on the tenth anniversary of the date on which the first pre-market approval application (“PMA”) is obtained from the FDA for Virtue SAB for ISR, and thereafter automatically extends for five-year periods unless terminated by Terumo. Under the Terumo Agreement, we retain the rights to develop and license technology used in Virtue SAB, including SirolimusEFR, for clinical applications outside of coronary and peripheral vascularintervention.

Under the Terumo Agreement, we were initially eligible for certain milestone payments in the amount of $65 million from Terumo upon completion of certain minimum enrollments in clinical studies, making certain filings and submissions, and obtaining certain regulatory approvals and certifications. Of these milestonepayments,$35millionrelatetoachievingcertainmilestonesbyspecifiedtargetachievementdates. As of the date this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the target achievement date for two $5 million milestone payments has already passed. In addition, due to delays in our Virtue SAB program resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain issues and unexpected changes to regulatory requirements, including increased testing and other activities related to chemistry, manufacturing, and control, increased nonclinical and good laboratory practice preclinical data requirements, including biocompatibility, as well as a requirement to repeat good laboratory practice preclinical studies already performed based on changes to source of component materials and a change in manufacturing site, the Company is unlikely to be able to complete the remaining time-based milestones by the specified target achievement dates to earn theremaining $25millionintime-basedmilestonepaymentspursuanttotheTerumoAgreement.Further,Terumohasthe right to terminate the agreement, or certain of its obligations thereunder, if certain milestones are not achieved overtime.

As previously disclosed, we have been negotiating with Terumo for mutually agreeable adjustments to the Terumo Agreement with the purpose of restructuring milestone payments as well as making other potential material modifications to that agreement including additional financial commitments by Terumo to Orchestra and the Virtue SAB program. We have delayed initiation of our Virtue ISR-US pivotal study, for which we secured conditional IDE approval from the FDA on August 8, 2023, until such time as we and Terumo restructure the Terumo Agreement in a manner that provides us with a satisfactory amount of additional capital, whether from milestone payments or other financial arrangements. In addition, in light of the recent FDA approval of Boston Scientific Corporation’s AGENTTM paclitaxel-coated balloon for the treatment of coronary ISR, we and Terumo are reviewing the design for the Virtue ISR-US pivotal study and considering alternative clinical study designs with input from our clinical steering committee for Virtue SAB. If negotiations are not completed to our satisfaction or to the satisfaction of Terumo, clinical study, product development, and commercialization plans for Virtue SAB may continue to be adversely impacted.

Market Needs — Coronary and Peripheral Artery Disease

Artery disease is caused by atherosclerosis, the hardening and narrowing of the arteries due to the build-up of fatty material and plaque that reduces blood flow through the blood vessels supplying the heart muscle (CAD) or limbs (PAD). CAD reduces blood flow and oxygen supply to the heart muscle and can result in angina, heart attack and lead to heart failure and arrhythmias. PAD can happen in any blood vessel,butitismorecommoninthelegsthanthearmsandcanleadtopain,muscleweakness,woundsand ulcersthataredifficulttohealand,eventually,amputation.

According to the WHO, CAD is the top cause of global death, resulting in over 17.8 million deaths annually worldwide. According to the CDC,CADwasresponsiblefor695,000deathsintheUnitedStatesin2021.Accordingto the AHA, about 2 in 10 deaths from CAD happen in adults less than 65 years old. About 18.2 million U.S. adults aged 20 and older have CAD (about 6.7%), according to the CDC. Approximately 8.5 million people over age 40 in the United States have PAD, including up to 20% of individuals older than age 60, according to theCDC.

Interventional Cardiology

Interventionalcardiologyisamedicalspecialtythatusesminimallyinvasivetranscatheter,percutaneous technologies and techniques to treat artery disease and atherosclerosis. Catheter-based interventions using balloon angioplasty, stents and other technologies are the most common medical procedures used to treat artery disease and related conditions. There

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were over 6.4 million coronary and over 1.6 million peripheral catheter-based interventional procedures performed worldwide in 2022 according to Global Data & LSI Research. The global market for coronary interventional devices used to treat CAD, such as stent and balloon angioplasty systems, was valued at approximately $16.2 billion in 2022, and the global market for devices used to treat PAD, including angioplasty balloons, drug-coated balloons (“DCBs”), stents and atherectomy systems, was valued over $4.7 billion in 2022, according to market research firms LSI Research, Fortune Business Insights, and Global MarketInsights.

The Evolution of Available Treatment Options

Balloon angioplasty is a procedure where small balloons integrated into catheters are introduced into the vascular system through a small puncture in the femoral artery in the leg or radial artery in the arm. Using specialized imaging technology called angiography, the balloon catheter is threaded through the vasculaturetothesiteofblockageinanarteryintheheart(coronary)orintheperipheralvessels.Theballoon is then inflated using high pressures (up to 20 atmospheres) in order to crush the blockage (plaque) and expand the artery to restore bloodflow.

While plain balloon angioplasty can offer significant clinical benefits, it also comes with drawbacks, such as elastic recoil, arterial remodeling or vascular smooth muscle cell excessive proliferation resulting in restenosis (vessel renarrowing) in response to balloon injury. These problems drove the development of bare metal stents (“BMS”) that are permanently implanted to hold a vessel open. These devices helped address elasticrecoilandremodelingwhichhelpedreducetheimpactofrestenosiswhilealsolimitingtheincidenceof abruptclosure.

While the use of BMS helped address abrupt closure, it did not fully address the problem of restenosis in response to injury caused by the interventional procedure. Both angioplasty and stenting cause a stretch injury to the artery, resulting in a healing response whereby arterial smooth muscle cells proliferate and may block the artery again, a process known as restenosis. Restenosis can also occur over longer periods of time after a procedure because of the development of new atherosclerosis.

To help address the problems of restenosis, device manufacturers introduced drug-eluting stents (“DES”), which are stents coated with potent pharmaceutical agents that stop excessive cellular proliferation and thereby minimize restenosis within the stent (ISR). The most commonly used drugs were sirolimus, ‘limus analogs and paclitaxel. Paclitaxel is a cytotoxic drug widely used in cancer chemotherapy. Paclitaxel interferes with cell division, leading to cell death. Sirolimus and other ‘limus analogs, on the other hand, are cytostatic drugs widely used as an immunosuppressant to prevent transplant rejection. Sirolimus works by blocking a key pathway critical to cell proliferation while allowing the cell to continue to function when sirolimus is no longer present. Sirolimus and its analogs, or ‘limus agents, can be administered in high doses without adverse effects, resulting in a low toxicity profile.

In a large meta-analysis of 76 studies in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, ‘limus-eluting stents outperformed paclitaxel-eluting stents. In a meta-analysis of 26 randomized controlled trials, ‘limus-eluting stents demonstrated superior safety and efficacy with significantly lower MACE and target lesion revascularization, rates compared to paclitaxel-eluting stents (see figure below). Thus, ‘limus analog eluting stents have become the clear “gold standard,” with nearly 100% current global market share in the coronary DES marketplace.

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One clearly demonstrated requirement for the use of sirolimus and other ‘limus agents in DES for the prevention of restenosis is that they be bioavailable for approximately 30 days at the treated lesion for optimal efficacy. This 30-day period is considered the critical healing period following the baseline interventional procedure during which the DES is implanted. For commercially successful DES products marketed by leading companies such as Medtronic, Abbott and Johnson & Johnson, the drug elution profile, or rate at which drug is released from the stent, has been specifically engineered and demonstrated in published preclinical results to provide drug availability for approximately 30 days. The critical importance of this 30-plus day elution profile for sirolimus and ‘limus agents is best demonstrated by Medtronic’s experience with its first DES product called Endeavor. The Endeavor DES was designed to have a faster drug release profile resulting an elution period of approximately 14 days. Clinical results with the Endeavor product were not favorable as compared to other commercially available DES. Subsequently, Medtronic developed and commercialized another DES product called Resolute that eluted Zotarolimus, a ‘limus agent proprietary to Medtronic, over more than 30 days. Medtronic conducted head-to-head clinical studies comparing Endeavor to Resolute demonstrating significantly superior clinical outcomes for Resolute in terms of Late Lumen Loss (“LLL”), and Target Lesion Failure (“TLF”). The figures below show the drug elution profile of the fast-eluting Endeavor DES compared to Resolute and the Cypher DES (Johnson & Johnson) and the Xience DES (Abbott), as well as clinical outcomes comparing Endeavor to Resolute.

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While DES offer significant clinical improvements over plain balloon angiosplasty and BMS, they have limitations, including the need for long-term use of dual antiplatelet therapy (having to use two types of antiplateletagents)toaddressthenewissuesoflateandverylatestentthrombosis(formationofabloodclot) caused by delayed healing, local inflammation and impaired endothelial function around the stent. In addition, restenosis within a stent occurs in 5 – 10% of stented patients during the first year and continues at a rate of up to 3% per year thereafter, according to data from the National Cardiovascular DataRegistry.

The limitations of DES prompted innovation for improved solutions that enable local delivery of anti-proliferative drugs while not leaving a permanent metal implant in the vessel. Bioabsorbable vascular scaffolds(“BVS”),weredevelopedwiththeobjectiveofperforminglikestentswhileeventuallydissolvingand leaving nothing behind after a few years. In July 2016, the first such device was approved by the FDA, Abbott’s Absorb Everolimus-eluting BVS. Unfortunately, this promising innovation has encountered several setbacks in clinical studies and upon commercialization. In September 2017, Abbott decided topull Absorb from the market while other device manufacturers halted their in-progress programs. As a result, the attractive concept of “leave nothing behind” drug-eluting interventional therapy for coronary arteries remains unfulfilled. More recently, these devices are being explored for treatment of below-the-knee PAD, a challenging area of unmet need for which we believe Virtue SAB may warrant furtherdevelopment.

Drug-coated balloons have emerged during the last decade with the goal of providing the mechanical vessel expansion and anti-proliferative drug properties of DES while leaving nothing behind. We believe the concept of combining balloon angioplasty with simultaneous delivery of anti-proliferative medication may offer incremental benefits over available interventional therapies by (i) preserving the artery’s original anatomy; (ii) enabling treatment of vessels where DES delivery is challenging, such as small and bifurcated vessels;(iii)offeringpotentialclinicalimprovementinlesionswhereavailableinterventionaldeviceshaveshown poorperformance,includingbelow-the-kneeandrestenoticlesions;and(iv)minimizingthedependency on long-term dual antiplatelet therapy and associated bleeding risks.

While having the potential to offer benefits over available interventional therapies, drug-coated balloons face some important challenges:

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Comparison of ‘Limus Agents and Paclitaxel by Key Attributes Relevant to Drug-Coated Balloons

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In addition, third-party clinical data demonstrated that 50 – 80% of drug was washed or scraped off during transit to the target lesion prior to balloon inflation. Concerns of drug loss in transit and risk of particulates have prompted existing drug-coated balloon manufacturers to recommend balloon inflation within 30 seconds of balloon insertion into the patient, making it challenging for physicians to reach target lesions and ensure proper placement in such a short period of time, particularly in difficult coronary and peripheral lesions such ISR, small vessel disease, and below-the-knee disease.

Despite the limitations of paclitaxel-based DCBs, they are now widely used in the EU and Japan for the treatment of coronary ISR, coronary SV disease and other coronary indications. EU clinical guidelines recommend the use of DCBs for the treatment of coronary ISR based on clinical evidence. We estimate that potentially more than 30 percent of coronary interventions in the EU and Japan utilize a paclitaxel DCB. On March 1, 2024, Boston Scientific Corporation (“BSC”) announced FDA approval for its AGENTTM paclitaxel-coated balloon for the treatment of coronary ISR. This approval follows BSC reporting preliminary results from its US pivotal study comparing the AGENT DCB to plain balloon angioplasty for the treatment of coronary ISR. These results showed statistical superiority for AGENT over plain balloon angioplasty in terms of TLF, the primary endpoint for the study. We believe FDA approval will lead to substantial clinical use of the AGENT DCB and that it will potentially become the new standard of care for coronary ISR. However, we believe the 17.9% reported rate of overall TLF is still high and creates a need and an opportunity for a differentiated, sirolimus-based product like Virtue SAB to demonstrate superior results and improve this standard of care.

Targeted Unmet Needs and Market Opportunity for Virtue SAB

We believe significant unmet needs remain in certain artery disease indications where treatment options are limited or fail to adequately improve patient outcomes, including ISR, SV, high bleeding risk patients undergoing percutaneous revascularization and BTK. We estimate these indications currently represent a total addressable global market opportunity of approximately 3.2 million treatable artery disease lesions. Further, based on its estimation of appropriate regional average selling prices, we estimate that the current aggregate annual global market opportunity for Virtue SAB is at least $4 billion.

The above estimates are based on, among other things, our engagement and work with an established market research firm to conduct market analysis around the Virtue SAB global opportunity. This third party employed both primary and secondary methods for data gathering and analysis. Primary analysis involved multipleQ&Acallswithindustry-leadingkeyopinionleaderstohelpassesstheaddressablepatientpopulation and the most addressable patient segments. Secondary data analysis was conducted by mining numerous subscription-based market databases, Medicare data and published literature. After gathering initial disease prevalence data, both we and the third party spent extensive time collaborating on further delineating potential procedure volumes for coronary ISR, coronary SV disease, and BTK peripheral disease that can be addressed by Virtue SAB, taking into consideration patient treatment pathways, anticipated product benefits, competitive landscape and reimbursement. The market size calculations also took into account patients with high bleeding risk, which overlaps with all three target indications, and we believe will be an importantdriverofpotentialadoption.Third-partydatamining,forwhichreferencesweretracked,combined with our knowledge of market dynamics and anticipated product differentiation, helped us arrive at the global procedure count of 3.2 million. We determined average selling price estimates calculated by country orregionbasedonexistingcompetitivedeviceprices,aswellasestimatedfuturepricingforVirtue

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SABand future competitive devices. We cross-checked these estimates with Terumo, our strategic partner for Virtue SAB.UsingthespecificregionalmarketsizecalculationsbyindicationandtheestimatedASPs,wewereable to calculate that the future addressable market value for Virtue SAB in its target indications to be atleast $4 billion.

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Impact Potential of Virtue SAB

Virtue SAB is a proprietary drug/device combination product designed to deliver extended focal release sirolimus during angioplasty for the treatment of atherosclerosis and prevention of restenosis. The patented Virtue SAB is specifically designed to perform angioplasty, a well-established interventional procedure where high-pressure balloon inflation mechanically re-opens a clogged artery. It also simultaneously enables protected delivery and extended focal release of therapeutic levels of proven sirolimus over the critical healing period following angioplasty, revolutionizing intra-procedural arterial drug delivery while leaving nothing permanent behind in the artery. While Virtue SAB is designed to achieve certain results as described above and below, there is no guarantee that Virtue SAB will prove to be safe and effective. Virtue SAB is designed to overcome the limitations of drug-coated balloons by:

• Delivering the intended dose of sirolimus consistently.

The differentiated design of Virtue SAB was made possible by combining two key technologies:

• Enable high-pressure angioplasty to dilate artery, restoring blood flow;

• Deliver SirolimusEFR simultaneously with angioplasty; and

• Leave no permanent implant behind.

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• Protection of sirolimus from rapid degradation;

Virtue SAB System Components and Deployment

The Virtue SAB product candidate is under development to be provided in two packages:

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Since Virtue SAB is designed to work primarily as a balloon angioplasty catheter, the device most commonly used by interventional cardiologists, we believe it should be relatively easy for physicians to learn,adoptandusethedevice.TheadditionalstepsweexpectwillberequiredtoreconstituteSirolimusEFR are straightforward and familiar to nurses and technicians. Following the standard preparation ofthe vessel and after identifying the appropriate balloon size, Virtue SAB is designed to be deployed in three easy steps:

1. Reconstitute the formulation and set dose

2. Prime the catheter

3. Position AngioInfusion Balloon and inflate

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Preclinical Data

We have conducted extensive preclinical testing of Virtue SAB and its key enabling technologies (SirolimusEFR and the AngioInfusion Balloon), including feasibility work as well as Good Laboratory Practice (“GLP”) studies in supportofregulatoryfilingsandapprovals.Thisworkincludesavarietyofbenchtopaswellassmalland largeanimalmodels.Largeanimalstudieshavebeenconductedinaporcineanimalmodel,awidelyused modelfortestingofinterventionalcardiovasculardevices.Aparticularlyimportantseriesofpreclinicalstudies involving130pigsandover750distinctarterytreatmentsitesshowedthatVirtueSABprovidedextended focalreleaseoftherapeuticlevelsofsirolimusthroughthecriticalhealingperiodofapproximatelyfourweeks. Thedatafromthesepreclinicalstudieswaspublishedinthepeer-reviewedEuroInterventionJournalin 2016andshowedthatVirtueSABsuccessfullydeliveredandenabledlong-termfocaldeliveryatthetreatment site of a therapeutic sirolimus dose (above the 1ng of drug per mg of tissue). This therapeutic doselevel has been clinically proven using DES to be safe and efficacious at reducing restenosis during the critical healing period of approximately 30 days post-procedure. These preclinical studies also showed very low systemicconcentrationsincardiactissueaswellascriticalorgans,suchaslung,liverandkidneys,anddidnot show any adverse local or systemiceffects.

Clinical Results

The SABRE, or Sirolimus AngioInfusion (formerly angioplasty) Balloon for Coronary In-Stent REstenosis, first-in-human clinical study was initiated in November 2013 by Caliber Therapeutics, Inc., which is now our subsidiary. SABRE was a prospective, 50-patient feasibility study at nine European centers (Belgium, The Netherlands, Denmark and Latvia), following patients for three years after Virtue SAB treatment, including angiographic follow-up at six months and clinical follow-up at one, two and three years.

Twelve-month follow-up data from the SABRE study, published in JACC Intervention in October 2017, demonstratedtheclinicalstudyperformanceofVirtueSABinwhatwebelievewasaverychallengingpatient population with predominantly long, diffuse restenotic lesions within stents that had been implanted, on average, nearly four years prior to the studyenrollment.

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Clinicians in the study reported a 100% procedural success rate on a per patient basis (which was defined as the ability to successfully deliver and deploy the device at the lesion site) with Virtue SAB, suggestingtheeaseofuseofthesystem.TheprimarysafetyendpointwasTLFat30days. TLFiscommonly defined as a combination of MACE, which include cardiac death, target vessel myocardial infarction, as well as clinically (symptom) driven target lesion revascularization. The primary performance endpointwassix-monthin-segmentLLL,measuredasthedifferenceinthevessellumendiameterimmediately after the procedure compared to the follow-up at sixmonths.

Revised Per-Protocol Population

A revised per-protocol population was determined based on analysis of procedural data by an independent core lab. This analysis identified 14 cases out the 50 patients treated in the SABRE study that represented serious violations of the established inclusion and exclusion criteria of the protocol for the study. Eight cases were excluded due to excessive proximity to the aorta or major side branches. Three cases were excludedduetotreatmentoflesionsthatwerelongerthanavailableVirtueSABdevicesweredesignedtotreat or multiple lesions in the vessel where there was a target lesion. Finally, three cases were excluded due to previously stented restenosis (i.e., the lesion already had two overlapping treatment stents). The remaining 36 patients are referred to herein as the revised per-protocol,population.

VirtueSABmettheprimaryperformanceendpointoftheSABREstudywithVirtueSABdemonstrating six-monthin-segmentLLLwas0.12mm,apositiveresultascomparedtothestudytargetof0.43mm.Virtue SAB met the primary safety endpoint with zero reported TLFs at 30 days. The secondary performance endpoint of binary restenosis was also met with Virtue SAB achieving a rate of 2.8%. Revised per-protocol analysisshowedalow2.8%rateofTLFatone-yearfollow-upand5.6%atthree-yearfollowup.Theincrease in TLF after one year was because of the death of one study patient which was reported as multiple organ failure non-cardiac death and adjudicated as non-device and non-procedure related. Over the entire three-year period of the SABRE study, a total of 66 SAEs occurred in 32 of the 50 study patients (64.0%).A total of 29 SAEs in 18 patients were cardiac-related, of which:

A total of 37 SAEs in 25 patients were non-cardiac-related, none of them were adjudicated as “highly probable,” “probable,” or “possible” related to either the device treatment procedure or the investigational device. A total of eleven patients had both, cardiac- and non-cardiac-related SAEs.

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Intent to Treat Population

Theintent-to-treat(“ITT”)populationincludedallthepatientsenrolledinthestudyincludingthose treated despite a significant protocol violation as noted above. The ITT analysis of the SABRE study demonstrated0%MACEandTLFinhospitalorat30daysfollow-up,10.2%MACEand8.2%TLFat six months, and 16.3% MACE and 14.3% TLF through three-year follow-up. LLL results were 0.31 mm at sixmonths.WebelievetheseresultswereencouraginggiventhattheITTpopulationhadahighpercentageof difficult to treat diffuse lesions as well as lesions with average time since original stent implantation of nearlyfouryearswhichissubstantiallylongerthantypicalISR,whichismost likelytooccur3to12months afterstenting.

Two-year and three-year clinical follow-up results from the SABRE study were presented at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (“TCT”) conference in 2017 and 2018, respectively. We believe the angiographic and clinical results of the SABRE trial are encouraging and provide the basis for it to conduct the upcoming Virtue ISR-US pivotal clinical study in coronary ISR. The diagrams below summarize the clinical results from this study.

Angiograms of Virtue SAB in Patients

The below images were best matched pairs of baseline and six-month follow-up angiograms identified and are included for illustrative purposes only to show the outcome of Virtue SAB administration in successfullytreatedpatients.Thebelowimagesarenotintendedtoberepresentativeofallthepatientstreated in the study and their respectiveoutcomes.

Patient 1 (06-03): Patient presented with an 11.54 mm lesion in the mid-left circumflex artery.Lesion was previously treated with a BMS. The patient’s lesion was pre-dilated (a standard practicein drug-eluting balloon procedures) with a non-compliant balloon (a balloon that expands to one specific size independent of internal pressures commonly used to expand clogged arteries) and was treated with a 3.5 mm x 15 mm Virtue SAB. The patient had an excellent post-procedure outcome which was maintained through angiographic follow-up at 193 days. The LLL was measured at -0.03mm.

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Patient 2 (11-03): Patient presented with a 17.8 mm diffuse lesion of mid-left arterior descending artery following implantation of a DES seven months prior. After pre-dilatation with a scoring balloon (capable of achieving greater pressures and commonly used to open long, diffuse lesion), the lesion was treated with 3.25mm x 25mm Virtue SAB. The patient had an excellent post-procedure outcome, which was maintained through angiographic follow-up (at 175 days). The LLL was measured at -0.16mm.

Global Clinical and Regulatory Program

PerthetermsoftheTerumo Agreement,weandTerumoplantoexecuteaglobalclinicalandregulatory program for Virtue SAB for multiple indications, with an initial focus on coronary ISR, coronary SV, and peripheral BTK lesions. Under the Terumo Agreement, it is expected that Terumo will assume financial and execution responsibility for substantially all future clinical and regulatory development except for the Virtue ISR-US trial, the planned U.S. pivotal clinical study to support submission of a PMA application to the FDA for Virtue SAB for treatment of coronaryISR.

In2019,theFDAconfirmedthatVirtueSABwillberegulatedasacombinationproductcandidate, with the FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health as the lead review center of a marketing application.Inaddition,VirtueSABhasbeengrantedBreakthroughDevicedesignationin:

In August 2023, we announced that the FDA granted Orchestra IDE approval with conditions to initiate our planned Virtue ISR-US pivotal study evaluating the efficacy and safety of Virtue SAB for the treatment of patients with coronary ISR. We are permitted to begin enrollment of the study upon completion of standard clinical trial initiation activities including clinical center institutional review board (“IRB”) approvals. The conditional approval also requires us to submit additional information to the FDA.

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Our IDE approval is currently for a study expected to randomize 300 patients with coronary ISR lesions previously treated with single layer of stents. Patients are to be randomized in a two-to-one ratio of treatment with Virtue SAB versus plain balloon angioplasty. The primary efficacy and safety endpoint will be TLF at 12-month follow-up. In parallel to the randomized arm of the study, we also currently plan to enroll a non-randomized study arm of 100 patients with coronary ISR lesions previously treated with a second layer of stents, or double-layer stent coronary ISR. In light of the recent FDA approval of BSC’s AGENT paclitaxel DCB, we are reviewing the design for the Virtue ISR-US and considering alternative clinical study designs with our clinical steering committee for Virtue SAB.

Subject to our restructuring the Terumo Agreement, we currently expect to enroll patients for the Virtue ISR-US study at up to 50 study centers in the United States which have already been identified and engaged to participate in the study. The Virtue ISR-US study will be further supported by highly qualified third-party resources, including a CRO, an independent core lab and independent imaging analysis lab.

We currently anticipate using SABRE study results as well as Virtue ISR-US results to support regulatory approval for Virtue SAB for the treatment of coronary ISR outside the United States. In accordance with the Terumo Partnership, we and Terumo have established a Joint Steering Committee (“JSC”) to oversee the development and commercialization of Virtue SAB. We have the right to participate in negotiations with regulatory bodies regarding study designs and other requirements for approval. The Terumo Agreement also provides for ways for us to support further clinical and regulatory development through the active involvement of its team and advisors, and it is anticipated that any such support work provided by us would be reimbursed by Terumo. Through the JSC, our role in regulatory negotiations and other active collaboration with Terumo, we expect to influence, monitor and help drive the execution of the global clinical and regulatory program for Virtue SAB.

SirolimusEFR — Additional Focal Therapies Product Candidates and Development Initiatives

We are also seeking to establish a pipeline of additional targeted therapeutic product candidates for development and future licensing based on our proprietary SirolimusEFR formulation as well as, potentially, the microporous AngioInfusion balloon technology used in the Virtue SAB. SirolimusEFR is an investigational, extended focal release formulation of sirolimus enabled by our proprietary Sostenocel technology. We believe the ability of its Sostenocel technology to enable localized, targeted delivery and extended tissue release of sirolimus offers the potential for new and impactful therapeutic applications of SirolimusEFR. Sirolimus, a pharmaceutical agent also known as rapamycin, is a macrolide compound that is used to treat artery disease (drug-eluting stents or drug-coated balloons), prevent organ transplant rejection, treat rare lung disease called lymphangioleiomyomatosis, and shown to be effective against various tumor types. In addition to these approved indications, sirolimus and its analogs have been studied for potential clinical benefit in a broad array of medicalconditions.

Sirolimus and its analogs act to inhibit the mammalian target of rapamycin, which regulates cellular metabolism, growth, and proliferation. Through its cystostatic mechanism of action, sirolimus prevents cell replication and proliferation while the drug is present in cells and tissues. Unlike cytotoxic agents such as paclitaxel, however, sirolimus does not kill the cells it affects, and these cells return to normal function once the drug is no longer present. This safer anti-proliferative mechanism makes sirolimus a valuable pharmaceutical agent to suppress undesirable immune system activity, which is why systemic use of high doses of sirolimus is the primary treatment to prevent rejection of transplanted organs. It also makes sirolimus useful as an anti-inflammatory and anti-fibrotic agent, which is one of the primary reasons it was chosen as an anti-restenotic drug to coat on the surface of a permanent arterial stent. However, the therapeutics effects of sirolimus are limited by the amount of time sirolimus is present at a therapeutic concentration. The known half-life of sirolimus is short, approximately 62 hours. Sirolimus has an attractive safety profile and a wide therapeutic window which allows for relatively high dosing thresholds before risk of toxicity. However, using systemic delivery of the drug to achieve therapeutic effects in targeted tissues or organs requires regular systemic dosing, increasing the risk of off-target effects and toxicity.

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Our proprietary Sostenocel technology is designed to facilitate a localized tissue depot of sirolimus and enable extended focal release of sirolimus over typical critical healing period of approximately 30 days, potentially overcoming the challenges of sirolimus’ short half-life. While our Sostenocel technology is designed to achieve certain results as described above, there is no guarantee that it will prove to be safe and effective.

We retain all rights to develop additional therapies using its proprietary SirolimusEFR to potentially treat focal inflammation outside of coronary and peripheral vascular indications. Further, we are currently working on all chemistry,manufacturing and controls (“CMC”) testing for its IDE submission for the combination product Virtue SAB that includes populating a drug master file (“DMF”). We believe this DMF will be helpful in supporting additional vascular regulatory indications for Virtue SAB as well as future potential non-vascular indications for SirolimusEFR with or without our microporous angioinfusion balloon technology. Depending on the indication, we may be able to leverage some of the biocompatibility and CMC data in the DMF, while providing additional data depending on the indication selected. Leveraging CMC data in the DMF as well as other preclinical, clinical and device testing work related to Virtue SAB may allow us to advance development of additional SirolimusEFR-based product candidates at an accelerated pace and at reduced cost, although no assurances can be given that development will proceed faster or at lower expense than otherwise expected.

We are evaluating the use of SirolimusEFR through a balloon device treatment and delivery system similar to our AngioInfusion Balloon or simply as a direct focal injection for treatment of additional indications associated with major medical conditions for which mature procedure-based markets already exist. We will seek to identify and initiate discussions with potential strategic partners when we believe sufficient data and evidence is available to support a potential business collaboration.

Therapeutic Medical Device Innovation — Opportunities and Challenges

Opportunities

Therapeutic medical device innovations that can help reduce healthcare costs while improving clinical outcomes are a critical component of successful healthcare delivery and offer future opportunities for clinical and commercial value creation. We were founded on the belief that accelerated development and commercialization of such innovations represents an opportunity to generate significant stockholder value while producing substantial clinical benefit to patients suffering from life-threatening and life-diminishing medical conditions. The following summarizes several of the key factors we believe are driving the overall therapeutic device market opportunity:

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Challenges

Despite the substantial and growing need for innovative medical device solutions, significant barriers of cost, time and work prevent many such innovations from reaching patients. Smaller start-up companies that typically develop novel therapies often struggle for resources to reach clinical and commercial value inflection, while large multinational medical device companies have constrained research and development budgets that limit investment in innovation and development-stage acquisitions. Based on data tracking medical device startups during the prior decade, companies that raise capital beyond Series A now require an average of $60 million in funding. In addition, over the last two decades, the medical device industry has undergone significant consolidation, with a similar goal of creating efficiencies as well as to maintain strategic relevance with their customers as hospitals and other providers seek to consolidate and extract savings from their supplier base. This global consolidation of the healthcare ecosystem creates significant challenges for emerging medical device companies, including:

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Our Growth Strategy

Ourgrowthstrategyisprimarilyfocusedontheexecutionofkeydevelopmentinitiativesandpartnership opportunitieswithinitsexistingproductpipeline,withtheobjectivetoadvancetheseproductcandidatesto keyvalueinflectionpointsandtoformstrategicpartnershipsforcommercialvaluerealization.This includes advancing clinical study activities for our flagship product candidates, as well as moving earlier stage product candidates further into clinical development. In the future, we will look to potentially expand our pipeline through collaborations or spinouts with corporate partners, targeted acquisitions that are made in parallel to forming strategic collaborations, royalty-based research and developmentpartnerships,aswellashighlyselectiveorganicdevelopmentorintellectualpropertylicensing.

We intend to carefully screen new opportunities utilizing our focused innovation selection criteria to ensure a fit with its partnership-enabled business model.

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Our Team and Innovation History

We are led by a highly accomplished, multidisciplinary management team with extensive experience and strong expertise in all phases of therapeutic product development. Our senior management team, includingthevicepresident-levelandaboveexecutives,hasover350yearsofcombinedexperience,withan average tenure of 25 years in the development and commercialization of procedure-basedinnovations formajorclinicalindications.Ourteam’sexpertiseincludesclinicalneedandmarketanalysis,productdesign and intellectual property prosecution, clinical and regulatory execution, as well as supply chain and quality system development. Members of our senior management team have been personally involved in the development and regulatory approval or clearance of over 100 products and havehelped author over 600 patent applications. Our executive team is guided by a seasoned and highly accomplished board of directorswithknowledgeandexperienceinthehealthcareindustry,includingmedicaldevices,biotechnology and clinical medicine, as well as business operations, strategy, finance and capital markets. Further, our product development efforts are supported by world-renowned medical advisors who are physicians and scientists recognized for their knowledge of specific disease states and treatment options available, as well as their ability to quickly assess new technologies for clinical feasibility and likelihood ofadoption.

All of the product candidates in our pipeline were conceived and developed by our management team and employees through predecessor companies founded by a medical device accelerator, Accelerated Technologies, Inc. (“ATI”). ATI was originally founded in 2000 and employed active collaboration with industry-leadingphysicianstoidentifyandpurpose-buildtransformationaltherapeuticdevices.Ourfounders and senior executives, Mr. Hochman and Mr. Sherman, joined ATI in 2006 and 2008, respectively. Prior to theirjoining,ATIwasassociatedwiththedevelopmentofapproveddevicessuchastranscatheteraorticvalve replacement (Percutaneous Valve Technologies, Inc., which was acquired by Edwards Lifesciences Corp. in 2003) and catheter-based temporary ventricular support (Impella CardioSystems AG, which was acquiredby ABIOMED, Inc. in 2005). Mr. Hochman and Mr. Sherman assumed control of ATI in 2009 and proceeded to found new companies that developed Virtue SAB (Caliber Therapeutics), BackBeat CNT (BackBeat Medical), and the FreeHold Duo and Trio Retractors (FreeHold Surgical). Legacy Orchestra’s business was formed in May 2018 upon the merger of these three entities and a concurrent recapitalization. ATI was subsequently acquired by Legacy Orchestra in December2019.

Our Strategic Holdings

We own outright or maintains ownership of minority equity interests, convertible debt and/or royalty-stream interests in additional therapeutic device assets currently undergoing early-stage commercialization and further product development that we believe have growth and value appreciation potential. Our objective is to create and realize additional stockholder value through ownership in innovative therapeutic product solutions in core, adjacent and synergistic medical segments. Our strategic holdings include:

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• Improve Patient Care

• Avoid trauma associated with the use of Nathanson-type retractors

• Enable Full Surgeon Autonomy

• Surgeon controls positioning and adjustment of retractor;

• Once positioned, surgeon has full use of both hands to perform surgery; and

• No coordination with circulator required

• Optimize Visualization

• Easily adjustable throughout the procedure for sustained visibility; and

• Low profile design minimizes procedural clutter and collisions

TargetedCommercialization—we estimate over 20,000 procedures using FreeHold devices have been performed in the United States to date, primarily in bariatric (obesity) and foregut (GI, metabolic) surgeries with some initial experience in paraaortic node dissections (gynecologic oncology), nephrectomies (kidney removal) and cholecystectomies (gallbladder removal). FreeHold’s targeted commercial development program involves only two dedicated sales representatives targeting hospitals in the United States to demonstrate clinical utility and commercial demand for FreeHold Devices.

Strategic Potential — we believe FreeHold devices have been optimized for strategic partnership because they are highly differentiated, enabling products that fit into current treatment paradigm, are easy to use with a relatively short learning curve and have sufficiently high profit margins that provide potential for partnering to enable a revenue sharing arrangement.

Formation and Conversion to a Limited Liability Company — In May 2018, Legacy Orchestra completed its acquisition of FreeHold Surgical, Inc., a Delaware corporation that has, among other things, the rights to our FreeHold Devices. FreeHold Surgical, Inc. was incorporated in Delaware in May 2010 and began development of its hands-free, intracorporeal retractors for minimally invasive surgery in 2012. In December 2019, Legacy Orchestra converted FreeHold Surgical, Inc., a Delaware corporation, to FreeHold Surgical, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. References in this annual report to FreeHold refer to FreeHold Surgical, Inc. prior to its conversion to a limited liability company and to FreeHold Surgical, LLC after its conversion to a limited liability company, as applicable.

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Motus GI issued a pool of royalty certificates that provided an interest in future Motus GI revenues equal to three percent of net product sales (upon first generating, in the aggregate since its inception, netproductsalesequalto$20.0million)andfivepercentoflicensingproceeds(uponfirstgenerating, intheaggregatesinceitsinception,licensingproceedsequalto$3.5million).Royaltieswithrespectto each of net sales and licensing proceeds were capped at a maximum of $30.0 million per year with respect to the entire pool of royalty certificates. We acquired approximately 53% of all the royalty certificates issued by Motus GI, representing an interest in approximately 1.6% of future net salesand 2.7%offuturelicensingproceeds,ineachcasesubjecttotheminimumthresholdsandcapsdiscussed above. The expiration of this royalty interest was tied to the last valid patent claim covering MotusGI’sproductsonacountry-by-countrybasis,whichexpirationwithrespecttotheUnitedStates was2037,whichdatecould have beenextendedbytheissuanceof additionalpatents.OnSeptember12, 2023, Motus GI and the requisite number of holders of royalty certificates entered into an Amendment Agreement (the “Amendment Agreement”), pursuant to which the royalty certificates were amended to terminate the rights of royalty certificate holders to receive royalties in exchange for an aggregate of 1,323,323 shares of Motus GI common stock. As a result of the Amendment Agreement, we received 701,522 shares of Motus GI common stock in exchange for our royalty certificates.

From December 2016 to April 2023, Mr. Hochman, our chief executive officer, served as Chairman of the board of directors of Motus GI, and as a member of the board of directors until September 2023. Mr. Sherman, our president and chief operating officer, also served on the board of directors of Motus GI from December 2016 to September2023.

Our Research and Development

We invest in research and development efforts that advance and expand its product pipeline. Our goals are to: (1) deliver on clinical, regulatory and commercial development objectives for Virtue SAB set forth in collaboration with our strategic partner, Terumo; (2) deliver on clinical, regulatory and commercial development objectives for BackBeat CNT set forth in collaboration with our strategic partner, Medtronic; and (3) further develop pipeline product candidates towards future partnerships with potential strategic partners. Our research and development expenses totaled $33.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2023, and $21.9 million and $12.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively.

We believe our ability to rapidly develop innovative product candidates is attributable to the dynamic product innovation process that we have implemented, the versatility and leveragability of our core technologies and our partnership-enabled business model that drives our innovation objectives and research and development process. We have recruited and retained engineers and scientists with significant experience in the development of medical devices. We have a pipeline of product candidates in various stages of development that are expected to provide additional strategic opportunities. Our research and development efforts are based at our facilities in New Hope, Pennsylvania and Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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Our Manufacturing and Supply

Bioelectronic Therapies (BackBeat CNT and CNT-HF)

Our wholly owned subsidiary, BackBeat Medical previously contracted with a business unit of Integer under an agreement (the “Integer Agreement”), to develop and manufacture the Moderato device, which consists of an IPG, powered by a primary battery and a programming system integrated by a programmer interface and telemetry wand and a software application capable of programming standard pacing functions as well as the different parameters of BackBeat CNT. All intellectual property that Integer developed for BackBeat Medical during the performance of the Integer Agreement, whether independently or jointly, and that resulted from or uses BackBeat Medical’s technology or intellectual property are owned by BackBeat Medical. Under the Integer Agreement, Integer provided BackBeat Medical a perpetual, royalty-free, fully paid, assignable, world-wide, non-exclusive license for the device-incorporated Integer property, allowing the use of the incorporated Integer property only within BackBeat Medical’s field of use (electrical therapies, particularly cardiac pacing for (i) treatment of HTN and (ii) rhythm management in patients that were implanted with a device for the treatment of HTN). We also utilize the services of external consultancy firms for quality and regulatory services related to Moderato devices to supplement its internal capabilities. As of the date of this filing, we do not anticipate receiving any new Moderato devices under the Integer Agreement.

MedtronichascompletedintegrationandassociatedvalidationandverificationtestingofAVIMtherapy algorithmsasafielddownloadableadditiontoitspremium,commerciallyavailabledual-chamberpacemaker systems for use in the pivotal study. Medtronic is also providing clinical and regulatory resourcesin support of the pivotal study. We are reimbursing Medtronic at cost for these development, clinical and regulatory resources. Medtronic will integrate AVIM therapy, at our cost, as a firmware component of a premium pacemaker for potential regulatory approval and commercialization of AVIM therapy-enabled commercial devices following a successful outcome of the BACKBEAT pivotal study.

In February 2023, we also contracted with MEDICO S.R.L. to develop a dual chamber pacemaker device that meets our specifications for running our cardiac neuromodulation therapies as well as standard pacing algorithms. This new device platform is designed to allow us to conduct CNT program studies for potential expanded indications and populations, including certain heart failure patients. The device development has been completed and initial units are currently expected to be delivered during 2024.

Focal Therapies (Virtue SAB, SirolimusEFR and Sostenocel)

Microporous AngioInfusion Balloon and other device components of Virtue SAB. Under the terms of our agreement with Terumo, Terumo has agreed to assume responsibility for managing the supply chain associated with the Microporous AngioInfusion Balloon and other device components used in Virtue SAB prior to commercialization. Currently, these devices are manufactured by a selected group of third parties contracted by us. We are currently in the process of transitioning management of the device supply chain and its various vendors to Terumo. We expect this process to continue through the completion of the Virtue ISR-US trial. All of Virtue SAB’s key suppliers and vendors carry the proper quality system certification and/or FDA approvals for the activity they are providing in support of the manufacturing, testing, storage and distribution of components, materials, services or final product.

SirolimusEFR. We have internal capabilities for small scale production (300 vials per run), lyophilization, and characterization testing for SirolimusEFR. Clinical and commercial production has been contracted through an established clinical manufacturing organization with large scale current Good Manufacturing Practice (“cGMP”) production capabilities. We have scaled clinical production with an external manufacturing partner to achieve a capacity of approximately 3,000 vials per run with further scaling planned to reach planned commercial production capacity. Additional contract vendors provide polymer synthesis capabilities based on world-class polymer expertise in order to supply enabling components to the Sostenocel technology used to create SirolimusEFR. cGMP syntheses have been performed, with extensive analytical method and quality control development complete. Synthesis of custom polymers has successfully achieved clinical scale with ongoing work to scale processes to commercial scale.

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FreeHold Devices

WeutilizeanFDA-registeredandISO13485-certifiedU.S.-basedmanufacturingpartnertomanufacture FreeHold Duo and Trio intracorporeal retractors. Our manufacturing partner also provides warehousing anddistributionofitsproductstoqualifiedcustomersbasedonordersplacedbycustomerstoitsFreeHold Surgical subsidiary. We have utilized the same manufacturing partner since the time of FDA product registration. Further, our manufacturing partner has achieved a greater than 99% on-time order delivery rate to ourcustomers.

Our Competition

The medical device industry is intensely competitive, subject to rapid change and significantly affected by new product introductions and other market activities of industry participants. We compete or plan to compete with developers, manufacturers and distributors of cardiovascular and other medical devices. With regard to Virtue SAB, our most notable competitors in the highly competitive interventional cardiology fieldincludeMedtronicplc,BectonDickinson,BostonScientificCorporation,PhilipsN.V.,B.Braun,Abbott Laboratories, Cordis, BIOTRONIK, Inc., Concept Medical, Inc., MedAlliance S.A., Surmodics, Inc., Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., MicroPort, Mercator MedSystems, Inc. and others. With regard to BackBeat CNT,our mostnotablecompetitorsinthehighlycompetitivefieldofdevicetherapiesforHTNaswellascardiacrhythm management devices include Abbott Laboratories, Boston Scientific Corporation, BIOTRONIK, Inc., MicroPortCRM,ReCorMedical,cvRx,Inc.,VascularDynamics,Inc.,AblativeSolutions,Inc.andothers.

Many of these competitors are large, well-capitalized companies with significantly greater market share and resources than we have. As a consequence, they are able to spend more on product development, marketing, sales and other product initiatives than we can. We also compete with smaller medical device companies that have single products or a limited range of products. Some of these competitors have:

• significantly greater name recognition;

• more established distribution networks;

We believe that our proprietary Virtue SAB, BackBeat CNT and other pipeline technologies, our partnership-enabled business model, our strategic partnerships, such as the Terumo Partnership for Virtue SAB and the Medtronic Collaboration for BackBeat CNT, and our organizational culture and strategy, will be important factors in our future success. We compete primarily on the basis that our products are designed to improve outcomes, reduce complications and provide distinct commercial advantages that can be leveraged by us and our strategic partners. Our continued success depends on our, and in some cases, our strategic partners’ abilityto:

• continue to innovate and develop scientifically advanced technology;

• obtain and maintain regulatory clearances, certifications or approvals;

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• demonstrate efficacy in sponsored and third-party clinical studies;

• obtain and maintain adequate reimbursement for procedures using its products;

• attract and retain skilled research and development and sales personnel; and

• cost-effectively manufacture and successfully market and sell products.

Our Intellectual Property

Our success depends in part on our ability to obtain, maintain, protect and enforce our proprietary technology and intellectual property rights, and, in particular, our patent rights, as well as our ability to preservetheconfidentialityofourtradesecrets,andoperatewithoutinfringing,misappropriatingorotherwise violatingthevalidandenforceablepatentsandotherintellectualpropertyrightsofthirdparties.Werely onacombinationofpatent,trademark,tradesecret,copyrightandotherintellectualpropertyrightsandtake measurestoprotecttheintellectualpropertyrightsthatweconsiderimportanttoourbusiness.

The term of individual patents depends upon the legal term for patents in the countries in which they are granted. In most countries, including the United States, the patent term is 20 years from the earliest claimed filing date of a non-provisional patent application in the applicable country. In the United States, a patent’s term can be extended to recapture a portion of the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (the “USPTO”) delay in processing the patent to issue as well as restore a portion of the term effectively lost as a result of the FDA regulatory review period. However, as to the FDA component, the restoration period cannot be longer than five years and the total patent term including the restoration period must not exceed 14 years following FDA approval. The duration of patents outside of the United States varies in accordance with provisions of applicable local law, but typically is also 20 years from the earliest effective filing date. However, the actual protection afforded by a patent varies on a product-by-product basis, from country to country and depends upon many factors, including the type of patent, the scope of its coverage, the availability of regulatory-related extensions, the availability of legal remedies in a particular country and the validity and enforceability of the patent. We cannot be sure that our pending patent applications that we have filed or may file in the future will result in issued patents, and we can give no assurance that any patents that have issued or might issue inthe future will protect our current or future products, will provide us with any competitive advantage, and will not be challenged, invalidated, or circumvented.

We also rely on trade secret know-how and continuing technological innovation to develop and maintain our competitive position. We seek to protect our proprietary rights through a variety of methods, including confidentiality agreements with suppliers, consultants and others who may have access to our proprietary information and proprietary information and inventions agreements with our employees. However, trade secrets and proprietary information can be difficult to protect. While we take measures to protect and preserve our trade secrets and proprietary information, such measures can be breached, and we may not have adequate remedies for any such breach. In addition, our competitors may independently discoverordevelopthesametradesecretsandproprietaryinformationasus.Totheextentthatoursuppliers, employees, consultants and others use intellectual property owned by others in their work for us, wemay be subject to allegations of infringement and further disputes may arise as to the rights in related or resulting improvements, know-how and inventions.

Our success also depends in part on not infringing the intellectual property rights of third parties. It is uncertain whether the issuance of any third-party patent would require us to alter our development or commercial strategies, or our product candidates or processes, obtain licenses or cease certain activities. Our breach of any license agreements or failure to obtain a license to intellectual property rights that we may require to develop or commercialize our future product candidates may have an adverse impact on the business. If third parties have prepared and filed patent applications in the United States prior to March 16, 2013 (the date when U.S. patent law changed from granting rights to the first-to-invent to the first-to-file) that also claim technology to which we have rights, we may have to participate in interference proceedings in the USPTO to determine priority of invention. Assuming that other requirements for patentability are met,priortoMarch2013,intheUnitedStates,thefirsttoinventtheclaimedinventionwasentitledtothe patent,whileoutsidetheUnitedStates,

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thefirsttofileapatentapplicationwasentitledtothepatent.After March2013,undertheAmericaInventsAct,enactedinSeptember2011,theUnitedStatestransitioned toafirstinventortofilesysteminwhich,assumingthatotherrequirements for patentabilityaremet,thefirst inventor to file a patent application will be entitled to the patent on an invention regardless of whether a third party was the first to invent the claimed invention. For more information regarding the risks related to our intellectual property, please see the section titled “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property.”

Trademarks

As of December 31, 2023, we have 6 trademarks that are approved in the United States: “Orchestra BioMed,” “Moderato,” “Virtue”, “FreeHold Surgical,” “FreeHold Duo,” and “FreeHold Trio.” A further 11 applications for trademark registration are pending, covering “OBIO,” “SirolimusEFR,” “AngioInfusion,” “Virtue Sirolimus AngioInfusion Balloon,” “BackBeat Medical,” “BackBeat CNT,” “BackBeat Cardiac Neuromodulation Therapy,” and “Sostenocel.”ThisAnnual Report on Form 10-K containsreferencestoourtrademarks andservicemarksandtothosebelongingtootherentities.Solelyforconvenience,trademarksandtrade namesreferredtointhisAnnual Report on Form 10-K,includinglogos,artwork,andothervisualdisplays,mayappearwithout the®orTMsymbols,butsuchreferencesarenotintendedtoindicateinanywaythatwewillnotassert,to thefullestextentunderapplicablelaw,ourrightortherightsoftheapplicablelicensortothesetrademarks andtradenames.Wedonotintendouruseordisplayofotherentities’tradenames,trademarks,orservice markstoimplyarelationshipwith,orendorsementorsponsorshipofusby,anyotherentity.

Material Patents

As of December 31, 2023, we owned 192 patents globally, of which 61 were issued U.S. patents and 131 were patents outside of the United States.

Our issued patents expire between February 2025 and April 2041. Despite the near-term expiration of certain of our material patents, we believe that our other patents, as well as our trade secrets and continuing technological know-how, provide us with sufficient intellectual property protection to develop our product candidates and protect our intellectual property.

Below is a more specific overview of our intellectual property as it relates to our pipeline programs by modality:

Bioelectronic Therapies (BackBeat CNT and CNT-HF)

BackBeat CNT and CNT-HF are protected by an intellectual property portfolio which currently includes 39 issued U.S. patents and 83 issued patents in countries outside of the United States encompassing devices, algorithms, and methods. These issued patents, and any patents granted from such applications, will, or are expected to, expire between 2025 and 2041, without taking potential patent term extensions or adjustmentsintoaccount.Additionalpatentapplicationsarefiledonaregular basis. BackBeatissuedpatents are divided between CNT and CNT-HF as follows: 36 issued U.S. patents and 72 issued patents in countries outside of the United States protect CNT, and which are exclusively licensed to Medtronic in the Primary Field pursuant to the Medtronic Agreement; three issued U.S. patents and 11 issued patents in countries outside of the United States protect CNT-HF; and a further 25 patent applications were filed protecting BackBeat CNT (22 patent applications) and CNT-HF (three patentapplications).

In addition to customary early termination provisions, the Medtronic Agreement will terminate on the date no further revenue share payments are due under the Medtronic Agreement and Medtronic’s license undertheMedtronicAgreementwouldbecomefullypaidup,perpetual,irrevocableandroyalty-free.Revenue share payments with respect to each applicable country (or group of countries) are to be paid for a minimum period of time determined by the latest to occur of (a) the expiration of the last valid claim of certain specifiedpatents(aswellasanypatentsclaimingpriorityto,fromorthroughsuchpatents)(the“Patent-Based Expiration”) or (b) the date that is 12 years after the first commercial sale of any Backbeat CNT-enabled pacemakers in the applicable country or group of countries (the “Time-Based Revenue Share Expiration”). While revenue share payments under the Medtronic Agreement could extend beyond the Time-Based Revenue Share Expiration, it is not expected that the first commercial sale of a Backbeat CNT-enabled pacemaker will occurbefore2026.Accordingly,totheextentBackBeatCNT-enabledpacemakersreceiveregulatoryapproval and are sold commercially,

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Medtronic’s obligation to make payments to us will extend to at least approximately 2041 under the Time-Based Revenue Share Expiration, regardless of the expiration any of our patents.Further,suchdatemay beextendeduptoanadditionalfiveyearsbasedontheMedtronicAgreement which provides that the Patent-Based Expiration may be extended until the expiration of patents that may be issued based on additional patent applications that we have filed prior to entering into the Medtronic Agreement, although no assurance can be given that such patents will be issued or any claims associated with newly issued patents will be valid. To the extent there are revenue share payments made under the Medtronic Agreement after the Time-Based Revenue Share Expiration and prior to the Patent-Based Expiration, those payments would likely be based on intellectual property we develop in the future, and not the current patents held byus.

BackBeat CNT and CNT-HF are also protected by trade secrets and proprietary know-how. We seek to protect its proprietary technology and processes, in part, by confidentiality agreements and invention assignment agreements with its employees, consultants, scientific advisors, contractors and commercial partners.

Wewillcontinuetoendeavortoobtainandmaintainpatentprotectionworldwideonselectpatentable aspectsofBackBeatCNTandCNT-HFaswellastoprotectourtradesecretsandproprietaryknow-how.

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The following table lists our material patents relating to BackBeat CNT and CNT-HF as of December 31, 2023, their jurisdiction and expiration date:

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Focal Therapeutics (Virtue SAB, SirolimusEFR and Sostenocel)

We rely on intellectual property protection for Virtue SAB and its enabling technologies, including SirolimusEFR and the AngioInfusion Balloon, based on protection of proprietary particle drug encapsulation technology through trade secrets and proprietary know-how; and through issued patents and patent applications in process covering key aspects of Virtue SAB’s micro-porous balloon system and integration of its drug encapsulation formulation with the device.

Virtue SAB is currently protected by six issued U.S. patents and 21 issued patents outside the United States with additional patent applications pending in the United States and in countries outside of the UnitedStatescoveringkeyaspectsofVirtueSABproductdesign,clinicalapplicationandenablingtechnology. These issued patents, and any patents granted from such applications, will, or are expected to, expire between 2028 and 2032, without taking potential patent term extensions or adjustments into account. The foregoingpatentsareexclusivelylicensedtoTerumofortheSubjectIndicationsduringthetermoftheTerumo Agreement. We will continue to selectively advance certain aspects of Virtue SAB toward submission of appropriate patent applications. A further six published patent applications were filed to protect Virtue SAB.

Pursuant to the current Terumo Agreement, we share in all of Terumo’s Virtue SAB revenues during the term of the agreement through future royalties of 10 – 15% of net sales of Virtue SAB, and additional per unit paymentsforSirolimusEFRusedinVirtueSABforwhichwearethesoleexclusivesupplier.Theinitialterm of the Terumo Agreement expires on the tenth anniversary of the date on which the first PMA is obtained from the FDA for Virtue SAB for ISR, and thereafter automatically extends for five-year periods unless terminated by Terumo. Payments under the Terumo Agreement are not tied to the expiration of our patents.

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