Nature of Business	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016
Nature of Business
Nature of Business	1. Nature of Business T2 Biosystems, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated on April 27, 2006 as a Delaware corporation with operations based in Lexington, Massachusetts. The Company is an in vitro diagnostic company that has developed an innovative and proprietary platform that enables rapid, sensitive and simple direct detection of pathogens, biomarkers and other abnormalities across a variety of unpurified patient sample types. The Company is using its T2 Magnetic Resonance platform (“T2MR”) to develop a broad set of applications aimed at reducing mortality rates, improving patient outcomes and reducing the cost of healthcare by helping medical professionals make targeted treatment decisions earlier. The Company’s initial development efforts target sepsis, hemostasis and Lyme disease, areas of significant unmet medical need in which existing therapies could be more effective with improved diagnostics. On September 22, 2014, the Company received market authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) for its first two products, the T2Dx Instrument (“T2Dx”) and T2Candida Panel (“T2Candida”). The Company has devoted substantially all of its efforts to research and development, business planning, recruiting management and technical staff, acquiring operating assets, raising capital, and, most recently, the commercialization of its products. Liquidity At June 30, 2016, the Company has cash and cash equivalents of $50.2 million and an accumulated deficit of $176.4 million. The future success of the Company is dependent on its ability to successfully commercialize its FDA approved products, obtain regulatory clearance for and successfully launch its future product candidates, obtain additional capital and ultimately attain profitable operations. Historically, the Company has funded its operations primarily through its August 2014 initial public offering, its December 2015 secondary public offering, private placements of redeemable convertible preferred stock and through debt financing arrangements. The Company is subject to a number of risks similar to other newly commercial life science companies, including, but not limited to commercially launching the Company’s products, development and market acceptance of the Company’s product candidates, development by its competitors of new technological innovations, protection of proprietary technology, and raising additional capital. Having obtained authorization from the FDA to market T2Dx and T2Candida, the Company has incurred significant commercialization expenses related to product sales, marketing, manufacturing and distribution. In addition, the Company expects that costs and expenses will increase substantially as it continues the research and development of other product candidates and maintains, expands and protects its intellectual property portfolio. The Company may seek to fund its operations through public equity or private equity or debt financings, as well as other sources. However, the Company may be unable to raise additional funds or enter into such other arrangements when needed on favorable terms or at all. The Company’s failure to raise capital or enter into such other arrangements as and when needed would have a negative impact on the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition and the Company’s ability to develop and commercialize T2Dx, T2Candida and other product candidates. Management believes that its existing cash and cash equivalents at June 30, 2016, together with the additional remaining liquidity of up to $5.4 million available under an Equipment Lease Credit Facility (the “Credit Facility”) entered into in October 2015 to help the Company meet its capital equipment needs (Note 5), will be sufficient to allow the Company to fund its current operating plan for at least the next 12 months. Should the Company’s current operating plans not materialize as expected, and it is unable to obtain additional capital on a timely basis, the Company may be required to change its current operating plans to reduce its future expenses, which is within its control, in order to fund operations at reduced levels for at least the next 12 months. For more information, refer to the section titled “Liquidity and Capital Resources” in Item 2, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, for additional risks associated with our capital needs.

1. Nature of Business

T2 Biosystems, Inc. (the “Company”) was incorporated on April 27, 2006 as a Delaware corporation with operations based in Lexington, Massachusetts. The Company is an in vitro diagnostic company that has developed an innovative and proprietary platform that enables rapid, sensitive and simple direct detection of pathogens, biomarkers and other abnormalities across a variety of unpurified patient sample types. The Company is using its T2 Magnetic Resonance platform (“T2MR”) to develop a broad set of applications aimed at reducing mortality rates, improving patient outcomes and reducing the cost of healthcare by helping medical professionals make targeted treatment decisions earlier. The Company’s initial development efforts target sepsis, hemostasis and Lyme disease, areas of significant unmet medical need in which existing therapies could be more effective with improved diagnostics. On September 22, 2014, the Company received market authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) for its first two products, the T2Dx Instrument (“T2Dx”) and T2Candida Panel (“T2Candida”).

The Company has devoted substantially all of its efforts to research and development, business planning, recruiting management and technical staff, acquiring operating assets, raising capital, and, most recently, the commercialization of its products.

Liquidity

At June 30, 2016, the Company has cash and cash equivalents of $50.2 million and an accumulated deficit of $176.4 million. The future success of the Company is dependent on its ability to successfully commercialize its FDA approved products, obtain regulatory clearance for and successfully launch its future product candidates, obtain additional capital and ultimately attain profitable operations. Historically, the Company has funded its operations primarily through its August 2014 initial public offering, its December 2015 secondary public offering, private placements of redeemable convertible preferred stock and through debt financing arrangements.

The Company is subject to a number of risks similar to other newly commercial life science companies, including, but not limited to commercially launching the Company’s products, development and market acceptance of the Company’s product candidates, development by its competitors of new technological innovations, protection of proprietary technology, and raising additional capital.

Having obtained authorization from the FDA to market T2Dx and T2Candida, the Company has incurred significant commercialization expenses related to product sales, marketing, manufacturing and distribution. In addition, the Company expects that costs and expenses will increase substantially as it continues the research and development of other product candidates and maintains, expands and protects its intellectual property portfolio. The Company may seek to fund its operations through public equity or private equity or debt financings, as well as other sources. However, the Company may be unable to raise additional funds or enter into such other arrangements when needed on favorable terms or at all. The Company’s failure to raise capital or enter into such other arrangements as and when needed would have a negative impact on the Company’s business, results of operations and financial condition and the Company’s ability to develop and commercialize T2Dx, T2Candida and other product candidates.

Management believes that its existing cash and cash equivalents at June 30, 2016, together with the additional remaining liquidity of up to $5.4 million available under an Equipment Lease Credit Facility (the “Credit Facility”) entered into in October 2015 to help the Company meet its capital equipment needs (Note 5), will be sufficient to allow the Company to fund its current operating plan for at least the next 12 months. Should the Company’s current operating plans not materialize as expected, and it is unable to obtain additional capital on a timely basis, the Company may be required to change its current operating plans to reduce its future expenses, which is within its control, in order to fund operations at reduced levels for at least the next 12 months.

For more information, refer to the section titled “Liquidity and Capital Resources” in Item 2, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, for additional risks associated with our capital needs.