As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 24, 2022

Registration No. 333-261989

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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AMENDMENT NO. 7 TO
FORM S-1

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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Nexalin Technology, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware		3845		27-5566468
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

1776 Yorktown, Suite 550

Houston, TX 77056

(713) 660-1100

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)

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Mark White

Chief Executive Officer

Nexalin Technology, Inc.

1776 Yorktown, Suite 550

Houston, TX 77056

(713) 660-1100

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

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Copies to:

Martin S. Siegel, Esq.
Warshaw Burstein, LLP
575 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Telephone: (212) 984-7741

Andrew M. Tucker, Esq.

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

101 Constitution Avenue NW, Suite 900

Washington, D.C. 20001

Telephone: (202) 689-2987

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Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this registration statement.

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The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment that specifically states that this registration statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until the registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.

The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is declared effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and we are not soliciting offers to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED AUGUST 24, 2022

NEXALIN TECHNOLOGY, INC.

1,500,000 Units

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This is a firm commitment initial public offering of our securities. We are offering 1,500,000 units at an anticipate offering price of between $6.00 and $7.00 per unit. Each unit is comprised of one share of our common stock and a redeemable warrant to acquire one share of common stock. Each warrant entitles the holder to purchase one share of common stock at a price equal to [115%] of the offering price of the units, subject to adjustment as described elsewhere in this prospectus. Each warrant is immediately exercisable for a period of three (3) years or earlier upon redemption. Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for our securities.

The offering price of the Units will be determined between us and Maxim Group LLC, the representative of the underwriters in connection with this offering, taking into consideration our historical performance and capital structure, prevailing market conditions, our future and intended business opportunities and potential market opportunities for our products and services. Therefore, the assumed public offering price of the Units used throughout this prospectus of $6.00 may not be indicative of the actual public offering price for our Units.

The units have no stand-alone rights and will not be certificated or issued as stand-alone securities. The shares of common stock and the warrants comprising the units are immediately separable and will be issued separately in this offering but must be purchased together as a unit. We have applied to list our shares of common stock and warrants on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbols, “NXL” and “NXLIW”.

We are an “emerging growth company” under the federal securities laws and, as such, have elected to comply with certain reduced public company reporting requirements for this prospectus and future filings. See the section titled “Prospectus Summary — Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company and a Smaller Reporting Company.”

Investing in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before buying any shares, you should carefully read the discussion of the material risks of investing in our securities under the heading “Risk Factors” beginning on page 16 of this prospectus.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission, any state securities commission, nor any other regulatory body has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

Our company is headquartered in Houston, Texas. In September 2018, we entered into an agreement with Wider Come Limited, a company formed under the laws of the People’s Republic of China (“Wider”), pursuant to which we and Wider have agreed to form a joint venture entity to be domiciled in Hong Kong (the “potential Joint Venture”) to conduct a portion of our clinical research and implement a business distribution plan for our devices in China, Macau, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. We do not have any operations in China other than those which will be conducted through the potential Joint Venture when it is formed, as more fully detailed herein. As of the date of this prospectus, (i) our operations are carried on outside of China; and (ii) the potential Joint Venture does not maintain any variable interest entity structure or operate any data center in China. However, as a result of the intended formation of the potential Joint Venture, we may become subject to laws of The People’s Republic of China (PRC or China) relating to, among other topics, data security and restrictions over foreign investments. Further, as a result of the complexity and vagaries of the legal system in the PRC and recent statements and regulatory actions by the PRC government relating to data security, our ability to operate the potential Joint Venture may be adversely affected or subject to change and adversely impact our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors, with the result that our securities may significantly decline or be worthless. We have not obtained the approval from either the China Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”) or the Cyberspace Administration of China (the “CAC”) for any offering we may make under this prospectus, and we do not intend to obtain the approval from either the CSRC or the CAC in connection with any such offering, since we do not believe that such approval is required under these circumstances or at the present time. There can be no assurance, however, that regulators in China will not take a contrary view or will not subsequently require us to undergo the approval procedures and subject us to penalties for non-compliance.

When and if the Joint Venture is formed and Wider completes sales of our devices in China on behalf of the potential Joint Venture, we believe that there are no regulatory or other restrictions that would restrict either (i) the transfer from China of any proceeds resulting from such sales by Wider to the potential Joint Venture in Hong Kong, other than standard compliance with China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange (“SAFE”) policies and approval process, as further detailed on page 5 and elsewhere in this prospectus, or (ii) our receipt of our share of such proceeds from Hong Kong to us in the United States, which is not subject to SAFE’s policies and approval process. The Company does not currently believe any of the Company’s scientific data resulting from activities in China by the potential Joint Venture would come fall within the Measures for the Management of Scientific Data promulgated by the General Office of the PRC State Council. We expect to consummate the formation of the potential Joint Venture by the third quarter of 2023. In the event any existing or new laws or regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations are modified or promulgated, we and the potential Joint Venture will take all actions to remain in compliance with any such laws or regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations thereof.

In the first quarter of 2022, we had sales of our Gen -2 devices in China which we accomplished through Wider which acted as a distributor of these devices. Our Gen-2 devices have been approved for sales and marketing in China by the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA), the equivalent of the United States FDA, for the treatment of insomnia and depression. Wider has agreed to act as a distributor on a limited basis until the potential Joint Venture is established.

Recent statements and regulatory actions by the Chinese government have targeted those companies whose operations involves cross-border data security or anti-monopoly concerns. With regard to data security, China has promulgated several important laws recently. Among them, on June 10, 2021, China promulgated the PRC Data Security Law (“DSL”), which became effective on September 1, 2021. The legislative intent for this law mainly includes regulating data processing activities, ensuring data security, promoting data development and utilization, protecting the data related legitimate rights and interests of individuals and organizations, and safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests. Article 36 provides that any Chinese entity that provides the data to foreign judicial or law enforcement agencies (regardless of whether directly or through a foreign entity) without approval from the Chinese authority would likely be deemed to be in violation of DSL. In addition, pursuant to Article 2 of Measures for Cybersecurity Reviews, the procurement of any network product or service by an operator of critical information infrastructure that affects or may affect national security shall be subjected to a cybersecurity review under the Measures. Pursuant to Article 35 of Cybersecurity Law of the People’s Republic of China, where “critical information infrastructure operators” purchase network products and services, which may influence national security, the operators are required to be subjected to a cybersecurity review. We do not operate any critical information infrastructure. As a result, we do not believe that these new legal requirements in China are applicable to us, including sales made to date by Wider as a distributor. However, the exact scope of the term “critical information infrastructure operator” remains unclear, so there can be no assurance that the potential Joint Venture when formed will not be subjected to critical information infrastructure operator review in the future. Furthermore, in the event that the potential Joint Venture becomes an operator of critical information infrastructure in the future it may be subjected to the above-described regulation.

With regard to anti-monopoly concerns, Article 3 of Anti-Monopoly Law of the People’s Republic of China prohibits “monopolistic practices,” which include: a) the conclusion of monopoly agreements between operators; b) the abuse of dominant market position by operators; c) concentration of undertakings which has or may have the effect of eliminating or restricting market competition. Also, according to Article 19, the operator(s) will be assumed to have a dominant market position if it has following situation: a) an operator has 50% or higher market share in a relevant market; b) two operators have 66% or higher market share in a relevant market; c) three operators have 75% or higher market share in a relevant market. We believe that we have not conducted any monopolistic practices in China, and that recent statements and regulatory actions by the Chinese government do not impact our ability to conduct business, accept foreign investments, or list on a U.S. or other foreign stock exchange. However, there can be no assurance that regulators in China will not promulgate new laws and regulations or adopt new series of interpretations or regulatory actions which may require the potential Joint Venture to meet new requirements on the issues mentioned above.

Currently, these statements and regulatory actions of China authorities have had no impact on our daily business operation, including the sales and marketing efforts made to date of our Gen-2 devices in China through Wider. We do not believe that these statements and regulatory actions will have any impact on the potential Joint Venture when it is formed. Further, we are a United States’ company with no physical presence in China, and we do not believe that the formation of the potential Joint Venture in Hong Kong and any resultant exposure to China regulatory actions will adversely impact our ability to accept foreign investments or list our securities on a United States or other foreign exchange. However, since these statements and regulatory actions from China authorities are relatively recent, it is highly uncertain how soon legislative or administrative regulation making bodies will respond and what existing or new laws or regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations will be modified or promulgated, if any, and the potential impact such modified or new laws and regulations will have on our daily business operation, the ability to accept foreign investments and list our securities on a United States or other foreign exchange. In the event any existing or new laws or regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations are modified or promulgated, we and the potential Joint Venture will take any and all actions to remain in compliance with any such laws or regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations thereof. See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Doing Business in China.”

The following table sets forth the expected proceeds from this offering, assuming an offering price at the minimum of the proposed price range of the units:

	Per Unit		Total
Public offering price	$	6.00	$	9,000,000
Underwriting discounts and commissions(1)	$	0.48	$	720,000
Proceeds, before expenses, to us	$	5.52	$	8,280,000

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(1) See “Underwriting” beginning on page 130 of this prospectus for additional information regarding the compensation payable to the underwriters.

We have granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to 225,000 additional units from us to cover over- allotments at the initial public offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions. If the underwriters exercise the option in full, the total underwriting discounts and commissions payable by us will be $828,000 and the total proceeds to us, before expenses, will be $9,522,000.

The underwriters are offering the units on a firm commitment basis. Maxim Group LLC, acting as the representative of the underwriters, expects to deliver the securities on or about September [•], 2022.

Sole Book-Running Manager

Maxim Group LLC

The date of this prospectus is August 24, 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS		1
PROSPECTUS SUMMARY		2
RISK FACTORS		16
SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INDUSTRY DATA		50
USE OF PROCEEDS		52
DIVIDEND POLICY		54
CORPORATE REORGANIZATION		55
CAPITALIZATION		56
DILUTION		57
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS		59
BUSINESS		73
MANAGEMENT		100
EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION		108
CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS		111
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWENRS AND MANAGEMENT		115
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK		116
SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE		122
MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS FOR NON-U.S. HOLDERS OF COMMON STOCK		124
UNDERWRITING		130
LEGAL MATTERS		136
EXPERTS		136
WHERE YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION		136
INDEX TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS		F-1

Neither we nor the underwriters have authorized anyone to provide you with information that is different from, or in addition to, that contained in this prospectus, any amendment or supplement to this perspective or any free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of us or to which we have referred you, and neither we nor the underwriters take responsibility for, and can provide no assurances as to the reliability of, any other information others may give you. We are offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, our securities only in jurisdictions where such offers and sales are permitted. The information in this prospectus or in any free writing prospectus is accurate only as of its date, regardless of its time of delivery or the time of any sale of our securities. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and future growth prospects may have changed since that date.

For investors outside of the United States: Neither we nor any of the underwriters have done anything that would permit this offering or possession or distribution of this prospectus or any free writing prospectus we may provide to you in connection with this offering in any jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required, other than in the United States. Persons outside the United States who come into possession of this prospectus are required to inform themselves about, and to observe any restrictions relating to, the offering of our securities and the distribution of this prospectus and any such free writing prospectus outside of the United States.

ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

On December 1, 2021, we completed the corporate reorganization described under the section titled “Corporate Reorganization,” pursuant to which Nexalin Technology, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Nexalin Nevada”) merged with and into a newly incorporated Delaware company of the same name, Nexalin Technology, Inc. (“Nexalin,” “Nexalin Technology” or “Nexalin Technology, Inc.”) and, as a result, Nexalin succeeded Nexalin Nevada and our existing shareholders exchanged each of their shares in Nexalin Nevada for one twentieth (1/20th) of a common share of the newly formed Delaware corporation. Nexalin had nominal assets and liabilities and did not conduct any operations prior to the reorganization other than its incorporation.

Unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, all references in this prospectus to the terms “Nexalin,” “Nexalin Technology,” “the Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to (i) Nexalin Nevada, prior to the completion of the corporate reorganization discussed herein, and (ii) Nexalin Technology, Inc. as a Delaware corporation after the completion of such corporate reorganization.

References in this prospectus to “ordinary shares” refer to the historic share capital of Nexalin Nevada prior to the completion of the corporate reorganization. All references to “common stock” refer to the capital structure of Nexalin upon completion of the corporate reorganization as a Delaware corporation.

Upon this completion of the corporate reorganization on December 1, 2021, the historical consolidated financial statements of Nexalin Nevada became the historical consolidated financial statements of Nexalin (Delaware), the entity whose shares of common stock are being sold in this offering, such historical financial data gives effect to the corporation reorganization. We believe that the corporate reorganization will not have a material effect on our historical results of operations.

Except as otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, all information included in this prospectus is presented giving effect to the corporate reorganization. See the section titled “Corporate Reorganization” for more information. Further, unless stated otherwise, we have prepared this prospectus based upon the offering price of $6.00 per unit, which is the minimum of the range of offering price of between $6.00 and $7.00.

We have proprietary rights to a number of trademarks and tradenames used in this prospectus which are important to our business, including Nexalin® and the Nexalin logo. Solely for convenience, trademarks, service marks and tradenames referred to in this prospectus may appear without the ®, TM or SM symbols, but such references are not intended to indicate, in any way, that we will not assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights or the right of the applicable licensor to these trademarks, service marks and tradenames. This prospectus may also contain trademarks, service marks, tradenames and copyrights of other companies, which are the property of their respective owners.

PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

This summary highlights information contained in greater detail elsewhere in this prospectus and does not contain all the information that you should consider in making your investment decision. Before investing in our common stock, you should carefully read this entire prospectus including the “Risk Factors,” “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and Industry Data” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the financial statements and the notes to those financial statements in each case included in this prospectus.

Overview

We design and develop innovative neurostimulation products to uniquely and effectively help combat the ongoing global mental health epidemic. We developed an easy-to-administer medical device — referred to as Generation 1 or Gen-1 — that utilizes bioelectronic medical technology to treat anxiety and insomnia, without the need for drugs or psychotherapy. Our original Gen-1 devices are cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES) devices that emit waveform at 4 milliamps during treatment and are presently classified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) as a Class II device.

Medical professionals in the United States have utilized the Gen-1 device to administer to patients in clinical settings. While the Gen-1 device had been cleared by the FDA to treat depression, anxiety, and insomnia, three prevalent and serious diseases, as a result of the FDA’s December 2019 reclassification of CES devices, the Gen-1 device was reclassified as a Class II device for the treatment of anxiety and insomnia. We are required to file a new application under Section 510(k) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (“510(k) Application”) to be approved by the FDA for the sales and marketing of our devices for the treatment of anxiety and insomnia. In the FDA’s December 2019 reclassification ruling, the treatment of depression with our device will require a Class III device and require a new PMA (premarket approval) application to demonstrate safety and effectiveness.

While we continue providing services to medical professionals to support patients’ use of the Gen-1 devices which were in operation prior to December 2019, we are not making new sales or new marketing efforts of Gen-1 devices in the United States. We continue to derive revenue from devices which we sold or leased prior to the FDA’s December 2019 reclassification announcements. This revenue consists of monthly licensing fees and payments for the sale of electrodes. We have suspended marketing efforts for new sales of devices related to the Gen-1 device for treatment of anxiety and insomnia in the United States until the Nexalin regulatory team makes a decision on a new 510(k) application at 4 milliamps based on FDA comments expected to be received in December 2022. Our regulatory team continues to inform the FDA of the suspension of the marketing and sale of the Gen-1 products to new providers. We are analyzing whether to proceed with an amended application with the FDA for Gen-1 devices for the treatment of insomnia and anxiety.

We have designed and developed new advanced waveform technology to be emitted at 15 milliamps through our existing medical device improved with a modern enclosure — referred to as Generation 2 or Gen-2 — which can penetrate deeper into the brain and stimulate associated structures of mental illness, which we believe will generate enhanced patient response. The Nexalin regulatory team has made a strategic decision to develop strategies for a new PMA application in the United States for the treatment of depression with our new Gen-2 device. Gen-2 is presently being tested in pilot trials, for anxiety, insomnia, and depression in the United States. It is our intention to design a new clinical trial strategy with our new Gen-2 devices at 15 milliamps for the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD) in the United States. Preliminary data provided by the University of California San Diego supports the safety of utilizing our waveform technology at an increased power; however, the determination of safety and efficacy of medical devices in the United States is subject to clearance by the FDA.

In September 2018, we entered into an agreement with Wider Com Limited, a company formed under the laws of China (“Wider”), pursuant to which we and Wider agreed to form a joint venture entity to be domiciled in Hong Kong (the “potential Joint Venture”). The Joint Venture will be formed following the completion of certain funding, clinical study, and publication milestones, which Wider has agreed to undertake as part of the joint venture arrangements but not yet completed. Following its formation, the Joint Venture will design and implement a comprehensive business model and distribution plan for our devices in China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan and elsewhere for greater distribution and additional treatment uses. We anticipate that the Joint Venture will be formed by the third quarter of 2023.

In March 2022, we entered into a second supplement to the Joint Venture agreement with Wider, whereby the parties confirmed that the potential Joint Venture had not yet been established and is subject to further review and analysis of regulatory issues in China and the United States, trade and political issues between the two countries and potential changes in the use and market for the Company’s products and technology. Pursuant to the second supplement, the parties agreed to use their commercial efforts to complete documentation by September 30, 2022. In light of general economic conditions in China and the United States, the continued impact of regulatory issues within China and the United States and trade and political issues between the two counties, the parties determined to further extend the time frame to complete establishment of the joint venture to September 30, 2023 and entered into a supplement 3 to the potential Joint Venture Agreement to memorialize such extension. The parties intend to continue to work together to complete the establishment prior to such extended time.

Further, the parties agreed that all references within the Joint Venture agreements to funding and formation were amended from December 21, 2018 to be September 30, 2023. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions — Joint Venture” at page 108.

During the first half of 2022, we sold Gen-2 devices in China through Wider which agreed to act as a distributor on a limited basis pursuant to a separate written agreement entered into in May 2019, pending formation of the potential Joint Venture. As a result, we recognized revenue of approximately $624,000 during the first half of 2022. In conjunction with such revenue, during the first half of 2022, we incurred costs of approximately $143,000 for cost of goods sold, delivery and labeling costs. In 2021, we incurred expenses relating to certain development costs associated with these devices sold during the first half of 2022 which were recorded during 2021. The Company expects that the $143,000 of costs attributed to the $624,000 sale in the first half of 2022 may not be indicative of our cost of sales in future periods and that beginning in the second half of 2022 gross margins may decrease due to an increase in the costs of components, manufacturing, delivery, sales and marketing. In addition, we derived approximately $9,700 revenue as a royalty fee from the China based manufacturer of electrodes for electrodes ordered by Wider in connection with the distribution of our devices in China. The manufacturer is to pay us a 20% royalty based upon its electrode sales price to Wider in connection with Wider’s device distribution activities.

In September of 2021, the China National Medical Products Administration (NMPA), the equivalent of the United States FDA, approved the Gen-2 device for marketing and sale in China for the treatment of insomnia and depression. These treatment indications and clearances from the NMPA have allowed us to market and sell the Gen-2 device in China for the treatment of insomnia and depression.

We are currently designing clinical trials for the use of Gen-2 for the treatment of substance use disorders, opiate addictions, chronic pain, Alzheimer’s disease, and dementia. In part due to increasing incidence attributed to the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health and cognitive disorders are widespread across the globe and cause substantial health, social and economic losses, and hardships accordingly. Our focus is on the continued development of our innovative bioelectronic medical technologies and rapid regulatory approval to help reverse these losses and hardships by safely and effectively treating various mental health disorders.

All our products are non-invasive, undetectable and, critically, can provide relief to those afflicted with mental health issues without adverse side effects. We have a proprietary design of varying voltages, currents, electromagnetic fields, and various frequencies — referred to collectively as waveform — particularly our proprietary, patented symmetrical alternating current waveform. Our devices generate a high frequency, charge balanced electrical current waveform that is applied to an array of electrodes on the head. The features of this waveform make the application of the stimulation undetectable to the human body allowing this proprietary technique to enable the use of a higher current than all other devices in the market.

Currently, the waveform that comprises the basis of Gen-2 and new Gen-3 headset devices has been tested in a research setting to develop safety data to be provided for review by the FDA for safety and efficacy evaluation for marketing and sales in the United States. Determinations of the safety and efficacy of our devices in the United States are solely within the authority of the FDA.

When we researched the current pharmaceuticals model, public information highlighted the many side effects associated with these medications. Frequently, patients would stop taking the medication because of the uncomfortable side effects. Additional public information mentions dependency and withdrawal issues associated with medication for psychiatric disorders.

To address the embarrassment stigma, we are developing a new headset design to emit our waveform technology which will offer medical professionals the opportunity to prescribe the headset device for use in a patient’s home — referred to as Generation 3 or Gen-3 — to increase access and compliance to mental health treatment. We believe that in order to preserve product safety and integrity for home use, the headset device will require physician oversight including prescriptions for use, monthly authorization for continued patient use and monthly physician monitoring through our digital management platform which is currently in development.

Regulatory Background

United States

Prior to December 20, 2019, in the United States, all cranial electrical stimulation (CES) technology was classified as a Class III medical device (high-risk). To our knowledge, such technology had received treatment indications for anxiety, depression, and insomnia in their 510(k) applications. Data was not provided to the FDA for these high-risk medical devices. It was referred to as a pre-amendment category. Normally, Class III would require extensive data to support treatment safety for the indications listed. Data for CES was not required because it was identified as pre amendment to the required high risk technology category that required safety data and efficacy data of all Class III medical devices.

On December 20, 2019, the FDA issued new rulings related to CES devices for the treatment of anxiety, depression and insomnia. As a result of these rulings, depression treatment with CES devices remained a Class III medical device and will require a full PMA that provides definitive clinical trial evidence of effectiveness and safety. A PMA is the most extensive application and process at the FDA. All CES manufacturers had one year to prepare and file intentions for the depression treatment with a PMA. CES devices that treat anxiety and insomnia were reclassified as Class II devices and required a new application in the form of a special control trial, a summary version of a PMA, requiring safety data and mild efficacy response. All CES manufacturers had one year to complete special control trials for anxiety and insomnia. We are presently analyzing our previous 510(k) Application for such treatment of anxiety and insomnia in accordance with the FDA reclassification ruling in December 2019.

Due to the pandemic, special control trials were delayed. Currently, we are in contract preparation with the University California San Diego, University of Arizona and the University of Pennsylvania for special control trials for our existing technology and future technology. Special control trials for anxiety and insomnia will take an estimated 18 to 24 months to complete data collection and patient recruitment. After data sets are complete and statisticians have reviewed and created a reporting matrix, report writers will be contracted and will prepare final reports for the FDA.

We have made a strategic decision to file a new PMA for the treatment of depression with the Gen-2 device that administers a new advanced Nexalin waveform at 15 milliamps. The Gen-1 device was cleared by the FDA at 4 milliamps and the re classification does not prevent us from servicing previously sold or leased devices. Providers may continue to use these devices for treatment purposes. Servicing consists of warranty coverage, electrode sales, and patient cable replacement. This servicing is included in the monthly lease payment. We continue to derive revenue from devices which we sold or leased prior to the FDA’s December 2019 reclassification announcements. This revenue consists of monthly license fees and payment for the sale of electrodes to clinical providers of our technology. We will not file a PMA on the Gen-1 4 milliamps device for depression. As we are in the process of evaluating a new waveform for our technology, a strategic decision was made to not pursue a PMA for the treatment of depression on our existing Gen-1 device. Strategy development has begun for a full PMA for the treatment of depression for our next generation Gen-2 device.

China

The NMPA is the governmental authority principally responsible for the supervision and administration of medical devices in the PRC. Medical devices in the PRC (including manufacturing, marketing, and sale) are subject to a mandatory filing/registration regime regulated by the NMPA. The exact filing pathways are mainly determined by the classification of such devices — similar to the United States, a three-class classification system, from Class I (lowest risk) to Class III (highest risk). Local testing and clinical trials are generally required for Class II and Class III devices. Some imported devices may need to be registered with a higher-level government authority than domestic devices.

As determined by the NMPA the three classes for devices are:

Class I — Medical devices for which routine administration can ensure safety for users and the effectiveness of the device.

Class II — Medical devices that can only be safe and effective with further control in addition to routine administration.

Class III — Medical devices that are implanted into the patient’s body, pose a threat to the patient’s health, or provide sustenance or life support.

All medical devices must be registered with the NMPA. An overseas device company must submit product samples to test with the NMPA. In addition, all included product information, packaging, and labels, and related material need to be translated into simplified Chinese. For a Class I devices, simple product filing to NMPA are required. However, for Class II and Class III medical devices, the manufacturing company must meet all the requirements in the latest regulation, guidelines, and standards.

As stated elsewhere in this prospectus, in September of 2021, the NMPA approved the Gen-2 device for the treatment of insomnia and depression. These treatment indications and clearances from the NMPA have allowed us to market and sell the Gen-2 device in China. Wider will be responsible for obtaining future NMPA registrations and approvals related to the marketing and sales of our devices in China.

Market and Industry Background

General

Historically, pharmaceutical solutions have been the first line of treatment for those who suffer from anxiety, insomnia, depression, and other mental health disorders. Beginning in 1950, for patients that were not responding to medication, ECT, also called “shock therapy,” became available. Over time, researchers began to look at alternative ways to inject electricity into the human brain. One such method was via implantable neurostimulators that required invasive surgery procedures associated with high cost and high risk. Implantable devices became the potential solution for those who would not take or could no longer take pharmaceuticals. The interest in electricity continued with the creation of small handheld devices powered by a direct current (DC) battery that the consumer could buy without any medical supervision. Clinical versions of DC stimulators, known as transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), were developed by researchers; many of these devices are still in research settings without industry support.

In 1992, a new neurostimulation technique emerged called trans-cranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). This technique evolved into repetitive trans-cranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS), which utilized repetitive magnetic pulse energy to stimulate the brain of patients struggling with depression. The American pharmaceutical industry embraced and funded this technology. The FDA cleared rTMS only for patients who had failed to respond to anti-depressants. Side effects, high cost and moderate efficacy continue to burden this technology sector.

Both insurance companies and healthcare providers are looking for alternative ways to decrease costs while still providing safe and effective treatments.

According to Infinium Global Research, the global neurostimulation devices market is projected to grow from approximately $4.7 billion in 2018 to approximately $9.8 billion for a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.9% from 2019-2025. There are several drivers of this growth. First, many mental health disorders are treated with psychotherapy or pharmaceutical intervention and have limited efficacy and, in the case of the latter increased awareness of the side effects of medication. Second, the rising number of geriatric patients, particularly with respect to Alzheimer’s disease, will increase demand for mental health treatments. Third, increased diagnosis of cases of anxiety, depression and various other mental health disorders in all age populations will contribute to market expansion. Doctors and patients will seek effective, safer, and more cost-effective alternatives to current care standards. Advancements in neurostimulation techniques, such as those we are developing, will provide treatment options that address irregularities in the brain’s functional health. These functional brain health issues are believed to be the underlying cause of many mental health disorders and chronic diseases.

Overall, we believe that our marketing and growth strategy which we utilized for our Gen-1 device in combination with our advanced waveform, technological upgrades and the development of a modern headset monitored with our IT management platform, evidenced in our Gen-2 and Gen-3 devices, will position us for the opportunity to disrupt the traditional mental health treatment model. Our mission is to remove the stigma of expensive psychotherapy or pharmaceuticals with the attendant side effects and dependency issues and replace it with clinically proven and cost-effective technology that is easily accessible in the privacy of the patient’s home and monitored by licensed healthcare providers.

China Market

The first phase of distribution in China includes implementation of a sales strategy by Wider for mainland China and other territories serviced by Wider. In September 2021, the NMPA granted clearance for sale of the 15 milliamps power parameters in China. No other regulatory of governmental approvals are required for the sale of our devices by Wider in China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. When the potential Joint Venture is formed and Wider completes sales of our devices through the potential Joint Venture in China, there are no regulatory or other restrictions of which we are aware that would restrict either (i) the transfer from China of any proceeds resulting from such sales by Wider to the potential Joint Venture in China, Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan, other than standard compliance with China’s SAFE policies and approval process, or (ii) our receipt of our share of such proceeds from Hong Kong to us in the United States, which is not subject SAFE’s policies and approval process. We were not required to obtain any other Chinese regulatory approvals with respect to the limited sales of our devices in China by Wider.

According to the SAFE guidelines on foreign exchange management of trade in goods (implemented on August 1, 2012) and the PRC guidelines on foreign exchange business under current account (2020 version) implemented on August 28, 2020, there are no restrictions on the transfer of sales proceeds by Chinese domestic companies to Hong Kong companies or foreign companies as long as a company is in standard compliance with the SAFE’s policies and approval process. The current standard SAFE procedures are as follows:

i. a Chinese domestic company shall first apply to the local foreign exchange bureau for directory registration by presenting an application form and business license; and

ii. after the domestic company is registered in the directory and provides documentation to prove the authenticity of the business transaction between the parties, such as the contract for the transaction, banks in China will approve the transfer of the sales proceeds.

Although there can be no assurance in light of recent worldwide events such as the Russia and Ukraine war and continued changes within the Republic of China legal system, as well as political and trade relations between the United States and China, as well as general economic conditions in the United States and China we expect to consummate the formation of the potential Joint Venture by the third quarter of 2023.

As more fully described below in “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Doing Business in China,” recent statements and regulatory actions by the Chinese government may have targeted those companies whose operations involves cross-border data security or anti-monopoly concerns and may have significant regulatory, liquidity, and enforcement risks for us when the potential Joint Venture is formed. With regard to data security, China has promulgated several important laws recently. Among them, on June 10, 2021, China promulgated the PRC Data Security Law (“DSL”), which became effective on September 1, 2021. The legislative intent for this law mainly includes regulating data processing activities, ensuring data security, promoting data development and utilization, protecting the data related legitimate rights and interests of individuals and organizations, and safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests. Article 36 provides that any Chinese entity that provides the data to foreign judicial or law enforcement agencies (regardless of whether directly or through a foreign entity) without approval from the Chinese authority would likely be deemed to be in violation of DSL. In addition, pursuant to Article 2 of Measures for Cybersecurity Reviews, the procurement of any network product or service by an operator of critical information infrastructure that affects or may affect national security shall be subjected to a cybersecurity review under the Measures. Pursuant to Article 35 of Cybersecurity Law of the PRC, where “critical information infrastructure operators” purchase network products and services, which may influence national security, the operators are required to be subjected to a cybersecurity review. We do not operate any critical information infrastructure. As a result, we do not believe that these new legal requirements in China are applicable to us. However, the exact scope of the term “critical information infrastructure operator” remains unclear, so there can be no assurance that the potential Joint Venture will

not be subjected to critical information infrastructure operator review in the future. Furthermore, in the event that the potential Joint Venture becomes an operator of critical information infrastructure in the future it may be subjected to the above-described regulation.

The Company does not currently believe any of the Company’s scientific data resulting from activities in China to be conducted by the potential Joint Venture would fall within the Measures for the Management of Scientific Data promulgated by the General Office of the PRC State Council.

Currently, these statements and regulatory actions have had no impact on our daily business operation, including the recent sales through Wider as a distributor, nor do we believe that they will have any impact on the potential Joint Venture when it is formed, or on our ability to accept foreign investments and list our securities on a U.S. or other foreign exchange. When and if formed, we believe that the potential Joint Venture will have received all requisite permissions from the PRC to conduct its business and no permissions will have been denied. Currently, once the potential Joint Venture is formed in Hong Kong, it will have a valid business registration certificate issued by the Hong Kong company registry. Once the certificate of registration is duly issued, the potential Joint Venture will have permission to operate as a legal entity under the laws of the PRC and Hong Kong. However, since these statements and regulatory actions are new, it is highly uncertain how soon legislative or administrative regulation making bodies will respond and what existing or new laws or regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations will be modified or promulgated, if any, and the potential impact such modified or new laws and regulations will have on our daily business operation, the ability to accept foreign investments and list our securities on a U.S. or other foreign exchange. However, there can be no assurance that regulators in China will not promulgate new laws and regulations or adopt new series of interpretations or regulatory actions which may require the potential Joint Venture to meet new requirements on the issues mentioned above. In the event any existing or new laws or regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations are modified or promulgated, or if we have inadvertently concluded that approvals are not required, we and the potential Joint Venture will take any and all actions to remain in compliance with any such laws or regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations thereof.

See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Doing Business in China.”

Risks Related to Doing Business in China

Following the formation of the potential Joint Venture, we intend to conduct a portion of our clinical research and implement a business distribution plan for our devices in China and elsewhere through the potential Joint Venture, which we believe confers clinical, commercial, and regulatory advantages, but may subject us to significant regulatory, liquidity, and enforcement risks. Although we do not intend to have any physical presence in China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, the potential Joint Venture agreements between us and Wider contemplate that the potential Joint Venture will have a physical presence for the potential Joint Venture in Hong Kong. Wider, as a China formed entity with its physical presence in China may be subject to regulatory actions and prohibitions from China regulatory entities and required to obtain certain approvals.

The PRC legal system is a civil law system based on written statutes. Unlike the common law system, prior court decisions under the civil law system may be cited for reference but have limited precedential value.

In 1979, the PRC government began to promulgate a comprehensive system of laws and regulations governing economic matters in general. The overall effect of legislation over the past four decades has significantly enhanced the protection afforded to various forms of foreign investments in China. However, China has not developed a fully integrated legal system, and recently enacted laws and regulations may not sufficiently cover all aspects of economic activities in China. In particular, the interpretation and enforcement of these laws and regulations involve uncertainties. Since PRC administrative and court authorities have significant discretion in interpreting and implementing statutory provisions and contractual terms, it may be difficult to evaluate the outcome of administrative and court proceedings and the level of legal protection we enjoy. These uncertainties may affect our judgment on the relevance of legal requirements and our ability to enforce our contractual rights or tort claims. In addition, the regulatory uncertainties may be exploited through unmerited or frivolous legal actions or threats in attempts to extract payments or benefits from us.

In addition, any administrative and court proceedings in China may be protracted, resulting in substantial costs and diversion of resources and management attention.

In May 2019, the Cyberspace Administration of China (“CAC”) issued strict guidelines for the collection and use of data by operators in China. At this time, Wider does not share any data from any hospital setting or research setting with Nexalin and Nexalin does not share any data from any hospital setting or research setting with Wider. All clinical data, patient data, provider data associated with China and the U.S. do not affect the design or statistical interpretation of preclinical or clinical studies in either country.

Uncertainties in the interpretation and enforcement of Chinese laws and regulations could limit the legal protections available to us.

Since these laws and regulations are relatively new and the PRC legal system continues to rapidly evolve, the interpretations of many laws, regulations and rules are not always uniform and enforcement of these laws, regulations and rules involves uncertainties.

From time to time, we may have to resort to administrative and court proceedings to enforce our legal rights. However, since PRC administrative and court authorities have significant discretion in interpreting and implementing statutory and contractual terms, it may be more difficult to evaluate the outcome of administrative and court proceedings and the level of legal protection we enjoy than in more developed legal systems. Furthermore, the PRC legal system is based in part on government policies and internal rules. As a result, we may not be able to keep ourselves updated with these policies and rules in time. Such uncertainties, including uncertainty over the scope and effect of our contractual, property (including intellectual property) and procedural rights, could materially and adversely affect our business and impede our ability to continue our operations.

The Company acknowledges that are risks that the Chinese government may take actions in the future to exert more oversight and control over offerings that are conducted overseas and/or foreign investment in China-based issuers that could significantly limit or completely hinder our ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless.

See “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Doing Business in China.”

Risks Associated with Our Business

An investment in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks summarized below. These risks are discussed more fully in the section titled “Risk Factors” following this prospectus summary. These risks include, but are not limited to, the following:

• We have incurred significant losses since our inception. We expect to continue to incur significant expenses and operating losses over the next several years. Our net losses may fluctuate significantly from quarter to quarter and year to year. If we do achieve profitability, we may not be able to sustain it;

• We have a limited operating history, which may make it difficult for you to evaluate our current business and predict our future success and viability;

• As a result of the FDA’s December 2019 reclassification of CES devices to treat anxiety and insomnia described elsewhere in this prospectus, we decided to suspend marketing and sales of our first- Generation medical device (Gen-1 devices) in the United States for the treatment of anxiety and insomnia until a new 510(k) application is approved by the FDA. We are presently considering whether to amend our previous 510(k) application for treatment of anxiety and insomnia in accordance with the FDA reclassification ruling. Assuming that we do file an amendment, if we are not successful in obtaining approval of the amended 510(k) application, our business will be negatively affected;

• We depend to a large degree on the success of our future products, some of which are in clinical development but have not completed advanced clinical trials. If we cannot obtain future regulatory approval in the United States for and successfully commercialize one or more of our products or if we experience significant delays in doing so, we may never become profitable;

• Public health threats, including those related to COVID-19, could adversely impact our operations and especially our research and development efforts;

• Our reliance on third parties to provide us with supplies to produce our products, to assist in future approved product manufacturing and/or distribution and to provide reimbursement for our products, may

result in increased costs, shortages, delays or interruptions in the supply of our products for our clinical trials and approved products for our consumers. Further, arrangements entered into with third-party collaborators to help us develop and commercialize our products expose us to various risks if they fail to perform in accordance with our expectations or at all;

• Our commercial success will continue to depend on attaining significant market acceptance of our technologies and existing and future products among healthcare providers, physicians, clinicians, patients, and third-party payors. If we are unable to successfully achieve substantial market acceptance and adoption of our technologies and existing and future products, our business would be harmed;

• If adequate reimbursement remains unavailable in connection with the use of our products and for healthcare providers, physicians and clinicians to provide services for patients treated with our products, it could diminish our sales and/or affect our ability to sell our products profitably;

• If we are not able to recruit and retain qualified management and scientific personnel, we may fail in developing our technologies and products;

• If we are unable to obtain, maintain and protect our intellectual property rights for our technologies and our products, or if our intellectual property rights are inadequate, our competitive position could be harmed, and our ability to commercially market products could be adversely affected;

• Our commercial success depends in part on our avoiding infringement of the patents and proprietary rights of third parties; if one or more third parties were to assert that we infringe on their patents or are otherwise employing their proprietary technology without authorization, it could impair our ability to commercialize our products and otherwise significantly harm our business;

• Our foreign operations pose additional risks, including obtaining approval from foreign regulatory authorities, or with respect to FDA accepting data from trials conducted in foreign jurisdictions;

• We may face difficulties relating to compliance with various laws, including those relating to health and safety, and from changes to current and future legislation, both in the U.S. as well as in other foreign jurisdictions where we may be operating;

• Our collection, use, storage, disclosure, transfer and other processing of sensitive and personal information could give rise to significant costs, liabilities and other risks, including as a result of investigations, inquiries, litigation, fines, legislative and regulatory action and negative press about our privacy and data protection practices, which may harm our business; and

• the other factors described in “Risk Factors.”

Furthermore, our accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the basis that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. At June 30, 2022, the Company had a significant accumulated deficit of approximately $71.5 million and a working capital deficit of approximately $2.2 million. For the six months ended June 30, 2022 and the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company had a loss from operations of approximately $820,000 and $6,019,000, respectively, and negative cash flows from operations of approximately $370,000 and $1,077,000, respectively. The Company’s operating activities consume the majority of its cash resources. The Company anticipates that it will continue to incur operating losses as it executes its development plans through 2023, as well as other potential strategic and business development initiatives. In addition, the Company has had and expects to have negative cash flows from operations, at least into the near future. The Company previously funded these losses primarily through the sale of equity and issuance of convertible notes. The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

Management believes that the actions presently being taken to further implement its business plan, together with funds from its initial public offering, will enable the Company to continue as a going concern. While the Company believes in its viability to raise additional funds, there can be no assurances to that effect. The ability of the Company to continue as a going concern is dependent upon our ability to further implement our business plan and raise additional funds through the Initial Public Offering or otherwise.

Corporate Information

We were originally formed as a Nevada corporation on October 19, 2010 as Nexalin Technology, Inc. On December 1, 2021, we completed the corporate reorganization described under the section titled “Corporate Reorganization,” pursuant to which Nexalin Nevada merged with and into a newly incorporated Delaware company of the same name, Nexalin and, as a result, Nexalin succeeded Nexalin Nevada and our existing shareholders exchanged each of their shares in Nexalin Nevada for one twentieth (1/20th) of a common share of the newly formed Delaware corporation. Nexalin had nominal assets and liabilities and did not conduct any operations prior to the reorganization other than its incorporation.

Our principal executive offices are located at 1776 Yorktown, Suite 550, Houston, Texas 77056. Our phone number is (281) 830-8900. Our website address is www.nexalin.com. We do not incorporate the information on or accessible through our website into this prospectus. We have included our website address in this prospectus solely as an inactive textual reference.

Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company and a Smaller Reporting Company

We qualify as an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, as amended, or the JOBS Act. For so long as we remain an emerging growth company, we are permitted and intend to rely on exemptions from some of the reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies. These exemptions include:

• being permitted to present only two years of audited financial statements and only two years of related management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations disclosures in this prospectus;

• not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act;

• not being required to comply with any requirements that may be adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report providing additional information about the audit and the financial statements;

• reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports, proxy statements and registration statements; and

• exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

We may take advantage of these exemptions until the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the completion of this offering. However, if any of the following events occur prior to the end of such five-year period, (i) our annual gross revenue exceeds $1.07 billion, (ii) we issue more than $1.0 billion of non-convertible debt in any three-year period or (iii) we become a “large accelerated filer,” (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), we will cease to be an emerging growth company prior to the end of such five-year period. We will be deemed to be a “large accelerated filer” at such time that we (a) have an aggregate worldwide market value of common equity securities held by non-affiliates of $700 million or more as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter, (b) have been required to file annual and quarterly reports under the Exchange Act, for a period of at least twelve months and (c) have filed at least one annual report pursuant to the Exchange Act. Even after we no longer qualify as an emerging growth company, we may still qualify as a “smaller reporting company,” which would allow us to take advantage of many of the same exemptions from disclosure requirements including reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in this prospectus and our periodic reports and proxy statements.

We have elected to take advantage of certain of the reduced disclosure obligations in the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part and may elect to take advantage of other reduced reporting requirements in future filings. As a result, the information that we provide to our stockholders may be different than you might receive from other public reporting companies in which you hold equity interests.

In addition, the JOBS Act provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of an extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards. We have elected to take advantage of this extended transition period.

We are also a “smaller reporting company” as defined in the Exchange Act. We may take advantage of certain of the scaled disclosures available to smaller reporting companies until the fiscal year following the determination that our voting and non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates is more than $250 million measured on the last business day of our second fiscal quarter, or our annual revenues are less than $100 million during the most recently completed fiscal year and our voting and non-voting common stock held by non-affiliates is less than $700 million measured on the last business day of our second fiscal quarter.

THE OFFERING

Securities offered by us:		We are offering 1,500,000 units at $6.00 per unit (which is based upon the minimum of the offering price range), each unit comprised of one share of common stock and one warrant to purchase one share. The shares of common stock and the warrants comprising the Units are immediately separable and will be issued separately in this offering, but must be purchased together as a Unit in this offering
Offering Price Per Unit:		Assumed $6.00 per unit, the minimum of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus.
Common Stock outstanding before this Offering:		4,964,961 shares.
Common stock to be outstanding immediately following this offering:		6,464,961 shares or 6,689,961 shares if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full and in each case assuming none of the warrants are exercised.
Warrants outstanding prior to this offering:		Warrants to acquire 21,600 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $10.00 per share.
Warrants outstanding after this offering:		1,500,000 warrants to acquire 1,500,000 shares of common stock with an exercise price equal to [115%] of the offering price of the units, or $[6.90], and an exercise term of commencing immediately until three (3) years after the date of issuance and warrants to acquire 21,600 shares of common stock with an exercise price of $10.00 per share.
Underwriters’ option to purchase additional units from us:		We have granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an aggregate of 225,000 additional units (inclusive of the 225,000 shares of common stock and 225,000 warrants) from us at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions, on the same terms as set forth in this prospectus.
Use of proceeds:		We estimate that we will receive net proceeds from this offering after offering expenses of approximately $7.7 million, or approximately $9 million if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full, assuming an initial public offering price of $6.00 per share, which is the minimum of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, and after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. We currently intend to use the net proceeds from this offering, together with our existing cash, over the next 9 to 18 months for, among other things, approximately $2.1 million for research and development of our technologies and products, approximately $1.2 million for engineering, manufacturing and consulting expenses, $700,000 to repay currently outstanding debt and liabilities $400,000 to expand our sales and marketing capabilities, $2.0 million for working capital and $1.3 million for general corporate purposes. See “Use of Proceeds” at page 52.

Underwriters Compensation:

In connection with this offering, the underwriters will receive an underwriting discount equal to 8% of the gross proceeds from the sale of units in the offering. We will also reimburse the underwriter for certain out-of-pocket actual expenses related to the offering up to $110,000. See “Underwriting” starting on page 130 of this prospectus.

Exercise Price of Warrants:

$[6.90] per share (115% of the offering price of the units). subject to adjustment for certain corporate events such as stock dividends and distributions.

No warrants will be exercisable for cash unless we have an effective and current registration statement covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating to such shares of common stock. It is our current intention to have an effective and current registration statement covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants and a current prospectus relating to such shares of common stock in effect upon completion of this offering (either by updating this prospectus from time to time or undertaking the filing of a new registration statement). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a registration statement covering the shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants, holders of warrants may, until such time as there is an effective registration statement and during any period when we shall have failed to maintain an effective registration statement, exercise warrants on a cashless basis pursuant to an available exemption from registration under the Securities Act. In such event, each holder would pay the exercise price by surrendering the whole warrants for that number of shares of common stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of shares of common stock underlying the warrants, multiplied by the difference between the exercise price of the warrants and the “fair market value” by (y) the fair market value. The “fair market value” shall mean the daily average weighted average reported last sale price of the shares of common stock ending on the third trading day prior to the notice of redemption. For example, if a holder held 300 warrants to purchase 150 shares and the fair market value on the date prior to exercise was $15.00, that holder would receive 35 shares without the payment of any additional cash consideration.

Redemption of Warrants:

We may redeem the outstanding warrants, in whole and not in part, at a price of $0.01 per warrant:

• at any time while the warrants are exercisable,

• upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption,

• if, and only if, the last sales price of our common stock equals or exceeds $[18.00] per share (300% of the unit offering price) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending [three (3)] business days before we send the notice of redemption, and

• if, and only if, there is a current registration statement in effect with respect to the shares of common stock underlying such warrants at the time of redemption and for the entire 30-day trading period referred to above and continuing each day thereafter until the date of redemption.

		If the foregoing conditions are satisfied and we issue a notice of redemption, each warrant holder can exercise his, her or its warrant prior to the scheduled redemption date. However, the price of our common stock may fall below the $[18.00] trigger price, as well as the $[6.90] warrant exercise price, after the redemption notice is issued.
		The redemption criteria for our warrants have been established at a price which is intended to provide warrant holders a reasonable premium to the initial exercise price and provide a sufficient differential between the then-prevailing share price and the warrant exercise price so that if the share price declines as a result of our redemption call, the redemption will not cause the share price to drop below the exercise price of the warrants.
Dividend policy:		We currently intend to retain all available funds and any future earnings to support our operations and finance the growth and development of our business, and therefore do not intend to pay cash dividends on our common stock for the foreseeable future. See “Dividend Policy”.
Risk factors:		An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should read this prospectus carefully, including the section entitled “Risk Factors” and the consolidated financial statements and the related notes to those statements included in this prospectus, before investing in our common stock before deciding to invest in shares of our common stock.
Trading of securities:		The units will not be certificated or issued in stand-alone form. The shares of our Common Stock and the Warrants underlying the units are immediately tradeable upon issuance and will be issued separately in this offering, but must be purchased together as a unit in this offering.
Proposed Nasdaq Capital Market Symbols:		We have applied to list our common stock and warrants on The Nasdaq Stock Market Capital tier under the symbols “NXL” and “NXLIW” We will not proceed with this offering in the event the common stock and warrants are not approved for listing on Nasdaq. We do not intend to apply for listing of the units.
Lock-Up Agreements:		Our directors, officers and certain stockholders have agreed with the underwriter not to offer for sale, issue, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of an aggregate of [3,145,223] shares of our Common Stock for a period of 180 days after the date of this prospectus. See “Underwriting-Lock-Up Agreements” on page 130 of this prospectus.

The number of shares of our common stock that will be outstanding after this offering is based on 4,964,961 shares of common stock outstanding as of August 22, 2022. Unless otherwise indicated, all information in this prospectus reflects or assumes:

• an as-adjusted basis pursuant to our reorganization completed in December, 2021;

• excludes outstanding warrants for 21,600 underlying shares with an exercise price of $10.00 per share;

• no exercise of the warrants underlying the units to be sold in this offering with an exercise price of $[6.90] per share; and

• no exercise by the underwriters of their option to purchase up to 225,000 additional units in this offering.

SUMMARY FINANCIAL DATA

In the tables below, we provide you with our summary consolidated financial data for the periods indicated. We have derived the following summary of our consolidated statement of operations data for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the balance sheet data as of December 31, 2021, from our audited consolidated financial statements appearing elsewhere in this prospectus, as well as our interim unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations data for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, and the balance sheet data as of June 30, 2022. Our historical results are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected in the future. You should read this summary consolidated financial data together with our consolidated financial statements and related notes to those statements, as well as the sections titled “Selected Financial Data” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” which are included elsewhere in this prospectus.

	For The Years Ended December 31,						For The Six Months Ended June 30,
	2021			2020			2022 (Unaudited)			2021 (Unaudited)
Revenues	$	144,065		$	242,914		$	737,610		$	64,096
Cost of Revenue	$	21,442		$	29,039		$	169,047		$	13,142
Gross Profit	$	122,623		$	213,875		$	568,563		$	50,954
Operating Expenses	$	6,141,224		$	3,509,329		$	1,388,783		$	3,696,617
Loss from Operations	$	(6,018,601	)	$	(3,295,454	)	$	(820,220	)	$	(3,645,663	)
Other (Expense)	$	(59,403	)	$	(108,032	)	$	(12,518	)	$	(36,705	)
Net Loss	$	(6,078,004	)	$	(3,403,486	)	$	(832,738	)	$	(3,682,368	)
Weighted Average Shares Outstanding		4,256,360			3,583,281			4,896,717			3,957,599
Net Loss per Share – Basic and Diluted	$	(1.43	)	$	(0.95	)	$	(0.17	)	$	(0.93	)

	As of December 31, 2021			As of June 30, 2022
	As of December 31, 2021			Actual			As Adjusted(1)(2)
Balance Sheet Data:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	661,778		$	291,335		$	7,799,444
Working capital (deficit)(3)	$	(1,610,975	)	$	(2,219,588	)	$	5,496,440
Total assets	$	753,698		$	556,264		$	8,064,373
Total liabilities	$	2,435,639		$	2,796,743		$	2,588,824
Accumulated deficit	$	(70,691,524	)	$	(71,524,262	)	$	(71,524,262	)
Total equity (deficit)	$	(1,681,941	)	$	(2,240,479	)	$	5,475,549

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(1) The as adjusted balance sheet data gives effect to the issuance and sale of units (1,500,000 shares and 1,500,000 warrants) in this offering at an assumed initial public offering price of $6.00 per unit, which is the minimum of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us in addition to the repayment of approximately $208,000 in related party payables. No effect is given to the exercise of any issued and outstanding warrants.

(2) Each $1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed initial public offering price of $6.00 per share, would increase (decrease) as adjusted cash and cash equivalents, working capital, total assets, and total equity by approximately $1.4 million, assuming that the number of shares of common stock offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same and after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. Similarly, each increase (decrease) of 100,000 units offered by us at the assumed initial public offering price of $6.00 per unit, which is the minimum of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, and after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us would increase (decrease) as adjusted cash and cash equivalents, working capital, total assets, and total equity by approximately $0.55 million. The as adjusted information discussed above is illustrative only and will be adjusted based on the actual initial public offering price and other terms of our initial public offering determined at pricing.

(3) We define working capital as current assets less deferred offering costs and less current liabilities.

RISK FACTORS

Investing in our common stock is speculative and involves a high degree of risk including the risk of a loss of your entire investment. Before you invest in our common stock, you should carefully consider the following risk factors. These risk factors contain, in addition to historical information, forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. The occurrence of any of the adverse developments described in the following risk factors and in the documents incorporated herein by reference could materially and adversely harm our business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects. In such event, the value of our common stock could decline, and you could lose all or a substantial portion of the money that you pay for our common stock. In addition, the risks and uncertainties discussed below are not the only ones we face. Our business, financial condition, results of operations or prospects could also be harmed by risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently do not believe are material, and these risks and uncertainties could result in a complete loss of your investment. In assessing the risks and uncertainties described below, you should also refer to the other information contained in this prospectus (as supplemented or amended).

Risks Related to Our Financial Position and Capital Needs

We have incurred significant losses since our inception. We expect to incur losses over the next several years and may never achieve or maintain profitability.

We are a Delaware corporation with a limited operating history. We have funded our operations to date primarily with proceeds from the sale of our stock. We have had only limited sales to date.

We have devoted substantially all our financial resources and efforts to research and development, including preclinical studies and clinical trials. We are still in the early stages of development of our products.

We expect to continue to incur significant expenses and operating losses over the next several years. Our net losses may fluctuate substantially from quarter to quarter and year to year. We anticipate that our expenses will increase significantly as we:

• continue our ongoing and planned preclinical and clinical development of our existing and next Generation devices;

• initiate preclinical studies and clinical trials for any additional products that we may pursue in the future;

• seek to discover and develop additional treatment indications;

• seek regulatory approvals for any products that successfully complete clinical trials;

• ultimately establish sales, marketing and distribution infrastructure and scale up external manufacturing capabilities to commercialize any product for which we may obtain regulatory approval and intend to commercialize on our own;

• maintain, expand and protect our intellectual property portfolio;

• engage additional clinical, scientific, manufacturing and controls personnel;

• add operational, financial and management information systems and personnel, including personnel to support our product development and planned future commercialization efforts; and

• incur additional legal, accounting and other expenses associated with operating as a public company.

To become and remain profitable, we and our collaborators must succeed in developing and eventually commercializing future and existing products that generate significant revenue. This will require us to be successful in a range of challenging activities, including completing preclinical studies and clinical trials of our products and preclinical program, obtaining regulatory approval, manufacturing, marketing and selling any products for which we may obtain regulatory approval, as well as discovering and developing additional products. Again, we are only in the preliminary stages of most of these activities. We may never succeed in these activities and, even if we do, may never generate revenues that are significant enough to achieve profitability.

Because of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with product development, we are unable to accurately predict the timing or amount of expenses or when, or if, we will be able to achieve profitability. If we are required by regulatory authorities to perform studies in addition to those currently expected, or if there are any delays in the initiation and completion of our clinical trials or the development of any of our products, our expenses could increase.

Even if we achieve profitability, we may not be able to sustain or increase profitability on a quarterly or annual basis. Our failure to become and remain profitable would depress the value of our common stock and could impair our ability to raise capital, expand our business, maintain our research and development efforts or continue our operations. A decline in the value of our common stock could also cause you to lose all or part of your investment.

The report of our independent registered public accounting firm included a “going concern” explanatory paragraph prior to this offering.

Our accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the basis that we will continue as a going concern, which contemplates realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. At June 30, 2022, we had a significant accumulated deficit of approximately $71.6 million and a working capital deficit of approximately $2.2 million. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, we had a loss from operations of approximately $0.82 million and negative cash flows from operations of approximately $0.37 million. The Company’s operating activities consume the majority of its cash resources and the limited revenue from sales. We will continue to promote our services to existing and potential customers but anticipate that we will continue to incur operating losses as we execute our development plans through 2023, as well as other potential strategic and business development initiatives. In addition, we have had and expect to have negative cash flows from operations, at least into the near future. The Company previously funded these losses primarily through the sale of equity and issuance of convertible notes. The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

Management believes that the actions presently being taken to further implement its business plan along with the net proceeds from this offering will enable the Company to continue as a going concern. While the Company believes in its viability to raise additional funds, there can be no assurances to that effect. The ability of the Company to continue as a going concern is dependent upon our ability to further implement our business plan and raise additional funds through this offering or otherwise.

Although no assurances can be given as to our ability to deliver on our revenue plans or that unforeseen expenses may arise, management believes that the revenue to be generated from operations, together with the completion of this offering in the near term, will provide the necessary funding for us to continue as a going concern. Management cannot guarantee any future offering will be available on favorable terms or available at all. As such, these matters raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of twelve months from the issue date of this filing. If adequate funds are not available on acceptable terms, or at all, we will need to curtail operations or cease operations.

Our limited operating history may make it difficult for you to evaluate the success of our business to date and to assess our future viability.

We commenced active operations in 2010, and our operations to date have been largely focused on raising capital, identifying and developing our products and preclinical program, broadening our expertise in the development of our products and undertaking preclinical studies and conducting early-stage clinical trials. As a result of the FDA reclassification ruling in December 2019 described elsewhere in this prospectus, we had to suspend marketing of our Gen-1 medical device for the treatment of anxiety and insomnia. We are presently evaluating whether to proceed with amending our prior application with the FDA for the treatment of insomnia.

Although we have developed a second-Generation medical device, it has not completed regulatory filings with the FDA. Consequently, any predictions you make about our future success or viability may not be as accurate as they could be if we had a longer operating history.

We may encounter unforeseen expenses, difficulties, complications, delays and other known or unknown factors in achieving our business objectives. We will need to transition at some point from a company with a research and development focus to a company capable of supporting commercial activities. We may not be successful in such a transition.

We expect our financial condition and operating results to continue to fluctuate significantly from quarter to quarter and year to year due to a variety of factors, many of which are beyond our control. Accordingly, you should not rely upon the results of any quarterly or annual periods as indications of future operating performance.

We may require substantial additional funding to meet our financial needs and to pursue our business objectives. If we are unable to raise capital when needed, we could be forced to delay, reduce or altogether cease our product development programs or commercialization efforts.

We are currently not cash flow positive and are not certain when and if we will be cash flow positive. While we believe that the net proceeds from this offering and the use of such net proceeds described elsewhere in this report will enable us to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements, we may still need to obtain substantial additional funding in connection with our continuing operations and planned activities. Our future capital requirements will depend on many factors, including:

• the timing, progress and results of our ongoing clinical trials of our products;

• the scope, progress, results and costs of preclinical development, laboratory testing and clinical trials of other products that we may pursue;

• the number and development requirements of other products that we may pursue;

• our ability to establish collaborations on favorable terms, if at all;

• the costs, timing and outcome of regulatory review of our products;

• the costs and timing of future commercialization activities, including product manufacturing, marketing, sales and distribution, for any of our products for which we receive marketing approval;

• the revenue, if any, received from commercial sales of our products for which we receive marketing approval;

• the costs and timing of preparing, filing and prosecuting patent applications, maintaining and enforcing our intellectual property rights and defending any intellectual property-related claims; and

• the costs of operating as a public company.

Identifying potential products and conducting preclinical testing and clinical trials is a time-consuming, expensive and uncertain process that takes years to complete, and we may never generate the necessary data or results required to continue our regulatory approvals and achieve product sales. In addition, our products, if approved, may not achieve commercial success. Our commercial revenues, if any, will be derived from sales of products that are cleared under FDA review. Accordingly, we will need to continue to rely on additional financing to achieve our business objectives. Adequate additional financing may not be available to us on acceptable terms, or at all. In addition, we may seek additional capital due to favorable market conditions or strategic considerations even if we believe we have sufficient funds for our current or future operating plans. If we are unable to raise capital when needed or on attractive terms, we could be forced to delay, reduce or altogether cease our research and development programs or future commercialization efforts.

Raising additional capital may cause dilution to our stockholders, including purchasers of shares of our common stock in this offering, restrict our operations or require us to relinquish rights to our technologies or products.

Until such time, if ever, as we can generate substantial product revenue, we expect to finance our cash needs through equity offerings. To the extent that we raise additional capital through the sale of equity or convertible debt securities, your ownership interest will be diluted, and the terms of these securities may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect your rights as a stockholder. Debt financing and equity financing, if available, may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, making capital expenditures or declaring dividends.

If we raise additional funds through collaborations, strategic alliances or marketing, distribution or licensing arrangements with third parties, we may be required to relinquish valuable rights to our technologies, future revenue streams, research programs or products or to grant licenses on terms that may not be favorable to us. If we are unable to raise additional funds through equity or debt financings when needed, we may be required to delay, limit, reduce or terminate our product development or future commercialization efforts or grant rights to a third party to develop and market products that we would otherwise prefer to develop and market ourselves.

Risks Related to the Development of Our Products and Preclinical Program

We depend on the success of our future products, some of which are in clinical development but have not completed advanced clinical trials. If we lose our existing or cannot obtain future regulatory approval for and successfully commercialize one or more of our products or if we experience significant delays in doing so, we may never become profitable.

The success of our products and preclinical program will depend on several additional factors, including:

• successful completion of preclinical studies and requisite clinical trials;

• performing preclinical studies and clinical trials in compliance with the FDA or any comparable regulatory authority requirements;

• receipt of marketing approvals from applicable regulatory authorities;

• the ability of collaborators to manufacture sufficient quantity of product for development, clinical trials or potential commercialization;

• obtaining and maintaining patent, trademark and trade secret protection, and regulatory exclusivity for our products and preclinical program;

• making arrangements with third parties for manufacturing capabilities;

• launching commercial sales of products, if and when approved, whether alone or in collaboration with others;

• acceptance of the therapies, if and when approved, by healthcare providers, physicians, clinicians, patients and third-party payors;

• competing effectively with other therapies;

• obtaining and maintaining healthcare coverage and adequate reimbursement; and

• protecting our rights in our intellectual property portfolio.

If we do not achieve one or more of these factors in a timely manner or at all, we could experience significant delays or an inability to successfully commercialize our products, which would harm our business.

Our products and product candidates may be subject to reclassification by the FDA, and a change in the classification may have an adverse impact on our revenues or our abilities to obtain necessary regulatory approvals.

Originally, our technology was cleared for the treatment of anxiety, depression and insomnia. Each treatment indication with this technology was classified as class III from a risk tolerance standpoint at the FDA. In December of 2019, the FDA passed a new ruling that separated anxiety and insomnia from the treatment of depression. CES devices that treat anxiety and insomnia were reclassified as class II medical devices and require special control trials to be initiated, as well as the filing of a new 510(k) application for previously approved devices. The FDA continued to classify the treatment of depression for cranial stimulation as a class III high risk device. In order to receive approval for treatment for depression, our devices will require a new pre-market application for this indication. We have decided not to pursue a depression indication for our Gen-1 device at such time.

Any further such reclassification by the FDA of an indication from a certain class of device to another during our development or post-commercialization for that indication could have a significant adverse impact due to the more rigorous and lengthy approval process required for a higher risk class medical device. Such a change in classification

can significantly increase development costs and prolong the time for development and approval, thus delaying revenues. A reclassification of an indication after approval from a certain class of device to another could result in a change in classification for reimbursement, and there could be a significant negative impact on our revenues relatedly.

Success in preclinical studies or clinical trials may not be indicative of results in future clinical trials.

Success in preclinical testing and early clinical trials does not ensure that later clinical trials will generate the same results or otherwise provide adequate data to demonstrate the efficacy and safety of a product candidate. Our products may fail to show the desired safety and efficacy in all clinical trials.

If we experience delays or difficulties in the enrolment of patients in clinical trials, our receipt of necessary regulatory approvals could be delayed or prevented.

We may not be able to initiate, continue or complete clinical trials of any product candidate that we develop if we and our collaborators are unable to locate and enroll a sufficient number of eligible patients to participate in these trials as required by the FDA or other comparable regulatory authority. We have limited experience enrolling patients in our clinical trials and cannot predict how successful we will be in enrolling patients in future clinical trials.

Public health threats, including those related to the novel strain of coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 (which causes the disease now called COVID-19), have had, and could continue to have an adverse effect on our operations.

Public health threats have, and could continue to, adversely affect our ongoing or planned research and development activities. In particular, SARS-CoV-2, which causes the disease now called COVID-19, was first reported to have surfaced in Wuhan, China in December 2019, and has since spread globally, including to every state in the United States. On January 31, 2020, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a Public Health Emergency determination in response to the spread of COVID-19. A Public Health Emergency determination remains in effect for 90 days and can be renewed for additional 90-day periods, which the Secretary of HHS has since done multiple times. The outbreak of COVID-19 has severely impacted global economic activity and caused significant volatility and negative pressure in financial markets. The global impact of the outbreak has been rapidly evolving and many countries, including the United States, have reacted by instituting quarantines, mandating business and school closures and restricting travel. As a result, the COVID-19 pandemic is negatively impacting almost every industry directly or indirectly.

The COVID-19 pandemic has delayed our clinical trials and our receipt of marketing approvals from the FDA. Such pandemic also might have reduced, and continue to reduce, participation in our clinical trials, due to both travel restrictions and a general unwillingness of subjects to travel. We cannot presently predict the scope and severity of any other potential business shutdowns or disruptions, but if we or any of the third parties with whom we engage, including the suppliers, clinical trial sites, regulators and other third parties with whom we conduct business, were to experience shutdowns or other business disruptions, our ability to conduct our business in the manner and on the timelines presently planned could be materially and negatively impacted.

Relatedly, the spread of an infectious disease, including COVID-19, may also result in the inability of our suppliers to deliver components or raw materials on a timely basis. Such events may result in a period of business and manufacturing disruption, and in reduced operations, any of which could materially affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. The extent to which the coronavirus impacts our business will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information which may emerge concerning the severity of COVID-19 and the actions to contain the coronavirus or treat its impact, among others.

Risks Related to Our Dependence on Third Parties

We rely on third parties to conduct the clinical trials for our products, and those third parties may not perform satisfactorily, including failing to meet deadlines for the completion of such trials or failing to comply with applicable regulatory requirements.

We rely on third parties, such as research institutions, to conduct our clinical trials. Our reliance upon research institutions, including hospitals, clinics and academics, provides us with less control over the timing and cost of clinical trials and the ability to recruit subjects. If we are unable to reach agreement with suitable research institutions on acceptable terms, or if any resulting agreement is terminated, we may be unable to quickly replace

the research institution with another qualified institution on acceptable terms. Even if we do replace the institution, we may incur additional costs to conduct the trial at the new institution. We may not be able to secure and maintain suitable research institutions to conduct our clinical trials.

We rely on a collaboration with a third party for the quality assurance of our products, and we may seek additional collaborations in the future. If those collaborations are not successful, we may not be able to capitalize on the market potential of these products.

We are a party to a quality assurance agreement with a third party for the quality assurance of our products and may enter into additional collaborations in the future. We are dependent upon the success of our current and any future collaborators in performing their responsibilities in connection with the relevant collaboration. If we fail to maintain these collaborative relationships for any reason, we would need to perform the activities that we currently anticipate would be performed by our collaborators on our own at our sole expense. This could substantially increase our capital needs, and we may not have the capability or financial capacity to undertake these activities on our own, or we may not be able to find other collaborators on acceptable terms, or at all. This may limit the programs we are able to pursue and result in significant delays in the development, sale and manufacture of our product candidates and products, and may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our dependence upon our current and potential future collaborations exposes us to a number of risks, including that our collaborators (i) may fail to cooperate or perform their contractual obligations, including financial obligations, (ii) may choose to undertake differing business strategies or pursue alternative technologies or (iii) may take an opposing view regarding ownership of clinical trial results or intellectual property.

Due to these factors and other possible events, we could suffer delays in the research, development or commercialization of our product candidates and future products or we may become involved in litigation or arbitration, which could be time consuming and expensive. We additionally may be compelled to split revenue with our collaborators, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Risks Related to the Commercialization of Our Products

Even if any of our products receives marketing approval, it may fail to achieve the degree of market acceptance by healthcare providers, physicians, clinicians, patients, third-party payors and others in the medical community necessary for commercial success.

The degree of market acceptance of our products, if approved for commercial sale, will depend on a number of factors, including:

• the efficacy and potential advantages compared to alternative treatments;

• the potential and perceived advantages and disadvantages of the products, including cost and clinical benefit relative to alternative treatments;

• the convenience and ease of administration compared to alternative treatments;

• the willingness of the target patient population to try new therapies and of healthcare providers, physicians, and clinicians to prescribe these therapies;

• acceptance by healthcare providers, physicians, clinicians, patients, operators of hospitals, including in-hospital formularies, and treatment facilities and parties responsible for coverage and reimbursement of the product;

• the availability of coverage and adequate reimbursement by third-party payors and government authorities;

• the ability to manufacture our product in sufficient quantities and yields;

• the strength and effectiveness of marketing and distribution support;

• the prevalence and severity of any side effects;

• limitations or warnings, including distribution or use restrictions, contained in the product’s approved labelling;

• the approval of other new products for the same indications; and

• the timing of market introduction of the approved product as well as competitive products.

Any failure by any of our existing or future products that obtain regulatory approval to achieve market acceptance or commercial success would have a material adverse effect on our business prospects.

We may eventually compete for product sales with other companies, many of which will have greater resources or capabilities than we have, or may succeed in developing better products or in developing products more quickly than we do, and we may not compete successfully with them.

Our industry is competitive and has been evolving rapidly with not only existing treatment options, but also the introduction of new technologies and products as well as the market activities of industry participants. We compete or may eventually compete with other companies and organizations that are marketing or developing therapies for our targeted disease indications, based on traditional pharmaceutical, medical device, or other neurostimulation therapy and technologies.

We also face competition in the neurostimulation field from academic institutions and governmental agencies. Many of our current and potential competitors have greater financial and human resources than we have, including more experience in research and development and more established sales, marketing and distribution capabilities.

We anticipate that competition in our industry will increase. In addition, the health care industry is characterized by rapid technological change, resulting in new product introductions and other technological advancements. Our competitors may develop and market products that render product candidates now or under development by us in the future, or any products manufactured or marketed by us, non-competitive or otherwise obsolete.

Coverage and adequate reimbursement may not be available for our current or any future products, which could make it difficult for us to sell profitably, if approved.

Market acceptance and sales of any products that we commercialize, if approved, will depend in part on the extent to which reimbursement for these products and related treatments will be available from third-party payors, including government health administration authorities, managed care organizations and other private health insurers. Third-party payors decide which therapies they will pay for and establish reimbursement levels. Third-party payors often rely upon Medicare coverage policy and payment limitations in setting their own coverage and reimbursement policies. However, decisions regarding the extent of coverage and amount of reimbursement to be provided for any products that we develop will be made on a payor-by-payor basis. One payor’s determination to provide coverage for a product does not assure that other payors will also provide coverage and adequate reimbursement for the product. Additionally, a third-party payor’s decision to provide coverage for a therapy does not imply that an adequate reimbursement rate will be approved. Each payor determines whether it will provide coverage for a therapy, what amount it will pay for the therapy and on what tier of its list of covered products, or formulary, it will be placed. The position on a payor’s formulary, generally determines the co-payment that a patient will need to make to obtain the therapy and can strongly influence the adoption of such therapy by patients and physicians. Patients who are prescribed treatments for their conditions and providers prescribing such services generally rely on third-party payors to reimburse all or part of the associated healthcare costs. Patients are unlikely to use our products, and providers are unlikely to prescribe our products, unless coverage is provided, and reimbursement is adequate to cover a significant portion of the cost of our products and their administration.

A primary trend in the U.S. healthcare industry and elsewhere is cost containment. Third-party payors have attempted to control costs by limiting coverage and limited reimbursement for medications and certain treatments utilizing digital technologies. We cannot be sure that coverage and reimbursement will be available for any product that we commercialize and, if reimbursement is available, what the level of reimbursement will be. Inadequate coverage and reimbursement may impact the demand for, or the price of, any product for which we obtain marketing approval. If coverage and adequate reimbursement are not available, or are available only to limited levels, we may not be able to successfully commercialize our current and any future products that we develop.

Product liability lawsuits against us could cause us to incur substantial liabilities and to limit commercialization of any products that we may develop.

We face an inherent risk of product liability exposure related to the testing of our products in human clinical trials and will face an even greater risk if we commercially sell any products that we may develop. If we cannot successfully defend ourselves against claims that our products or products caused injuries, we will incur substantial liabilities. Regardless of merit or eventual outcome, liability claims may result in:

• reduced resources of our management to pursue our business strategy;

• decreased demand for any products or products that we may develop;

• injury to our reputation and significant negative media attention;

• withdrawal of clinical trial participants;

• initiation of investigations by regulators;

• product recalls, withdrawals or labelling, marketing or promotional restrictions;

• significant costs to defend the resulting litigation;

• substantial monetary awards paid to clinical trial participants or patients;

• loss of revenue; and

• the inability to commercialize any products that we may develop.

We currently hold $1 million in product liability insurance coverage in the aggregate, with a per incident limit of $1 million, which may not be adequate to cover all liabilities that we may incur. We may need to increase our insurance coverage as we expand our clinical trials or if we commence commercialization of our products. Insurance coverage is increasingly expensive. We may not be able to maintain insurance coverage at a reasonable cost or in an amount adequate to satisfy any liability that may arise.

Risks Related to Our Business and Managing Our Growth

Our future success depends on our ability to retain key executives and to attract, retain and motivate qualified personnel.

Recruiting and retaining qualified scientific and clinical personnel and, if we progress the development of any of our products, commercialization, manufacturing and sales and marketing personnel, will be critical to our success. The loss of the services of our executive officers or other key employees could impede the achievement of our research, development and commercialization objectives and seriously harm our ability to successfully implement our business strategy. Furthermore, replacing executive officers and key employees may be difficult and may take an extended period because of the limited number of individuals in our industry with the breadth of skills and experience required to successfully develop, gain regulatory approval of and commercialize our products. Competition to hire from this limited pool is intense, and we may be unable to hire, train, retain or motivate these key personnel on acceptable terms given the competition among numerous companies for similar personnel. We also experience competition for the hiring of scientific and clinical personnel from universities and research institutions. In addition, we rely on consultants and advisors, including scientific and clinical advisors, to assist us in formulating our research and development and commercialization strategy. Our consultants and advisors may have commitments under consulting or advisory contracts with other entities that may limit their availability to us. If we are unable to continue to attract and retain high-quality personnel, our ability to pursue our growth strategy will be limited.

We expect to expand our development and regulatory capabilities and potentially implement sales, marketing and distribution capabilities, and as a result, we may encounter difficulties in managing our growth, which could disrupt our operations.

As of August 22, 2022, we had three full-time employees and ten part time employees and consultants. As the clinical development of our products progresses, we also expect to experience significant growth in the number of our employees and the scope of our operations, particularly in the areas of research, product development and regulatory affairs, including a sales and marketing team for our existing products. To manage our anticipated future

growth, we must continue to implement and improve our managerial, operational and financial systems, expand our facilities and continue to recruit and train additional qualified personnel. Due to our limited financial resources and the limited experience of our management team in managing a company with such anticipated growth, we may not be able to effectively manage the expansion of our operations or recruit and train additional qualified personnel. The expansion of our operations may lead to significant costs and may divert our management and business development resources. Any inability to manage growth could delay the execution of our business plans or disrupt our operations.

Significant disruptions of our information technology systems or data security incidents could result in significant financial, legal, regulatory, business and reputational harm to us.

We are increasingly dependent on information technology systems and infrastructure, including mobile technologies, to operate our business. In the ordinary course of our business, we collect, store, process and transmit large amounts of sensitive information, including intellectual property, proprietary business information, personal information and other confidential information. It is critical that we do so in a secure manner to maintain the confidentiality, integrity and availability of such sensitive information. We have also outsourced elements of our operations, including elements of our information technology infrastructure, to third parties and, as a result, we manage a number of third-party vendors who may or could have access to our computer networks or our confidential information. In addition, many of those third parties in turn subcontract or outsource some of their responsibilities to other third parties. While all information technology operations are inherently vulnerable to inadvertent or intentional security breaches, incidents, attacks and exposures, the accessibility and distributed nature of our information technology systems, and the sensitive information stored on those systems, make such systems potentially vulnerable to unintentional or malicious, internal and external attacks on our technology environment. Potential vulnerabilities can be exploited from inadvertent or intentional actions of our employees, third-party vendors, or business partners or by malicious third parties. Attacks of this nature are increasing in their frequency, levels of persistence, sophistication and intensity, and are being conducted by sophisticated and organized groups and individuals with a wide range of motives (including industrial espionage) and expertise, including organized criminal groups, “hacktivists,” nation states and others. In addition to the extraction of sensitive information, such attacks could include the deployment of harmful malware, ransomware, denial-of-service attacks, social engineering and other means to affect service reliability and threaten the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information. In addition, the prevalent use of mobile devices increases the risk of data security incidents.

Significant disruptions of our third-party vendors’ information technology systems or other similar data security incidents could adversely affect our business operations and result in the loss, misappropriation and unauthorized access, use or disclosure of, or the prevention of access to, sensitive information, which could result in financial, legal, regulatory, business and reputational harm to us. In addition, information technology system disruptions, whether from attacks on our technology environment or from computer viruses, natural disasters, terrorism, war or telecommunication and electrical failures, could result in a material disruption of our development programs and our business operations. For example, the loss of clinical trial data from completed or future clinical trials could result in delays in our regulatory approval efforts and significantly increase our costs to recover or reproduce the data.

There is no way of knowing with certainty whether we have experienced any data security incidents that have not been discovered. While we have no reason to believe this to be the case, attackers have become very sophisticated in the way they conceal access to systems, and many companies that have been attacked are not aware that they have been attacked. Any event that leads to unauthorized access, use or disclosure of personal information, including personal information regarding our patients or employees, could disrupt our business, harm our reputation, compel us to comply with applicable federal and state breach notification laws and foreign law equivalents, subject us to time-consuming, distracting and expensive litigation, regulatory investigation and oversight or mandatory corrective action, require us to verify the correctness of database contents or otherwise subject us to liability under laws, regulations and contractual obligations, including those that protect the privacy and security of personal information. This could result in increased costs to us, and result in significant legal and financial exposure and reputational harm. In addition, any failure or perceived failure by us or our vendors or business partners to comply with our privacy, confidentiality or data security-related legal or other obligations to third parties, or any further security incidents or other inappropriate access events that result in the unauthorized access, release or transfer of sensitive information, which could include personally identifiable information, may result in governmental investigations, enforcement actions, regulatory fines, litigation or public statements against us by advocacy groups or others, and could cause third parties, including clinical sites, regulators or current and potential partners, to lose trust in us, or we could be subject to claims by third parties that we have breached our privacy- or confidentiality-related obligations. Moreover, data security incidents and other inappropriate access can be difficult to detect, and any delay

in identifying them may lead to increased harm of the type described above. While we have implemented security measures intended to protect our information technology systems and infrastructure, there can be no assurance that such measures will successfully prevent service interruptions or security incidents.

If we engage in future acquisitions or strategic collaborations, this may increase our capital requirements, dilute our stockholders, cause us to incur debt or assume contingent liabilities and subject us to other risks.

From time to time, we may evaluate various acquisitions and strategic collaborations, including licensing or acquiring intellectual property rights, technologies or businesses, as deemed appropriate to carry out our business plan. Any potential acquisition or strategic collaboration may entail numerous risks, including:

• increased operating expenses and cash requirements;

• the assumption of additional indebtedness or contingent liabilities;

• assimilation of operations, intellectual property and products of an acquired company, including difficulties associated with integrating new personnel;

• the diversion of our management’s attention from our existing product programs and initiatives in pursuing such a strategic partnership, merger or acquisition;

• retention of key employees, the loss of key personnel and uncertainties in our ability to maintain key business relationships;

• risks and uncertainties associated with the other party to such a transaction, including the prospects of that party and their existing products or products and regulatory approvals; and

• our inability to generate revenue from acquired technology and/or products sufficient to meet our objectives in undertaking the acquisition or even to offset the associated acquisition and maintenance costs.

We are subject to the risks of conducting business internationally.

On February 24, 2022, Russia launched an invasion in Ukraine which may increase the likelihood of supply interruptions and further hinder our ability to find the materials we need to make our products. Supply disruptions could make it harder for us to find favorable pricing and reliable sources for the materials we need, putting upward pressure on our costs and increasing the risk that we may be unable to acquire the materials and services we need to continue to make certain products.

Risks Related to Doing Business in China

The medical industry in China is highly regulated and such regulations are subject to change which may affect approval and commercialization of our products.

A material portion of our research is expected to be conducted in China through the potential Joint Venture, which we believe confers clinical, commercial and regulatory advantages, but may subject the potential Joint Venture (and also potentially us) to significant regulatory, liquidity, and enforcement risks. The medical industry in China is subject to comprehensive government regulation and supervision, encompassing the approval, registration, manufacturing, packaging, licensing and marketing of new drugs. In recent years, the regulatory framework in China regarding the medical industry has undergone significant changes, and we expect that it will continue to undergo significant changes. Any such changes or amendments may result in increased compliance costs on our business or cause delays in or prevent the successful development or commercialization of our products in China and reduce the current benefits we believe are available to us from researching our products in China. The People’s Republic of China, or PRC, authorities have become increasingly vigilant in enforcing laws in the medical industry and any failure by us or our partners to maintain compliance with applicable laws and regulations or obtain and maintain required licenses and permits may result in the suspension or termination of our business activities in China. We believe our strategy and approach are aligned with the PRC government’s regulatory policies, but we cannot ensure that our strategy and approach will continue to be aligned. In the event that there are changes, we and the potential Joint Venture will take any and all actions to remain in compliance with any such laws or regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations thereof.

There may be difficulties in effecting service of legal process, enforcing foreign judgments or bringing actions in China against us based on foreign laws.

We expect to conduct a material portion of our research in China through the potential Joint Venture. Also, the potential Joint Venture will be formed under the laws of Hong Kong and is expected to be physically located in Hong Kong. Our partner, Wider, is located in China. As a result, it may be difficult to effect service of process upon the potential Joint Venture inside China. It may also be difficult to enforce in U.S. courts judgments obtained in U.S. courts based on the civil liability provisions of the U.S. federal securities laws against the potential Joint Venture. In addition, there is uncertainty as to whether the courts of the PRC would recognize or enforce judgments of U.S. courts against the potential Joint Venture predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the securities laws of the United States or any state.

It may be difficult for us to enforce our rights with respect to the potential Joint Venture. The recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments are provided for under the PRC Civil Procedures Law. PRC courts may recognize and enforce foreign judgments in accordance with the requirements of the PRC Civil Procedures Law based either on treaties between China and the country where the judgment is made or on principles of reciprocity between jurisdictions. China does not have any treaties or other forms of written arrangement with the United States that provide for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. In addition, according to the PRC Civil Procedures Law, the PRC courts will not enforce a foreign judgment by us against Wider or the potential Joint Venture if they decide that the judgment violates the basic principles of PRC laws or national sovereignty, security, or the public interest. As a result, it is uncertain whether and on what basis a PRC court would enforce a judgment rendered by a court in the United States.

It may be difficult for overseas regulators to conduct investigations or collect evidence within China.

It may be difficult for you or overseas regulators, such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Department of Justice (DOJ) and other authorities of the United States, to conduct investigations or collect evidence within China. For example, in China, there are significant legal and other obstacles to obtaining information, documents and materials needed for regulatory investigations or litigation outside China or otherwise with respect to foreign entities. Although the authorities in China may establish a regulatory cooperation mechanism with the securities regulatory authorities of another country or region to implement cross-border supervision and administration, such regulatory cooperation with the securities regulatory authorities in the United States may not be efficient in the absence of mutual and practical cooperation mechanism. Furthermore, according to Article 177 of the PRC Securities Law, which became effective in March 2020, no overseas securities regulator is allowed to directly conduct investigation or evidence collection activities within the territory of the PRC. Accordingly, without the consent of the competent PRC securities regulators and relevant authorities, no entity or individual may provide the documents and materials relating to securities business activities to overseas parties. While detailed interpretation of or implementing rules under Article 177 have yet to be promulgated, the inability for an overseas securities regulator to directly conduct investigation or evidence collection activities within China may further increase difficulties faced by you in protecting your interests.

The PRC’s economic, political and social conditions, as well as governmental policies, could affect the business environment and financial markets in China, and our ability to operate our business, maintain our liquidity and keep our access to capital.

We expect that a portion of our operations will be conducted in China through the potential Joint Venture. Accordingly, our business, results of operations, financial condition and prospects may be influenced to a significant degree by economic, political, legal and social conditions in China. China’s economy differs from the economies of developed countries in many respects, including with respect to the amount of government involvement, level of development, growth rate, control of foreign exchange and allocation of resources. While the PRC economy has experienced significant growth over the past thirty years, growth has been uneven across different regions and among various economic sectors of China. The PRC government has implemented various measures to encourage economic development and guide the allocation of resources. Some of these measures may benefit the overall PRC economy but may have a negative effect on us. For example, our financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected by government control over capital investments or changes in tax regulations that are currently applicable to us. In addition, in the past the PRC government implemented certain measures, including interest rate increases, to control

the pace of economic growth. These measures may cause decreased economic activity in China, which may adversely affect our business and results of operation. More generally, if the business environment in China deteriorates from the perspective of domestic or international investment, our business in China may also be adversely affected.

Uncertainties with respect to the PRC legal system could adversely affect us.

In addition, any administrative and court proceedings in China may be protracted, resulting in substantial costs and diversion of resources and management attention.

Uncertainties in the interpretation and enforcement of Chinese laws and regulations could limit the legal protections available to us.

The PRC legal system is based on written statutes and prior court decisions have limited value as precedents. Since these laws and regulations are relatively new and the PRC legal system continues to rapidly evolve, the interpretations of many laws, regulations and rules are not always uniform and enforcement of these laws, regulations and rules involves uncertainties.

From time to time, we may have to resort to administrative and court proceedings to enforce our legal rights, most notably our rights with respect to the potential Joint Venture. However, since PRC administrative and court authorities have significant discretion in interpreting and implementing statutory and contractual terms, it may be more difficult to evaluate the outcome of administrative and court proceedings and the level of legal protection we enjoy than in more developed legal systems. Furthermore, the PRC legal system is based in part on government policies and internal rules. As a result, we may not be able to keep ourselves updated with these policies and rules in time. Such uncertainties, including uncertainty over the scope and effect of our contractual, property (including intellectual property) and procedural rights, could materially and adversely affect our business and impede our ability to continue our operations.

Restrictions on foreign currency may limit our ability to receive and use our revenue effectively.

The PRC government imposes controls on the conversion of the Renminbi into foreign currencies and, in certain cases, the remittance of foreign currency out of China. To date, the payments we have received from Wider have been in United States dollars, although in the future, payments from Wider or from the potential Joint Venture may be in Renminbi. Under existing PRC foreign exchange regulations, payments of current account items, including profit distributions, interest payments and trade and service-related foreign exchange transactions, can be made in foreign currencies without prior approval of SAFE, by complying with certain procedural requirements. However, approval from or registration with appropriate government authorities is required where Renminbi is to be converted into foreign currency and remitted out of China to pay capital expenses such as the repayment of loans denominated in foreign currencies. As a result, we would need to obtain approval from SAFE to use cash generated from our

operations to pay off any debt in a currency other than Renminbi owed to entities outside China, or to make other capital expenditure payments outside China in a currency other than Renminbi. The PRC government may restrict access to foreign currencies for current account transactions in the future. The foreign exchange control system could prevent us from obtaining sufficient foreign currencies to satisfy our foreign currency demands.

Fluctuation in exchange rates could have a negative effect on our results of operations and the value of your investment.

The value of the Renminbi against the U.S. dollar and other currencies may fluctuate and is affected by, among other things, changes in political and economic conditions in China and by China’s foreign exchange policies. Since June 2010, the Renminbi has fluctuated against the U.S. dollar, at times significantly and unpredictably. On November 30, 2015, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund, or IMF, completed the regular five-year review of the basket of currencies that make up the Special Drawing Right, or the SDR, and decided that with effect from October 1, 2016, the Renminbi is determined to be a freely usable currency and will be included in the SDR basket as a fifth currency, along with the U.S. dollar, the euro, the Japanese yen and the British pound. Since the fourth quarter of 2016, the Renminbi has depreciated significantly in the backdrop of a surging U.S. dollar and persistent capital outflows of China. With the development of the foreign exchange market and progress toward interest rate liberalization and Renminbi internationalization, the PRC government may in the future announce further changes to the exchange rate system, and we cannot assure you that the Renminbi will not appreciate or depreciate significantly in value against the U.S. dollar in the future. It is difficult to predict how market forces or PRC or U.S. government policy may impact the exchange rate between the Renminbi and the U.S. dollar in the future.

Very limited hedging options are available in China to reduce our exposure to exchange rate fluctuations. As of the date of this prospectus, we have not entered into any hedging transactions in an effort to reduce our exposure to foreign currency exchange risk. While we may decide to enter into hedging transactions in the future, the availability and effectiveness of these hedges may be limited and we may not be able to adequately hedge our exposure or at all. In addition, our currency exchange losses may be magnified by PRC exchange control regulations that restrict our ability to convert Renminbi into foreign currency or to convert foreign currency into Renminbi.

The approval of the CSRC, and other compliance procedures may be required in connection with any offering we may make and, if required, we cannot predict whether we will be able to obtain such approval.

We do not have any operations in China and will not have any operations other than the potential Joint Venture following its formation. As of the date of this prospectus, (i) our business operations are carried on outside of China; and (ii) we do not maintain any variable interest entity structure or operate any data center in China. We do not believe that sales of our devices to Wider to date constitute doing business in China. We may still be subject to PRC laws relating to, among others, data security and restrictions over foreign investments due to the complexity of the regulatory regime in China, and the recent statements and regulatory actions by the PRC government relating to data security may affect our business operations in China or even our ability to offer securities in the United States. Our securities are not being offered or sold directly or indirectly in China to or for the benefit of, legal or natural persons of the PRC. Therefore, we have not obtained the approval from either the China Securities Regulatory Commission (the “CSRC”) or the Cyberspace Administration of China (the “CAC”) for any offering we may make under this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement, and we do not intend to obtain the approval from either the CSRC or the CAC in connection with any such offering, since we do not believe that such approval is required under these circumstances. Under the PRC’s current legal system, Chinese citizens have the right to purchase securities publicly issued by overseas companies through legal channels and enjoy corresponding benefits of such ownership. Ownership of such securities does not require approval from the CSRC or the CAC.

On the website of the CSRC, the CSRC provides that in accordance with current laws and regulations, domestic Chinese residents can invest in overseas securities markets through legal channels such as purchasing qualified domestic institutional investor (QDII) fund product shares and participating in Shanghai Hong Kong stock transactions.

There can be no assurance however, that regulators in China will not take a contrary view or will not subsequently require us to undergo the approval procedures and subject us to penalties for non-compliance. The approval of the CSRC or the CAC, and other compliance procedures may be required in connection with any offering we may make and, if required, we cannot predict whether we will be able to obtain such approval.

Recent regulatory developments in China may subject the potential Joint Venture to additional regulatory review and disclosure requirement, expose the potential Joint Venture to government interference, or otherwise restrict our ability to offer securities and raise capital outside China, all of which could materially and adversely affect our business and the value of our securities.

In light of the recent statements by the Chinese government indicating its intention to exert more oversight and control over overseas offerings of China-based companies and the proposed CAC review for certain data processing operators in China, we may adjust our business operations in the future, to comply with PRC laws regulating our industry and our business operations through the potential Joint Venture. However, such efforts may not be completed in a liability-free manner or at all. We cannot guarantee that we will not be subject to PRC regulatory inspection and/or review relating to cybersecurity, especially when there remains significant uncertainty as to the scope and manner of the regulatory enforcement. If the potential Joint Venture is subject to regulatory inspection and/or review by the CAC or other PRC authorities or are required by them to take any specific actions, it could cause suspension or termination of the future offering of our securities, disruptions to our operations, result in negative publicity regarding our company, and divert our managerial and financial resources. The potential Joint Venture may also be subject to fines or other penalties, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We may be subject to PRC laws relating to, among others, data security and restrictions over foreign investments in value-added telecommunications services and other industry sectors set out in the Special Administrative Measures (Negative List) for the Access of Foreign Investment (2020 Edition). Specifically, we may be subject to PRC laws relating to the collection, use, sharing, retention, security, and transfer of confidential and private information, such as personal information and other data. These PRC laws apply not only to third-party transactions, but also to transfers of information between us and our wholly foreign-owned enterprises in China, and other parties with which we have commercial relations. These PRC laws and their interpretations and enforcement continue to develop and are subject to change, and the PRC government may adopt other rules and restrictions in the future. The recent regulatory developments in China, in particular with respect to restrictions on China-based companies raising capital offshore, and the government-led cybersecurity reviews of certain companies with VIE structure, may lead to additional regulatory review in China over our financing and capital raising activities in the United States. Pursuant to the PRC Cybersecurity Law, which was promulgated by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress on November 7, 2016 and took effect on June 1, 2017, personal information and important data collected and generated by a critical information infrastructure operator in the course of its operations in China must be stored in China, and if a critical information infrastructure operator purchases internet products and services that affect or may affect national security, it should be subject to cybersecurity review by the CAC.

The PRC Cybersecurity Law also establishes more stringent requirements applicable to operators of computer networks, especially to operators of networks which involve critical information infrastructure. The PRC Cybersecurity Law contains an overarching framework for regulating Internet security, protection of private and sensitive information, and safeguards for national cyberspace security and provisions for the continued government regulation of the Internet and content available in China. The PRC Cybersecurity Law emphasizes requirements for network products, services, operations and information security, as well as monitoring, early detection, emergency response and reporting. Due to the lack of further interpretations, the exact scope of “critical information infrastructure operator” remains unclear.

On July 10, 2021, the CAC publicly issued the Cybersecurity Review Measures (the “Draft Measures”) for public comments until July 25, 2021. According to the Draft Measures, the scope of cybersecurity reviews is extended to data processing operators engaging in data processing activities that affect or may affect national security. The Draft Measures further requires that any operator applying for listing on a foreign exchange must go through cybersecurity review if it possesses personal information of more than one million users. According to the Draft Measures, a cybersecurity review assesses potential national security risk that may be brought about by any procurement, data processing, or overseas listing. The review focuses on several factors, including, among others, (1) the risk of theft, leakage, corruption, illegal use or export of any core or important data, or a large amount of personal information, and (2) the risk of any critical information infrastructure, core or important data, or a large amount of personal information being affected, controlled or maliciously exploited by a foreign government after a company is listed overseas. While the Draft Measures have been released for consultation purposes, there is still uncertainty regarding the final content of the Draft Measures, its adoption timeline or effective date, its final interpretation and implementation, and other aspects. Furthermore, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress passed

the Personal Information Protection Law of the PRC (“PIPL”), which became effective November 1, 2021, and requires general network operators to obtain a personal information protection certification issued by recognized institutions in accordance with the CAC regulation before such information can be transferred out of China.

Additionally, the Company does not currently believe any of the Company’s scientific data resulting from activities in China to be conducted by the potential Joint Venture would fall within the Measures for the Management of Scientific Data promulgated by the General Office of the PRC State Council. Therefore, we do not believe the PRC would prevent us from seeking foreign approval and commercialization of our product candidates. In the event the potential Joint Venture becomes subject to cybersecurity inspection and/or review by the CAC or other PRC authorities or are required by them to take any specific actions, we and the potential Joint Venture will take any and all actions to remain in compliance with any such laws or regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations thereof.

On July 30, 2021, in response to the recent regulatory developments in China and actions adopted by the PRC government, the Chairman of the SEC issued a statement requesting additional disclosures from offshore issuers with China-based operating companies before their registration statements will be declared effective, including detailed disclosure related to VIE structures and whether the VIE and the issuer, when applicable, received or were denied permission from the PRC authorities to list on U.S. exchanges and the risks that such approval could be denied or rescinded.

On August 1, 2021, the CSRC stated that it had taken note of the new disclosure requirements announced by the SEC regarding the listings of Chinese companies and the recent regulatory development in China, and that the securities regulators in both countries should strengthen communications on regulating China-related issuers. In light of our business operations, we should not be required to undergo the CAC review for any offering that we may make. However, if the enacted version of the Draft Measures mandates clearance of cybersecurity review and other specific actions to be completed by companies aiming to offer securities outside China, we cannot assure you that the PRC regulatory authorities will not take a contrary view or will not subsequently require us to undergo the approval procedures and subject us to penalties for non-compliance, or that if we are required to obtain such clearance, such clearance can be timely obtained, or at all. If the potential Joint Venture becomes subject to cybersecurity inspection and/or review by the CAC or other PRC authorities or are required by them to take any specific actions, it could cause suspension or termination of the future offering of our securities, including offerings under this registration statement, disruptions to our operations, result in negative publicity regarding our company, and divert our managerial and financial resources. We may also be subject to significant fines or other penalties, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. In the event the potential Joint Venture becomes subject to cybersecurity inspection and/or review by the CAC or other PRC authorities or are required by them to take any specific actions, we and the potential Joint Venture will take any and all actions to remain in compliance with any such laws or regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations thereof.

The PRC government has significant influence by enforcing existing rules and regulation, adopting new ones, or changing relevant industrial policies in a manner that may materially increase our compliance cost, change relevant industry landscape or otherwise cause significant changes to our business operations in China, which could result in material and adverse changes in our operations and cause the value of our securities to significantly decline or be worthless.

The PRC government has significant influence by allocating resources, providing preferential treatment to particular industries or companies, or imposing industry-wide policies on certain industries. The PRC government may also amend or enforce existing rules and regulation, or adopt ones, which could materially increase our compliance costs of the potential Joint Venture, change the relevant industry landscape, or cause significant changes to the potential Joint Venture business operations in China. In addition, the PRC regulatory system is based in part on government policies and internal guidance, some of which are not published on a timely basis, or at all, and some of which may even have a retroactive effect. We may not be aware of all non-compliance incidents at all times, and we may face regulatory investigation, fines and other penalties as a consequence. As a result of the changes in the industrial policies of the PRC government, including the amendment to and/or enforcement of the related laws and regulations, companies with China-based operations, including us, and the industries in which we operate, face significant compliance and operational risks and uncertainties. For example, on July 24, 2021, Chinese state media, including Xinhua News Agency and China Central Television, announced a broad set of reforms targeting private education companies providing after-school tutoring services and prohibiting foreign investments in institutions providing

such after-school tutoring services. As a result, the market value of certain U.S. listed companies with China-based operations in the affected sectors declined substantially. As of the date of this prospectus, we are not aware of any similar regulations that may be adopted to significantly curtail our business operations. However, if such other adverse regulations or policies are adopted in China, the potential Joint Venture may be materially and adversely affected, which may significantly disrupt our operations and adversely affect our business. In the event any of the foregoing were to occur, we and the potential Joint Venture will take any and all actions to remain in compliance with any such regulations or policies.

We may be subject to anti-monopoly concerns as a result of our doing business in China.

Article 3 of Anti-Monopoly Law of the People’s Republic of China prohibits “monopolistic practices,” which include: a) the conclusion of monopoly agreements between operators; b) the abuse of dominant market position by operators; c) concentration of undertakings which has or may have the effect of eliminating or restricting market competition. Also, according to Article 19, the operator(s) will be assumed to have a dominant market position if it has following situation: a) an operator has 50% or higher market share in a relevant market; b) two operators have 66% or higher market share in a relevant market; c) three operators have 75% or higher market share in a relevant market. We believe we have not conducted any monopolistic practices in China, and that recent statements and regulatory actions by the Chinese government do not impact our ability to conduct business, accept foreign investments, create the potential Joint Venture with Wider or list on a U.S. or other foreign stock exchange. However, there can be no assurance that regulators in China will not promulgate new laws and regulations or adopt new series of regulatory actions which may require us or the potential Joint Venture to meet new requirements on the issues mentioned above.

We may be subject to regulatory and other risks if we were to operate Variable Interest Entities in China

In July 2021, the Chinese government provided new guidance on China-based companies raising capital outside of China, including through arrangements called variable interest entities (“VIEs”). In light of such developments, the SEC has imposed enhanced disclosure requirements on China-based companies seeking to register securities with the SEC. Although we do not have a VIE structure, due to our potential Joint Venture, any future Chinese, U.S. or other rules and regulations that place restrictions on capital raising or other activities may adversely affect our business and results of operations. If the business environment in China deteriorates from the perspective of domestic or international investment, or if relations between China and the United States or other governments deteriorate, the Chinese government may intervene with our operations and our business in China and United States, as well as the market price of our securities, may also be adversely affected.

Our business does not appear to be within the targeted areas of concern by the Chinese government. However, because of our intended potential Joint Venture, there is a risk that the Chinese government may in the future seek to affect operations of any company with any level of operations in Hong Kong or China, including its ability to offer securities to investors, list its securities on a U.S. or other foreign exchange, conduct its business or accept foreign investment. Substantial uncertainties and restrictions with respect to the political and economic policies of the PRC government and PRC laws and regulations could have a significant impact upon the business that we may be able to conduct in the PRC and accordingly on the results of our operations and financial condition. If any or all of the foregoing were to occur, it could, in turn, result in a material change in the Company’s operations and/or the value of its common stock and/or significantly limit or completely hinder its ability to offer or continue to offer securities to investors and cause the value of such securities to significantly decline or be worthless. Furthermore, in the event any of the foregoing were to occur or to be interpreted differently, we and the potential Joint Venture will take any and all actions to remain in compliance with any such laws or regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations thereof.

Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property

If we are unable to obtain and maintain patent protection for our technologies and products, or if the scope of the patent protection obtained is not sufficiently broad, our competitors could develop and commercialize technologies and products similar or identical to ours, and our ability to successfully commercialize our technologies and products may be impaired.

Our success depends in large part on our ability to obtain and maintain patent protection in the United States and other countries with respect to our products. We seek to protect our proprietary position by filing patent

applications in the United States and abroad related to our technologies and products. If we do not adequately protect our intellectual property, competitors may be able to use our technologies and erode or negate any competitive advantage that we may have, which could harm our business and ability to achieve profitability. To protect our proprietary positions, we file patent applications in the United States and abroad related to our novel technologies and products that are important to our business. The patent application and prosecution processes are expensive and time-consuming. We and our current licensees, or any future licensors and licensees may not be able to file and prosecute all necessary or desirable patent applications at a reasonable cost or in a timely manner. We or our current licensees, or any future licensors or licensees may also fail to identify patentable aspects of our research and development before it is too late to obtain patent protection. Therefore, these and any of our patents and applications may not be prosecuted and enforced in a manner consistent with the best interests of our business. It is possible that defects of form in the preparation or filing of our patents or patent applications may exist, or may arise in the future, such as with respect to proper priority claims, inventorship, claim scope or patent term adjustments. If our current licensees, or any future licensors or licensees, are not fully cooperative or disagree with us as to the prosecution, maintenance or enforcement of any patent rights, such patent rights could be compromised and we might not be able to prevent third parties from making, using and selling competing products. If there are material defects in the form or preparation of our patents or patent applications, such patents or applications may be invalid and unenforceable. Moreover, our competitors may independently develop equivalent knowledge, methods and know-how. Any of these outcomes could impair our ability to prevent competition from third parties.

Changes in either the patent laws or interpretation of the patent laws in the United States and other countries may diminish the value of our patents or narrow the scope of our patent protection. In addition, the laws of foreign countries may not protect our rights to the same extent as the laws of the United States. Furthermore, recent changes in patent laws in the United States, including the America Invents Act of 2011, may affect the scope, strength and enforceability of our patent rights or the nature of proceedings that may be brought by us related to our patent rights.

We may not be aware of all third-party intellectual property rights potentially relating to our current and future our products. Publications of discoveries in the scientific literature often lag behind the actual discoveries, and patent applications in the United States and other jurisdictions are typically not published until eighteen months after filing, or in some cases not at all. Therefore, we cannot be certain that we were the first to make the inventions claimed in our patents or pending patent applications, or that we were the first to file for patent protection of such inventions. Similarly, should we own any patents or patent applications in the future, we may not be certain that we were the first to file for patent protection for the inventions claimed in such patents or patent applications. As a result, the issuance, scope, validity and commercial value of our patent rights cannot be predicted with any certainty. Moreover, we may be subject to a third-party pre-issuance submission of prior art to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, or USPTO, or become involved in opposition, derivation, re-examination, inter partes review or interference proceedings, in the United States or elsewhere, challenging our patent rights or the patent rights of others. An adverse determination in any such submission, proceeding or litigation could reduce the scope of, or invalidate, our patent rights, allow third parties to commercialize our technology or products and compete directly with us, without payment to us, or result in our inability to manufacture or commercialize products without infringing third-party patent rights.

Our pending and future patent applications may not result in patents being issued that protect our technology or products, in whole or in part, or which effectively prevent others from commercializing competitive technologies and products. Even if our patent applications issue as patents, they may not issue in a form that will provide us with any meaningful protection against competing products or processes sufficient to achieve our business objectives, prevent competitors from competing with us or otherwise provide us with any competitive advantage. Our competitors may be able to circumvent our owned or licensed patents by developing similar or alternative technologies or products in a non-infringing manner. Alternatively, our competitors may seek approval to market their own products similar to or otherwise competitive with our products. In these circumstances, we may need to defend and/or assert our patents, including by filing lawsuits alleging patent infringement. In any of these types of proceedings, a court or other agency with jurisdiction may find our patents invalid and/or unenforceable.

The issuance of a patent is not conclusive as to its inventorship, scope, validity or enforceability, and our owned and licensed patents may be challenged in the courts or patent offices in the United States and abroad. Such challenges may result in loss of exclusivity or freedom to operate or in patent claims being narrowed, invalidated or held unenforceable, in whole or in part, which could limit our ability to stop others from using or commercializing similar

or identical technologies and products, or limit the duration of the patent protection of our technologies and products. In addition, given the amount of time required for the development, testing and regulatory review of new products, patents protecting such candidates might expire before or shortly after such candidates are commercialized.

We may become involved in lawsuits to protect or enforce our patents or other intellectual property, which could be expensive, time-consuming and unsuccessful.

Competitors may infringe our issued patents, trademarks, copyrights or other intellectual property. To counter infringement or unauthorized use, we may be required to file infringement claims, which can be expensive and time-consuming and divert the time and attention of our management and scientific personnel. Any claims we assert against perceived infringers could provoke these parties to assert counterclaims against us alleging that we infringe their patents, trademarks, copyrights or other intellectual property. In addition, in a patent infringement proceeding, there is a risk that a court will decide that a patent of ours is invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part, and that we do not have the right to stop the other party from using the invention at issue. There is also a risk that, even if the validity of such patents is upheld, the court will construe the patent’s claims narrowly or decide that we do not have the right to stop the other party from using the invention at issue on the grounds that our patents do not cover the invention. An adverse outcome in a litigation or proceeding involving our patents could limit our ability to assert our patents against those parties or other competitors and may curtail or preclude our ability to exclude third parties from making and selling similar or competitive products. Similarly, if we assert trademark infringement claims, a court may determine that the marks we have asserted are invalid or unenforceable, or that the party against whom we have asserted trademark infringement has superior rights to the marks in question. In this case, we could ultimately be forced to cease use of such trademarks.

In any infringement litigation, any award of monetary damages we receive may not be commercially valuable. Furthermore, because of the substantial amount of discovery required in connection with intellectual property litigation, there is a risk that some of our confidential information could be compromised by disclosure during litigation. In addition, there could be public announcements of the results of hearings, motions or other interim proceedings or developments and if securities analysts or investors perceive these results to be negative, it could have a substantial adverse effect on the price of our common stock. Moreover, there can be no assurance that we will have sufficient financial or other resources to file and pursue such infringement claims, which typically last for years before they are concluded. Some of our competitors may be able to sustain the costs of such litigation or proceedings more effectively than we can because of their greater financial resources and more mature and developed intellectual property portfolios. Even if we ultimately prevail in such claims, the monetary cost of such litigation and the diversion of the attention of our management and scientific personnel could outweigh any benefit we receive as a result of the proceedings.

Accordingly, despite our efforts, we may not be able to prevent third parties from infringing, misappropriating or successfully challenging our intellectual property rights. Uncertainties resulting from the initiation and continuation of patent litigation or other proceedings could have a negative impact on our ability to compete in the marketplace.

Third parties may initiate legal proceedings alleging that we are infringing their intellectual property rights, the outcome of which would be uncertain and could significantly harm our business.

Our commercial success depends, in part, on our ability to develop, manufacture, market and sell our products and use our proprietary technologies without infringing the intellectual property and other proprietary rights of third parties.

There is potential for a substantial amount of intellectual property litigation in our industry, and we may become party to, or threatened with, litigation or other adversarial proceedings regarding intellectual property rights with respect to our technology or products, including interference proceedings before the USPTO. Intellectual property disputes arise in a number of areas including with respect to patents, use of other proprietary rights and the contractual terms of license arrangements. Third parties may assert claims against us based on existing or future intellectual property rights. The outcome of intellectual property litigation is subject to uncertainties that cannot be adequately quantified in advance.

If we are found to infringe a third party’s intellectual property rights, we could be forced, including by court order, to cease developing, manufacturing or commercializing the infringing product candidate or product. Alternatively, we may be required to obtain a license from such third party in order to use the infringing technology and continue developing, manufacturing or marketing the infringing product candidate.

However, we may not be able to obtain any required license on commercially reasonable terms or at all. Even if we were able to obtain a license, it could be non-exclusive, thereby giving our competitors access to the same technologies licensed to us. In addition, we could be found liable for monetary damages, including treble damages and attorneys’ fees if we are found to have willfully infringed a patent. A finding of infringement could prevent us from commercializing our products or force us to cease some of our business operations. Claims that we have misappropriated the confidential information or trade secrets of third parties could have a similar negative effect on our business.

If we are unable to protect the confidentiality of our trade secrets, our business and competitive position would be harmed.

In addition to seeking patent and trademark protection for our products, we also rely on trade secrets, including unpatented know-how, technology and other proprietary information, to maintain our competitive position. We seek to protect our trade secrets, in part, by entering into non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements with parties who have access to them, such as our employees, corporate collaborators, outside scientific collaborators, contract manufacturers, consultants, advisors and other third parties. We also enter into confidentiality and invention or patent assignment agreements with our employees and consultants. Despite these efforts, any of these parties may breach the agreements and disclose our proprietary information, including our trade secrets. Monitoring unauthorized uses and disclosures of our intellectual property is difficult, and we do not know whether the steps we have taken to protect our intellectual property will be effective. In addition, we may not be able to obtain adequate remedies for any such breaches. Enforcing a claim that a party illegally disclosed or misappropriated a trade secret is difficult, expensive and time-consuming, and the outcome is unpredictable. In addition, some courts inside and outside the United States are less willing or unwilling to protect trade secrets.

Moreover, our competitors may independently develop knowledge, methods and know-how equivalent to our trade secrets. Competitors could purchase our products and replicate some or all of the competitive advantages we derive from our development efforts for technologies on which we do not have patent protection. If any of our trade secrets were to be lawfully obtained or independently developed by a competitor, we would have no right to prevent them, or those to whom they communicate it, from using that technology or information to compete with us. If any of our trade secrets were to be disclosed to or independently developed by a competitor, our competitive position would be harmed.

We may not be able to protect our intellectual property rights throughout the world.

Filing, prosecuting and defending patents on products in all countries throughout the world would be prohibitively expensive, and our intellectual property rights in some countries outside the United States could be less extensive than those in the United States. In some cases, we may not be able to obtain patent protection for certain licensed technology outside the United States. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries do not protect intellectual property rights to the same extent as federal and state laws in the United States, even in jurisdictions where we do pursue patent protection. Consequently, we may not be able to prevent third parties from practicing our inventions in all countries outside the United States, even in jurisdictions where we do pursue patent protection or from selling or importing products made using our inventions in and into the United States or other jurisdictions.

Competitors may use our technologies in jurisdictions where we have not pursued and obtained patent protection to develop their own products and, further, may export otherwise infringing products to territories where we have patent protection, but enforcement is not as strong as that in the United States. These products may compete with our products and preclinical programs and our patents or other intellectual property rights may not be effective or sufficient to prevent them from competing.

Many companies have encountered significant problems in protecting and defending intellectual property rights in foreign jurisdictions. The legal systems of certain countries, particularly certain developing countries, do not favor the enforcement of patents, trade secrets and other intellectual property protection, particularly those relating to biotechnology products, which could make it difficult for us to stop the infringement of our patents, if pursued and obtained, or marketing of competing products in violation of our proprietary rights generally.

Proceedings to enforce our patent rights in foreign jurisdictions could result in substantial costs and divert our efforts and attention from other aspects of our business, could put our patents at risk of being invalidated or interpreted narrowly and our patent applications at risk of not issuing and could provoke third parties to assert claims against us.

We may not prevail in any lawsuits that we initiate and the damages or other remedies awarded, if any, may not be commercially meaningful. Accordingly, our efforts to enforce our intellectual property rights around the world may be inadequate to obtain a significant commercial advantage from the intellectual property that we develop or license.

Risks Related to Regulatory Approval of Our Products and Other Legal Compliance Matters

Even if we complete the necessary preclinical studies and clinical trials, the regulatory approval process is expensive, time-consuming and uncertain and may prevent us or any future collaborators from obtaining approvals for the commercialization of some or all of our products. As a result, we cannot predict when or if, and in which territories, we, or any future collaborators, will obtain marketing approval to commercialize a product candidate.

Our products and the activities associated with their development and commercialization, including their design, research, testing, manufacture, safety, efficacy, quality control, recordkeeping, labelling, packaging, storage, approval, advertising, promotion, sale, distribution, import, export and reporting of safety and other post-market information, are subject to comprehensive regulation by the FDA and other foreign regulatory agencies including the NMPA. Failure to obtain marketing approval for a product candidate will prevent us from commercializing the product candidate. As a result of the FDA reclassification ruling in December 2019 which impacted the classification of our devices which are described elsewhere in this prospectus, we had to suspend marketing of our first-Generation medical device for the treatment of anxiety and insomnia. We are presently considering amending our previous 510(k) Application for the treatment of anxiety and insomnia in the United States accordance with the FDA reclassification. Our Gen – 2 medical device has not completed development or regulatory filings with the FDA. Securing marketing approval in the United States from the FDA requires the submission of extensive preclinical and clinical data and supporting information to regulatory authorities for each therapeutic indication to establish the product candidate’s safety and efficacy. Securing marketing approval also requires the submission of information about the product manufacturing process to, and inspection of manufacturing facilities by, the regulatory authorities. Our products may not be effective, may be only moderately effective or may prove to have undesirable or unintended side effects, toxicities or other characteristics that may preclude our obtaining marketing approval or prevent or limit commercial use.

In addition, changes in marketing approval policies during the development period, changes in or the enactment of additional statutes or regulations or changes in regulatory review for each submitted product application may cause delays in the approval or rejection of an application. Regulatory authorities have substantial discretion in the approval process and may refuse to accept any application or may decide that our data is insufficient for approval and require additional preclinical, clinical, or other studies. In addition, varying interpretations of the data obtained from preclinical and clinical testing could delay, limit, or prevent marketing approval of a product candidate. Any marketing approval we ultimately obtain may be limited or subject to restrictions or post-approval commitments that render the approved product not commercially viable.

If we experience delays in obtaining approval or if we fail to obtain approval of our products, the commercial prospects for our products may be harmed and our ability to generate revenues will be impaired.

Failure to obtain marketing approval in foreign jurisdictions would prevent our products from being marketed in these territories. Any approval we are granted for our products in the United States would not assure approval of our products in foreign jurisdictions.

To market and sell our products in China and any other jurisdictions, we must obtain separate marketing approvals and comply with numerous and varying regulatory requirements. The approval procedure varies among countries and can involve additional testing. The time required to obtain approval may differ substantially from that required to obtain approval from the FDA in the United States. The regulatory approval process outside the United States generally includes all the risks associated with obtaining approval from the FDA. In addition, in many countries outside the United States, it is required that the product be approved for reimbursement before the product can be approved for sale in that country. We may not obtain approvals from regulatory authorities outside the United States on a timely basis, if at all. Approval by the FDA does not ensure approval by regulatory authorities in other countries or jurisdictions, and approval by one regulatory authority outside the United States does not ensure approval by

regulatory authorities in other countries or jurisdictions or by the FDA. However, failure to obtain approval in one jurisdiction may impact our ability to obtain approval elsewhere. We may not be able to file for marketing approvals and may not receive necessary approvals to commercialize our products in any market.

The U.S. FDA, Chinese National Medical Products Administration and other comparable foreign regulatory authorities may not accept data from trials conducted in locations outside of their jurisdiction.

We have chosen, and may continue to choose, to conduct international clinical trials. The acceptance of study data by the U.S. FDA, Chinese National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) or other comparable foreign regulatory authority from clinical trials conducted outside of their respective jurisdictions may be subject to certain conditions. In cases where data from foreign clinical trials are intended to serve as the basis for marketing approval in the United States, the FDA will generally not approve the application on the basis of foreign data alone unless (1) the data are applicable to the United States population and United States medical practice; (2) the trials are performed by clinical investigators of recognized competence and pursuant to Current Good Clinical Practice requirements; and (3) the FDA is able to validate the data through an on-site inspection or other appropriate means. The FDA may accept the use of some foreign data to support a marketing approval if the clinical trial meets certain requirements. Additionally, the FDA’s clinical trial requirements, including the adequacy of the subject population studied and statistical powering, must be met. Furthermore, such foreign trials would be subject to the applicable local laws of the foreign jurisdictions where the trials are conducted. There can be no assurance that the FDA, NMPA or any applicable foreign regulatory authority will accept data from trials conducted outside of its respective jurisdiction. If the FDA, NMPA or any applicable foreign regulatory authority does not accept such data, it would result in the need for additional trials, which would be costly and time-consuming and delay aspects of our business plan, and which may result in our product candidates not receiving approval for commercialization in the applicable jurisdiction.

Even if we obtain marketing approvals for our products, the terms of approvals and ongoing regulation of our products may limit how we manufacture and market our products and compliance with such requirements may involve substantial resources, which could materially impair our ability to generate revenue.

Even if marketing approval of a product candidate is granted, an approved product and its manufacturer and marketer are subject to ongoing review and extensive regulation, including the potential requirements to implement a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy or to conduct costly post-marketing studies or clinical trials and surveillance to monitor the safety or efficacy of the product. We must also comply with requirements concerning advertising and promotion for any of our products for which we obtain marketing approval. Promotional communications are subject to a variety of legal and regulatory restrictions and must be consistent with the information in the product’s approved labelling. Thus, we will not be able to promote any products we develop for indications or uses for which they are not approved. In addition, manufacturers of approved products and those manufacturers’ facilities are required to comply with extensive FDA requirements including ensuring quality control and manufacturing procedures, which include requirements relating to quality control and quality assurance as well as the corresponding maintenance of records and documentation and reporting requirements. We and our contract manufacturers could be subject to periodic unannounced inspections by the FDA to monitor and ensure compliance.

Our employees, independent contractors, principal investigators, consultants, commercial partners and vendors may engage in misconduct or other improper activities, including non-compliance with regulatory standards and requirements.

We are exposed to the risk of employee fraud or other misconduct or failure to comply with applicable regulatory requirements. Misconduct by employees and independent contractors, such as principal investigators, consultants, commercial partners and vendors, could include failures to comply with regulations of the FDA and other comparable regulatory authorities, to provide accurate information to such regulators, to comply with manufacturing standards we have established, to comply with healthcare fraud and abuse laws, to report financial information or data accurately or to disclose unauthorized activities to us. In particular, sales, marketing and other business arrangements in the healthcare industry are subject to extensive laws intended to prevent fraud, kickbacks, self-dealing and other abusive practices. These laws may restrict or prohibit a wide range of business activities, including, but not limited to, research, manufacturing, distribution, pricing, discounting, marketing and promotion, sales commission, customer incentive programs and other business arrangements. Employee and independent contractor misconduct could also involve the improper use of individually identifiable information, including, without limitation, information obtained in the course of clinical trials, which could result in regulatory

sanctions and serious harm to our reputation. In addition, federal procurement laws impose substantial penalties for misconduct in connection with government contracts and require certain contractors to maintain a code of business ethics and conduct. It is not always possible to identify and deter employee and independent contractor misconduct, and any precautions we take to detect and prevent improper activities may not be effective in controlling unknown or unmanaged risks or losses or in protecting us from governmental investigations or other actions or lawsuits stemming from a failure to comply with such laws. If any such actions are instituted against us, those actions could have a significant impact on our business, including the imposition of civil, criminal and administrative penalties, damages, monetary fines, disgorgement, possible exclusion from participation in Medicare, Medicaid and other federal healthcare programs, contractual damages, reputational harm, diminished profits and future earnings, additional reporting or oversight obligations if we become subject to a corporate integrity agreement or other agreement to resolve allegations of non-compliance with the law and curtailment or restructuring of our operations, any of which could adversely affect our ability to operate.

Our current and future relationships with healthcare professionals, principal investigators, consultants, customers and third-party payors in the United States and elsewhere may be subject, directly or indirectly, to applicable anti-kickback, fraud and abuse, false claims, physician payment transparency, health information privacy and security and other healthcare laws and regulations, which could expose us to penalties.

Healthcare providers, physicians, clinicians, and third-party payors in the United States and elsewhere will play a primary role in the recommendation and prescription of any products for which we obtain marketing approval. Our current and future arrangements with healthcare professionals, principal investigators, consultants, customers and third-party payors may expose us to broadly applicable fraud and abuse and other healthcare laws, including, without limitation, the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and the federal False Claims Act, that may constrain the business or financial arrangements and relationships through which we research, sell, market and distribute any products for which we obtain marketing approval. In addition, we may be subject to physician payment transparency laws and patient privacy and security regulation by the federal government and by the states and foreign jurisdictions in which we conduct our business. The applicable federal, state and foreign healthcare laws that may affect our ability to operate include the following:

• the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, which prohibits, among other things, persons from knowingly and willfully soliciting, offering, receiving or providing remuneration, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, to induce or reward, or in return for, either the referral of an individual for, or the purchase, lease, order or recommendation of, any good, facility, item or service, for which payment may be made, in whole or in part, under federal and state healthcare programs such as Medicare and Medicaid;

• federal civil and criminal false claims laws, including the federal False Claims Act, which impose criminal and civil penalties, including through civil whistle blower or qui tam actions, against individuals or entities for, among other things, knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, to the federal government, including the Medicare and Medicaid programs, claims for payment that are false or fraudulent or making a false statement to avoid, decrease or conceal an obligation to pay money to the federal government;

• the civil monetary penalties statute, which imposes penalties against any person or entity who, among other things, is determined to have presented or caused to be presented a claim to a federal health program that the person knows or should know is for an item or service that was not provided as claimed or is false or fraudulent;

• the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, which created additional federal criminal statutes that prohibit knowingly and willfully executing, or attempting to execute, a scheme to defraud any healthcare benefit program or obtain, by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations or promises, any of the money or property owned by, or under the custody or control of, any healthcare benefit program, regardless of whether the payor is public or private, knowingly and willfully embezzling or stealing from a health care benefit program, willfully obstructing a criminal investigation of a health care offense and knowingly and willfully falsifying, concealing or covering up by any trick or device a material fact or making any materially false statements in connection with the delivery of, or payment for, healthcare benefits, items or services relating to healthcare matters;

• HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009, or HITECH, and their respective implementing regulations, which impose obligations on “covered

entities,” including certain healthcare providers, health plans, and healthcare clearinghouses, as well as their respective “business associates” that create, receive, maintain or transmit individually identifiable health information for or on behalf of a covered entity, with respect to safeguarding the privacy, security and transmission of individually identifiable health information;

• the federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act, created under Section 6002 of Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, or collectively, the ACA, and its implementing regulations, created annual reporting requirements for manufacturers of products, devices, biologicals and medical supplies for certain payments and “transfers of value” provided to physicians and teaching hospitals, as well as ownership and investment interests held by physicians and their immediate family members; and

• analogous state and foreign laws, such as state anti-kickback and false claims laws, which may apply to sales or marketing arrangements and claims involving healthcare items or services reimbursed by non-governmental third-party payors, including private insurers; state and foreign laws that require companies to comply with voluntary compliance guidelines and the relevant compliance guidance promulgated by the federal government or to adopt compliance programs as prescribed by state laws and regulations, or that otherwise restrict payments that may be made to healthcare providers; state and foreign laws that require manufacturers to report information related to payments and other transfers of value to physicians and other healthcare providers or marketing expenditures; and state and foreign laws governing the privacy and security of health information in certain circumstances, many of which differ from each other in significant ways and often are not pre-empted by HIPAA, thus complicating compliance efforts.

Further, the ACA, among other things, amended the intent requirement of the federal Anti-Kickback Statute and certain criminal statutes governing healthcare fraud. A person or entity no longer needs to have actual knowledge of the statute or specific intent to violate it. In addition, the ACA provided that the government may assert that a claim including items or services resulting from a violation of the federal Anti- Kickback Statute constitutes a false or fraudulent claim for purposes of the False Claims Act.

Efforts to ensure that our future business arrangements with third parties will comply with applicable healthcare laws and regulations may involve substantial costs. It is possible that governmental authorities will conclude that our business practices may not comply with current or future statutes, regulations or case law involving applicable fraud and abuse or other healthcare laws. If our operations are found to be in violation of any of these laws or any other governmental regulations that may apply to us, we may be subject to significant civil, criminal and administrative penalties, including, without limitation, damages, monetary fines, disgorgement, possible exclusion from participation in Medicare, Medicaid and other federal healthcare programs, contractual damages, reputational harm, diminished profits and future earnings, additional reporting or oversight obligations if we become subject to a corporate integrity agreement or other agreement to resolve allegations of non-compliance with the law and curtailment or restructuring of our operations, any of which could adversely affect our ability to operate our business and pursue our strategy. If any of the physicians or other healthcare providers or entities with whom we expect to do business, including future collaborators, are found not to comply with applicable laws, they may be subject to criminal, civil or administrative sanctions, including exclusions from participation in government healthcare programs, which could also affect our business.

Recently enacted and future legislation may increase the difficulty and cost for us and our collaborators to obtain marketing approval of and commercialize our products and affect the prices we may obtain.

In the United States and some foreign jurisdictions, there have been a number of legislative and regulatory changes and proposed changes regarding the healthcare system that could prevent, alter or delay marketing approval of our existing or future products, restrict or regulate post-approval activities and affect our ability to profitably sell any products for which we obtain marketing approval.

Among policy makers and payors in the United States and elsewhere, there is significant interest in promoting changes in healthcare systems with the stated goals of containing healthcare costs, improving quality and/or expanding access. For example, the ACA, which was enacted in the United States in March 2010, includes measures to change health care delivery, decrease the number of individuals without insurance, ensure access to certain basic health care services, and contain the rising cost of care. The healthcare reform movement, including the enactment

of the ACA, has significantly changed health care financing by both governmental and private insurers in the United States. With respect to pharmaceutical manufacturers, the ACA increased the number of individuals with access to health care coverage, but it simultaneously imposed, among other things, increased liability for rebates and discounts owed to certain entities and government health care programs, and new transparency reporting requirements under the Physician Payments Sunshine Act. For a detailed discussion of the ACA’s provisions of importance to the pharmaceutical industry, as well as a description of reform legislation passed subsequent to the ACA, see the section titled “Business — Government Regulation — Healthcare Reform Efforts.”

Since its enactment, there have been judicial and Congressional challenges to certain aspects of the ACA, as well as efforts to repeal or replace certain aspects of the ACA. We continue to evaluate the effect that the ACA and its possible repeal and replacement has on our business. It is uncertain the extent to which any such changes may impact our business or financial condition.

In addition to the ACA, other federal health reform measures have been proposed and adopted in the United States. For example, legislation has been enacted to reduce the level of reimbursement paid to providers under the Medicare program over time, as well as phase in alternative payment models for provider services under the Medicare program with the goal of incentivizing the attainment of pre-defined quality measures. As these measures are not fully in effect, and since the U.S. Congress could intervene to prevent their full implementation, at this time, it is unclear how payment reductions or the introduction of the quality payment program will impact overall physician reimbursement under the Medicare program. It is also unclear if changes in Medicare payments to providers would impact such providers’ willingness to prescribe and administer our existing or future products, if approved. Further, there has been heightened governmental scrutiny over the manner in which companies set prices for their marketed products. For example, there have been several recent Congressional inquiries and proposed and enacted federal and state legislation designed to, among other things, review the relationship between pricing and patient programs, and reform government program reimbursement methodologies for products.

We expect that the ACA, as well as other healthcare reform measures that may be adopted in the future, may result in more rigorous coverage criteria and in additional downward pressure on the price that we receive for any approved product. Any reduction in reimbursement from Medicare or other government programs may result in a similar reduction in payments from private payors. The implementation of cost containment measures or other healthcare reforms may prevent us from being able to generate revenue, attain profitability or commercialize our products.

Legislative and regulatory proposals have been made to expand post-approval requirements and restrict sales and promotional activities for products. We cannot be sure whether additional legislative changes will be enacted, or whether the FDA regulations, guidance or interpretations will be changed, or what the impact of such changes on the marketing approvals of our products, if any, may be. In addition, increased scrutiny by the U.S. Congress of the FDA’s approval process may significantly delay or prevent marketing approval, as well as subject us to more stringent product labelling and post-marketing testing and other requirements.

Various new healthcare reform proposals are emerging at the federal and state level. It is also possible that additional governmental action will be taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Any new federal and state healthcare initiatives that may be adopted could limit the amounts that federal and state governments will pay for healthcare products and services, and could harm our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our business activities may be subject to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, or the FCPA, and similar anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws of other countries in which we operate, as well as U.S. and certain foreign export controls, trade sanctions and import laws and regulations. Compliance with these legal requirements could limit our ability to compete in foreign markets and subject us to liability if we violate them.

If we further expand our operations outside of the United States, we must dedicate additional resources to comply with numerous laws and regulations in each jurisdiction in which we plan to operate. Our business activities may be subject to the FCPA and similar anti-bribery or anti-corruption laws, regulations or rules of other countries in which we operate. The FCPA generally prohibits companies and their employees and third-party intermediaries from offering, promising, giving or authorizing the provision of anything of value, either directly or indirectly, to a non-U.S. government official in order to influence official action or otherwise obtain or retain business. The FCPA also requires public companies to make and keep books and records that accurately and fairly reflect the transactions of the corporation and to devise and maintain an adequate system of internal accounting controls. Our business is heavily regulated and therefore involves significant interaction with public officials, including officials of non-U.S.

governments. Additionally, in many other countries, hospitals owned and operated by the government and doctors and other hospital employees would be considered foreign officials under the FCPA. Recently the SEC and DOJ have increased their FCPA enforcement activities with respect to biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. There is no certainty that all our employees, agents or contractors, or those of our affiliates, will comply with all applicable laws and regulations, particularly given the high level of complexity of these laws. Violations of these laws and regulations could result in fines, criminal sanctions against us, our officers or our employees, disgorgement and other sanctions and remedial measures and prohibitions on the conduct of our business. Any such violations could include prohibitions on our ability to offer our products in one or more countries and could materially damage our reputation, our brand, our international activities, our ability to attract and retain employees and our business, prospects, operating results and financial condition.

In addition, our products and technology may be subject to U.S. and foreign export controls, trade sanctions and import laws and regulations. Governmental regulation of the import or export of our products and technology, or our failure to obtain any required import or export authorization for our products, when applicable, could harm our international sales and adversely affect our revenue. Compliance with applicable regulatory requirements regarding the export of our products may create delays in the introduction of our products in international markets or, in some cases, prevent the export of our products to some countries altogether. Furthermore, U.S. export control laws and economic sanctions prohibit the shipment of certain products and services to countries, governments and persons targeted by U.S. sanctions. If we fail to comply with export and import regulations and such economic sanctions, penalties could be imposed, including fines and/or denial of certain export privileges. Moreover, any new export or import restrictions, new legislation or shifting approaches in the enforcement or scope of existing regulations, or in the countries, persons or products targeted by such regulations, could result in decreased use of our products by, or in our decreased ability to export our products to, existing or potential customers with international operations. Any decreased use of our products or limitation on our ability to export or sell access to our products would likely adversely affect our business.

Risks Related to this Offering, Ownership of Our Common Stock and Warrants and Our Status as a Public Company

An active trading market for our common stock and warrants may not develop and you may not be able to resell your shares at or above the initial offering price, if at all.

This offering constitutes the initial public offering of our securities, and no public market has previously existed for our securities. We have applied to list our common stock and warrants on Nasdaq. Any delay in the commencement of trading of our common stock or warrants on Nasdaq would impair the liquidity of the market for the shares and make it more difficult for holders to sell their shares of our common stock or the warrants. If our common stock and warrants are listed and quoted on Nasdaq, there can be no assurance that an active trading market for the shares or warrants will develop or be sustained after this offering is completed.

The initial offering price will be determined by negotiations among the lead underwriters and us. Among the factors to be considered in determining the initial public offering price are our future prospects and the prospects of our industry in general, our revenue, net income and certain other financial and operating information in recent periods, and the market prices of securities and certain financial and operating information of companies engaged in activities similar to ours. However, there can be no assurance that, following the completion of this offering, the shares of our common stock will trade at a price equal to or greater than the public offering price.

Warrants are speculative in nature.

The warrants offered in this offering do not confer any rights of common stock ownership on their holders, such as voting rights or the right to receive dividends, but rather merely represent the right to acquire shares of our common stock at a fixed price for a limited period of time. Specifically, commencing on the date of issuance, holders of the warrants may exercise their right to acquire the common stock and pay an exercise price of $[6.90] per share [115%] of the assumed public offering price of a unit), prior to three (3) years from the date of issuance, after which date any unexercised warrants will expire and have no further value. In addition, there is no established trading market for the warrants and, although we have been approved to list the warrants on Nasdaq, there can be no assurance that an active trading market will develop.

The warrants may not have any value.

The warrants will be exercisable for three (3) years from the date of initial issuance at an initial exercise price equal to [115%] of the public offering price per unit set forth on the cover page of this prospectus. There can be no assurance that the market price of our shares of common stock will ever equal or exceed the exercise price of the warrants. In the event that the stock price of our shares of common stock does not exceed the exercise price of the warrants during the period when the warrants are exercisable, the warrants may not have any value.

We may redeem your unexpired warrants prior to their exercise at a time that is disadvantageous to you, thereby making your warrants worthless.

We have the ability to redeem outstanding warrants at any time after they become exercisable and prior to their expiration, at a price of $0.01 per warrant, provided that the last reported sales price of our shares equal or exceed $18.00 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share capitalizations, rights issuances, subdivisions, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30 trading-day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date we send the notice of redemption to the warrant holders. If and when the warrants become redeemable by us, we may not exercise our redemption right if the issuance of shares upon exercise of the warrants is not exempt from registration or qualification under applicable state blue sky laws or we are unable to effect such registration or qualification. We will use our best efforts to register or qualify such shares under the blue sky laws of the state of residence in those states in which the warrants were offered by us in this offering. Redemption of the outstanding warrants could force you (i) to exercise your warrants and pay the exercise price therefor at a time when it may be disadvantageous for you to do so, (ii) to sell your warrants at the then-current market price when you might otherwise wish to hold your warrants or (iii) to accept the nominal redemption price which, at the time the outstanding warrants are called for redemption, is likely to be substantially less than the market value of your warrants.

Holders of the Warrants will have no rights as a common stockholder until they acquire our common stock.

Until holders of the warrants acquire shares of our common stock upon exercise of the warrants, the holders will have no rights with respect to shares of our common stock issuable upon exercise of the warrants. Upon exercise of the warrants, the holder will be entitled to exercise the rights of a common stockholder as to the security exercised only as to matters for which the record date occurs after the exercise.

Our Warrant Agreement will designate the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York as the sole and exclusive forum for certain types of actions and proceedings that may be initiated by holders of our Warrants, which could limit the ability of Warrant holders to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with our Company.

Our Warrant Agreement provides that, subject to applicable law, (i) any action, proceeding or claim against us arising out of or relating in any way to the Warrant Agreement, including under the Securities Act, will be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and (ii) that we irrevocably submit to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be the exclusive forum for any such action, proceeding or claim. We will waive any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, these provisions of the Warrant Agreement will not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of America are the sole and exclusive forum. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any of our Warrants shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the forum provisions in our Warrant Agreement.

If any action, the subject matter of which is within the scope of the forum provisions of the Warrant Agreement, is filed in a court other than courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (a “foreign action”) in the name of any holder of our Warrants, such holder shall be deemed to have consented to: (x) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the State of New York in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce the forum provisions (an “enforcement action”), and (y) having service of process made upon such Warrant holder in any such enforcement action by service upon such Warrant holder’s counsel in the foreign action as agent for such Warrant holder.

This choice-of-forum provision may limit a warrant holder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with our Company, which may discourage such lawsuits. Alternatively, if a court were to find this provision of our Warrant Agreement inapplicable or unenforceable with respect to one or more of the specified types of actions or proceedings, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such matters in other jurisdictions, which could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations and result in a diversion of the time and resources of our management and Board of Directors.

The trading price of our common stock and warrants may be volatile, and you could lose all or part of your investment.

The trading price of our common stock and warrants following this offering is likely to be highly volatile and could be subject to wide ﬂuctuations in response to various factors, some of which are beyond our control, including limited trading volume. The stock market in general and the market for companies in our industry in particular have experienced extreme volatility that has often been unrelated to the operating performance of particular companies. As a result of this volatility, investors may not be able to sell their shares or warrants at or above the price paid for the units. In addition to the factors discussed in this “Risk Factors” section and elsewhere in this prospectus, these factors include:

• the commencement, enrollment or results of our planned and future clinical trials;

• the loss of any of our key scientific or management personnel;

• regulatory or legal developments in the United States, China and other countries;

• the success of competitive products or technologies;

• adverse actions taken by regulatory agencies with respect to our clinical trials or manufacturers;

• changes or developments in laws or regulations applicable to our products and preclinical program;

• changes to our relationships with collaborators, manufacturers or suppliers;

• the results of our testing and clinical trials;

• unanticipated safety concerns;

• announcements concerning our competitors or our industry in general;

• actual or anticipated ﬂuctuations in our operating results;

• changes in financial estimates or recommendations by securities analysts;

• potential acquisitions;

• the results of our efforts to discover, develop, acquire or in-license additional products;

• the trading volume of our securities on Nasdaq;

• sales of our common stock by us, our executive officers and directors or our stockholders or the anticipation that such sales may occur in the future;

• general economic, political and market conditions and overall ﬂuctuations in the financial markets in the United States or China;

• stock market price and volume ﬂuctuations of comparable companies and, in particular, those that operate in our industry; and

• investors’ general perception of us and our business.

These and other market and industry factors may cause the market price and demand for our common stock and warrants to fluctuate substantially, regardless of our actual operating performance, which may limit or prevent investors from selling their shares of our common stock and warrants at or above the price paid for the units or the

exercise price of the warrants and may otherwise negatively affect the liquidity of our common stock. In addition, the stock market in general, and companies in our industry in particular, have experienced extreme price and volume ﬂuctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of these companies.

Some companies that have experienced volatility in the trading price of their shares have been the subject of securities class action litigation. Any lawsuit to which we are a party, with or without merit, may result in an unfavorable judgment. We also may decide to settle lawsuits on unfavorable terms. Any such negative outcome could result in payments of substantial damages or fines, damage to our reputation or adverse changes to our business practices. Defending against litigation is costly and time-consuming and could divert our management’s attention and our resources. Furthermore, during litigation, there could be negative public announcements of the results of hearings, motions or other interim proceedings or developments, which could have a negative effect on the market price of our common stock.

If equity research analysts do not publish research or reports, or publish unfavorable research or reports, about us, our business or our market, our stock price and trading volume could decline.

The trading market for our common stock and warrants will be influenced by the research and reports that equity research analysts publish about us and our business. We do not currently have and may never obtain research coverage by equity research analysts. Equity research analysts may elect not to provide research coverage of our common stock after the completion of this offering, and such lack of research coverage may adversely affect the market price of our common stock and warrants. In the event we do have equity research analyst coverage, we will not have any control over the analysts or the content and opinions included in their reports. The price of our shares and warrants could decline if one or more equity research analysts downgrade our shares or issue other unfavorable commentary or research about us. If one or more equity research analysts ceases coverage of us or fails to publish reports on us regularly, demand for our shares could decrease, which in turn could cause the trading price or trading volume of our common stock and warrants to decline.

If you purchase units in this offering, you will suffer immediate dilution of your investment.

The initial public offering price per unit is substantially higher than the as adjusted net tangible book value per share. Therefore, if you purchase units (comprised of common stock and warrants) in this offering, you will pay a price per share that substantially exceeds our as adjusted net tangible book value per share after this offering. Based on an assumed initial public offering price of $6.00 per share, and assigning no value to the warrants, which is the minimum of the price range of the units set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, you will experience immediate dilution of $5.15 per share, representing the difference between our as adjusted net tangible book value per share after this offering and the assumed initial public offering price per share. For further information regarding the dilution resulting from this offering, see the section titled “Dilution” in this prospectus.

A significant portion of our total outstanding shares are restricted from immediate resale but may be sold into the market in the near future. This could cause the market price of our common stock to drop significantly, even if our business is doing well.

Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market could occur at any time. If our stockholders sell, or the market perceives that our stockholders intend to sell, substantial amounts of our common stock in the public market following this offering, the market price of our common stock could decline significantly.

Upon completion of this offering, we will have outstanding 6,464,961 shares of our common stock, based on the number of shares of common stock outstanding as of August 22, 2022. Of these shares, the 1,500,000 shares sold in this offering will be freely tradable and [1,696,112] pre offering shares will be eligible for sale in the public market immediately upon the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. An additional [3,145,223] shares of our common stock (including an aggregate of 1,667,856 shares held by officers, directors and affiliates) will be available for sale in the public market beginning 180 days after the date of this prospectus following the expiration of lock-up agreements between our stockholders and the underwriters, subject in certain circumstances to the volume, manner of sale and other limitations under Rule 144 and Rule 701. The representatives of the underwriters may release those stockholders subject to a lock-up agreement from their lock-up agreements with the underwriters at any time, which would allow for earlier sales of shares in the public market.

There can be no assurances that our shares and warrants once listed on Nasdaq will not be subject to potential delisting if we do not continue to maintain the listing requirements of Nasdaq, which could negatively impact the price and value of our securities and your ability to sell them.

We have applied to list the shares of our common stock and warrants on the Capital Market tier of the Nasdaq Capital Market, or Nasdaq, under the symbols “NXL” and “NXLIW”. Nasdaq has rules for continued listing, including, without limitation, minimum market capitalization, minimum stockholders’ equity and other requirements. Failure to maintain our listing (i.e., being de-listed from Nasdaq) could result in significant consequences for us and our security holders including:

• making it more difficult for holders to sell our common stock or warrants and more difficult to obtain accurate price quotations for such securities;

• resulting in an adverse effect on the price of our common stock and warrants;

• adversely our ability to issue additional securities for financing or other purposes, or otherwise to arrange for any financing we may need in the future;

• resulting in determination that our common stock is a “penny stock,” which will require brokers trading in our common stock to adhere to more stringent rules and possibly result in a reduced level of trading activity in the secondary trading market for our common stock; and

• reducing the amount of news and analyst coverage of our company and our securities.

Concentration of ownership of our common stock among our existing executive officers, directors and principal stockholders may prevent new investors from influencing significant corporate decisions and matters submitted to stockholders for approval.

Upon completion of this offering, our executive officers, directors and current beneficial owners of 5% or more of our common stock and their respective affiliates will, in the aggregate, beneficially own approximately 25.1% of our outstanding common stock, based on the number of shares of our common stock outstanding as of August 22, 2022 (on an as adjusted basis pursuant to our reorganization and excluding warrants outstanding for 21,600 underlying shares with an exercise price of $10.00 per share and the warrants included in the units). As a result, these persons, acting together, would be able to significantly influence all matters requiring stockholder approval, including the election and removal of directors, any merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of our assets or other significant corporate transactions. In addition, these persons, acting together, may have the ability to control the management and affairs of our company. Accordingly, this concentration of ownership may harm the market price of our common stock by:

• delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control;

• entrenching our management and/or the board of directors;

• impeding a merger, consolidation, takeover or other business combination involving us; or

• discouraging a potential acquirer from making a tender offer or otherwise attempting to obtain control of us.

In addition, some of these persons or entities may have interests different than yours. For example, because many of these stockholders purchased their shares at prices substantially below the price at which shares are being sold in this offering and have held their shares for a longer period, they may be more interested in selling our company to an acquirer than other investors, or they may want us to pursue strategies that deviate from the interests of other stockholders.

Provisions in our corporate charter documents and under Delaware law could make an acquisition of our company, which may be beneficial to our stockholders, more difficult and may prevent attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management.

Provisions in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and our amended and restated bylaws that became effective on December 1, 2021 (as amended August 11, 2022) may discourage, delay or prevent a merger, acquisition or other change in control of our company that stockholders may consider favorable, including transactions in which you might otherwise receive a premium for your shares. These provisions also could limit the price that investors might be willing to pay in the future for shares of our common stock, thereby depressing the market price of our common stock. In addition, because our board of directors is responsible for appointing the members of our management team, these provisions may frustrate or prevent any attempts by our stockholders to replace or remove our current management by making it more difficult for stockholders to replace members of our board of directors. Among other things, these provisions:

• establish a classified board of directors such that not all members of the board are elected at one time;

• allow the authorized number of our directors to be changed only by resolution of our board of directors;

• limit the manner in which stockholders can remove directors from the board;

• establish advance notice requirements for stockholder proposals that can be acted on at stockholder meetings and nominations to our board of directors;

• require that stockholder actions must be effected at a duly called stockholder meeting and prohibit actions by our stockholders by written consent;

• limit who may call stockholder meetings; and

• require the approval of the holders of at least 66.66% of the votes that all our stockholders would be entitled to cast to amend or repeal certain provisions of our charter or bylaws.

Moreover, because we are incorporated in Delaware, we are governed by the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which prohibits a person who owns in excess of 15% of our outstanding voting stock from merging or combining with us for a period of three years after the date of the transaction in which the person acquired more than 15% of our outstanding voting stock, unless the merger or combination is approved in a prescribed manner. These provisions could discourage potential acquisition proposals and could delay or prevent a change in control transaction. They could also have the effect of discouraging others from making tender offers for our common stock, including transactions that may be in your best interests. These provisions may also prevent changes in our management or limit the price that investors are willing to pay for our stock.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation will provide that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware and the federal district courts of the United States of America will be the exclusive forums for substantially all disputes between us and our stockholders, including claims under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, which could limit our stockholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us or our directors, officers or employees.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation provides that the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware is the exclusive forum for:

• any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf;

• any action asserting a breach of fiduciary duty;

• any action asserting a claim against us or any of our directors, officers, employees or agents arising under the DGCL, our amended and restated certificate of incorporation or our amended and restated bylaws;

• any action or proceeding to interpret, apply, enforce or determine the validity of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation or our amended and restated bylaws; and

• any action asserting a claim against us or any of our directors, officers, employees or agents that is governed by the internal-affairs doctrine.

Our amended and restated certificate of incorporation further provides that the federal district courts of the United States of America will be the exclusive forum for resolving any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

These exclusive-forum provisions may limit a stockholder’s ability to bring a claim in a judicial forum that it finds favorable for disputes with us or our directors, officers or other employees, which may discourage lawsuits against us and our directors, officers and other employees. If a court were to find either exclusive-forum provision in our amended and restated certificate of incorporation to be inapplicable or unenforceable in an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving the dispute in other jurisdictions. We note that there is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce such exclusive-forum provision and that provision may result in increased costs for investors to bring a claim. We also note that investors cannot waive compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder, and that Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.

We are an “emerging growth company” and as a result of the reduced disclosure and governance requirements applicable to emerging growth companies, our common stock and warrants may be less attractive to investors.

We are an “emerging growth company” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS Act, we do not intend to take advantage of some of the exemptions from reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including:

• not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended, or the Sarbanes-Oxley Act;

• reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports, proxy statements and registration statements; and

• exemptions from the requirements of holding a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved.

We cannot predict if investors will find our common stock or warrants less attractive because we will rely on these exemptions. If some investors find our common stock or warrants less attractive as a result, there may be a less active trading market for our common stock and warrants and the trading prices for our securities may be more volatile. We may take advantage of these exemptions until the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the completion of this offering. However, if any of the following events occur prior to the end of such five-year period, (i) our annual gross revenue exceeds $1.07 billion, (ii) we issue more than $1.0 billion of non-convertible debt in any three-year period or (iii) we become a “large accelerated filer,” (as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act), we will cease to be an emerging growth company prior to the end of such five-year period. We will be deemed to be a “large accelerated filer” at such time that we (a) have an aggregate worldwide market value of common equity securities held by non-affiliates of $700 million or more as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter, (b) have been required to file annual and quarterly reports under the Exchange Act, for a period of at least twelve months and (c) have filed at least one annual report pursuant to the Exchange Act. Even after we no longer qualify as an emerging growth company, we may still qualify as a “smaller reporting company,” which would allow us to take advantage of many of the same exemptions from disclosure requirements including reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in this prospectus and our periodic reports and proxy statements.

Under the JOBS Act, emerging growth companies can also delay adopting new or revised accounting standards until such time as those standards apply to private companies. We have irrevocably elected to avail ourselves of this exemption from new or revised accounting standards and, therefore, will be subject to the same new or revised accounting standards as other public companies that are emerging growth companies. As a result, changes in rules of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles or their interpretation, the adoption of new guidance or the application of existing guidance to changes in our business could significantly affect our financial position and results of operations.

If we fail to maintain proper and effective internal controls, our ability to produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis could be impaired.

After the completion of this offering, we will be subject to the reporting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations of The Nasdaq Capital Market, or Nasdaq. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires, among other things, that we maintain effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting. Beginning with our second annual report following our initial public offering, we must perform system and process evaluation and testing of our internal control over financial reporting to allow management to report on the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting in our Form 10-K filing for that year, as required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. This will require that we incur substantial additional professional fees and internal costs to expand our accounting and finance functions and that we expend significant management efforts. Prior to this offering, we have never been required to test our internal controls within a specified period, and, as a result, we may experience difficulty in meeting these reporting requirements in a timely manner.

We may discover weaknesses in our system of internal financial and accounting controls and procedures that could result in a material misstatement of our consolidated financial statements. Our internal control over financial reporting will not prevent or detect all errors and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the control system’s objectives will be met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that misstatements due to error or fraud will not occur or that all control issues and instances of fraud will be detected.

If we are not able to comply with the requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act in a timely manner, or if we are unable to maintain proper and effective internal controls, we may not be able to produce timely and accurate financial statements. If that were to happen, the market price of our common stock could decline and we could be subject to sanctions or investigations by Nasdaq, the SEC, or other regulatory authorities.

We will have broad discretion in the use of proceeds from this offering and may invest or spend the proceeds in ways with which you do not agree and in ways that may not increase the value of your investment.

Our management will have broad discretion in the application of our cash, including the net proceeds from this offering, and could spend the proceeds in ways that do not improve our results of operations or enhance the value of our common stock. The failure by our management to apply these funds effectively could result in financial losses that could have a negative impact on our business, cause the price of our common stock to decline and delay the development of our products and preclinical program. Pending their use, we may invest our cash, including the net proceeds from this offering, in a manner that does not produce income or that loses value. See the section titled “Use of Proceeds” for additional information.

Because we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future, capital appreciation, if any, will be your sole source of gains and you may never receive a return on your investment.

You should not rely on an investment in our common stock to provide dividend income. We have never declared or paid a dividend on our common stock to date, and we currently intend to retain our future earnings, if any, to fund the development and growth of our business. As a result, capital appreciation, if any, on our common stock will be your sole source of gains for the foreseeable future. Investors seeking cash dividends should not purchase our common stock in this offering.

Recent and potential future changes to U.S. and non-U.S. tax laws could materially adversely affect our company.

Existing, new or future changes in tax laws, regulations and treaties, or the interpretation thereof, in addition to tax policy initiatives and reforms under consideration in the United States or internationally and other initiatives could have an adverse effect on the taxation of international businesses. Furthermore, countries where we are subject to taxes, including the United States, are independently evaluating their tax policy and we may see significant changes in legislation and regulations concerning taxation. On December 22, 2019, President Trump signed into law new legislation, commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, that significantly revises the Code. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, among other things, contains significant changes to corporate taxation, including reduction of the corporate tax rate from a top marginal rate of 35% to a ﬂat rate of 21%, limitation of the tax deduction for interest

expense to 30% of adjusted earnings (except for certain small businesses), limitation of the deduction for net operating losses to 80% of current year taxable income and elimination of net operating loss carry backs, one time taxation of offshore earnings at reduced rates regardless of whether they are repatriated, elimination of U.S. tax on foreign earnings (subject to certain important exceptions), immediate deductions for certain new investments instead of deductions for depreciation expense over time, and modifying or repealing many business deductions and credits. Notwithstanding the reduction in the corporate income tax rate, the overall impact of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act is uncertain and our business and financial condition could be adversely affected. The impact of this tax reform on holders of our common stock is also uncertain and could be adverse. Other legislative changes could also affect the taxation of holders of our common stock. We are unable to predict what tax reform may be proposed or enacted in the future or what effect such changes would have on our business, but such changes, to the extent they are brought into tax legislation, regulations, policies or practices, could affect our effective tax rates in the future in countries where we have operations and have an adverse effect on our overall tax rate in the future, along with increasing the complexity, burden and cost of tax compliance. We urge our stockholders to consult with their legal and tax advisors with respect to any such legislative changes and the potential tax consequences of investing in or holding our common stock.

Tax authorities may disagree with our positions and conclusions regarding certain tax positions, resulting in unanticipated costs, taxes or non-realization of expected benefits.

A tax authority may disagree with tax positions that we have taken, which could result in increased tax liabilities. For example, the Internal Revenue Service or another tax authority could challenge our allocation of income by tax jurisdiction and the amounts paid between our affiliated companies pursuant to our intercompany arrangements and transfer pricing policies, including amounts paid with respect to our intellectual property development. Similarly, a tax authority could assert that we are subject to tax in a jurisdiction where we believe we have not established a taxable connection, often referred to as a “permanent establishment” under international tax treaties, and such an assertion, if successful, could increase our expected tax liability in one or more jurisdictions. The foregoing are only selected examples of potential challenges, and other tax positions we have taken or may take in the future could become the subject of disputes with one or more tax authorities. A tax authority may take the position that material income tax liabilities, interest and penalties are payable by us, in which case, we expect that we might contest such assessment. Contesting such an assessment may be lengthy and costly and if we were unsuccessful in disputing the assessment, the implications could increase our anticipated effective tax rate, where applicable.

We will incur significantly increased costs as a result of operating as a company whose common stock is publicly traded in the United States, and our management will be required to devote substantial time to new compliance initiatives.

As a public company in the United States, we will incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that we did not incur previously. These expenses will likely be even more significant after we no longer qualify as an emerging growth company. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the listing requirements of Nasdaq and other applicable securities rules and regulations impose various requirements on public companies in the United States, including the establishment and maintenance of effective disclosure and financial controls and corporate governance practices. Our senior management and other personnel will need to devote a substantial amount of time to these compliance initiatives. Moreover, these rules and regulations will increase our legal and financial compliance costs and will make some activities more time-consuming and costly. For example, we expect that these rules and regulations may make it more difficult and more expensive for us to obtain director and officer liability insurance, which in turn could make it more difficult for us to attract and retain qualified senior management personnel or members for our board of directors.

However, these rules and regulations are often subject to varying interpretations, in many cases due to their lack of specificity, and, as a result, their application in practice may evolve over time as new guidance is provided by regulatory and governing bodies. This could result in continuing uncertainty regarding compliance matters and higher costs necessitated by ongoing revisions to disclosure and governance practices.

Pursuant to Section 404, we will be required to furnish a report by our senior management on our internal control over financial reporting. However, while we remain an emerging growth company, we will not be required to include an attestation report on internal control over financial reporting issued by our independent registered public accounting firm. To prepare for eventual compliance with Section 404, we will be engaged in a process to document

and evaluate our internal control over financial reporting, which is both costly and challenging. In this regard, we will need to continue to dedicate internal resources, potentially engage outside consultants and adopt a detailed work plan to assess and document the adequacy of internal control over financial reporting, continue steps to improve control processes as appropriate, validate through testing that controls are functioning as documented and implement a continuous reporting and improvement process for internal control over financial reporting. Despite our efforts, there is a risk that we will not be able to conclude, within the prescribed timeframe or at all, that our internal control over financial reporting is effective as required by Section 404. If we identify one or more material weaknesses, it could result in an adverse reaction in the financial markets due to a loss of confidence in the reliability of our consolidated financial statements.

Recent joint statements by the SEC and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (“PCAOB”) proposed rule changes under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act that call for additional and more stringent criteria to be applied to emerging market companies upon assessing the qualification of their auditors, especially the non-U.S. auditors who are not inspected by the PCAOB. These developments could add uncertainties to certain foreign issuers in their continued listing or future offerings of securities in the U.S.

On May 20, 2020, the U.S. Senate passed the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act requiring a foreign company to certify it is not owned or controlled by a foreign government if the PCAOB is unable to audit specified reports because the company uses a foreign auditor not subject to PCAOB inspection. If the PCAOB is unable to inspect the company’s auditors for three consecutive years, the issuer’s securities are prohibited to trade on a national exchange. On December 2, 2020, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act. On December 18, 2020, the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act was signed into law.

On March 24, 2021, the SEC adopted interim final rules relating to the implementation of certain disclosure and documentation requirements of the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act.

On June 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed a bill which, if passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and signed into law, would reduce the number of consecutive non-inspection years required for triggering the prohibitions under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act from three years to two.

The lack of access to the PCAOB inspection in China prevents the PCAOB from fully evaluating audits and quality control procedures of the auditors based in China. As a result, investors may be deprived of the benefits of such PCAOB inspections. The inability of the PCAOB to conduct inspections of auditors in China makes it more difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of these accounting firm’s audit procedures or quality control procedures as compared to auditors outside of China that are subject to the PCAOB inspections, which could cause investors and potential investors in certain issuer’s securities to lose confidence in audit procedures and reported financial information and the quality of financial statements.

Our auditor, the independent registered public accounting firm that issues the audit report included elsewhere in this annual report and an auditor of companies that are traded publicly in the United States and a firm registered with the PCAOB, is subject to laws in the United States pursuant to which the PCAOB conducts regular inspections to assess its compliance with the applicable professional standards. Our auditor is headquartered in the United States and has been inspected by the PCAOB on a regular basis. We are a U.S.-based entity, and we maintain all financial records in the U.S., and we do not maintain any such records in any foreign jurisdictions as of the date of this filing. Furthermore, although we believe that there are no foreseeable risks under the Holding Foreign Companies Accountable Act, there may be perceived market risks associated with such act that are beyond our control due to our prospective joint venture arrangements in China as described elsewhere in this filing, as well as any records in the future that may be maintained in China.

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INDUSTRY DATA

This prospectus contains forward-looking statements that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this prospectus, including statements regarding our future results of operations and financial position, business strategy, prospective products, product approvals, research and development costs, future revenue, timing and likelihood of success, plans and objectives of management for future operations, and future results of anticipated products and prospects are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the words “may,” “might,” “will,” “could,” “would,” “should,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “objective,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “project,” “potential,” “continue” and “ongoing,” or the negative of these terms, or other comparable terminology intended to identify statements about the future. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from the information expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Although we believe that we have a reasonable basis for each forward-looking statement contained in this prospectus, we caution you that these statements are based on a combination of facts and factors currently known by us and our expectations of the future, about which we cannot be certain. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements about:

• our plans to develop and commercialize our products;

• our planned clinical trials for our products;

• the timing of the availability of data from our clinical trials;

• the timing of our selection of an initial clinical candidate from our program;

• our ability to take advantage of benefits offered by current and pending legislation related to the development of products addressing antimicrobial resistance;

• the timing of our planned regulatory filings;

• the timing of and our ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approvals for our products;

• the clinical utility of our products and their potential advantages compared to other treatments;

• our commercialization, marketing and distribution capabilities and strategy;

• our ability to establish and maintain arrangements for the manufacture of our products;

• our ability to establish and maintain collaborations and to recognize the potential benefits of such collaborations;

• our estimates regarding the market opportunities for our products;

• our intellectual property position and the duration of our patent rights;

• our estimates regarding future expenses, capital requirements and needs for additional financing; and

• our expected use of proceeds from this offering.

You should read this prospectus (as it may be supplemented or amended) and the documents that we reference herein and have filed as exhibits to the registration statement, of which this prospectus is part, completely and with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus is accurate as of the date on the front cover of this prospectus only. In particular, you should refer to the “Risk Factors” section of this prospectus for a discussion of important factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements. As a result of these factors, we cannot assure you that the forward-looking statements in this prospectus will prove to be accurate. Furthermore, if our forward-looking statements prove to be inaccurate, the inaccuracy may be material. In light of the significant uncertainties in these forward-looking statements, you should not regard these statements as a representation or warranty by us or any other person that we will achieve our objectives and plans in any specified time frame, or at all. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

This prospectus also contains estimates, projections and other information concerning our industry, our business, and the markets for our products. Information that is based on estimates, forecasts, projections, market research or similar methodologies is inherently subject to uncertainties, and actual events or circumstances may differ materially from events and circumstances that are assumed in this information. Unless otherwise expressly stated, we obtained this industry, business, market and other data from our own internal estimates and research as well as from reports, research surveys, studies and similar data prepared by market research firms and other third parties, industry, medical and general publications, government data and similar sources. While we believe our internal company research is reliable and the market definitions are appropriate, neither such research nor definitions have been verified by an independent source. While we believe that each of these studies and publications is reliable, we have not independently verified market and industry data from third-party sources.

In addition, assumptions and estimates of our and our industry’s future performance are necessarily subject to a high degree of uncertainty and risk due to a variety of factors, including those described in the section titled “Risk Factors.” These and other factors could cause our future performance to differ materially from our assumptions and estimates.

USE OF PROCEEDS

Based upon gross proceeds of $9,000,000 from the sale of our securities in this offering (assuming an offering price at the minimum of the range), we estimate that the net proceeds to us from this offering will be approximately $7,720,000 after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. If the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares is exercised in full, we estimate that our net proceeds will be approximately increased to $8,960,000. Each $1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed combined initial public offering price of $6.00 per share of common stock would increase (decrease) the net proceeds to us from this offering by approximately $1.4 million, assuming that the number of units (and shares of common stock) offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same and after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. Each increase (decrease) of 100,000 in the number of units (and shares of common stock) we are offering would increase (decrease) the net proceeds to us from this offering, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us, by approximately $0.55 million, assuming the assumed initial public offering price stays the same. The principal purposes of this offering are to raise capital for our operations and research needs, increase our capitalization and financial flexibility, to create a public market for our common stock and to facilitate our future access to the capital markets. As of the date of this prospectus, we cannot specify with certainty all of the particular uses for the net proceeds we receive from this offering.

However, we currently intend to use the net proceeds we receive from this offering over the next 9 to 18 months as follows:

• approximately $2.1 million to fund clinical research, trials and development work for future product candidates;

• approximately $2 million for working capital;

• approximately $0.5 million to pay past due service fees due to U.S. Asian Consulting Group LLC, which is owned by our Chief Financial Officer and her spouse who is an advisor to the Company and an additional $0.2 million to repay a note in the amount of $200,000 bearing interest at 9% per annum held by our Chief Executive Officer. See “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” at page 108.

• approximately $0.40 million to invest in developing our sales and internal infrastructure;

• approximately $1.20 million for engineering, manufacturing and consultant expenses;

• approximately $0.70 million for regulatory and certification costs; and

• approximately $0.60 million for legal, accounting, general and administrative expenses.

The $2.1 million to be spent on clinical research, trials and development work for future product candidates includes:

• Special control trials for the Gen 2 – 15 milliamp clinical device that are intended to be completed for treatment indications of anxiety and insomnia;

• Clinical trials using the Gen 2 – 15 milliamp clinical device for the treatment of substance use disorder (SUD) that are intended to be completed and support the application for a breakthrough device designation with FDA for opiate addiction and SUD;

• Pilot trials for safety and efficacy for concussion related to TBI that are intended to be completed at a major university utilizing Gen-2 – 15 milliamp;

• Prototype design and clinical safety testing for Gen-3 outpatient headset;

• Virtual clinic digital platform that is intended to begin with specific focus on user experience and medical professional experience; and

• Special control trials for the Gen 1 – 4 milliamp device that are intended to be completed for treatment indications of anxiety and insomnia which will assist us in amending our prior FDA applications;

The $2.1 million to be spent on working capital includes costs associated with adding several full-time professional staff members including, but not limited to, a director of sales, regulatory and quality control, as well as additional staff and office space.

With respect to repayment of outstanding debt and other expenses, (i) our Chief Executive Officer who holds a promissory note in the amount of $200,000 which was originally due upon completion of this offering, has agreed to defer payment until March 15, 2023 and (ii) U.S. Asian Consulting Group LLC (which is controlled by our Chief Financial Officer and her spouse — see page 108) which is owed the sum of approximately $457,000 as of June 30,2022, has agreed to defer payment of $250,000 until March 15, 2023 and (iii) one creditor who is owed approximately $532,000 in the aggregate, has agreed to defer payment of a total of $332,000 until March 15, 2023.

This expected use of the net proceeds from this offering represents our intentions based upon our current plans and business conditions for the approximately the next 9 to 18 months, which could change in the future as our plans and business conditions evolve. We may also use a portion of the net proceeds to in-license, acquire or invest in additional businesses, technologies, products or assets, although currently we have no specific agreements, commitments or understandings in this regard. As of the date of this prospectus, we cannot predict with certainty all of the particular uses for the net proceeds to be received upon the closing of this offering or the amounts that we will actually spend on the uses set forth above. We expect that as our operations expand and additional research and additional clinical trials requirements become necessary, we will utilize additional funds (either from additional capital raising or debt financing or a combination of both, or any proceeds from the exercise of warrants and remaining working capital funds from this offering) to pay for such costs and expenses.

We are currently not cash flow positive and are uncertain when will be cash flow positive. While we believe that the net proceeds from this offering will enable us to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements, if our operations are not cash flow positive, we may need to obtain substantial additional funding in connection with our continuing operations and planned activities. We have based this estimate on assumptions that may prove to be incorrect, and we could use our available capital resources sooner than we currently expect. We may satisfy our future cash needs through the sale of equity securities, debt financings, working capital lines of credit, corporate collaborations or license agreements, grant funding, interest income earned on invested cash balances or a combination of one or more of these sources.

DIVIDEND POLICY

We have never declared or paid a dividend, and we do not anticipate declaring or paying dividends in the foreseeable future. We currently intend to retain our future earnings, if any, to fund the development and growth of our business. Any future determination related to our dividend policy will be made at the discretion of our board of directors after considering our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, business prospects and other factors the board of directors deems relevant, and subject to the restrictions contained in any future financing instruments.

CORPORATE REORGANIZATION

Nexalin had nominal assets and liabilities and did not conduct any operations prior to the reorganization other than its incorporation.

Upon this completion of the corporate reorganization on December 1, 2021, the historical consolidated financial statements of Nexalin Nevada became the historical consolidated financial statements of Nexalin, the entity whose shares of common stock are being sold in this offering, though such historical financial data gives effect to the corporation reorganization. We believe that the corporate reorganization will not have a material effect on our historical results of operations.

Investors in this offering will only acquire, and this prospectus only describes the offering of, shares of the common stock of Nexalin. We refer to the reorganization described herein as our “corporate reorganization.”

CAPITALIZATION

The following table sets forth our cash and capitalization as of June 30, 2022 (on an as-adjusted basis pursuant to our reorganization), as follows:

• on an actual basis; and

• on an as adjusted basis to give further effect to our issuance and sale of 1,500,000 units (1,500,000 shares of common stock and 1,500,000 warrants) in this offering at an assumed initial public offering price of $6.00 per unit, which is the minimum of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us and therefore providing net proceeds of approximately $7.7 million.

Information below on as adjusted basis is illustrative only, and our capitalization following the closing of this offering will be adjusted based on the actual initial public offering price and other terms of this offering determined at pricing. You should read this information in conjunction with our financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus and the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” section and other financial information contained in this prospectus.

	As of June 30, 2022
	Actual			As Adjusted(1)
Cash	$	291,335		$	7,799,444
Total indebtedness	$	806,042		$	806,042
Stockholders’ equity (deficit):
Common Stock, $0.001 per share; 100,000,000 shares authorized; 4,905,163 (actual) and 6,405,163 (as adjusted) shares issued and outstanding, respectively		4,905			6,405
Additional paid-in capital	$	69,278,878			76,993,406
Accumulated deficit	$	(71,524,262	)		(71,524,262	)
Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)	$	(2,240,479	)	$	5,475,549
Total capitalization	$	(1,434,437	)	$	6,281,591

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(1) Each $1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed combined initial public offering price of $6.00 per unit, which is the minimum of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, would increase (decrease) the as adjusted amount of each of cash, total equity and total capitalization by approximately $1.4 million, assuming that the number of shares of common stock offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same and after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. Similarly, each increase (decrease) of 100,000 shares in the number of units (shares of common stock in the units) offered by us at the assumed combined initial public offering price of $6.00 per unit, which is the minimum of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, would increase (decrease) the as adjusted amount of each of cash, total equity and total capitalization by approximately $0.55 million.

The number of shares of our common stock on an as adjusted basis set forth in the table above is based on shares of our common stock outstanding as of June 30, 2022 and the issuance of the securities underlying the 1,500,000 units in this offering. The foregoing table gives no effect to any exercise of the warrants.

DILUTION

If you invest in units (comprised of shares of common stock and warrants) in this offering, your ownership interest will be immediately diluted to the extent of the difference between the assumed initial public offering price of $6.00 per share of common stock (the minimum of the range appearing on the front cover of this prospectus and assuming no value to the warrants) and the as adjusted net tangible book value per share of our common stock immediately upon the consummation of this offering. Net tangible book value per share represents the book value of our tangible assets less the book value of our total liabilities divided by the number of shares of common stock then issued and outstanding. For purposes of this Dilution discussion, we have assumed no value to the warrants.

Our net tangible book value as of June 30, 2022 was $(2,249,303) or $(0.46) per share. After giving effect to our sale 1,500,000 units resulting in the issuance of 1,500,000 shares of common stock in this offering at an assumed initial public offering price of $6.00 per share of common stock, which is the minimum of the price range of the units set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions ($720,000) and estimated offering expenses (in the amount of approximately $564,000) payable by us, our as adjusted net tangible book value as of June 30, 2022 would have been approximately $5,466,725 or approximately $0.85 per share (assuming no exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option). This amount represents an immediate and substantial dilution of $5.15 per share to new investors purchasing units in this offering. The following table illustrates this dilution per share:

Assumed initial public offering price per unit				$	6.00
Net tangible book value per share as of June 30, 2022	$	(0.46	)
Increase in net tangible book value per share attributable to this offering		1.31
As adjusted net tangible book value per share after giving effect to this offering					0.85
Dilution per share to new investors participating in this offering				$	5.15

A $1.00 increase (decrease) in the assumed combined initial public offering price of $6.00 per share of our units (the minimum of the range appearing on the front cover of this prospectus) would increase (decrease) the as adjusted net tangible book value by approximately $1.4 million, or approximately $0.22 per share, and increase (decrease) the dilution per share to new investors by approximately $0.78 per share, assuming that the number of shares of common stock offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same and after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. We may also increase or decrease the number of units (and therefore the shares of common stock contained in the units) we are offering. An increase (decrease) of 100,000 shares in the number of shares of common stock offered by us would increase our as adjusted net tangible book value by approximately $0.55 million, or $0.07 per share and increase (decrease) the dilution per share to investors purchasing common stock in this offering would be $0.07 per share, assuming the assumed initial public offering price remains the same and after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. The as adjusted information discussed above is illustrative only and will change based on the actual initial public offering price and other terms of this offering determined at pricing.

If the underwriters exercise their option in full to purchase up to 225,000 units (resulting in 225,000 additional shares of our common stock) in this offering to cover overallotments, the as adjusted net tangible book value per share after this offering would be $1.01 per share, and the as adjusted dilution to new investors would be $4.99 per share, in each case assuming a combined initial public offering price of $6.00 per share of common stock, which is the minimum of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, and after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and the estimated offering expenses payable by us. The following table summarizes, on an as adjusted basis described above, as of June 30, 2022, the differences between the number of shares of common stock purchased from us, the total consideration paid and the average price per share paid by existing stockholders and by new investors participating in this offering at an assumed initial public offering price of $6.00 per share of common stock, which is the minimum of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, before deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by us. As the table shows, new investors purchasing common stock in this offering will pay an average price per share substantially higher than our existing stockholders paid.

	Shares Purchased			Total Consideration				Average Share Price
	Number	Percent		Amount		Percent		Average Share Price
Existing stockholders	4,905,163	76.6	%	$	10,317,154	53.4	%	$	2.10
New investors	1,500,000	23.4			9,000,000	46.6		$	6.00
Total	6,405,163	100.0	%	$	19,317,154	100.0	%

If the underwriters exercise their option to purchase all 225,000 (resulting in 225,000 additional shares of our common stock) to cover overallotments fully, the percentage of shares of common stock held by existing stockholders will decrease to approximately 74% of the total number of shares of our common stock outstanding after this offering, and the number of shares held by new investors will increase to 1,725,000, or approximately 26.0% of the total number of shares of our common stock outstanding as of June 30, 2022.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis of the consolidated results of operations and financial condition of Nexalin Technology, Inc. and its subsidiary as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 and for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 and as of June 30, 2022 and for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 should be read in conjunction with our financial statements and the notes to those financial statements that are included elsewhere in this prospectus. References in this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” to “us,” “we,” “our,” and similar terms refer to Nexalin Technology, Inc. This prospectus contains forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the federal securities laws. The events described in forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus may not occur. Generally, these statements relate to business plans or strategies, projected or anticipated benefits or other consequences of our plans or strategies, projected or anticipated benefits from acquisitions that may be made by us, or projections involving anticipated revenues, earnings or other aspects of our operating results. The words “may,” “will,” “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “project,” “plan,” “intend,” “estimate,” and “continue,” and their opposites and similar expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. We caution you that these statements are not guarantees of future performance or events and are subject to a number of uncertainties, risks and other influences, many of which are beyond our control, which may influence the accuracy of the statements and the projections upon which the statements are based. Reference is made to “Risk Factors” beginning on page 16 of this prospectus for a discussion of some of the uncertainties and risks associated with these statements.

Overview

We design and develop innovative neurostimulation products to uniquely and effectively help combat the ongoing global mental health epidemic. We previously developed and sold an easy-to-administer medical device, referred to as Generation 1, or Gen-1, that utilizes bioelectronic medical technology to treat anxiety and insomnia, without the need for drugs or psychotherapy. These types of devices are based upon cranial electrotherapy stimulation (CES). Our original Gen-1 devices emit waveform at 4 milliamps during treatment and are now classified by the FDA, as of December 2019 as a Class II device.

Medical professionals have utilized the Gen-1 device to administer CES to patients in clinical settings. While the Gen-1 device had originally been cleared by the FDA to treat depression, anxiety and insomnia, three prevalent and serious diseases, as a result of the FDA’s December 2019 reclassification of CES devices, the Gen-1 device was reclassified as a Class II device for the treatment of anxiety and insomnia. Additionally, we are required to file an amended application under Section 510(k) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (“510(k) Application”) to be approved by the FDA for the marketing and sales of our devices for the treatment of anxiety and insomnia. We are analyzing whether to proceed with an amendment of our prior applications with the FDA for Gen-1 devices.

In the FDA’s December 2019 ruling, the treatment of depression with our device will remain a class III and require a new PMA (premarket approval) application to demonstrate safety and effectiveness.

We have also designed and developed new advanced waveform technology to be emitted at 15 milliamps through our existing medical device improved with a modern enclosure referred to as Generation 2 or Gen-2 which can penetrate deeper into the brain and stimulate associated structures of mental illness, which we believe will generate enhanced patient response. Gen-2 is presently being tested in clinical trials, for anxiety, insomnia and depression in the United States, and preliminary data provided by the University of California San Diego supports the safety of utilizing our waveform technology at an increased power. Currently, the waveform that comprises the basis of Gen-2 and Gen-3 devices is being tested in a research setting to determine safety data to be provided for review by the FDA for safety and efficacy evaluation. Determinations of the safety and efficacy of our devices are solely within the authority of the FDA.

The Nexalin regulatory team has made a strategic decision to begin developing strategies for a new PMA application for the treatment of depression with our new Gen-2 device. While we continue providing services to medical professionals to support patients’ use of the Gen-1 devices which were in operation prior to December 2019, we are not making new sales of Gen-1 devices in the United States. Servicing consists of warranty coverage, electrode sales, and patient cable replacement. This servicing is included in the monthly lease payment. Providers may continue to use these devices for treatment purposes. We continue to derive revenue from devices which we sold or leased prior to the FDA’s December 2019 reclassification announcements. This revenue consists of monthly license fees and payment for the sale of electrodes to clinical providers of our technology. We have suspended marketing and sales efforts in the United States on the Gen-1 device for treatment of anxiety or insomnia until and if a new 510(k) application is approved by the FDA. Additionally, our regulatory team has informed FDA inspectors that we continue to support the operations of clinical providers that were open and using our Gen-1 devices prior to the December 2019 ruling by the FDA.

We are also currently designing clinical trials for the use of Gen-2 for the treatment of substance use disorders opiates additions, chronic pain, Alzheimer’s disease, and dementia. In part due to increasing incidence attributed to the devastating impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, mental health and cognitive disorders are widespread across the globe and cause substantial health, social and economic losses and hardships accordingly. Our focus is on the continued development of our innovative bioelectronic medical technologies and rapid regulatory approval to help reverse these losses and hardships by safely and effectively treating various mental health disorders.

All our products are non-invasive and undetectable and, critically, can provide relief to those afflicted with mental health issues without adverse side effects. We have a proprietary design of varying voltages, currents, electromagnetic fields and various frequencies — referred to collectively as waveform — particularly our proprietary, patented symmetrical alternating current waveform. Our devices generate a high frequency, charge balanced electrical current waveform that is applied to an array of electrodes on the head. The features of this waveform make the application of the stimulation undetectable to the human body and this technique is proprietary to our devices, which enables the use of a higher current than all other devices in the market.

Our Gen-2 device is equipped with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology that exchanges electrode usage data with a reader in the main device. The purpose of RFID is to track and maintain control of the proprietary single use electrode. Our electrode chip will be programmed to exchange data with the device and allow activation for a single treatment with a new electrode only. The use of a disposable RFID ensures a recurring revenue stream on the device and protects against any generic knockoffs designed to avoid treatment costs. This upgrade in technology also ensures the proprietary nature of the electrodes that support treatment outcomes are sustained. The revenue projections in Phase 2 are based on device sales and recurring disposable electrode sales.

We will also be developing a new headset design for our products that will offer medical professionals the opportunity to prescribe the headset device — Gen-3 — for use in a patient’s home to increase access to mental health treatment.

We recognize that an additional barrier to treatment in today’s mental health treatment landscape — beyond the concerns about safety, efficacy and discomfort that have been associated with conventional mental health treatments such as drugs, psychotherapy and other forms of electrical stimulation — is stigma. We have received industry reports and feedback that many patients that struggle with mood disorders have a stigma of embarrassment associated with psychotherapy (e.g., counselling with a therapist). Additional stigmas are associated with the side effects of medication prescribed by psychiatrists. To address the embarrassment stigma, we are developing a new headset design to emit our waveform technology which will offer medical professionals the opportunity to prescribe the headset device for use in a patient’s home — referred to as Generation 3 or Gen-3 — to increase access to mental health treatment. We believe that in order to preserve product safety and integrity for home use, the headset device will require physician oversight including prescriptions for use, monthly authorization for continued patient use and monthly physician monitoring through our digital management platform.

According to Infinium Global Research, the global neurostimulation devices market is projected to grow from approximately $4.7 billion in 2018 to approximately $9.8 billion for a CAGR of 10.9% from 2019-2025. There are several drivers of this growth. First, many mental health disorders are treated with psychotherapy or pharmaceutical intervention and have limited efficacy and, in the case of the latter increased awareness of the side effects of medication. Second, the rising number of geriatric patients, particularly with respect to Alzheimer’s disease, will increase demand for mental health treatments. Third, increased diagnosis of cases of anxiety, depression and various other mental health disorders in all age populations will contribute to market expansion. Doctors and patients will seek effective, safer and more cost-effective alternatives to current care standards. Advancements in neurostimulation techniques, such as those we are developing, will provide treatment options that address irregularities in the brain’s functional health. These functional brain health issues are believed to be the underlying cause of many mental health disorders and chronic diseases.

Overall, we believe that our advanced waveform, technological upgrades and the development of a modern headset monitored with our IT management platform, evidenced in our Gen-2 and Gen-3 devices, will position us with the opportunity to disrupt the traditional mental health treatment model. Our mission is to remove the stigma of expensive psychotherapy or pharmaceuticals with the attendant side effects and dependency issues and replace such stigma with clinically proven and cost-effective technology that is easily accessible in the privacy of the patient’s home and monitored by licensed healthcare providers.

Since our inception, we have generated significant losses, we expect to continue to incur significant expenses and increasing operating losses for at least the next several years. Our net losses may fluctuate significantly from period to period, depending on the timing of our planned clinical trials and expenditures on other research and development activities. We expect our expenses will increase substantially over time as we:

• continue our ongoing and planned preclinical and clinical development of our products;

• initiate preclinical studies and clinical trials for any additional products that we may pursue in the future;

• seek to discover and develop additional products;

• review and analyse the value of amending our previous 510(k) Application for anxiety and insomnia in accordance with the FDA and seek other regulatory approvals for any future products that successfully complete clinical trials;

• ultimately establish a sales, marketing and distribution infrastructure and scale up external manufacturing capabilities to commercialize any product candidate for which we may obtain regulatory approval and intend to commercialize on our own;

• maintain, expand and protect our intellectual property portfolio;

• engage additional clinical, scientific, manufacturing and controls personnel; and

• add additional operational, financial and management information systems and personnel, including personnel to support our product development and planned future commercialization efforts.

Furthermore, following the completion of this offering, we expect to incur additional costs associated with operating as a public company, including significant legal, accounting, investor relations and other expenses that we did not incur as a private company.

Corporate Reorganization

As more fully described in the section of this prospectus titled “Corporate Reorganization,” we completed a corporate reorganization on December 1, 2021, pursuant to which Nexalin Nevada merged with and into a newly incorporated Delaware company of the same name, Nexalin and, as a result, Nexalin succeeded Nexalin Nevada and our existing shareholders exchanged each of their shares in Nexalin Nevada for one twentieth (1/20th) of a common share of the newly formed Delaware corporation. Nexalin had nominal assets and liabilities and did not conduct any operations prior to the reorganization other than its incorporation.

Our Delaware corporation had nominal assets and liabilities and did not conduct any operations prior to the reorganization other than its incorporation.

Upon the completion of the corporate reorganization, the historical consolidated financial statements of our Nevada corporation became the historical consolidated financial statements of our Delaware corporation. The common shares of our Delaware corporation are now the shares being sold in the offering as part of this prospectus. We expect that the corporate reorganization will not have a material effect on our historical results of operations.

Recent Developments

Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic

We continue to monitor how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting our employees, business and clinical trials. Such pandemic has delayed our clinical trials and our receipt of marketing approvals from the FDA. Such pandemic also might have reduced, and continue to reduce, participation in our clinical trials, due to both travel restrictions and a general unwillingness of subjects to travel. We cannot presently predict the scope and severity of any other potential business shutdowns or disruptions, but if we or any of the third parties with whom we engage, including the suppliers, clinical trial sites, regulators and other third parties with whom we conduct business, were to experience shutdowns or other business disruptions, our ability to conduct our business in the manner and on the timelines presently planned could be materially and negatively impacted.

In addition, the spread of an infectious disease, including COVID-19, may also result in the inability of our suppliers to deliver components or raw materials on a timely basis. Such events may result in a period of business and manufacturing disruption, and in reduced operations, any of which could materially affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. The extent to which the coronavirus impacts our business will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including new information which may emerge concerning the severity of COVID-19 and the actions to contain the coronavirus or treat its impact, among other things.

China Market

In September 2018, we entered into an agreement with Wider, pursuant to which we and Wider shall form the Joint Venture. The Joint Venture will be formed following the completion of certain funding, clinical study, and publication milestones, which Wider has agreed to undertake. We expect the Joint Venture to be formally formed by the third quarter of 2023. Following its formation, the Joint Venture will design and implement a comprehensive business model and distribution plan for our devices in China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan and elsewhere. The first phase of distribution in China includes implementation of a sales strategy by Wider for mainland China and other territories serviced by Wider.

In March 2022, we entered into a second supplement to the Joint Venture agreement with Wider, whereby the parties confirmed that the Joint Venture had not yet been established and is subject to further review and analysis of regulatory issues in China and the United States, trade and political issues between the two countries and potential changes in the use and market for the Company’s products and technology. Pursuant to the second supplement, the parties agreed to use their commercial efforts to complete documentation by September 30, 2022. In light of general economic conditions in China and the United States and the continued impact of regulatory issues in China and the United States and trade and political issues between the two counties, the parties determined to further extend the time frame to complete establishment of the joint venture to September 30, 2023 and entered into a supplement 3 to the Joint Venture Agreement to memorialize such extension. The parties intend to continue to work together to complete the establishment prior to such extended time.

During the first half of 2022, we sold Gen-2 devices in China through Wider which agreed to act as a distributor on a limited basis pending formation of the potential Joint Venture. As a result, we recognized revenue of approximately $624,000 during the first half of 2022. In conjunction with such revenue, during the first half of 2022, we incurred costs of approximately $143,000 for cost of goods sold, delivery and labeling costs. In 2021, we incurred expenses relating to certain development costs associated with these devices sold during the first half of 2022 which were recorded during 2021. The Company expects that the $143,000 of additional costs attributed to the $624,000 sale in the first half of 2022 may not be indicative of our cost of sales in future periods and that beginning in the second half of 2022 gross margins may decrease due to an increase in the costs of components, manufacturing, delivery, sales and marketing. In addition, we expect to derive revenue as a royalty fee from the China based manufacturer of electrodes for electrodes ordered by Wider in connection with the distribution of our devices in China. The manufacturer will pay us a 20% royalty based upon its electrode sales price to Wider in connection with Wider’s device distribution activities. See “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions — Joint Venture” at page 111.

In September of 2021, the NMPA, the equivalent of the United States FDA, approved the Gen-2 device for marketing and sale in China for the treatment of insomnia and depression. These treatment indications and clearances from the NMPA have allowed us to market and sell the Gen-2 device in China for the treatment of insomnia and depression.

We do not believe that any other regulatory of governmental approvals are required for the sale of our devices, including the sales made to date, by Wider in China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. If and when the potential Joint Venture is formed and it completes sales of our devices in China, there are no regulatory or other restrictions that would restrict either (i) the transfer from China of any proceeds resulting from such sales by Wider to the potential Joint Venture in Hong Kong, other than standard compliance with China’s State Administration of Foreign Exchange policies and approval process, or (ii) our receipt of our share of such proceeds from Hong Kong to us in the United States, which is not subject SAFE’s policies and approval process.

(1) a Chinese domestic company shall first apply to the local foreign exchange bureau for directory registration by presenting an application form and business license; and

(2) after the domestic company is registered in the directory and provides documentation to prove the authenticity of the business transaction between the parties, such as the contract for the transaction, banks in China will approve the transfer of the sales proceeds.

Although there can be no assurance in light of recent worldwide events such as the Russia and Ukraine war and continuing changes within the China legal system, we expect to consummate the formation of the potential Joint Venture by the third quarter 2023.

As more fully described above in “Risk Factors — Risks Related to Doing Business in China,” recent statements and regulatory actions by the Chinese government may have targeted those companies whose operations involves cross-border data security or anti-monopoly concerns and may have significant regulatory, liquidity, and enforcement risks for us when the potential Joint Venture is formed. With regard to data security, China has promulgated several important laws recently. Among them, on June 10, 2021, China promulgated the PRC Data Security Law (“DSL”), which became effective on September 1, 2021. The legislative intent for this law mainly includes regulating data processing activities, ensuring data security, promoting data development and utilization, protecting the data related legitimate rights and interests of individuals and organizations, and safeguarding national sovereignty, security and development interests. Article 36 provides that any Chinese entity that provides the data to foreign judicial or law enforcement agencies (regardless of whether directly or through a foreign entity) without approval from the Chinese authority would likely be deemed to be in violation of DSL. In addition, pursuant to Article 2 of Measures for Cybersecurity Reviews, the procurement of any network product or service by an operator of critical information infrastructure that affects or may affect national security shall be subjected to a cybersecurity review under the Measures. Pursuant to Article 35 of Cybersecurity Law of the People’s Republic of China, where “critical information infrastructure operators” purchase network products and services, which may influence national security, the operators are required to be subjected to a cybersecurity review. We do not operate any critical information infrastructure. As a result, we do not believe that these new legal requirements in China are applicable to us. However, the exact scope of the term “critical information infrastructure operator” remains unclear, so there can be no assurance that the potential Joint Venture will not be subjected to critical information infrastructure operator review in the future. Furthermore, in the event that the potential Joint Venture becomes an operator of critical information infrastructure in the future it may be subjected to the above-described regulation.

Currently, these statements and regulatory actions have had no impact on our daily business operations nor do we believe that they will have an impact on the Joint Venture when it is formed, or our ability to accept foreign investments and list our securities on a U.S. or other foreign exchange. When formed, we believe that the potential Joint Venture will have received all requisite permissions from the PRC to conduct its business and no permissions will have been denied. Currently, once the potential Joint Venture is formed in Hong Kong, it will have a valid business registration certificate issued by the Hong Kong company registry. Once the certificate of registration is duly issued, the potential Joint Venture will have permission to operate as a legal entity under the laws of the PRC and Hong Kong. However, since these statements and regulatory actions are new, it is highly uncertain how soon legislative or administrative regulation making bodies will respond and what existing or new laws or regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations will be modified or promulgated, if any, and the potential impact such modified or new laws and regulations will have on our daily business operation, the ability to accept foreign investments and list our securities on a U.S. or other foreign exchange. However, there can be no assurance that regulators in China will not promulgate new laws and regulations or adopt new series of interpretations or regulatory actions which may require the potential Joint Venture to meet new requirements on the issues mentioned above. In the event any existing or new laws or regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations are modified or promulgated, or if we have inadvertently concluded that approvals are not required, we and the potential Joint Venture will take any and all actions to remain in compliance with any such laws or regulations or detailed implementations and interpretations thereof.

Results of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2021 Compared to the Year Ended December 31, 2020

The following table presents selected items in our audited consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively:

	For The Years Ended December 31,
	2021			2020
Revenues	$	144,065		$	242,914
Cost of revenue		21,442			29,039
Gross profit		122,623			213,875

Operating Expenses:
Professional fees		697,063			299,187
Salaries and benefits		228,738			137,847
Selling, general and administrative		5,215,423			3,035,248
Loss on Impairment of right of use asset		—			37,047
Total Operating Expenses	$	6,141,224		$	3,509,329
Loss From Operations		(6,018,601	)		(3,295,454	)

	For The Years Ended December 31,
	2021			2020
Other Expense:
Interest expense, net		82,319			78,681
Other income (expense)		22,916			(29,351	)
Total Other Expense		(59,403	)		(108,032	)
Net Loss	$	(6,078,004	)	$	(3,403,486	)

Revenues

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, we generated $144,065 and $242,914, respectively, of revenue from licensing and treatment fee agreements with our customers by charging a monthly licensing fee for the duration of the agreement. We also generated revenue from treatment fee agreements by collecting fees based on the number of treatments per month the customer performs. In addition, we also derive revenues from equipment by selling additional individual electrodes to customers for use with our device. The decrease in revenue for 2021 compared to 2020 was primarily due to a large purchase from a single customer in 2020.

Cost of Revenue and Gross Profit

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, cost of revenues were $21,442 and $29,039, respectively, yielding a gross profit of $122,623 and $213,875, respectively, or 85.1% and 88.0%, respectively. Such decrease was due to our need in 2021 to meet specific standards for shipping that did not apply in 2020. In addition, tooling expenses related to package design and foam molding and then the initial inventory purchase of shipping containers contributed to such decrease.

Operating Expenses

Total operating expenses for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 were $6,141,224 and $3,509,329, respectively. The increase was primarily due to increases in professional fees for legal and accounting and the impact of stock-based compensation for the issuance of our common stock to various employees and consultants for services. The increase in legal and accounting fees are primarily due to costs relating to our initial public offering. The increase in stock-based compensation is due to stock issued in accordance with employment and consulting contract obligations

Other Expense

Other expense for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 were $59,403 and $108,032, respectively, consisting of $82,319 and $78,681, respectively, of interest expense which was partially offset by $22,916 in PPP loan forgiveness in 2021 and in addition to $29,351 in loss on extinguishment of debt in 2020.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2022 Compared to the Six Months Ended June 30, 2021

The following table presents selected items in our audited consolidated statements of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively:

	For The Six Months Ended June 30,
	2022		2021
Revenues	$	737,610	$	64,096