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DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2022
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS  
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

NOTE 1  DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

Organization and Description of Business

Edgewise Therapeutics, Inc. (the Company) was incorporated as a Delaware corporation in May 2017, and it is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado. The Company is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of innovative treatments for severe, rare muscle disorders for which there is significant unmet medical need. The Company’s lead product candidate, EDG-5506, is an orally administered small molecule designed to address the root cause of dystrophinopathies including Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) and Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD). The Company is using its proprietary drug discovery platform to develop a pipeline of precision medicine product candidates that target key muscle proteins and modulators to address a broad array of genetically defined muscle disorders.

Initial Public Offering

On March 30, 2021, the Company completed its initial public offering (IPO) in which it issued and sold 12,650,000 shares of common stock at a price of $16.00 per share, including 1,650,000 shares sold pursuant to the underwriters’ full exercise of their option to purchase additional shares. The aggregate net proceeds received by the Company from the IPO was $186.1 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of $14.2 million and offering expenses of approximately $2.1 million. In addition, in connection with the IPO, all shares of convertible preferred stock outstanding at the time of the IPO converted into 35,557,569 shares of common stock.

Risks and Uncertainties

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak a pandemic. The Company cannot at this time predict the specific extent, duration, or full impact that the COVID-19 outbreak will have on its financial condition and operations. Disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, including the effects of the stay-at-home orders and work-from-home policies, have impacted productivity, have resulted in increased operational expenses, certain adjustments to the operations of the Company’s clinical trial, the suspension of enrollment of new patients at the Company’s clinical trial site, and delays in certain supply chain activities and collecting and analyzing data from patients in the Company’s clinical trial, and may further disrupt the business and delay the development programs and regulatory timelines, the magnitude of which will depend, in part, on the length and severity of the restrictions and other limitations on the Company’s ability to conduct business in the ordinary course as well as the spread, severity and potential resurgence of COVID-19, the impact of new COVID-19 variants, and vaccination deployment efforts. As a result, research and development expenses and general and administrative expenses may vary significantly if there is an increased impact from COVID-19 on the costs and timing associated with the conduct of the clinical trial and other related business activities.

The Board of Directors of the Company discusses with management macro-economic and geopolitical developments, including COVID-19, the Russia-Ukraine conflict and inflation and the impact on the Company’s personnel, cybersecurity and sanctions so that the Company can be prepared to react to new developments as they arise. The Board and the management of the Company are carefully monitoring these developments and the resulting economic impact on its financial condition and results of operations.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The Company has an accumulated deficit of $125.2 million and cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $364.8 million as of September 30, 2022. The Company’s ability to fund ongoing operations is highly dependent upon raising additional capital through the issuance of equity securities and issuing debt or other financing vehicles. The Company filed: (i) on April 1, 2022, a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that became effective on May 5, 2022 and allows us to undertake various equity and debt offerings up to $400,000,000; and (ii) on May 5, 2022 a prospectus supplement to the shelf registration statement that covers the offering, issuance and sale of up to $125 million of our common stock from time to time through an “at-the-market”

program under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (Securities Act). As of September 30, 2022, the Company has not sold any shares under the “at the market” program.

On September 16, 2022, the Company closed an underwritten public offering of 13,372,093 shares of common stock at a public offering price of $10.32 per share (collectively with the underwriters’ option, the “September 2022 Offering”). The underwriters exercised in full their option to purchase 1,744,186 additional shares of common stock. The aggregate gross proceeds from the September 2022 Offering were $138.0 million, and the net proceeds were $129.2 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions of $8.3 million and offering expenses of $0.5 million.

The Company’s ability to secure capital is dependent upon success in developing its technology and product candidates. The Company cannot provide assurance that additional capital will be available on acceptable terms, if at all. The issuance of additional equity or debt securities will likely result in substantial dilution to the Company’s stockholders. Should additional capital not be available to the Company in the near term, or not be available on acceptable terms, the Company may be unable to realize value from the Company’s assets or discharge liabilities in the normal course of business, which may, among other alternatives, cause the Company to delay, substantially reduce, or discontinue operational activities to conserve cash balances, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to achieve its intended business objectives.

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. The financial statements do not reflect any adjustments relating to the recoverability and reclassification of assets and liabilities that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern. The Company believes that the $364.8 million of cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities on hand as of September 30, 2022 will be sufficient to fund its operations in the normal course of business and meet its liquidity needs through at least the next 12 months from the issuance of these financial statements.