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Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation

1. Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation

Nature of Business

TScan Therapeutics, Inc. (the Company) is a biotechnology company that was incorporated in Delaware on April 17, 2018, and has a principal place of business in Waltham, Massachusetts. The Company is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing a pipeline of T cell receptor-engineered T cell (TCR-T) therapies for the treatment of patients with cancer.

Initial Public Offering

In July 2021, the Company completed an initial public offering ("IPO") in which the Company issued and sold 6,666,667 shares of its voting common stock at a public offering price of $15.00 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of $100 million and its shares started trading on the Nasdaq Global Market under the ticker symbol “TCRX.” The Company received $89.6 million in net proceeds after deducting $7.0 million in underwriting discounts and commissions, and $3.4 million in offering costs borne by the Company. Upon closing of the IPO, all of the Company's outstanding shares of convertible preferred stock automatically converted into 15,616,272 shares of common stock (of which 5,143,134 shares are non-voting common stock).

In connection with the closing of IPO, the Company amended and restated in its entirety its certificate of incorporation to, among other things: (i) authorize 300,000,000 shares of voting common stock; (ii) authorize 10,000,000 shares of non-voting common stock; (iii) eliminate all references to the previously existing series of preferred stock; and (iv) authorize 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock that may be issued from time to time by the Board in one or more series.

Risks, Uncertainties and Going Concern

The Company is subject to risks common to companies in the biotechnology industry, including, but not limited to, successful development of technology, obtaining additional funding, protection of proprietary technology, compliance with government regulations, risks of failure of preclinical studies, clinical studies and clinical trials, the need to obtain marketing approval for its product candidates and the ability to successfully market its therapies any products that receive approval, fluctuations in operating results, economic pressure impacting therapeutic pricing, dependence on key personnel, risks associated with changes in technologies, development by competitors of technological innovations and the ability to scale manufacturing to large scale production. Product candidates currently under development will require significant additional research and development efforts, including preclinical and clinical testing and regulatory approval prior to commercialization. These efforts require significant amounts of additional capital, adequate personnel and infrastructure and extensive compliance-reporting capabilities. Even if the Company’s development efforts are successful, it is uncertain when, if ever, the Company will realize significant revenue from therapy sales.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the basis of continuity of operations, realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the ordinary course of business. The Company has primarily funded its operations with proceeds from sales of convertible preferred stock, the IPO completed in July 2021 and with payments received under its license and collaboration agreements. Since its inception, the Company has incurred recurring losses, including net losses of $48.6 million and $26.1 million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. As of December 31, 2021, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $92.2 million. The Company expects to continue to generate operating losses in the foreseeable future. The Company expects that its cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2021 will be sufficient to fund the Company’s operations for at least the next twelve months from the date of the issuance of the financial statements.

Impact of COVID-19

In December 2019, a novel strain of coronavirus, which causes the disease known as COVID-19, was reported to have surfaced in Wuhan, China. Since then, COVID-19 coronavirus has spread globally. In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic. The ongoing COVID-19 global and national health emergency has caused significant disruption in the international and United States economies and financial markets. The spread of COVID-19 has caused illness, quarantines, cancellation of events and travel, business and school shutdowns, reduction in business activity and financial transactions, labor shortages, supply chain interruptions and overall economic and financial market instability and business disruptions for the Company and many of the Company’s vendors.

In response to public health directives and orders and to help minimize the risk of the virus to employees, the Company has taken a series of actions aimed at safeguarding the Company’s employees and business associates, including implementing a flexible

work-at-home policy. These disruptions could result in increased costs of execution of development plans or may negatively impact the quality, quantity, timing and regulatory usability of data that the Company would otherwise be able to collect. While these disruptions are currently expected to be temporary, there is considerable uncertainty around the duration of these disruptions. Therefore, the related financial impact and duration cannot be reasonably estimated at this time. To date, the Company has not experienced material business disruptions, including with its vendors, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.