ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2023
ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS
ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS	(1) ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS (a) Organization and Nature of Operations Aerovate Therapeutics, Inc. (“Aerovate” or the “Company”) was incorporated in the state of Delaware in July 2018, and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. The Company has a wholly owned subsidiary, Aerovate Securities Corporation. The Company is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that is focused on the development of drugs that meaningfully improve the lives of patients with rare cardiopulmonary disease. The Company’s initial focus is on advancing AV-101, the Company’s dry powder inhaled formulation of imatinib for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (“PAH”). The Company initiated a global Phase 2b/Phase 3 trial of AV-101 in adults with PAH in December 2021. (b) At-the-Market Offering On April 5, 2023, the Company entered into an ATM Equity Offering^SM Sales Agreement, or the Sales Agreement, with BofA Securities, Inc., or the Agent, pursuant to which the Company can sell, from time to time, at its option, up to an aggregate of $75.0 million of shares of its common stock, through the Agent, as its sales agent. As of June 30, 2023, 2,662,721 shares were sold under the Sales Agreement generating approximately $44.3 million of net proceeds after deducting Agent commissions and other offering costs. Following execution of the sale, the Company reclassified $0.6 million of deferred offering costs into additional paid-in capital. (c) Liquidity and Management Plans Since inception, the Company has devoted substantially all of its resources to research and development activities, business planning, establishing and maintaining its intellectual property portfolio, hiring personnel, raising capital, and providing general and administrative support for these operations and has not realized revenues from its planned principal operations. The Company has incurred losses and negative cash flows from operations since inception. In addition, the Company expects to incur substantial operating losses for the next several years as it continues its research and development activities. As of June 30, 2023, the Company had cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities of $150.1 million. Management plans to continue to incur substantial costs in order to conduct research and development activities and additional capital will be needed to undertake these activities. The Company intends to raise such capital through debt or equity financings or other arrangements to fund operations. Management believes that the Company’s current cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities will provide sufficient funds to enable the Company to meet its obligations for at least twelve months from the filing date of this report.

ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2023

ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS

(1) ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF OPERATIONS

(a) Organization and Nature of Operations

Aerovate Therapeutics, Inc. (“Aerovate” or the “Company”) was incorporated in the state of Delaware in July 2018, and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. The Company has a wholly owned subsidiary, Aerovate Securities Corporation. The Company is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that is focused on the development of drugs that meaningfully improve the lives of patients with rare cardiopulmonary disease. The Company’s initial focus is on advancing AV-101, the Company’s dry powder inhaled formulation of imatinib for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension (“PAH”). The Company initiated a global Phase 2b/Phase 3 trial of AV-101 in adults with PAH in December 2021.

(b) At-the-Market Offering

On April 5, 2023, the Company entered into an ATM Equity Offering^SM Sales Agreement, or the Sales Agreement, with BofA Securities, Inc., or the Agent, pursuant to which the Company can sell, from time to time, at its option, up to an aggregate of $75.0 million of shares of its common stock, through the Agent, as its sales agent. As of June 30, 2023, 2,662,721 shares were sold under the Sales Agreement generating approximately $44.3 million of net proceeds after deducting Agent commissions and other offering costs. Following execution of the sale, the Company reclassified $0.6 million of deferred offering costs into additional paid-in capital.

Since inception, the Company has devoted substantially all of its resources to research and development activities, business planning, establishing and maintaining its intellectual property portfolio, hiring personnel, raising capital, and providing general and administrative support for these operations and has not realized revenues from its planned principal operations. The Company has incurred losses and negative cash flows from operations since inception. In addition, the Company expects to incur substantial operating losses for the next several years as it continues its research and development activities. As of June 30, 2023, the Company had cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities of $150.1 million.

Management plans to continue to incur substantial costs in order to conduct research and development activities and additional capital will be needed to undertake these activities. The Company intends to raise such capital through debt or equity financings or other arrangements to fund operations. Management believes that the Company’s current cash, cash equivalents and available-for-sale securities will provide sufficient funds to enable the Company to meet its obligations for at least twelve months from the filing date of this report.