ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

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(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 and announced in November 2023 completion of enrollment of the Phase 2b portion of this trial and enrollment of the first patient in the Phase 3 portion of this trial.

(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 December 31, 2023, 2,662,721 shares have been sold under the Sales Agreement, generating approximately $44.3 million of net proceeds after deducting commissions to the sales agent and other offering costs, and up to $30.0 million of shares of the Company’s common stock remain available for sale from time to time under the Sales Agreement.

(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 December 31, 2023, the Company had cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments of $122.4 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 and cash equivalents and short-term investments will provide sufficient funds to enable the Company to meet its obligations for at least twelve months from the filing date of this report.