SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This prospectus and the documents that we have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, that are incorporated by reference in this prospectus contain forward-looking statements about us and our industry 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 or financial condition, business strategy and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “target,” “will” or “would” or the negative of these words or other similar terms or expressions, although not all forward-looking statements contain these words. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning the following:
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the initiation, timing, progress and results of our research and development programs, preclinical studies, any clinical trials and investigational new drug, or IND, and other regulatory submissions;
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our expectations regarding the activity of potential future product candidates once administered in a human subject;
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our expectations and beliefs regarding the market for cancer therapies and development of the immuno-oncology industry;
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our ability to identify and develop product candidates for treatment of additional disease indications;
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our or a potential future collaborator’s ability to obtain and maintain regulatory approval of any of our potential future product candidates;
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the rate and degree of market acceptance of any approved product candidates;
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the implementation of our business model and strategic plans for our business, technologies, and any potential future product candidates;
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our financial condition;
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our or any potential future collaborator’s ability to obtain and maintain intellectual property protection for our discovery platform and any potential future product candidates and our ability to operate our business without infringing the intellectual property rights of others;
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anticipated synergies resulting from our collaborations;
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the effect of macroeconomic conditions, including, but not limited, to COVID-19, inflation, uncertain credit and global financial markets and geopolitical events;
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the level of dilution our stockholders will face in connection with sales of the shares offered pursuant to this prospectus;
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the expected benefits of our cost-saving initiatives; and
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our use of the net proceeds from this offering.
You should not rely on forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. We have based the forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus primarily on our current expectations and projections about future events and trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition and operating results. The outcome of the events described in these forward-looking statements is subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors described in the section titled “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this prospectus. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment. New risks and uncertainties emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all risks and uncertainties that could have an impact on the forward-looking statements contained in this prospectus. The results, events and circumstances reflected in the forward-looking statements may not be achieved or occur, and actual results, events or circumstances could differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements. You should read this prospectus, any applicable prospectus supplement, together with the documents we have filed with the SEC that are incorporated by reference and any free writing prospectus that we may authorize for use in connection with a specific offering completely and with the understanding that our actual future