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LUNG • CIK 0001127537
Overview We are a commercial-stage medical technology company that provides a minimally invasive treatment for patients with severe emphysema, a form of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (“COPD”). Our solution, which is comprised of the Zephyr Endobronchial Valve (“Zephyr Valve”), the Chartis Pulmonary Assessment System (“Chartis System”) and the LungTraX Platform, is designed to treat severe emphysema patients who, despite medical management, are still profoundly symptomatic and either do not want or are ineligible for surgical approaches. Patients with severe emphysema generally experience a worse quality of life than patients with lung cancer, and we believe there is both an urgent clinical need and a strong market opportunity for a solution that is safe, effective and minimally invasive. In 2018, we received pre-market approval (“PMA”) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”). The Zephyr Valve is now commercially available in numerous countries globally. We have established reimbursement in major markets in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific and the Zephyr Valve has been included in treatment guidelines for COPD worldwide. Over 150 scientific articles have been published regarding the clinical benefits of Zephyr Valves, including multiple meta-analyses, review articles, cost-effectiveness analyses and risk-benefit analyses. The Zephyr Valve showed statistically significant improvements in lung function, exercise capacity and quality of life when compared to medical management alone in multiple randomized controlled clinical trials. Additionally, independent studies have demonstrated that Zephyr Valves deliver increases in the BODE Index (a multi-dimensional health status scoring system for patients with COPD) that have been associated with long-term survival benefits. We also manufacture the AeriSeal System, which is a synthetic polymer foam designed to occlude, or close, collateral air channels in a target lung lobe and convert the target lung lobe to having little to no collateral ventilation (CV-). The AeriSeal System has received a “Breakthrough Device” designation by the FDA and a Certificate of Conformity (“CE Mark”) in Europe. The AeriSeal System is not approved by the FDA or approved for commercial sale in the United States. We are currently conducting a global clinical trial called CONVERT II to support a PMA application for the AeriSeal System. We market and sell our products in the United States through a direct sales organization. Our sales territory managers are focused on promoting awareness and increasing adoption of our solution primarily among the pulmonologists performing interventional pulmonary procedures across the United States. We are expanding our commercial operations in the United States while continuing to foster our international growth. In international 6 Table of Contents markets, we employ both direct and distributor-based sales models. For the year ended December 31, 2025, we generated 95% of our revenue from markets where we sell directly. We generated revenue of $90.5 million, with a gross margin of 74.2% and a net loss of $54.0 million, for the year ended December 31, 2025 compared to revenue of $83.8 million, with a gross margin of 74.0% and a net loss of $56.4 million, for the year ended December 31, 2024. As of December 31, 2025, we had an accumulated deficit of $521.6 million. We currently generate most of our revenue from the sales of Zephyr Valves and delivery catheters. We also generate a smaller amount of our revenue from our Chartis System, which is comprised of sales of the balloon catheters, usage fees and sales of the Chartis console, and from our LungTraX Platform, which is used to identify patients potentially eligible for treatment with Zephyr Valves. Our Market Opportunity Overview of COPD and Emphysema COPD refers to a group of lung diseases characterized by obstruction of airflow that interferes with normal breathing. According to the World Health Organization, COPD is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide, causing 3.5 million deaths in 2021, approximately 5% of all global deaths. Emphysema, a form of COPD, is a debilitating and life-threatening disease that progressively destroys lung tissue, resulting in a diminishing ability to breathe and engage in the most basic daily activities such as climbing a flight of stairs, walking, or showering, leading to a high mortality rate.…
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