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UEEC • CIK 0001096938
United Health Products, Inc. (“UHP”, “we” or the “Company”) develops, manufactures, and markets a patented hemostatic gauze for the healthcare and wound care sectors. Our gauze product, CelluSTAT®, is derived from cotton and designed to absorb exudate/drainage from superficial wounds and help control bleeding. We are in the process of seeking regulatory approval to sell our hemostatic gauze product line into the U.S. Class III and European CE Mark human surgical markets. Developments FDA Updates We are continuing on our path to seek FDA Premarket Approval (PMA) for our CelluSTAT Hemostatic Gauze products to implement our business strategy. In March 2024, we submitted a full application for Premarket Approval to the FDA. The FDA responded in June 2024 with a “Deficiencies Letter” listing approximately 40 specific comments and requests for additional information covering the device description, sterility & shelf life, clinical & performance testing, and biocompatibility sections of the PMA application. From September 23 through October 4, 2024, the FDA conducted a Bioresearch Monitoring Program (BIMO) Inspection of our records and procedures relating to our 2019 clinical study, following which the FDA delivered its Inspectional Observations on Form 483. In October 2024, the Company and FDA conducted a virtual meeting to discuss the Deficiencies Letter and our follow-up questions. During the discussion, the Company noted the results of its 2019 clinical trial involving 232 patients (of whom 118 were treated with its hemostatic gauze) that showed statistically superior performance in time to hemostasis using CelluSTAT over Ethicon’s Surgicel Original, the standard of care. The study results also showed no evidence of heterogeneity of results across procedure categories, surgeons, or clinical sites, indicating both poolability and generalizability of study results. The Company also noted that none of the adverse events that occurred during the study were attributable to its hemostatic gauze product. Notwithstanding the safety record from the original clinical study, the FDA requested more data to confirm the safety and effectiveness of CelluSTAT in surgical procedures in the intestinal and thoracic organ space, where the FDA was concerned that organ movement could impact the post-operative stability of a hemostat and where observation of post operative rebleeding is more difficult. To address this concern, we have proposed conducting a supplemental study, with patients undergoing open surgical procedures within the intestinal and thoracic organ space. On October 25, 2024, we submitted our response to the FDA’s observations. On March 24, 2025, the FDA issued a Warning Letter that described five violations of applicable regulations that occurred during the planning and execution of the 2018-19 clinical study. These violations included: 1) failure to submit an IDE application to the FDA and failure to obtain FDA approval prior to beginning an investigation for which FDA’s approval is required, 2) failure to ensure proper monitoring of the investigation, 3) failure to monitor and ensure clinical investigators’ compliance with the study protocol and failure to terminate investigator’s participation in the study following non-compliance, 4) failure to immediately conduct an evaluation of any unanticipated adverse device effects and failure to report results of such an evaluation to the FDA and to the appropriate IRB, and 5) failure to maintain accurate, complete, and current device shipment and disposition records. 4 Table of Contents In response to the Warning Letter we conducted an analysis and investigation into root causes of these violations and developed Corrective and Preventative Actions (CAPAs) to address them, which we submitted to the FDA on April 14, 2025. In addition, we engaged an external monitor to review certain of the clinical data gathering during the clinical trial to report on the accuracy and reliability of the data, which we also submitted to the FDA in June and September 2025. On December 10, 2025, the FDA issued a CAPA Assessment Letter that provided feedback on our response to the Warning Letter and our proposed CAPAs to address the violations that occurred during the 2019 study.…