Description of the Business and Financial Condition |
12 Months Ended |
---|---|
Dec. 31, 2024 | |
Description Of Business And Liquidity | |
Description of the Business and Financial Condition |
1.
Description of the Business and Financial Condition
ClearPoint Neuro, Inc. (the “Company”) is a commercial-stage medical device company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative platforms for performing minimally invasive surgical procedures in the brain. From the Company’s inception in 1998, the Company deployed significant resources to fund its efforts to develop the foundational capabilities for enabling MRI-guided interventions, building an intellectual property portfolio, and identifying and building out commercial applications for the technologies it develops. In 2021, the Company’s efforts expanded beyond the MRI suite to encompass development and commercialization of new neurosurgical device products for the operating room setting, as well as consulting services for pharmaceutical and biotech companies, academic institutions, and contract research organizations. The Company was incorporated in the state of Delaware in March 1998, and has headquarters located in Solana Beach, California, and a manufacturing facility in Carlsbad, California. The Company established ClearPoint Neuro (Canada) Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary incorporated in Canada, in August 2013, primarily for the purpose of performing software development, and established ClearPoint Neuro U.K. Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary incorporated in the United Kingdom, in October 2020, ClearPoint Neuro Germany GmbH., a wholly owned subsidiary incorporated in Germany, in May 2023, and ClearPoint Neuro Italy, S.r.l., a wholly owned subsidiary incorporated in Italy, in August 2023, primarily for the purpose of employing the Company’s clinical services representatives serving the Company’s customers in the United Kingdom and the EU. The activities of all subsidiaries are reflected in these consolidated financial statements. The Company’s initial product offering, the ClearPoint system, is an integrated system comprised of capital equipment and disposable products, designed to allow minimally invasive procedures in the brain to be performed in an MRI suite. The ClearPoint Array Neuro Navigation System and its principal disposable component, introduced in 2021, is designed to be deployed in an operating room setting while also being usable in an MRI suite. Both systems provide guidance for the placement and operation of instruments or devices during the planning and operation of neurosurgical procedures. The Company received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) in 2010 to market the ClearPoint system in the United States for general neurosurgical interventional procedures; in February 2011, the Company also obtained CE marking for its ClearPoint system. In 2011 and 2018, the Company received 510(k) clearance and CE marking, respectively, for its SmartFlow cannula which is being used, or is under evaluation, along with the Company's services, by more than 60 pharmaceutical and biotech companies, academic institutions, or contract research organizations having a focus on biologics and drug delivery. The Company provides consulting services to pharmaceutical and other medical technology customers for improving outcome predictability and optimizing preclinical and clinical workflows. The Company's expertise is concentrated in benchtop testing, preclinical studies, clinical trial support, regulatory consultation, and over-arching translation from the preclinical to the clinical setting to enhance accuracy and precision of drug delivery. In September 2022, the ClearPoint Prism Neuro Laser Therapy System, for which the Company has exclusive global commercialization rights, received 510(k) clearance through the Company’s Swedish partner CLS. The Prism laser represents the Company's first therapy product offering. Macroeconomic Trends The Company continues to monitor the impacts of various macroeconomic trends, such as inflationary pressure, changes in monetary policy, decreasing consumer confidence and spending, the introduction of or changes in tariffs or trade barriers, and global or local recession. Such changes in domestic and global macroeconomic conditions may lead to increased costs for the Company's business. Additionally, these macroeconomic trends could adversely affect the Company's customers, which could impact their willingness to spend on the Company's products and services, or their ability to make payments, which could harm the Company's collection of accounts receivable and financial results. The world’s financial markets remain susceptible to significant stresses, resulting in reductions in available credit and government spending, economic downturn or stagnation, foreign currency fluctuations and volatility in the valuations of securities generally. As a result, the Company's ability to access capital markets and other funding sources in the future may not be available on commercially reasonable terms, if at all. The rapid development and fluidity of these situations precludes any prediction as to the ultimate impact they will have on the Company's business, financial condition, results of operation and cash flows, which will depend largely on future developments. Liquidity The Company has incurred net losses since its inception which has resulted in a cumulative deficit at December 31, 2024 of $191.4 million. In addition, the Company’s use of cash from operations amounted to $9.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2024. Since inception, the Company has financed its operations principally from the sale of equity securities and the issuance of notes payable. In March 2024, the Company completed a follow-on public offering of 2,653,848 shares of its common stock from which the net proceeds totaled approximately $16.2 million after deducting payment of underwriting discounts and commissions and other offering expenses. In November 2024, the Company entered into an At-the-Market Equity Offering Sales Agreement with an investment banking firm (the “ATM Agreement”) pursuant to which it may offer and sell, from time to time, shares of its common stock, having aggregate sales proceeds of up to $50 million, subject to the terms and conditions of the ATM Agreement. As of December 31, 2024, the Company had not issued any shares of common stock under the ATM Agreement. Additional information with respect to these offerings is found in Note 9. In August 2024, the Company repaid in full the remaining $10 million outstanding under the Securities Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) entered into in 2020, pursuant to which it issued secured convertible notes to two investors raising gross proceeds of $25 million, of which $15 million had been previously converted to common stock. Additional information with respect to these notes is found in Note 7. As required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”), the Company has evaluated its ability to continue as a going concern and has determined that based on current forecasts, existing cash and cash equivalent balances at December 31, 2024 are sufficient to support the Company’s operations and meet its obligations for at least the next twelve months. |