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OPKO HEALTH, INC.CIK 0000944809 · Pharmaceutical Preparations
We are a diversified healthcare company that seeks to establish industry-leading positions in large and rapidly growing medical markets. Our pharmaceutical business features NGENLA® (somatrogon-ghla), also referred to as Somatrogon (hGH-CTP), a once-weekly human growth hormone injection. We have… About this business →
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About OPKO HEALTH, INC.
Source: Item 1 (Business) from the 10-K filed February 26, 2026. Description as filed by the company with the SEC.
ITEM 1. BUSINESS
OVERVIEW
We are a diversified healthcare company that seeks to establish industry-leading positions in large and rapidly growing medical markets. Our pharmaceutical business features NGENLA® (somatrogon-ghla), also referred to as Somatrogon (hGH-CTP), a once-weekly human growth hormone injection. We have partnered with Pfizer Inc. (“Pfizer”) for further development and commercialization of Somatrogon (hGH-CTP). Regulatory approvals for Somatrogon (hGH-CTP) for the treatment of children and adolescents as young as three years of age with growth disturbance due to insufficient secretion of growth hormone, have been secured in more than 50 markets worldwide, including in the United States, European Union Member States, Japan, Canada, and Australia under the brand name NGENLA®.
Through our pharmaceutical business, we manufacture and sell Rayaldee, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approved treatment for secondary hyperparathyroidism (“SHPT”) in adults with stage 3 or 4 chronic kidney disease (“CKD”) and vitamin D insufficiency. Rayaldee has secured marketing authorizations in 11 European countries, and we are advancing its development in mainland China through our strategic partners.
Our subsidiary, ModeX Therapeutics, Inc. (“ModeX”), is a biotechnology company focused on developing innovative multi-specific immune therapies for cancer and infectious disease candidates. ModeX has a robust early-stage pipeline with assets in key areas of immuno-oncology and infectious diseases, and we intend to further expand our pharmaceutical product pipeline through ModeX’s portfolio of development candidates.
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We operate established, revenue-generating pharmaceutical platforms in Spain, Ireland, Chile, and Mexico, which contribute to positive cash flow and facilitate future market entry for our products currently in development. Our Irish subsidiary, EirGen Pharma, Ltd. ("EirGen") specializes in the development and commercial supply of high-potency oral solid dose pharmaceutical products and exports to over 60 countries.
Our diagnostics business, BioReference Health, LLC (“BioReference”), is a highly specialized laboratory in the United States that we have recently strategically realigned to focus on its core clinical testing operations and high-value specialty products. In 2024 and 2025, we completed two separate divestitures of non-core laboratory assets for total aggregate consideration of up to $462.5 million, including approximately $32.5 million in potential earnout consideration. These transactions included the sale of BioReference's clinical diagnostics, reproductive health, and women's health businesses across the United States, excluding New York and New Jersey, as well as its oncology diagnostics business and related clinical testing services and assets. Following these divestitures, BioReference has continued to operate its core clinical and women's health testing business in the New York and New Jersey regions and maintains its national specialty urology franchise, including the proprietary 4Kscore® prostate cancer test.
We believe our highly experienced management team, with extensive development, regulatory and commercialization expertise, provides us with the necessary leadership to capitalize on these diverse commercial opportunities.
All product or service marks appearing in type form different from that of the surrounding text are trademarks or service marks owned, licensed to, promoted or distributed by OPKO, its subsidiaries or affiliates, except as noted. All other trademarks or services marks are those of their respective owners.
GROWTH STRATEGY
Our objective is to build a leading portfolio of next-generation therapies and diagnostics by leveraging our proprietary peptide modification and MSTAR technologies. We intend to drive long-term shareholder value through the following strategic pillars:
Advance the ModeX Multispecific Pipeline: We plan to aggressively develop our pipeline of next-generation multispecific antibodies and vaccines for cancer and infectious diseases. Utilizing our proprietary MSTAR platform, which combines multiple biologic components into single, potent molecules, we aim to address complex diseases that are resistant to traditional therapies. This includes advancing our internal candidates and progressing our clinical collaborations with Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC ("Merck") and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Regeneron").
Expand our Portfolio through Strategic Collaborations and License Agreements: We intend to actively pursue new licensing and collaboration opportunities that leverage our proprietary technology platforms. By partnering with industry leaders, we aim to accelerate the development of our clinical and preclinical candidates, share development costs, and utilize our partners’ global infrastructure to maximize the commercial value of our proprietary assets.
Maximize the Global Value of NGENLA®: We will continue to support Pfizer’s commercialization efforts to expand the market share of NGENLA® across more than 50 global markets. Our strategy includes supporting the pursuit of regulatory approvals for additional indications, such as Small for Gestational Age (SGA), to broaden the patient population and increase our tiered gross profit share revenue.
Execute on Rayaldee’s International Expansion: We are focused on driving the continued adoption of Rayaldee in the U.S. while executing a global launch strategy with our regional partners. This includes supporting our strategic partner in the commercial launch of Rayaldee in Macau and the regulatory submission in Mainland China, as well as working with our partners in Europe and Japan.
Optimize and Scale Specialty Diagnostics: Following the strategic divestiture of our non-core oncology and outreach assets in 2024 and 2025, we are focused on scaling our high-margin specialty diagnostics. A primary focus is increasing the adoption of the 4Kscore® test among primary care physicians and urologists, leveraging the 2025 FDA label expansion which enables testing without a digital rectal examination (DRE).
CORPORATE INFORMATION
We were originally incorporated in Delaware in October 1991 under the name Cytoclonal Pharmaceutics, Inc., which was later changed to eXegenics, Inc. On March 27, 2007, we were part of a merger with Froptix Corporation and Acuity Pharmaceuticals, Inc., both research and development companies. On June 8, 2007, we changed our name to OPKO Health, Inc. Our shares are publicly traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the ticker “OPK” and on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange under the ticker “OPK”. Our principal executive offices are located in leased office space in Miami, Florida.
We currently manage our operations in two reportable segments: diagnostics and pharmaceuticals. The pharmaceutical segment consists of the pharmaceutical operations we operate in Chile, Mexico, Ireland, Israel, Spain, Ecuador, France, the United States, and our global pharmaceutical research and development operations. The diagnostics segment primarily consists of the clinical laboratory operations of BioReference. There are no significant inter-segment sales. We evaluate the performance of each segment based on operating profit or loss. There is no inter-segment allocation of interest expense or income taxes. Refer to Note 18 of our audited consolidated financial statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K (the “Consolidated Financial Statements”) for financial information about our segments and geographic areas.
CURRENT PRODUCTS AND SERVICES AND RELATED MARKETS
Pharmaceutical Business
We have two commercial stage pharmaceutical products and several pharmaceutical compounds and technologies in various stages of research and development for a broad range of indications and conditions, as described below.
ModeX Therapeutics
In May 2022, we acquired ModeX, a biotech company developing multi-specific immune therapies focused on oncology, immunology and infectious diseases. ModeX utilizes several platforms in furtherance of its targets: the multispecific antibody platform MSTAR, which we believe can reliably and rapidly generate candidates that target up to six distinct biological pathways in a single molecule; and the Nanoparticle Vaccine platform, built on naturally occurring and self-assembling ferritin molecules, which ensures the right combination of antigens are presented in the right amount and in the right place to enhance the immune response. We believe the versatility and potency of our approaches will enable us to produce therapeutic candidates against complex diseases.
In Vivo CAR-T Program
ModeX is developing an off-the-shelf therapy designed to generate in vivo CAR T cells for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. ModeX utilizes a proprietary antibody-conjugated lipid nanoparticle (Ab-LNP) technology that selectively delivers CAR encoding mRNA to T cells via antibody targeting. The Ab-LNP platform offers a modular and
scalable approach for the development of next generation CAR-T cell products for both autoimmune and oncology indications.
Oncology and Immunology Pipeline
ModeX has advanced multiple candidates into clinical development using its proprietary T-cell engager and expander technologies:
MDX2001 (Tetraspecific Antibody): A tetra-specific antibody developed utilizing the proprietary MSTAR technology targeting several types of solid tumors; it is designed to activate and sustain the function of the T-cells, and simultaneously target two antigens highly expressed on diverse tumors. Dual targeting minimizes the chance of resistance due to tumor heterogeneity or downregulation of a single antigen. Major solid tumor opportunities include lung, head and neck, kidney, prostate, and other solid tumors. The antibody has demonstrated potent in vitro tumor cell killing in multiple cell lines and in vivo tumor regression in mice challenged with cancer cells. As of October 2025, the Phase 1 trial advanced to the fifth dose level, with Phase 1b studies in select solid tumors expected to begin in 2026.
MDX2003 (Tetraspecific Antibody): A tetra-specific antibody developed utilizing the proprietary MSTAR technology targeting two antigens for hematological tumors, such as several types of B cell lymphomas and leukemia. The antibody has demonstrated in vitro killing of tumor cells and in vivo anti-tumor efficacy in a disseminated mouse tumor model. This product was in the preclinical and CMC development stage in 2025. A first in human Phase 1 clinical trial with this antibody is expected to initiate in early 2026. An antibody stimulates T cells and enhances their survival and proliferation, specifically activating antigen-specific memory T cells; and it could be used alone or in combination for immune-oncology and immunology indications. The first-in-human trials are expected to begin in early 2026.
MDX2004 (Trispecific Immune Modulator): A first-in-class trispecific antibody-fusion protein developed using the proprietary MSTAR platform. It is designed to rebuild and sustain the patient's own immune system, which is often exhausted by cancer, chemotherapy, or aging. Designed as a T-cell “rejuvenator,” MDX2004 engages CD3, CD28, and binds 4-1BB as a ligand to stimulate stem and memory T cells, which act as a reservoir to continuously replenish the immune system (rejuvenation). ModeX announced dosing of the first patient in October 2025.
Regeneron Collaboration Agreement: In October 2025, ModeX entered into a strategic license and collaboration agreement with Regeneron to discover and develop multispecific antibodies. This partnership leverages the proprietary MSTAR platform to combine Regeneron’s proprietary binders into multispecific molecules targeting multiple distinct biological pathways in a single molecule.
Infectious Disease and Vaccine Programs
BARDA Contract
On September 28, 2023, ModeX was awarded a contract (as amended, the “BARDA Contract”) by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (“BARDA”), part of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. This contract aims to advance a platform and product candidates addressing various public health threats, specifically in viral infectious diseases. The funding enables the research, development, and clinical evaluation of multispecific antibodies based on ModeX's proprietary MSTAR technology. Under this contract, ModeX has developed MDX2301tetravalent bispecific antibody targeting the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein. The antibody is intended for pre-exposure prophylaxis to prevent symptomatic COVID-19. The first-in-human clinical trial is expected to initiate in 2026. In addition, under the BARDA contract, ModexX is developing a multispecific influenza antibody candidate. Pursuant to an HHS notification received last year, all mRNA-related activities were discontinued; however, protein-based development efforts are ongoing and progressing toward lead candidate selection.
EBV Nanoparticle Vaccine
ModeX’s Epstein Barr Virus (“EBV”) vaccine is developed using a nanoparticle vaccine platform built on naturally occurring and self-assembling ferritin molecules which enables the presentation of a 24-symmetrical array of each antigen that enhances the presentation of key components of the virus and stimulate durable protective immunity. The EBV vaccine
presents antigens from four viral proteins involved in viral entry into host cells. These include an antigen based on the proteins gH, gL and gp42, as well as an antigen derived from gp350. By using ModeX’s multi-targeted approach, this combination is designed to elicit antibodies that inhibit infection in two cell types, B cells and epithelial cells.
In March 2023, ModeX, OPKO, and Merck entered into a License and Research Collaboration Agreement (the “Merck Agreement”), pursuant to which ModeX granted to Merck an exclusive, sublicensable, royalty-bearing license to certain patent rights and know-how in connection with the development of ModeX’s preclinical nanoparticle vaccine candidate targeting the Epstein-Barr Virus. In January 2025, ModeX announced that the first participant had been dosed in a Phase 1 study of an EBV vaccine candidate.
Renal Products
Rayaldee
Rayaldee is a patented extended-release product for oral administration containing 30 mcg of a prohormone called calcifediol (25-hydroxyvitamin D3). Rayaldee was approved by the FDA in June 2016 and launched in the U.S. in November 2016 for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism (“SHPT”) in adults with stage 3 or 4 chronic kidney disease “CKD” and vitamin D insufficiency. Final data from multi-site phase 3 studies were published in the American Journal of Nephrology in 2016, 2019 and 2024.
Vitamin D insufficiency can arise in CKD from many causes including obesity, proteinuria, and lifestyle changes that reduce exposure to sunlight. Studies in CKD patients have demonstrated that currently available over-the-counter and prescription vitamin D supplements (i.e., cholecalciferol or ergocalciferol) cannot reliably and sufficiently raise serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations to effectively prevent or treat SHPT, a condition commonly associated with declining kidney function in which the parathyroid glands secrete excessive amounts of parathyroid hormone (“PTH”). Prolonged elevation of blood PTH causes excessive calcium and phosphorus to be released from bone, leading to elevated serum calcium and phosphorus levels, softening of the bones (osteomalacia) or resulting in a loss of bone mineral density (osteoporosis), calcification of vascular and renal tissues, and acceleration of dialysis onset. SHPT affects 33% and 54% of patients with stage 3 and 4 CKD respectively, and approximately 95% of patients with stage 5 CKD.
Strategic Partnerships and Global Commercial Status
We leverage strategic partnerships to expand the global reach of Rayaldee:
Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma (“VFMCRP”): On May 8, 2016, we entered into a development and license agreement with VFMCRP for the development and commercialization of Rayaldee in Europe, and other international markets. We amended this agreement in 2021 to include Japan in VFMCRP's territory. Rayaldee is currently launched in Germany and Switzerland, with marketing authorizations now secured in 11 European countries. Additionally, we granted VFMCRP an exclusive option to acquire a license to commercialize Rayaldee in the U.S. solely for the treatment of SHPT in dialysis patients.
Nicoya Macau Limited (“Nicoya”): On June 18, 2021, we entered into a development and license agreement with Nicoya, an affiliate of Nicoya Therapeutics, granting them exclusive rights for the development and commercialization of Rayaldee in Greater China (mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan). Following marketing approval in Macau in November 2024, Nicoya launched Rayaldee commercially in 2025.
We believe the CKD patient population is large and growing as a result of obesity, hypertension and diabetes; therefore, this patient population represents a significant global market opportunity. According to the 2025 U.S. Renal Data System Annual Report, CKD afflicts one in seven (14%) of U.S. adults and its prevalence is highest in non-Hispanic Black individuals (18.8%). An estimated 71-83% of CKD patients have vitamin D insufficiency which usually leads to SHPT and its debilitating consequences. Ineffective (or lack of) treatment for SHPT accelerates the onset of dialysis. Human and healthcare costs related to CKD represent a significant economic burden, which increases with disease severity, highlighting an urgent need to forestall CKD progression.
Oxyntomodulin and Peptides
Our product development program leverages proprietary long-acting analogs of oxyntomodulin and GLP-2 for the treatment of obesity, metabolic disorders, and rare malabsorption conditions.
Oxyntomodulin (OPK-88006)
Oxyntomodulin ("OXM") is a naturally occurring peptide hormone with dual agonist activity for the glucagon-like peptide-1 (“GLP-1”) and glucagon receptors, which work together to regulate appetite, food intake, and energy utilization. Stimulating both receptors, OPK88006 (formerly OPK88003) has demonstrated the potential to regulate blood glucose and reduce body weight.
OPK-88006 (Injectable): This long-acting OXM analog is being developed as a weekly subcutaneous injection for the treatment of obesity and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (“MASH”). We expect to complete IND-enabling work and initiate a Phase 1 study in 2026.
OPK-88006 (Oral): In collaboration with Entera Bio Ltd. (“Entera”), we are advancing a once-daily tablet formulation of OPK-88006.
Strategic Collaboration with LeaderMed Health Group Limited
On September 14, 2021, we formed a joint venture with LeaderMed Health Group Limited (“LeaderMed”), a pharmaceutical development company based in Asia. Under this agreement:
We granted the joint venture exclusive rights to develop, manufacture, and commercialize, in Greater China and eight other Asian countries, OPK-88006 and Factor VIIa-CTP, a novel long-acting coagulation factor for treating hemophilia in exchange for a 47% ownership interest.
LeaderMed and its syndicate partners initially invested $11 million for a 53% ownership interest and are responsible for funding all joint venture operations. We retain full rights to the candidate in all other geographies.
Strategic Collaboration with Entera Bio Ltd.
We have developed proprietary long acting therapeutic peptides, including GLP1, GLP1/Glucagon dual agonist (OPK-88006), GLP2, Parathyroid hormone (PTH) and growth hormone antagonist. Given that oral formulations are sometimes more desirable than injections, we have aimed to develop oral products. Accordingly, we have expanded our peptide portfolio through a series of strategic agreements between OPKO Biologics and Entera. These collaborations combine our advanced protein chemistry and long-acting peptide capabilities with Entera’s proprietary N-Tab® oral delivery technology to develop first-in-class oral tablet formulations for proteins and peptides that currently require injections.
Our partnership with Entera is currently focused on three core programs:
Oral OXM (Metabolic and Fibrotic Disorders): Under a 2025 collaboration and license agreement, we are advancing the first oral dual agonist GLP-1/glucagon peptide (OXM) for the treatment of obesity and related metabolic disorders. We hold a 60% ownership interest in this program. Following successful in vivo PK/PD validation in 2025, we plan to advance this project in 2026 for the oral tablet formulation.
Oral Long-Acting PTH (Hypoparathyroidism): In February 2026, we expanded our partnership to develop a first-in-class oral long-acting parathyroid hormone (LA-PTH) analog as a once-daily tablet for patients with hypoparathyroidism. This program utilizes our proprietary long-acting PTH variants. We and Entera each hold a 50% ownership interest in this program and share development costs equally. We aim to file an IND application for the LA-PTH tablet in late 2026.
Oral GLP-2 Analog (Short Bowel Syndrome): We are developing a first-in-class oral GLP-2 analog for the treatment of Short Bowel Syndrome (“SBS”). Preclinical data presented in September 2025 demonstrated an 18-fold improvement in plasma half-life over the current injectable standard of care, supporting its potential as a once-daily, injection-free alternative for patients with this rare malabsorptive condition.
Key Milestones and Technology
Research Phase September 2023: Initial research collaboration achieved successful in vivo proof-of-concept, demonstrating that oral administration of our GLP-2 and OXM analogs provided significant systemic exposure and bioavailability using the N-Tab platform.
Formalized Partnership in March 2025: We transitioned the metabolic program into a formal license and collaboration agreement to advance Oral OPK-88006.
Biologics-General
Our biologics business focuses on developing long-acting proprietary variants of approved therapeutic proteins or peptides. One of our innovative platform technologies uses a small peptide, carboxyl terminal peptide (“CTP”) which is part of endogenous human chorionic gonadotropin hormone ("GH") produced by the placenta during pregnancy. The effect of the additional CTP to GH is to increase the circulating half-life of luteinizing hormone. We have successfully developed a long acting growth hormone using the CTP technology. We have successfully developed a CTP- attached human growth hormone, Somatrogon (hGH-CTP), which is approved in over 50 countries and marketed by Pfizer.
NGENLA® Somatrogon (hGH-CTP)
Our lead product candidate utilizing CTP, Somatrogon (hGH-CTP), is a recombinant human growth hormone product developed for the long-term treatment of pediatric patients with growth hormone deficiency (“GHD”). GHD is a pituitary disorder resulting in short stature and other physical ailments caused by insufficient endogenous growth hormone secretion. NGENLA® utilizes our proprietary technology to increase the circulating half-life of the hormone, allowing for a once-weekly subcutaneous injection via a prefilled disposable pen that replaces the traditional standard of daily injections.
Strategic Partnership with Pfizer Inc.
In December 2014, we entered into an exclusive worldwide agreement with Pfizer Inc. (“Pfizer”) for the development and commercialization of Somatrogon (hGH-CTP) (the “Pfizer Transaction”).
Agreement Terms: In connection with the Pfizer Transaction, we received an upfront payment of $295 million and have since earned the full $175 million in regulatory milestones associated with pediatric GHD. We remain eligible for an additional $50 million milestone payment upon the approval of NGENLA® for children born small for gestational age (“SGA”).
Commercial Structure: Under the terms of the Pfizer Transaction, Pfizer is responsible for global commercialization, and we are entitled to a regional, tiered gross profit share that encompasses both NGENLA® and Pfizer’s daily growth hormone, Genotropin®.
Regulatory Status and Market Approvals
NGENLA® has secured marketing authorizations in more than 50 countries, establishing a broad global regulatory footprint.
Key Approvals: Authorization has been granted in major markets including Canada (October 2021), Australia (November 2021), Japan (January 2022), the European Union (February 2022), and the United States (June 2023).
Clinical Foundation: These approvals were supported by a Phase 3 global study demonstrating that weekly NGENLA®, delivered via its multidose disposable pen (available in 24 mg and 60 mg strengths), was non-inferior to daily somatropin in annual height velocity.
Global Commercial Performance
The Pfizer Transaction continues to deliver significant non-dilutive cash flow:
Financial Results: For the year ended December 31, 2025, we recorded $31.9 million in year-to-date royalty and gross profit share payments.
Royalty Monetization: To accelerate value realization, we entered into a $250 million agreement with HCR Injection SPV, LLC in 2024, providing immediate capital while retaining long-term upside in the profit share. For additional information, please see 2044 Note Purchase Agreement in Note 7 (debt) to our consolidated audited financial statements contained in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Market Position and Outlook
Based on our internal estimates and industry data utilized in our strategy, the global hGH market was valued at approximately $7.4 billion in 2024 and is expected to expand by up to 12.3% annually through 2030. We believe NGENLA®
is positioned to gain significant worldwide share as the market consolidates from seven daily treatments to three long-acting therapies that offer improved patient adherence.
Commercial Operations
We continue to leverage our global commercialization expertise to manage a geographically diverse portfolio of pharmaceutical businesses. Our international operations have provided a stable revenue base and specialized manufacturing capabilities that complement our domestic therapeutic pipeline.
EirGen Pharma Ltd. (Ireland)
Based in Waterford, Ireland, EirGen specializes in the development and commercial supply of high-potency, high-barrier-to-entry oral solid dose pharmaceutical products.
Capabilities: EirGen operates a state-of-the-art high-containment facility approved by the FDA, the European Medicines Agency, and the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency, designed to handle potent compounds, such as those used in oncology therapies, that require specialized protocols to prevent cross-contamination.
Expansion: In late 2025, EirGen launched a new advanced manufacturing facility, expanding its total footprint to 77,700 square feet. This expansion is estimated to double EirGen's annual output capacity to approximately 1 billion units by 2027.
Global Reach: EirGen currently supplies life-changing medicines to patients in over 60 countries.
OPKO Health Europe (Spain)
Our European operations, centered in Spain, have more than 25 years of experience in the development, manufacture, and marketing of pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and veterinary products. OPKO Health Europe provides an established platform for the commercialization of our products throughout the European Union and Latin America.
Latin American Operations (Mexico & Chile)
We maintain a significant commercial presence in Latin America through our subsidiaries in Mexico and Chile.
OPKO Mexico: Engaged in the manufacture and distribution of ophthalmic and other pharmaceutical products for both private and public markets. OPKO Mexico continues to expand its presence in the branded generics and over-the-counter (OTC) supplement markets.
OPKO Chile: Markets and distributes a wide range of pharmaceutical products, including cardiovascular therapies, vaccines, and antibiotics. Through ARAMA, we manage the importation and distribution of pharmaceutical and OTC products, leveraging ARAMA’s 30-year history in the Chilean market.
Diagnostics
BioReference Health, LLC
BioReference has a legacy of scientific excellence, innovation, and world-class service in laboratory testing solutions. Healthcare has changed in recent years, and BioReference has evolved by adapting our services and solutions aimed at addressing the needs of today’s customers. Laboratory testing and diagnostic excellence remain the cornerstones of the services we provide. As we challenge the limits of specialty diagnostics, we are engaged in strategic efforts to continue to drive innovation and cultivate a unique customer experience while simultaneously focusing on expanding our reach to match the dynamic needs of an ever-changing healthcare system.
At BioReference, we offer comprehensive laboratory testing services utilized by healthcare providers in the detection, diagnosis, evaluation, monitoring, and treatment of diseases, including, but not limited to, the following: esoteric testing, molecular diagnostics, anatomical pathology, genetics, women’s health and correctional healthcare. BioReference provides these services to physician offices, clinics, hospitals, employers, health plans, academic institutions, and governmental
agencies. Our clinical and women’s health testing services are concentrated in New York and New Jersey. For urology (4Kscore Test) and corrections health services, we continue to offer a full service menu with a national scope.
BioReference’s laboratory testing business consists of routine and esoteric testing. Routine tests measure various health parameters, such as the functions of the heart, kidney, liver, thyroid and other organs, including such tests as blood cell counts, cholesterol levels, pregnancy, substance abuse and urinalysis. BioReference is in-network with the largest health plans in the United States and many regional plans throughout the country. BioReference typically operates 24 hours per day, 365 days per year and perform and report most routine test results within 24 hours.
The esoteric tests BioReference performs require sophisticated equipment and materials, highly skilled personnel and professional attention. Esoteric tests are ordered less frequently than routine tests and typically are priced higher than routine tests. Esoteric tests include tests related to endocrinology, immunology, microbiology, HIV tests, molecular diagnostics, next generation sequencing, serology, and toxicology.
Additionally, BioReference operates the following highly specialized laboratory departments:
Urology provides cutting-edge Uropathology, including the proprietary prostate cancer biomarker test, the 4Kscore Test®. The 4Kscore Test helps assess the probability of finding aggressive prostate cancer on biopsy.
Women’s Health provides end-to-end laboratory solutions for all women at every stage in their lives. With an evidence-based portfolio designed for OBGYNs, Maternal Fetal Medicine specialists, and women’s healthcare providers in New York and New Jersey, we offer testing for cervical and vaginal health, reproductive health, and hereditary cancer screening.
Divestiture of Assets to Labcorp
Over the past two years, we have re-calibrated BioReference's organization and cost structure to position it for sustained growth and profitability. This transformation has been driven by two significant divestitures of assets to Labcorp:
September 2024 BioReference Transaction: We completed the sale of laboratory testing businesses focused on clinical diagnostics, reproductive health, and women's health across the United States, excluding New York and New Jersey, for $237.5 million in cash.
September 2025 Oncology Transaction: We completed the sale of our oncology diagnostics business and related clinical testing assets for up to $225 million, which included $192.5 million received at closing and up to $32.5 million in potential earnout consideration.
These divestitures represented approximately $200 million in annual revenues prior to the sales. Following these transactions, we have streamlined operations by closing laboratory facilities in California, Texas, Florida, and Maryland. We have also reduced our BioReference workforce to approximately 1,373 full-time employees as of December 31, 2025, down from approximately 3,300 prior to the restructurings.
BioReference's focused core now centers on clinical testing operations in the New York and New Jersey markets, as well as our national 4Kscore Test franchise and correctional healthcare services.
Our near-term goals for BioReference include:
Continuing strategic initiatives to drive sales of the 4Kscore Test;
Growing market share within the core New York and New Jersey clinical testing markets; and
Achieving and sustaining profitability through our leaner, more efficient operating model.
4Kscore Test
We offer the 4Kscore test through BioReference. The 4Kscore test is a laboratory-developed test that measures the blood levels of four prostate-derived kallikrein proteins: Total PSA, Free PSA, Intact PSA, and Human Kallikrein-2 (“hK2”). These biomarkers, along with the age and prior prostate clinical information, are processed using a proprietary algorithm (now FDA-approved) to calculate the individualized probability of finding clinically significant prostate cancer to aid the biopsy decision between a patient and the healthcare provider.
Following the strategic sale of BioReference’s oncology and other clinical testing assets to Labcorp in September 2025, we have retained the 4Kscore test franchise as a core component of our streamlined diagnostics business.
FDA Approval and Label Expansion
The 4Kscore test was originally approved by the FDA in December 2021 for use in men aged 45 and older. In 2025, the FDA approved a supplemental application that expanded the clinical utility of the test by enabling its use without digital rectal examination (“DRE”) information. All supportive clinical validity data and demonstration of robustness test methods are available on the FDA's website.
Indication: The 4Kscore Test is indicated for the assessment of the likelihood of aggressive prostate cancer before a prostate biopsy decision for men age 45 and older who have an age-specific elevated or abnormal screening PSA result.
Clinical Impact: Because over 90% of PSA screening tests in the U.S. are ordered by primary care providers who may not routinely perform a DRE, this label expansion significantly broadens the potential user base and ease of adoption for the test.
Diversity and Equity: Clinical validation included a predominantly African American cohort, confirming that the test remains highly accurate regardless of race. African American men are 1.7 times more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer and 2.2 times more likely to die from the disease than Caucasian men.
Market Growth and Reimbursement
Driven by the 2025 label expansion and increased physician adoption, 4Kscore test revenue increased by more than 13% year-over-year for the year ended December 31, 2025.
Guideline Recommendations: The National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) has recommended the 4Kscore test in its Guidelines for Prostate Cancer Early Detection since 2015. The European Association of Urology (EAU)also includes the test in its guidelines as a blood test with greater specificity over the standard PSA test.
Medicare and Private Payors: The 4Kscore test holds a Category I CPT® code (81539), facilitating reimbursement through government and private insurance programs. Since December 2019, Novitas Solutions, the Medicare Administrative Contractor, has provided positive coverage through a local coverage determination, ensuring reimbursement for Medicare beneficiaries who meet the defined coverage criteria. It has also received positive coverage by several private and commercial payors and Medicaid coverage.
Strategic Investments
We have and may continue to make investments in other early stage companies that we perceive to have valuable proprietary technology and significant potential to create value for OPKO as a shareholder.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPENSES
During the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023, we incurred $124.0 million, $105.2 million, and $89.6 million, respectively, of research and development expenses related to our various product candidates. During the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023, our research and development expenses primarily consisted of a pipeline of immuno-oncology and infectious disease programs, hGH-CTP, and Rayaldee development programs.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
We believe that technological innovation is driving breakthroughs in healthcare. We have adopted a comprehensive intellectual property strategy which blends the efforts to innovate in a focused manner with the efforts of our business development activities to strategically in-license intellectual property rights. We develop, protect, and defend our own intellectual property rights as dictated by the developing competitive environment. We value our intellectual property assets and believe we have benefited from early and insightful efforts at understanding diagnostics, as well as the disease and the molecular basis of potential pharmaceutical intervention.
We actively seek, when appropriate and available, protection for our products and proprietary information by means of U.S. and foreign patents, trademarks, trade secrets, copyrights, and contractual arrangements. Patent protection in the
pharmaceutical and diagnostic fields, however, can involve complex legal and factual issues. There can be no assurance that any steps taken to protect such proprietary information will be effective.
We own or license-in thousands of U.S. and foreign patents and applications for our products, product candidates and our outlicensed product candidates. These patents cover pharmaceuticals, diagnostics and other products and their uses, pharmaceutical and diagnostic compositions and formulations and product manufacturing processes. Our patents are filed in various locations worldwide as is appropriate to the particular patent and its use
Rayaldee
We have multiple U.S. patent families relating to Rayaldee. These patents are also filed in multiple countries worldwide. One patent family claims a sustained release oral dosage formulation and a method of treating 25-hydroxyvitamin D insufficiency or deficiency and will not expire until at least February 2027. A second patent family claims a method of administering 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 by controlled release, a formulation for controlled release of a vitamin D compound, a controlled release oral dosage formulation of a vitamin D compound and a method of treatment, and will not expire until at least April 2028. We also have additional patents and patent applications pending relating to the sustained release formulation and its use which will expire in 2034. The patents issued in the U.S. covering Rayaldee are listed in the Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence Evaluations, or the Orange Book. OPKO and/or its affiliates have entered into exclusive license agreements with respect to Rayaldee patents in certain territories outside of North America with VFMCRP (Europe and many other countries throughout the rest of the world), and Nicoya Macau Limited (China). We intend to seek patent term extensions in those countries for which such protection is potentially available. We also continue to file and seek patent protection on various uses of extended release dosage forms of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 and new formulations or presentations of this drug.
NGENLA® -- Somatrogon (hGH-CTP)
The hGH-CTP line of patents, which is exclusively licensed to Pfizer, includes multiple U.S. patent families that cover modified human grown hormone (Somatrogon), uses of Somatrogon (hGH-CTP) in adult and pediatric patient populations, and methods of making Somatrogon (hGH-CTP). Equivalent patents have also been filed in multiple countries around the world. One patent family covers certain CTP modified hGH polypeptides relating to growth hormones and their method of use and expires in February of 2027 (with the exception of two U.S. patents, namely US 8304386 and US 8097435, which expire in January 2028 and April 2027, respectively, due to Patent Term Adjustment for each). Additional U.S. patent applications are pending which cover Somatrogon (hGH-CTP) formulations, methods of manufacture and pediatric dosing regimens and, if granted, would expire in 2033. Equivalent patents are granted in Europe and Japan and which expire in 2032 and 2034. A subset of cases in the patent estate covers cytokine-based polypeptides relating to human growth hormone treatment and will expire in February 2027 (in the U.S., these cases include registered patents 8,048,849; 8,426,166; 8,999,670; and 9,896,494, and no Patent Term Adjustment was issued). Multiple other U.S. patents cover Somatrogon (hGH-CTP) and its uses or methods of making including U.S. Pat. Nos. 7,553,941; 8,450,269; 8,946,155; 10,351,615; and 11,197,915, where no Patent Term Adjustment was awarded by the USPTO. The equivalent foreign patents and applications are granted or pending in several major market countries and regions. In addition to the CTP patents and applications licensed to Pfizer, OPKO has multiple patent families covering similar biologicals with patents and applications pending in the U.S. and internationally. Patent term extensions and/or similar extensions such as supplementary protection certificates (SPCs) have been filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and in multiple foreign jurisdictions where NGENLA® (Somatrogon) has been approved and have been granted and/or are pending.
OPK88003 and OPK88004
In 2016, we acquired Transition Therapeutics, which was developing multiple drug candidates that included OPK88003 (a long acting oxyntomodulin) and OPK88004 (SARM), each of which is licensed from Eli Lilly and has patents granted worldwide covering the compounds and their use in their respective indications. U.S. Pat. No. 8367607 covers OPK88003 and expires in December 2030, without extension. OPKO has also filed a formulation patent on a long acting oxyntomodulin formulation. U.S. Pat. No. 7968587 covers OPK88004 (SARM) and expires, without extension, in November 2027. In addition to the molecule patent covering the selective androgen receptor modulator, Transition Therapeutics exclusively licensed a method of use patent family covering its use in treating androgen deprivation therapy associated symptoms. These patents expire in 2035. OPKO has also filed additional patent applications on expanded uses of OPK88004. In addition, Transition Therapeutics and its affiliates have patented compounds (scyllo-inositol) for the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. The patents are pending or granted in many countries of the world. OPKO and/or its affiliates or licensees will seek all available patent term extensions for our product candidates and products.
New patents and applications continue to be filed covering new compositions of matter and/or new uses of the above compounds or variants thereof.
Multispecific Antibodies and Vaccines
Our affiliate, ModeX has multiple patents and/or patent applications either owned or co-owned by ModeX or licensed-in from a third party such as Sanofi, and which cover vaccine candidates such as a bivalent Epstein-Barr virus vaccine and its use in multiple indications (out-licensed to Merck & Co) or covers therapeutic multispecific antibodies for the treatment of various diseases or conditions such as infectious disease or cancer. ModeX has and will continue to file patent applications covering compositions and indications within their development program.
Because the patent positions of pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and diagnostics companies are highly uncertain and involve complex legal and factual questions, the patents owned and licensed by us, or any future patents, may not prevent other companies from developing similar or therapeutically equivalent products or ensure that others will not be issued patents that may prevent the sale of our products or require licensing and the payment of significant fees or royalties. Furthermore, to the extent that any of our future products or methods are not patentable, that such products or methods infringe upon the patents of third parties, or that our patents or future patents fail to give us an exclusive position in the subject matter claimed by those patents, we will be adversely affected. We may be unable to avoid infringement of third party patents and may have to obtain a license, defend an infringement action, or challenge the validity of the patents in court. A license may be unavailable on terms and conditions acceptable to us, if at all. Patent litigation is costly and time consuming, and we may be unable to prevail in any such patent litigation or devote sufficient resources to even pursue such litigation.
LICENSES AND COLLABORATIVE RELATIONSHIPS
Our strategy is to develop a portfolio of product candidates through a combination of internal development, acquisition, and external partnerships. Collaborations are key to our strategy and we continue to build relationships and forge partnerships in various areas where unmet medical needs and commercial opportunities exist.
In December 2014, we entered into the Pfizer Transaction for the development and commercialization of our long-acting hGH-CTP for the treatment of GHD. In May 2021, VFMCRP entered into an agreement with us, pursuant to which it assumed our prior strategic partner's rights to develop and commercialize Rayaldee for the treatment of SHPT in Japan. Under the VFMCRP Agreement, as amended from time to time, we have a license and collaboration agreement for the development and commercialization of Rayaldee in Europe, Australia, and certain other international markets.
In June 2021, we entered into a license agreement with Nicoya to distribute and sell Rayaldee in China. In September 2021, we also entered into specific arrangements with LeaderMed in certain countries in Asia with respect to OPK-88003 and Factor VIIa.
We have entered into a collaboration agreement with Entera to advance an oral GLP-1/Glucagon tablet candidate into clinical development for the treatment of obesity and other metabolic disorders. This partnership leverages Entera's proprietary oral delivery technology to develop oral peptide tablet formulations, including an oral GLP-2 tablet for the treatment of Short Bowel Syndrome. In February 2026, we expanded our partnership with Entera to develop a first-in-class oral long-acting parathyroid hormone (LA-PTH) analog as a once-daily tablet for patients with hypoparathyroidism. Additionally, we maintain a license agreement with Eli Lilly and Company (“Eli Lilly”), under which we receive royalty payments for certain licensed intellectual property.
ModeX and Sanofi are parties to the Sanofi In-License Agreement, pursuant to which ModeX licenses certain intellectual property underlying its Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) technology. In March 2023, ModeX and Merck entered into the Merck Agreement, pursuant to which ModeX granted Merck an exclusive license for the development of a preclinical nanoparticle vaccine candidate targeting EBV. In October 2025, ModeX entered into the Regeneron Collaboration Agreement with Regeneron to discover and develop multispecific antibodies for several therapeutic indications. This collaboration leverages ModeX’s proprietary MSTAR platform and Regeneron’s proprietary binders to develop antibody candidates that target multiple distinct biological pathways in a single molecule.
Previously, we (or entities we have acquired) have completed strategic licensing transactions with the President and Fellows of Harvard College, Academia Sinica, The Scripps Research Institute, TESARO, INEOS Healthcare, and Arctic Partners, among others.
COMPETITION
The pharmaceutical and diagnostic testing industries are highly competitive and require an ongoing, extensive search for technological innovation. The industries are characterized by rapidly advancing technologies, intense competition and a strong emphasis on proprietary products. They also require, among other things, the ability to effectively discover, develop,
test and obtain regulatory approvals for products, as well as the ability to effectively commercialize, market and promote approved products.
Numerous companies, including major pharmaceutical companies, specialty pharmaceutical companies and specialized biotechnology companies, are engaged in the development, manufacture and marketing of pharmaceutical products competitive with those that we are or intend to commercialize ourselves and through our partners. Competitors to our diagnostics business include major diagnostic companies, reference laboratories, molecular diagnostic firms, universities and research institutions. Most of these companies have substantially greater financial and other resources, larger research and development staffs and more extensive marketing and manufacturing organizations than ours. This enables them, among other things, to make greater research and development investments and efficiently utilize their research and development costs, as well as their marketing and promotion costs, over a broader revenue base. This also provides our competitors with a competitive advantage in connection with the highly competitive product acquisition and product in-licensing process, which may include auctions in which the highest bidder wins. Our competitors may also have more experience and expertise in obtaining marketing approvals from the FDA and other regulatory authorities. In addition to product development, testing, approval, and promotion, other competitive factors in the pharmaceutical and diagnostics industry include industry consolidation, product quality and price, product technology, reputation, customer service, and access to technical information.
With regard to our pharmaceutical products, Rayaldee’s competition includes, among other products, activated (1-alpha-hydroxylated) vitamin D analogs such as calcitriol, doxercalciferol, and paricalcitol, and vitamin D supplements such as ergocalciferol and cholecalciferol. Although we believe that Rayaldee offers substantial benefits over these products, Rayaldee may be competing with these and other lower priced products and products which are marketed by larger pharmaceutical companies with substantially greater resources.
There are pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies, including Ascendis Pharma A/S, a biopharmaceutical company, and Novo Nordisk A/S, a global pharmaceutical company, that have successfully developed and commenced commercialization of long‑acting human growth hormone products addressing areas that we are targeting with our long‑acting hGH‑CTP. In addition, a number of companies currently market generic daily human growth hormone products for the treatment of growth hormone deficiency.
In our clinical laboratory operations, we compete with three types of providers in a highly fragmented and competitive industry: hospital laboratories, physician-office laboratories and other independent clinical laboratories. Our major competitors in the New York metropolitan area include national laboratories. Although we are much smaller than these national laboratories, we believe that we compete successfully with them in our region due to our innovative testing services and our level of service.
We are commercializing our 4Kscore product in the U.S. in a laboratory setting. Competitors to our diagnostics business are many and include major diagnostic companies, molecular diagnostic firms, universities, and research institutions.
Pricing and reimbursement coverage positions could substantially impact the competitiveness of the 4Kscore test and our other diagnostic products. Our ability to commercialize our pharmaceutical and diagnostic test product candidates and compete effectively will depend, in large part, on:
our ability to meet all necessary regulatory requirements to advance our product candidates through clinical trials and the regulatory approval process in the U.S. and abroad;
the perception by physicians and other members of the health care community of the safety, efficacy, and benefits of our products compared to those of competing products or therapies;
our ability to manufacture products we may develop on a commercial scale;
the effectiveness of our sales and marketing efforts;
the willingness of physicians to adopt a new diagnostic or treatment regimen represented by our technology;
our ability to secure reimbursement for our product candidates;
the price of the products we may develop and commercialize relative to competing products;
our ability to accurately forecast and meet demand for our product candidates if regulatory approvals are achieved;
our ability to develop a commercial scale infrastructure either on our own or with a collaborator, which would include expansion of existing facilities, including our manufacturing facilities, development of a sales and distribution network, and other operational and financial systems necessary to support our increased scale;
ability to maintain a proprietary position in our technologies; and
our ability to rapidly expand the existing information technology infrastructure and configure existing operational, manufacturing, and financial systems (on our own or with third party collaborators) necessary to support our increased scale, which would include existing or additional facilities and or partners.
GOVERNMENT REGULATION
The U.S. government regulates healthcare through various agencies, including but not limited to the following: (i) the FDA, which administers the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (“FDCA”), as well as other relevant laws; (ii) the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”), which administers the Medicare and Medicaid programs; (iii) the Office of Inspector General (“OIG”), which enforces various laws aimed at curtailing fraudulent or abusive practices, including by way of example, the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Physician Self-Referral Law, commonly referred to as the Stark law, the Civil Monetary Penalty Law (including the beneficiary inducement prohibition) (“CMP”), and the laws that authorize the OIG to exclude healthcare providers and others from participating in federal healthcare programs; and (iv) the Office of Civil Rights, which administers the privacy aspects of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. All of the aforementioned are agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”). Healthcare is also provided or regulated, as the case may be, by the Department of Defense through its TRICARE program, the Department of Veterans Affairs, especially through the Veterans Health Care Act of 1992, the Public Health Service within HHS under Public Health Service Act § 340B (42 U.S.C. § 256b), the Department of Justice through the Federal False Claims Act (the “False Claims Act”) and various criminal statutes, and state governments under the Medicaid and other state sponsored or funded programs and their internal laws regulating all healthcare activities.
The testing, manufacture, distribution, advertising, and marketing of drug and diagnostic products and medical devices, as well as the performance of clinical testing services, are subject to extensive regulation by federal, state, and local governmental authorities in the U.S., including the FDA, and by similar agencies in other countries. Any drug, diagnostic, or device product that we develop must receive all relevant regulatory approvals or clearances, as the case may be, before it may be marketed in a particular country.
Clinical Laboratory Operations
Our clinical laboratory operations are subject to regulations, which are designed to ensure the quality and reliability of clinical laboratories by mandating specific standards in the areas of personnel qualifications, administration and participation in proficiency testing, patient test management, quality control, quality assurance and inspections. Laboratories must undergo on-site surveys at least every two years, which may be conducted by CMS under the CLIA program or by a private CMS approved accrediting agency. The sanction for failure to comply with CLIA requirements may be suspension, revocation or limitation of a laboratory’s CLIA certificate, which is necessary to conduct business, as well as significant fines and/or criminal penalties. We are also subject to regulation of laboratory operations under state clinical laboratory laws. State clinical laboratory laws may require that laboratories and/or laboratory personnel meet certain qualifications, specify certain quality controls or require maintenance of certain records. Certain states, such as New York, California, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island, each require that we obtain licenses to test specimens from patients residing in those states and additional states may require similar licenses in the future. Only Washington and New York State are exempt under CLIA, as these states have established laboratory quality standards at least as stringent as CLIA’s. Potential sanctions for violation of these statutes and regulations include significant fines and the suspension or loss of various licenses, certificates and authorizations.
Our clinical laboratory operations are subject to complex laws, regulations and licensure requirements relating to billing and payment for laboratory services, sales and marketing interactions with ordering physicians and other health care providers, security and confidentiality of health information, and environmental and occupational safety, among others. Changes in regulations often increase the cost of testing or processing claims. Also, these laws may be interpreted or applied by a prosecutorial, regulatory or judicial authority in a manner that could require us to make changes in our operations, including in our pricing, billing and/or marketing practices in a manner that could adversely affect operations.
Drug Development
The regulatory process, which includes overseeing preclinical studies and clinical trials of each pharmaceutical compound to establish its safety and efficacy and confirmation by the FDA that good laboratory, clinical, and manufacturing practices were maintained during testing and manufacturing, can take many years, requires the expenditure of substantial resources, and gives larger companies with greater financial resources a competitive advantage over us. Delays or terminations of clinical trials that we undertake would likely impair our development of product candidates. Delays or terminations could result from a number of factors, including stringent enrollment criteria, slow rate of enrollment, size of patient population, having to compete with other clinical trials for eligible patients, geographical considerations, failure to meet anticipated clinical success, patient safety concerns, and others.
Although accelerated pathways for approval exist for certain drugs, generally, FDA review processes can be lengthy and unpredictable, and we may encounter delays or rejections of our applications when submitted. Generally, in order to gain FDA approval, we must first conduct preclinical studies in a laboratory and in animal models to obtain preliminary information on a compound and to identify any safety problems. The results of these studies are submitted as part of an IND application that the FDA must review before human clinical trials of an investigational drug can commence.
Clinical trials are normally done in three sequential phases and generally take two to five years or longer to complete. phase 1 consists of testing the drug product in a small number of humans, normally healthy volunteers, to determine preliminary safety and tolerable dose range. Phase 2 usually involves studies in a limited patient population to evaluate the effectiveness of the drug product in humans having the disease or medical condition for which the product is indicated, determine dosage tolerance and optimal dosage, and identify possible common adverse effects and safety risks. Phase 3 consists of additional controlled testing at multiple clinical sites to establish clinical safety and effectiveness in an expanded patient population of geographically dispersed test sites to evaluate the overall benefit-risk relationship for administering the product and to provide an adequate basis for product labeling. Phase 4 clinical trials may be conducted- and are sometimes required - after approval to gain additional experience from the treatment of patients in the intended therapeutic indication. There are also certain situations when drugs and biologics are eligible for one of FDA’s expedited approval programs, designed to shorten review and development time.
After completion of clinical trials of a new drug product, FDA and foreign regulatory authority marketing approval must be obtained. Assuming that the clinical data support the product’s safety and effectiveness for its intended use, a BLA or an NDA is submitted to the FDA for its review. Since the early 1990s, the FDA has managed a user fee program whereby sponsors of drug applications pay a fee to the agency and the agency commits to meeting a series of performance goals designed to reduce drug review times. Generally, it takes one to three years to obtain approval. If questions arise during the FDA review process, approval may take a significantly longer period of time. The testing and approval processes require substantial time and effort and we may not receive approval on a timely basis, if at all, or the approval that we receive may be for a narrower indication than we had originally sought, potentially undermining the commercial viability of the product. Even if regulatory approvals are obtained, a marketed product is subject to continual review, and later discovery of previously unknown problems or failure to comply with the applicable regulatory requirements may result in restrictions on the marketing of a product or withdrawal of the product from the market as well as possible civil or criminal sanctions. For marketing outside the U.S., we also will be subject to foreign regulatory requirements governing human clinical trials and marketing approval for pharmaceutical products. The requirements governing the conduct of clinical trials, product licensing, pricing, and reimbursement vary widely from country to country.
In addition to clinical trial rules, FDA imposes other requirements on applicants including obligations related to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), proper labeling, and other issues related to manufacturing and marketing a drug.
Other than NGENLA® (Somatrogon), which has been approved in the U.S., EU, Japan, Canada and Australia, Rayaldee is our only other proprietary pharmaceutical product under development that has been approved for marketing in the U.S. or elsewhere. We may not be able to obtain regulatory approval for any of our other products under development in a timely manner, if at all. Failure to obtain requisite governmental approvals or failure to obtain approvals of the scope requested will delay or preclude us, or our licensees or marketing partners, from marketing our products, or limit the commercial use of our products, and thereby would have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. See “Risk Factors — The results of pre-clinical trials and previous clinical trials for our products may not be predictive of future results, and our current and planned clinical trials may not satisfy the requirements of the FDA or other non-U.S. regulatory authorities.”
Device Development
Medical devices are subject to varying levels of premarket regulatory control, the most comprehensive of which requires human clinical trials be conducted before a device receives approval for commercial distribution. The FDA classifies
medical devices into one of three classes based upon their risk profile (both to the patient and provider): Class I devices are relatively simple “low risk” technologies, and can be manufactured and distributed with general controls without a premarket clearance or approval from the FDA; Class II devices are somewhat more complex “moderate risk” devices, and require greater scrutiny from the agency, requiring a premarket clearance from the FDA before market entry; Class III devices are “high risk” technologies inserted or implanted in the body, intended to treat life sustaining functions. These Class III technologies require a premarket approval from the FDA before market entry.
In the U.S., a company generally can obtain permission to distribute a new device in one of two ways. The first applies to a Class II device that is substantially equivalent to a device first marketed prior to May 1976, or to another device marketed after that date, but which was substantially equivalent to a pre-May 1976 device. To obtain FDA permission to distribute the device, a company generally must submit a section 510(k) premarket notification, and receive an FDA order finding substantial equivalence to a predicate device (pre-May 1976 or post-May 1976 device that was substantially equivalent to a pre-May 1976 device) and permitting commercial distribution of that device for its intended use. A 510(k) submission must provide information supporting a claim of substantial equivalence to the predicate device. If clinical data from human experience are required to support the 510(k) submission, these data must be gathered in compliance with investigational device exemption (“IDE”), regulations for investigations performed in the U.S. The 510(k) process is normally used for products of the type that the Company proposes distributing. The FDA review process for premarket notifications submitted pursuant to section 510(k) takes, on average, about 90 days, but it can take substantially longer if the FDA has concerns, and there is no guarantee that the FDA will “clear” the device for marketing, in which case the device cannot be distributed in the U.S. There is also no guarantee that the FDA will deem the applicable device subject to the 510(k) process, as opposed to the more time-consuming, resource-intensive and problematic, PMA process described below.
The second, more comprehensive, PMA process, which can take a year or longer, applies to a new device that is not substantially equivalent to a pre-1976 product or that is to be used in supporting or sustaining life or preventing impairment. These devices are normally Class III devices. For example, most implantable devices are subject to the approval process. Two steps of FDA approval are generally required before a company can market a product in the U.S. that is subject to approval, as opposed to clearance. First, a company must comply with IDE regulations in connection with any human clinical investigation of the device. These regulations permit a company to undertake a clinical study of a “non-significant risk” device without formal FDA approval. Prior express FDA approval is required if the device is a significant risk device. Second, the FDA must review the company’s PMA application, which contains, among other things, clinical information acquired under the IDE. The FDA will approve the PMA application if it finds there is reasonable assurance that the device is safe and effective for its intended use. The PMA process takes substantially longer than the 510(k) process and it is conceivable that the FDA would not agree with our assessment that a device that we propose to distribute should be a Class I or Class II device. If that were to occur we would be required to undertake the more complex and costly PMA process. However, for either the 510(k) or the PMA process, the FDA could require us to run clinical trials, which would pose all of the same risks and uncertainties associated with the clinical trials of drugs, described above.
Even when a clinical study has been approved by the FDA or deemed approved, the study is subject to factors beyond a manufacturer’s control, including, but not limited to the fact that the institutional review board at a given clinical site might not approve the study, might decline to renew approval which is required annually, or might suspend or terminate the study before the study has been completed. Also, the interim results of a study may not be satisfactory, leading the sponsor to terminate or suspend the study on its own initiative or the FDA may terminate or suspend the study. There is no assurance that a clinical study at any given site will progress as anticipated; there may be an insufficient number of patients who qualify for the study or who agree to participate in the study or the investigator at the site may have priorities other than the study. Also, there can be no assurance that the clinical study will provide sufficient evidence to assure the FDA that the product is safe and effective, a prerequisite for FDA approval of a PMA, or substantially equivalent in terms of safety and effectiveness to a predicate device, a prerequisite for clearance under 510(k). Even if the FDA approves or clears a device, it may limit its intended uses in such a way that manufacturing and distributing the device may not be commercially feasible. For marketing outside the U.S., we also will be subject to foreign regulatory requirements governing clinical trials and marketing approval for medical devices. The requirements governing the conduct of clinical trials, device clearance/approval, pricing, and reimbursement vary widely from country to country. In addition to the regulatory clearance and approval processes described herein, the FDA periodically issues draft guidance documents designed to provide additional detail on or reform aspects of the 510(k) and PMA clearance and approval processes. To the extent the FDA finalizes and implements these documents, the average 510(k) and PMA submission requirements and review times may change and devices that might previously have been cleared under the 510(k) process may require approval under the PMA process (and vice-versa). Additionally, since 2012, the FDA has collected user fees for the review of certain premarket submissions received on or after October 1, 2012, including 510(k) and PMA applications. These fees are intended to improve the device review process, but it is still too early to assess the actual impact on the industry.
After clearance or approval to market is given, the FDA and foreign regulatory agencies, upon the occurrence of certain events, are authorized under various circumstances to withdraw the clearance or approval or require changes to a device, its manufacturing process or its labeling or additional proof that regulatory requirements have been met.
A manufacturer of a device approved through the PMA is not permitted to make changes to the device, which affects its safety or effectiveness without first submitting a supplement application to its PMA and obtaining FDA approval for that supplement. In some instances, the FDA may require clinical trials to support a supplement application. A manufacturer of a device cleared through the 510(k) process must submit another premarket notification if it intends to make a change or modification in the device that could significantly affect the safety or effectiveness of the device, such as a significant change or modification in design, material, chemical composition, energy source or manufacturing process. Any change in the intended uses of a PMA device or a 510(k) device requires an approved PMA supplement or a cleared premarket notification. Exported devices are subject to the regulatory requirements of each country to which the device is exported, as well as certain FDA export requirements.
A company that intends to manufacture medical devices is required to register with the FDA before it begins to manufacture the device for commercial distribution. As a result, we and any entity that manufactures products on our behalf will be subject to periodic inspection by the FDA for compliance with the FDA’s Quality System Regulation requirements and other regulations. In the European Community, we will be required to maintain certain International Organization for Standardization (“ISO”), certifications in order to sell products and we or our manufacturers undergo periodic inspections by notified bodies to obtain and maintain these certifications. These regulations require us or our manufacturers to manufacture products and maintain documents in a prescribed manner with respect to design, manufacturing, testing and control activities. Further, we are required to comply with various FDA and other agency requirements for labeling and promotion. The Medical Device Reporting regulations require that we provide information to the FDA whenever there is evidence to reasonably suggest that a device may have caused or contributed to a death or serious injury or, if a malfunction were to occur, could cause or contribute to a death or serious injury. In addition, the FDA prohibits us from promoting a medical device for unapproved indications.
Diagnostic Products
Certain of our diagnostic products in development are subject to regulation by the FDA and similar international health authorities. For these products, we have an obligation to adhere to the FDA’s current good manufacturing practices (“cGMP”) regulations. Additionally, we are subject to periodic FDA inspections, quality control procedures, and other detailed validation procedures. If the FDA finds deficiencies in the validation of our manufacturing and quality control practices, it may impose restrictions on marketing these specific products until corrected.
Regulation by governmental authorities in the U.S. and other countries may be a significant factor in how we develop, test, produce and market our diagnostic test products. Diagnostic tests like ours may not fall squarely within the regulatory approval process for pharmaceutical or device products as described above, and the regulatory pathway is not as clear. Although the FDA regulates in vitro diagnostic devices, some laboratory companies have successfully commercialized diagnostic tests for various conditions and disease states without seeking clearance or approval for such tests through a 510(k) or PMA approval process. These tests are known as laboratory developed tests (“LDTs”) and are designed, manufactured, and used within a single laboratory that is certified under the CLIA. CLIA is a federal law that regulates clinical laboratories that perform testing on specimens derived from humans for the purpose of providing information for diagnostic, preventative or treatment purpose. Such LDT testing is currently under the purview of CMS and state agencies that provide oversight of the safe and effective use of LDTs. A large number of laboratory testing in the United States consists of LDTs.
On April 29, 2024, the FDA announced a final rule on LDTs. Under this final rule, FDA clarified that LDTs are regulated devices, subject to the FDA's oversight and regulation under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The FDA adopted a four-year phasing out of its blanket enforcement discretion policy for LDTs. At each phase out stage, FDA expects LDTs will become subject to specific regulatory requirements.
Previously, the FDA has consistently asserted that it has the regulatory authority to regulate LDTs despite historically exercising enforcement discretion. In furtherance of that position, the FDA issued two draft guidance documents in October 2014: (1) Framework for Regulatory Oversight of Laboratory Developed Tests; and (2) FDA Notification and Medical Device Reporting for Laboratory Developed Tests, but has taken no action on the draft guidance. Rather, Congress is considering various legislation that, if enacted, could formalize an FDA oversight role for LDTs, including both the Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act, and the Verified Innovative Testing in American Laboratories (VITAL) Act. The FDA has informally indicated that it is giving Congress the opportunity to develop a legislative solution.
If enacted, legislation such as the VALID Act or the VITAL Act may have a materially adverse effect on the time, cost, and risk associated with the Company’s development and commercialization of LDTs for the U.S. market, and there can be no assurance that clearances or approvals sought by the Company will be granted and maintained. However, the FDA’s authority to regulate LDTs continues to be challenged, the proposed VALID Act and VITAL Act have faced opposition, and
the regulatory situation remains fluid. The FDA has indicated that it will continue dialogue with the industry, and the timeline and process for action by Congress or the FDA is unknown.
On March 31, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the final rule in its entirety, ruling that the FDA exceeded its statutory authority under the FD&C Act. The court held that LDTs are more akin to professional laboratory services (regulated under CLIA by CMS) rather than "devices" subject to FDA regulation, a decision which the FDA did not appeal within its appeal window.
Accordingly, the FDA continues to exercise its longstanding enforcement discretion for LDTs (meaning most LDTs are not currently subject to FDA device requirements like premarket review) and laboratories offering LDTs remain primarily regulated under CLIA by CMS for quality and performance standards.
We will continue to monitor changes to all domestic and international LDT regulatory policy so as to ensure compliance with the current regulatory scheme.
Impact of Regulation
The FDA in the course of enforcing the FDCA may subject a company to various sanctions for violating FDA regulations or provisions of the FDCA, including requiring recalls, issuing Warning Letters, seeking to impose civil money penalties, seizing devices that the agency believes are non-compliant, seeking to enjoin distribution of a specific drug or device seeking to revoke a clearance or approval, seeking disgorgement of profits and seeking to criminally prosecute a company and its officers and other responsible parties.
The levels of revenues and profitability of biopharmaceutical companies may be affected by the continuing efforts of government and third party payors to contain or reduce the costs of health care through various means. For example, in certain foreign markets, pricing or profitability of therapeutic and other pharmaceutical products is subject to governmental control. In the U.S., there have been, and we expect that there will continue to be, a number of federal and state proposals to implement similar governmental control. In addition, in the U.S. and elsewhere, sales of therapeutic and other pharmaceutical products are dependent in part on the availability and adequacy of reimbursement from third party payors, such as the government or private insurance plans. Third party payors are increasingly challenging established prices, and new products that are more expensive than existing treatments may have difficulty finding ready acceptance unless there is a clear therapeutic benefit. On April 1, 2014, the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (“PAMA”) was enacted into law. Under PAMA, Medicare payment for clinical diagnostic laboratory tests are established by calculating a weighted mean of private payor rates with new rates. Effective January 1, 2018, clinical laboratory fee schedule rates were based on weighted median private payor rates as required by PAMA. We cannot assure you that any of our products will be considered cost effective, or that reimbursement will be available or sufficient to allow us to sell them competitively and profitably.
State and Federal Security and Privacy Regulations
The privacy and security regulations under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 ( the “HITECH Act”, and collectively, “HIPAA”), establish comprehensive federal standards with respect to the uses and disclosures of protected health information, or PHI, by health plans and health care providers, in addition to setting standards to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of electronic PHI. The regulations establish a complex regulatory framework on a variety of subjects, including:
the circumstances under which uses and disclosures of PHI are permitted or required without a specific authorization by the patient, including but not limited to treatment purposes, to obtain payments for services and health care operations activities;
a patient’s rights to access, amend and receive an accounting of certain disclosures of PHI;
the content of notices of privacy practices for PHI; and
administrative, technical and physical safeguards required of entities that use or receive PHI electronically.
The final omnibus rule implementing the HITECH Act took effect on March 26, 2013. The rule is broad in scope, but certain provisions are particularly significant in light of our business operations. For example, the final “omnibus” rule implementing the HITECH Act:
Makes clear that situations involving impermissible access, acquisition, use or disclosure of protected health information are now presumed to be a breach unless the covered entity or business associate is able to demonstrate that there is a low probability that the information has been compromised;
Defines the term “business associate” to include subcontractors and agents that receive, create, maintain or transmit protected health information on behalf of the business associate;
Establishes new parameters for covered entities and business associates on uses and disclosures of PHI for fundraising and marketing; and
Establishes clear restrictions on the sale of PHI without patient authorization.
As a provider of clinical laboratory services and as we launch commercial diagnostic tests, we must continue to implement policies and procedures related to compliance with the HIPAA privacy and security regulations, as required by law. The privacy and security regulations provide for significant fines and other penalties for wrongful use or disclosure of PHI, including potential civil and criminal fines and penalties.
Additionally, as we operate in Europe, we may be subject to laws governing the collection, use, disclosure and transmission of personal and/or patient information. In December 2015, the European Union approved a General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) to replace the current data protection directive, Directive 95/46/EC, which took effect May 25, 2018. The GDPR governs the use and transfer of personal data and imposes enhanced penalties for noncompliance. We have made, and will continue to make, certain adjustments to our operations so as to comply with the GDPR.
Anti-Kickback Laws, Physician Self-Referral Laws, False Claims Act, Civil Monetary Penalties
We are also subject to various federal, state, and international laws pertaining to health care “fraud and abuse,” including anti-kickback laws and false claims laws. The federal Anti-Kickback Statute prohibits anyone from knowingly and willfully soliciting, receiving, offering, or paying any remuneration with the intent to refer, or to arrange for the referral or order of, services or items payable under a federal health care program, including the purchase or prescription of a particular drug or the use of a service or device. Recognizing that the Anti-Kickback Statute is broad and may technically prohibit many innocuous or beneficial arrangements, Congress authorized the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General, or OIG, to issue a series of regulations, known as “safe harbors.” These safe harbors set forth requirements that, if met in their entirety, will assure health care providers and other parties that they will not be prosecuted under the Anti-Kickback Statute. The failure of a transaction or arrangement to fit precisely within one or more safe harbors does not necessarily mean that it is illegal, or that prosecution will be pursued. However, conduct and business arrangements that do not fully satisfy each applicable safe harbor may result in increased scrutiny by government enforcement authorities, such as the OIG.
Violations of the Anti-Kickback Statute are punishable by the imposition of criminal fines, civil money penalties, treble damages, and/or exclusion from participation in federal health care programs. Many states have also enacted similar anti-kickback laws. The Anti-Kickback Statute and similar state laws and regulations are expansive. If the government were to allege against or convict us of violating these laws, there could be a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition, and our stock price. Even an unsuccessful challenge could cause adverse publicity and be costly to respond to, which could have a materially adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition. We will consult counsel concerning the potential application of these and other laws to our business and our sales, marketing and other activities and will make good faith efforts to comply with them. However, given the broad reach of federal and state anti-kickback laws and the increasing attention given by law enforcement authorities, we are unable to predict whether any of our activities will be challenged or deemed to violate these laws.
We are also subject to the physician self-referral laws, commonly referred to as the Stark law, which is a strict liability statute that generally prohibits physicians from referring Medicare patients to providers of “designated health services,” including clinical laboratories, with whom the physician or the physician’s immediate family member has an ownership interest or compensation arrangement, unless an applicable exception applies. Moreover, many states have adopted or are considering adopting similar laws, some of which extend beyond the scope of the Stark law to prohibit the payment or receipt of remuneration for the prohibited referral of patients for designated healthcare services and physician self-referrals, regardless of the source of the payment for the patient’s care. If it is determined that certain of our practices or operations violate the Stark law or similar statutes, we could become subject to civil and criminal penalties, including exclusion from the Medicare programs and loss of government reimbursement. The imposition of any such penalties could harm our business.
Another development affecting the health care industry is the increased use of the federal civil False Claims Act and, in particular, actions brought pursuant to the False Claims Act’s “whistleblower” or “qui tam” provisions. The False Claims
Act, as amended by the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act of 2009 and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (“Affordable Care Act”), imposes liability on any person or entity who, among other things, knowingly presents, or causes to be presented, a false or fraudulent claim for payment by a federal health care program. We submit claims for services performed at our laboratories. The qui tam provisions of the False Claims Act allow a private individual to bring actions on behalf of the federal government alleging that the defendant has submitted a false claim to the federal government, and to share in any monetary recovery. In recent years, the number of suits brought by private individuals has increased dramatically. In addition, various states have enacted false claim laws analogous to the False Claims Act. Many of these state laws apply where a claim is submitted to any third-party payor and not merely a federal health care program. When an entity is determined to have violated the False Claims Act, it may be required to pay up to three times the actual damages sustained by the government, plus civil penalties for each separate false claim. There are many potential bases for liability under the False Claims Act. Liability arises, primarily, when an entity knowingly submits, or causes another to submit, a false claim for reimbursement to the federal government. The False Claims Act has been used to assert liability on the basis of inadequate care, kickbacks and other improper referrals, improper use of Medicare numbers when detailing the provider of services, and allegations as to misrepresentations with respect to the services rendered. Our activities relating to the sale and marketing of our products may be subject to scrutiny under these laws. We are unable to predict whether we would be subject to actions under the False Claims Act or a similar state law, or the impact of such actions. However, the costs of defending such claims, as well as any sanctions imposed, could significantly adversely affect our financial performance.
Further, the beneficiary inducement prohibition of the federal Civil Monetary Penalty Law prohibits any entity from offering or transferring to a Medicare or Medicaid beneficiary any remuneration that the entity knows or should know is likely to influence the beneficiary’s selection of a particular provider, practitioner or supplier of Medicare or Medicaid payable items or services, including waivers of copayments and deductible amounts (or any part thereof) and transfers of items or services for free or for other than fair market value. On December 7, 2016, the OIG released amendments to the CMP. Some of the amendments may impact our business, such as allowing certain remuneration to financially needy individuals. Entities found in violation may be liable for civil monetary penalties of up to $10,000 for each wrongful act. Although we believe that our sales and marketing practices are in material compliance with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations, relevant regulatory authorities may disagree and violation of these laws, or, our exclusion from such programs as Medicaid and other governmental programs as a result of a violation of such laws, could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
Open Payments Program
With the launch of Rayaldee, part of our business is now subject to the federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act under the Affordable Care Act, and its implementing regulations, which is implemented though the physicians Open Payments Program (the “Open Payments Program”). The Open Payments Program requires manufacturers of drugs, devices, biological and medical supplies covered by Medicare, Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program, to report information related to certain payments or other transfers of value made or distributed to physicians and teaching hospitals, or to entities or individuals at the request of, or designated on behalf of, the physicians and teaching hospitals. Manufacturers must also report, on an annual basis, certain ownership and investment interests held by physicians and their immediate family members and payments or other “transfers of value” made to such physician owners. A failure to report each payment, other transfer of value, or ownership/investment interest in a timely, accurate, and complete manner may result in civil monetary penalties of up to $150,000 annually. Further, the “knowing” failure to report each payment, other transfer of value, or ownership/investment interest may result in a one million dollar annual penalty. Several other states and a number of countries worldwide have adopted or are considering the adoption of similar transparency laws. Any failure by us to implement proper procedures to track and report on a timely basis transfers of value to physicians and teaching hospitals could result in substantial penalties.
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
We are also subject to the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (“FCPA”), which prohibits corporations and individuals from paying, offering to pay, or authorizing the payment of anything of value to any foreign government official, government staff member, political party, or political candidate in an attempt to obtain or retain business or to otherwise influence a person working in an official capacity. The FCPA also requires public companies to make and keep books and records that accurately and fairly reflect their transactions and to devise and maintain an adequate system of internal accounting controls. Our international activities create the risk of unauthorized payments or offers of payments by our employees, consultants, sales agents or distributors, even though they may not always be subject to our control. We discourage these practices from our employees and agents. However, our existing safeguards and any future improvements may prove to be less than effective, and our employees, consultants, sales agents or distributors may engage in conduct for which we might be held responsible. Any failure by us to adopt appropriate compliance procedures and ensure that our employees and agents comply with the FCPA and applicable laws and regulations in foreign jurisdictions could result in substantial penalties or restrictions on our ability to conduct business in certain foreign jurisdictions.
MANUFACTURING AND QUALITY
Our current pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities are located in Waterford, Ireland, Guadalajara, Mexico, and Banyoles, Spain. In addition to such facilities, we have entered into agreements with various third parties for the formulation and manufacture of our pharmaceutical clinical supplies. These suppliers and their manufacturing facilities must comply with FDA regulations, current good laboratory practices and current good manufacturing practices (“cGMPs”). We plan to continue to outsource the manufacturing and formulation of our clinical supplies.
The FDA and similar regulatory bodies may inspect our facilities and the facilities of those who manufacture on our behalf worldwide. If the FDA or similar regulatory bodies inspecting our facilities or the facilities of our suppliers find regulatory violations in manufacturing and quality control practices or procedures they may require us to cease partial or complete manufacturing operations until the violations are corrected. They may also impose restrictions on distribution of specific products until the violations are corrected.
We are committed to providing high quality products to our customers, and we plan to meet this commitment by working diligently to continue implementing updated and improved quality systems and concepts throughout our organization.
SALES & MARKETING
Our diagnostics business includes BioReference’s United States based sales and marketing team to drive growth and leverage new products. We have a highly specialized, field based sales and marketing team in the United States dedicated to the commercialization of Rayaldee. We also have limited sales and marketing personnel in Ireland, Chile, Spain, Mexico and Israel.
HUMAN CAPITAL RESOURCES
Employees and Labor Relations
As of December 31, 2025, we had 2,275 full-time employees worldwide. With the exception of an immaterial number of employees of OPKO Spain, none of our employees are represented by a collective bargaining agreement. Overall, we consider our employee relations to be good.
Health and Safety
As a company in the healthcare industry, employee safety is a key focus of our leadership, communications, and training. We are required to comply with the College of American Pathologists and CLIA laboratory safety requirements in addition to OSHA regulations. With a clear leader in our EHS Manager, direction, standards of practice, training and auditing are consolidated and then disseminated to our managers, supervisors and all employees. We continually align our health and safety goals with those prescribed by applicable regulatory agencies and balance these goals with the needs of our employees. For example, during the COVID-19 pandemic, we transitioned non-essential workers from the office to working from home, worked to ensure proper personal protective equipment using guidance provided by the CDC and OSHA where applicable, and we optimized our essential worker stations in our laboratories and other key process areas to provide for appropriate sanitation, social distancing and other appropriate measures to address the risks of the pandemic.
Competitive Pay and Benefits
We are committed to fair pay and we offer competitive medical benefits to all of our employees. Our U.S. health benefits package is above the competitive range for similar companies in our comparative industries and is one of the key tools we use for recruitment.
Talent Development
We recognize it is important that our employees are able to develop and grow their careers. We have a Head of Learning and Training whose responsibility is to enhance employee training and development as well as to ensure compliance while working in a collaborative environment. In addition, we have changed recruitment strategies to source from more diverse channels, which we anticipate will lead to more candidate hiring options, enhance our recruitment platform and eventually strengthen employee retention.
Available Information
We are required to file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. Information that we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission is available at the SEC’s web-site at www.sec.gov. We also make available free of charge on or through our web site, at www.opko.com, our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and all amendments to those reports as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with the SEC. The information on our website is not, and shall not be deemed to be, a part hereof or incorporated into this or any of our other filings with the SEC.