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| Nature of Business | 1. Nature of Business Radius Health, Inc. ("Radius" or the "Company") is a science-driven biopharmaceutical company focused on developing new therapeutics for patients with osteoporosis as well as other serious endocrine-mediated diseases. The Company's lead investigational product candidate is the investigational drug abaloparatide (BA058), a bone anabolic for potential use in the reduction of fracture risk in postmenopausal women with severe osteoporosis delivered via subcutaneous injection, which the Company refers to as abaloparatide-SC and is currently in Phase 3 development. The Company is leveraging its investment in abaloparatide-SC to develop a line extension that is designed to improve patient convenience by enabling administration of abaloparatide through an investigational short-wear-time patch, which the Company refers to as abaloparatide-TD. The Company has recently completed a successful Phase 2 proof of concept study of abaloparatide-TD. The Company also believes that, subject to further research and development, abaloparatide may have potential applications across a variety of skeletal or bone related diseases or medical conditions. The Company's current clinical product portfolio also includes the investigational drug RAD1901, a selective estrogen receptor down regulator/degrader ("SERD") and RAD140, a nonsteroidal selective androgen receptor modulator ("SARM"). The Company is developing RAD1901 at higher doses for potential use in the treatment of metastatic breast cancer and other estrogen receptor mediated oncology applications. At low doses, RAD1901 acts as a selective estrogen-receptor modulator ("SERM"). Low-dose RAD1901 has shown potential to be effective for the treatment of vasomotor symptoms such as hot flashes in a successful Phase 2 proof of concept study. RAD140 is a nonsteroidal selective androgen receptor modulator, or SARM, that resulted from an internal drug discovery program focused on the androgen receptor pathway which is highly expressed in many breast cancers. Due to its receptor and tissue selectivity, potent oral activity and long duration half-life, RAD140 could have clinical potential in the treatment of breast cancer or possibly other conditions where androgen modulation may offer therapeutic benefit. The Company is subject to the risks associated with emerging companies with a limited operating history, including dependence on key individuals, a developing business model, the necessity of securing regulatory approval to market its investigational product candidates, market acceptance of the Company's investigational product candidates, competition for its investigational product candidates, and the continued ability to obtain adequate financing to fund the Company's future operations. The Company has incurred losses and expects to continue to incur additional losses for the foreseeable future. As of December 31, 2014, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $344.2 million, and total cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $105.3 million. On January 28, 2015, the Company completed a public offering whereby the Company sold 4,600,000 shares of common stock at a price of $36.75 per share, for aggregate proceeds, net of underwriting discounts, commissions and offering costs, of approximately $158.6 million. The Company believes that the aggregate proceeds from the offering on January 28, 2015, together with its cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities as of December 31, 2014, will be sufficient to fund its operations into the fourth quarter of 2016. The Company expects to finance the future development costs of abaloparatide-SC, abaloparatide-TD and RAD1901 with its existing cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities, or through strategic financing opportunities, future offerings of our equity, or the incurrence of debt. However, there is no guarantee that any of these strategic or financing opportunities will be executed or executed on favorable terms, and some could be dilutive to existing stockholders. If the Company fails to obtain additional future capital, it may be unable to complete its planned preclinical and clinical trials and obtain approval of certain investigational product candidates from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or other foreign regulatory authorities.
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