DarioHealth Corp. - Annual Report: 2017 (Form 10-K)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017

For the transition period from ______________to________________

Commission File No. 001-37704

DARIOHEALTH CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

8 HaToKhen Street

Caesarea North Industrial Park

3088900, Israel

(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

972-4-770-4055

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains “forward-looking statements”, which includes information relating to future events, future financial performance, financial projections, strategies, expectations, competitive environment and regulation. Words such as “may”, “should”, “could”, “would”, “predicts”, “potential”, “continue”, “expects”, “anticipates”, “future”, “intends”, “plans”, “believes”, “estimates”, and similar expressions, as well as statements in future tense, identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results and may not be accurate indications of when such performance or results will be achieved. Forward-looking statements are based on information we have when those statements are made or management’s good faith belief as of that time with respect to future events, and are subject to significant risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in or suggested by the forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause such differences include, but are not limited to:

The foregoing does not represent an exhaustive list of matters that may be covered by the forward-looking statements contained herein or risk factors that we are faced with that may cause our actual results to differ from those anticipated in our forward-looking statements. Please see “Risk Factors” for additional risks which could adversely impact our business and financial performance.

Moreover, new risks regularly emerge and it is not possible for our management to predict or articulate all risks we face, nor can we assess the impact of all risks on our business or the extent to which any risk, or combination of risks, may cause actual results to differ from those contained in any forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements included in this Annual Report are based on information available to us on the date of this Annual Report. Except to the extent required by applicable laws or rules, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained above and throughout this Annual Report.

When used in this Annual Report, the terms “DarioHealth,” “the Company,” “we,” “our,” and “us” refer to DarioHealth Corp., a Delaware corporation. “Dario” is registered as a trademark in the United States, Israel, China, Canada, Hong Kong, South Africa, Japan, Costa Rica and Panama. “DarioHealth” is registered as a trademark in the United States and Israel.

PART I

Overview

We are a global digital health (mHealth) company serving our users with dynamic mobile health solutions. We employ what we believe to be a revolutionary approach to health management. We have developed unique ways for people to analyze and personalize their chronic disease management as it relates to diabetes. We have accomplished this through the combination of wearable technology and health monitoring. In addition, our solution is changing the way people with diabetes can manage their condition as a result of us providing them with continuous, as opposed to periodic, data.

Our flagship product, Dario, which we also refer to as our Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution, is a mobile, real-time, cloud-based, diabetes management solution based on an innovative, multi-feature software application to track and monitor all facets of diabetes, combined with a stylish, ‘all-in-one’, pocket-sized, blood glucose monitoring device, which we call the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System, that essentially turns a smartphone into a glucometer. In addition, our product offerings will focus on the newly launched Dario Engage software platform, where we digitally engage with Dario users, assist them in monitoring their chronic illnesses and provide them with coaching, support, digital communications and real time alerts, trends and pattern analysis. The Dario Engage platform can be leveraged by our potential partners, such as clinics, health care service providers, employers and payers for scalable monitoring of people with diabetes in a cost-effective manner, which we expect will open for us additional revenue streams. Finally, we intend to utilize the data we obtain from our Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution and Dario Engage platform to develop our upcoming healthcare analytics program, Dario Intelligence. As such our solutions will span the full spectrum of disease monitoring, user-centric engagement, coaching tools, and big data and intelligence solutions. We have obtained regulatory clearance or approval for the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System in the U.S., Canada, the E.U., Israel and Australia, among others. We believe that our targeted health platform is a highly personalized preventative and proactive approach to health improvement based on individual behavior and treatment, tailored to each person’s unique profile.

Our principal operating subsidiary, LabStyle Innovation Ltd., is an Israeli company with its headquarters in Caesarea, Israel. We were formed on August 11, 2011 as a Delaware corporation with the name LabStyle Innovations Corp. On July 28, 2016, we changed our name to DarioHealth Corp. 

Diabetes is a disease where insufficient levels, or a total absence, of the hormone insulin produces high levels of glucose in the bloodstream, which can lead to long term adverse effects on a patient’s blood vessels, which in turn can lead to heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure, blindness, kidney disease and nerve damage. As part of controlling blood sugar, many patients must self-monitor their blood glucose levels using home testing kits (called glucose meters) and treat high and low blood sugar episodes accordingly to avoid the complications from the disease. We believe that allowing patients to properly monitor the disease, provide actionable insights in real-time and create an online link to healthcare providers, will ultimately improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs - both critical advantages for the healthcare industry.

The latest studies released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that over 30.3 million Americans have diabetes. More alarming is that an addition 84.1 million Americans have what is known as prediabetes, which when left unmanaged will most likely become diabetes in a matter of a few years. This number equates to 33% of the adult population in the U.S. In addition, there is a strong correlation between obesity and the development of diabetes. Many believe, including the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), that diabetes is one of the worst epidemics of the 21st century. The diabetes epidemic is not only felt in terms of its impact on health but also represents a financial burden on the U.S. and global healthcare system.

Importantly, one out of three American adults with prediabetes can, in fact, reverse the condition if they take action, and the health of people with diabetes can be improved through measurement adherence and medication. Furthermore, studies have shown that a 1% reduction in the concentration of glycated hemoglobin (also known as HbA1C or A1C) in human blood goes beyond better diabetes control. That reduction may translate into a 15% to 20% decrease in heart attack and stroke risk and a 25% to 40% lower risk of diabetes-related eye or kidney disease. Better diabetes management may result in substantial savings in the costs related to diabetes and healthcare in general, through the avoidance of health complications and related expense savings. A 2013 NCBI study found that improved A1C levels are associated with healthcare savings.

Based on data we have extracted from our user data base, using the Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution leads to an improvement in glucose level of the users and lowers their A1C levels over time. This data also indicated that higher engagement of users with the Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution increased the level of A1C improvement. Specifically, we found A1C improvements during a period of 3 months, 6 months, and 9-months for people who began the study with A1C levels of more than 8%, 9%, and 10%. The key finding was that, on average, every segment of the users showed an improvement compared to their A1C level when they started to use the Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution, while 75% of participants which started to use the Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution with A1C levels higher than 9% were able to lower their A1C levels during that period with as little as 3 glucose level measurements per day.

Beginning in September 2013, the Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution has been reviewed and approved or cleared by various global regulatory authorities. We received the CE Mark in 2013 which allowed the Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution to be marketed and sold in 32 countries across Europe as well as in certain other countries worldwide. This clearance was followed by approval received from Israel’s Ministry of Health in July 2014, and we received Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) certification to market the Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution in Australia in December 2014, followed by approval from Health Canada in May 2015.

In December 2015, we announced that we received 510(k) clearance for the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), including its components, and the Dario Smart Diabetes Management app on the Apple iOS 6.1 platform and higher. Achieving FDA clearance was a significant milestone and we commenced marketing and commercialization of the Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution in the United States in the first quarter of 2016. On September 7, 2017, we announced that the FDA granted 510(k) clearance for the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System to be used with certain leading Android smart mobile devices. This FDA clearance allowed us to widen our potential customer base in the United States commencing in the last quarter of 2017.

We have recently completed the development of a version of the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System that connects to an iPhone 7 through the Lightning connector instead of the missing audio jack. On May 18, 2017, we completed the Notice of Change for the CE Mark for the Apple® Lightning connector to connect to Apple smart mobile devices that do not come with 3.5 mm audio jack. Additionally, we have registered with the TGA in Australia for the Lightning-enabled Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System. Sales of this version of the device in Australia commenced during January 2018. We plan to complete the regulatory process with the FDA and to start marketing this version of the device in the U.S. upon approval.

We intend to continue to generate demand through a digital direct-to-consumer marketing campaign. Customers are currently able to purchase the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System directly through our proprietary e-store where they can also subscribe to a subscription-based service. In July 2016, we signed an agreement with GEMCO Medical, an established healthcare distributor and a pioneer in the diabetes supply industry, to become the first authorized United States distributor of the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System and to complement our direct-to-consumer model to further expand and strengthen its presence in the United States. Also during July 2016, we launched our Australian proprietary e-store where customers may subscribe to a subscription-based service, and in September 2017 we launched our proprietary e-store in Germany offering our product to customers in Germany.

Although we are initially targeting only the large and growing Blood Glucose Monitoring System, or BGMS, market, we believe our invention has the potential to cover dozens of laboratory tests of bodily fluids (including blood, urine and saliva) that could potentially be undertaken using a smart mobile device, including blood coagulation, cholesterol, HIV and others. Our goal is to develop additional interfaces for other chronic illnesses and health conditions, thereby empowering people around the globe to put themselves in control of managing their medical conditions while leveraging our platform. By doing so, we believe that we will be positioned to make a dramatic impact on the lives of millions of people that face daily lifestyle and medical challenges. Our technology provides a body-fluid testing apparatus for performing metered measurement of samples utilizing: (i) a lancing device to obtain a test sample (blood in the case of the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System); and (ii) an adaptor specifically designed to connect a strip devised to absorb the sample, which then produces an electric signal indicating the level of the substance tested for in the sample. The adaptor is then connected to a smart mobile device via the headphone or Lightning jack, which allows the test signal to be transmitted to the smart mobile device, which will then utilize our software application to obtain and display the test result on the device. This is coupled with a set of software features available via a smart mobile device application as well as cloud-based services, in real-time. We are presently pursuing patent applications in multiple jurisdictions covering the specific processes related to blood glucose level measurement as well as more general methods of rapid tests of body fluids using mobile devices and cloud-based services. On August 5, 2014, we were issued a U.S. patent (No. 8,797,180) relating to how the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System draws power from and transmits data to a smart phone via the audio jack port, on September 8, 2015, we were issued a U.S. patent (No. 9,125,549) that broadens our registered patent No. 8,797,180 to include testing of other bodily fluids through an audio jack connection, and on November 11, 2017, we were issued a U.S. patent (No. 9,832,301) that enhances the way the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System communicates with users’ smartphone devices. We believe these represent critical intellectual property recognition and a significant initial validation of our intellectual property efforts.

DarioHealth’s Solutions

Our products are centered around the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System, the Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution, the Dario Engage platform, which provides support to users of the Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution, and Dario Intelligence, which utilizes user data and is intended to be an analytics tool that can assist healthcare providers in the treatments and predictability of diseases.

Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution

The Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System is the original, all-in-one smart glucose meter. It syncs with the Dario Smart Diabetes Management app to measure, record and track blood glucose levels. In addition, the app records carbohydrate intake, insulin medication, and physical activity.

The flagship brand of DarioHealth, the Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution, initially launched in the United Kingdom in the first quarter of 2015 and has since expanded to New Zealand, Israel, Canada, Australia, the United States and Germany. We earn a majority of our revenues in the United States. We manufacture our products using subcontractors and distribute our proprietary device ourselves. We believe this control over end to end production allows us to maintain high standards of quality control. To that end, we are the owner of several patents relating to our technology and processes.

We use our patented technology to enhance the way our Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System communicates with users’ smartphone devices. In the U.S. market, the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System connects to a smartphone via a coin-sized dongle that does not require a battery for operation; rather, it relies on the smartphone’s battery as its power source. In the effort to reduce battery-dependence and ensure 100% real-time data capture, the application is able to monitor and adjust power levels on smartphones accordingly to enable sufficient output with minimal reliance.

The benefits and features of our product include:

Available worldwide in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, our user-friendly Dario Smart Diabetes Management mobile app is known for its accuracy and ease-of-use. The Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution is accessible with affordable pricing models, including subscription plans. Our pricing is often in line with current co-payments and sometimes it may even be less than current out of pocket costs. In addition, many of our customers in the United States get coverage through their flexible spending or health savings accounts or with our third party healthcare integrations.

Items for sale in the Dario Shop

Customers are able to purchase the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System through our direct to consumer online shopping experience, where we offer:

Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System

All-in-one pocket size glucose meter, with 10 Disposable Covers and 10 Lancets.

Dario Blood Glucose Test Strips

Blood Glucose Test strips for use with the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System. Test strips come in boxes of 50 and 100. In addition, test strips are available on a pay-as-you-go basis or a subscription plan.

Dario Glucose Control Solutions

Level M and Level H control solutions for use with the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System.

Dari Sterile Lancets

Sterile Lancets for use with the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System.

Dario Disposable Covers

Protects the mobile device from direct contact with blood while measuring with the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System.

Our revenues are derived from sales of Dario’s components, including the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System itself, and principally from the recurring sale of our disposable cartridges with test strips and other consumables.  Our customers receive access to the Dario Smart Diabetes Management application, which incorporates tools to help diabetic patients manage their disease.  Importantly, our revenue model is driven by the fact that only our test strips, purchased through us and our partners, are able to be utilized with the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System and software, so it is our expectation that we will be the sole source for Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System compatible test strips. In addition, we anticipate generating revenues in the future from our second revenue pillar that we call the Dario Engage platform, our software platform. We plan to offer this software platform to healthcare providers such as insurers, self insured employers, diabetes clinics, certified diabetes educators and other third party providers of coaching and monitoring services for people with diabetes for a monthly service fee. Our third revenue pillar, which we are planning to introduce at a later stage, is the Dario Intelligence platform. The Dario Intelligence platform will take advantage of the large amount of data that will be collected through our servers through the use of our Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution and the Dario Engage platform, in order to develop predictive models and artificial intelligence algorithms as detailed below.

We believe the following features of our Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution and the manner in which we plan to market and distribute the product will help position Dario to gain users and drive revenue growth:

Currently there are a few new market entrants in the BGMS space that are attempting to utilize computer or smart mobile device connectivity, including Sanofi IBGStar, Medisana GlucoDock, Philosys Gmate Smart, One Drop and iHealth Align. We believe that none of these devices offer the integration of an all-in-one unit that includes a lancing device and strip cartridge as the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System does. We further believe that these competitors provide limited capabilities over their diabetes management apps as compared to the Dario Smart Diabetes Management application.

In summary, we believe we bring an entirely new dynamic to the BGMS device market.  We believe that our primary business model for the Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution is clean and simple - sales of proprietary glucose test strips (the disposable component) directly to consumers, leveraging an installed base of mobile phones. The entire mechanism consists of a small and simple adaptor combined with a strip which is connected to the smart mobile device’s headphone jack, or Lightning connector, with the strip test results being read by the smart mobile device.

We also believe that this business model is the foundation for a broader push to improve the health care system. An application that is always in your pocket and used multiple times per day is an ideal platform to support people living with diabetes, their health care providers, and health systems. Our application is designed to improve health outcomes and reduce costs through increased insights, motivating tools and automation.

Dario Engage

Dario Engage represents our new software platform which is intended to help healthcare providers in all aspects of user engagement, including enrollment, coaching and ongoing communications with the end-users. We believe Dario Engage will assist healthcare providers and employers by offering them an open platform, thereby empowering them to implement their own clinical expertise in a more digital, user-centric and efficient way. We believe this approach can address two burgeoning issues: improving quality of health for individuals, which in turn will lower healthcare costs across the spectrum.

The Dario Engage platform empowers health providers offering diabetes services with:

We believe that the Dario Engage platform is a user-centric, data-driven health solution which allows each person to get the right care, at the right time, to effectively manage their chronic conditions, such as type 1 and 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes, and prediabetes.

Dario Intelligence

The last pillar in our planned suite of product offerings is Dario Intelligence. We are planning to offer Dario Intelligence, which utilizes the large amount of data that will be collected on our servers through the use of our Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution and the Dario Engage platform, to develop predictive models and artificial intelligence algorithms to meet the potential demand of intelligence-driven analytics that healthcare providers will be looking for to improve their services.

We believe the future development of Dario Intelligence will present an opportunity in the chronic disease management field and will help us leverage our data capturing platform, to be used for big data analytics, research, EMRs (Electronic Medical Record), and the development of real-time and predictive-based health management solutions.

Through Dario Intelligence, we believe we may be able to develop innovative artificial intelligence and machine learning approaches that will enable us to transform big data into individual and specific predictive models to meet the demands of both consumers and the health care providers. We believe that by coupling data and algorithmic development, Dario Intelligence may offer in the future the way to detect, predict and intervene most effectively for each individual using our platform.

Our Vision for Dario Intelligence

We intend to offer solutions built from a foundation of rich and robust data, ultimately transforming our revenue model from simple product volume to product value. We believe that the current ineffective care of diabetes and other chronic conditions reflects a need for more intelligent and nuanced approaches relating to predictive behaviors and real-time care. We believe that financial incentives tied to patient outcomes have the potential to generate sizeable revenue growth for us, and position us as a leader in transforming the management of diabetes. Achieving the strategic vision of Dario Intelligence requires multiple steps and evolutions in order to harness the power from the data generated by a connected community, and subsequently impact individual behavior.

Phase 1 – Collect & Analyze

As the Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution user-base has grown, we have collected a significant amount of user data and information. Initial efforts in Phase 1 are centered around an understanding of our user-base. Compiling basic demographic data such as age, gender, country geography, etc., and establishing links to test strip usage and blood glucose control are critically important. Further, examining variation amongst population cohorts in both utilization and blood glucose outcomes is fundamental to future targeting and retention campaigns. We intend to generate analytical insights on individuals who achieve improvement in blood glucose levels in order to develop an in-depth understanding of those who maintain such an improvement over time, which we believe will form the backbone of interventional program development that we intend to generate with our potential partners.

Phase 2 – Expand Collection of Data Types, Experiment with Outreach Campaigns

As continued growth of users accelerates globally, concerted efforts will be undertaken at expanding the collection of highly relevant data types. In addition, we intend to expand data collection on user data points such as carbohydrate intake, exercise and physical activity, medication and medication adherence, GPS location, time stamps, insurance coverage type/status. When more data elements are gathered, the intention is for Dario Intelligence to apply its artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities to enhance understanding of individuals and detailed profiles that will be generated with comprehensive user information such as the type of advertising that was used to recruit patients or how frequently an individual interacts with the Dario Smart Diabetes Management app. The end result is intended to be a cohort-specific predictive model that can be used to develop interventional programs on a wide basis.

Phase 3 – Monetize De-Identified Data, Learn, Expand Intervention Programs

We believe that pharmaceutical companies, device manufacturers, insurers, governments, researchers, advertisers and start-up companies would be willing to pay for the de-identified data that we will obtain through our Dario Intelligence platform. As such, we believe there is an opportunity to develop a consistent revenue stream from this data.

In addition to data that reports on activity and performance of the population as a whole, we believe that will be able to provide access to a globally connected community of patients and consumers. We are planning to monetize access to specific patient cohorts, designing programs to improve utilization, engagement, and outcomes. These future programs will be adapted, modified, and enhanced based upon continuous learning and additional data inputs from external third parties that we are planning to engage with in the future. Pay for performance models will be developed and experimented with, as we will implement next-generation artificial intelligence and machine learning programs designed to influence user’s behavior.

Background on Diabetes

Diabetes is a chronic disease that arises when the pancreas does not produce enough (or ceases to produce) insulin, or when the body cannot effectively use the insulin it produces. Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas that enables cells to take in glucose from the blood and use it for energy. Failure to produce insulin, or of insulin to act properly, or both, leads to raised glucose (sugar) levels in the blood (hyperglycemia), which can be detected with a blood test. Excess glucose in the blood has been shown to cause damage to blood vessels and is thus associated with long-term damage to the body and failure of various organs and tissues, including the retina and the kidneys. There are three main types of diabetes:

Type 1 diabetes, sometimes called insulin-dependent, or juvenile, diabetes, is caused by an auto-immune reaction where the body’s defense system attacks the insulin-producing cells located in a person’s pancreas.  The reason why this occurs is not fully understood.  People with Type 1 diabetes produce very little or no insulin.  The disease can affect people of any age, but usually occurs in children or young adults.  People with this form of diabetes need injections or infusions of insulin every day in order to control the levels of glucose in their blood.  Type 1 diabetes patients constitute approximately 10% of the overall number of patients, but are much more extensive users of BGMS, as these diabetics need to measure their glucose levels 4-10 times day (versus once or twice a day for most Type 2 diabetic patients). The vast majority of Type 1 diabetes patients are insulin dependent.

Type 2 diabetes is sometimes called adult-onset diabetes and accounts for at least 90% of all cases of diabetes.  It is characterized by insulin resistance and relative insulin deficiency, either of which may be present at the time that diabetes becomes clinically manifest. The diagnosis of Type 2 diabetes usually occurs after the age of 40 but can occur earlier, especially in populations with high diabetes incidence.  Type 2 diabetes can remain undetected for many years and the diagnosis is often made from associated complications or incidentally through an abnormal blood or urine glucose test.  It is often, but not always, associated with obesity, which may contribute to insulin resistance and lead to elevated blood glucose levels.  A growing portion of the Type 2 diabetes patients are insulin dependent or use insulin as part of their treatment.

Gestational diabetes (GDM) is a form of diabetes consisting of high blood glucose levels during pregnancy.  It develops in one in 25 pregnancies worldwide and is associated with complications in the time period immediately before and after birth.  GDM usually disappears after pregnancy but women with GDM and their offspring are at an increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes later in life.  Approximately half of women with a history of GDM go on to develop Type 2 diabetes within five to ten years after delivery.

We also believe we will be able to support patients with pre-diabetes, also called metabolic syndrome.  Metabolic syndrome is a combination of medical disorders that increase the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes.  According to the National Institutes of Health, during the years 2009-2012, 37% of U.S. adults ages 20 years or older had pre-diabetes, with 51% of those ages 65 years or older, leading the NIH to estimate that approximately 86 million persons in the U.S. had pre-diabetes in 2012.  This population is typically prescribed with periodic lab-based glucose level testing (which requires a doctor visit, significantly reducing the compliance level) and typically does not involve the utilization of self-monitoring glucose devices.

The Diabetes and BGMS Markets and the Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution

Diabetes is a growing epidemic for which no cure exists, but for which treatments (including a regimen of frequent blood glucose testing) are available.  The medical journal Lancet has reported that the number of worldwide diabetics has doubled over the past thirty years.  While about 70% of the increase has been attributed in the Lancet report to population growth and aging, the balance was linked to changing diets, rising obesity levels and less physical activity.

According to the information published by the International Diabetes Foundation (IDF), in its 8^th addition of the “IDF Diabetes Atlas” published in 2017, approximately 425 million people worldwide were estimated to have diabetes in 2017, or one in eleven adults. The greatest numbers are between 40 and 59 years old. If these trends continue, by 2045, some 629 million people are forecasted by the IDF to have diabetes. According to the IDF Diabetes Atlas, in Europe, there were 58 million adults over the age of 20 with diabetes in 2017 and approximately 30.2 million adults over the age of 20 with diabetes in the U.S. in 2017.  In the U.S., one in four adults has diabetes.  An additional 86 million U.S. adults had pre-diabetes in 2012, which puts them at high risk for developing Type 2 diabetes according to the ADA.  Approximately 187 million adults with diabetes live in China and India, with approximately 12.4 million in Brazil and 8.5 million in Russia.

It is estimated that the costs of diabetes complications account for between 5% and 10% of total healthcare spending in the world. In the United States, the ADA estimated that the total cost of diagnosed diabetes has risen from $174 billion in 2007 to $245 billion in 2012.  Early diagnosis of warning signs and ongoing monitoring of diabetes are the keys to the prevention and treatment of the disease, with blood glucose monitoring being the primary method of diagnosis and disease management, coupled with matching blood glucose readings with food (i.e., carbohydrate) and insulin or other medication intake.

Since blood glucose self-monitoring is a key part of managing diabetes, the market for BGMS products required to service these many patients is also large.  As reported in a press release published by Transparency Market Research, the blood glucose self-monitoring market is currently estimated to be $12 billion and is expected to grow to an estimated $27 billion by 2022.  The same source also notes that the total diabetes management market was $50.8 billion in 2011 and is estimated to reach $98.4 billion by 2018.  The biggest drivers for growth in the diabetes device market will be the increased prevalence and awareness of diabetes.  The U.S. is the largest market, contributing close to 40% of the global market for these devices.  In fact, the BGMS testing market, which barely existed in 1980, now accounts for approximately a quarter of the entire in vitro diagnostics industry.

Key factors driving market growth include increasing number of people with diabetes, growing patient awareness, technological advancements and increasing number of patients adopting blood glucose self-monitoring.  In addition, the affordable cost of blood glucose test strips, and increase in daily monitoring, are also expected to contribute to market growth.  As such, BGMS represents a large market that has grown significantly over the past 30 years and is expected to continue to grow.

It is important to note that the diabetic market is a first point of entry for the Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution and we believe that our goal of providing mHealth health solutions for a variety of chronic and wellness related conditions based on mobile device testing will grant us access to a much larger market. The Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution is targeted at the mHealth app market currently estimated at $10 billion globally with expected annual growth of 15% to $31 billion by 2020.

Industry Background and the Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution Opportunity

From a competition perspective, four companies currently dominate the BGMS business, controlling more than 90% of the market: Roche Diagnostics (part of Hoffman-LaRoche), LifeScan (a Johnson & Johnson company), Bayer Healthcare Division, and Abbott Laboratories.  These “big four” offer a wide variety of BGMS products and have led the market since the late 1990s. Numerous second-tier and third-tier competitors, including several in Asia, hold the remaining 10% of the market. We believe that the BGMS offerings by all vendors are comparable, with mild differentiation of the main feature sets of the devices.  This is akin to the differentiation among personal computers (PCs) during the 1990s and 2000s, where most of them had the same key feature set of Microsoft Windows and Intel Processors.

We believe that the increasing global adoption of mobile phones has created an opportunity for disruption in BGMS market. The Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution, which features our compact all-in-one Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System device coupled with iOS, Android and web-based apps, is intended to eliminate the need for separate glucose monitors, carb-calculators and cumbersome dependency on wired, computer-based logging tools.  Our intention is for Dario to not only deliver the best blood glucose monitoring experience, but also use the unique capabilities of mobile smart mobile devices to deliver better health outcomes.

With respect to the U.S. BGMS market, the principal barriers to entry (all of which we believe the features of the Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution can overcome) can be summarized as follows:

We believe that Dario’s specific features and trends in the marketplace create a significant opportunity to penetrate the market and effectively compete with and gain market share against the established players.

Utilization of Mobile Health Applications

Smart mobile device applications combine easy-to-use interfaces with continuous internet access to create transformational mobile health solutions (often called mHealth).  Although the potential benefits of mHealth solutions have been widely discussed for over a decade, the market is now starting to emerge from the trial phase.  According to a press release issued on December 15, 2017 by Research and Markets, the global mobile health (mHealth) application market in projected to be valued at $28.32 billion in the year 2018 and is expected to reach $102.35 billion by 2023, growing at a CAGR of 29.3% during the period. According to an August 2017 study by Grand View Research, the global mHealth market is expected to reach $111.8 by 2025, growing at a CAGR of 44.2%. The need to reduce long waiting periods in order to access health care facilities from specialists is the primary driver responsible for the adoption of mHealth. We believe that Dario is designed to play directly into this market trend.

In addition, the Grand View Research report states that the availability of applications for consumers is continuing to grow rapidly, especially healthcare apps. These applications assist users in self-management of wellness, disease and chronic abnormalities. This has led to the patient playing an important and active role in staying informed and updated on their own healthcare decisions, contributing to the rise in adoption of mHealth apps globally.

Healthcare is gradually transitioning towards a precision-based model, better known as a “personalized medicine” model. mHealth is becoming a widespread trend due to the introduction of technologies such as electronic medical records, remote monitoring, and other communication platforms. mHealth leverages the 4Ps of healthcare delivery: personalized, predictive, participatory, and preventive, to ensure delivery of optimal care to its users. In addition, the growing penetration of smartphones, especially in low- & middle-income countries and the growing focus on utilizing mobile technology to leverage healthcare delivery and ensure a population health plan is anticipated to benefit the market.

Currently more than 70% of the mHealth applications in major “app stores” are adhering to the paid business model according to Research2Guidance. With more and more traditional healthcare providers joining the mobile applications market, we expect the business models will broaden to include healthcare services, advertising and drug sales revenues.  According to Research2Guidance, with the growing sophistication level of mHealth applications, only 14% of the total market revenue in the next 5 years will come from application download, advertisement and transaction revenue, while 76% of total mHealth application market revenue will come from related services and products.  We believe that Dario is well-positioned to benefit from that trend.

The Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution includes the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System and software application for people with diabetes. Dario currently allows users to easily record, analyze, transmit and store key data points such as glucose level, insulin and carbohydrate intake. Moreover, the Dario Smart Diabetes Management application provides knowledge and motivation with an aim of improving health outcomes. In addition, we are developing software for health care providers and payers to help better support patients and intelligently manage large patient populations.

Sales and Marketing

Our initial marketing efforts in the United States were focused on the early adopter users who have diabetes and who are paying out of pocket for their monitoring tools to manage their chronic condition, and we have concentrated our efforts in gaining market share and brand awareness through direct to consumer marketing efforts. In 2018, we plan to expand our marketing efforts to the insured population by offering our Dario Engage platform to a variety of healthcare providers who are supporting and coaching individuals with diabetes. We believe this will help us to diversify our revenues, from only selling our Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System and its consumables, to revenues generated from providing online real time monitoring, supervising and coaching capabilities to all relevant healthcare providers who support individuals with diabetes.

In Australia, we revised our sales and marketing strategy during the third quarter of 2016, and moved to a hybrid direct to consumer model in combination with an on the ground out-sourced channel sales organization staff focused on the pharmacies. This model will allow us to accelerate our penetration into this market, while building a diabetes community via direct engagement through our digital marketing campaigns and online store.

In the U.K., the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System is a fully reimbursed product distributed by a new distributor since the second quarter of 2016. The Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System is now available via all main pharmacies in the U.K. Our sales and marketing efforts have been focused on wholesalers, pharmacies, HCP’s (Health Care Professionals), diabetes educators and hospitals via the distributor. This has created awareness and understanding of the value proposition we offer to people with diabetes. In addition, we will be focusing on increasing our presence in the U.K. market via our direct to consumer strategy, utilizing the country wide availability of the strips in pharmacy and clinical awareness of the product via the healthcare providers.

In Canada, the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System is available through major pharmacy chains across Canada that includes brands like Safeway and London Drugs. We also offer consumers the ability to buy direct via our online platform or to get their prescriptions serviced online via Bayshore. Similar to the U.K., in Canada we work on both promoting and marketing Dario to the medical establishment via our distributor and expanding its awareness via our direct to consumer strategy which we have been ramping up.

Through our experience in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and additional markets, we are poised to open up additional markets in 2018 that have a high diabetes penetration rate and fit our hybrid business model.

The Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution is an internet-driven product. Dario was designed for the mobile age and will be powered by the internet as an effective route of launching and marketing new consumer products.  We currently sell directly to consumers and also collaborate with distributors in various jurisdictions. It is estimated that a typical Type 1 diabetes patient, who is testing his or her blood sugar 4 to 10 times a day, uses 120 to 300 strips each month, which creates the potential for a substantial and predictable revenue stream.

On the marketing side, we primarily utilize online marketing in order to create awareness of Dario. Rather than solely rely on online advertisement, we will also consider revenue sharing with affiliate networks and a variety of other pay-for-performance methods commonly used in online commerce.

As a precursor to the Dario Engage platform, in December 2014, we entered into an agreement with Israel's leading healthcare HMO, Maccabi Healthcare, to implement a comprehensive digital suite for patients and professionals. The agreement with MOMA (Maccabi TeleCare unit) represented the beginning of an additional revenue channel. We believe the Dario Engage channel for revenues presents a significant potential based on software licensing and added value services with HMOs and other strategic partners worldwide. The Dario application for MOMA is a proprietary customized diabetes management solution that enables remote treatment for diabetes which aims to improve overall outcomes for patients leveraging mHealth technology for effective engagement of health care professionals.

We also expect to collaborate with the medical community to showcase what we expect will be the Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution’s clinical equivalence and usability superiority through Dario Engage and Dario Intelligence.

Manufacturing

As we do not directly manufacture our products ourselves, we have supply agreements with manufacturers for the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System, glucose test strips, lancing devices and lancets.  We have arrangements in place with commercial scale manufacturers for both the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System and for our test strips. As a result of investments we have made over the past several years, we own the specialized equipment used to manufacture Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System.

During 2015, we commenced the manufacturing of our Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System with a Chinese manufacturer as part of our efforts to further reduce manufacturing cost. In the beginning of 2016 we transitioned our manufacturing to a new Chinese manufacturer as part of our effort to increase our manufacturing capacity and improve cost savings.

Insurance Reimbursement

In the United States and in other jurisdictions such as Germany and England, we expect that Dario’s test strips should generally be available for full or partial patient reimbursement by third-party payers.  We expect to work with third-party payers in the countries into which we expect to market Dario in order to establish coverage for test strips, although we cannot be sure of coverage being obtained.  In April 2014, we announced the receipt of reimbursement coverage for the use of the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System in Italy, making 600,000 Italians eligible for reimbursement coverage. In June 2014, we were granted (effective September 1, 2014) reimbursement status in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland for strips and lancets to be utilized together with the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System. In December 2014, we were granted reimbursement status for the Dario test strips Australia. In May 2015 we launched Dario in Canada and the majority of Canadian medical plans are now covering test strips for the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System with reimbursement. We expect the balance of Canadian insurance plans to provide reimbursement coverage in the near future. We are planning to pursue reimbursement coverage in other jurisdictions.

Clinical Trials

As part of our CE Mark clearance, in 2013 we conducted positive User Performance studies for the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System in Israel with 161 diabetic patients. The aim of this study was to collect measurement data from capillary blood with defined distribution of glucose concentrations in order to perform system accuracy evaluation according to ISO 15197:2013, the current international standard requirements for BGMS systems. The results of this study showed that the test strips are well within the limits for system accuracy defined by ISO 15197:2013 in that 100% of results fell within zones A and B of the Consensus Error Grid for all systems, which means that the system accuracy requirements of the ISO 15197:2013 have been met. The acceptance criteria for accuracy of BGMS per ISO 15197:2013 is “95 % of the individual glucose measured values shall fall within ± 0,83 mmol/l (±15 mg/dl) of the measured values of the manufacturer’s measurement procedure at glucose concentrations < 5,55 mmol/l (<100 mg/dl) and within ± 15% at glucose concentrations ≥ 5,55 mmol/l (≥100 mg/dl)”.

In January 2015, we completed, and in March 2015, we announced positive results from, a required User Performance evaluation study in the U.S. to evaluate the accuracy of blood glucose level results obtained from fingertip using the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System compared to reference equipment (YSI 2300 STATPLUS) and to evaluate the ease of use of the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System by the first time user.  This study was in connection with our regulatory submissions for the product in the U.S. and Canada and in accordance with ISO 15197:2013.  The study was performed at Remington Davis Clinical Research in Columbus, Ohio with the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System and included 368 participants with varying demographics.  As required by the FDA, the study was approved by the institutional review board (IRB) which supervises the clinical studies performed in their institutions.

The purpose of the study was to demonstrate the accuracy of the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System compared with the YSI reference standard and to evaluate how the first time users of the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System (1) use it under the Dario guidance materials (i.e., quick user guide and video clip) in an effort to demonstrate how the use of the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System and related software could potentially improve patient care and diabetic compliance, (2) to understand the potential weaknesses of the device and introduce methods of overcoming them to the users and (3) to establish the proposition that lay users can operate the device.

We evaluated accuracy and user performance in this clinical trial with 368 diabetic patients, each of whom tested fresh capillary finger prick blood glucose levels while using the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System for the first time, as instructed by Dario's instruction material. System accuracy was determined with samples obtained from each subject measured both on the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System by individual subjects and by a reference YSI analyzer. We documented sample collection or measurement errors. When required, repeated sampling by each subject was limited to three per subject. The interval of glucose levels tested were within BGMS range 43.0-477.0 mg/dL, and YSI range 42.3-435.5 mg/dL. There were no outliers. Accuracy for the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System met ISO 15197:2013 criteria, as can be seen in the accuracy tables below. Below 100 mg/dL, 97.8% of values were within ±15mg/d of YSI reference glucose values. For samples with glucose above or equal to 100 mg/dL, 96.4% of values were within ± 15% of YSI glucose levels. Lay subject performance assessment of the Dario’s instruction clarity and usefulness showed that 100% successfully obtained a measurement result, and 97.1% of subjects found instructions easy to follow with 70.7% rating they were very satisfied (5/5) and 26.4% rating they were satisfied (4/5). Reading the result on the smart mobile device was rated easy to understand by 99.1% of lay subjects, with 86.1% rated it very easy (5/5) and 13% rated it easy (4/5). If an error message displayed on the report screen, 100% of lay subjects were clear about how to resolve the error, with 56.5% reporting is was very clear (5/5) and 43.5% reported it was clear (4/5).

To conclude, the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System meets ISO 15197:2013 standards for clinical performance as determined by lay user accuracy and by satisfactory experience with the Dario instructions clarity and system utility.

In November 2015, we completed an additional User Performance evaluation study in the U.S. as requested by the FDA. We evaluated the accuracy of blood glucose level results obtained from fingertip using the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System compared to reference equipment (YSI 2300 STATPLUS). We also assessed the usability of the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System by first time users on iOS smart mobile devices.   The study was performed at the University of Colorado Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes in Aurora, Colorado with the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System and included 100 participants with varying demographics.  As required by the FDA, the study was approved by the Western Institutional Review Board (WIRB) which supervises clinical studies performed in their institutions.

The purpose of the study was to demonstrate the accuracy of the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System compared with the YSI reference standard and to evaluate how first time users of the Dario (1) use it under the Dario guidance materials (i.e., quick user guide and user guide) in an effort to demonstrate how the use of the Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution could potentially improve patient care and diabetic compliance, (2) to understand the potential weaknesses of the device and introduce methods of overcoming them to the users and (3) to establish the proposition that lay users can operate the device.

The acceptance criteria for accuracy of BGMS per ISO 15197:2003 is “Ninety-five percent (95%) of the individual glucose results shall fall within ± 15mg/dL of the results of the Dario’s measurement at glucose concentrations < 75mg/dL and within ± 20% at glucose concentrations greater than or equal to 75mg/dL”. The study evaluated accuracy and user performance in this clinical trial with 100 diabetic patients, each of whom tested fresh capillary finger prick blood glucose levels while using Dario for the first time, as instructed by Dario's instruction material. System accuracy was determined with samples obtained from each subject measured both on the Dario by individual subjects and by a reference YSI analyzer. We documented sample collection or measurement errors. When required, repeated sampling by each subject was limited to three per subject. The interval of glucose levels tested were within BGMS range 42-396 mg/dL, and YSI range 37-386 mg/dL. There were no outliers. Accuracy for Dario met ISO 15197:2003 criteria, as can be seen in the accuracy tables below. Below 75 mg/dL, 100% of values were within ±15mg/dL of YSI reference glucose values. For samples with glucose above or equal to 75 mg/dL, 98.88% of values were within ± 20% of YSI glucose levels. Lay subject performance assessment of the Dario’s instruction clarity and usefulness showed that 100% successfully obtained a measurement result. The average rating of the users for successful operation of the Dario was 4.35 (out of 5 when 1 is “completely failed” and 5 is “very successful”) and an average rate of 3.66 (out of 5 when 1 is “very hard” and 5 is “very easy”) for operating the Dario for the first time.

To conclude, the Dario meets the requirements of ISO 15197:2003 for clinical performance as determined by lay user accuracy and by satisfactory experience with the Dario instructions clarity and system utility.

In April 2017, we completed a study in the U.S. as requested by FDA. We evaluated the accuracy of blood glucose level results obtained from fingertip using the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System compared to reference equipment (YSI 2300 STATPLUS). We also assessed the usability of the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System by first time users on Android smart mobile devices. The study was performed at the University of Colorado Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes in Aurora, Colorado with the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System and included 350 participants with varying demographics. As required by the FDA, the study was approved by the Western Institutional Review Board (WIRB) which supervises clinical studies performed in their institutions.

The purpose of the study was to demonstrate the accuracy of the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System compared with the YSI reference standard and to evaluate how first time users of the Dario (1) use it under the Dario guidance materials (i.e., quick user guide and user guide) in an effort to demonstrate how the use of the Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution could potentially improve patient care and diabetic compliance, (2) to understand the potential weaknesses of the device and introduce methods of overcoming them to the users and (3) to establish the proposition that lay users can operate the device.

The acceptance criteria for accuracy of BGMS according to FDA guidance “Self-Monitoring Blood Glucose Test Systems for Over-the-Counter Use - Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff" 95% of all SMBG results shall fall within ±15% of the YSI results across the entire claimed measuring range of the device and that 99% of all SMBG results shall fall within ±20% of the YSI results across the entire claimed measuring range of the device. The study evaluated accuracy and user performance in this clinical trial with 350 diabetic patients, each of whom tested fresh capillary finger prick blood glucose levels while using Dario for the first time, as instructed by Dario's instruction material. System accuracy was determined with samples obtained from each subject measured both on the Dario by individual subjects and by a reference YSI analyzer. We documented sample collection or measurement errors. When required, repeated sampling by each subject was limited to three per subject. The interval of glucose levels tested were within BGMS range:

There were two outliers per representative device. Accuracy for Dario met the FDA criteria, as can be seen in the accuracy tables below:

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 Lay subject performance assessment of the Dario’s instruction clarity and usefulness showed the following results:

To conclude, Dario meets the requirements of to FDA guidance “Self-Monitoring Blood Glucose Test Systems for Over-the-Counter Use - Guidance for Industry and Food and Drug Administration Staff" for clinical performance as determined by lay user accuracy and by satisfactory experience with the Dario instructions clarity and system utility.

Government Regulation

The principal markets that we have initially targeted for Dario are the United States, the European Union, Australia and New Zealand. The following is an overview of the regulatory regimes in these jurisdictions.

United States Regulation Generally

In the United States, devices are subject to varying levels of regulatory control, the most comprehensive of which requires that a clinical evaluation be conducted before a device receives clearance for commercial distribution.  Under Section 201(h) of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, a medical device is an article, which, among other things, is intended for use in the diagnosis of disease or other conditions, or in the cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of disease, in man or other animals.  The Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System is classified as a medical device and subject to regulation by numerous agencies and legislative bodies, including the FDA and its foreign counterparts.  FDA regulations govern product design and development, pre-clinical and clinical testing, manufacturing, labeling, storage, pre-market clearance or approval, advertising and promotion, and sales and distribution.  Specifically, the FDA classifies medical devices into one of three classes.  Class I devices are relatively simple and can be manufactured and distributed with general controls.  Class II devices are somewhat more complex and require greater scrutiny.  Class III devices are new and frequently help sustain life.

Unless an exemption applies, each medical device commercially distributed in the United States will require a 510(k) clearance, 510(k)+ “de-novo” clearance, or a pre-market approval (or PMA) from the FDA.

510(k) Clearance Process.   After a device receives 510(k) clearance, any modification that could significantly affect its safety or effectiveness, or that would constitute a major change in its intended use, requires a new 510(k) clearance or could even require a premarket application approval.  The FDA requires each manufacturer to make this determination in the first instance, but the FDA can review any such decision.  If the FDA disagrees with the determination, the agency may retroactively require the manufacturer to seek 510(k) clearance or premarket application approval.  The FDA also can require the manufacturer to cease marketing and/or recall the modified device until 510(k) clearance or premarket application approval is obtained.

De Novo Classification.   If the FDA denies 510(k) clearance of a device because it is novel and an adequate predicate device does not exist, the “de novo classification” procedure can be invoked based upon reasonable assurance that the device is safe and effective for its intended use.  This procedure approximates the level of scrutiny in the 510(k) process but may add several months to the clearance process. If the FDA grants the request, the device is permitted to enter commercial distribution in the same manner as if 510(k) clearance had been granted.

Premarket Application Approval Process.   After approval of a premarket application, a new premarket application or premarket application supplement is required in the event of a modification to the device, its labeling or its manufacturing process.  The premarket application approval pathway is much more costly, lengthy and uncertain.  It generally takes from one to three years or longer.

European and Non-European Regulation Generally

Sales of medical devices outside the United States are subject to foreign regulatory requirements that vary widely from country to country. These laws and regulations range from simple product registration requirements in some countries to complex clearance and production controls in others.  As a result, the processes and time periods required to obtain foreign marketing clearance may be longer or shorter than those necessary to obtain FDA clearance.

Commercialization of medical devices in Europe is regulated by the European Union. The European Union presently requires that all medical products bear the CE mark, an international symbol of adherence to quality assurance standards and demonstrated clinical effectiveness.  Compliance with the Medical Device Directive (MDD) or the Active Implantable Medical Device Directive (AIMD) or the In Vitro Diagnostic Medical Device Directive (IVDD) as audited by a notified body and certified by a recognized European Competent Authority, permits the manufacturer to affix the CE mark on its products.

In September 2013, we obtained ISO 13485 certification for our quality management system and CE Mark certification to market Dario and in May 2015 Dario was cleared to fulfil the criteria according to EN ISO 15197:2013  The granting of the CE Mark allows Dario to be marketed and sold in 32 countries across Europe as well as in certain other countries worldwide. On November 21, 2014, MDSS, our European Authorized Representative, completed the registration of the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System with the German Authority as required by Article 10 of Directive 98/79/EC on in vitro diagnostic medical devices. We commenced an initial soft launch of the product in Europe in 2014, created initial demand for the product and established brand awareness and marketing techniques to reach our target market with a goal to continue expansion to new markets and territories.

We achieved regulatory clearance to market Dario in other countries that do not rely on the CE Mark. To date, the non-CE Mark jurisdictions which we have begun to market Dario include the United States, New Zealand, Canada and Australia. 

In January 2014, we completed the registration with Medsafe, the New Zealand Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Authority, through their WAND (Web Assisted Notification of Devices) system allowing us to sell the Dario in New Zealand. We also have completed the process of registering the Dario with the Australian TGA, in the ARTG (Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods), which is required in order to bring and sell the Dario in Australia and effective March 3, 2015 our product is approved for reimbursement in Australia. In February 2015, we also gained National Pharmaceutical Product Interface (known as NAPPI) approval and registered the Dario in South Africa. In May 2015, we also received Health Canada approval to market the Dario blood glucose monitoring system and commenced marketing the product. We have also received reimbursement status from the majority of insurance plans in Canada.

To the extent that we seek to market our product in other non-CE Mark countries in the future, we will be required to comply with the applicable regulatory requirements in each such country.  Such regulatory requirements vary by country and may be tedious.  As a result, no assurance can be given that we will be able to satisfy the regulatory requirements to sell our products in any such country.

Clinical Studies

Even when a clinical study has an approved Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) from the FDA under significant risk (SR) determination, has been approved by an Institutional Review Board (IRB) under non-significant risk (NSR) determination and/or has been approved by local or regional Ethic Committee,  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. There is no assurance that a clinical study at any given site will progress as anticipated; the interim results of a study may not be satisfactory leading the sponsor or others to terminate the study, 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 regulatory authorities that the product is safe, effective and performs as intended as a prerequisite for granting market clearance. See “Clinical Trials” above for clinical trials performed to date.

Post-Clearance Matters

Even if the FDA or other non-US regulatory authorities approve or clear a device, they may limit its intended uses in such a way that manufacturing and distributing the device may not be commercially feasible. 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 premarket approval application process is not permitted to make changes to the device which affects its safety or effectiveness without first submitting a supplement application to its premarket approval application and obtaining FDA clearance for that supplement.  In some instances, the FDA may require a clinical trial to support a supplement application.  A manufacturer of a device cleared through a 510(k) submission or a 510(k)+ “de-novo” submission 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 premarket approval application device or a 510(k) device requires an approval supplement or 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.

Mobile Medical Applications Guidance

On September 23, 2013, the FDA issued final guidance for developers of mobile medical applications, or apps, which are software programs that run on mobile communication devices and perform the same functions as traditional medical devices.  The guidance outlines the FDA’s tailored approach to mobile apps.  The FDA plans to exercise enforcement discretion (meaning it will not enforce requirements under the Federal Food, Drug & Cosmetic Act) for the majority of mobile apps as they pose minimal risk to consumers.  The FDA plans to focus its regulatory oversight on a subset of mobile medical apps that present a greater risk to patients if they do not work as intended.  The FDA is focusing its oversight on mobile medical apps that:

Ongoing Regulation by FDA

Even after a device receives clearance or approval and is placed on the market, numerous regulatory requirements apply.  These include:

Failure to comply with applicable regulatory requirements can result in enforcement action by the FDA, which may include any of the following sanctions: fines, injunctions, civil or criminal penalties, recall or seizure of our current or future products, operating restrictions, partial suspension or total shutdown of production, refusing our request for 510(k) clearance or PMA approval of new products, rescinding previously granted 510(k) clearances or withdrawing previously granted PMA approvals.

We may be subject to announced and unannounced inspections by the FDA, and these inspections may include the manufacturing facilities of our subcontractors. If, as a result of these inspections, the FDA determines that our or our subcontractor’s equipment, facilities, laboratories or processes do not comply with applicable FDA regulations and conditions of product clearance, the FDA may seek civil, criminal or administrative sanctions and/or remedies against us, including the suspension of our manufacturing and selling operations.

Ongoing Regulation by International Regulators

International sales of medical devices are subject to foreign government regulations, which may vary substantially from country to country.

In order to maintain the right to affix the CE Mark to sell medical devices in the European Union, an annual surveillance audit in the company premises and, if needed, at major subcontractors’ premises needs to be carried out by the notified body.  Additionally, the European Directives dictate the following requirements:

Failure to comply with applicable regulatory requirements can result in enforcement action be the regulatory agency, which may include any of the following sanctions: fines, injunctions, civil or criminal penalties, recall or seizure of our current or future products, operating restrictions, partial suspension or total shutdown of production, refusing our request for renewing clearance and/or registration of our products or granting clearance/registration for new products.

State Licensure Requirements

Several states require that Durable Medical Equipment (“DME”) providers be licensed in order to sell products to patients in that state. Certain of these states require that DME providers maintain an in-state location. If these rules are determined to be applicable to us and if we were found to be noncompliant, we could lose our licensure in that state, which could prohibit us from selling our current or future products to patients in that state.

Federal Anti-Kickback and Self-Referral Laws

The Federal Anti-Kickback Statute prohibits the knowing and willful offer, payment, solicitation or receipt of any form of remuneration in return for, or to induce the:

To the extent we are required to comply with these regulations, it is possible that regulatory authorities could allege that we have not complied, which could subject us to sanction.  Noncompliance with the federal anti-kickback legislation can result in exclusion from Medicare, Medicaid or other governmental programs, restrictions on our ability to operate in certain jurisdictions, as well as civil and criminal penalties, any of which could have an adverse effect on our business and results of operations.

Federal law also includes a provision commonly known as the “Stark Law”, which prohibits a physician from referring Medicare or Medicaid patients to an entity providing “designated health services”, including a company that furnishes durable medical equipment, in which the physician has an ownership or investment interest or with which the physician has entered into a compensation arrangement. Violation of the Stark Law could result in denial of payment, disgorgement of reimbursements received under a noncompliant arrangement, civil penalties, and exclusion from Medicare, Medicaid or other governmental programs.

Federal False Claims Act

The Federal False Claims Act provides, in part, that the federal government may bring a lawsuit against any person whom it believes has knowingly presented, or caused to be presented, a false or fraudulent request for payment from the federal government, or who has made a false statement or used a false record to get a claim approved.  In addition, amendments in 1986 to the Federal False Claims Act have made it easier for private parties to bring “qui tam” whistleblower lawsuits against companies.  Penalties include fines ranging from $5,500 to $11,000 for each false claim, plus three times the amount of damages that the federal government sustained because of the act of that person.

Civil Monetary Penalties Law

The Federal Civil Monetary Penalties Law prohibits the offering or transferring of remuneration to a Medicare or Medicaid beneficiary that the person knows or should know is likely to influence the beneficiary’s selection of a particular supplier of Medicare or Medicaid payable items or services. Noncompliance can result in civil money penalties of up to $10,000 for each wrongful act, assessment of three times the amount claimed for each item or service and exclusion from the Federal healthcare programs.

State Fraud and Abuse Provisions

Many states have also adopted some form of anti-kickback and anti-referral laws and false claims acts. A determination of liability under such laws could result in fines and penalties and restrictions on our ability to operate in these jurisdictions.

Administrative Simplification of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, mandated the adoption of standards for the exchange of electronic health information in an effort to encourage overall administrative simplification and enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the healthcare industry. Ensuring privacy and security of patient information is one of the key factors driving the legislation.

Intellectual Property

Patent applications

On May 8, 2011, certain of our founders filed Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Application No. PCT/IL2011/000369, titled “Fluids Testing Apparatus and Methods of Use”.  This PCT took priority from two preceding U.S. provisional applications filed by our founders, with the earliest priority date being May 9, 2010. The PCT application was transferred to us by our founders on October 27, 2011.

This application covers the novel blood glucose measurement device, comprising the glucose meter; and an adaptor that connects the glucose meter to a smart-phone to receive power supply and data display, storage and analysis.  A PCT search report and written opinion on patentability that we received from World Intellectual Property Organization (known as WIPO) was very positive, including only two “Y” citations, meaning no significant prior art was found with regards to novelty and inventiveness of the application.  Corresponding national applications of our PCT were filed in November 2012 in the U.S., Europe, and other major territories.

On May 1, 2014 we announced the receipt of a U.S. Notice of Allowance for a key patent relating to how the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System draws power from and transmits data to a smart phone via the audio jack port. This patent was issued as U.S. Patent No. 8,797,180 in August 2014, and in September 2015, we were issued a U.S. patent (No. 9,125,549) that broadens our registered patent No. 8,797,180 to include testing of other bodily fluids through an audio jack connection. We believe this represents critical intellectual property recognition and a significant initial validation of our intellectual property efforts. Further, a corresponding European patent was granted to us in May 2016, as European patent No. 2569622 for testing of fluids through an audio jack connection. Additional corresponding patents were granted in Israel. Corresponding applications for this invention are still pending in the U.S., China and Australia. On November 11, 2017, U.S .patent No. 9,832,301 titled “Systems and methods for adjusting power levels on a monitoring device” was granted. This latest patent enhances the way the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System communicates with users’ smartphone devices.

Additionally, a U.S. non-provisional and corresponding PCT application were filed, and are still pending, which cover new connection related technologies.

Furthermore, we filed 2 new U.S. Provisional applications, which are still pending, covering new features and functionalities related to future Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System generations.

Additional patent applications are in the process of being prepared for filing, and we believe that we have a rich pipeline of future technologies that we are actively developing.

We are further seeking to develop and protect new intellectual property around future generations of our hardware and software with the goal of achieving enhanced functionality, user interface and data usability.

Design patents and patent applications on the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System

To further protect our market distinction and branding for the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System, three U.S. Design Applications have been filed and granted covering the glucose meter, the cartridge, and connection dongle. These applications were granted and registered in the United States. We have also filed national applications for the cartridge in many other jurisdictions, the great majority of which have been granted.

Design patents and patent applications on the Dario Smart Diabetes Management App

In addition, three U.S. Design Applications have been filed and granted covering our smart mobile device display screens with graphical user interface. These design application were also filed in several major jurisdictions, all of which have been granted.

Trademark applications

We have also filed three trademark applications covering the Dario name and logo, as well as for the DARIO-LITE word mark, and our company’s name DARIOHEALTH.  The marks were granted and registered in the United States; national applications were filed in major territories, some of which are still pending.

Utility Models

We have been granted Utility Models for our core invention in Japan and Germany.

Other intangible assets

As the number of Dario users grows, large amount of data will be collected from diabetic patients, comprising their blood sugar levels, meal composition and timing, physical exercise (intensity and duration) as well as many other factors, which are useful for creating meaningful correlations between these factors and insulin use.  We expect that this database will be highly valuable and may be capitalized in many ways. The accumulation of this type of know-how and related algorithms are protected as trade secrets using specialized confidentiality protocols.

Competition

We face competition principally from two arenas:

Direct competition from existing companies in the blood based glucose monitors market.  We compete directly and primarily with large pharmaceutical and medical device companies, including, but not limited to, Abbott Laboratories, Bayer Healthcare Division, Johnson & Johnson LifeScan, Roche Diagnostics and Sanofi.  While the market is highly competitive, we believe that Dario has important comparative advantages versus other devices in the market. Some of these devices are now offered as connected devices to smart mobile devices, such as the Sanofi IBGStar, Medisana GlucoDock, Philosys Gmate Smart, One Drop, and iHealth Align.

The Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System offers an all-in-one glucose monitoring system, including a small form factor glucose reader, lancing device and a strip cartridge connected to existing smart mobile devices, which enables Dario to offer features that are similar to or superior to the most advanced meters in the market (such as Sanofi IBGStar, Gmate Smart and iHealth Align) while having a smaller form factor than the compact meters in the market (Abbott FreeStyle Lite and OneTouch UltraMini).  We believe this design will be attractive to diabetic patients.

Non-invasive and continuous blood glucose monitors.  While there are numerous continuous blood glucose monitoring technologies in the market, we believe they are expensive to use and are therefore offered mainly for temporary usage and in medical settings (such as hospitals) or to limited population at high risk for hypoglycemia.  There have been a wealth of attempts for noninvasive glucose monitors, but we are not aware of any that are available in the market or are expected to reach the market with significant presence over the next few years.

Gearing up for the expansion of DarioHealth and potential further growth into the mHealth space, we are currently analyzing key players in the mobile health/digital health arena. Big Data and analytical insights are the key offerings for all segments of the market – patients, healthcare providers and payers. Our technology development focus and marketing efforts are all geared at placing us as a major player in this global market.

Employees

We currently have 45 full time employees and 3 part time employee.  We have employment agreements with our three executive officers.  See “Management – Employment Agreements”.

Investing in our securities is highly speculative and involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the following factors and other information in this Annual Report and our other SEC filings before making a decision to invest in our securities. Additional risks and uncertainties that we are unaware of may become important factors that affect us. If any of the following events occur, our business, financial conditions and operating results may be materially and adversely affected. In that event, the trading price of our common stock and warrants may decline, and you could lose all or part of your investment.

Risks Related to Our Financial Position and Capital Requirements

We were formed in August 2011 and are thus subject to the risks associated with new businesses.

We were formed in August 2011 as a new business and only recently entered the commercialization stage of our technology. As such,  this limited operating history may not be adequate to enable you to fully assess our ability to develop and commercialize the Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution, achieve market acceptance of the Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution and respond to competition. We commenced a commercial launch of the free Dario Smart Diabetes Management application in the United Kingdom in late 2013 and commenced an initial soft launch of the full Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution (including the app and the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System) in selected jurisdictions in March 2014 with the goal of collecting customer feedback to refine our longer-term roll-out strategy and continued to scale up launch during 2014 in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and New Zealand, in 2015 in Australia, Israel and Canada and in 2016 in the United States. These efforts have not generated material revenues, and it is still too early to predict if we will be able to generate significant revenues over the next years. Therefore, we are, and expect for the foreseeable future to be, subject to all the risks and uncertainties, inherent in a new business and the development and sale of new medical devices and related software applications. As a result, we may be unable to fully develop, obtain regulatory approval for, commercialize, manufacture, market, sell and derive material revenues in the timeframes we project, if at all, and our inability to do so would materially and adversely impact our viability as a company. In addition, we still must establish many functions necessary to operate a business, including finalizing our managerial and administrative structure, continuing product and technology development, assessing and commencing our marketing activities, implementing financial systems and controls and personnel recruitment.

Accordingly, you should consider our prospects in light of the costs, uncertainties, delays and difficulties frequently encountered by companies in their initial revenue generating stages, particularly those in the medical device and mobile heath fields. In particular, potential investors should consider that there is a significant risk that we will not be able to:

In the event that we do not successfully address these risks, our business, prospects, financial condition, and results of operations could be materially and adversely affected.

Given our limited revenue and lack of positive cash flow, we will need to raise additional capital, which may be unavailable to us or, even if consummated, may cause dilution or place significant restrictions on our ability to operate.

According to our management’s estimates, based on our current cash on hand and further based on our budget and the assumption that initial commercial sales will commence during our anticipated timeframes, we believe that we will have sufficient resources to continue our activities only into March 2019.

Since we might be unable to generate sufficient revenue or cash flow to fund our operations for the foreseeable future, we will need to seek additional equity or debt financing to provide the capital required to maintain or expand our operations. We may also need additional funding for developing products and services, increasing our sales and marketing capabilities, and promoting brand identity, as well as for working capital requirements and other operating and general corporate purposes. Moreover, the regulatory compliance arising out of being a publicly registered company has dramatically increased our costs.

We do not currently have any arrangements or credit facilities in place as a source of funds, and there can be no assurance that we will be able to raise sufficient additional capital on acceptable terms, or at all. If such financing is not available on satisfactory terms, or is not available at all, we may be required to delay, scale back or eliminate the development of business opportunities and our operations and financial condition may be materially adversely affected.

If we raise additional capital by issuing equity securities, the percentage ownership of our existing stockholders may be reduced, and accordingly these stockholders may experience substantial dilution. We may also issue equity securities that provide for rights, preferences and privileges senior to those of our common stock. Given our need for cash and that equity raising is the most common type of fundraising for companies like ours, the risk of dilution is particularly significant for stockholders of our company.

Debt financing, if obtained, may involve agreements that include liens on our assets, covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, such as incurring additional debt, could increase our expenses and require that our assets be provided as a security for such debt. Debt financing would also be required to be repaid regardless of our operating results.

If we raise additional funds through collaborations and licensing arrangements, we may be required to relinquish some rights to our technologies or candidate products, or to grant licenses on terms that are not favorable to us.

Funding from any source may be unavailable to us on acceptable terms, or at all, particularly due to certain offering participation rights afforded to a lead investor that participated in our January 2017 private placement. If we do not have sufficient capital to fund our operations and expenses, we may not be able to achieve or maintain competitiveness, which could lead to the failure of our business and the loss of your investment.

We have incurred significant losses since inception. As such, you cannot rely upon our historical operating performance to make an investment decision regarding our company.

Since our inception, we have engaged primarily in research and development activities and only recently entered the commercialization stage. We have financed our operations primarily through private placements of common stock and have incurred losses in each year since inception including net losses of $15,743,000 and $10,887,000 in 2017 and 2016, respectively. Our accumulated deficit at December 31, 2017 was approximately $70,958,000. We do not know whether or when we will become profitable. Our ability to generate revenue and achieve profitability depends upon our ability, alone or with others, to launch Dario in additional European countries, and elsewhere and manufacture, market and sell Dario where approved. We may be unable to achieve any or all of these goals.

Our independent registered public accounting firm has expressed in its report to our 2017 audited financial statements a substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

We only recently entered the commercialization stage, and the development and commercialization of Dario is uncertain and expected to require substantial expenditures. We have not yet generated sufficient revenues from our operations to fund our activities, and are therefore dependent upon external sources for financing our operations. There is a risk that we will be unable to obtain necessary financing to continue our operations on terms acceptable to us or at all. As a result, our independent registered public accounting firm has expressed in its auditors’ report on the financial statements for December 31, 2017 a substantial doubt regarding our ability to continue as a going concern. Our financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of the uncertainty regarding our ability to continue as a going concern. This going concern opinion could materially limit our ability to raise additional funds through the issuance of equity or debt securities or otherwise. Future reports on our financial statements may include an explanatory paragraph with respect to our ability to continue as a going concern. If we cannot continue as a going concern, our stockholders may lose their entire investment in the common stock.

We may be subject to claims for rescission or damages in connection with certain sales of shares of our securities.

In March 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission declared effective a registration statement that we filed to cover the sale of 1,333,333 shares of common stock, 1,533,333 warrants to purchase common stock, 1,533,333 shares of common stock underlying such warrants, and underwriters’ warrants to purchase up to 143,333 shares of common stock. Sales of approximately 55,555 shares of common stock, approximately 255,555 shares of common stock underlying warrants and approximately 25,555 shares of common stock underlying underwriters’ warrants may not have been made in accordance with Section 5 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Accordingly, the purchasers of those securities may have rescission rights or be entitled to damages. The amount of such liability, if any, is uncertain. In the event that we are required to make payments to investors as a result of these unregistered sales of securities, our liquidity could be negatively impacted.

Risks Related to Our Business

We only recently began commercializing Dario and our success will depend on the acceptance of Dario in the healthcare market.

Dario has been CE marked since 2013, enabling us to commercialize in 32 countries across Europe as well as in certain other countries worldwide. It was also approved by the regulatory authorities in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Israel and South Africa, and most recently in December 2015, we received FDA clearance. As a result, we have a limited history of commercializing Dario and commenced selling Dario in the United States in 2016. We have limited experience engaging in commercial activities and limited established relationships with physicians and hospitals as well as third-party suppliers on whom we depend for the manufacture of our product. We are faced with the risk that the marketplace will not be receptive to Dario over competing products and that we will be unable to compete effectively. Factors that could affect our ability to establish Dario or any potential future product include:

We cannot assure you that Dario or any future product will gain broad market acceptance. If the market for Dario or any future product fails to develop or develops more slowly than expected, or if any of the technology and standards supported by us do not achieve or sustain market acceptance, our business and operating results would be materially and adversely affected.

There is no assurance that our recently launched Dario Engage software platform will success or be adopted by Dario users.

We have recently launched a new product offering of our Dario Engage software platform, where we digitally engage with Dario users, assist them in monitoring their chronic illnesses and provide them with coaching, support, digital communications and real time alerts, trends and pattern analysis. We expect that the Dario Engage software platform may be leveraged by our potential partners, such as clinics, health care service providers, employers and payers for scalable monitoring of people with diabetes in a cost-effective manner, which we expect will open for us additional revenue streams. However, the success of our Dario Engage software platform will depend entirely on our Dario user’s adoption of the platform and we cannot assure you that our Dario users will do so. If we cannot encourage Dario users to utilize our Dario Engage software platform we may not succeed in marketing the product to our potential partners, the failure of which may materially and adversely effect our business and operating results.

We may not be successful in launching Dario Intelligence and even if we are successful in doing so, there is no assurance that we will be successful in marketing and/or selling our product in the marketplace.

We intend to launch our Dario Intelligence program, which will utilize the large amount of data collected on our servers to develop predictive models and artificial intelligence algorithms to meet the potential demand of intelligence-driven analytics that healthcare providers may be looking for to improve their services. However, the launch of Dario Intelligence will require significant financial and technical resources. There is no assurance that we will successfully develop or launch Dario Intelligence. Even if we are successful in doing so, there is no assurance that the marketplace will accept or adopt the usage of Dario Intelligence. If we cannot successfully develop Dario Intelligence, or encourage the use and adoption of Dario Intelligence by market participants, our business and operating results may be materially and adversely effected.

We cannot accurately predict the volume or timing of any future sales, making the timing of any revenues difficult to predict.

We may be faced with lengthy customer evaluation and approval processes associated with Dario. Consequently, we may incur substantial expenses and devote significant management effort and expense in developing customer adoption of Dario which may not result in revenue generation. We must also obtain regulatory approvals of Dario in certain jurisdictions as well as approval for insurance reimbursement in order to initiate sales of Dario, each of which is subject to risk and potential delays, and neither of which may actually occur. As such, we cannot accurately predict the volume or timing of any future sales.

If Dario fails to satisfy current or future customer requirements, we may be required to make significant expenditures to redesign the product, and we may have insufficient resources to do so.

Dario is being designed to address an evolving marketplace and must comply with current and evolving customer requirements in order to gain market acceptance. There is a risk that Dario will not meet anticipated customer requirements or desires. If we are required to redesign our products to address customer demands or otherwise modify our business model, we may incur significant unanticipated expenses and losses, and we may be left with insufficient resources to engage in such activities. If we are unable to redesign our products, develop new products or modify our business model to meet customer desires or any other customer requirements that may emerge, our operating results would be materially adversely affected and our business might fail.

We expect to derive substantially all of our revenues from our principal technology, which leaves us subject to the risk of reliance on such technology.

We expect to derive substantially all of our revenues from sales of products derived from our principal technology. Our initial product utilizing this technology is Dario. As such, any factor adversely affecting sales of Dario, including the product release cycles, regulatory issues, market acceptance, product competition, performance and reliability, reputation, price competition and economic and market conditions, would likely harm our operating results. We may be unable to develop other products utilizing our technology, which would likely lead to the failure of our business. Moreover, in spite of our efforts related to the registration of our technology, if patent protection is not available for our principal technology, the viability of Dario and any other products that may be derived from such technology would likely be adversely impacted to a significant degree, which would materially impair our prospects.  

We are dependent upon third-party manufacturers and suppliers making us vulnerable to supply shortages and problems and price fluctuations, which could harm our business.

We do not own or operate manufacturing facilities for clinical or commercial production of the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System and we lack the resources and the capability to manufacture the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System on a commercial scale. Therefore, we rely on a limited number of suppliers who manufacture and assemble certain components of the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System. Our suppliers may encounter problems during manufacturing for a variety of reasons, including, for example, failure to follow specific protocols and procedures, failure to comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements, equipment malfunction and environmental factors, failure to properly conduct their own business affairs, and infringement of third-party intellectual property rights, any of which could delay or impede their ability to meet our requirements. Our reliance on these third-party suppliers also subjects us to other risks that could harm our business, including:

We may not be able to quickly establish additional or alternative suppliers if necessary, in part because we may need to undertake additional activities to establish such suppliers as required by the regulatory approval process. Any interruption or delay in obtaining products from our third-party suppliers, or our inability to obtain products from qualified alternate sources at acceptable prices in a timely manner, could impair our ability to meet the demand of our customers and cause them to switch to competing products. Given our reliance on certain single-source suppliers, we are especially susceptible to supply shortages because we do not have alternate suppliers currently available.

We rely in part on a small group of third-party distributors to effectively distribute our products.

We depend in part on medical device distributors for the marketing and selling of our products in certain territories in which we have launched product sales. We depend on these distributors’ efforts to market our products, yet we are unable to control their efforts completely. These distributors typically sell a variety of other, non-competing products that may limit the resources they dedicate to selling Dario. In addition, we are unable to ensure that our distributors comply with all applicable laws regarding the sale of our products. If our distributors fail to effectively market and sell Dario, in full compliance with applicable laws, our operating results and business may suffer. Recruiting and retaining qualified third-party distributors and training them in our technology and product offering requires significant time and resources. To develop and expand our distribution, we must continue to scale and improve our processes and procedures that support our distributors. Further, if our relationship with a successful distributor terminates, we may be unable to replace that distributor without disruption to our business. If we fail to maintain positive relationships with our distributors, fail to develop new relationships with other distributors, including in new markets, fail to manage, train or incentivize existing distributors effectively, or fail to provide distributors with competitive products on attractive terms, or if these distributors are not successful in their sales efforts, our revenue may decrease and our operating results, reputation and business may be harmed.

Failure in our online and digital marketing efforts could significantly impact our ability to generate sales.

In several of our principal target markets, we utilize online and digital marketing in order to create awareness to Dario. Our management believes that using online advertisement through affiliate networks and a variety of other pay-for-performance methods will be superior for marketing and generating sales of Dario rather than utilizing traditional, expensive retail channels. However, there is a risk that our marketing strategy could fail. Because we plan to use non-traditional retail sales tools and to rely on healthcare providers to educate our customers about Dario, we cannot predict the level of success, if any, that we may achieve by marketing Dario via the internet. The failure of our online marketing efforts would significantly and negatively impact our ability to generate sales.

Our Dario Smart Diabetes Management application, which is a key to our business model, is available via Apple’s iOS and via Google’s Android platforms and maybe in the future via additional platforms. If we are unable to achieve or maintain a good relationship with each of Apple and Google or similar platforms, or if the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store or any other applicable platform were unavailable for any prolonged period of time, our business will suffer.

A key component of the Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution is an iPhone or Android application which includes tools to help diabetic patients manage their disease. This application is compatible with Apple’s iOS and with Google’s Android platforms and may in the future become compatible via additional platforms. If we are unable to make our Dario Smart Diabetes Management application compatible with these platforms, or if there is any deterioration in our relationship with either Apple or Google or others after our application is available, our business would be materially harmed.

We are subject to each of Apple’s and Google’s standard terms and conditions for application developers, which govern the promotion, distribution and operation of games and other applications on their respective storefronts. Each of Apple and Google has broad discretion to change its standard terms and conditions, including changes which could require us to pay to have our Dario Smart Diabetes Management application available for downloading. In addition, these standard terms and conditions can be vague and subject to changing interpretations by Apple or Google. We may not receive any advance warning of such changes. In addition, each of Apple and Google have the right to prohibit a developer from distributing its applications on its storefront if the developer violates its standard terms and conditions. In the event that either Apple or Google ever determines that we are in violation of its standard terms and conditions, including by a new interpretation, and prohibits us from distributing our Dario Smart Diabetes Management application on its storefront, it would materially harm our business.

Additionally, we will rely on the continued function of the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store as digital storefronts where our Dario Smart Diabetes Management application may be obtained. There have been occasions in the past when these digital storefronts were unavailable for short periods of time or where there have been issues with the in-app purchasing functionality within the storefront. In the event that either the Apple App Store or the Google Play Store is unavailable or if in-app purchasing functionality within the storefront is non-operational for a prolonged period of time, it would have a material adverse effect on the ability of our customers to secure the Dario Smart Diabetes Management application, which would materially harm our business.

Our products are subject to technological changes which may impact their use.

Our Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System is currently designed to be plugged into the audio jack of a mobile device. In addition, we have recently completed the development of a version of the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System that connects to an iPhone 7 through the Lightning jack instead of the missing audio jack. As a result, our products are subject to future technological changes to mobile devices that may occur in the future. If we are unable to modify our products to keep pace with such technological changes, it would have a material adverse effect the ability of our customers to use our products, which would materially harm our business.

As we conduct business internationally, we are susceptible to risks associated with international relationships.

Outside of the United States, we operate our business internationally, presently in Europe, Australia and Canada. The international operation of our business requires significant management attention, which could negatively affect our business if it diverts their attention from their other responsibilities. In the event that we are unable to manage the complications associated with international operations, our business prospects could be materially and adversely affected. In addition, doing business with foreign customers subjects us to additional risks that we do not generally face in the United States. These risks and uncertainties include:

The occurrence of any or all of these risks could adversely affect our international business and, consequently, our results of operations and financial condition. 

We expect to be exposed to fluctuations in currency exchange rates, which could adversely affect our results of operations.

Because we expect to conduct a material portion of our business outside of the United States but report our financial results in U.S. Dollars, we face exposure to adverse movements in currency exchange rates. Our foreign operations will be exposed to foreign exchange rate fluctuations as the financial results are translated from the local currency into U.S. Dollars upon consolidation. Specifically, the U.S. Dollar cost of our operations in Israel is influenced by any movements in the currency exchange rate of the New Israeli Shekel (NIS). Such movements in the currency exchange rate may have a negative effect on our financial results. If the U.S. Dollar weakens against foreign currencies, the translation of these foreign currency denominated transactions will result in increased revenue, operating expenses and net income. Similarly, if the U.S. Dollar strengthens against foreign currencies, the translation of these foreign currency denominated transactions will result in decreased revenue, operating expenses and net income. As exchange rates vary, sales and other operating results, when translated, may differ materially from our or the capital market’s expectations.

Non-U.S. governments often impose strict price controls, which may adversely affect our future profitability.

We intend to seek approval to market Dario and any future product in both the U.S. and in non-U.S. jurisdictions. If we obtain approval in one or more non-U.S. jurisdictions, we will be subject to rules and regulations in those jurisdictions relating to our products. In some countries, particularly countries of the European Union, each of which has developed its own rules and regulations, pricing may be subject to governmental control under certain circumstances. In these countries, pricing negotiations with governmental authorities can take considerable time after the receipt of marketing approval for a medical device candidate. To obtain reimbursement or pricing approval in some countries, we may be required to conduct a clinical trial that compares the cost-effectiveness of our product to other available products. If reimbursement of our product candidates is unavailable or limited in scope or amount, or if pricing is set at unsatisfactory levels, we may be unable to achieve or sustain profitability.

Our Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution and associated business processes may contain undetected errors, which could limit our ability to provide our services and diminish the attractiveness of our service offerings.

The Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution may contain undetected errors, defects or bugs. As a result, our customers or end users may discover errors or defects in our products, software or the systems we design, or the products or systems incorporating our designs and intellectual property may not operate as expected. We may discover significant errors or defects in the future that we may not be able to fix. Our inability to fix any of those errors could limit our ability to provide our products, impair the reputation of our brand and diminish the attractiveness of our product offerings to our customers.

In addition, we may utilize third party technology or components in our products and we rely on those third parties to provide support services to us. Failure of those third parties to provide necessary support services could materially adversely impact our business.

Our future performance will depend on the continued engagement of key members of our management team.

Our future performance depends to a large extent on the continued services of members of our current management including, in particular, Erez Raphael, our Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of our Board of Directors, and Zvi Ben David, our Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary. In the event that we lose the continued services of such key personnel for any reason, this could have a material adverse effect on our business, operations and prospects.

If we are not able to attract and retain highly skilled managerial, scientific and technical personnel, we may not be able to implement our business model successfully.

We believe that our management team must be able to act decisively to apply and adapt our business model in the rapidly changing markets in which we will compete. In addition, we will rely upon technical and scientific employees or third party contractors to effectively establish, manage and grow our business. Consequently, we believe that our future viability will depend largely on our ability to attract and retain highly skilled managerial, sales, scientific and technical personnel. In order to do so, we may need to pay higher compensation or fees to our employees or consultants than we currently expect and such higher compensation payments would have a negative effect on our operating results. Competition for experienced, high-quality personnel is intense and we cannot assure that we will be able to recruit and retain such personnel. We may not be able to hire or retain the necessary personnel to implement our business strategy. Our failure to hire and retain such personnel could impair our ability to develop new products and manage our business effectively.

Risks Related to Product Development and Regulatory Approval

The regulatory clearance process which we must navigate is expensive, time-consuming, and uncertain and may prevent us from obtaining clearance for the commercialization of Dario or our any future product.

We are not permitted to market Dario until we receive regulatory clearance. To date, we have received regulatory clearance in Australia, Canada, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States.

The research, design, testing, manufacturing, labeling, selling, marketing and distribution of medical devices are subject to extensive regulation by the FDA and non-U.S. regulatory authorities, which regulations differ from country to country. There can be no assurance that, even after such time and expenditures, we will be able to obtain necessary regulatory approvals for clinical testing or for the manufacturing or marketing of any products.  In addition, during the regulatory process, other companies may develop other technologies with the same intended use as our products.  

We are also subject to numerous post-marketing regulatory requirements, which include labeling regulations and medical device reporting regulations, which may require us to report to different regulatory agencies if our device causes or contributes to a death or serious injury, or malfunctions in a way that would likely cause or contribute to a death or serious injury. In addition, these regulatory requirements may change in the future in a way that adversely affects us. If we fail to comply with present or future regulatory requirements that are applicable to us, we may be subject to enforcement action by regulatory agencies, which may include, among others, any of the following sanctions:

The occurrence of any of these events may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

In addition, on September 23, 2013, the FDA issued final guidance (which we refer to herein as the Guidance) for developers of mobile medical applications, or apps, which are software programs that run on mobile communication devices and perform the same functions as traditional medical devices. The Guidance outlines the FDA’s tailored approach to mobile apps.  The FDA plans to exercise enforcement discretion (meaning it will not enforce requirements under the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act) for the majority of mobile apps as they pose minimal risk to consumers. The FDA plans to focus its regulatory oversight on a subset of mobile medical apps that present a greater risk to patients if they do not work as intended. We anticipate that the Dario Smart Diabetes Management application will be subject to the FDA regulation as a “mobile medical app.” 

We have conducted limited clinical studies of Dario. Clinical and pre-clinical data is susceptible to varying interpretations, which could delay, limit or prevent additional regulatory clearances.

To date, we have conducted limited clinical studies on Dario.   There can be no assurance that we will successfully complete additional clinical studies necessary to receive additional regulatory approvals in certain jurisdictions. While studies conducted by us have produced results we believe to be encouraging and indicative of the potential efficacy of Dario, data already obtained, or in the future obtained, from pre-clinical studies and clinical studies do not necessarily predict the results that will be obtained from later pre-clinical studies and clinical studies. Moreover, pre-clinical and clinical data are susceptible to varying interpretations, which could delay, limit or prevent additional regulatory approvals. A number of companies in the medical device and pharmaceutical industries have suffered significant setbacks in advanced clinical studies, even after promising results in earlier studies. The failure to adequately demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of an intended product under development could delay or prevent regulatory clearance of the device, resulting in delays to commercialization, and could materially harm our business.  Even though we have received CE mark and FDA clearance of Dario, there can be no assurance that we will be able to receive approval for other potential applications of our principal technology, or that we will receive regulatory clearances from other targeted regions or countries.

We may be unable to complete required clinical trials, or we may experience significant delays in completing such clinical trials, which could significantly delay our targeted product launch timeframe and impair our viability and business plan.

The completion of any future clinical trials for Dario or other trials that we may be required to undertake in the future could be delayed, suspended or terminated for several reasons, including:

If our clinical trial is delayed it will take us longer to further commercialize Dario and generate additional revenues. Moreover, our development costs will increase if we have material delays in our clinical trial or if we need to perform more or larger clinical trials than planned. We may be faced with similar risks in connection with future trials we conduct. See “Business - Clinical Trials” for a description of our clinical trials performed to date.

If we or our manufacturers fail to comply with the FDA’s Quality System Regulation or any applicable state equivalent, our operations could be interrupted and our operating results could suffer.

We, our manufacturers and suppliers must, unless specifically exempt by regulation, follow the FDA’s Quality System Regulation (QSR) and are also subject to the regulations of foreign jurisdictions regarding the manufacturing process. If our affiliates, our manufacturers or suppliers are found to be in significant non-compliance or fail to take satisfactory corrective action in response to adverse QSR inspectional findings, the FDA could take enforcement actions against us and our manufacturers which could impair our ability to produce our products in a cost-effective and timely manner in order to meet our customers’ demands. Accordingly, our operating results could suffer.

We are subject to the risk of reliance on third parties to conduct our clinical trial work.

We depend on independent clinical investigators to conduct our clinical trials. Contract research organizations may also assist us in the collection and analysis of data. These investigators and contract research organizations will not be our employees and we will not be able to control, other than by contract, the amount of resources, including time that they devote to products that we develop. If independent investigators fail to devote sufficient resources to our clinical trials, or if their performance is substandard, it will delay the approval or clearance and commercialization of any products that we develop. Further, the FDA and other regulatory bodies around the world require that we comply with standards, commonly referred to as good clinical practice, for conducting, recording and reporting clinical trials to assure that data and reported results are credible and accurate and that the rights, integrity and confidentiality of trial subjects are protected. If our independent clinical investigators and contract research organizations fail to comply with good clinical practice, the results of our clinical trials could be called into question and the clinical development of our product candidates could be delayed. Failure of clinical investigators or contract research organizations to meet their obligations to us or comply with federal regulations could adversely affect the clinical development of our product candidates and harm our business. Moreover, we intend to have several clinical trials in order to support our marketing efforts and business development purposes. Such clinical trials will be conducted by third parties as well. Failure of such clinical trials to meet their primary endpoints could adversely affect our marketing efforts.

Legislative reforms to the United States healthcare system may adversely affect our revenues and business.

From time to time, legislative reform measures are proposed or adopted that would impact healthcare expenditures for medical services, including the medical devices used to provide those services. For example, in March 2010, U.S. President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, collectively referred to as the Affordable Care Act. The Affordable Care Act made a number of substantial changes in the way health care is financed by both governmental and private insurers and the way that Medicare providers are reimbursed. Among other things, the Affordable Care Act requires certain medical device manufacturers and importers to pay an excise tax equal to 2.3% of the price for which such medical devices are sold, beginning January 1, 2013.

In addition, other legislative changes have been proposed and adopted since the Affordable Care Act was enacted. On August 2, 2011, the President signed into law the Budget Control Act of 2011, which, among other things, created the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction to recommend to Congress proposals in spending reductions. The Joint Select Committee did not achieve a targeted deficit reduction of at least $1.2 trillion for the years 2013 through 2021, triggering the legislation’s automatic reduction to several government programs. This includes reductions to Medicare payments to providers of 2.0% per fiscal year. On January 2, 2013, President Obama signed into law the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, or the ATRA, which delayed for another two months the budget cuts mandated by these sequestration provisions of the Budget Control Act of 2011. On March 1, 2013, the President signed an executive order implementing sequestration, and on April 1, 2013, the 2% Medicare payment reductions went into effect. The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2013, enacted on December 26, 2013, extends these cuts to 2023. The ATRA also, among other things, reduced Medicare payments to several providers, including hospitals, imaging centers and cancer treatment centers, and increased the statute of limitations period for the government to recover overpayments to providers from three to five years. In December 2014, Congress passed an omnibus funding bill (the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015) and a tax extenders bill, both of which may negatively impact coverage and reimbursement of healthcare items and services. We expect that additional state and federal healthcare reform measures will be adopted in the future, any of which could limit the amounts that federal and state governments will pay for healthcare products and services, which could result in reduced demand for our products or additional pricing pressure. For example, U.S. President Donald Trump has recently publicly indicated an intent to lower healthcare costs through various potential initiatives. In addition, President Trump and other U.S. lawmakers have made statements about potentially repealing and/or replacing the Affordable Care Act, although specific legislation for such a repeal or replacement has not yet been introduced. While we are unable to predict what changes may ultimately be enacted, to the extent that future changes affect how our products are paid for and reimbursed by government and private payers our business could be adversely impacted.

Government and private sector initiatives to limit the growth of health care costs, including price regulation, competitive pricing, coverage and payment policies, comparative effectiveness reviews of therapies, technology assessments, and managed-care arrangements, are continuing. Government programs, including Medicare and Medicaid, private health care insurance and managed-care plans have attempted to control costs by limiting the amount of reimbursement they will pay for particular procedures or treatments, tying reimbursement to outcomes, and other mechanisms designed to constrain utilization and contain costs, including delivery reforms such as expanded bundling of services. Hospitals are also seeking to reduce costs through a variety of mechanisms, which may increase price sensitivity among customers for our products, and adversely affect sales, pricing, and utilization of our products. Some third-party payors must also approve coverage for new or innovative devices or therapies before they will reimburse health care providers who use the medical devices or therapies. We cannot predict the potential impact of cost-containment trends on future operating results.

We may be subject to federal, state and foreign healthcare fraud and abuse laws and regulations.

Many federal, state and foreign healthcare laws and regulations apply to the BGMS business and medical devices. We may be subject to certain federal and state regulations, including the federal healthcare programs’ Anti-Kickback Law, the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, and other federal and state false claims laws. The medical device industry has been under heightened scrutiny as the subject of government investigations and enforcement actions involving manufacturers who allegedly offered unlawful inducements to potential or existing customers in an attempt to procure their business, including arrangements with physician consultants. If our operations or arrangements are found to be in violation of such governmental regulations, we may be subject to civil and criminal penalties, damages, fines, exclusion from the Medicare and Medicaid programs and the curtailment of our operations. All of these penalties could adversely affect our ability to operate our business and our financial results.

Product liability suits, whether or not meritorious, could be brought against us due to an alleged defective product or for the misuse of Dario or our potential future products. These suits could result in expensive and time-consuming litigation, payment of substantial damages, and an increase in our insurance rates.

If Dario or any of our future products are defectively designed or manufactured contain defective components or are misused, or if someone claims any of the foregoing, whether or not meritorious, we may become subject to substantial and costly litigation. Misusing our device or failing to adhere to the operating guidelines or the device producing inaccurate meter readings could cause significant harm to patients, including death. In addition, if our operating guidelines are found to be inadequate, we may be subject to liability. Product liability claims could divert management’s attention from our core business, be expensive to defend and result in sizable damage awards against us. While we maintain product liability insurance, we may not have sufficient insurance coverage for all future claims. Any product liability claims brought against us, with or without merit, could increase our product liability insurance rates or prevent us from securing continuing coverage, could harm our reputation in the industry and could reduce revenue. Product liability claims in excess of our insurance coverage would be paid out of cash reserves harming our financial condition and adversely affecting our results of operations.

If we are found to have violated laws protecting the confidentiality of patient health information, we could be subject to civil or criminal penalties, which could increase our liabilities and harm our reputation or our business.

Part of our business plan includes the storage and potential monetization of medical data of users of Dario. There are a number of federal and state laws protecting the confidentiality of certain patient health information, including patient records, and restricting the use and disclosure of that protected information. In particular, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services promulgated patient privacy rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (which we refer to as HIPAA). These privacy rules protect medical records and other personal health information by limiting their use and disclosure, giving individuals the right to access, amend and seek accounting of their own health information and limiting most use and disclosures of health information to the minimum amount reasonably necessary to accomplish the intended purpose. We may face difficulties in holding such information in compliance with applicable law. If we are found to be in violation of the privacy rules under HIPAA, we could be subject to civil or criminal penalties, which could increase our liabilities, harm our reputation and have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property

The failure to obtain or maintain patents, licensing agreements and other intellectual property could materially impact our ability to compete effectively.

In order for our business to be viable and to compete effectively, we need to develop and maintain, and we will heavily rely on, our proprietary position with respect to our technologies and intellectual property. We filed a Patent Cooperation Treaty (or PCT) application for a “Fluids Testing Apparatus and Methods of Use” in May 2011 which incorporates two U.S. provisional applications submitted in the preceding year. The PCT covers the specific processes related to blood glucose level measurement as well as more general methods of rapid tests of body fluids and has subsequently been converted into several national phase patent applications. We have also filed patent applications for other aspects of the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring Solution. We have also obtained numerous Web domains.

However, to date, we have only been issued four patents (three of which were issued in the United States) relating to how the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System draws power from and transmits data to a smart phone via the audio jack port. None of our other patents have been granted by a patent office. In addition, there are significant risks associated with our actual or proposed intellectual property. The risks and uncertainties that we face with respect to our pending patent and other proprietary rights principally include the following:

We cannot be certain that patents will be issued as a result of any of our pending or future applications, or that any of our patents, once issued, will provide us with adequate protection from competing products. For example, issued patents may be circumvented or challenged, declared invalid or unenforceable, or narrowed in scope. In addition, since publication of discoveries in scientific or patent literature often lags behind actual discoveries, we cannot be certain that we were the first to make our inventions or to file patent applications covering those inventions.

It is also possible that others may have or may obtain issued patents that could prevent us from commercializing our products or require us to obtain licenses requiring the payment of significant fees or royalties in order to enable us to conduct our business. As to those patents that we have licensed, our rights depend on maintaining our obligations to the licensor under the applicable license agreement, and we may be unable to do so.

Costly litigation may be necessary to protect our intellectual property rights and we may be subject to claims alleging the violation of the intellectual property rights of others.

We may face significant expense and liability as a result of litigation or other proceedings relating to patents and intellectual property rights of others. In the event that another party has also filed a patent application or been issued a patent relating to an invention or technology claimed by us in pending applications, we may be required to participate in an interference proceeding declared by the United States Patent and Trademark Office to determine priority of invention, which could result in substantial uncertainties and costs for us, even if the eventual outcome was favorable to us. We, or our licensors, also could be required to participate in interference proceedings involving issued patents and pending applications of another entity. An adverse outcome in an interference proceeding could require us to cease using the technology, substantially modify it or to license rights from prevailing third parties.

The cost to us of any patent litigation or other proceeding relating to our licensed patents or patent applications, even if resolved in our favor, could be substantial, especially given our early stage of development. Our ability to enforce our patent protection could be limited by our financial resources, and may be subject to lengthy delays. A third party may claim that we are using inventions claimed by their patents and may go to court to stop us from engaging in our normal operations and activities, such as research, development and the sale of any future products. Such lawsuits are expensive and would consume significant time and other resources. There is a risk that a court will decide that we are infringing the third party’s patents and will order us to stop the activities claimed by the patents. In addition, there is a risk that a court will order us to pay the other party damages for having infringed their patents.

Moreover, there is no guarantee that any prevailing patent owner would offer us a license so that we could continue to engage in activities claimed by the patent, or that such a license, if made available to us, could be acquired on commercially acceptable terms. In addition, third parties may, in the future, assert other intellectual property infringement claims against us with respect to our services, technologies or other matters.

We have limited foreign intellectual property rights and may not be able to protect our intellectual property rights throughout the world.

We have limited intellectual property rights outside the United States. Filing, prosecuting and defending patents on devices in all countries throughout the world would be prohibitively expensive, and our intellectual property rights in some countries outside the United States can be less extensive than those in the United States. In addition, the laws of some foreign countries do not protect intellectual property to the same extent as laws in the United States. Consequently, we may not be able to prevent third parties from practicing our inventions in all countries outside the United States, or from selling or importing products made using our inventions in and into the United States or other jurisdictions. Competitors may use our technologies in jurisdictions where we have not obtained patents to develop their own products and further, may export otherwise infringing products to territories where we have patents, but enforcement is not as strong as that in the United States.

Many companies have encountered significant problems in protecting and defending intellectual property in foreign jurisdictions. The legal systems of certain countries, particularly China and certain other developing countries, do not favor the enforcement of patents, trade secrets and other intellectual property, particularly those relating to medical devices and biopharmaceutical products, which could make it difficult for us to stop the infringement of our patents or marketing of competing products in violation of our proprietary rights generally. To date, we have not sought to enforce any issued patents in these foreign jurisdictions. Proceedings to enforce our patent rights in foreign jurisdictions could result in substantial costs and divert our efforts and attention from other aspects of our business, could put our patents at risk of being invalidated or interpreted narrowly and our patent applications at risk of not issuing and could provoke third parties to assert claims against us. We may not prevail in any lawsuits that we initiate and the damages or other remedies awarded, if any, may not be commercially meaningful. The requirements for patentability may differ in certain countries, particularly developing countries. Certain countries in Europe and developing countries, including China and India, have compulsory licensing laws under which a patent owner may be compelled to grant licenses to third parties. In those countries, we and our licensors may have limited remedies if patents are infringed or if we or our licensors are compelled to grant a license to a third party, which could materially diminish the value of those patents. This could limit our potential revenue opportunities. Accordingly, our efforts to enforce our intellectual property rights around the world may be inadequate to obtain a significant commercial advantage from the intellectual property that we develop or license.

We rely on confidentiality agreements that could be breached and may be difficult to enforce, which could result in third parties using our intellectual property to compete against us.

Although we believe that we take reasonable steps to protect our intellectual property, including the use of agreements relating to the non-disclosure of confidential information to third parties, as well as agreements that purport to require the disclosure and assignment to us of the rights to the ideas, developments, discoveries and inventions of our employees and consultants while we employ them, the agreements can be difficult and costly to enforce. Although we seek to enter into these types of agreements with our contractors, consultants, advisors and research collaborators, to the extent that employees and consultants utilize or independently develop intellectual property in connection with any of our projects, disputes may arise as to the intellectual property rights associated with our technology. If a dispute arises, a court may determine that the right belongs to a third party. In addition, enforcement of our rights can be costly and unpredictable. We also rely on trade secrets and proprietary know-how that we seek to protect in part by confidentiality agreements with our employees, contractors, consultants, advisors or others. Despite the protective measures we employ, we still face the risk that:

We may be subject to claims challenging the inventorship of our patents and other intellectual property.

We may be subject to claims that former employees, collaborators or other third parties have an interest in our patents or other intellectual property as an inventor or co-inventor. For example, we may have inventorship disputes arise from conflicting obligations of consultants or others who are involved in developing our product candidates. Litigation may be necessary to defend against these and other claims challenging inventorship. If we fail in defending any such claims, in addition to paying monetary damages, we may lose valuable intellectual property rights, such as exclusive ownership of, or right to use, valuable intellectual property. Such an outcome could have a material adverse effect on our business. Even if we are successful in defending against such claims, litigation could result in substantial costs and be a distraction to management and other employees. In addition, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled in 2012 that an employee who receives a patent or contributes to an invention during his employment may be allowed to seek compensation for such contributions from his or her employer, even if the employee’s contract of employment specifically states otherwise and the employee has transferred all intellectual property rights to the employer. The Israeli Supreme Court ruled that the fact that a contract revokes an employee’s right for royalties and compensation, does not rule out the right of the employee to claim their right for royalties. As a result, it is unclear whether and, if so, to what extent our employees may be able to claim compensation with respect to our future revenue. We may receive less revenue from future products if any of our employees successfully claim for compensation for their work in developing our intellectual property, which in turn could impact our future profitability.

Risks Related to Our Industry

We face intense competition in the self-monitoring of blood glucose market, and as a result we may be unable to effectively compete in our industry.

With our first product, Dario, we compete directly and primarily with large pharmaceutical and medical device companies such as Abbott Laboratories, Bayer Healthcare Division, Johnson & Johnson LifeScan, Roche Diagnostics and Sanofi. The first four of these companies have more than 90% combined market share of the BGMS business and strong research and development capacity for next generation products. Their dominant market position since the late 1990s and significant control over the market could significantly limit our ability to introduce Dario or effectively market and generate sales of the product. We will also compete with numerous second-tier and third-tier competitors.

We only recently commenced sales of our products, and most of our competitors have long histories and strong reputations within the industry. They have significantly greater brand recognition, financial and human resources than we do. They also have more experience and capabilities in researching and developing testing devices, obtaining and maintaining regulatory clearances and other requirements, manufacturing and marketing those products than we do. There is a significant risk that we may be unable to overcome the advantages held by our competition, and our inability to do so could lead to the failure of our business and the loss of your investment.

Competition in the BGMS markets is extremely intense, which can lead to, among other things, price reductions, longer selling cycles, lower product margins, loss of market share and additional working capital requirements. To succeed, we must, among other critical matters, gain consumer acceptance for Dario and potential future devices incorporating our principal technology and offer better strategic concepts, technical solutions, prices and response time, or a combination of these factors, than those of other competitors. If our competitors offer significant discounts on certain products, we may need to lower our prices or offer other favorable terms in order to compete successfully. Moreover, any broad-based changes to our prices and pricing policies could make it difficult to generate revenues or cause our revenues, if established, to decline. Some of our competitors may bundle certain software products offering competing applications for diabetes management at low prices for promotional purposes or as a long-term pricing strategy. These practices could significantly reduce demand for Dario or potential future products or constrain prices we can charge. Moreover, if our competitors develop and commercialize products that are more effective or desirable than Dario or the other products that we may develop, we may not convince our customers to use our products. Any such changes would likely reduce our commercial opportunity and revenue potential and could materially adversely impact our operating results.

If we fail to respond quickly to technological developments our products may become uncompetitive and obsolete.

The BGMS market and other markets in which we plan to compete experience rapid technology developments, changes in industry standards, changes in customer requirements and frequent new product introductions and improvements. If we are unable to respond quickly to these developments, we may lose competitive position, and Dario or any other device or technology may become uncompetitive or obsolete, causing revenues and operating results to suffer. In order to compete, we must develop or acquire new devices and improve our existing device on a schedule that keeps pace with technological developments and the requirements for products addressing a broad spectrum and designers and designer expertise in our industries. We must also be able to support a range of changing customer preferences. For instance, as non-invasive technologies become more readily available in the market, we may be required to adopt our platform to accommodate the use of non-invasive or continuous blood glucose sensors. We cannot guarantee that we will be successful in any manner in these efforts.

If third-party payors do not provide adequate coverage and reimbursement for the use of Dario, our revenue will be negatively impacted.

In the United States and in other jurisdictions such as Germany and England, we expect that Dario’s test strips should generally be available for full or partial patient reimbursement by third-party payers.  Our success in marketing Dario depends and will depend in large part on whether U.S. and international government health administrative authorities, private health insurers and other organizations adequately cover and reimburse customers for the cost of our products.

In the United States, we expect to derive nearly all our sales from sales of Dario from direct to consumer cash sales as well as retail pharmacy and DME distributors who typically bill various third-party payors, including Medicare, Medicaid, private commercial insurance companies, health maintenance organizations and other healthcare-related organizations, to cover all or a portion of the costs and fees associated with Dario and bill patients for any applicable deductibles or co-payments. Access to adequate coverage and reimbursement for Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) procedures using Dario (and our other products in development) by third-party payors is essential to the acceptance of our products by our customers.

Third-party payors, whether foreign or domestic, or governmental or commercial, are developing increasingly sophisticated methods of controlling healthcare costs. In addition, in the United States, no uniform policy of coverage and reimbursement for medical device products and services exists among third-party payors. Therefore, coverage and reimbursement for medical device products and services can differ significantly from payor to payor. In addition, payors continually review new technologies for possible coverage and can, without notice, deny coverage for these new products and procedures. As a result, the coverage determination process is often a time-consuming and costly process that will require us to provide scientific and clinical support for the use of our products to each payor separately, with no assurance that coverage and adequate reimbursement will be obtained, or maintained if obtained.

Reimbursement systems in international markets vary significantly by country and by region within some countries, and reimbursement approvals must be obtained on a country-by-country basis. In many international markets, a product must be approved for reimbursement before it can be approved for sale in that country. Further, many international markets have government-managed healthcare systems that control reimbursement for new devices and procedures. For example, the governmental healthcare system in the Netherlands, New Zealand and Israel have not yet approved reimbursement of Dario. In most markets there are private insurance systems as well as government-managed systems. If sufficient coverage and reimbursement is not available for our current or future products, in either the United States or internationally, the demand for our products and our revenues will be adversely affected.

Risks Related to Our Operations in Israel

Potential political, economic and military instability in the State of Israel, where our management team and our research and development facilities are located, may adversely affect our results of operations.

Our operating subsidiary, along with our management team and our research and development facilities, is located in Israel. Accordingly, political, economic and military conditions in Israel and the surrounding region may directly affect our business and operations. Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, a number of armed conflicts have taken place between Israel and its neighboring countries. Any hostilities involving Israel or the interruption or curtailment of trade between Israel and its trading partners could adversely affect our operations and results of operations. The hostilities involved missile strikes against civilian targets in various parts of Israel, including areas in which our employees and some of our consultants are located, and negatively affected business conditions in Israel. Our offices, located in Caesarea, Israel, are within the range of the missiles and rockets that have been fired at Israeli cities and towns from Gaza sporadically since 2006, with escalations in violence (such as the recent escalation in July 2014) during which there were a substantially larger number of rocket and missile attacks aimed at Israel. In addition, since February 2011, Egypt has experienced political turbulence and an increase in terrorist activity in the Sinai Peninsula. Such political turbulence and violence may damage peaceful and diplomatic relations between Israel and Egypt, and could affect the region as a whole. Similar civil unrest and political turbulence has occurred in other countries in the region, including Syria which shares a common border with Israel, and is affecting the political stability of those countries. This instability and any outside intervention may lead to deterioration of the political and economic relationships that exist between the State of Israel and some of these countries, and may have the potential for causing additional conflicts in the region. In addition, Iran has threatened to attack Israel and is widely believed to be developing nuclear weapons. Iran is also believed to have a strong influence among extremist groups in the region, such as Hamas in Gaza, Hezbollah in Lebanon, and various rebel militia groups in Syria. Additionally, a violent jihadist group named Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) is involved in hostilities in Iraq and Syria and have been growing in influence. Although ISIL’s activities have not directly affected the political and economic conditions in Israel, ISIL’s stated purpose is to take control of the Middle East, including Israel. These situations may potentially escalate in the future to more violent events which may affect Israel and us. Any armed conflicts, terrorist activities or political instability in the region could adversely affect business conditions and could harm our results of operations and could make it more difficult for us to raise capital. Parties with whom we do business may decline to travel to Israel during periods of heightened unrest or tension, forcing us to make alternative arrangements when necessary in order to meet our business partners face to face. In addition, the political and security situation in Israel may result in parties with whom we have agreements involving performance in Israel claiming that they are not obligated to perform their commitments under those agreements pursuant to force majeure provisions in such agreements. Further, in the past, the State of Israel and Israeli companies have been subjected to economic boycotts. Several countries still restrict business with the State of Israel and with Israeli companies. These restrictive laws and policies may have an adverse impact on our operating results, financial condition or the expansion of our business.

Our commercial insurance does not cover losses that may occur as a result of events associated with the security situation in the Middle East. Although the Israeli government currently covers the reinstatement value of direct damages that are caused by terrorist attacks or acts of war, we cannot assure you that this government coverage will be maintained. Any losses or damages incurred by us could have a material adverse effect on our business. Any armed conflicts or political instability in the region would likely negatively affect business conditions and could harm our results of operations.

Further, the State of Israel and Israeli companies have been subjected to an economic boycott. Several countries still restrict business with the State of Israel and with Israeli companies. These restrictive laws and policies may have an adverse impact on our operating results, financial condition or the expansion of our business.

Our operations may be disrupted as a result of the obligation of Israeli citizens to perform military service.

Many Israeli citizens are obligated to perform several days, and in some cases more, of annual military reserve duty each year until they reach the age of 40 (or older, for reservists who are military officers or who have certain occupations) and, in the event of a military conflict, may be called to active duty. In response to increases in terrorist activity, there have been periods of significant call-ups of military reservists. It is possible that there will be military reserve duty call-ups in the future. Our operations could be disrupted by such call-ups, which may include the call-up of members of our management. Such disruption could materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Investors may have difficulties enforcing a U.S. judgment, including judgments based upon the civil liability provisions of the U.S. federal securities laws, against us, or our executive officers and directors or asserting U.S. securities laws claims in Israel.

Certain of our directors and officers are not residents of the United States and whose assets may be located outside the United States. Service of process upon us or our non-U.S. resident directors and officers and enforcement of judgments obtained in the United States against us or our non-U.S. our directors and executive officers may be difficult to obtain within the United States. We have been informed by our legal counsel in Israel that it may be difficult to assert claims under U.S. securities laws in original actions instituted in Israel or obtain a judgment based on the civil liability provisions of U.S. federal securities laws. Israeli courts may refuse to hear a claim based on a violation of U.S. securities laws against us or our officers and directors because Israel may not be the most appropriate forum to bring such a claim. In addition, even if an Israeli court agrees to hear a claim, it may determine that Israeli law and not U.S. law is applicable to the claim. If U.S. law is found to be applicable, the content of applicable U.S. law must be proved as a fact, which can be a time-consuming and costly process. Certain matters of procedure will also be governed by Israeli law. There is little binding case law in Israel addressing the matters described above. Israeli courts might not enforce judgments rendered outside Israel, which may make it difficult to collect on judgments rendered against us or our officers and directors.

Moreover, among other reasons, including but not limited to, fraud or absence of due process, or the existence of a judgment which is at variance with another judgment that was given in the same matter if a suit in the same matter between the same parties was pending before a court or tribunal in Israel, an Israeli court will not enforce a foreign judgment if it was given in a state whose laws do not provide for the enforcement of judgments of Israeli courts (subject to exceptional cases) or if its enforcement is likely to prejudice the sovereignty or security of the State of Israel.

Risks Related to the Ownership of Our Common Stock and Warrants

Our officers, directors and founding stockholders may exert significant influence over our affairs, including the outcome of matters requiring stockholder approval.

As of the date of this Annual Report, our officers, directors and affiliated stockholders (including Dicilyon Consulting and Investment Ltd., or Dicilyon, an affiliate of David Edery, and OurCrowd Digital Health, L.P.) collectively have an approximately 27.7% beneficial ownership of our company. As a result, such individuals will have the ability, acting together, to control the election of our directors and the outcome of corporate actions requiring stockholder approval, such as: (i) a merger or a sale of our company, (ii) a sale of all or substantially all of our assets, and (iii) amendments to our certificate of incorporation and bylaws. This concentration of voting power and control could have a significant effect in delaying, deferring or preventing an action that might otherwise be beneficial to our other stockholders and be disadvantageous to our stockholders with interests different from those individuals. Certain of these individuals also have significant control over our business, policies and affairs as officers or directors of our company. Therefore, you should not invest in reliance on your ability to have any control over our company.

OurCrowd Digital Health L.P. has the right to appoint one member of our Board of Directors, which affords such investor the potential for control over our business.

OurCrowd Digital Health L.P., an investor that participated in our January 2017 private placement transaction, was given the right, for so long as such investor holds 13% and 5% of our outstanding shares of common stock, to appoint, respectively, two or one members of our Board of Directors. To date, such investor has appointed two members of our Board of Directors (Allen Kamer and Yossi Bahagon, though Mr. Bahagon has recently resigned). As a result, such investor has significant influence over the composition of our Board of Directors which, in turn, affords such investor the potential for material control over our business. Such investor no longer holds in excess of 13% of our outstanding shares of common stock and currently has the right to appoint one director to our Board of Directors.

Our common stock has less liquidity than many other stocks listed on the Nasdaq Global Market.

Historically, the trading volume of our common stock has been relatively low when compared to larger companies listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market or other stock exchanges. While we have experienced increased liquidity in our stock during the year ended December 31, 2017, we cannot say with certainty that a more active and liquid trading market for our common stock will continue to develop. Because of this, it may be more difficult for shareholders to sell a substantial number of shares for the same price at which shareholders could sell a smaller number of shares.

If securities or industry analysts do not publish or cease publishing research or reports about us, our business or our market, or if they change their recommendations regarding our common stock or warrants adversely, the price of our common stock or warrants and trading volume could decline.

The trading market for our common stock or warrants may be influenced by the research and reports that securities or industry analysts may publish about us, our business, our market or our competitors. If any of the analysts who may cover us change their recommendation regarding our common stock or warrants adversely, or provide more favorable relative recommendations about our competitors, the price of our common stock or warrants would likely decline. If any analyst who may cover us were to cease coverage of our company or fail to regularly publish reports on us, we could lose visibility in the financial markets, which in turn could cause the price of our common stock or warrants or trading volume to decline.

The market price of our common stock and warrants may be significantly volatile.

The market price for our common stock and warrants may be significantly volatile and subject to wide fluctuations in response to factors including the following:

In particular, the market prices for securities of mHealth and medical device have historically been particularly volatile. Some of the factors that may cause the market price of our common stock and warrants to fluctuate include:

In addition, if we fail to reach an important research, development or commercialization milestone or result by a publicly expected deadline, even if by only a small margin, there could be significant impact on the market price of our common stock and warrants. Additionally, as we approach the announcement of anticipated significant information and as we announce such information, we expect the price of our common stock and warrants to be particularly volatile, and negative results would have a substantial negative impact on the price of our common stock and warrants.

In some cases, following periods of volatility in the market price of a company’s securities, stockholders have often instituted class action securities litigation against those companies. Such litigation, if instituted, could result in substantial costs and diversion of management attention and resources, which could significantly harm our business operations and reputation.

Shares eligible for future sale may adversely affect the market for our common stock and warrants.

From time to time, certain of our stockholders may be eligible to sell all or some of their shares of common stock by means of ordinary brokerage transactions in the open market pursuant to Rule 144, promulgated under the Securities Act, subject to certain limitations. In general, pursuant to Rule 144, after satisfying a six month holding period: (i) affiliated stockholder (or stockholders whose shares are aggregated) may, under certain circumstances, sell within any three month period a number of securities which does not exceed the greater of 1% of the then outstanding shares of common stock or the average weekly trading volume of the class during the four calendar weeks prior to such sale and (ii) non-affiliated stockholders may sell without such limitations, provided we are current in our public reporting obligations. Rule 144 also permits the sale of securities by non-affiliates that have satisfied a one year holding period without any limitation or restriction. Any substantial sale of our common stock pursuant to Rule 144 or pursuant to any resale report may have a material adverse effect on the market price of our securities.

The right of the lead investor in our January 2017 Private Placement to participate in future financings of ours could impair our ability to raise capital.

Under the securities purchase agreement with the lead investor in our January 2017 private placement offering, in the event that we seek to raise money through the offer and sale of debt or equity securities, we must first offer such investor a right to participate in at least 13% of the securities we propose to offer in such funding. The existence of such right of participation, or the exercise of such rights, may deter potential investors from providing us needed financing, or may deter investment banks from working with, which would have a material adverse effect on our ability to finance our company which, in turn, could lead to our inability to continue our business.

As an “emerging growth company” under applicable law, we will be subject to lessened disclosure requirements, which could leave our stockholders without information or rights available to stockholders of more mature companies.

For as long as we remain an “emerging growth company” as defined in the JOBS Act, we have elected to take advantage of certain exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not “emerging growth companies” including, but not limited to:

We expect to take advantage of these reporting exemptions until we are no longer an “emerging growth company”. Because of these lessened regulatory requirements, our stockholders would be left without information or rights available to stockholders of more mature companies.

Because we have elected to use the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards for an “emerging growth company” our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates.

We have elected to use the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards under Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act. This election allows us to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until those standards apply to private companies. While we are not currently delaying the implementation of any relevant accounting standards, in the future we may avail ourselves of this rights, and as a result of this election, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates. Because our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates, investors may have difficulty evaluating or comparing our business, performance or prospects in comparison to other public companies, which may have a negative impact on the value and liquidity of our common stock.

Our compliance with complicated U.S. regulations concerning corporate governance and public disclosure is expensive. Moreover, our ability to comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations is uncertain given our management’s relative inexperience with operating U.S. public companies.

As a publicly reporting company, we are faced with expensive and complicated and evolving disclosure, governance and compliance laws, regulations and standards relating to corporate governance and public disclosure, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Dodd-Frank Act, and, to the extent we complete our anticipated public offering, the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market. New or changing laws, regulations and standards are subject to varying interpretations in many cases due to their lack of specificity, and, as a result, their application in practice may evolve over time as new guidance is provided by regulatory and governing bodies, which could result in continuing uncertainty regarding compliance matters and higher costs necessitated by ongoing revisions to disclosure and governance practices. As a result, our efforts to comply with evolving laws, regulations and standards of a U.S. public company are likely to continue to result in increased general and administrative expenses and a diversion of management time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities.

Moreover, our executive officers have little experience in operating a U.S. public company, which makes our ability to comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations uncertain. Our failure to company with all laws, rules and regulations applicable to U.S. public companies could subject us or our management to regulatory scrutiny or sanction, which could harm our reputation and stock price.

If we fail to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting, the price of our common stock may be adversely affected.

Our internal control over financial reporting may have weaknesses and conditions that could require correction or remediation, the disclosure of which may have an adverse impact on the price of our common stock.  We are required to establish and maintain appropriate internal control over financial reporting.  Failure to establish those controls, or any failure of those controls once established, could adversely affect our public disclosures regarding our business, prospects, financial condition or results of operations.  In addition, management’s assessment of internal control over financial reporting may identify weaknesses and conditions that need to be addressed in our internal control over financial reporting or other matters that may raise concerns for investors.  Any actual or perceived weaknesses and conditions that need to be addressed in our internal control over financial reporting or disclosure of management’s assessment of our internal control over financial reporting may have an adverse impact on the price of our common stock.

Anti-takeover provisions in our charter documents and Delaware law could discourage, delay or prevent a change in control of our company and may affect the trading price of our common stock and warrants.

We are a Delaware corporation and the anti-takeover provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law may discourage, delay or prevent a change in control by prohibiting us from engaging in a business combination with an interested stockholder for a period of three years after the person becomes an interested stockholder, even if a change in control would be beneficial to our existing stockholders. In addition, our certificate of incorporation and bylaws may discourage, delay or prevent a change in our management or control over us that stockholders may consider favorable. Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws:

We do not currently intend to pay dividends on our common stock in the foreseeable future, and consequently, your ability to achieve a return on your investment will depend on appreciation in the price of our common stock.

We have never declared or paid cash dividends on our common stock and do not anticipate paying any cash dividends to holders of our common stock in the foreseeable future. Consequently, investors must rely on sales of their common stock after price appreciation, which may never occur, as the only way to realize any future gains on their investments. There is no guarantee that shares of our common stock will appreciate in value or even maintain the price at which our stockholders have purchased their shares.

Not applicable.

We do not own any real property. Currently, we maintain our headquarters at 8 HaToKhen St., Caesarea Industrial Park, 3088900, Israel. On September 8, 2016, we signed a lease agreement for these headquarters facilities for a period of 5 years commencing upon the completion of construction of the new office building. We moved into these offices during November 2017. The rental agreement will be extended automatically for an additional 60 months following expiration of the initial term. The monthly rent and management services under this lease are approximately $17,000. In December 2015, we signed a lease agreement for our former U.S. headquarters facilities in Burlington, Massachusetts for a period of 1 year commencing February 1, 2016 for a monthly rent and management services of approximately $2,000, and this lease is currently in effect until the end of March 2018. In December 2017 we signed a lease agreement for our new U.S. headquarters facilities in New York, New York for a monthly rent and management services of approximately $3,000.

We are currently not a party to any pending legal proceeding, nor is our property the subject of a pending legal proceeding, that we believe is not ordinary routine litigation incidental to our business or otherwise material to the financial condition of our business.

Not applicable.

PART II

Market Information

Our common stock is quoted on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “DRIO”. Our common stock began trading on Nasdaq on March 4, 2016. The following table sets forth the high and low sales prices per share of our common stock for the periods indicated as reported by Nasdaq. The share values reflected below have been adjusted to give effect to the 1-for-18 reverse split which we implemented on February 26, 2016.

As of March 16, 2018, the last reported price of our common stock quoted on the Nasdaq Capital Market was $1.51 per share.

Record Holders

As of March 16, 2018, we had 265 stockholders of record of our common stock.

Dividends

We have never paid any cash dividends on our common stock. We anticipate that we will retain funds and future earnings to support operations and to finance the growth and development of our business. Therefore, we do not expect to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Any future determination to pay dividends will be at the discretion of our Board of Directors and will depend on our financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements and other factors that our Board of Directors deems relevant. In addition, the terms of any future debt or credit financings may preclude us from paying dividends.

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans as of December 31, 2017:

The following table provides information as of December 31, 2017 with respect to options outstanding under the Company’s Amended and Restated 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2012 Equity Incentive Plan”) and the Company’s other equity compensation arrangements.

On January 23, 2012, our Board of Directors and a majority of the holders of our then outstanding shares of our common stock adopted our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan (which includes both U.S. and Israeli sub-plans). On January 23, 2012, an Israeli sub-plan was adopted under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, which sets forth the terms for the grant of stock awards to Israeli employees or Israeli non-employees. The sub-plan was adopted in accordance with the amended sections 102 and 3(i) of Israel’s Income Tax Ordinance. The sub-plan is part of the 2012 Equity Incentive Plan and subject to the same terms and conditions. On September 26, 2016 and November 30, 2016, respectively, our Board of Directors and stockholders approved an amendment to the 2012 Equity Incentive Plan increasing the number of shares of common stock available under the plan to 1,873,000 as well as amended the 2012 Equity Incentive Plan to permit grants of shares of common stock. On February 2, 2017 and March 9, 2017, respectively, our Board of Directors and stockholders approved an amendment to the 2012 Equity Incentive Plan increasing the number of shares of common stock available under the plan to 2,373,000. On October 9, 2017 and December 4, 2017, respectively, our Board of Directors and stockholders approved an amendment to the 2012 Equity Incentive Plan increasing the number of shares of common stock available under the plan to 3,873,000. Following amendments, there are currently 1,156,254 shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the 2012 Equity Incentive Plan.

The purpose of our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan is to attract and retain directors, officers, consultants, advisors and employees whose services are considered valuable, to encourage a sense of proprietorship and to stimulate an active interest of such persons in our development and financial achievements. The 2012 Equity Incentive Plan will be administered by the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors or by the full board, which may determine, among other things, the (a) terms and conditions of any option or stock purchase right granted, including the exercise price and the vesting schedule, (b) persons who are to receive options and stock purchase rights and (c) the number of shares to be subject to each option and stock purchase right. The 2012 Equity Incentive Plan will provide for the grant of (i) ”incentive” options (qualified under section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended) to employees of our company and (ii) non-qualified options to directors and consultants of our company. In addition, our Board of Directors has authorized the appointment of Tamir Fishman Equity Plan Services to act as a trustee for grants of options under the Israeli sub-plan to Israeli residents.

In connection with the administration of our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, our Compensation Committee will:

Our Compensation Committee will: (i) interpret our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan; and (ii) make all other determinations and take all other action that may be necessary or advisable to implement and administer our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan.

The 2012 Equity Incentive Plan provides that in the event of a change of control event, the Compensation Committee or our Board of Directors shall have the discretion to determine whether and to what extent to accelerate the vesting, exercise or payment of an award.

In addition, our Board of Directors may amend our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan at any time. However, without stockholder approval, our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan may not be amended in a manner that would:

Awards previously granted under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan may not be impaired or affected by any amendment of our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, without the consent of the affected grantees.

Option Exercises

To date, no options have been exercised by our directors or officers.

Not applicable.

Readers are advised to review the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes and other financial information included elsewhere in this Annual Report. Some of the information contained in this discussion and analysis or set forth elsewhere in this Annual Report, including information with respect to our plans and strategy for our business, includes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. See “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements”. You should review the “Risk Factors” section of this Annual Report for a discussion of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and analysis.

Overview

We are a global digital health (mHealth) company serving our users with dynamic mobile health solutions. We employ what we believe to be a revolutionary approach to health management. We have developed unique ways for people to analyze and personalize their chronic disease management as it relates to diabetes. We have accomplished this through the combination of wearable technology and health monitoring. In addition, our solution is changing the way people with diabetes can manage their condition as a result of us providing them with continuous, as opposed to periodic, data.

Our flagship product, Dario, which we also refer to as our Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution, is a mobile, real-time, cloud-based, diabetes management solution based on an innovative, multi-feature software application to track and monitor all factets of diabetes, combined with a stylish, ‘all-in-one’, pocket-sized, blood glucose monitoring device, which we call the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System, that essentially turns a smartphone into a glucometer.

Our principal operating subsidiary, LabStyle Innovation Ltd., is an Israeli company with its headquarters in Caesarea, Israel. We were formed on August 11, 2011 as a Delaware corporation.

We commenced a commercial launch of our free application in the United Kingdom in late 2013 and commenced an initial soft launch of the full Dario solution (including the app and the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System) in selected jurisdictions in March 2014 and continued to scale up launch during 2014 in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and New Zealand, and during 2015 in Australia, Israel and Canada, with the goal of collecting customer feedback to refine our longer-term roll-out strategy. We are consistently adding new additional features and functionality in making Dario™ the new standard of care in diabetes data management.

Through our Israeli subsidiary, Labstyle Innovation Ltd., our plan of operations is to continue the development of our software and hardware offerings and related technology. During 2015, we successfully launched the Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution according to plan and are currently expanding the launch to other jurisdictions. In 2016, we established our direct to consumer model in the U.S. to achieve higher and faster penetration into the market during the launch phase. We have invested in a robust digital marketing department with in-house platforms, experienced personnel and robust infrastructures to support expected growth of users and online subscribers in this market. During the third quarter of 2016 we expanded these effort to include Australia as well. In 2017, we expanded our direct to consumer marketing efforts in the United Kingdom in cooperation with our local distributor and launched similar marketing efforts in Germany. In support of these goals, we intend to utilize our funds for the following activities:

Readers are cautioned that, according to our management’s estimates, based on our budget and the initial launch of our commercial sales, we believe that we will have sufficient resources to continue our activity only into March 2019 without raising additional capital. This includes an amount of anticipated inflows from sales of Dario through direct sales in the United States and through distribution partners. As such, we have a significant present need for capital. If we are unable to scale up our commercial launch of Dario or meet our commercial sales targets (or if we are unable to ramp up revenues), and if we are unable to obtain additional capital resources in the near term, we may be unable to continue activities, absent a material alternations in our business plans and our business might fail.

Critical Accounting Policies

Our consolidated financial statements are prepared using the accrual basis of accounting in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“US GAAP”). Our fiscal year ends December 31.

This Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations discuss our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with US GAAP. The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires making estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, as well as the reported revenues and expenses for the reporting periods. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate such estimates and judgments. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ (perhaps significantly) from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.

While all the accounting policies impact the consolidated financial statements, certain policies may be viewed to be critical. Our management believes that the accounting policies which involve more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements, include revenue recognition, inventories, liability related to certain warrants, and accounting for production lines and its related useful life and impairment.

Revenue Recognition

We derive revenues from the sale of our device-specific disposables test strip cartridges, lancets and our Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System through distributors or directly to end users. The Dario Smart Diabetes Management application is offered for a free download and we do not have a recurring hosting commitment with our end users relating specifically to the application.

Revenues from product sales are recognized in accordance with ASC 605-10, “Revenue Recognition”, when delivery has occurred, persuasive evidence of an agreement exists, the vendor’s fee is fixed or determinable, no further obligation exists and collectability is probable. We generally do not grant a right of return. We assess whether the fee is fixed or determinable based on the nature of the fee charged for the products delivered, the existing contractual arrangements and the distributor’s consistency of payments. When evaluating collectability, we consider whether we have sufficient history to reliably estimate the distributor’s payment patterns.

Liability Related to Certain Warrants

The fair value of the liability for certain warrants issued to investors and our previous placement agents in connection with our financings to date was calculated using the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model. We accounted for these warrants according to the provisions of ASC 815, “Derivatives and Hedging - Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity” and, based on the anti-dilution protections contained in part of the warrants and net settlement cash feature contained in other warrants, we classified them as non-current liabilities, measured at fair value each reporting period until they will be exercised or expired, with changes in the fair values being recognized in our statement of comprehensive loss as financial income or expense. The anti-dilution protections feature for certain warrants was valued by calculating a put option. The value of these warrants was calculated using the call option value in addition with the put option value, which reflects the anti-dilution protection, multiplied by the probability that a down round will occur. The value of warrants with net settlement cash feature and liquidated damages penalties which do not include anti-dilution provision was calculated using a call option value.

Fair value for each reporting period was calculated based on the following assumptions:

Our net loss for the year ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 included finance expenses in the amount of $1,168,000 and financial income in the amount of $260,000, respectively, with connection to the above-mentioned warrants.

Inventories

Inventory write-down is also measured as the difference between the cost of the inventory and net realized value based upon assumptions about future demand, and is charged to the cost of sales. At the point of the loss recognition, a new, lower-cost basis for that inventory is established, and subsequent changes in facts and circumstances do not result in the restoration or increase in that newly established cost basis.

If there were to be a sudden and significant decrease in demand for our products or if there were a higher incidence of inventory obsolescence because of rapidly changing technology and customer requirements, we could be required to increase our inventory write-downs and our gross margin could be adversely affected. Inventory and supply chain management remain areas of focus as we balance the need to maintain supply chain flexibility, to help ensure competitive lead times with the risk of inventory obsolescence.

During the year ended December 31, 2017, total inventory write-off expenses amounted to $190.

Production Lines

Capitalization of Costs. We capitalize direct incremental costs of third party manufacturers related to the equipment in our production lines. We cease construction cost capitalization relating to our production lines once they are ready for its intended use and held available for occupancy. All renovations and betterments that extend the economic useful lives of assets and/or improve the performance of the production lines are capitalized.

Useful Lives of Assets. We are required to make subjective assessments as to the useful lives of our production lines for purposes of determining the amount of depreciation to record on an annual basis with respect to our construction of the production lines. These assessments have a direct impact on our net income (loss). Production lines are usually depreciated on a straight-line basis over a period of up to five years, except any renovations and betterments which are depreciated over the remaining life of the production lines.

Impairment of production lines. We are required to review our production lines for impairment in accordance with ASC 360, “Property, Plant and Equipment,” whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets to be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset to the future undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated by the assets. If such assets are considered to be impaired, the impairment to be recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount of the assets exceeds the fair value of the assets.

Extended Transition Period for “Emerging Growth Companies”

We have elected to use the extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards under Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act. This election allows us to delay the adoption of new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public and private companies until those standards apply to private companies. As a result of this election, our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates. Because our financial statements may not be comparable to companies that comply with public company effective dates, investors may have difficulty evaluating or comparing our business, performance or prospects in comparison to other public companies, which may have a negative impact on the value and liquidity of our common stock.

Results of Operations

Comparison of the Year Ended December 31, 2017 to Year Ended December 31, 2016

Revenues

Revenues for the year ended December 31, 2017 amounted to $5,170,000, compared to $2,803,000 during the year ended December 31, 2016.

Revenues generated during the year ended December 31, 2017 were derived mainly from the sales of the Dario Blood Glucose Monitoring System, through direct sales to consumers located mainly in the United States through our on-line store and through distributors. This increase in revenues is attributable to additional commercialization of sales in 2017.

Cost of Revenues

During the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, we recorded costs related to revenues in the amount of $3,859,000 and $3,633,000, respectively. The increase in cost of revenues was mainly due to the increase in the quantities of products sold during 2017.

Cost of revenues consist mainly of cost of device production, employees' salaries and related overhead costs, depreciation of production line and related cost of equipment used in production, shipping and handling costs and inventory write-downs.

Research and Development Expenses

Our research and development expenses increased by $1,143,000 to $3,297,000 for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to $2,154,000 for the year ended December 31, 2016. This increase was mainly due to increase in salaries, stock-based compensation expenses, clinical trial costs, and other development costs.

Research and development expenses consist mainly of payroll expenses to employees involved in research and development activities, expenses related to our Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution, labor contractors and engineering expenses, depreciation and maintenance fees related to equipment and software tools used in research and development, clinical trials performed in the United States to satisfy the FDA product approval requirements and facilities expenses associated with and allocated to research and development activities.

Sales, Marketing and Pre-production Costs

Our sales, marketing and pre-production costs increased by $2,968,000 to $7,707,000 for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to $4,739,000 for the year ended December 31, 2016. This increase was mainly due to the increase in our expenses on digital marketing campaigns primarily in the U.S. and Australia.

Sales and marketing expenses consist mainly of payroll expenses, trade show expenses, customer support expenses and on-line marketing campaigns.

General and Administrative Expenses

Our general and administrative expenses increased by $1,348,000 to $4,726,000 for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to $3,378,000 for the year ended December 31, 2016. The increase was mainly due to an increase in share based compensation expenses and consulting expenses, offset partially by a reduction other general and administrative expenses.

Our general and administrative expenses consist mainly of payroll and stock-based compensation expenses for management, employees, directors and consultants, legal fees, patent registration, expenses related to investor relations, as well as our office rent and related expenses.

Finance Income (expenses), net

Our finance expenses, net, increased by $1,538,000 to $1,324,000 for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to $214,000 financing income for the year ended December 31, 2016. Finance expenses includes mainly the results of revaluation of warrants issued to investors, which were recorded as a liability and presented as fair value for each reporting period.

Net loss

Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2017 was $15,743,000. Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2016 was $10,887,000. The increase from 2016 was mainly due to the increase in our operating expenses and financing expenses resulting from revaluation of warrants issued to investors during 2016.

Net operating loss carryforwards

We had U.S. federal net operating loss carryforwards of approximately $7,187,000 at December 31, 2017. This loss carryforwards expire principally beginning in 2031 through 2035.

Our Israeli subsidiary has accumulated net operating losses for Israeli income tax purposes as of December 31, 2017 in the amount of approximately $40,369,000. The net operating losses may be carried forward and offset against taxable income in the future for an indefinite period.

In accordance with US GAAP, it is required that a deferred tax asset be reduced by a valuation allowance if, based on the weight of available evidence it is more likely than not (a likelihood of more than 50 percent) that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The valuation allowance should be sufficient to reduce the deferred tax asset to the amount which is more likely than not to be realized. As a result, we recorded a valuation allowance with respect to our deferred tax asset. Under Sections 382 and 383 of the Internal Revenue Code, if an ownership change occurs with respect to a “loss corporation” (as defined in the Internal Revenue Code), there are annual limitations on the amount of the net operating loss and other deductions which are available to us. 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of December 31, 2017, we had approximately $3,718,000 in cash and cash equivalents compared to $1,093,000 at December 31, 2016.

We have experienced cumulative losses of $70,958,000 from inception (August 11, 2011) through December 31, 2017, and have a stockholders’ equity of $3,941,000 at December 31, 2017. In addition, we have not completed our efforts to establish a stable recurring source of revenues sufficient to cover our operating costs and expect to continue to generate losses for the foreseeable future. There is no assurances that we will be able to obtain an adequate level of financing needed for our near term requirements or the long-term development and commercialization of our product. These conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a “going concern”.

Since inception, we have financed our operations primarily through private placements and public offerings of our common stock and warrants to purchase shares of our common stock, receiving aggregate net proceeds totaling $52,263,000 as of December 31, 2017.

On January 9, 2017, we commenced a private placement offering of up to $5,100,000 consisting of up to 1,821,437 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase up to 1,821,437 shares of common stock. The warrants are exercisable after the six month anniversary of each respective closing and will expire on the 5 year anniversary of their issuance. On January 9, 2017, we held the initial closing of the offering with a lead investor and an additional investor and issued and sold 1,113,922 shares of Common Stock and Warrants to purchase 1,113,922 shares of common stock for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $3,119,000. On January 11, 2017, we entered into securities purchase agreements with 18 investors for the future issuance and sale of 707,515 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 707,515 shares of common stock, provided that the issuance and sale of such securities shall only occur upon our obtaining stockholder approval, pursuant to Nasdaq rules. On March 9, 2017, following receipt of stockholder approval, we issued and sold 707,515 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 707,515 shares of common stock to the 18 investors.

On March 31, 2017, we conducted a public offering, pursuant to which we issued 1,450,000 shares of common stock for aggregate gross consideration of $4,500,000.

Between August 16, 2017 and August 22, 2017, we executed securities purchase agreements with a total of 23 accredited and non-U.S. investors relating to two concurrent placement offerings of 483,333 shares of our common stock at a purchase price of $1.80 per share and 2,307,654 shares of our designated Series B Preferred Stock at a purchase price of $1.80 per share, for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $5,000,000. The closing of the offering took place on August 22, 2017.

On February 28, 2018 and March 6, 2018, we closed two concurrent private placements offerings consisting of 2,262,269 shares of our common stock at $1.40 per share, 1,234,080 shares of our Series C Convertible Preferred Stock at $2.80 per share and warrants to purchase up to 3,784,351 shares of common stock for aggregate gross proceeds of approximately $6,623,000. 

On March 3, 2016, we conducted a public offering, pursuant to which we issued 1,333,333 shares of common stock and warrants exercisable for an aggregate of 1,333,333 shares of common stock for an aggregate net consideration of $5,038,000.

Concurrently with our public offering, on March 3, 2016, we conducted a concurrent private placement pursuant to which we issued 555,555 units, with each unit consisting of one share of common stock and one warrant to purchase 1.2 shares of common stock, such that an aggregate of 555,555 shares of common stock and a warrant to exercisable for an aggregate of 666,666 shares of common stock was issued and sold for an aggregate net consideration of approximately $2,500,000.

According to our management’s estimates, based on our budget and the initial launch of our commercial sales, we believe that we will have sufficient resources to continue our activity into March 2019 without raising additional capital. This includes an amount of anticipated inflows from sales of Dario through distribution partners and to direct customers.

As such, we have a significant present need for capital. If we are unable to scale up our commercial launch of Dario or meet our commercial sales targets (or if we are unable to generate any revenue at all), and if we are unable to obtain additional capital resources in the near term, we may be unable to continue activities absent material alterations in our business plans and our business might fail.

Additionally, readers are advised that available resources may be consumed more rapidly than currently anticipated, resulting in the need for additional funding sooner than expected. Should this occur, we will need to seek additional capital earlier than anticipated in order to fund (1) further development and, if needed, testing of our Dario Smart Diabetes Management Solution, (2) our efforts to obtain regulatory clearances or approvals necessary to be able to commercially launch Dario, Dario Engage and Dario Intelligence, (3) expenses which will be required in order to expand production of Dario, (4) sales and marketing efforts and (5) general working capital. Such funding may be unavailable to us on acceptable terms, or at all. Our failure to obtain such funding when needed could create a negative impact on our stock price or could potentially lead to the failure of our company. This would particularly be the case if we are unable to commercially launch Dario, Dario Engage and Dario Intelligence in the jurisdictions and in the timeframes we expect.

Cash Flows

The following tables sets forth selected cash flow information for the periods indicated:

Net cash used in operating activities

Net cash used in operating activities was $10,619,000 for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to $8,379,000 used in operations for the same period in 2016. Cash used in operations increased mainly due to increase in our research and development expenses and in our sales and marketing activities in promoting our product sales.

Net cash used in investing activities

Net cash used in investing activities was $219,000 for the year ended December 31, 2016 compared to $947,000 for the year ended December 31, 2016. Cash used in investing activities decreased mainly due to lower investment in manufacturing facilities to support the increase in sales.

Net cash provided by financing activities

Net cash provided by financing activities was $13,463,000 for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to $7,748,000 for the year ended December 31, 2016. During the year ended December 31, 2017, we raised net proceeds in an amount of approximately $13,463,000, of which approximately $4,793,000 was raised through our August 2017 offering.

Contractual Obligations

Set forth below is a summary of our current obligations as of December 31, 2017 to make future payments due by the period indicated below, excluding payables and accruals. We expect to be able to meet our obligations in the ordinary course. Operating lease obligations are for motor vehicle and real property leases which we use in our business. Purchasing obligations consists of outstanding purchase orders for materials and services from our vendors.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We did not have during the periods presented, and we do not currently have, any off-balance sheet arrangements as defined under Securities and Exchange Commission rules.

Contingencies

We account for our contingent liabilities in accordance with ASC 450 “Contingencies“. A provision is recorded when it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated.

With respect to legal matters, provisions are reviewed and adjusted to reflect the impact of negotiations, estimated settlements, legal rulings, advice of legal counsel and other information and events pertaining to a particular matter. Currently, we are not a party to any ligation that we believe could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) 2014-09, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers” Topic 606). This ASU provides a five-step approach to account for revenue arising from contracts with customers. The ASU requires an entity to recognize revenue in a way that depicts the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. This revenue standard will be effective for the Company starting the first quarter of 2019. The new revenue standard permits companies to either apply the requirements retrospectively to all prior periods presented or apply the requirements in the year of adoption through a modified retrospective approach with a cumulative adjustment. We are currently in the process of determining the method of adoption and assessing the impact of ASU on our consolidated financial position, results of operations and cash flows.

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842),” which is intended to increase the transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements. In order to meet that objective, the new standard requires recognition of the assets and liabilities that arise from leases. A lessee will be required to recognize on the balance sheet the assets and liabilities for leases with lease terms of more than 12 months.  Accounting by lessors will remain largely unchanged from current U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The new standard is effective for public companies for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, and interim periods within those years, with early adoption permitted. We are currently evaluating the effect that adopting this standard will have on the consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In November 2016, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-18, Statement of Cash Flows (Topic 230): Restricted Cash (ASU 2016-18), which requires companies to include amounts generally described as restricted cash and restricted cash equivalents in cash and cash equivalents when reconciling beginning-of-period and end-of-period total amounts shown on the statement of cash flows. This guidance will be effective from the first quarter of 2019 and early adoption is permitted. We do not expect that the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

In May 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-09, “Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718), Scope of Modification Accounting.” This ASU clarifies when changes to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award must be accounted for as modifications. Entities will apply the modification accounting guidance if the value, vesting conditions or classification of the award changes. They will have to make all of the disclosures about modifications that are required today, in addition to disclosing that compensation expense has not changed, to the extent applicable. The ASU also clarifies that a modification to an award could be significant and therefore require disclosure, even if modification accounting is not required. We adopted ASU 2017-09 on January 1, 2018 with no impact on our accounting and disclosures.

In July 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-11, “Earnings per Share (Topic 260); Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (Topic 480); Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815): (Part I) Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Down Round Features, (Part II) Replacement of the Indefinite Deferral for Mandatorily Redeemable Financial Instruments of Certain Non-public Entities and Certain Mandatorily Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests with a Scope Exception.” The amendments in Part I of ASU No. 2017-11 change the classification analysis of certain equity-linked financial instruments (or embedded features) with down round features. When determining whether certain financial instruments should be classified as liabilities or equity instruments, a down round feature no longer precludes equity classification when assessing whether the instrument is indexed to an entity’s own stock. Convertible instruments with embedded conversion options that have down round features are now subject to the specialized guidance for contingent beneficial conversion features (in Subtopic 470-20, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other Options), including related EPS guidance (in Topic 260). The amendments in Part II of ASU No. 2017-11 recharacterize the indefinite deferral of certain provisions of Topic 480 that now are presented as pending content in the Codification, to a scope exception. Those amendments do not have an accounting effect. For public business entities, the amendments in Part I of ASU No. 2017-11 are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2018. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. If an entity early adopts the amendments in an interim period, any adjustments should be reflected as of the beginning of the fiscal year that includes that interim period. We do not expect that the adoption of this guidance will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

Not applicable.

Our Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto and the report of Kost Forer Gabbay & Kasierer, a member of Ernst & Young Global, our independent registered public accounting firm, are set forth on pages F-1 through F-34 of this Annual Report.

Not applicable.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, we carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, at December 31, 2017, such disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Limitations on the Effectiveness of Internal Controls

Readers are cautioned that our management does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting will necessarily prevent all fraud and material error. An internal control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within our control have been detected. The design of any system of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any control design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Over time, controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended December 31, 2017 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

As required by the SEC rules and regulations, our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Our internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of our consolidated financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that:

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect errors or misstatements in our consolidated financial statements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree or compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting at December 31, 2017. In making these assessments, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 Framework). Based on our assessments and those criteria, management determined that we maintained effective internal control over financial reporting at December 31, 2017.

On March 15, 2018, Yossi Bahagon, a member of our Board of Directors and a member of our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, resigned from our Board of Directors, effective immediately. Mr. Bahagon did not advise us of any disagreement with us on any matter relating to our operations, policies or practices.

PART III

The following sets forth information regarding our executive officers and the members of our Board of Directors as of the date of this Annual Report. All directors hold office for one-year terms until the election and qualification of their successors. Officers are appointed by our Board of Directors and serve at the discretion of our Board of Directors, subject to applicable employment agreements.

Erez Raphael has served as our Chief Executive Officer since August 9, 2013 and as a director of our company since December 2013. Mr. Raphael has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors since November 2014. He previously and since October 2012 served as our Vice President of Research and Development. Mr. Raphael has over 17 years of industry experience, having been responsible in his career for product delivery, technology and business development. Prior to joining us, from 2010 to 2012, Mr. Raphael served as Head of Business Operations for Nokia Siemens Networks, where he was responsible for establishing and implementing a new portfolio business unit directed towards marketing and sales of complimentary products. Prior to that, from 1998 to 2010, he held increasingly senior positions at Amdocs Limited (NYSE:DOX) where he was ultimately responsible for advising the Chief Technology Officer and implementing matters of overall business strategy. Mr. Raphael holds a B.A. in economics and business management from Haifa University. We believe Mr. Raphael is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors because of his extensive experience with technology companies and in sales and marketing.

Zvi Ben David has served as our Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary since January 7, 2015. Mr. Ben David has over 25 years of experience in corporate and international financial management, including at both publicly-listed and private companies. Since 2012, he has acted as an independent entrepreneur with, and investor in, various medical device ventures. From 2005 to 2012, Mr. Ben David served as the Chief Financial Officer of UltraShape Medical Ltd., a developer, manufacturer and marketer of innovative non-invasive technologies for fat cell destruction and body sculpting. While with UltraShape, he helped lead the company through $35 million in private financing, followed by the company’s merger with a Tel Aviv Stock Exchange company and ultimately the company’s sale to Syneron Medical Ltd. (Nasdaq:ELOS). From 2000 to 2005, he served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Given Imaging Ltd., where he was part of the management team that led that company’s 2001 initial public offering and 2004 follow-on offering, and served as a director of that company from its establishment in 1998 to 2000. From 1995 to June 2000, Mr. Ben David served as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of RDC Rafael Development Corporation, one of Given Imaging Ltd.’s principal shareholders. From 1994 to 1995, Mr. Ben David served as manager of the finance division of Electrochemical Industries (Frutarom) Ltd., an Israeli company traded on the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange and the American Stock Exchange, and from 1989 to 1993, Mr. Ben David served as the manager of that company’s economy and control department. From 1984 to 1988, Mr. Ben David worked at Avigosh & Kerbs, an accounting firm in Haifa, Israel. Mr. Ben David is a certified public accountant in Israel and holds a B.A. in economics and accounting from Haifa University.

Dror Bacher has served as our Chief Operating Officer since July 25, 2017. Mr. Bacher previously served as our Vice President of Research and development as well as Vice President of Operations since 2013 where he worked on product development as well as building a scalable supply chain. Mr. Bacher has over 18 years of experience in various technological companies and his expertise includes product management, product development and business operations in multi disciplinary environments. Between 2008 and 2013, Mr. Bacher Served in several leadership roles at Amdocs Limited (NYSE:DOX), including working as a part of the Chief Technology Office, managing enterprise development. programs for a variety of software products associated with service delivery, as well as serving as head of process Prior to Amdocs, Mr. Bacher served in a senior role at Tower Semiconductor (Nasdaq:TSEM), the global specialty foundry leader for IC manufacturing, where he was responsible for business operations and commercialization expansion. Mr. Bacher holds a B.Sc. in computer science and an MBA degree from Haifa University.

Malcolm Hoenlein has been a director of our company since August 31, 2011. Since 1986, Mr. Hoenlein has served as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Vice Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the coordinating body on international and national concerns for 52 national American Jewish organizations. Previously, he served as the founding Executive Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater New York. Prior to that, he was the founding Executive Director of the Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry. A National Defense Fellow at the Near East Center of the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Hoenlein taught International Relations in the Political Science Department and served as a Middle East specialist at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. In addition, he served on the editorial staff of ORBIS, the Journal of International Affairs. He serves as a director of several companies, Coronado Biosciences Inc. (Nasdaq: CNDO), Nanox Technologies, Data to Life, Nuvo Corp and WellSense Technologies. Mr. Hoenlein has a B.A. in Political Science from Temple University and a Master's Degree in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania, as well as an honorary Doctorate of Laws from Touro College and an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Yeshiva University. He was appointed by Presidents Clinton and Bush as a U.S. delegate to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe. In 2013, he received the highest civilian decoration from King Mohamad VI of Morocco. We believe Mr. Hoenlein is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors because of his extensive experience serving on the boards of public and private companies.

Dennis M. McGrath has been a director of our company since November 12, 2013. Mr. McGrath is a seasoned medical device industry executive with extensive public company leadership experience possessing a broad range of skills in corporate finance, business development, corporate strategy, operations and administration. After an 18 year career at PhotoMedex, Inc. (Nasdaq: PHMD), he recently joined PAVmed, Inc (Nasdaq: PAVM, PAVMW) as the its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Previously, from 2000 to 2017 Mr. McGrath served in several senior level positions of PhotoMedex, Inc. (Nasdaq: PHMD), a global manufacturer and distributor of medical device equipment and services, including from 2011 to 2017 as director, President, and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to PhotoMedex’s reverse merger with Radiancy, Inc. in December 2011, he also served as Chief Executive Officer from 2009 to 2011 and served as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer from 2000 to 2009. He received honors as a P.A.C.T. (Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technology) finalist for the 2011 Investment Deal of the Year, award winner for the SmartCEO Magazine 2012 CEO of the Year for Turnaround Company, and finalist for the Ernst & Young 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year. He has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, both domestically and internationally, and particularly involving public company acquisitions, including Surgical Laser Technologies, Inc, (formerly, Nasdaq: SLTI), ProCyte Corporation (formerly, Nasdaq: PRCY), LCA Vision, Inc. (formerly, Nasdaq: LCAV) and Think New Ideas, Inc. (formerly, Nasdaq: THNK). Prior to PhotoMedex, he served in several senior level positions of AnswerThink Consulting Group, Inc. (then, Nasdaq: ANSR, now, The Hackett Group, Nasdaq: HCKT), a business consulting and technology integration company, including from 1999 to 2000 as Chief Operating Officer of the Internet Practice, the largest division of AnswerThink Consulting Group, Inc., while concurrently during the merger of the companies, serving as the acting Chief Financial Officer of Think New Ideas, Inc. (then, Nasdaq: THNK, now, Nasdaq: HCKT), an interactive marketing services and business solutions company. Mr. McGrath also served from 1996 until 1999 as Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President and director of TriSpan, Inc., an internet commerce solutions and technology consulting company, which was acquired by AnswerThink Consulting Group, Inc. in 1999. During his tenure at Arthur Andersen & Co., where he began his career, he became a Certified Public Accountant in 1981 and he holds a B.S., maxima cum laude, in accounting from LaSalle University. In addition to serving as a director of PhotoMedex, he serves as the audit chair and a director of several medical device companies, including Noninvasive Medical Technologies, Inc. and Cagent Vascular, LLC, and as an advisor to the board of an orphan drug company, Palvella Therapeutics, LLC. Formerly from 2007 to 2009, Mr. McGrath served as a director of Embrella Cardiovascular, Inc. (sold to Edwards Lifesciences Corporation, NYSE: EW). He also serves on the Board of Trustees for Manor College and the Board of Visitors for Taylor University. We believe Mr. McGrath is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors because of his accounting expertise and his experiences serving as an officer and director of public and private companies.

Prof. Richard B. Stone has been a director of our company since July 7, 2014. For more than twenty-five years, Prof. Stone has been active participant in early stage business enterprises as a director or investor, including technology and biotechnology companies. He currently serves on the board of directors of multiple technology companies, including Powermat, Espro-Accoustiguide Group, Wellsense Technologies, NanoX Imaging Plc, Illumigyn Ltd, Cardiologic Innovations, Quality Inflow Ltd., and Check-Cap. Since 1974, Prof. Stone has been a member of the faculty of Columbia Law School, where he held the Wilbur Friedman Chair in Tax Law for twenty years. In addition to basic and advanced tax courses, Prof. Stone has taught in the areas of contracts, business planning and real estate planning. Among other not-for-profit organizations he has been associated with, from 2011 to 2013, Prof. Stone served as Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Prof. Stone began his career in 1967 in private practice in Washington, D.C, and thereafter joined the staff of the Solicitor General of the United States, where from 1969 to 1973 he was Assistant to the Solicitor General. We believe Prof. Stone is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors because of his legal expertise and experience with life sciences companies. He is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School.

Rami Yehudiha has been a director of our company since September 23, 2014.  Mr. Yehudiha is a marketing and advertising executive with a particular expertise in developing and implementing campaigns utilizing cutting edge technologies and methods.  From 2004 to the present, he has served as the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of LEAD, a top ten Israeli advertising firm.  From 1997 to 2003, he served as the Chief Executive Officer at Ogilvy One Israel, a part of the WPP Group.   We believe Mr. Yehudiha is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors because of his experience in technology-based marketing. Mr. Yehudiha received his B.A. in Political Science and Economics from Tel Aviv University and an M.B.A. in Marketing from Manchester University.

Hila Karah has been a director of our company since November 23, 2014. Ms. Karah is an independent business consultant and an investor in several high-tech, biotech and internet companies.  From 2006 to 2013, she served as a partner and Chief Investment Officer of Eurotrust Ltd., a family office.  From 2002 to 2005, she served as a research analyst at Perceptive Life Sciences Ltd., a New York-based hedge fund.  Prior to that, Ms. Karah served as research analyst at Oracle Partners Ltd., a health care-focused hedge fund.  Ms. Karah has served as a director in several private and public companies including Intec Pharma, since 2009 and Cyren Ltd since 2008. We believe Ms. Karah is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors because of her experience as an investor in and advisor to high-tech, biotech and internet companies. Ms. Karah holds a B.A. in Molecular and Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley, and studied at the University of California, Berkeley-University of California, San Francisco Joint Medical Program.

Yalon Farhi has been a director of our company since May 31, 2016. Since 1998, Mr. Farhi, a Colonel in the Israeli Defense Forces (reserves), has served as a motivational lecturer and educator at Bnei-David Institutions, a pre-army and post-army educational program in Israel. From 1998 to January 2016, Mr. Farhi worked as an administrative manager for El-Ami, a non-governmental organization in Israel. Previously, from 1988 to 1992, Mr. Farhi served as a private security consultant to several security companies in Israel. In addition, for the past thirty years, Mr. Farhi has been the owner of a private gardening and land development services company based in Israel. Mr. Farhi received a degree in Education Studies and holds a Teaching Certificate from the Moreshet Yaacov College in Jerusalem. We believe Mr. Farhi is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors because of his business expertise and experience.

Allen Kamer  has been a director of our company since February 28, 2017. Since September 2016, Mr. Kamer serves as a managing partner at OurCrowd, a digital health fund. From January 2014 until June 2016, Mr. Kamer served as Chief Commercial Officer, or CCO, of Optum Analytics, a division within Optum, Inc., United Healthcare’s health services unit. Optum Analytics was focused on converting health information to health intelligence and delivering solutions that improve care delivery, quality and cost-effectiveness. As the CCO, Mr. Kamer led the group’s commercialization efforts of analytics software products and solutions, including the award-winning Optum OneTM, to U.S. provider and payer organizations. In July 2008,, Mr. Kamer was co-founder of the Humedica Inc., which was acquired by United Healthcare in January 2013. As co-founder, Mr. Kamer helped lead efforts to raise capital, hire the management team, and launch the business. Mr. Kamer led Corporate Development & Marketing at Humedica, Inc., and was responsible for formulating and managing the company’s strategic partnerships, all marketing & branding activities, and new business opportunities. Mr. Kamer has a B.A. form Brandeis University. We believe Mr. Kamer is qualified to serve on our Board of Directors because of his business expertise and experience with life sciences companies.

Scientific Advisory Board

We have established a Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), whose members will be available to us to advise on our scientific and business plans and operational strategies.  Below are the biographies of our SAB members.

Prof. Itamar Raz is a world renowned expert in diabetes care and research. He currently services as the head of the Diabetes Unit of Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem, the head of the Israel National Council of Diabetes of the Israel Ministry of Health (which is responsible for formulating Israeli national policies), the President of D-Cure, a diabetes not-for-profit organization and the head of the Israel Diabetes Research Group.  He also serves as a member of Advisory Boards at Novo Nordisk (NYSE: ADR), Astra Zeneca/Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), Sanofi (NYSE: SNY), Merck Sharp & Dohme (NYSE: MRK), and Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) and as a consultant for InsuLine Medical Ltd, Andromeda Biotech Ltd and Astra Zeneca/Bristol-Myers Squibb. Prof. Raz has published over 260 research papers including biennial publications of a Supplement to Diabetes Care summarizing proceedings of the European Controversies to Consensus in Obesity, Diabetes and Hypertension (CODHy) meeting.  He also holds editorial positions on a number of medical journals.  Prof. Raz’s medical career began in 1985 at Hadassah University Hospital as Senior Physician, specializing in Internal Medicine.  From 1986 to 1992, Prof. Raz was head of Hebrew University Student Services, and in 1988 he was appointed Senior Lecturer at Hadassah University Hospital’s Department of Internal Medicine.  In 1989, Prof. Raz was appointed Chief Physician of Internal Medicine, and as head of the Diabetes Clinic at Hadassah University Hospital in 1992.  In 1995, Prof. Raz became an Associate Professor at the Department of Internal Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital.  In 2001, he was appointed Director of the hospital’s Center for Prevention of Diabetes and its Complications.  Since 2003, Prof. Raz has served as Professor of Internal Medicine at the Department of Internal Medicine, Hadassah University Hospital.  Prof. Raz graduated from Hebrew University & Hadassah School of Pharmacy with a Bachelor of Science in 1973.  In 1981, he graduated from Hebrew University & Hadassah School of Medicine with an M.D. and completed his residency at Hadassah University Hospital from 1981 to 1985, specializing in internal medicine.

Dr. William Polonsky, PhD, CDE is an internationally recognized expert in the behavioral aspects of diabetes management. Dr. Polonsky is the Founder of the Behavioral Diabetes Institute and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Polonsky is also an Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at University of California, San Diego. He served as Senior Psychologist at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, faculty member at Harvard Medical School and Chairman of the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators. Dr. Polonsky serves as a Member of Advisory Board at SweetSpot Diabetes Care, Inc. He has served on the editorial boards of numerous professional and lay publications, including Diabetes Care, Diabetes Forecast, Clinical Diabetes, Diabetes Self-Management and Diabetes Health. In addition to his professional publications, he is the author of Diabetes Burnout: What to Do When You Can't Take it Anymore, a popular book for patients published by the American Diabetes Association. In addition, he was co-editor of A CORE Curriculum for Diabetes Education and Diabetes Education Goals. Dr. Polonsky received his PhD in clinical psychology from Yale University.

Mr. Robert G. Faissal is a Managing Partner of Lebita Consulting Services LLC, a Toronto based business development and investment group with emphasis on commercial relationships in North America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Lebita Consulting focuses on healthcare, technology, finance, oil and gas and real estate. Mr. Faissal was the Managing Partner of Richmond Development, an Abu Dhabi based multi-disciplinary investment group. From 1997 until 2000, Mr. Faissal served as the Managing Director/Middle East & Africa for the Philadelphia based Wharton Econometrics Forecasting Associates (WEFA Group, currently IHS Global Insight) advising various governments and private sector clients on economics and financial matters in the Middle East and Africa. He holds a Master of Arts degree in Economics & International Finance from McMaster University in Canada and an undergraduate Honors Degree in Economics from the University of Western Ontario.

Mr. Erez Levy attended the Technion Institution in Haifa and graduated with a B.Sc. degree in Industrial Engineering and Management in 1996. He then started to work as a Manufacturing Program Manager, Missile Division in Rafael, Israel. He joined GE Healthcare in 2000 as a Material Site Manager in Haifa, Israel and became a certified Six Sigma Green belt in 2001. In 2003, he became certified Lean Manufacturing Leader. During 2004 he relocated with his family to Cleveland, Ohio as an Operation manager in GE Coils. In 2006, he returned to Israel as VCP leader in Nuclear Medicine, Engineering drive design for cost in NPI process. During 2008 to 2010 he led the evaluation, due diligence and negotiation process the acquisition of Orbotech by GE and become the integration manager after deal closing. In 2011, he was appointed as General Manager of Global Direct Conversion Detector, CZT solid-state Center of Excellence located in Rehovot, Israel. Mr. Levy brings with him 18 years of broad leadership experience with growing responsibilities, and strong leadership background in medical device design, process engineering, manufacturing and supply chain. He has completed his M.B.A. studies at the Technion institution, Haifa, Israel.

Dr. Paolo Pozzilli is a Professor of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Head of Department at the University Campus Bio-Medico in Rome, Italy where he is in charge of the Post-Graduate School and PhD program in Endocrinology and Diabetes.  He is also Professor of Diabetes Research at St. Bartholomew's and the London School of Medicine, Queen Mary, University of London.

Hope Warchaw, MMSc, RD, CDE, BC-ADM is a dietitian and diabetes educator for thirty-five years and is author of professional articles in leading diabetes journals and co-author of several American Diabetes Association books for healthcare professionals.  Among diabetes educators, Ms. Warshaw is a leading promoter of the Diabetes Online Community and its value to people with diabetes and their caregivers.

Dr. Paul Rosman, DO FACP FACE FACOI has served roles in industry, academia and non-profit leadership. He was Former Senior Medical Advisor at Eli Lilly & Company, has held teaching positions at Ohio University and Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, as well as served as President or Chair of American Diabetes Association, Ohio Chapter, American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists, Ohio River Chapter, and the Ohio Diabetes Prevention and Control Program at Ohio Department of Health.

Gary Scheiner, CDE MS has dedicated his professional life to improving the lives of people with insulin-dependent diabetes. Scheiner has authored six books: You Can Control Diabetes (1997), Think Like A Pancreas (2004), The Ultimate Guide to Accurate Carb Counting (2007), Get Control of Your Blood Sugar (2009), Think Like A Pancreas, 2nd edition (2011), and Until There’s A Cure (2012). Mr. Scheiner holds a B.A. in Psychology, an M.S. in Exercise Physiology, and is a Certified Diabetes Educator who trained at the Joslin Diabetes Center.

Board Composition

Our business is managed under the direction of our Board of Directors. Our Board of Directors currently consists of nine members.

Under the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement of the September 2014 Private Placement, for so long as David Edery or his controlled affiliates held 25%, 15% and 10% of the outstanding shares of our common stock, Mr. Edery had the right to nominate, respectively, three, two or one member of our seven-member Board of Directors. Mr. Edery has waived his director nomination rights effective February 28, 2016. Mr. Yehudiha and Ms. Karah were appointed to our Board of Directors as nominees of Mr. Edery.

Under the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement relating to our January 2017 Private Placement, our lead investor in the offering, OurCrowd Digital Health L.P., was given the right to appoint two members to our Board of Directors with such Board designees to serve on the Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Messrs. Kamer and Bahagon were appointed to our Board of Directors as nominees of OurCrowd. Mr. Bahagon resigned from our Board of Directors effective as of March 15, 2018. Such investor currently has the right to appoint one director to our Board of Directors.

Except for the appointment of Yalon Farhi, whose nomination was suggested by Shmuel Farhi, a significant stockholder of the company and a cousin of Yalon Farhi, there are no family relationships between any of our directors or executive officers.

Except for the foregoing, there are no arrangements between our directors and any other person pursuant to which our directors were nominated or elected for their positions.

Board Committees

Our Board of Directors has three standing committees: an Audit Committee, a Compensation Committee and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Audit Committee

Our Audit Committee is comprised of Messrs. Hoenlein, McGrath and Stone, each of whom is an independent director. Mr. McGrath is the Chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr. McGrath is an “audit committee financial expert” as defined in Item 407(d)(5)(ii) of Regulation S-K.

Our Audit Committee oversees our corporate accounting, financial reporting practices and the audits of financial statements.  For this purpose, the Audit Committee has a charter (which is reviewed annually) and performs several functions.  The Audit Committee charter is available on our website at www.mydario.com under the Investors / Governance section. The Audit Committee:

Compensation Committee

Our Compensation Committee is comprised of Messrs. Hoenlein, McGrath and Yehudiha and Ms. Karah. Mr. Hoenlein is the Chairman of the Compensation Committee. Under the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement in our September 2014 Private Placement, we agreed to appoint two nominees of our lead investor, David Edery, to the Compensation Committee. Both Mr. Yehudiha and Ms. Karah are nominees of Mr. Edery.

The Compensation Committee reviews or recommends the compensation arrangements for our management and employees and also assists our Board of Directors in reviewing and approving matters such as company benefit and insurance plans, including monitoring the performance thereof. The Compensation Committee has a charter (which is reviewed annually) and performs several functions. The Compensation Committee charter is available on our website at www.mydario.com under the Investors / Governance section.

The Compensation Committee has the authority to directly engage, at our expense, any compensation consultants or other advisers as it deems necessary to carry out its responsibilities in determining the amount and form of employee, executive and director compensation.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is currently comprised of Prof. Stone and Messrs. Kamer and Yehudiha. Prof. Stone is the Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

Under the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement in our September 2014 Private Placement, we agreed to appoint two nominees of our lead investor, David Edery to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Yehudiha is the current nominee of Mr. Edery serving on this committee. In addition, under the terms of the Securities Purchase Agreement relating to our January 2017 Private Placement, our lead investor in the offering, OurCrowd Digital Health L.P., was given the right to appoint two members to our Board of Directors with such Board designees to serve on the Company’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Messrs. Kamer and Bahagon were appointed to our Board of Directors as nominees of OurCrowd. Mr. Bahagon resigned from our Board of Directors effective as of March 15, 2018. Such investor currently has the right to appoint one director to our Board of Directors.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is charged with the responsibility of reviewing our corporate governance policies and with proposing potential director nominees to the Board of Directors for consideration. This committee also has the authority to oversee the hiring of potential executive positions in our company. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee operates under a written charter, which will be reviewed and evaluated at least annually.

Director Independence

Our Board of Directors has reviewed the materiality of any relationship that each of our directors has with us, either directly or indirectly. Based on this review, our Board of Directors has determined that Prof. Stone, Messrs. Hoenlein, Yehudiha, Kamer and McGrath and Ms. Karah are “independent directors” as defined in the Nasdaq Listing Rules and Rule 10A-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

Code of Ethics

On March 5, 2013, our Board of Directors adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and Insider Trading Policy. Our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is available on our website at www.mydario.com under the Investors/Governance section.

Limitation of Directors Liability and Indemnification

The Delaware General Corporation Law authorizes corporations to limit or eliminate, subject to certain conditions, the personal liability of directors to corporations and their stockholders for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties. Our certificate of incorporation limits the liability of our directors to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware law.

We have director and officer liability insurance to cover liabilities our directors and officers may incur in connection with their services to us, including matters arising under the Securities Act. Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws also provide that we will indemnify our directors and officers who, by reason of the fact that he or she is one of our officers or directors, is involved in a legal proceeding of any nature.

There is no pending litigation or proceeding involving any of our directors, officers, employees or agents in which indemnification will be required or permitted. We are not aware of any threatened litigation or proceeding that may result in a claim for such indemnification.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our executive officers and directors, and persons who own more than 10% of our common stock, to file reports regarding ownership of, and transactions in, our securities with the SEC and to provide us with copies of those filings. Based solely on our review of the copies of such forms received by us, or written representations from certain reporting persons, except for the Form 3 filed by OurCrowd Digital Health L.P. on January 27, 2017 and the Form 3 filed by Shehnee Lawrence Farhi on February 14, 2018, we believe that during fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, all filing requirements applicable to our officers, directors and ten percent beneficial owners were complied with.

The following table summarizes compensation of our named executive officers, as of December 31, 2017 and 2016.

Summary Compensation Table

On June 23, 2016, Mr. Ben David was granted 4,135 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan against waiver of cash salary for the period from April to June 2016, On August 1, 2016, Mr. Ben David was granted 4,485 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan against waiver of cash salary for the period from July to September 2016, On January 10, 2017, Mr. Ben David was granted 6,536 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan against waiver of cash salary for the period from October to December 2016.

On March 31, 2016 Mr. Ben David was granted 20,000 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan as bonus for the successful completion of the public offering in march 2016.

On January 30, 2017, Mr. Ben David was granted 6,639 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan against waiver of cash salary for the period from January to March 2017. On April 13, 2017, Mr. Ben David was granted 6,049 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan against waiver of cash salary for the period from April to June 2017. On July 10, 2017, Mr. Ben David was granted 9,938 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan against waiver of cash salary for the period from July to September 2017. On October 23, 2017, Mr. Ben David was granted 12,325 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan against waiver of cash salary for the period from October to December 2017. On January 30, 2017, Mr. Ben David was granted 74,896 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, and on April 20, 2017 Mr. Ben David was granted 20,000 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, as a bonus for the 2016 achievements of the Company

All compensation awarded to our executive officers was independently reviewed by our Compensation Committee.

Employment and Related Agreements

Except as set forth below, we currently have no other written employment agreements with any of our officers and directors. The following is a description of our current executive employment agreements:

Erez Raphael, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of our Board of Directors – On August 30, 2013, LabStyle Innovation Ltd., our Israeli subsidiary, entered into an amendment to a Personal Employment Agreement with Mr. Raphael in connection with his August 2013 appointment as our President and Chief Executive Officer. Pursuant to the terms of his employment agreement as amended, Mr. Raphael is entitled to a monthly salary of NIS 80,000 (approximately $22,857 per month). During 2016 and 2017, Mr. Raphael agreed to a waiver of 42% and 45% respectively of his cash salary according to our salary program pursuant to which Mr. Raphael received compensation shares of restricted common stock as consideration for cash salary waived.

On July 25, 2017, we, through our Israeli subsidiary, LabStyle Innovation Ltd., executed an Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with Mr. Raphael. Pursuant to the agreement, Mr. Raphael kept his monthly salary and shall be eligible for an annual bonus equal to up to 60% of his annual base salary. Mr. Raphael’s employment agreement expires on December 31, 2020. In the event Mr. Raphael’s employment agreement is terminated by us at will, by Mr. Raphael for good reason as provided thereby, or in conjunction with a change of control, Mr. Raphael shall be entitled to receive 24 months base salary and severance payment pursuant to applicable Israeli severance law, provided, however that in the event such termination occurs during the final year of the term, or within the last 6 months of a renewal period of the term, Mr. Raphael shall be entitled to receive 12 months base salary and severance payment pursuant to applicable Israeli severance law. In the event the employment agreement is terminated by us for cause, Mr. Raphael will only be entitled to severance payment under applicable Israeli severance law. Mr. Raphael’s employment agreement also includes a one year non-competition and non-solicitation provision, certain confidentiality covenants and assignment of any of his company-related inventions. Under the terms of the agreement, Mr. Raphael is entitled to certain expense reimbursements and other standard benefits, including vacation, sick leave, contributions to a manager’s insurance policy and study fund and car and mobile phone allowances.

On January 27, 2016, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to Mr. Raphael of 1,364 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of the waiver of $10,637 salary otherwise payable to Mr. Raphael from January to March 2016.

On June 23, 2016, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to Mr. Raphael of 7,089 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of the waiver of $36,185 salary otherwise payable to Mr. Raphael from April to June 2016.

On August 1, 2016, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to Mr. Raphael of 7,688 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of the waiver of $36,045 salary otherwise payable to Mr. Raphael from July to September 2016.

On January 10, 2017, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to Mr. Raphael of 11,205 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of the waiver of $35,961 salary otherwise payable to Mr. Raphael from October to December 2016.

On January 30, 2017, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to Mr. Raphael of 11,381 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of the waiver of $36,444 salary otherwise payable to Mr. Raphael from January to March 2017.

On April 13, 2017, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to Mr. Raphael of 10,369 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of the waiver of $37,953 salary otherwise payable to Mr. Raphael from April to June 2017.

On July 10, 2017, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to Mr. Raphael of 17,036 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of the waiver of $39,389 salary otherwise payable to Mr. Raphael from July to September 2017.

On October 23, 2017, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to Mr. Raphael of 21,128 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of the waiver of $39,222 salary otherwise payable to Mr. Raphael from October to December 2017.

Zvi Ben David, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary – On January 8, 2015, LabStyle Innovation Ltd., our Israeli subsidiary, entered into a Personal Employment Agreement with Mr. Ben David. Pursuant to his employment agreement, Mr. Ben David was initially entitled to a monthly salary and additional compensation (excluding social benefits under applicable Israeli law) of NIS 31,200 (approximately $8,914) for providing eighty percent of his working time to our company. Beginning on March 1, 2015, Mr. Ben David began working for us on a full time basis pursuant to the terms of his employment agreement at which point Mr. Ben David’s salary was increased to NIS 39,000 (approximately $11,142). Commencing April 1, 2016 Mr. Ben David’s Salary was updated to NIS 60,000 (approximately $17,142) per month. During 2016 and 2017, Mr. Ben David agreed to a waiver of 35.2% and 35.0% respectively of his cash salary according to our salary program pursuant to which Mr. Ben David received compensation shares of restricted common stock as consideration for cash salary waived.

Mr. Ben David's employment agreement may be terminated by either party at will upon 90 days prior written notice or terminated by us for cause, as defined under the employment agreement. In the event the employment agreement is terminated by us at will, Mr. Ben David shall be entitled to receive 6 months base salary and severance payment pursuant to applicable Israeli severance law. In the event the employment agreement is terminated by us at will, Mr. Ben David shall be entitled to receive 90 days of severance plus any required severance payment pursuant to applicable Israeli severance law. In the event the employment agreement is terminated by us for cause, Mr. Ben David will only be entitled to severance payment under applicable Israeli severance law. The employment agreement also includes a twelve month non-competition and non-solicitation provision, certain confidentiality covenants and assignment of any of his company-related inventions to the company. Under the terms of the employment agreement, Mr. Ben David is entitled to certain expense reimbursements and other standard benefits, including vacation, sick leave, contributions to a manager’s insurance policy and study fund and mobile phone allowances.

On January 27, 2016, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to Mr. Ben David of 1,736 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of the waiver of $13,538 salary otherwise payable to Mr. Ben David from January to March 2016.

On March 31, 2016, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to Mr. Ben David of 20,000 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued as a bonus for the successful completion of the public offering in March 2016.

On June 23, 2016, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to Mr. Ben David of 4,135 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of the waiver of $21,108 salary otherwise payable to Mr. Ben David from April to June 2016.

On August 1, 2016, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to Mr. Ben David of 4,485 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of the waiver of $21,026 salary otherwise payable to Mr. Ben David from July to September 2016.

On January 10, 2017, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to Mr. Ben David of 6,536 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of the waiver of $20,977 salary otherwise payable to Mr. Ben David from October to December 2016.

On January 30, 2017, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to Mr. Ben David of 6,639 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of the waiver of $21,259 salary otherwise payable to Mr. Ben David from January to March 2017.

On April 13, 2017, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to Mr. Ben David of 6,049 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of the waiver of $ $22,139 salary otherwise payable to Mr. Ben David from April to June 2017.

On July 10, 2017, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to Mr. Ben David of 9,938 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of the waiver of $22,977 salary otherwise payable to Mr. Ben David from July to September 2017.

On October 23, 2017, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to Mr. Ben David of 12,325 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of the waiver of $22,879 salary otherwise payable to Mr. Ben David from October to December 2017.

Dror Bacher, Chief Operating Officer – On August 30, 2013, LabStyle Innovation Ltd., our Israeli subsidiary, entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Bacher, pursuant to which Mr. Bacher receives an annual base salary of NIS 55,000 (approximately $15,714), effective as of July 2017. Pursuant to Mr. Bacher’s existing personal employment agreement as amended, either we or Mr. Bacher may terminate his employment agreement upon thirty days notice, provided, however, that in the event of a termination for cause, Mr. Bacher’s employment may be terminated immediately. Mr. Bacher’s employment agreement also includes a twelve (12) month non-competition and non-solicitation provision, certain confidentiality covenants and assignment of any of his company-related inventions. Under the terms of Mr. Bacher’s employment agreement, Mr. Bacher is entitled to certain expense reimbursements and other standard benefits, including vacation, sick leave, life and disability insurance and car and mobile phone allowances. In addition, in conjunction with his appointment as Chief Operating Officer, we issued Mr. Bacher 10,000 shares of common stock, and 10,000 options that will vest in 12 equal quarterly installments over a three-year period with an exercise price of $2.46 per share, all issued pursuant to the Registrant’s Amended and Restated 2012 Equity Incentive Plan.

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, Mr. Bacher agreed to waive approximately 24% of his cash salary pursuant to our shares for salary program and its 2012 Equity Incentive Plan, and as a result Mr. Bacher received shares of common stock in lieu of a portion of his annual cash salary.

On January 10, 2017, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to Mr. Bacher of 2,801 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of the waiver of $8,990 salary otherwise payable to Mr. Bacher from October to December 2016.

On January 30, 2017, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to Mr. Bacher of 2,845 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of the waiver of $9,111 salary otherwise payable to Mr. Bacher from January to March 2017.

On April 13, 2017, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to Mr. Bacher of 2,592 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of the waiver of $9,488 salary otherwise payable to Mr. Bacher from April to June 2017.

On July 10, 2017, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to Mr. Bacher of 7,572 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of the waiver of $17,506 salary otherwise payable to Mr. Bacher from July to September 2017.

On October 23, 2017, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to Mr. Bacher of 9,390 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of the waiver of $17,432 salary otherwise payable to Mr. Bacher from October to December 2017.

On October 23, 2017, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to Mr. Bacher of 8,080 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of the waiver of $15,000 of a cash bonus otherwise payable to Mr. Bacher for his efforts in obtaining FDA clearance for certain Android smart phone devices in the U.S.

Outstanding Equity Awards at December 31, 2017

Non-Employee Director Remuneration Policy

In March 2013, our Board of Directors adopted the following non-employee director remuneration policy:

Cash Awards

Our non-employee directors (currently Messrs. Hoenlein, McGrath and Yehudiha, Prof. Stone and Ms. Karah) will receive the following cash payments for each fiscal year: (i) $25,000 per year, to be paid quarterly in arrears and (ii) $16,000 for Board committee service, to be paid quarterly in arrears; provided, however, that such quarterly payments and committee meeting fees shall accrue and shall be payable upon the approval of Mr. Raphael at such time when our company is adequately capitalized in his reasonable discretion.

Stock and Option Awards

On April 3, 2015, our Board of Directors approved a compensation plan under which the executive officers have been granted the authority (in their discretion from time to time with the concurrence of the impacted individuals, and subject to applicable laws, rules and regulations) to cause the issuance of shares of common stock to our directors, officers and employees as consideration for a reduction in cash salary or fees owed to such individuals. For that purpose a pool of up to 122,222 shares of common stock is reserved under a shares for salary program.

On January 3, 2016, 1,349 shares were issued to each of Prof. Stone, Mr. Hoenlein and Mr. McGrath in lieu of $10,250 in fees otherwise payable to each of them for the period from October 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015 (this grant included a correction to the grant made on October 6, 2015).

On January 3, 2016, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to each of Ms. Karah and Mr. Yehudiha of 1,351 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of $10,250 in fees otherwise payable to each of Ms. Karah and Mr. Yehudiha for the period from October 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015.

On June 19, 2016, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to each of Prof. Stone, Mr. Hoenlein, Mr. McGrath, Ms. Karah and Mr. Yehudiha of 2,008 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of $10,250 in fees otherwise payable to each of Prof. Stone, Mr. Hoenlein, Mr. McGrath, Ms. Karah and Mr. Yehudiha for the period from January 1, 2016 to March 31, 2016.

On July 27, 2016, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to each of Prof. Stone, Mr. Hoenlein, Mr. McGrath, Ms. Karah and Mr. Yehudiha of 2,186 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of $10,250 in fees otherwise payable to each of Prof. Stone, Mr. Hoenlein, Mr. McGrath, Ms. Karah and Mr. Yehudiha for the period from April 1, 2016 to June 30, 2016.

On January 10, 2017, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to each of Prof. Stone, Mr. Hoenlein, Mr. McGrath, Ms. Karah and Mr. Yehudiha of 6,388 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of $20,500 in fees otherwise payable to each of Prof. Stone, Mr. Hoenlein, Mr. McGrath, Ms. Karah and Mr. Yehudiha for the period from July 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016. In addition, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to Mr. Farhi of 4,544 shares of our common stock under the 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of $14,583.33 in fees otherwise payable to Mr. Farhi for the period June 1, 2016 to December 31, 2016.

On January 30, 2017, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved a grant of an aggregate of 111,242 options to our non-employee directors. These options have an exercise price of $3.202 per share. The options shall vest in 12 quarterly installments over a three-year period from the grant date.

On April 13, 2017, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to each of Prof. Stone, Mr. Hoenlein, Mr. McGrath, Ms. Karah and Mr. Yehudiha of 2,800 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of $10,250 in fees otherwise payable to each of Prof. Stone, Mr. Hoenlein, Mr. McGrath, Ms. Karah and Mr. Yehudiha for the period from January 1, 2017 to March 31, 2017. In addition, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to Mr. Farhi of 1,708 shares of our common stock under the 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of $6,250 in fees otherwise payable to Mr. Farhi for the period January 1, 2017 to March 31, 2017. In addition, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to each of Mr. Kamer and Mr. Bahagon of 569 shares of our common stock under the 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of $2,083.33 in fees otherwise payable to each of Mr. Kamer and Mr. Bahagon for the period March 1, 2017 to March 31, 2017.

On July 9, 2017, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to each of Prof. Stone, Mr. Hoenlein, Mr. McGrath, Ms. Karah and Mr. Yehudiha of 4,433 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of $10,250 in fees otherwise payable to each of Prof. Stone, Mr. Hoenlein, Mr. McGrath, Ms. Karah and Mr. Yehudiha for the period from April 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017. In addition, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to each of Mr. Farhi, Mr. Kamer and Mr. Bahagon of 2,703 shares of our common stock under the 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of $6,250 in fees otherwise payable to Mr. Farhi, Mr. Kamer and Mr. Bahagon for the period April 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017.

On October 23, 2017, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to each of Prof. Stone, Mr. Hoenlein, Mr. McGrath, Ms. Karah and Mr. Yehudiha of 5,521 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of $10,250 in fees otherwise payable to each of Prof. Stone, Mr. Hoenlein, Mr. McGrath, Ms. Karah and Mr. Yehudiha for the period from July 1, 2017 to September 30, 2017. In addition, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to each of Mr. Farhi, Mr. Kamer and Mr. Bahagon of 3,367 shares of our common stock under the 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of $6,250 in fees otherwise payable to Mr. Farhi, Mr. Kamer and Mr. Bahagon for the period July 1, 2017 to September 30, 2017.

On January 4, 2018, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to each of Prof. Stone, Mr. Hoenlein, Mr. McGrath, Ms. Karah and Mr. Yehudiha of 6,531 shares of our common stock under our 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of $10,250 in fees otherwise payable to each of Prof. Stone, Mr. Hoenlein, Mr. McGrath, Ms. Karah and Mr. Yehudiha for the period from October 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017. In addition, the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors approved the issuance to each of Mr. Farhi, Mr. Kamer and Mr. Bahagon of 3,983 shares of our common stock under the 2012 Equity Incentive Plan. Such shares were issued in lieu of $6,250 in fees otherwise payable to Mr. Farhi, Mr. Kamer and Mr. Bahagon for the period October 1, 2017 to December 31, 2017.

Compensation Committee Review

The Compensation Committee shall, if it deems necessary or prudent in its discretion, reevaluate and approve in January of each such year (or in any event prior to the first board meeting of such fiscal year) the cash and equity awards (amount and manner or method of payment) to be made to non-employee directors for such fiscal year. In making this determination, the Compensation Committee shall utilize such market standard metrics as it deems appropriate, including, without limitation, an analysis of cash compensation paid to independent directors of our peer group.

The Compensation Committee shall also have the power and discretion to determine in the future whether non-employee directors should receive annual or other grants of options to purchase shares of common stock or other equity incentive awards in such amounts and pursuant to such policies as the Compensation Committee may determine utilizing such market standard metrics as it deems appropriate, including, without limitation, an analysis of equity awards granted to independent directors of our peer group.

Participation of Employee Directors; New Directors

Unless separately and specifically approved by the Compensation Committee in its discretion, no employee director of our company shall be entitled to receive any remuneration for service as a director (other than expense reimbursement as per prevailing policy).

New directors joining our Board of Directors shall be entitled to a pro rated portion (based on months to be served in the fiscal year in which they join) of cash and stock option or other equity incentive awards (if applicable) for the applicable fiscal year at the time they join the board.

Summary Director Compensation Table

The following table summarizes the annual compensation paid to our non-employee directors for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017: