Bluejay Diagnostics (BJDX) Risk Analysis

The completion of any future clinical evaluations of our Symphony platform or test cartridges, or other studies that we may be required to undertake in the future, could be delayed, suspended, or terminated for several reasons, including: - we may fail to or be unable to conduct the clinical evaluation in accordance with regulatory requirements;- sites participating in the trial may drop out of the trial, which may require us to engage new sites for an expansion of the number of sites that are permitted to be involved in the trial;- patients may not enroll in, remain in or complete, the clinical evaluation at the rates we expect; and - clinical investigators may not perform our clinical evaluation on our anticipated schedule or consistent with the clinical evaluation protocol and good clinical practices. If our clinical evaluations are delayed it will take us longer to ultimately launch our Symphony platform and test cartridges in the market and generate revenues. Moreover, our development costs will increase if we have material delays in our clinical evaluation or if we need to perform more or larger clinical evaluations than planned.

We have not yet launched or received regulatory clearances in any country or territory for our Symphony platform or test cartridges. Even if we receive regulatory clearances, we are faced with the risk that our Symphony platform will not be accepted over competing products and that we will be unable to enter the marketplace or compete effectively. We cannot assure you that our Symphony platform or test cartridges will gain market acceptance. If the market for our future products 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.

Although our SYMON-I study found promising results, there is a risk that subsequent validation will not achieve statistical significance, which would render those results subject to scrutiny and subject us to setbacks, including having to redesign our preliminary study at considerable expense and time delay.

We have an exclusive license with Toray for the entire world, excluding Japan, to use their patents and know-how related to our Symphony test cartridges for the manufacturing, marketing and sale of such products. We also have a nonexclusive license for manufacturing purposes in Japan. We have a right to sublicense these Toray patents and know-how (upon either (a) obtaining consent from Toray prior to obtaining FDA clearance or (b) giving notice to Toray after obtaining FDA clearance), and for the purpose of obtaining FDA clearance, we will need to exercise this sublicence to have the cartridges manufactured for Bluejay by a Japanese manufacturer, Sanyoseiko, Inc. ("Sanyoseiko"). We have no contractual rights to the intellectual property covered in the license agreement other than as expressly set forth therein. Our plans, business, prospects and viability are substantially dependent on that intellectual property and subject to the limitations relating thereto as set forth in the license agreement. Some of the risks this may give rise to are described below. - We are required to use our best efforts to establish a cartridge manufacturing site by October 2026. We have begun cartridge manufacturing process modifications through Sanyoseiko, a third-party contractor who is managing such modification. Such modification is intended to address several technical challenges to bring Symphony to a level consistent with necessary performance and quality requirements. After the cartridge manufacturing process modification is completed, we plan to have the manufacturing process occur at Sanyoseiko, a FDA-registered CMO, including for verification and validation testing and commercial manufacturing. The manufacturing site is being established by us without Toray's technical assistance. If Toray were to assert that we have not used our best efforts to establish the cartridge manufacturing site by October 2026, they could seek to terminate the license agreement as early as November 2026. If Toray were to be successful in terminating the license agreement, we would lose access to certain technology required to produce the cartridges that the Symphony system relies on to function, which would likely result in a material adverse effect on our commercialization efforts. - After the receipt of regulatory clearance in a country, we are required to pay Toray a minimum royalty of $60,000 for the initial year that royalties are payable increasing to a minimum of $100,000 thereafter, regardless of the actual amount of sales by us of licensed products. Accordingly, we could be obligated to pay royalties even though we have generated no or limited revenue. Such payments could materially and adversely affect our profitability and could limit our investment in our business. - The license and regulatory clearances (once obtained) are non-assignable. These restrictions may limit our flexibility to structure our operations in the most advantageous manner. - At our sole expense, we must file for, prosecute the application for, and obtain all regulatory clearances for the licensed products and obtain all legal permits necessary for promoting, marketing, offering or selling each licensed product. The regulatory clearance process can be expensive and time consuming, and there can be no assurances that we will be able to obtain or maintain any or all required permits. - We are required to use reasonable efforts to obtain market approval for the products in the United States or the European Union by October 2026 or we may lose exclusivity in territory of the license agreement with Toray. We will not obtain market approval by this date, though we believe we have used and are continuing to use reasonable efforts to do so. - We are required to use reasonable efforts to start commercial sales by October 2028, though this period may be extended in 6-month increments for up to 2 years in total if such inability to start commercial sales is due to reasons not attributable to us. If we are unable to start commercial sales by such later date, Toray would have the right to terminate the license agreement or make it non-exclusive. - Except with respect to (a) Toray's ownership of, or rights to license, all intellectual property rights in respect of the licensed property and (b) Toray's applicable patents being duly maintained and in effect, Toray provides no, and disclaims all, representations, warranties or covenants relating to the licensed intellectual property or any other matters under the license agreement and in particular disclaims any fitness of the intellectual property for any purpose or any warranty against infringement of any third-party patent. These provisions limit our recourse in the event that the licensed intellectual property is flawed, defective, inadequate, incomplete, uncommercial, wrongly described or otherwise not useful for our purposes. We have not independently verified all of the technical, scientific, commercial, legal, medical or other circumstances or nature of the licensed intellectual property and therefore there can be no assurances that any of the foregoing risks have been reduced or eliminated. We have performed numerous evaluations of the Symphony product and have identified numerous risks. These risks are described below. These provisions represent a significant risk of a material adverse impact on us, our business and our prospects. - While we are in principle permitted, even after the license agreement expires or is terminated, to continue manufacturing and selling products that incorporate Toray intellectual property and the royalties for which are fully paid up, if we commit certain material breaches of the agreement, Bluejay may be obligated to use reasonable efforts to arrange for the transfer to Toray of FDA or any other regulatory clearances for any products the royalties for which are not fully paid up. Where any such transfer is possible and approved by the regulator (if necessary), then depending on the nature of the material breach, we may be required to undertake the transfer at no cost to Toray or on reasonable terms and conditions. The loss of any such market approvals, especially if we are unable to receive any consideration for them, could have a material adverse impact on us, our business and our prospects, and depending on the timing and extent of the loss, it could even threaten our viability. In addition, see the risks in "Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property" below. These risks are not the only risks inherent in the license agreement with Toray.

We are dependent on the intellectual property licensed from Toray. Disputes may arise between us and Toray regarding intellectual property subject to our license agreement with Toray. If disputes over intellectual property that we have licensed prevent or impair our ability to maintain our current licensing arrangements on acceptable terms or are insufficient to provide us the necessary rights to use the intellectual property, we may be unable to successfully develop and launch our Symphony platform and our other product candidates. If we or Toray fail to adequately protect this intellectual property, our ability to launch our products in the market could be limited. For so long as we are dependent on the intellectual property covered by the license agreement for the pursuit of our business, any such disputes relating to the license agreement or failure to protect the intellectual property could threaten our viability.

The key underlying intellectual property relating to our Symphony platform is owned by Toray. Under our license agreement with Toray, Toray generally has the right to file, prosecute, maintain and defend the intellectual property we have licensed from Toray. If Toray fails to conduct these activities for intellectual property protection covering any of our product candidates, our ability to develop and launch those product candidates may be adversely affected and we may not be able to prevent competitors from making, using or selling competing products. In addition, pursuant to the terms of the license agreement, Toray generally has the right to control the enforcement of our licensed intellectual property and the defense of any claims asserting the invalidity of that intellectual property. We cannot be certain that Toray will allocate sufficient resources to and otherwise prioritize the enforcement of such intellectual property or the defense of such claims to protect our interests in the licensed intellectual property. In the absence of action by Toray, we may be unable to protect and enforce the proprietary rights on which our business relies. Even if we are not a party to these legal actions, an adverse outcome could harm our business because it might prevent or impede us from continuing to use the licensed intellectual property that we need to operate our business or from realizing the full commercial benefit contemplated by the agreement. In addition, even if we take control of the prosecution of licensed intellectual property and related applications, enforcement of licensed intellectual property, or defense of claims asserting the invalidity of that intellectual property, we may still be adversely affected or prejudiced by actions or inactions of Toray and its counsel that took place prior to or after our assuming control, and we cannot ensure the cooperation of Toray in any such action. Furthermore, if we take action to protect, enforce or defend the licensed intellectual property, we may incur significant costs and the attention of our management may be diverted from our normal business operations. As a result, our business, results of operations and financial condition could be materially and adversely affected.

In order for our business to be viable and to compete effectively, the proprietary rights with respect to the technologies and intellectual property used in our products must be developed and maintained. Toray relies primarily on patent protection and trade secrets to protect its technology and intellectual property rights. There are significant risks associated with Toray's ability (or our ability, in the absence of action by Toray) to protect the intellectual property licensed to us, including: - pending intellectual property applications may not be approved or may take longer than expected to result in approval in one or more of the countries in which we operate;- Toray's intellectual property rights may not provide meaningful protection;- other companies may challenge the validity or extent of Toray's patents and other proprietary intellectual property rights through litigation, oppositions and other proceedings. These proceedings can be protracted as well as unpredictable;- other companies may have independently developed (or may in the future independently develop) similar or alternative technologies, may duplicate Toray's technologies or may design their technologies around Toray's technologies;- enforcement of intellectual property rights is complex, uncertain and expensive, and may be subject to lengthy delays. In the event we take control of any such action under the our license agreement with Toray, our ability to enforce our intellectual property protection could be limited by our financial resources; and - the other risks described in "- Risks Related to Our Intellectual Property." If any of Toray's patents or other intellectual property rights fail to protect the technology licensed by us, it would make it easier for our competitors to offer similar products. Any inability on Toray's part (or on our part, in the absence of action by Toray) to adequately protect its intellectual property may have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, the patents we rely on are generally set to expire within the next five years, which could have a material impact on the future of our products.

We may face significant expense and liability as a result of litigation or other proceedings relating to intellectual property rights of others. In the event that another party has intellectual property protection relating to an invention or technology licensed by us from Toray, we and/or Toray may be required to participate in an interference proceeding declared by the regulatory authorities 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 and/or Toray also could be required to participate in interference proceedings involving intellectual property of another entity. An adverse outcome in an interference proceeding could require us and/or Toray to cease using the technology, to substantially modify it or to license rights from prevailing third parties, which could delay or prevent the launch of our products in the market or adversely affect our profitability. The cost to us of any intellectual property litigation or other proceeding relating the intellectual property licensed by us from Toray, even if resolved in our favor, could be substantial, especially given our early stage of development. A third party may claim that we and/or Toray are using inventions claimed by their intellectual property and may go to court to stop us and/or Toray 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 and/or Toray are infringing the third party's intellectual property and will order us to stop the activities claimed by the intellectual property. In addition, there is a risk that a court will order us and/or Toray to pay the other party damages for having infringed their intellectual property. Moreover, there is no guarantee that any prevailing intellectual property owner would offer us a license so that we could continue to engage in activities claimed by the intellectual property, or that such a license, if made available to us, could be acquired on commercially acceptable terms.

Under FDA regulations, unless exempt, a new medical device may only be commercially distributed after it has received 510(k) clearance, is authorized through the de novo classification process, or is the subject of a PMA. The FDA will clear marketing of a medical device through the 510(k) process if it is demonstrated that the new product is substantially equivalent to another legally marketed product not subject to a PMA. Sometimes, a 510(k) clearance must be supported by preclinical and clinical data. The PMA process typically is more costly, lengthy, and stringent than either the 510(k) process or the de novo classification process. Unlike a 510(k) review, which determines "substantial equivalence," a PMA requires that the applicant demonstrate reasonable assurance that the device is safe and effective by producing valid scientific evidence, including data from preclinical studies and human clinical trials. Therefore, to obtain regulatory clearance or approvals, we typically must, among other requirements, provide the FDA and similar foreign regulatory authorities with preclinical and clinical data that demonstrate to their satisfaction that our products satisfy the criteria for approval. Preclinical testing and clinical trials must comply with the regulations of the FDA and other government authorities in the United States and similar agencies in other countries. We may be required to obtain PMAs, PMA supplements, de novo classification, or additional 510(k) pre-market clearances to market modifications to our products once they are approved and commercialized. The FDA requires device manufacturers to make and document a determination of whether a device modification requires approval or clearance; however, the FDA can review a manufacturer's decision. The FDA may not agree with our decisions not to seek approvals or clearances for particular device modifications. If the FDA requires us to obtain PMAs, PMA supplements or pre-market clearances for any modification to a previously cleared or approved device, we may be required to cease manufacturing and marketing of the modified device and perhaps also to recall such modified device until we obtain FDA clearance or approval. We may also be subject to significant regulatory fines or penalties. The FDA may not clear or approve our product submissions or applications on a timely basis or at all. Such delays or refusals could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. The FDA may also change its clearance and approval policies, adopt additional regulations, or revise existing regulations, or take other actions which may prevent or delay approval or clearance of our products under development or impact our ability to modify our currently approved or cleared products on a timely basis. Any of these actions could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. International regulatory clearance processes may take more or less time than the FDA's clearance process. If we fail to comply with applicable FDA and comparable non-U.S. regulatory requirements, we may not receive regulatory clearances or approvals or may be subject to FDA or comparable non-U.S. enforcement actions. We may be unable to obtain future regulatory clearance or approval in a timely manner, or at all, especially if existing regulations are changed or new regulations are adopted. For example, the FDA's clearance or approval process can take longer than anticipated due to requests for additional clinical data and changes in regulatory requirements. Any failure or delay in obtaining necessary regulatory clearances or approvals would materially adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

There can be no assurance that we will successfully complete any clinical evaluations necessary to receive regulatory clearances. While preliminary results have been encouraging and indicative of the potential performance of our Symphony platform and test cartridges, data already obtained, or in the future obtained, from clinical studies do not necessarily predict the results that will be obtained from later clinical evaluations. The failure to adequately demonstrate the performance characteristics of the device under development could delay or prevent regulatory clearance of the device, which could prevent or result in delays to market launch and could materially harm our business. There can be no assurance that we will be able to receive approval for any potential applications of our principal technology, or that we will receive regulatory clearances from targeted regions or countries.

We are currently conducting testing to demonstrate specimen stability of the samples collected from the SYMON-II clinical study, which is one of the integral aspects that we will have to establish before we can proceed to FDA clearance. We plan to establish sample stability using standard plate ELISA technology that is accepted by the FDA. If we fail to prove that IL-6 is stable over time, we might have to redesign our business plan.

The Symphony analyzer has previously passed all safety validations required by the FDA. However, due to recent FDA requirement changes should other FDA standards change, we could need to perform those tests as well, incurring additional expenses and delays that are impossible to predict due to the uncertain nature of what standards the FDA might change in the future.

Although we have had a pre-submission meeting with FDA and included FDA feedback into our plan, the FDA could decide to request additional data or testing after we have submitted our FDA application. This could result in significant additional costs generated in the process of gathering whatever additional data or developing and running the additional testing requested by the FDA. Furthermore, it can take several months to years to conduct testing and collect data, and depending on the extent of the FDA's additional request, the delay caused could be significant. During any such period of delay, not only would we be incurring the additional expenses of the testing, but we would also continue to not generate any revenue.

As a medical device manufacturer, we will need to register with the FDA and various non-U.S. regulatory agencies and will be subject to periodic inspection by the FDA and foreign regulatory agencies, for compliance with certain Good Manufacturing Practices, including design controls, product validation and verification, in process testing, quality control and documentation procedures. Compliance with applicable regulatory requirements is subject to continual review and is rigorously monitored through periodic inspections by the FDA and foreign regulatory agencies. Our product and component suppliers may also be required to meet certain standards applicable to their manufacturing processes. We cannot assure you that we or our products or component suppliers will comply with all regulatory requirements. The failure by us or one of our suppliers to achieve or maintain compliance with these requirements or quality standards may disrupt our ability to supply products sufficient to meet demand until compliance is achieved or, until a new supplier has been identified and evaluated. Our or any product or component supplier's failure to comply with applicable regulations could cause sanctions to be imposed on us, including warning letters, fines, injunctions, civil penalties, failure of regulatory authorities to grant marketing approval of our products, delays, suspension or withdrawal of approvals or clearances, license revocation, seizures or recalls of products, operating restrictions and criminal prosecutions, which could harm our business. We cannot assure you that if we need to engage new suppliers to satisfy our business requirements, we can locate new suppliers in compliance with regulatory requirements at a reasonable cost and in an acceptable timeframe. Our failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our promotional materials and training methods must comply with FDA and other applicable laws and regulations, including the prohibition of the promotion of the off-label use of our products. Once our products are cleared or approved for clinical use, healthcare providers may use our products for off-label uses, as the FDA does not restrict or regulate a physician's choice of treatment within the practice of medicine. However, if the FDA determines that our promotional, or training materials for sales representatives or physicians constitute promotion of an off-label use, the FDA could request that we modify our training, promotional materials and/or subject us to regulatory or enforcement actions, including the issuance of an untitled letter, a warning letter, injunction, seizure, disgorgement of profits, significant penalties, including civil fines and criminal penalties. Other federal, state or foreign governmental authorities also might take action if they consider our promotion, reimbursement or training materials to constitute promotion of an off-label use, which could result in significant fines or penalties under other statutory authorities, such as laws prohibiting false claims for reimbursement. In those possible events, our reputation could be damaged, and adoption of the products would be impaired.

From time to time, legislation is drafted and introduced in Congress that could significantly change the statutory provisions governing the regulatory clearance or approval process, manufacture and marketing of regulated products, or the reimbursement thereof. In addition, the FDA may change its clearance and approval policies, adopt additional regulations or revise existing regulations, or take other actions, which may prevent or delay approval or clearance of our future products under development or impact our ability to modify our currently cleared products on a timely basis. Any new regulations or revisions or reinterpretations of existing regulations may impose additional costs or lengthen review times of planned or future products. It is impossible to predict whether legislative changes will be enacted, or FDA regulations, guidance or interpretations changed, and what the impact of such changes, if any, may be. FDA regulations and guidance are often revised or reinterpreted by the FDA in ways that may significantly affect our business and our products. Any new statutes, regulations or revisions or reinterpretations of existing regulations may impose additional costs or lengthen review times of any future products or make it more difficult to obtain clearance or approval for, manufacture, market or distribute our products. We cannot determine what effect changes in regulations, statutes, legal interpretation or policies, when and if promulgated, enacted or adopted may have on our business in the future. Such changes could, among other things, require additional testing prior to obtaining clearance or approval; changes to manufacturing methods; recall, replacement or discontinuance of our products; or additional record keeping. Any change in the laws or regulations that govern the clearance and approval processes relating to our current, planned and future products could make it more difficult and costly to obtain clearance or approval for new products or to produce, market and distribute existing products. Significant delays in receiving clearance or approval or the failure to receive clearance or approval for any new products would have an adverse effect on our ability to expand our business. If we are slow or unable to adapt to changes in existing requirements or the adoption of new requirements or policies, or if we are not able to maintain regulatory compliance, we may lose any marketing clearance that we may have obtained and we may not achieve or sustain profitability.

Healthcare professionals will play a primary role in the recommendation and use of any product candidates for which we obtain marketing approval and commercialize. Our current and future arrangements with customers, healthcare professionals, and patients may expose us to broadly applicable fraud and abuse and other healthcare laws and regulations that may constrain the business or financial arrangements and relationships through which we conduct research, market, sell and distribute any products for which we obtain marketing approval. Federal and state healthcare laws and regulations that may affect our operations, directly or indirectly, include the following, among others: - the federal Anti-Kickback Statute, which prohibits persons and entities from, among other things, knowingly and willfully soliciting, offering, receiving or providing remuneration, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, to induce or reward either the referral of an individual for, or the purchase, lease, order or recommendation of, any good, facility, item or service, for which payment may be made under federal and state healthcare programs such as Medicare and Medicaid;- federal false claims laws, including civil whistleblower or qui tam actions under the federal False Claims Act, which impose criminal and civil penalties against individuals or entities for, among other things, knowingly presenting, or causing to be presented, to the federal government, claims for payment that are false or fraudulent or making a false statement to avoid, decrease or conceal an obligation to pay money to the federal government;- the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, or HIPAA, as amended by the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009, or HITECH, which imposes criminal and civil liability for, among other things, executing a scheme to defraud any healthcare benefit program or making false statements relating to healthcare matters and also imposes obligations, including mandatory contractual terms, on covered entities, including certain healthcare providers, health plans, and healthcare clearinghouses, and their respective business associates that create, receive, maintain or transmit individually identifiable health information for or on behalf of the covered entity as well as their covered subcontractors, with respect to safeguarding the privacy, security and transmission of individually identifiable health information;- the federal Civil Monetary Penalties Law, which prohibits, among other things, the offering or transfer of remuneration to a Medicare or state healthcare program beneficiary if the person knows or should know it is likely to influence the beneficiary's selection of a particular provider, practitioner, or supplier of services reimbursable by Medicare or a state healthcare program, unless an exception applies;- the federal Physician Payments Sunshine Act, created under the Affordable Care Act, and its implementing regulations, which requires certain manufacturers of drugs, devices, biologicals and medical supplies for which payment is available under Medicare, Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (with certain exceptions) to annually report information related to certain payments or other transfers of value provided to physicians and any ownership and investment interests held by physicians or their immediate family members. Beginning in 2022, applicable manufacturers were also required to report such information regarding payments and other transfers of value to physician assistants, nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, anesthesiologist assistants, certified registered nurse anesthetists and certified nurse midwives during the previous year; and - analogous state laws and regulations, including (among others) state anti-kickback and false claims laws, which may apply to our business practices, including, but not limited to, research, distribution, sales and marketing arrangements and claims involving healthcare items or services reimbursed by any third-party payor, including private insurers; state laws that require medical device companies to comply with the voluntary compliance guidelines and the relevant compliance guidance promulgated by the United States federal government, or otherwise restrict payments that may be made to healthcare providers and other potential referral sources; state laws and regulations that require medical device companies to file reports relating to pricing and marketing information and that require tracking gifts and other remuneration and items of value provided to healthcare professionals and entities; state and local laws that require the registration of sales representatives; and state laws governing the privacy and security of health information in certain circumstances, many of which differ from each other in significant ways and often are not preempted by federal law, thus complicating compliance efforts. Efforts to comply with applicable healthcare laws and regulations will involve substantial costs. Interpretations of standards of compliance under these laws and regulations are rapidly changing and subject to varying interpretations and it is possible that governmental authorities will conclude that our business practices may not comply with current or future statutes, regulations or case law involving applicable fraud and abuse or other healthcare laws and regulations. If our operations are found to be in violation of any of these laws or any other laws that may apply to us, we may be subject to significant civil, criminal and administrative penalties, damages, fines, exclusion from government funded healthcare programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, reputational harm, imprisonment, additional reporting obligations and oversight (if we become subject to a corporate integrity agreement or other agreement to resolve allegations of non-compliance with these laws), and the curtailment or restructuring of our operations, any of which could diminish our future profits or earnings. If any of the physicians or other providers or entities with whom we expect to do business are found to be not in compliance with applicable laws, they may be subject to criminal, civil or administrative sanctions, including exclusions from government funded healthcare programs.

There is a risk that our cartridges, a core component of our Symphony system, will not pass analytical validation due to failures in performance. We are working on plans in order to reduce this risk, but we cannot be sure that our attempts will be successful until they have been tested and have successfully passed analytical validation themselves.

Our key suppliers are limited- or sole-source suppliers. Disruptions in deliveries, capacity constraints, production disruptions up- or down-stream, price increases, or decreased availability of raw materials or commodities, including as a result of war, natural disasters (including the effects of climate change such as sea level rise, drought, flooding, wildfires and more intense weather events), actual or threatened public health emergencies or other business continuity events, adversely affect our operations and, depending on the length and severity of the disruption, can limit our ability to meet our commitments to customers or significantly impact our operating profit or cash flows.

Certain raw materials used in production of Symphony IL-6 cartridges are being discontinued and we might need to be validate new materials to use as substitutes. These materials include hydrophobic coating solution, side film plastic laminate, and antibody. Testing new raw materials might add extra expense and delay. We cannot currently predict what substitute materials will be found to work for the discontinued ones, whether they will perform as well, their availability, or their precise cost.