Company: TVRD
Filing Date: 2025-05-30
Form Type: S-1
Source: 0001104659-25-054853
Chunk: 51

Company: Tvardi Therapeutics, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-05-30
Form: S-1
Chunk 51
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, achieving and sustaining compliance with applicable laws and regulations may be costly to the Company in terms of money, time and resources.

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If the Company fails to comply with environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, it could become subject to fines or penalties or incur costs that could have a material adverse effect on the success of its business. The Company is subject to numerous environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, including those governing laboratory procedures and the handling, use, storage, treatment and disposal of hazardous materials and wastes. The Company’s research and development activities involve the use of biological and hazardous materials and produce hazardous waste products. The Company generally contracts with third parties for the disposal of these materials and wastes. The Company cannot eliminate the risk of contamination or injury from these materials, which could cause an interruption of its commercialization efforts, research and development efforts and business operations, environmental damage resulting in costly clean-up and liabilities under applicable laws and regulations governing the use, storage, handling and disposal of these materials and specified waste products. Although the Company believes that the safety procedures utilized by its third-party manufacturers for handling and disposing of these materials generally comply with the standards prescribed by these laws and regulations, it cannot guarantee that this is the case or eliminate the risk of accidental contamination or injury from these materials. In such an event, the Company may be held liable for any resulting damages and such liability could exceed its resources and state or federal or other applicable authorities may curtail its use of certain materials and/or interrupt its business operations. Furthermore, environmental laws and regulations are complex, change frequently and have tended to become more stringent. The Company cannot predict the impact of such changes and cannot be certain of its future compliance. In addition, the Company may incur substantial costs in order to comply with current or future environmental, health and safety laws and regulations. These current or future laws and regulations may impair its research, development or production efforts. Failure to comply with these laws and regulations also may result in substantial fines, penalties or other sanctions. Although the Company maintain workers’ compensation insurance to cover costs and expenses it may incur due to injuries to its employees resulting from the use of hazardous materials or other work-related injuries, this insurance may not provide adequate coverage against potential liabilities. The Company does not carry specific biological waste or hazardous waste insurance coverage, workers’ compensation or property and casualty and general liability insurance policies that include coverage for damages and fines arising from biological or hazardous waste exposure or contamination. The Company’s future growth may depend, in part, on its ability to penetrate foreign markets