Company: PCRX
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001396814-25-000041
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Company: Pacira BioSciences, Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-02-27
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1A
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. If our customers experience disruptions to their businesses and cash flows, we could experience delays or difficulties with the collection of our accounts receivable. Any sustained impacts and business disruptions to our facilities or workforce, our customers, our suppliers, or our contract manufacturers would likely adversely impact our cash flows, sales and operating results.

The significant increase in the number of our employees who may return to working remotely as a result of a future pandemic, and an extended period of remote work arrangements and subsequent reintroduction into the workplace could introduce operational risk, strain our business continuity plans, negatively impact productivity and/or collaboration, and give rise to claims by employees or otherwise adversely affect our business. Additionally, a pandemic or other public health emergencies could require new or modified processes, procedures and controls to respond to changes in our business environment. We may take further actions as may be required by government authorities or that we determine are in the best interests of our employees, customers and business partners. There is no certainty that such measures will be sufficient to mitigate the risks posed by a pandemic or other public health emergencies.

In addition, a pandemic or other public health emergency could, among other things, cause global macroeconomic uncertainty, disrupt consumer spending and supply chains, contribute to various global shipping delays and port congestions and create significant volatility and disruption of financial markets.

Ultimately, the extent to which future public health crises could impact our business is difficult to predict and will depend on many factors beyond our control, including the speed of contagion, the development and implementation of effective preventative measures and possible treatments, the scope of governmental and other restrictions on elective surgeries, travel and other activity through quarantines/social distancing and other measures, the timing of effective vaccines becoming widely available and accepted by the public, public reactions to these factors and more.

Corporate social responsibility, or CSR, issues may have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations and damage our reputation.

There is an increasing focus from certain investors, customers, consumers, employees, lawmakers, regulators (such as the SEC) and other stakeholders concerning CSR matters, including particular focus on climate-related risks. Additionally, public interest and legislative pressure related to public companies’ CSR practices continue to grow. The landscape related to such regulation, compliance and reporting is constantly evolving, including expanding in scope and complexity. We may experience significant future cost increases associated with regulatory compliance, including fees, licenses, reporting, auditing, and the cost of capital improvements for our operating facilities to meet sustainability and/or environmental regulatory requirements. If our CSR practices fail to meet regulatory