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Operations
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Organization Consolidation And Presentation Of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
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EyePoint Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, the “Company”), incorporated in Delaware, is a pharmaceutical company committed to developing and commercializing innovative therapeutics to help improve the lives of patients with serious eye disorders. The Company’s pipeline leverages its proprietary Durasert® technology for sustained intraocular drug delivery including EYP-1901, a potential six-month anti-VEGF treatment initially targeting wet age-related macular degeneration (“wet AMD”), the leading cause of vision loss among people 50 years of age and older in the United States. The Company’s product candidate pipeline also includes YUTIQ 50, a potential six-month treatment for non-infectious uveitis affecting the posterior segment of the eye, one of the leading causes of blindness under a supplemental New Drug Application (“sNDA”) strategy. The Company also has two commercial products: YUTIQ®, a once every three-year treatment for chronic non-infectious uveitis affecting the posterior segment of the eye, and DEXYCU®, a single dose treatment for postoperative inflammation following ocular surgery.

Local drug delivery for treating ocular diseases is a significant challenge due to the effectiveness of the blood-eye barrier. This barrier makes it difficult for systemically-administered drugs to reach the eye in sufficient quantities to have a beneficial effect without causing unacceptable adverse side effects to other organs. The Company’s validated Durasert technology, which has already been included in four products approved for marketing by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), is designed to provide consistent, sustained delivery of small molecule drugs over a period of months to years through a single intravitreal injection.

The Company’s lead product candidate, EYP-1901, combines a bioerodible formulation of its proprietary Durasert sustained-release technology with vorolanib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (“TKI”) that has demonstrated anti-VEGF activity. Current FDA approved anti-VEGF treatments for wet AMD require monthly or bi-monthly intravitreal injections in a physician’s office. The Company is currently evaluating EYP-1901 in a Phase 1 clinical trial as a potential six-month sustained delivery treatment for wet AMD and reported positive six-month interim safety and efficacy data in November 2021. In February 2022, the Company updated the results of the DAVIO clinical trial through 8-months reporting continued positive safety and efficacy results. The Company expects to initiate a Phase 2 clinical trial in wet AMD in the third quarter of 2022 and a Phase 2 clinical trial in diabetic retinopathy later in the second half of 2022.

YUTIQ® (fluocinolone acetonide intravitreal implant) 0.18 mg for intravitreal injection, is a non-erodible intravitreal implant containing fluocinolone acetonide (“FA”) lasting for up to 36 months and is indicated for the treatment of chronic non-infectious uveitis affecting the posterior segment of the eye. This disease affects between 60,000 to 100,000 people each year in the U.S. causes approximately 30,000 new cases of blindness every year and is the third leading cause of blindness. YUTIQ utilizes the Company’s proprietary Durasert® sustained-release drug delivery technology platform.

DEXYCU® (dexamethasone intraocular suspension) 9%, for intraocular administration, is indicated for the treatment of post-operative ocular inflammation, with the Company’s primary focus on its use immediately following cataract surgery as a single dose treatment. DEXYCU utilizes the Company’s proprietary Verisome® drug-delivery technology. In December 2021, the Company announced that its commercial alliance partner, ImprimisRx, assumed responsibility for all sales and marketing activity for DEXYCU effective January 1, 2022.

The Company is also developing YUTIQ 50 as a potential six-month intravitreal treatment for chronic non-infectious uveitis affecting the posterior segment of the eye. The Company dosed the first patient in a Phase 3 clinical trial in November 2021.

The Company is also seeking to potentially identify and advance additional product candidates through clinical and regulatory development. This may be accomplished through internal discovery efforts, potential research collaborations and/or in-licensing arrangements with partner molecules and potential acquisition of additional ophthalmic products, product candidates or technologies that complement the Company’s current product portfolio.

Effects of the COVID-19 Coronavirus Pandemic

The ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic (the “Pandemic”) has had a material and adverse impact on the Company’s business, including as a result of measures that the Company, other businesses, and government have taken and will likely continue to take. This includes a significant impact on cash flows from expected revenues due to the closure of ambulatory surgery centers for DEXYCU and a significant reduction in physician office visits impacting YUTIQ in 2020. The ongoing Pandemic continued to have an adverse impact on the Company’s revenues, financial condition and cash flows through 2021. For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company recorded impairment charges of $1.2 million to cost of sales, excluding amortization of acquired intangible assets and $0.1 million to sales and marketing expense, respectively, associated with the write-off of obsolete inventory of DEXYCU units and DEXYCU sample units, respectively, whose inventory levels were higher than the Company’s updated forecasts of future demand

for those units. Additionally, the emergence of the Omicron variant has continued to have an adverse impact on the Company’s revenues, financial condition and cash flows into the first quarter of 2022 and may continue to cause intermittent or prolonged periods of reduced patient services at the Company’s customers’ facilities, which may negatively affect customer demand. The progression of the Pandemic and its effects on the Company’s business and operations are uncertain at this time. Depending on the future developments that are uncertain and difficult to predict, including new information that may emerge concerning the Pandemic, the Company’s revenues, financial condition and cash flows may be adversely affected in the future as well. The Company is continuously monitoring the Pandemic and its potential effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows. This uncertainty could have an impact in future periods on certain estimates used in the preparation of the Company’s periodic financial results, including reserves for variable consideration related to product sales, realizability of certain receivables, assessment for excess or obsolete inventory, and impairment of long-lived assets. Uncertainty around the extent and duration of the Pandemic, and any future related financial impact cannot be reasonably estimated at this time.

Liquidity

The Company had cash, cash equivalents, and investments in marketable securities of $211.6 million at December 31, 2021. The Company has a history of operating losses and has not had significant recurring cash inflows from revenue. The Company’s operations have been financed primarily from sales of its equity securities, issuance of debt and a combination of license fees, milestone payments, royalty income and other fees received from its collaboration partners. The Company anticipates that it will continue to incur losses as it continues the research and development of its product candidates and the Company does not expect revenues from its product sales to generate sufficient funding to sustain its operations in the near-term. The Company expects to continue fulfilling its funding needs through cash inflows from revenues of its product sales, licensing and research collaboration transactions, additional equity capital raises and other arrangements. The Company believes that its cash, cash equivalents, and investments in marketable securities of $211.6 million at December 31, 2021, coupled with expected cash inflows from its product sales will enable the Company to fund its current and planned operations for at least the next twelve months from the date these consolidated financial statements were issued. Actual cash requirements could differ from management’s projections due to many factors, including the continued effect of the Pandemic on the Company’s business and the medical community, the timing and results of the Company’s clinical trials for EYP-1901, additional investments in research and development programs, the success of ongoing commercialization efforts for YUTIQ and DEXYCU, the actual costs of these ongoing commercialization efforts, competing technological and market developments and the costs of any strategic acquisitions and/or development of complementary business opportunities.