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Organization and Description of Business
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020
Organization And Description Of Business [Abstract]  
Organization and Description of Business

Note 1 – Organization and Description of Business

Biodesix, Inc. (the “Company”, “Biodesix”, “we” and “our”), formerly Elston Technologies, Inc., was incorporated in Delaware in 2005. The Company’s headquarters are in Colorado, with laboratories in Colorado and Kansas. The Company conducts all of its operations within a single legal entity. Biodesix is a data-driven diagnostic solutions company leveraging state of the art technologies with its proprietary artificial intelligence platform to discover, develop, and commercialize solutions for clinical unmet needs, with a primary focus in lung disease. In addition to diagnostic tests, the Company provides biopharmaceutical companies with services that include diagnostic research, clinical trial testing, and the discovery, development, and commercialization of companion diagnostics.

The Company performs its blood-based diagnostic tests for lung cancer in its laboratory facilities, which are located in Boulder, Colorado and De Soto, Kansas. In May 2020, the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) authorized performance of Bio-Rad SARS-CoV-2 Droplet Digital™ polymerase chain reaction (ddPCR) test to detect Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection. In April 2020, the FDA authorized our Platelia SARS-CoV-2 Total Ab test to detect COVID-19 antibodies. Medical products that are granted an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) are only permitted to commercialize their products under the terms and conditions provided in the authorization. The FDA may revoke an EUA where it is determined that the underlying health emergency no longer exists or warrants such authorization, if the conditions for the issuance of the EUA are no longer met, or if other circumstances make revocation appropriate to protect the public health or safety.

Blood-Based Lung Tests

The Company offers four blood-based lung cancer tests across the lung cancer continuum of care:

 

Nodify XL2® and Nodify CDT™ tests, marketed as part of our Nodify LungNodule Risk Assessment testing strategy, assess the risk of lung cancer to help identify the most appropriate treatment pathway. We believe we are the only company to offer two commercial blood-based tests to help physicians reclassify risk of malignancy in patients with suspicious lung nodules.

 

GeneStrat® and VeriStrat® tests, marketed as part of our Biodesix Lung Reflex® testing strategy, are used following diagnosis of lung cancer to measure the presence of mutations in the tumor and the state of the patient’s immune system to establish the patient’s prognosis and help guide treatment decisions. The GeneStrat tumor profiling test and the VeriStrat immune profiling test have a three-day average turnaround time, providing physicians with timely results to facilitate treatment decisions.

COVID-19 Tests  

Using the Bio-Rad SARS-CoV-2 ddPCR test and the Platelia SARS-CoV-2 Total Ab tests, we operate and have commercialized the Biodesix WorkSafe testing program. The Company offers two SARS-CoV-2 tests:

 

Bio-Rad SARS-CoV-2 ddPCR test, which is authorized by the FDA to be performed by Clinical Laboratory Institute Amendments (CLIA) authorized laboratories that perform high complexity tests. The ddPCR test is designed to detect the presence of infection by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

 

Platelia SARS-CoV-2 Total Ab test, which is an antibody test, authorized by the FDA, intended for detecting a B-cell immune response to SARS-CoV-2, indicating recent or prior infection.

These tests are utilized by healthcare providers, including hospitals and nursing homes, and are also offered to businesses and educational systems to assist in their back-to-work or back-to-school strategies, a crucial element of restarting economic activity.

In developing the Company's products, the Company has built or gained access to unique biorepositories, proprietary technology, and bioinformatics that it believes are important to the development of new targeted therapies, determining clinical trial eligibility and guiding treatment selection.

All of the Company’s testing services are made available through its clinical laboratories.

Reverse Stock Split

On October 19, 2020, the Company obtained approval of an amended and restated certificate of incorporation effecting a 0.1684664-for-1 reverse stock split of its issued and outstanding common stock as converted. All common shares, stock options, and per share information presented in these financial statements and notes thereto have been adjusted, where applicable, to reflect the reverse stock split on a retroactive basis for all periods presented.

Approval of Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation

In October 2020, the Company’s Board of Directors and stockholders approved an amended and restated certificate of incorporation, which authorized 200,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share. The amended and restated certificate of incorporation became effective on October 30, 2020.

Initial Public Offering

On October 27, 2020, the Company completed its initial public offering, in which it issued and sold 4,000,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $18.00 per share. The Company received net proceeds of $63.8 million after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses payable by the Company. In addition, in connection with the initial public offering, all shares of the Company’s then-outstanding convertible preferred stock and convertible notes payable were automatically converted into 21,939,025 shares of common stock, and all then outstanding warrants to purchase the Company’s Series G convertible preferred stock were automatically converted into warrants to purchase 103,326 shares of the Company’s common stock.