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GENERAL
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS
NOTE 1 - GENERAL
 
a.
Entera Bio Ltd. (collectively with its subsidiary, the "Company") was incorporated on September 30, 2009 and commenced operation on June 1, 2010. On January 8, 2018, the Company incorporated Entera Bio Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary incorporated in Delaware United States. The Company is a leader in the development and commercialization of orally delivered large molecule therapeutics for use in areas with significant unmet medical need where adoption of injectable therapies is limited due to cost, convenience and compliance challenges for patients. The Company’s most advanced product candidates, EB613 for the treatment of osteoporosis and EB612 for the treatment of hypoparathyroidism, are based on its proprietary technology platform and are both in clinical development. Additionally, the Company intends to license its oral delivery technology to biopharmaceutical companies for use with their proprietary compounds.
   
b.
The Company's ordinary shares, NIS 0.0000769 par value per share (“ordinary shares”), are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market since July 2018 under the symbol “ENTX”.
   
c.
On December 10, 2018, the Company entered into a research collaboration and license agreement with Amgen (the “Amgen Agreement”)  for the use of the Company’s oral delivery platform in the field of inflammatory disease and other serious illnesses. Pursuant to the Amgen Agreement, the Company and Amgen have agreed to use the Company’s proprietary drug delivery platform to develop oral formulations for one preclinical large molecule program that Amgen has selected. Amgen is responsible for the clinical development, regulatory approval, manufacturing and worldwide commercialization of the programs.

The Company granted Amgen an exclusive, worldwide, sublicensable license under certain of its intellectual property relating to its drug delivery technology to develop, manufacture and commercialize the applicable products. The Company will retain all intellectual property rights to its drug delivery technology, and Amgen will retain all rights to its large molecules and any subsequent improvements, and ownership of certain intellectual property developed through the performance of the agreement is to be determined by U.S. patent law.
   
d.
Because the Company is engaged in research and development activities, it has not derived significant income from its activities and has incurred accumulated deficit in the amount of $95.5 million through December 31, 2022 and negative cash flows from operating activities. The Company's management is of the opinion that its available funds as of December 31, 2022 will allow the Company to operate under its current plans into the third quarter of 2024. This assumes the use of the Company’s capital to fund its ongoing operations, including R&D and the completion of the Phase 1 study related to the new formulation EB612. This does not include the capital required to fund the Company's proposed Phase 3 study for EB613 in osteoporosis and comparative study. These factors raise substantial doubt as to the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. Management is in the process of evaluating various financing alternatives in the public or private equity markets, debt financing and strategic collaborations, as the Company will need to finance future research and development activities, general and administrative expenses and working capital through fund raising. However, there is no certainty about the Company's ability to obtain such funding. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that may be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.