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&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font-stretch: normal;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none;"&gt;Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (collectively with its subsidiaries, the &amp;#147;Company&amp;#148;), and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Protalix Ltd., are biopharmaceutical companies focused on the development and commercialization of recombinant therapeutic proteins based on the Company's proprietary ProCellEx&amp;#174; protein expression system (&amp;#147;ProCellEx&amp;#148;). Using the ProCellEx system, the Company is developing a pipeline of proprietary recombinant therapeutic proteins. The Company's initial commercial focus has been on complex therapeutic proteins, including proteins for the treatment of genetic disorders, such as Gaucher disease and Fabry disease. The Company's strategy is to develop proprietary recombinant proteins that are therapeutically superior to existing recombinant proteins currently marketed for the same indications. To date, the Company has successfully developed a treatment for Gaucher disease that has been approved for marketing in the United States, Brazil, Israel and other markets, and the Company has number of product candidates in varying stages of the clinical development process. In September 2009, Protalix Ltd. formed another wholly-owned subsidiary under the laws of the Netherlands, Protalix B.V., in connection with the European Medicines Agency (&amp;#147;EMA&amp;#148;) application process in the European Union. The Company's two subsidiaries are referred to collectively herein as the &amp;#147;Subsidiaries.&amp;#148;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;On May 1, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (&amp;#147;FDA&amp;#148;) approved for sale the Company's first commercial product, taliglucerase alfa for injection, an enzyme replacement therapy (&amp;#147;ERT&amp;#148;) for the long-term treatment of adult patients with a confirmed diagnosis of type 1 Gaucher disease. Subsequently, taliglucerase alfa was approved for marketing by the regulatory authorities of other countries. Taliglucerase alfa is being marketed under the name Uplyso&lt;sup&gt;TM&lt;/sup&gt; in Brazil and certain other Latin American countries and&amp;#160;Elelyso&lt;sup&gt;TM&lt;/sup&gt; in the rest of the territories.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;Since its approval by the FDA, taliglucerase alfa has been marketed mainly in the United States by Pfizer Inc. (&amp;#147;Pfizer&amp;#148;), the Company's commercialization partner, as provided in the exclusive license and supply agreement by and between Protalix Ltd., the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, and Pfizer, which is referred to herein as the Pfizer Agreement. In October 2015, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Exclusive License and Supply Agreement (the &amp;#147;Amended Pfizer Agreement&amp;#148;) which amends and restates the Pfizer Agreement in its entirety. Pursuant to the Amended Pfizer Agreement, the Company sold to Pfizer its share in the collaboration created under the initial Pfizer Agreement for the commercialization of Elelyso in exchange for a cash payment equal to $&lt;font&gt;36.0&lt;/font&gt; million. &lt;font style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none;"&gt;As part of the sale, the Company agreed to transfer its rights to Elelyso in Israel to Pfizer while gaining full rights to Elelyso in Brazil. Under the initial Pfizer Agreement, Pfizer and the Company shared revenues and expenses for the development and commercialization of Elelyso on a&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;60&lt;/font&gt;%/&lt;font&gt;40&lt;/font&gt;% basis globally, excluding Israel and Brazil. Under the Amended Pfizer Agreement, Pfizer is responsible for &lt;font&gt;100&lt;/font&gt;% of expenses, and entitled to all of the revenues, globally for Elelyso, excluding Brazil, where the Company is responsible for all expenses and retains all revenues. The Amended Pfizer Agreement eliminates Pfizer's entitlement to annual payments of up to $&lt;font&gt;12.5&lt;/font&gt; million in relation to commercialization of Elelyso in Brazil.&amp;#160;&lt;font style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none;"&gt;For further details please see Note 5.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;On June 18, 2013, the Company entered into a Supply and Technology Transfer Agreement (the &amp;#147;Brazil Agreement&amp;#148;) with Funda&amp;#231;&amp;#227;o Oswaldo Cruz (&amp;#147;Fiocruz&amp;#148;), an arm of the Brazilian Ministry of Health for taliglucerase alfa. The agreement became effective in January 2014. The technology transfer is designed to be completed in &lt;font&gt;four&lt;/font&gt; stages and is intended to transfer to Fiocruz the capacity and skills required for the Brazilian government to construct its own manufacturing facility, at its sole expense, and to produce a sustainable, high-quality, and cost-effective supply of taliglucerase alfa. The Company is not required to complete the final stage of the technology transfer until Fiocruz purchases at least approximately $&lt;font&gt;280&lt;/font&gt; million worth of taliglucerase alfa.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none;"&gt;Fiocruz's purchases of Uplyso to date have been significantly below certain agreed upon purchase milestones and, accordingly, the Company has the right to terminate the Brazil Agreement. Notwithstanding the low purchase amounts, the Company is, at this time, continuing to supply Uplyso to Fiocruz under the Brazil Agreement, and patients continue to be treated with Uplyso in Brazil. Approximately&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;font&gt;10&lt;/font&gt;% of adult Gaucher patients in Brazil are currently treated with Uplyso. The Company is discussing with Fiocruz potential actions that Fiocruz may take to comply with its purchase obligations and, based on such discussions, the Company will determine what it believes to be the course of action that is in the best interest of the Company.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;The Company will pay a fee equal to &lt;font&gt;5&lt;/font&gt;%&amp;#160;&lt;font style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none;"&gt;of the net proceeds generated in Brazil to an agent for services provided in assisting the Company complete the Brazil Agreement pursuant to an agreement between the agent and the Company. The agreement will remain in effect with respect to the Brazil Agreement until the termination thereof.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;In addition to taliglucerase alfa, the Company is developing an innovative product pipeline using its ProCellEx protein expression system. The Company's product pipeline currently includes, among other candidates:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;(1) PRX-102, or alpha-GAL-A, a therapeutic protein candidate for the treatment of Fabry disease, a rare, genetic lysosomal disorder in humans.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;Obtaining marketing approval with respect to any product candidate in any country is directly dependent on the Company's ability to implement the necessary regulatory steps required to obtain such approvals. The Company cannot reasonably predict the outcome of these activities.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align: center; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px; width: 20px;" nowrap="nowrap" colspan="5"&gt;
&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;
&lt;td style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center; padding: 0px;" colspan="6" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;(&lt;i&gt;U.S. dollars in thousands)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #cceeff;"&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px; width: 74%;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Raw materials&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px; width: 1%;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 1%;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: right; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 10%;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;1,502&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px 5px; white-space: nowrap; width: 1%;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px 5px; white-space: nowrap; width: 1%;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 1%;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: right; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 10%;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;1,616&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px 5px; white-space: nowrap; width: 1%;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white;"&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Work&amp;#160;in&amp;#160;progress&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: right; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: right; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;132&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #cceeff;"&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Finished goods&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; border-bottom: #000000 1pt solid !important; padding: 0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: right; font-family: 'times new roman'; border-bottom: #000000 1pt solid !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;4,837&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px 5px; white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; border-bottom: #000000 1pt solid !important; padding: 0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: right; font-family: 'times new roman'; border-bottom: #000000 1pt solid !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;4,919&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px 5px; white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white;"&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Total inventory&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; border-bottom: #000000 2.80pt double !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 10px; white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: right; font-family: 'times new roman'; border-bottom: #000000 2.80pt double !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;6,339&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px 5px; white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; border-bottom: #000000 2.80pt double !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; padding-right: 10px; white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: right; font-family: 'times new roman'; border-bottom: #000000 2.80pt double !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;6,667&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px 5px; white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;

&lt;/table&gt;
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&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0 0 0 56.9pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px;" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px;" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.75pt solid;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; September 30, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px;" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px;" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px;" nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2"&gt;
&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.75pt solid;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; December 31, &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px; width: 20px;" nowrap="nowrap" colspan="5"&gt;
&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px;" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px;" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px;" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;
&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.75pt solid;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; 2015 &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px;" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px;" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px;" nowrap="nowrap" colspan="2"&gt;
&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center; border-bottom: Black 0.75pt solid;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt; 2014 &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td style="text-align: center; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px; width: 20px;" nowrap="nowrap" colspan="5"&gt;
&lt;p style="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom;"&gt;
&lt;td style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: center; padding: 0px;" colspan="6" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;(&lt;i&gt;U.S. dollars in thousands)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';" nowrap="nowrap"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #cceeff;"&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px; width: 74%;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Raw materials&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px; width: 1%;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 1%;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: right; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 10%;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;1,502&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px 5px; white-space: nowrap; width: 1%;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px 5px; white-space: nowrap; width: 1%;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 1%;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;$&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: right; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 10%;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;1,616&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px 5px; white-space: nowrap; width: 1%;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: white;"&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Work&amp;#160;in&amp;#160;progress&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: right; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: right; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;132&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr style="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: #cceeff;"&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;Finished goods&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="font-family: 'times new roman'; padding: 0px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: left; font-family: 'times new roman'; border-bottom: #000000 1pt solid !important; padding: 0px; white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"&gt;&lt;font style="font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: 10pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="text-align: right; font-family: 'times new roman'; border-bottom: #000000 1pt solid !important; padding: 0px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"&gt;&lt;font&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 10pt;"&gt;4,837&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none;"&gt;Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (collectively with its subsidiaries, the &amp;#147;Company&amp;#148;), and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Protalix Ltd., are biopharmaceutical companies focused on the development and commercialization of recombinant therapeutic proteins based on the Company's proprietary ProCellEx&amp;#174; protein expression system (&amp;#147;ProCellEx&amp;#148;). Using the ProCellEx system, the Company is developing a pipeline of proprietary recombinant therapeutic proteins. The Company's initial commercial focus has been on complex therapeutic proteins, including proteins for the treatment of genetic disorders, such as Gaucher disease and Fabry disease. The Company's strategy is to develop proprietary recombinant proteins that are therapeutically superior to existing recombinant proteins currently marketed for the same indications. To date, the Company has successfully developed a treatment for Gaucher disease that has been approved for marketing in the United States, Brazil, Israel and other markets, and the Company has number of product candidates in varying stages of the clinical development process. In September 2009, Protalix Ltd. formed another wholly-owned subsidiary under the laws of the Netherlands, Protalix B.V., in connection with the European Medicines Agency (&amp;#147;EMA&amp;#148;) application process in the European Union. The Company's two subsidiaries are referred to collectively herein as the &amp;#147;Subsidiaries.&amp;#148;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;On May 1, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (&amp;#147;FDA&amp;#148;) approved for sale the Company's first commercial product, taliglucerase alfa for injection, an enzyme replacement therapy (&amp;#147;ERT&amp;#148;) for the long-term treatment of adult patients with a confirmed diagnosis of type 1 Gaucher disease. Subsequently, taliglucerase alfa was approved for marketing by the regulatory authorities of other countries. Taliglucerase alfa is being marketed under the name Uplyso&lt;sup&gt;TM&lt;/sup&gt; in Brazil and certain other Latin American countries and&amp;#160;Elelyso&lt;sup&gt;TM&lt;/sup&gt; in the rest of the territories.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;Since its approval by the FDA, taliglucerase alfa has been marketed mainly in the United States by Pfizer Inc. (&amp;#147;Pfizer&amp;#148;), the Company's commercialization partner, as provided in the exclusive license and supply agreement by and between Protalix Ltd., the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, and Pfizer, which is referred to herein as the Pfizer Agreement. In October 2015, the Company entered into an Amended and Restated Exclusive License and Supply Agreement (the &amp;#147;Amended Pfizer Agreement&amp;#148;) which amends and restates the Pfizer Agreement in its entirety. Pursuant to the Amended Pfizer Agreement, the Company sold to Pfizer its share in the collaboration created under the initial Pfizer Agreement for the commercialization of Elelyso in exchange for a cash payment equal to $&lt;font&gt;36.0&lt;/font&gt; million. &lt;font style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none;"&gt;As part of the sale, the Company agreed to transfer its rights to Elelyso in Israel to Pfizer while gaining full rights to Elelyso in Brazil. Under the initial Pfizer Agreement, Pfizer and the Company shared revenues and expenses for the development and commercialization of Elelyso on a&amp;#160;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;font&gt;60&lt;/font&gt;%/&lt;font&gt;40&lt;/font&gt;% basis globally, excluding Israel and Brazil. Under the Amended Pfizer Agreement, Pfizer is responsible for &lt;font&gt;100&lt;/font&gt;% of expenses, and entitled to all of the revenues, globally for Elelyso, excluding Brazil, where the Company is responsible for all expenses and retains all revenues. The Amended Pfizer Agreement eliminates Pfizer's entitlement to annual payments of up to $&lt;font&gt;12.5&lt;/font&gt; million in relation to commercialization of Elelyso in Brazil.&amp;#160;&lt;font style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none;"&gt;For further details please see Note 5.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;On June 18, 2013, the Company entered into a Supply and Technology Transfer Agreement (the &amp;#147;Brazil Agreement&amp;#148;) with Funda&amp;#231;&amp;#227;o Oswaldo Cruz (&amp;#147;Fiocruz&amp;#148;), an arm of the Brazilian Ministry of Health for taliglucerase alfa. The agreement became effective in January 2014. The technology transfer is designed to be completed in &lt;font&gt;four&lt;/font&gt; stages and is intended to transfer to Fiocruz the capacity and skills required for the Brazilian government to construct its own manufacturing facility, at its sole expense, and to produce a sustainable, high-quality, and cost-effective supply of taliglucerase alfa. The Company is not required to complete the final stage of the technology transfer until Fiocruz purchases at least approximately $&lt;font&gt;280&lt;/font&gt; million worth of taliglucerase alfa.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;&lt;font style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none;"&gt;Fiocruz's purchases of Uplyso to date have been significantly below certain agreed upon purchase milestones and, accordingly, the Company has the right to terminate the Brazil Agreement. Notwithstanding the low purchase amounts, the Company is, at this time, continuing to supply Uplyso to Fiocruz under the Brazil Agreement, and patients continue to be treated with Uplyso in Brazil. Approximately&lt;/font&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;font&gt;10&lt;/font&gt;% of adult Gaucher patients in Brazil are currently treated with Uplyso. The Company is discussing with Fiocruz potential actions that Fiocruz may take to comply with its purchase obligations and, based on such discussions, the Company will determine what it believes to be the course of action that is in the best interest of the Company.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;The Company will pay a fee equal to &lt;font&gt;5&lt;/font&gt;%&amp;#160;&lt;font style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; display: inline !important; float: none;"&gt;of the net proceeds generated in Brazil to an agent for services provided in assisting the Company complete the Brazil Agreement pursuant to an agreement between the agent and the Company. The agreement will remain in effect with respect to the Brazil Agreement until the termination thereof.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;In addition to taliglucerase alfa, the Company is developing an innovative product pipeline using its ProCellEx protein expression system. The Company's product pipeline currently includes, among other candidates:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;(1) PRX-102, or alpha-GAL-A, a therapeutic protein candidate for the treatment of Fabry disease, a rare, genetic lysosomal disorder in humans.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;(2) PRX-106, the Company's oral antiTNF product candidate which is being developed as an orally-delivered anti inflammatory treatment using plant cells as a natural capsule for the expressed protein.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;(3) PRX-110, a proprietary plant cell recombinant human Deoxyribonuclease 1, or DNase, under development for the treatment of cystic fibrosis, to be administered by inhalation.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px;"&gt;&amp;#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;(4) PRX-112, an orally administered glucocerebrosidase enzyme for the treatment of Gaucher patients utilizing oral delivery of the recombinant GCD enzyme produced and encapsulated within carrot cells.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 1; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-stretch: normal; margin: 0pt 0px 0pt 56.7pt;"&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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