Aptose Biosciences, Inc.

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Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Aptos Biosciences, Inc. reports results for the second quarter of 2022. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speaker's presentation, there'll be a question and answer session. To ask a question during that session, you'll need to press star one one on your phone. Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded, and I would now like to hand the conference over to Ms. Susan Pietropalo, Ms. Pietropoulos, please go ahead.

Thank you, Chris. Good afternoon and welcome to the Aptos Biosciences Conference call to discuss financial and operational results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2022. Earlier today, Aptos issued a press release relating to these financial results. The news release as well as related SEC filings are accessible on Aptos' website. Joining me on today's call are Dr. William G. Rice, Chairman, President, and CEO, Dr. Rafael Behar, Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, and Mr. Fletcher Payne, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Before we proceed, I would like to remind everyone that certain statements made during this call will include forward-looking statements within the meaning of U.S. and Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking statements reflect Aptos' current expectations regarding future events, but are not guarantees of performance, and it is possible that actual results and performance could differ materially from these stated expectations. They involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and assumptions that may cause actual results, performance, and achievements to differ materially from those expressed. To learn more about these risks and uncertainties, please read the risk factors set forth in Aptos' most recent annual report on Form 10-K and SEC and CEDAR filings. All forward-looking statements made during this call speak only as of the date they are made. Aptos undertakes no obligation to revise or update the statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this call, except as required by law. I will now turn the call over to Dr. Rice, Chairman, President, and CEO of Aptos Biosciences. Dr. Rice?