Aptinyx Inc.

Good afternoon and welcome to the App2Next fourth quarter and year end 2021 financial results conference call. At this time, all participants are on the listen-only mode. Following the formal remarks, we will open up the call for your questions. Please be advised the call is being recorded at the company's request. At this time, I would like to turn the call over to Pat Flavin, Senior Manager of Corporate Development and Investor Relations at App2Next. Pat, please proceed.

Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us on today's conference call to discuss AppSynix's fourth quarter and year-end 2021 financial and operating results. We invite you to visit the investor section of the AppSynix website to view our press release describing financial results and business highlights. On today's call, Andy Kidd, our president and chief executive officer, will discuss our business and clinical development progress. Then, Nashish Khanna, our chief financial officer and chief business officer, we'll review our financial results. I would like to remind everyone that statements made during this conference call will include forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which involve risks and uncertainties that can cause actual results to differ materially. Any forward-looking statements are made only as of today, and we disclaim any obligation to update these forward-looking statements. Please see the forward-looking statement disclaimer in our financial results release issued this afternoon and the risk factors in the company's current and subsequent filings with the SEC. It's now my pleasure to turn the call over to Andy.

Thank you, Pat, and good afternoon, everyone.