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CYRX · CIK 0001124524

What CryoPort, Inc. told the SEC could break it.

CryoPort's risks trace to a supply chain and customer base that are both narrow. It buys components for its cold-chain and cryogenic systems from independent manufacturers, some sole-sourced, and warns a strike, disaster or other disruption could significantly delay or halt production of some of them; its MVE cryogenic-systems manufacturing is concentrated in the U.S. and China, where its Chengdu plant was temporarily shut by COVID-19 lockdowns in 2022. Its revenue is tied to the biopharma and cell-and-gene-therapy industry — one Life Sciences Services customer was about 10.2% of 2025 revenue and roughly 25.5% came from foreign customers — so sector-wide CGT weakness or losing that customer would bite. It also depends on FDA and foreign regulation and on accelerating CGT approvals, and flags 2025 U.S./China/EU tariffs as a cost risk.

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What could break it.

Sole-source dependency

  • various component parts acquired from independent manufacturers, some sole-sourced — supply disruption could halt component productionhigh

    CryoPort acquires various component parts for its cold-chain and cryogenic solutions from independent manufacturers, some of which are sole-sourced, and warns it would likely experience significant delays or cessation in producing some of these components if a labor strike, natural disaster, public-health crisis, act of war or other supply disruption occurred; inability to procure a component could harm its delivery, reputation and competitiveness.

    We currently acquire various component parts for our solutions from various independent manufacturers, some of which are sole sourced. We would likely experience significant delays or cessation in producing some of these components if a labor strike, natural disaster, public health crisis, act of war or other supply disruption were to occur.

    SEC filing →As of 2026

Customer concentration

  • one Life Sciences Services customer = ~10.2% of total revenue in 2025; concentration in biopharma/CGT industry; ~25.5% foreign revenuemedium

    CryoPort's revenue is concentrated in the biopharma/cell-and-gene-therapy industry — one customer in its Life Sciences Services segment generated ~10.2% of total revenue in 2025 (no single customer exceeded 10% in 2024/2023) — with ~25.5% of revenue from foreign customers (UK, France, Germany, China); loss of that key customer or sector-wide CGT spending weakness would materially affect revenue, and its accounts-receivable are concentrated in these industries. (Customer not named.)

    One customer in our Life Sciences Services reportable segment generated approximately 10.2 % of revenue during the year ended December 31, 2025.

    SEC filing →As of 2026

Geographic concentration

  • MVE cryogenic-systems manufacturing concentrated in the U.S. and China (Chengdu); 20 global sites; China facility previously COVID-disruptedmedium

    CryoPort's MVE Biological Solutions cryogenic-systems manufacturing is located in the United States and China, and its operations span ~20 sites across the Americas, EMEA and APAC; its MVE manufacturing facility in Chengdu, China was temporarily shut by COVID-19 lockdowns in 2022 and similar disruptions could recur, concentrating manufacturing and geopolitical risk in the U.S./China footprint.

    MVE has manufacturing facilities located in the United States and China.

Regulatory & policy

  • FDA/foreign (China NMPA) regulation, dependence on accelerating CGT approvals, and 2025 U.S./China/EU tariffsmedium

    CryoPort's business depends on FDA and foreign regulatory regimes — certain operations are FDA-regulated, future products could be regulated as medical devices (and China's NMPA applies abroad), and its growth tracks accelerating cell-and-gene-therapy approvals — while 2025 U.S. trade-policy changes (higher tariffs on imports from China, the EU and others, plus reciprocal/retaliatory tariffs) could raise its costs and disrupt cross-border trade, with uncertain ultimate impact.

    beginning in 2025, the current Trump administration instituted changes in trade policies that included the imposition of higher tariffs on imports into the U.S. and other government regulations affecting trade between the U.S. and other countries where we conduct our business, such as China and the European Union (EU), among others.

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