Nephros, Inc. (NEPH) Discusses Evolving Water Safety Strategies and Expansion Beyond Filtration Transcript

Robert Banks
President, CEO & Director

I’m really super excited about this. I got a few more people still logging in, so I’m going to pause just a little bit while we get those last few stragglers logged in. So good stuff, good stuff. So welcome to the Nephros investor event. Thank you for taking the time to join us today and for your interest in Nephros.

Whether you’ve been a shareholder for years or just beginning to learn about the company, I hope you leave today’s event with a much deeper understanding of who we are, why we exist and perhaps most importantly, where we’re headed.

Because today’s event isn’t really about filters, it’s about water. Water is necessary for life. Clean, safe water is fundamental to health. And yet most people don’t think about it until something goes wrong. When water quality fails, the consequences can be significant.

Patients become ill, buildings can shut down, equipment can fail, businesses lose confidence, trust is lost. At Nephros, our purpose is simple. We purify water where it matters most. That includes hospitals, dialysis clinics, commercial buildings, laboratories, food service and many other environments where water quality has real consequences for patients, customers, caregivers, equipment, operations, ultimately, trust.

The interesting thing that the market around us is just changing so rapidly. Just a few years ago, most conversations centered around legionella. Today, the discussion is much broader. Customers are thinking about opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens, biofilm, antibiotic-resistant organisms, PFAS, lead, aging infrastructure and increasingly micro and nanoplastics.

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