−Removed: Business section, along with other sections of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, includes statistical and other industry and market data
−Removed: that we obtained from industry publications and research, surveys and studies conducted by third parties.
−Removed: Industry publications and third-party
−Removed: research, surveys and studies generally indicate that their information has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, although
−Removed: they do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of such information.
−Removed: While we believe that these industry publications and third-party
−Removed: research, surveys and studies are reliable, we have not independently verified such data and we do not make any representation as to
−Removed: the accuracy of the information.
−Removed: Unless the context otherwise requires, “JNS,” “we,” “us,” “our,”
−Removed: or the “Company” refers to Jupiter Neurosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
+Added: This Business section, along with
+Added: other sections of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, includes statistical and other industry and market data that we obtained from industry
+Added: publications and research, surveys and studies conducted by third parties.
+Added: Industry publications and third-party research, surveys and
+Added: studies generally indicate that their information has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, although they do not guarantee
+Added: the accuracy or completeness of such information.
+Added: While we believe that these industry publications and third-party research, surveys
+Added: and studies are reliable, we have not independently verified such data and we do not make any representation as to the accuracy of the
+Added: Unless the context otherwise requires, “JNS,” “we,” “us,” “our,” or the
+Added: “Company” refers to Jupiter Neurosciences, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
+Added: Jupiter Neurosciences, Inc.
+Added: “Company,” “we” or “us”) is a clinical stage research and development company focused on
+Added: developing treatments for neuroinflammation through our unique resveratrol platform.
+Added: Our platform product, JOTROL™, is an
+Added: enhanced oral formulation of resveratrol, which has many potential indications.
+Added: In the larger disease areas, we are primarily
+Added: targeting Parkinson’s Disease.
+Added: We are presently in the process of conducting a Phase IIa clinical trial in Parkinson’s
+Added: In March 2025, the Company unveiled a new strategic
+Added: initiative to introduce Nugevia — a consumer-oriented product line dedicated to longevity and wellness.
+Added: This initiative aims
+Added: to meet the rising demand for wellness solutions by developing nutritional products that support both consumer health and wellness.
+Added: The Company completed the formulations and initial sales through direct-to-consumer (“DTC”) social media began in the
+Added: second half of the year.
+Added: In December 2024, we received gross proceeds of $11
+Added: million in a registered public offering (the “Public Offering”) of 2,750,000 shares of our common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“common stock”) at a price of $4.00 per share for gross proceeds of $11 million before deducting
+Added: underwriting discounts and other related expenses.
+Added: In connection with the Public Offering, the Company’s common stock was
+Added: registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and began trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol
+Added: The Company was incorporated in January 2016 under Delaware
+Added: law under the name of Jupiter Orphan Therapeutics, Inc.
+Added: On August 30, 2021, the Company filed a Certificate of Amendment with the State
+Added: of Delaware to change its name to Jupiter Neurosciences, Inc.
+Added: Business Overview
Neurosciences, Inc.
−Removed: (the “Company,” “we” or “us”) is a clinical stage research and development company.
−Removed: We have developed a unique resveratrol platform product primarily targeting treatment of neuro-inflammation.
−Removed: Our platform product, JOTROL,
−Removed: an enhanced oral formulation of resveratrol, has many potential indications of use for rare diseases.
−Removed: In the larger disease areas, we
−Removed: are primarily targeting Parkinson’s Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment/early Alzheimer’s disease.
−Removed: December 2024, we received gross proceeds of $11 million in a registered public offering (“Public Offering”) of 2,750,000
−Removed: shares of our common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“common stock”) at a price of $4.00 per share for gross proceeds
−Removed: of $11 million before deducing underwriting discounts and other related expenses.
−Removed: In connection with the Public Offering, the Company’s
−Removed: common stock was registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and began trading on The Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol “JUNS.”
−Removed: Company was incorporated in January 2016 under Delaware law under the name of Jupiter Orphan Therapeutics, Inc.
−Removed: On August 30, 2021, the
−Removed: Company filed a Certificate of Amendment with the State of Delaware to change its name to Jupiter Neurosciences, Inc.
−Removed: Company’s platform product, JOTROL, is an enhanced orally administered resveratrol formulation designed and intended to deliver
−Removed: therapeutically relevant, safe levels of resveratrol.
−Removed: This platform has many potential indications of use for rare diseases, which include
−Removed: Mucopolysaccharidoses Type 1, Friedreich’s ataxia and MELAS.
−Removed: In the larger disease areas, we are primarily targeting Parkinson’s
−Removed: Disease and Mild Cognitive Impairment/early Alzheimer’s disease.
−Removed: available resveratrol products are associated with severe gastrointestinal (GI) side effects at the dose levels we believe are needed
−Removed: for therapeutic effect.
−Removed: Our belief, that a high dose of resveratrol is needed for therapeutic effects, is based on available scientific
−Removed: literature, preclinical trial results conducted in mice and rats, and previously conducted human trials with resveratrol.
−Removed: that JOTROL, based on the results from our Phase I clinical trial conducted at the University of Miami and completed in 2021 (“Miami
−Removed: Clinical Trial”), has the potential to deliver a therapeutically effective dose of resveratrol in the blood stream without causing
−Removed: any severe side effects.
−Removed: Based on our own preclinical studies we believe that resveratrol has the ability to cross the blood-brain barrier.
−Removed: In studies conducted in Friedreich’s ataxia (FA) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) patients, JOTROL resulted in positive effects
−Removed: on oxidative stress, inflammation, and mitochondrial function.
−Removed: present primary target for the Company is treatment of Parkinson’s Disease (PD).
−Removed: The Company completed preclinical activities in
−Removed: a validated mouse model of Parkinson’s Disease (PD) at the University of Miami in 2021.
−Removed: See our “Clinical Studies”.
−Removed: The model of Parkinson’s Disease that was used in this clinical trial mimics many aspects of the disease utilizing a unilateral
−Removed: injection of a neurotoxin precursor that elicits nigral cell loss, striatal dopamine loss and behavior deficits similar to physiological
−Removed: characteristics of human disease.
−Removed: We believe that results from this clinical trial indicate that Parkinson’s Disease might be the
−Removed: best target for treatment and financial opportunity among the multiple indications where JOTROL might play a role.
−Removed: The Company is now
−Removed: in process to start its first Phase II trial in a patient population.
−Removed: This will be a Phase IIa study conducted with the assistance of
−Removed: Zina Biopharmaceuticals that is led by Dr.
−Removed: Charbel Moussa, MBBS,Ph.D.
−Removed: The study is expected to start in the third quarter of 2025 and
−Removed: have results available approximately 12 months thereafter.
−Removed: The trial design and outcomes are further described in this section, see JNS115.
−Removed: are also targeting the treatment of MCI/early Alzheimer’s Disease.
−Removed: We received funding of $2.2 million from the National Institute
−Removed: of Aging (“NIA”) in in 2020 and 2022 from a grant application for a Phase 1 study for Mild Cognitive Impairment/ Alzheimer’.
−Removed: In the NIA scientific review summary statement of our Phase I study application, it is stated that the NIA is looking forward to a Phase
−Removed: II study with an enhanced resveratrol product, based on the earlier study results from the well published Turner et al.
−Removed: We presently have a pending grant application, $16.5 Million, for a Phase II trial in MCI/early Alzheimer’s Disease with
−Removed: This is an application for a 3-year Phase II trial that is expected to be completed with approximately 100 patients that have
−Removed: Mild Cognitive Impairment.
−Removed: The award will be decided in May 2025.
−Removed: There is no guarantee that the application will be approved, and the
−Removed: trial will be put on hold if an approval is not rewarded to the Company.
−Removed: A draft of the final study design is not yet determined but
−Removed: a draft synopsis is described in “Item 1.
−Removed: Business - “ of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
−Removed: have over the past three years received a strong interest in JOTROL from various Asian organizations.
−Removed: We believe that this interest has
−Removed: been triggered, in part, because resveratrol is becoming commonly used in Asian herbal medicines as a therapeutic strategy as described
−Removed: in available scientific literature published by PubMed Central:
−Removed: PMC7498443 (September 2020);
−Removed: (ii) Hong Kong’s and China’s
−Removed: recent approval of the patent for JOTROL;
−Removed: (iii) China releasing a list of approximately 120 rare disease indications issued jointly by
−Removed: five national bodies, including the National Health Commission, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information
−Removed: Technology, State Drug Administration, and State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (May 2018), that we believe JOTROL can
−Removed: be applicable as a treatment for MPS-1 and MELAS in this population;
−Removed: (iv) recent publications regarding JOTROL in the Journal of Alzheimer’s
−Removed: Disease and AAPS Open (Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease 86 (2022) 173–190 February 2022;
−Removed: Kemper et al.
−Removed: AAPS Open June 2022);
−Removed: and (v) the projected increase of the TCM market due to several factors which of one is reformulation of existing compounds.
−Removed: recently entered into service agreements in the areas of Business Development, CMC (Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls), regulatory
−Removed: affairs and clinical trial management.
−Removed: These agreements are with companies that, we believe, have the knowledge and network in the South-East
−Removed: Asian market to accelerate steps that is needed to have a product that can have treatment value in the territory.
−Removed: The agreements are
−Removed: further described in the section “Activities in Asia”.
−Removed: March 2025, the Company announced that it had entered into a partnership with Aquanova AG to develop a series of nutritional products
−Removed: targeting longevity, aging and Healthspan.
−Removed: The first three products, which will focus on the concept of “Beauty from Within”,
−Removed: are slated to hit the market in the third quarter of 2025 through a Direct-to-Consumer model.
−Removed: The Company will form a wholly-owned subsidiary
−Removed: to focus on the consumer market, and will market its products on a to-be-developed website targeting the US market, along with social
−Removed: media marketing.
−Removed: Internationally, the Company is focusing on partners who can market and accelerate sales, with an initial focus on the
−Removed: Asian region.
−Removed: has been studied for over 50 years by academic institutions as well as by small and large pharmaceutical companies.
−Removed: multi-functional mechanisms of resveratrol are well documented in over 14,000 scientific publications.
−Removed: Several of these
−Removed: publications, including a summary paper by AY Berman et al, published in Precision Oncology 2017, point to the issue of the poor
−Removed: bioavailability that has stopped medical utilization of regular resveratrol and never received regulatory approval for any
−Removed: We believe the Phase I study we have conducted indicates that we have resolved the poor bioavailability issue with
−Removed: upon available scientific literature, it appears that resveratrol is an activator of SIRT1, one of the mammalian forms of the sirtuin
−Removed: family of proteins.
+Added: is a clinical stage research and development pharmaceutical company located in Jupiter, Florida.
+Added: The Company is
+Added: advancing a therapeutic pipeline targeting central nervous system (“CNS”) disorders and rare diseases, while also
+Added: expanding into the consumer market with its Nugevia™ product line.
+Added: Both efforts are powered by JOTROL™, Jupiter’s
+Added: proprietary, enhanced resveratrol formulation that has demonstrated potential for significantly improved bioavailability in an FDA
+Added: regulated Phase I study.
+Added: The Company’s therapeutic development pipeline is focused broadly on CNS disorders, presently with a
+Added: Phase IIa clinical study in Parkinson’s disease.
+Added: The Company’s Nugevia product line brings cutting edge science to the
+Added: supplement space, supporting mental clarity, skin health, and mitochondrial function.
+Added: Company completed preclinical studies at the University of Miami for Parkinson’s Disease in 2021.
+Added: These studies used a
+Added: validated mouse model to mimic human disease characteristics.
+Added: JOTROL™ demonstrated consistent improvements in motor
+Added: coordination, endurance, and strength across multiple endpoints in a validated Parkinson’s disease model, with statistically
+Added: significant benefits versus untreated disease controls.
+Added: The promising results have led the Company to initiate a Phase IIa
+Added: clinical trial for Parkinson’s Disease, which received final IND approval by the FDA in November of 2025 and is expected to
+Added: start in the second quarter of 2026, with results anticipated 12 months later.
+Added: The Company also aims to investigate other CNS
+Added: indications, such as Mild Cognitive Impairment (“MCI”) and Alzheimer’s disease, following the Parkinson’s
+Added: believes, based on pre-clinical and clinical studies, that high doses of resveratrol are necessary for potential therapeutic
+Added: Currently available resveratrol products cannot reach these levels without causing severe gastrointestinal side effects.
+Added: Human studies evaluating resveratrol in Alzheimer’s patients (Turner et al 2015) and Friedreich’s Ataxia patients (Yu et
+Added: al 2015) indicate the concentration of resveratrol at its peak (CMax) measured in blood plasma should be 300 ng/ml
+Added: or higher for a potential therapeutic effect.
+Added: A Phase 1 study with 500mg of resveratrol as a maximum dose in the JOTROL™
+Added: formulation showed levels of resveratrol exceeding 800 ng/ml without generating any severe adverse events (AAPS Open 2022).
+Added: Resveratrol was shown in the Turner Alzheimer’s study to cross the blood-brain barrier, possibly indicating a potential for
+Added: positive effects on oxidative stress and inflammation.
+Added: Subsequent analysis published in Molecular Science 2025 (Mousa et al) further
+Added: indicates that resveratrol may have an impact on neurodegeneration and neuroinflammation in Alzheimer’s patients.
+Added: Over the past
+Added: two years, JOTROL™ has garnered significant interest from Asian organizations.
+Added: This interest is partly due to resveratrol’s
+Added: use in Asian herbal medicines, recent patent approvals in Hong Kong and China, and China’s list of rare disease indications where
+Added: JOTROL™ could be applicable.
+Added: Additionally, recent publications in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and AAPS Open, along
+Added: with the projected growth of the Traditional Chinese Medicine market, have contributed to this interest.
+Added: The Company has
+Added: entered service agreements with firms in Hong Kong to accelerate product development in Southeast Asia.
+Added: These agreements aim to leverage
+Added: local expertise and networks to facilitate market entry and potential out-licensing deals.
+Added: The Company entered into an agreement with
+Added: Dominant Treasure Health to expand its business development in China, Malaysia, and Singapore, aiming to penetrate the large and challenging
+Added: Asian market.
+Added: In March 2025, the Company unveiled
+Added: a new strategic initiative to introduce Nugevia—a consumer-oriented product line dedicated to longevity and wellness.
+Added: initiative aims to meet the rising demand for scientifically backed wellness solutions by developing nutritional products that
+Added: support both longevity and health span.
+Added: Positioned within a rapidly growing global industry expected to reach $8 trillion by 2030,
+Added: Nugevia products will leverage Jupiter’s proprietary JOTROL™ technology, a resveratrol-based platform that is designed
+Added: to deliver an increase in the bioavailability profile of resveratrol.
+Added: products under the Nugevia brand, focusing on supporting longevity and health span are available for sale and shipments began in the
+Added: fourth quarter of 2025 through a DTC model.
+Added: The products are:
+Added: Nugevia GLO (“GLO”),
+Added: which helps promote and support cellular functions and skin vitality;
+Added: Nugevia MND (“MND”), which supports cognitive resilience;
+Added: Nugevia PWR (“PWR”), which helps support mitochondrial function, which is a key for sustained growth and performance.
+Added: The three debut
+Added: formulations—GLO, MND, and PWR—are designed to support wellness and longevity through intelligent stacking of synergistic ingredients,
+Added: all enhanced for optimal absorption via the JOTROL™ system.
+Added: The Company plans
+Added: to market these products in the U.S.
+Added: and internationally.
+Added: launch is a pivotal move to monetize Jupiter’s proprietary science, support ongoing clinical trials, and capture a share of the
+Added: booming longevity market.
+Added: The Company operates through two segments:
+Added: (i) the sale of premium nutritional supplements under the Nugevia brand, and (ii) pharmaceutical operations centered on the development
+Added: of drug candidates.
+Added: Resveratrol, a natural antioxidant compound found in foods like red grapes and berries, has been studied for over
+Added: 50 years by academic institutions as well as by small and large pharmaceutical companies.
+Added: The multi-functional mechanisms of resveratrol
+Added: are well documented in over 20,000 scientific publications.
+Added: Several of these publications, including a summary paper by AY Berman et al,
+Added: published in Precision Oncology 2017, point to the issue of the poor bioavailability that has stopped medical utilization of regular resveratrol
+Added: and never received regulatory approval for any indication.
+Added: We believe the Phase I study we have conducted indicates that we have resolved
+Added: the poor bioavailability issue with JOTROL™.
+Added: Based upon available scientific
+Added: literature, it appears that resveratrol is an activator of SIRT1, one of the mammalian forms of the sirtuin family of proteins.
SIRT1 deacetylates histones and nonhistone proteins including transcription factors.
−Removed: The SIRT1-regulated pathway
−Removed: affects metabolism, stress resistance, cell survival, cellular senescence, inflammation/immune function, endothelial functions, and circadian
−Removed: Resveratrol has been documented in scientific literature to activate SIRT1, NrF2, NLR3P inflammasomes and have an epigenetic
−Removed: mechanism and therefore is predicted to benefit diseases affected by abnormal metabolic control, inflammation, and cell cycle defects.
−Removed: Nonetheless, resveratrol application is a major challenge for the pharmaceutical industry, due to its poor solubility and bioavailability,
−Removed: as well as adverse effects, such as severe gastro-intestinal side effects when taken at effective dose levels (over 2,000 mg daily).
−Removed: Resveratrol has never before been developed with all the necessary steps to achieve an approval as a pharmaceutical product since the
−Removed: existing natural supplements cannot provide high enough levels of resveratrol in blood plasma to be able to provide a therapeutically
−Removed: effective dose without generating severe gastro-intestinal side effects.
−Removed: This means that we need to take JOTROL through the full regulatory
−Removed: NDA (New Drug Application) requirement to obtain a prescription marketing approval in the USA.
−Removed: was developed together with our technology partner Aquanova AG, Darmstadt, Germany.
+Added: The SIRT1-regulated pathway is believed to
+Added: affect metabolism, stress resistance, cell survival, cellular senescence, inflammation/immune function, endothelial functions, and
+Added: circadian rhythms.
+Added: Resveratrol has been documented in scientific literature to activate SIRT1, NrF2, NLRP3 inflammasomes and have an
+Added: epigenetic mechanism, and therefore, is predicted to benefit diseases affected by abnormal metabolic control, inflammation, and cell
+Added: cycle defects.
+Added: Nonetheless, the administration of currently available resveratrol poses a major challenge for the
+Added: pharmaceutical industry, due to its poor solubility and bioavailability, as well as severe gastro-intestinal side effects when taken
+Added: at effective dose levels (over 2,000 mg daily).
+Added: JOTROL™ was developed together
+Added: with our technology partner Aquanova, headquartered in Darmstadt, Germany.
JOTROL™ is formulated with a unique patented
micellar technology that is projected to increase the bioavailability profile of resveratrol.
−Removed: Manufacturing technology transfers were
−Removed: completed in 2017 and manufacturing procedures and clinical trial supply manufacturing has been completed at Catalent Pharmaceutical
−Removed: Services, Inc., St Petersburg, Florida.
−Removed: Catalent is also in process to manufacture the clinical trial supplies for our Phase IIa trial
−Removed: in Parkinson’s Disease.
−Removed: is a micellar non-aqueous solution of resveratrol delivered in a softgel capsule.
+Added: Manufacturing technology transfers
+Added: were completed in 2017, and manufacturing procedures and clinical trial supply manufacturing have been completed at Catalent
+Added: Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
+Added: (“Catalent”), St Petersburg, Florida.
+Added: Catalent has also completed the manufacturing of the clinical trial supplies for our Phase IIa trial in Parkinson’s Disease.
+Added: JOTROL™ is a micellar non-aqueous
+Added: solution of resveratrol delivered in a softgel capsule.
Each capsule includes 100mg of resveratrol.
−Removed: trials in mice and rats were conducted comparing JOTROL to micronized resveratrol, labeled to have the highest bioavailability in the
−Removed: nutritional market, to demonstrate that we could achieve a significantly higher bioavailability.
−Removed: Summary details of these studies are
−Removed: included in “Item 1.
−Removed: Business” of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
+Added: Pre-clinical trials in mice and rats
+Added: were conducted comparing JOTROL™ to micronized resveratrol, labeled to have the highest bioavailability in the nutritional market,
+Added: to demonstrate that we could achieve a significantly higher bioavailability.
A Phase I dose finding pharmacokinetic (“PK”)
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The study results met our targeted goals.
−Removed: The results from this
−Removed: study will be used as a cross-reference for all indications where JOTROL will be used in Phase II and Phase III clinical trials.
−Removed: Phase I results and the FDA guidance of cross-referencing is further described in “Item 1.
−Removed: Business” of this Annual Report
−Removed: on Form 10-K.
−Removed: The Company has not discussed the use of cross-referencing in this manner with the FDA or other comparable regulatory authorities.
−Removed: Intellectual Property and License Agreement
−Removed: hold an exclusive global license from Aquanova AG for micellar technologies to develop, manufacture, and sell JOTROL Our CSO, Marshall
−Removed: Hayward, and Aquanova’s lead scientist, Darius Benham, invented JOTROL.
−Removed: The patent is co-owned by Aquanova AG and us, with the
−Removed: application assigned to Aquanova AG.
−Removed: Filed in Germany on January 29, 2017, the patent (PCT/EP2017/O51659) expires in 2036 and is granted
−Removed: in the USA, Japan, China, Hong Kong, and specific European countries.
−Removed: The patent covers a solubilization product with resveratrol, polysorbate
−Removed: 80 and 20, MCT, and tocopherols for pharmaceutical use.
+Added: Phase I study demonstrated JOTROL™’s potential for higher bioavailability compared to resveratrol used in earlier
+Added: clinical trials (e.g., Turner, MCI/Early Alzheimer’s Disease trial and Yui et al., Friedreich’s ataxia trial).
+Added: results of this Phase 1 study were published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s diseases and AAPS Open in February 2022.
+Added: additional discussions with and approval from FDA, we hope to use the results of this study as a cross-reference for other
+Added: indications to allow JOTROL™ to be tested in Phase II and Phase III clinical trials.
+Added: FDA accepted this cross-reference in the
+Added: approval of the IND application for the Parkinson’s Phase IIa trial.
+Added: The Company has not discussed the use of
+Added: cross-referencing in this manner with the FDA or other comparable regulatory authorities for any other indications, and FDA (or any
+Added: comparable regulatory authorities) may preclude us from the use of cross-referencing with respect to the results of this study.
+Added: result, we are presently unable to rely on potential cross-referencing other than the already cleared Phase II a Parkinson’s
+Added: JOTROL™ Intellectual Property and License Agreement
+Added: We hold an exclusive global license
+Added: dated from Aquanova for micellar technologies to develop, manufacture, and sell JOTROL on the terms set forth in the license
+Added: Our Chief Scientific Officer (“CSO”), Marshall Hayward, and Aquanova’s founder, former CEO, and lead
+Added: scientist, Darius Benham, invented JOTROL™.
+Added: The patent is co-owned by Aquanova and us, with the application assigned to
+Added: Filed in Germany on January 29, 2017, the patent (PCT/EP2017/O51659) expires in 2036 and is granted in the USA, Japan,
+Added: China, Hong Kong, and specific European countries.
+Added: The patent covers a solubilization product with resveratrol, polysorbate 80 and
+Added: 20, MCT, and tocopherols for pharmaceutical use.
It includes claims on formulation specifics, micelle size, turbidity, and treatment
1 unchanged sentence
The product is available in various capsule forms and is administered
−Removed: license agreement with Aquanova AG is vital, as JOTROL is our primary product.
−Removed: Losing this agreement would delay our plans and force
−Removed: us to seek similar licenses, adversely affecting our business.
−Removed: The agreement grants us worldwide exclusivity to utilize granted and pending
−Removed: Effective from September 15, 2016, it lasts until patent expiration or ten years after the first commercial sale.
−Removed: upfront fee of $20,000 and an annual license fee of $75,000 until the first product approval.
−Removed: Milestone payments of $200,000 are due
−Removed: per territory upon regulatory approval, with royalties set at 5% of net sales.
−Removed: There is an option to pay $3 million for reduced royalties
−Removed: Termination can occur due to material breach or insolvency, with specific provisions for retaining licenses.
−Removed: Recent amendments
−Removed: include a Debt Forgiveness and Exchange Agreement on December 1, 2021, where $225,000 of debt was forgiven in exchange for $125,000 cash,
−Removed: a $100,000 promissory note, and stock options.
−Removed: As of December 31, 2024, $75,000 in accrued license fees are recorded in accounts payable.
−Removed: Company’s product pipeline is built arounds proprietary platform product, JOTROL an enhanced oral formulation of resveratrol.
−Removed: a natural compound is optimized in JOTROL to deliver therapeutically effective doses safety, aiming to address oxidative stress, inflammation
−Removed: and mitochondrial issues linked to neurological conditions.
−Removed: The Company has designated the different indications with project numbers,
−Removed: JNS101 – JNS115.
−Removed: The same JOTROL product is planned to be used in all indications although the number of capsules might vary and
−Removed: be indication specific.
−Removed: pipeline chart above shows the indications that we presently are prioritizing.
−Removed: However, JNS101 is an additional indication that we believe
−Removed: will be of interest to perform a clinical trial in at a later stage.
−Removed: product pipeline represented above assume drawing upon previous preclinical and clinical data conducted by third parties.
−Removed: available either via public domain or under agreements with our key partner which are further described in “Item 1.
−Removed: of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
−Removed: The Company has not discussed with the FDA its ability to rely on and reference data from previous
−Removed: third-party trials, such as the Phase II trial in MCI/early Alzheimer’s disease, conducted by Georgetown University.
−Removed: top priorities are advancing our clinical studies for JNS115 for Parkinson’s Disease and JNS 1 08 for MCI/early Alzheimer’s
−Removed: We have started the work with the JNS115 Phase IIa trial and estimate that first dosing of a patients will occur in Q3 of 2025.
−Removed: If we receive funding from the NHI, we will start our clinical trial for MCI/Early Alzheimer’s Disease later this year.
−Removed: have not set any timeline for starting clinical trials for rare diseases.
−Removed: We may work with other strategic partners on these clinical
−Removed: Parkinson’s Disease
−Removed: will be utilizing JOTROL in our application for investigating a treatment for Parkinson’s Disease (PD).
−Removed: are usually more familiar with the motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD), which are noticeable and used by doctors for diagnosis.
−Removed: The three cardinal motor symptoms are stiffness (rigidity), slowness (bradykinesia), and resting tremors.
−Removed: Stiffness involves muscle rigidity
−Removed: detected during examination, while slowness refers to decreased spontaneous and voluntary movement, such as slower walking or reduced
−Removed: facial expression.
+Added: Our license agreement with Aquanova is
+Added: vital, as JOTROL™ is our primary product.
+Added: Losing this agreement would delay our plans and force us to seek similar licenses, if
+Added: available, adversely affecting our business.
+Added: The agreement grants us worldwide exclusivity to utilize granted and pending patents.
+Added: from September 15, 2016, it lasts until patent expiration or ten years after the first commercial sale.
+Added: We paid an upfront fee of $20,000
+Added: and an annual license fee of $75,000 until the first product approval.
+Added: Milestone payments of $200,000 are due per territory upon regulatory
+Added: approval, with royalties set at 5% of net sales.
+Added: Each party has the option, within 180 days of a US Marketing approval, to demand that
+Added: the Company pay a one-time payment of $3 million for reduced royalties of 1.25%.
+Added: Termination can occur due to material breach or insolvency,
+Added: with specific provisions for retaining licenses.
+Added: Recent amendments include a Debt Forgiveness and Exchange Agreement on December 1, 2021,
+Added: where $225,000 of debt was forgiven in exchange for $125,000 cash, a $100,000 promissory note, and stock options.
+Added: The Company relies on trade secret
+Added: protection and contractual confidentiality obligations to safeguard certain proprietary know-how related to JOTROL™.
+Added: also asserts common law trademark rights in the JOTROL™ name.
+Added: In January 2025, the Company filed an intent-to-use trademark application
+Added: with the U.S.
+Added: Patent and Trademark Office
+Added: Product Pipeline
+Added: The Company’s pharmaceutical product
+Added: pipeline is built around its proprietary platform product, JOTROL™ an enhanced oral formulation of resveratrol.
+Added: Resveratrol, a natural
+Added: compound is optimized in JOTROL™, which is being evaluated to better understand its therapeutic benefits and its potential relevance
+Added: to biological pathways of interest, including those involving oxidative stress, inflammation and mitochondrial issues linked to neurological
+Added: The Company has designated the different indications with project numbers, JNS101 - JNS115.
+Added: The same JOTROL™ product
+Added: is planned to be used in all indications although the number of capsules might vary and be indication specific and may be impacted by
+Added: regulatory requirements and other factors not known to us at this time.
+Added: The pipeline chart above shows the indications
+Added: that we presently are prioritizing and is subject to the availability of financing as further discussed in the “Risk Factors” section.
+Added: The validity of our product pipeline represented
+Added: above relies on the assumptions drawing upon previous preclinical and clinical data conducted by third parties.
+Added: This data is available
+Added: either via public domain or under agreements with our key partners.
+Added: The Company has not discussed with the FDA its ability to rely on
+Added: and reference data from previous third-party trials, such as the Phase II trial in MCI/early Alzheimer’s disease, conducted by Georgetown
+Added: Our top priorities are advancing our
+Added: clinical studies for JNS115 for Parkinson’s Disease followed by JNS108 for MCI/early Alzheimer’s Disease.
+Added: We executed all
+Added: CMC, regulatory, and preparations with investigators including IND approval by FDA for our JNS115 Phase IIa trial and estimate that
+Added: first dosing of patients will occur in the second quarter of 2026.
+Added: We are also exploring clinical trials of JOTROL for other indications,
+Added: including rare diseases.
+Added: Based on the FDA’s approval to use our Phase I study in support of the IND for our Phase IIa Parkinson’s
+Added: study, we believe there may be potential to cross-reference the Phase I data for additional indications in the future.
+Added: However, we have
+Added: not discussed this cross-referencing for any other indication with FDA, and we may be precluded from relying on cross-referencing other
+Added: than in the Phase IIa Parkinson’s study.
+Added: JNS115 Parkinson’s Disease
+Added: We will be utilizing JOTROL™ for investigating
+Added: a treatment for Parkinson’s Disease (PD).
+Added: People are usually more familiar
+Added: with the motor symptoms of Parkinson’s disease (PD), which are noticeable and used by doctors for diagnosis.
+Added: The three cardinal
+Added: motor symptoms are stiffness (rigidity), slowness (bradykinesia), and resting tremors.
+Added: Stiffness involves muscle rigidity detected during
+Added: examination, while slowness refers to decreased spontaneous and voluntary movement, such as slower walking or reduced facial expression.
Resting tremor is an involuntary shaking that occurs when a limb is relaxed and disappears during movement.
−Removed: symptoms, often called the “invisible” symptoms, can affect almost every body system and vary in severity.
−Removed: These symptoms
−Removed: can significantly impact quality of life and include autonomic dysfunctions like constipation, low blood pressure, sexual problems, sweating
−Removed: issues, and urinary problems.
−Removed: While available therapies can treat some symptoms, there is an urgent need for better treatments to improve
−Removed: quality of life and slow disease progression.
−Removed: Approved medications for motor symptoms include dopamine replacement therapy (levodopa/carbidopa),
−Removed: adenosine receptor antagonists, amantadine, anticholinergic medications, COMT inhibitors, decarboxylase inhibitors, dopamine agonists,
−Removed: and MAO-B inhibitors.
+Added: Non-motor symptoms, often called
+Added: the “invisible” symptoms, can affect almost every body system and vary in severity.
+Added: These symptoms can significantly impact
+Added: quality of life and include autonomic dysfunctions like constipation, low blood pressure, sexual problems, sweating issues, and urinary
+Added: While available therapies can treat some symptoms, there is an urgent need for better treatments to improve quality of life
+Added: and slow disease progression.
+Added: Approved medications for motor symptoms include dopamine replacement therapy (levodopa/carbidopa), adenosine
+Added: receptor antagonists, amantadine, anticholinergic medications, COMT inhibitors, decarboxylase inhibitors, dopamine agonists, and MAO-B
Researchers are increasingly recognizing the debilitating nature of non-motor symptoms and are working on new therapies,
while doctors manage these symptoms with current treatments.
−Removed: Phase 2a study in Parkinson’s Disease patients
−Removed: Company has engaged Zina Biopharmaceuticals to assist with study design, FDA communications including IND and manage the execution
−Removed: of the trial.
−Removed: Catalent has been engaged to manufacture the JOTROL clinical trial supplies.
−Removed: The preliminary study design is described
−Removed: below and is subject to final IND approval by the FDA.
−Removed: The Company expects to start the clinical trial in the third quarter of 2025 and have the first study results available within 12 months thereafter.
−Removed: are sponsoring a Phase 2a clinical trial to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of Resveratrol (JOTROLTM) in individuals
−Removed: with Parkinson’s Disease.
−Removed: This multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study involves approximately 30 participants
−Removed: across three centers in the US.
−Removed: Participants are randomly assigned to one of three groups to receive either a placebo or JOTROL at doses
−Removed: of 200mg or 400mg daily for three months.
−Removed: The study aims to explore JOTROL’s potential to improve energy metabolism in Parkinson’s
−Removed: An optional biomarker sub-study will assess cerebrospinal fluid, requiring additional consent.
−Removed: Each participant will be involved
−Removed: for 4-5 months, with the entire study lasting two years.
−Removed: First readout of results are expected within 12 months of first dosing.
−Removed: Mild Cognitive Impairment/early Alzheimer’s Disease
−Removed: will be utilizing JOTROL in our applications for investigating treatment of various segments of Alzheimer’s disease of which MCI/early
+Added: Upcoming Phase IIa study in Parkinson’s Disease patients
+Added: The Company has engaged Zina
+Added: Biopharmaceuticals to assist with study design, FDA communications, including submission, of an Investigational New Drug (IND)
+Added: application and to manage the execution of the trial.
+Added: Catalent has been engaged to manufacture the JOTROL™ clinical trial
+Added: supplies pursuant to the Manufacturing Agreement between Company and Catalent dated September 16, 2020, under which Catalent is to
+Added: provide the Company with clinical batches of JOTROL™ using a softgel formulation, which will be for active and placebo batches
+Added: for the Parkinson’s disease study.
+Added: The study design is described below and has received final IND approval by the FDA.
+Added: The Company expects
+Added: to start the clinical trial in the second quarter of 2026 and have the first study results available twelve months thereafter.
+Added: The multicenter, randomized,
+Added: double-blind, placebo-controlled study involves approximately 30 participants across three centers in the US.
+Added: Participants are randomly
+Added: assigned to one of three groups to receive either a placebo or JOTROL™ at doses of 200 mg or 400 mg daily for three months.
+Added: study aims to explore JOTROL™’s potential to improve energy metabolism in Parkinson’s Disease.
+Added: An optional biomarker
+Added: sub-study will assess cerebrospinal fluid, requiring additional patient consent.
+Added: Each patient will be involved in the study for approximately
+Added: four to five months, while the overall study including all subsequent analyses will span approximately two years, with initial results
+Added: expected within twelve months of first dosing.
+Added: JNS108 Mild Cognitive Impairment/early Alzheimer’s
+Added: The Company had previously conducted studies
+Added: which used JOTROL™ in our applications for investigating treatment of various segments of Alzheimer’s disease of which MCI/early
AD is the initial target.
−Removed: If any NIA grant application is successful, we will have the funding to conduct a Phase II trial in MCI/early
−Removed: Alzheimer’s Disease.
−Removed: Our failure to obtain such a grant will most likely result in delays of this project and the need to raise
−Removed: additional capital.
−Removed: Alzheimer’s (mild)
−Removed: stages of Alzheimer’s are very difficult to reverse and therefore it is important to start treatment of Alzheimer’s in the
−Removed: earliest possible stage so the individuals can continue living normal lives and maintain their independence.
−Removed: the early stage of Alzheimer’s, a person may function independently.
−Removed: He or she may still drive, work and be participate in social
−Removed: Despite this, the person may feel as if he or she is having memory lapses, such as forgetting familiar words or the location
−Removed: of everyday objects.
−Removed: may not be widely apparent at this stage, but family and close friends may take notice and a doctor would be able to identify symptoms
−Removed: using certain diagnostic tools.
−Removed: Common difficulties include finding the right word or name, remembering names when meeting new people,
−Removed: and performing tasks in social or work settings.
−Removed: People may also forget material they just read, lose or misplace valuable objects, and
−Removed: experience increased trouble with planning or organizing.
−Removed: is the Alzheimer’s disease patient category that we will include in our proposed Phase II clinical trial with the final objective
−Removed: of showing that JOTROL has the potential of slowing and/or possibly stopping the progression of this disease.
−Removed: The effect of JOTROL treatment,
−Removed: in the Phase II trial, will primarily be measured through several biomarkers.
−Removed: burden of Alzheimer’s disease on society in USA is generating a very large opportunity
−Removed: to Alzheimer’s Association’s 2020 annual report Alzheimer’s disease has impacted 5.7 million Americans and that it
−Removed: costs the US $277 billion each year, excluding the cost of “unpaid time and effort of the people, mostly women, who are caring
−Removed: for spouses, parents, siblings, and friends with dementia.” The Association explained, “In 2017, 16 million Americans provided
−Removed: an estimated 18.4 billion hours of unpaid care in the form of physical, emotional and financial support – a contribution to the
−Removed: nation valued at $232.1 billion.” Any product that delays the onset of severe Alzheimer’s disease should represent a significant
−Removed: savings to society.
−Removed: Phase II Clinical Trial for MCI/early Alzheimer’s Disease
−Removed: Institute on Aging (“NIA”) financed our Phase I study with $1.76 million through grant 1R44AG067907-01A1.
−Removed: Since there were
−Removed: unanticipated higher costs, mostly due to Covid-19 related additional procedures during the Phase I trial, a supplemental grant of $233,281
−Removed: was submitted to the NIA in December of 2021.
+Added: National Institute on Aging (“NIA”) financed the Company’s Phase I study with $1.76 million through grant 1R44AG067907-01A1.
+Added: Because there were unanticipated higher costs, mostly due to COVID-19 related additional procedures during the Phase I trial, a supplemental
+Added: grant of $233,281 was submitted to the NIA in December of 2021.
We were awarded the supplemental grant on April 7, 2022.
−Removed: In April 2021, we submitted our
−Removed: first grant application to the NIA for full funding of a Phase II trial in Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and early Alzheimer’s
−Removed: The Phase II trial was designed to focus on 3 areas:
+Added: In April 2021, we submitted
+Added: our first grant application to the NIA for full funding of a Phase II trial in MCI and early Alzheimer’s disease.
+Added: trial was designed to focus on 3 areas:
(1) safety and tolerability;
−Removed: 2) pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, measuring
−Removed: of responses from 2 different doses vs.
+Added: (2) pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics, measuring of
+Added: responses from 2 different doses versus a placebo;
and (3) measuring of effect on multiple biomarkers related to the disease.
−Removed: The application
−Removed: was not accepted, but we were encouraged by the NIA to refine our application and submit again.
−Removed: We have since submitted 3 grant applications,
−Removed: with budgets of $20 million or higher, to the NIA for full funding of such Phase II trial but none of those applications were successful.
−Removed: The NIA scientific review of our Alzheimer’s Phase II trial grant application shows a total score of 47 which is our best score
−Removed: A score of 40 or below is necessary for being considered for funding.
−Removed: After discussions with the NIA, we have decided to apply,
−Removed: in September of 2024, for a much smaller grant, $2.5 million, for a Proof of Concept study focusing on JOTROL’s effect on validated
−Removed: The final study design is not yet determined but a draft synopsis is described below.
−Removed: There is however no guarantee that we
−Removed: will ever receive NIA grant funding for this project.
−Removed: A delay or rejection of this funding will cause a delay in this program and most
−Removed: likely requiring additional financing.
−Removed: proposed Phase II trial is utilizing published information from the earlier Turner et al Phase II trial, completed in 2015 with 119 patients
−Removed: with early Alzheimer’s disease who were treated with 4 different doses of resveratrol.
−Removed: The study was conducted by Professor Raymond
−Removed: at Georgetown University, a member of our Scientific Advisory Board, as the Principal Investigator.
−Removed: Turner is the Principal
−Removed: Investigator of our proposed Phase II trial.
−Removed: The study tried 500mg, 1000mg, 1500mg and 2000mg daily doses with each dose taken by the
−Removed: patients over 13 weeks.
−Removed: Only the highest dose of 2000mg (2 X 1g per day) showed positive results on biomarkers which lead to the conclusion
−Removed: that this study was most likely underdosed for achieving the best therapeutic effect.
−Removed: PK analysis showed that the average C-Max of resveratrol
−Removed: in the blood on the highest dose was 181 ng/ml, which is far from the target of 300ng/ml that we believe is needed for reaching therapeutic
−Removed: on the recent Scientific Review received from NIA.
−Removed: Our team of scientists in the Alzheimer’s field, Professors Raymond Turner,
+Added: application was not accepted, but we were encouraged by the NIA to refine our application and submit again.
+Added: have since submitted 3 grant applications, with budgets of $20 million or higher, to the NIA for full funding of such Phase II trial
+Added: but none of those applications were successful.
+Added: We are planning to submit the next grant application after we have the results from
+Added: our Phase IIa study in Parkinson’s patients as several biomarkers from that trial may apply to
+Added: Alzheimer’s patients as well.
+Added: However, there can be no assurance that the results of this Phase IIa study will be positive or
+Added: that NIA will approve any future grant application.
+Added: Early-stage Alzheimer’s (mild)
+Added: Later stages of Alzheimer’s are
+Added: very difficult to reverse and therefore it is important to start treatment of Alzheimer’s in the earliest possible stage so the
+Added: individuals can continue living normal lives and maintain their independence.
+Added: In the early stage of Alzheimer’s,
+Added: a person may function independently.
+Added: He or she may still drive, work, and participate in social activities.
+Added: Despite this, the person may
+Added: feel as if he or she is having memory lapses, such as forgetting familiar words or the location of everyday objects.
+Added: Symptoms may not be widely apparent at
+Added: this stage, but family and close friends may take notice and a doctor would be able to identify symptoms using certain diagnostic tools.
+Added: Common difficulties include finding the right word or name, remembering names when meeting new people, and performing tasks in social
+Added: or work settings.
+Added: People may also forget material they just read, lose or misplace valuable objects, and experience increased trouble
+Added: with planning or organizing.
+Added: This is the Alzheimer’s disease
+Added: patient category that we plan to include in our grant application for a proposed Phase II clinical trial with the final objective of showing
+Added: that JOTROL™ has the potential of slowing and/or possibly stopping the progression of this disease, subject to FDA’s review
+Added: of the clinical trial and the protocol.
+Added: The effect of JOTROL™ treatment, in the potential Phase II trial, will primarily be measured
+Added: through several biomarkers.
+Added: Economic burden of Alzheimer’s disease on society
+Added: in USA is generating a very large opportunity
+Added: According to Alzheimer’s Association’s
+Added: 2020 annual report Alzheimer’s disease has impacted 5.7 million Americans and that it costs the US $277 billion each year, excluding
+Added: the cost of “unpaid time and effort of the people, mostly women, who are caring for spouses, parents, siblings, and friends with
+Added: dementia.” The Association explained, “In 2017, 16 million Americans provided an estimated 18.4 billion hours of unpaid care
+Added: in the form of physical, emotional and financial support - a contribution to the nation valued at $232.1 billion.” Any product that
+Added: delays the onset of severe Alzheimer’s disease should represent significant savings to society.
+Added: Proposed JNS108 Phase II Clinical Trial for MCI/early
+Added: Alzheimer’s Disease
+Added: Subject to FDA’s review and
+Added: approval, the Phase II trial will be built on utilizing published information from the earlier Turner et al Phase II trial,
+Added: completed in 2015 with 119 patients with early Alzheimer’s disease who were treated with 4 different doses of resveratrol.
+Added: study was conducted by Professor Raymond Turner, MD, Ph.D.
+Added: at Georgetown University, a member of our Scientific Advisory Board, as
+Added: the Principal Investigator.
+Added: Turner is the Principal Investigator of our proposed Phase II trial.
+Added: The study tried 500mg, 1000mg,
+Added: 1500mg and 2000mg daily doses with each dose taken by the patients over 13 weeks.
+Added: Only the highest dose of 2000mg (2 X 1g per day)
+Added: showed positive results on biomarkers which lead to the conclusion that this study was most likely underdosed for achieving the best
+Added: therapeutic effect.
+Added: Pharmacokinetic analysis showed that the average C-Max of resveratrol in the blood on the highest dose was 181 ng/ml, which
+Added: is far from the target of 300ng/ml that we believe is needed for reaching therapeutic effect.
+Added: team of scientists in the Alzheimer’s field, Professors Raymond Turner, MD, Ph.D.
and Charbel Moussa, Ph.D.
−Removed: from Georgetown University, Rudolph Tanzi, Ph.D.
−Removed: Harvard and Li-Huei Tsai, Ph.D.
−Removed: MIT are assisting
−Removed: in designing our POC study to address and explore several biomarkers and areas where the trial results can guide us to a follow-on Phase
−Removed: II trial, if approved to do so by the FDA, that might generate meaningful outcomes for MCI/early AD patients.
−Removed: The Company has not discussed
−Removed: its ability to rely on and reference the Phase II trial conducted by Georgetown with the FDA nor has it discussed the design of the planned
−Removed: POC study in MCI patients with the FDA.
−Removed: JOTROL MCI Phase II Study
−Removed: SYNOPSIS Title:
−Removed: A phase II, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to assess the safety and efficacy of JOTROL (micellar
−Removed: resveratrol solubilisation formulation) in early Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) patients Study Description:
−Removed: This study seeks to assess
−Removed: the safety and efficacy of JOTROL (resveratrol) in patients with MCI/early AD.
−Removed: Approximately 105 patients will be enrolled at study centers
−Removed: across the United States.
−Removed: Patients will be randomized into one of two active treatment arms to receive JOTROL 200 mg BID or JOTROL 500
−Removed: mg BID or to a placebo group.
−Removed: We hypothesize that JOTROL will be safe and tolerable in individuals with MCI/early AD.
−Removed: determine the safety and efficacy of JOTROL (200 mg resveratrol BID and 500 mg resveratrol BID) for neuroinflammation and biomarkers
−Removed: of MCI/early AD.
−Removed: ○ To assess safety and tolerability of JOTROL in AD-MCI patients by monitoring adverse events
−Removed: (AEs) and serious adverse events (SAEs) and assessing their relationship to the study drug.
+Added: from Georgetown
+Added: University and Li-Huei Tsai, Ph.D.
+Added: from MIT have assisted in designing our Phase II a study to address and explore biomarkers.
+Added: We believe these trial results can guide us to a follow-on studies that might
+Added: generate meaningful outcomes for MCI/early Alzheimer’s disease patients.
+Added: The Company has not discussed its ability to rely on
+Added: and reference the Phase II trial conducted by Georgetown with the FDA nor has it discussed the design of the planned study in MCI
+Added: patients with the FDA.
+Added: Proposed JOTROL™ MCI Phase II Study
+Added: In the future, the Company hopes to
+Added: pursue a phase II, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to assess the safety and efficacy of JOTROL™ (micellar
+Added: resveratrol solubilization formulation) in early Alzheimer’s disease (“AD”) patients.
+Added: If the study and protocol is
+Added: approved by FDA, approximately 105 patients would be enrolled at study centers across the United States.
+Added: Patients would be
+Added: randomized into one of two active treatment arms to receive JOTROL™ 200 mg BID or JOTROL™ 500 mg BID or to a placebo
+Added: We hypothesize that this proposed study would support JOTROL™ safety and tolerability in
+Added: individuals with MCI/early AD.
+Added: Primary Objective :
+Added: To determine the safety and efficacy of JOTROL™ (200 mg resveratrol BID and 500 mg resveratrol BID) for neuroinflammation and biomarkers of MCI/early AD.
+Added: To assess safety and tolerability of JOTROL™ in AD-MCI patients by monitoring adverse events (AEs) and serious adverse events (“SAEs”) and assessing their relationship to the study drug.
Tolerability will be measured by subjects’ ability to remain on treatment.
−Removed: tolerability of the drug will be defined as fewer than 25% discontinuations due to drug-related
+Added: Overall tolerability of the drug will be defined as fewer than 25% discontinuations due to drug-related AEs and SAEs
A first efficacy indicator will be stabilization of Abeta 40/42.
+Added: Secondary Objectives:
To assess population pharmacokinetics (“Population PK”) in the ITT population
−Removed: measure the effect of JOTROL on biochemical markers for AD, neurodegeneration, vascular damage, metabolic effects, and neuroinflammation
−Removed: determine the effects of JOTROL on whole-brain and regional brain atrophy
−Removed: measure the effects of JOTROL on functional MRI measures
−Removed: assess cognitive effects of JOTROL
−Removed: examine the influence of Apolipoprotein E genotyping on both biomarker and cognitive endpoints
+Added: To measure the effect of JOTROL™ on biochemical markers for AD, neurodegeneration, vascular damage, metabolic effects, and neuroinflammation
+Added: To determine the effects of JOTROL™ on whole-brain and regional brain atrophy
+Added: To measure the effects of JOTROL™ on functional MRI measures
+Added: To assess cognitive effects of JOTROL™
+Added: To examine the influence of Apolipoprotein E genotyping on both biomarker and cognitive endpoints
Primary Endpoint:
−Removed: of safety/tolerability by monitoring AEs and SAEs, assessing their potential relationship to the study drug and Abeta 40/42.
−Removed: of AD relevant biomarkers
−Removed: MRI and Cortical Disarray Measurement
−Removed: experimental biomarkers as stated in protocol, such as those for neuroinflammation
−Removed: Approximately 105 male or female subjects between 55 and 85 years of age with a diagnosis of MCI/early AD will be enrolled.
−Removed: MCI/early AD patients should be amyloid positive with an AD/MCI clinical diagnosis.
−Removed: Phase II Description of Sites/Facilities Enrolling Participants:
+Added: Assessment of safety/tolerability by monitoring AEs and SAEs, assessing their potential relationship to the study drug and Abeta 40/42
+Added: Secondary Endpoints:
+Added: Levels of AD relevant biomarkers
+Added: Volumetric MRI and Cortical Disarray Measurement
+Added: Additional experimental biomarkers as stated in protocol, such as those for neuroinflammation
+Added: Study Population :
+Added: Approximately
+Added: 105 male or female subjects between 55 and 85 years of age with a diagnosis of MCI/early AD will be enrolled.
+Added: MCI/early AD patients should
+Added: be amyloid positive with an AD/MCI clinical diagnosis.
+Added: Phase II Description of
+Added: Sites/Facilities Enrolling Participants:
Approximately 8 study centers in the USA.
−Removed: Study sites will be determined
−Removed: by competitive selection of interested and eligible ADCS sites - with experienced study coordinators, raters, and site PIs
−Removed: of Study Intervention:
+Added: Study sites will be determined by competitive selection
+Added: of interested and eligible ADCS sites - with experienced study coordinators, raters, and site PIs.
+Added: Description of Study Intervention:
Subjects will be randomized 1:1:1 to receive 500 mg bid (1g/day) resveratrol as JOTROL™;
−Removed: or 200 mg bid (400mg/day)
−Removed: resveratrol as JOTROL;
−Removed: Treatment phase will be 6 months with a one month follow up safety visit and safety monitoring over a 6 month period to ensure
−Removed: that patients have no long lasting treatment related effects.
−Removed: Orphan Diseases
−Removed: Friedreich’s ataxia direct to Phase II
−Removed: is a project utilizing JOTROL, specifically designed to treat Friedreich’s Ataxia.
−Removed: Ataxia (FA) is a rare inherited disease that causes damage to the nervous system as well as mobility dysfunctions.
−Removed: FA usually begins
−Removed: in childhood and leads to impaired muscle coordination (ataxia) which worsens over time.
−Removed: It is caused by a defect (mutation) in a gene
−Removed: Friedreich’s ataxia is recessive, meaning it only occurs in someone who inherits two defective copies of the gene,
−Removed: one from each parent.
−Removed: Although rare, FA is the most common form of hereditary ataxia, affecting about 1 in 50,000 people in the United
−Removed: EU5 (5 largest European countries) alone has approximately the same amount of FA patients as there are in USA.
−Removed: 2014 Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI) conducted a clinical trial in 27 human subjects where 24 completed the study,
−Removed: resulting in that a high daily dose (5 grams) of nutritional grade trans-resveratrol had statistically different positive results, see
−Removed: p-values for 5 g daily dosing in the table below, on established Friedreich’s Ataxia measurements.
−Removed: Key markers, such as FARS Score
−Removed: and measurements of hearing and speech parameters were included in these positive results.
−Removed: The results indicate that an effective dose
−Removed: of resveratrol is expected to be a meaningful treatment for patients with Friedreich’s Ataxia.
−Removed: The data from the MCRI study was
−Removed: used in pre-IND meetings with the FDA discussing our Phase II study and was also referenced in our application for orphan drug designation
−Removed: The ODD, request #17-5978, was granted to us by the FDA on August 16, 2017.
−Removed: MCRI study is widely published, Eppie M.
−Removed: Yiu et al., and below is a summary table of the results including the demonstrated issue with
−Removed: gastro-intestinal side effects at a higher dose.
−Removed: p-value (or probability value) is used to determine if the outcome of an experiment is statistically significant.
−Removed: A low p-value means
−Removed: that there is a very low likelihood that this outcome was a result of luck or is a random occurrence.
−Removed: A high p-value means that assuming
−Removed: the null hypothesis is true, this outcome was very likely.
−Removed: Generally, a p value less than 0.05 (or 5% odds of the event being random)
−Removed: is regarded as statistically significant.
−Removed: The lower the P value, the less chance that the comparison is a random outcome.
−Removed: The FDA follows
−Removed: these accepted measures of statistical probability in the evaluation of significant results in preclinical experimental outcomes and
−Removed: for clinical trials.
−Removed: In general, if a primary endpoint in a Phase III/Pivotal trial gets a p-value below 0.05 there is a good possibility,
−Removed: unless there are simultaneous safety issues, that a product may receive approval from the FDA.
−Removed: below graph representing results of two different doses of resveratrol in the same patient population.
−Removed: Comparisons are made from the
−Removed: patients’ baseline and was not placebo controlled.
−Removed: There is a clear difference between the 1gram daily dosing vs the 5 gram
−Removed: daily dosing in p-values in all areas measured.
−Removed: There is also a clear difference in adverse events, primarily GI related between the
−Removed: This clearly demonstrates that the significantly higher dose is effective while the lower dose is not.
−Removed: However, it also
−Removed: shows that the high dose of the regular resveratrol administered cause unacceptable high gastro-intestinal side effects.
−Removed: we believe that our JOTROL product in a Phase II/II trial will replicate the positive outcomes without any severe gastro-intestinal
−Removed: side effects.
−Removed: Phase II trial for Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 1 (MPS I)
−Removed: is utilizing JOTROL for the treatment of Lysosomal Storage disease areas whereas MPS Type I is the first target.
−Removed: I is divided into three subtypes based on severity of symptoms.
−Removed: All three types result from an absence of, or insufficient levels of,
−Removed: the enzyme alpha-L-iduronidase.
−Removed: Children who have parents with MPS I will carry the defective gene.
−Removed: I patients are presently treated with an Enzyme Replacement Therapy (ERT) named Aldurazyme.
−Removed: This requires a weekly infusion of 4 hours
−Removed: per event and cost over $500,000 per year per patient.
−Removed: The ERT is effective in significantly prolonging life however since the ERT does
−Removed: not penetrate the Blood Brain Barrier, Ears, Eyes and Joints, it leaves the patients with a gradually worsening quality of life including
−Removed: loss of hearing, blindness and severe arthritis.
−Removed: is targeting the specific areas that ERT cannot treat, with JOTROL™ treatment.
−Removed: Phase II Clinical Trial
−Removed: studies conducted at University of Miami in MPS I mice results showed that a high dose of resveratrol increased the
−Removed: alpha-L-iduronidase which is the critical enzyme that is too low in these patients.
−Removed: application for Phase I study was approved by the FDA and the clinical trial is completed.
−Removed: Results documented in the section JOTROL
−Removed: Phase I Pharmacokinetic (“PK”) and Safety Study .
−Removed: study details and start to be determined by consultation with the FDA and supportive additional financing.
−Removed: tolerability and PK/PD values
−Removed: endpoints to include (subject to FDA acceptance)
−Removed: in 6-minute walk distance
−Removed: vital capacity
−Removed: such as alpha-L-iduronidase levels
−Removed: I validated pain survey
−Removed: Phase II trial for MELAS Syndrome
−Removed: is utilizing JOTROL as the product to treat MELAS Syndrome.
−Removed: (Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic Acidosis, and Stroke-like episodes) syndrome is a rare disorder that begins in childhood, usually
−Removed: between two and fifteen years of age, and mostly affects the nervous system and muscles.
−Removed: The most common early symptoms are seizures,
−Removed: recurrent headaches, loss of appetite, and recurrent vomiting.
−Removed: Stroke-like episodes with temporary muscle weakness on one side of the
−Removed: body (hemiparesis) may also occur and this can lead to altered consciousness, vision and hearing loss, loss of motor skills, and intellectual
−Removed: MELAS is caused by mutations in mitochondrial DNA.
−Removed: Pre-clinical trials performed with mice at University of Miami showed
−Removed: that JOTROL™ increased mitochondrial biogenesis in the liver with 70% and in the brain with 30%, which is expected to lead to an
−Removed: increase in the mitochondria levels in MELAS patients and thereby show positive patient outcomes.
−Removed: of MELAS syndrome usually begin between the ages of two and fifteen years, but delayed onset cases have also been reported in people
−Removed: aged fifteen to forty years and older.
−Removed: In approximately 75 percent of cases, onset of the disorder occurs before the age of 20 years.
−Removed: Symptoms and physical findings associated with MELAS syndrome vary greatly among affected individuals.
−Removed: The distinguishing feature in
−Removed: MELAS syndrome is the recurrence of stroke-like episodes.
−Removed: It is currently thought that the deficiency of a compound called nitric oxide
−Removed: in the small blood vessels of the brain may be responsible for the stroke-like episodes.
−Removed: Short stature and hearing loss may be present
−Removed: and fatigue and difficulty tolerating exercise may be early symptoms.
−Removed: syndrome is a rare disorder that affects males and females in equal numbers.
−Removed: Although rare, MELAS syndrome is probably the most common
−Removed: type of mitochondrial myopathy caused by mutations in mtDNA.
−Removed: Some researchers believe that mitochondrial myopathies may go unrecognized
−Removed: and underdiagnosed in the general population, making it difficult to determine the true frequency of disorders like MELAS syndrome.
−Removed: potential market for JOTROL in the USA includes approximately 80,000 patients.
−Removed: With a projected treatment cost for MELAS syndrome of
−Removed: $75,000 per patient annually, treating 50,000 patients could generate around $3.75 billion per year.
−Removed: Furthermore, successful clinical
−Removed: trial results may extend JOTROL’s applicability to other mitochondrial diseases, potentially expanding its market impact.
−Removed: following is an overview of JNS’s competitors.
−Removed: Many companies, including the largest pharma companies in the world, are competitors
−Removed: in some of the disease areas for which we are developing treatments for through our various projects.
−Removed: We will compete with both small
−Removed: and large companies in each indication we are pursuing.
−Removed: are a multiple of companies, both smaller biotech’s as well as large pharmaceutical companies, that are working on solutions for
−Removed: the same indications that we are pursuing.
−Removed: There is no assurance that we will be able to compete with these companies even if our product
−Removed: gets approved in an indication.
−Removed: the availability of FDA-approved treatments for Parkinson’s Disease, no breakthrough therapies have emerged recently to halt disease
−Removed: The most commonly prescribed treatment is levodopa/carbidopa, which has been used since the late 1960s.
−Removed: Levodopa is absorbed
−Removed: in the intestine and converted to dopamine in the brain, addressing the dopamine deficiency in Parkinson’s patients.
−Removed: prevents premature conversion of levodopa to dopamine outside the brain, reducing side effects like nausea.
−Removed: This combination is available
−Removed: in various forms, including pills, dissolvable tablets, and a gel infused directly into the intestine.
−Removed: Levodopa/carbidopa
−Removed: significantly improves motor symptoms in most patients, especially those with mild symptoms, and remains effective over time.
−Removed: as Parkinson’s progresses, dosage adjustments may be necessary.
−Removed: Initial side effects can include nausea and vomiting, which can
−Removed: be mitigated by taking the medication with a small snack or adding extra carbidopa.
−Removed: Other side effects may include drowsiness, low blood
−Removed: pressure, and hallucinations.
−Removed: Despite these challenges, levodopa/carbidopa remains a cornerstone in managing Parkinson’s symptoms.
−Removed: companies are actively developing treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, each with unique approaches and challenges.
−Removed: Aduhelm, an IV infusion targeting amyloid-beta plaques, has faced reimbursement issues despite FDA approval, leading to low market penetration.
−Removed: Eli Lilly’s donanemab, targeting a modified form of beta amyloid, recently received FDA approval and is priced at $32,000 annually.
+Added: or 200 mg bid (400mg/day) resveratrol as
+Added: Participant Duration :
+Added: phase will be 6 months with a one month follow up safety visit and safety monitoring over a 6-month period to ensure that patients have
+Added: no long-lasting treatment related effects.
+Added: Rare Orphan Diseases
+Added: Proposed JNS102 Phase II trial for
+Added: Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 1 (“MPS Type I” or “MPS-I”)
+Added: JNS102 is investigating JOTROL™ for
+Added: the potential treatment of Lysosomal Storage disease areas whereas MPS Type I is the first target.
+Added: MPS-I is divided into three subtypes based
+Added: on severity of symptoms.
+Added: All three types result from an absence or insufficient levels of the enzyme alpha-L-iduronidase.
+Added: have parents with MPS-I will carry the defective gene.
+Added: MPS-I patients are presently treated with
+Added: an Enzyme Replacement Therapy (“ERT”) named Aldurazyme.
+Added: This requires a weekly infusion of 4 hours per event and costs over
+Added: $500,000 per year per patient.
+Added: The ERT is effective in significantly prolonging life.
+Added: However, since the ERT does not penetrate the blood
+Added: brain barrier, ears, eyes, or joints, it leaves the patients with a gradually worsening quality of life including loss of hearing, blindness
+Added: and severe arthritis.
+Added: JNS102 is targeting the specific areas that ERT cannot treat,
+Added: with JOTROL™.
+Added: Proposed JNS102 Phase II Clinical Trial
+Added: Preclinical studies conducted at University of Miami in MPS-I mice results showed that a high dose of resveratrol increased the alpha-L-iduronidase which is the critical enzyme that is too low in these patients.
+Added: IND application for Phase I study
+Added: was approved by the FDA.
+Added: Final study details and start to be determined by consultation with the FDA and supportive additional financing.
+Added: Primary endpoint:
+Added: Safety, tolerability and PK/PD values
+Added: Secondary endpoints to include (subject to FDA acceptance)
+Added: Improvement in 6-minute walk distance
+Added: Forced vital capacity
+Added: Biomarkers, such as alpha-L-iduronidase levels
+Added: MPS-I validated pain survey
+Added: JNS107 clinical trial for MELAS Syndrome
+Added: JNS107 is investigating
+Added: JOTROL™ as a product candidate to treat MELAS Syndrome.
+Added: MELAS (Mitochondrial Encephalopathy, Lactic
+Added: Acidosis, and Stroke-like episodes) syndrome is a rare disorder that begins in childhood, usually between two and fifteen years of age,
+Added: and mostly affects the nervous system and muscles.
+Added: The most common early symptoms are seizures, recurrent headaches, loss of appetite,
+Added: and recurrent vomiting.
+Added: Stroke-like episodes with temporary muscle weakness on one side of the body (hemiparesis) may also occur and this
+Added: can lead to altered consciousness, vision and hearing loss, loss of motor skills, and intellectual disability.
+Added: MELAS is caused by mutations
+Added: in mitochondrial DNA.
+Added: Pre-clinical trials performed with mice at University of Miami showed that JOTROL™ increased mitochondrial
+Added: biogenesis in the liver with 70% and in the brain with 30%.
+Added: While symptoms of MELAS syndrome usually
+Added: begin between the ages of two and fifteen years, delayed onset cases have also been reported in people aged fifteen to forty years and
+Added: In approximately 75% of cases, onset of the disorder occurs before the age of 20 years.
+Added: Symptoms and physical findings associated
+Added: with MELAS syndrome vary greatly among affected individuals.
+Added: The distinguishing feature in MELAS syndrome is the recurrence of stroke-like
+Added: It is currently thought that the deficiency of a compound called nitric oxide in the small blood vessels of the brain may be
+Added: responsible for the stroke-like episodes.
+Added: Short stature and hearing loss may be present and fatigue and difficulty tolerating exercise
+Added: may be early symptoms.
+Added: MELAS syndrome is a rare disorder that
+Added: affects males and females in equal numbers.
+Added: Although rare, MELAS syndrome is probably the most common type of mitochondrial myopathy caused
+Added: by mutations in mtDNA.
+Added: Some researchers believe that mitochondrial myopathies may go unrecognized and underdiagnosed in the general population,
+Added: making it difficult to determine the true frequency of disorders like MELAS syndrome.
+Added: Opportunity for JNS107
+Added: The potential market for JOTROL™
+Added: in the USA includes approximately 80,000 patients 1 .
+Added: With a projected treatment cost for MELAS syndrome of $75,000 per patient
+Added: annually, treating 50,000 patients could generate around $3.75 billion per year.
+Added: Furthermore, successful clinical trial results may extend
+Added: JOTROL™’s applicability to other mitochondrial diseases, potentially expanding its market impact.
+Added: There is no assurance that
+Added: JOTROL™ will obtain regulatory approval to treat MELAS syndrome or any other mitochondrial diseases.
+Added: The following is an overview of JNS’s
+Added: competitors in the pharmaceutical industry.
+Added: Many companies, including the largest pharma companies in the world, are competitors in some
+Added: of the disease areas for which we are developing treatments for through our various projects.
+Added: We will compete with both small and large
+Added: companies in each indication we are pursuing.
+Added: There are a multiple of companies, both
+Added: smaller biotech’s as well as large pharmaceutical companies, that are working on solutions for the same indications that we are
+Added: There is no assurance that we will be able to compete with these companies even if our product is approved in an indication.
+Added: Parkinson’s Disease
+Added: Despite the availability of FDA-approved
+Added: treatments for Parkinson’s disease, no breakthrough therapies have emerged recently to halt disease progression.
+Added: The most commonly
+Added: prescribed treatment is levodopa/carbidopa, which has been used since the late 1960s.
+Added: Levodopa is absorbed in the intestine and converted
+Added: to dopamine in the brain, addressing the dopamine deficiency in Parkinson’s patients.
+Added: Carbidopa prevents premature conversion of
+Added: levodopa to dopamine outside the brain, reducing side effects like nausea.
+Added: This combination is available in various forms, including pills,
+Added: dissolvable tablets, and a gel infused directly into the intestine.
+Added: Levodopa/carbidopa significantly improves
+Added: motor symptoms in most patients, especially those with mild symptoms, and remains effective over time.
+Added: However, as Parkinson’s progresses,
+Added: dosage adjustments may be necessary.
+Added: Initial side effects can include nausea and vomiting, which can be mitigated by taking the medication
+Added: with a small snack or adding extra carbidopa.
+Added: Other side effects may include drowsiness, low blood pressure, and hallucinations.
+Added: these challenges, levodopa/carbidopa remains a cornerstone in managing Parkinson’s symptoms.
+Added: Alzheimer’s Disease
+Added: Several companies are actively developing
+Added: treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, each with unique approaches and challenges.
+Added: Biogen’s Aduhelm, an IV infusion targeting
+Added: amyloid-beta plaques, has faced reimbursement issues despite FDA approval, leading to low market penetration and market withdrawal.
+Added: Lilly’s donanemab, targeting a modified form of beta amyloid, recently received FDA approval and is priced at $32,000 annually.
It has shown promise in early Alzheimer’s patients and is undergoing further trials.
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an orally dosed molecule in Phase II, supported by significant NIA grants.
−Removed: Life Sciences is advancing Anavex 2-73, a Phase III candidate from their SIGMACEPTOR™ platform, targeting CNS conditions with genomic
−Removed: Eisai and Biogen’s Leqembi, approved by a panel of experts, is expected to receive traditional FDA approval, potentially
−Removed: expanding Medicare coverage.
−Removed: Priced at $26,000 per year, Leqembi has shown benefits for early-stage Alzheimer’s patients.
−Removed: these advancements, the competitive landscape remains dynamic, with the possibility of other companies emerging with successful treatment
−Removed: are several companies that are targeting the same rare diseases as us.
−Removed: Below is a description of a selection of those companies that we
−Removed: see as our closest competitors.
−Removed: However, it is possible that another company, that is not listed below, can potentially have a successful
−Removed: product approved before us and have a more effective treatment.
−Removed: the MPS-1 space, several companies offer competitive products to Jupiter.
−Removed: Sanofi Genzyme’s Aldurazyme has been the standard enzyme
−Removed: replacement therapy for nearly 20 years.
−Removed: RegenexBio is developing RGX-111, a gene therapy designed to deliver a functional copy of the
−Removed: IDUA gene to the central nervous system.
+Added: Anavex Life Sciences is advancing Anavex
+Added: 2-73, a Phase III candidate from their SIGMACEPTOR™ platform, targeting CNS conditions with genomic precision.
+Added: Eisai and Biogen’s
+Added: Leqembi has received traditional FDA approval, potentially expanding Medicare coverage.
+Added: Priced at $26,000 per year, Leqembi has shown
+Added: benefits for early-stage Alzheimer’s patients.
+Added: Despite these advancements, the competitive landscape remains dynamic, with the possibility
+Added: of other companies emerging with successful treatment
+Added: Rare Diseases
+Added: There are several companies that are targeting
+Added: the same rare diseases as us.
+Added: Below is a description of a selection of those companies that we see as our closest competitors.
+Added: it is possible that another company, that is not listed below, could have a successful product approved before us and have a more effective
+Added: In the MPS-I space, several companies
+Added: offer competitive products to Jupiter.
+Added: Sanofi Genzyme’s Aldurazyme has been the standard enzyme replacement therapy for nearly 20
+Added: RegenexBio is developing RGX-111, a gene therapy designed to deliver a functional copy of the IDUA gene to the central nervous
Sigilon Therapeutics, Inc.
−Removed: is working on SIG-005, which uses a genetically modified human cell
−Removed: line to express the IDUA enzyme, with an IND application for Phase I submitted to the FDA.
+Added: is working on SIG-005, which uses a genetically modified human cell line to express the IDUA enzyme,
+Added: with an Investigation New Drug (“IND”) application for Phase I submitted to the FDA.
Additionally, Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc.
−Removed: exploring gene editing products, although no positive results have been published yet.
+Added: is exploring gene editing products, although no positive results have been published yet.
These developments represent significant competition
−Removed: in the treatment of MPS-1.
−Removed: the treatment of Friedreich’s Ataxia, several products compete with Jupiter’s offerings.
−Removed: Reata Pharmaceuticals’ Omaveloxolone,
−Removed: branded as SKYCLARYS, received approval in 2023 following successful Phase II and pivotal trials.
−Removed: Despite its effectiveness, Jupiter
−Removed: anticipates conducting future studies in Europe and Australia due to market competition in the USA, especially after Biogen’s acquisition
−Removed: Minoryx Therapeutics has completed a Phase II trial for MIN-102, a selective PPAR gamma agonist, showing promise in this space.
−Removed: Additionally, Larimar Therapeutics is developing CTI-1601, a recombinant fusion protein intended to deliver human frataxin to mitochondria,
−Removed: currently in Phase I trials.
−Removed: These advancements highlight the competitive landscape in Friedreich’s Ataxia treatment.
−Removed: the treatment of MELAS, several products present competition to Jupiter’s offerings.
−Removed: Cyclerion Therapeutics is advancing CY643,
−Removed: currently in Phase 1B, which evaluates safety and its impact on mitochondrial dysfunction and cognition.
−Removed: Abliva AB is developing KL1333,
−Removed: which has been granted orphan drug designation in both the United States and Europe.
−Removed: This product has been tested in healthy volunteers
−Removed: and patients, with a registrational Phase 2/3 study initiated in December 2022.
−Removed: These developments underscore the competitive landscape
−Removed: in the search for effective MELAS treatments.
−Removed: believe that we are positioned to outperform competitors for the following reasons:
−Removed: believe that the focus on a new product based on resveratrol with higher bioavailability, JOTROL, will enable us to utilize the same
−Removed: product for several indications, subject to FDA’s approval.
−Removed: We believe that this enables us to have several opportunities to obtain
−Removed: regulatory approval in case we are able to show efficacy and safety acceptable to regulatory agencies for one or more of our targeted
−Removed: is an oral product based on a natural compound.
−Removed: Oral delivery of medications is a physician and patient preferred treatment compared
−Removed: with injections and infusions and we expect that our product will have an attractive and affordable price point for reimbursors and patients.
−Removed: are building a close relationship with Key Opinion Leaders (KOL’s) and patient organizations to facilitate a better understanding
−Removed: of patient needs and thereby design trials targeting solutions to those needs as long as these targets are acceptable to the FDA.
−Removed: natural product resveratrol is well studied with over 14,000 scientific publications to date.
−Removed: Published scientific papers, such as
−Removed: AY Berman et al, indicate that a highly bioavailable product generating less GI side effects may have application in a number of
−Removed: upon available scientific literature, it appears that resveratrol is an activator of SIRT1, one of the mammalian forms of the sirtuin
−Removed: family of proteins.
+Added: in the treatment of MPS-I.
+Added: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8993002/
+Added: In the treatment of MELAS, several products
+Added: present competition to Jupiter’s offerings.
+Added: Cyclerion Therapeutics is advancing CY643, currently in Phase 1B, which evaluates safety
+Added: and its impact on mitochondrial dysfunction and cognition.
+Added: Abliva AB is developing KL1333, which has been granted orphan drug designation
+Added: in both the United States and Europe.
+Added: This product has been tested in healthy volunteers and patients, with a registrational Phase II/III
+Added: study initiated in December 2022.
+Added: These developments underscore the competitive landscape in the search for effective MELAS treatments.
+Added: Competitive Advantages
+Added: We believe that we are positioned to outperform
+Added: competitors in the pharmaceutical industry for the following reasons:
+Added: We believe that the focus on a new
+Added: product based on resveratrol with potentially higher bioavailability, JOTROL™, will enable us to explore its use for several
+Added: research pathways and indications, subject to FDA’s review and approval.
+Added: Whether such path is viable would depend on
+Added: regulatory submissions and data generated in pre-clinical and clinical trials.
+Added: We believe that this enables us to have several
+Added: opportunities to obtain regulatory approval in case we are able to show efficacy and safety acceptable to regulatory agencies for
+Added: one or more of our targeted indications.
+Added: JOTROL™ is an oral product based on a natural compound.
+Added: Oral delivery of medications is a physician and patient preferred treatment compared with injections and infusions and we expect that our product will have an attractive and affordable price point for reimbursors and patients.
+Added: We are building a close relationship with key opinion leaders (“KOLs”) and patient organizations to facilitate a better understanding of patient needs and thereby design trials targeting solutions to those needs as long as these targets are acceptable to the FDA.
+Added: The natural product resveratrol is well studied with over 20,000 scientific publications to date.
+Added: Published scientific papers, such as AY Berman et al, indicate that a highly bioavailable product generating less GI side effects may have application in a number of indications.
+Added: Based upon available scientific literature, it appears that resveratrol is an activator of SIRT1, one of the mammalian forms of the sirtuin family of proteins.
SIRT1 deacetylates histones and nonhistone proteins including transcription factors.
−Removed: The SIRT1-regulated pathway
−Removed: affects metabolism, stress resistance, cell survival, cellular senescence, inflammation/immune function, endothelial functions, and circadian
−Removed: Resveratrol has been documented in scientific literature to activate SIRT1, NrF2, NLR3P inflammasomes and have an epigenetic
−Removed: mechanism and therefore is predicted to benefit diseases affected by abnormal metabolic control, inflammation, and cell cycle defects.
−Removed: Nonetheless, resveratrol application is a major challenge for the pharmaceutical industry, due to its poor solubility and bioavailability,
−Removed: as well as adverse effects, such as severe gastro-intestinal side effects when taken at effective dose levels (over 2,000 mg daily).
−Removed: In this context, studies have proposed that structural changes in the resveratrol molecule, including glycosylation, alkylation, halogenation,
−Removed: hydroxylation, methylation, and prenylation could lead to the development of derivatives with enhanced bioavailability and pharmacological
−Removed: Resveratrol has never been developed with all the necessary steps to achieve an approval as a pharmaceutical product since
−Removed: the existing natural supplements cannot provide high enough levels of resveratrol in blood plasma to be able to provide a therapeutically
−Removed: effective dose without generating severe gastro-intestinal side effects.
−Removed: This means that we need to take JOTROL through the full regulatory
−Removed: NDA (New Drug Application) requirement to obtain a marketing approval.
−Removed: We were able to receive, through a confidential agreement from
−Removed: a major pharmaceutical company, a chronic toxicology study performed with resveratrol, in two different species, that was referenced
−Removed: in our approved Phase I IND application submitted to the FDA.
+Added: The SIRT1-regulated pathway affects metabolism, stress resistance, cell survival, cellular senescence, inflammation/immune function, endothelial functions, and circadian rhythms.
+Added: Resveratrol has been documented in scientific literature to activate SIRT1, NrF2, NLR3P inflammasomes and have an epigenetic mechanism and therefore is predicted to benefit diseases affected by abnormal metabolic control, inflammation, and cell cycle defects.
+Added: Nonetheless, resveratrol application is a major challenge, due to its poor solubility and bioavailability, as well as severe gastro-intestinal side effects when taken at high dose levels (over 2,000 mg daily).
+Added: In this context, studies have proposed that structural changes in the resveratrol molecule, including glycosylation, alkylation, halogenation, hydroxylation, methylation, and prenylation could lead to the development of derivatives with enhanced bioavailability and pharmacological activity.
+Added: Resveratrol has never been developed with all the necessary steps to achieve an approval as a pharmaceutical product because of severe gastro-intestinal side effects.
+Added: This means that we need to take JOTROL™ through the full regulatory NDA requirement to obtain marketing approval.
+Added: We were able to receive, through a confidential agreement from a major pharmaceutical company, chronic toxicology studies performed with resveratrol, in two different species, that was referenced in our approved Phase I IND application submitted to the FDA.
The study was conducted by Charles River Laboratories.
−Removed: out-licensing for Asian markets is being considered as it may reduce risk and cost of product development in those markets that requires
−Removed: confirming trials in an Asian population, while generating income through milestones and royalty agreements, see “Asian Business
−Removed: Development Activities” regarding further developments and strategy in the Asian market.
−Removed: and Commercialization Plan
−Removed: March 2025, the Company announced that it had entered into a partnership with Aquanova AG to develop a series of nutritional products
−Removed: targeting longevity, aging and Healthspan.
−Removed: The first three products, which will focus on the concept of “Beauty from Within”,
−Removed: are slated to hit the market in the third quarter of 2025 through a Direct-to-Consumer model.
−Removed: The Company will focus on the consumer
−Removed: market, and will market its products on a to-be-developed website targeting the US market, along with social media marketing.
−Removed: Internationally,
−Removed: the Company is focusing on partners who can market and accelerate sales, with an initial focus on the Asian region.
−Removed: addition, we may also consider out-license JOTROL to one or more companies that has such commercialization capability in place.
−Removed: consider at any time a complete exit through any proposed acquisition of our company.
−Removed: In case no acceptable M&A offer is presented
−Removed: we might consider marketing and distributing JOTROL in the USA for the rare disease market only and have companies with large sales organizations
−Removed: distribute our product for the larger indications.
−Removed: All international distributions will most likely be out licensed.
−Removed: marketing and sales of orphan drugs can be relatively fast and effective.
−Removed: We believe, based on discussions with organizations such as
−Removed: the EveryLife Foundation an approval of a drug for a rare disease is efficiently communicated through social media to Key Opinion Leaders
−Removed: (KOL), patient advocacy groups and directly to patients, which may reduce marketing costs.
−Removed: are already using information regarding our development progress through KOL’s and the respective patient organizations that exist
−Removed: for each indication.
−Removed: We have also initiated a collaboration with several patient organizations such as the FARA organization, www.curefa.org,
−Removed: the National MPS Society, UMDF, www.umdf.org, and the EveryLife Foundation in USA.
−Removed: have been approached by several large and mid-size pharmaceutical companies discussing future collaborations once we have more clinical
−Removed: data available.
−Removed: We will try to utilize this interest by out-licensing primarily the Asian territories while waiting to conduct out-licensing
−Removed: in USA and Europe until after Phase II results are obtained.
−Removed: have participated in several industry trade shows, such as Biotech Showcase, BIO USA, LSX World, World Orphan Congress, World Symposium
−Removed: for LSD, BIO Hong Kong 2023 and many others.
−Removed: We plan to continue to participate in those conferences as well as conferences targeting
−Removed: presentations by publicly traded companies.
−Removed: and Organization
−Removed: are, and plan to stay, primarily a virtual organization utilizing partnership arrangements for certain functions including but not limited
−Removed: to our R&D, clinical trial work, regulatory affairs and product manufacturing.
−Removed: A core organization is in place and will be expanded
−Removed: handling Strategy, Project Management, Clinical trial Management, Regulatory Affairs, Finance and Business Development.
−Removed: We believe that
−Removed: our core management team structure has proven experience in utilizing outside resources which allows us to efficiently execute several
−Removed: programs simultaneously in what we believe to be a very cost-effective way.
+Added: Possible out-licensing for Asian markets is being considered as it may reduce risk and cost of product development in those markets that requires confirming trials in an Asian population, while generating income through milestones and royalty agreements, see “—Asian Business Development Activities” regarding further developments and strategy in the Asian market.
+Added: Marketing and Commercialization Plan for Therapeutic Drug
+Added: The Company may consider out-licensing
+Added: JOTROL™ for pharmaceutical uses to one or more companies that have such commercialization capability in place.
+Added: We may consider at
+Added: any time a complete exit through any proposed acquisition of our company.
+Added: In case no acceptable M&A offer is presented, and in the
+Added: event we were able to obtain FDA regulatory approval for JOTROL™ we might consider marketing and distributing JOTROL™ in the
+Added: USA for the rare disease market only and have companies with large sales organizations distribute our product for larger indications.
+Added: All international distributions would most likely be out-licensed.
+Added: The marketing and sales of orphan drugs
+Added: can be relatively fast and effective.
+Added: We believe, based on discussions with organizations such as the EveryLife Foundation an approval
+Added: of a drug for a rare disease is efficiently communicated through social media to KOLs, patient advocacy groups and directly to patients,
+Added: which may reduce marketing costs.
+Added: We have been approached by several large
+Added: and mid-size pharmaceutical companies discussing interest in future collaborations once we have more clinical data available for JOTROL™.
+Added: We will try to utilize this interest for out-licensing primarily in the Asian territories while waiting to conduct out-licensing in the
+Added: USA and Europe until after Phase II results are obtained.
+Added: We have participated in several industry
+Added: trade shows, such as Biotech Showcase, BIO USA, LSX World, World Orphan Congress, World Symposium for LSD, BIO Hong Kong 2023 and many
+Added: We plan to continue to participate in those conferences as well as conferences targeting presentations by publicly traded companies.
+Added: Operation and Organization
+Added: We are, and plan to stay, primarily a
+Added: virtual organization utilizing partnership arrangements for certain functions including but not limited to our R&D, clinical trial
+Added: work, regulatory affairs and product manufacturing.
+Added: A core organization is in place and will be expanded handling Strategy, Project Management,
+Added: Clinical Trial Management, Regulatory Affairs, Finance and Business Development.
+Added: We believe that our core management team structure has
+Added: proven experience in utilizing outside resources which allows us to efficiently execute several programs simultaneously in what we believe
+Added: to be a very cost-effective way.
+Added: Government Regulation
+Added: Regulatory Approval of our Drug Product Candidates
+Added: The FDA and comparable regulatory authorities
+Added: in state and local jurisdictions impose substantial and burdensome requirements upon companies involved in the clinical development, manufacture,
+Added: marketing, and distribution of drug products.
+Added: These regulatory authorities and other federal, state, and local entities regulate the research
+Added: and development, testing, manufacture, quality control, safety, effectiveness, labeling, storage, documentation and record keeping, approval,
+Added: advertising and promotion, distribution, post-approval monitoring and reporting, and export and import of our drug candidates.
+Added: In the United States, the FDA regulates drugs under the Federal
+Added: Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the “FDCA”), and its implementing regulations.
+Added: The process of obtaining regulatory approvals
+Added: and compliance with applicable federal, state, local and foreign statutes and regulations requires the expenditure of substantial time
+Added: and financial resources.
+Added: Failure to comply with the applicable U.S.
+Added: requirements at any time during the product development process, approval
+Added: process or after approval, may subject an applicant to a variety of administrative or judicial sanctions, such as the FDA’s refusal
+Added: to approve pending New Drug Applications (“NDAs”), withdrawal of an approval, imposition of a clinical hold, issuance of warning
+Added: letters, product recalls, product seizures, total or partial suspension of production or distribution, injunctions, fines, refusals of
+Added: government contracts, restitution, disgorgement or civil or criminal penalties.
+Added: The process required by the FDA before a drug may be marketed
+Added: in the United States generally involves the following, among other things:
+Added: ● completion of pre-clinical laboratory tests, animal studies
+Added: and formulation studies in compliance with the FDA’s good laboratory practice (“GLP”) regulations;
+Added: ● submission to the FDA of an IND application, which must become
+Added: effective before human clinical trials may begin;
+Added: ● independent Institutional Review Board (“IRB”) approval;
+Added: ● performance of adequate and well-controlled human clinical trials
+Added: in accordance with good clinical practices (“GCPs”) requirements to establish the safety and efficacy of the proposed drug
+Added: product for each indication;
+Added: ● demonstration that the API and finished drug product are manufactured
+Added: under current good manufacturing conditions and meet all applicable standards of identity, strength, quality, and purity;
+Added: ● submission to the FDA of an NDA;
+Added: ● satisfactory completion of an FDA advisory committee review,
+Added: if applicable;
+Added: ● FDA review and approval of the NDA, including consideration
+Added: of the views of any FDA advisory committee, prior to commercial marketing, promotion or sale of the drug in the United States;
+Added: ● compliance with any post-approval requirements, including the
+Added: potential requirement to implement a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) or to conduct a post-approval study.
+Added: Pre-clinical studies
+Added: Before testing any drug product candidate in humans, the product
+Added: candidate must undergo rigorous pre-clinical testing.
+Added: The pre-clinical developmental stage generally involves laboratory evaluations of
+Added: drug chemistry, formulation, and stability, and studies to evaluate toxicity in animals, to assess the potential for adverse events (AEs)
+Added: and, sometimes, to establish a rationale for therapeutic use.
+Added: The conduct of pre-clinical studies is subject to federal regulations and
+Added: requirements.
+Added: An IND sponsor must submit the results of the pre-clinical studies, together with manufacturing information, analytical
+Added: data, any available clinical data or literature and a proposed clinical protocol, to the FDA as part of the IND.
+Added: An IND is a request for authorization from the FDA to ship
+Added: an investigational product and then administer it to humans for clinical research and must be allowed to proceed by the FDA before human
+Added: clinical trials may begin.
+Added: An IND typically becomes effective 30 days after receipt by the FDA, unless the FDA raises concerns or questions
+Added: before that time related to one or more proposed clinical trials and places the trial on clinical hold.
+Added: In such a case, the IND sponsor
+Added: and the FDA must resolve any outstanding concerns before the clinical trial can begin.
+Added: Thus, submission of an IND does not guarantee that
+Added: FDA will allow human clinical trials to commence.
+Added: Clinical trials
+Added: The clinical-trials stage of development involves the administration
+Added: of the investigational product to healthy volunteers or patients under the supervision of qualified clinical trial investigators, generally
+Added: experienced physicians, in accordance with GCPs, which includes the requirement that all research patients provide their informed consent
+Added: for their participation in any clinical trial.
+Added: Clinical trials are conducted under protocols detailing, among other things, the objectives
+Added: of the clinical trial, dosing procedures and regimens, subject inclusion and exclusion criteria and the parameters to be used to monitor
+Added: subject safety and assess efficacy of the investigational product.
+Added: Each protocol, and any subsequent amendments to the protocol, typically
+Added: must be submitted to the FDA as part of the IND.
+Added: Moreover, each clinical trial must be reviewed and approved by an IRB for each institution
+Added: where the clinical trial will be conducted.
+Added: The IRB also approves the informed consent form that must be provided to each clinical trial
+Added: subject or his or her legal representative and must monitor the clinical trial until completed.
+Added: Human clinical trials are typically conducted
+Added: in three sequential phases, which are summarized below at a high level:
+Added: ● Phase I clinical trials generally involve a small number of healthy volunteers
+Added: or disease-affected patients who are initially exposed to a single dose and then multiple doses of the product candidate.
+Added: The main purpose
+Added: of Phase I clinical trials is to assess the metabolism, pharmacologic action, side effect tolerability and safety of the drug.
+Added: ● Phase II clinical trials involve studies in disease-affected patients to determine
+Added: the dose required to produce the desired benefits.
+Added: At the same time, safety and further pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic information
+Added: is collected, possible adverse effects and safety risks are identified, and a preliminary evaluation of efficacy is conducted.
+Added: ● Phase III clinical trials generally involve a larger number of patients at multiple
+Added: sites and are designed to provide the data necessary to demonstrate the safety and effectiveness of the product for its intended use,
+Added: and to provide an adequate basis for product approval.
+Added: These trials may include comparisons with placebo and/or other comparator treatments.
+Added: The duration of treatment is often extended to mimic the actual use of a product during marketing.
+Added: FDA Marketing Approval
+Added: Assuming successful completion of required clinical testing,
+Added: the results of the pre-clinical studies and clinical trials, together with detailed information relating to the product’s chemistry,
+Added: manufacture, quality controls, and proposed labeling, are submitted to FDA as part of an NDA requesting approval to market the product
+Added: for one or more indications.
+Added: In most cases, the submission of an NDA is subject to a substantial application user fee.
+Added: The length of the review process may vary but typically takes
+Added: around twelve months from the date the NDA is submitted to FDA.
+Added: FDA conducts a preliminary review of all NDAs to determine whether they
+Added: are sufficiently complete to permit substantive review by FDA before accepting them for “filing.” FDA may request additional
+Added: information from the NDA applicant rather than accept an NDA for filing.
+Added: If this occurs, the NDA will typically need to be resubmitted
+Added: with the additional information requested by FDA.
+Added: The resubmitted application is also subject to review before FDA accepts it for filing.
+Added: Once an NDA submission is accepted for filing, the FDA begins a detailed substantive review.
+Added: FDA reviews an NDA to determine, among other
+Added: things, whether the drug is safe and effective and whether the facility in which it is manufactured, processed, packaged, or held meets
+Added: standards designed to assure the product’s continued safety, quality and purity.
+Added: Under the current guidelines in effect in the
+Added: Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA), the FDA has a goal to review and act on the submission within ten months from the completion
+Added: of the preliminary review of a standard NDA for a new molecular entity.
+Added: After evaluating the NDA and all related information, including
+Added: FDA advisory committee recommendation, if any, and any inspection reports regarding the manufacturing facilities and clinical trial sites,
+Added: FDA may issue an approval letter, or, in some cases, a complete response letter.
+Added: A complete response letter generally contains a statement
+Added: of specific conditions that must be met to secure final approval and may require additional clinical trials or pre-clinical studies in
+Added: order for FDA to reconsider the application.
+Added: Even with submission of this additional information, FDA ultimately may decide that the
+Added: application does not satisfy the regulatory criteria for approval.
+Added: If and when those conditions have been met to the FDA’s satisfaction,
+Added: the FDA will typically issue an approval letter.
+Added: An approval letter authorizes commercial marketing of the drug with specific prescribing
+Added: information for a specific indication(s).
+Added: Approval of Rare Diseases
management, Scientific Board of Advisors and business advisors have extensive experience in regulatory affairs and clinical development
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in clinical trials and over a shorter amount of time than more prevalent diseases.
−Removed: There is a documented pathway to get accelerated FDA
−Removed: approval for a rare disease indication if there is no existing treatment for the indication, if a product shows efficacy and has a good
−Removed: safety profile.
−Removed: There is also a possibility of receiving a Priority Review Voucher (PRV) from the FDA upon an approval in pediatric population
−Removed: in a rare disease.
+Added: There is a documented pathway to obtain accelerated
+Added: FDA approval for a rare disease indication if there is no existing treatment for the indication, if a product shows efficacy and has
+Added: a good safety profile.
+Added: There is also a possibility of receiving a Priority Review Voucher (“PRV”) from the FDA upon an approval
+Added: in pediatric population in a rare disease.
One or more of our programs, such as MPS I, will be targeting pediatric patients.
−Removed: The voucher entitles the bearer
−Removed: to regulatory review in about six months rather than the standard ten months.
−Removed: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awards a voucher
−Removed: following approval of a treatment for a neglected disease, rare pediatric disease, or medical countermeasure.
−Removed: Two drugs can receive priority
−Removed: review for each voucher:
−Removed: the drug winning a voucher for a neglected or rare pediatric disease, and the drug using a voucher for another
−Removed: The voucher may be sold.
−Removed: For example, a small company might win a voucher for developing a drug for a neglected disease and
−Removed: sell the voucher to a large company for use on a commercial disease.
−Removed: are four specific approval pathways applicable for rare disease indication.
−Removed: We will be evaluating and most likely applying for one or
−Removed: more of these when we get closer in the FDA approval process.
−Removed: These include the following pathways for the indications that it is targeting:
+Added: entitles the bearer to receive FDA’s review of drug or biological product applications in six months rather than the standard ten
+Added: The FDA awards a voucher following approval of a treatment for a neglected disease, rare pediatric disease, or medical countermeasure,
+Added: upon the treatment meeting the statutory thresholds for such award.
+Added: The voucher is transferable, and a subsequent holder may use it to
+Added: obtain priority review for its own qualifying application.
+Added: are four specific expedited development pathways that may be applicable to a rare disease indication.
+Added: We will be evaluating and most
+Added: likely applying for one or more of these when we get closer in the FDA approval process.
+Added: These include the following pathways for the
+Added: indications that it is targeting:
(1) Priority Review (2) Fast Track (3) Accelerated Approval Pathway and (4) Breakthrough therapy.
−Removed: Review was authorized in 1992 by the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) which created the two-tiered FDA drug review system (standard
−Removed: This pathway shortens application review from 10 months (standard) to 6 months (priority).
−Removed: The FDA determines if a drug
−Removed: receives a standard or priority review, although sponsors may request a priority review.
−Removed: Priority review is granted if a new drug would
−Removed: result in a significant improvement in safety and effectiveness compared to existing therapies.
−Removed: for the treatment of serious conditions that address an unmet medical need receive an expedited review.
−Removed: The purpose of this pathway is
−Removed: to get important new drugs to patent earlier, for conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy, depression, and multiple sclerosis.
−Removed: Any drug being developed to treat or prevent a condition with no current therapy is prioritized.
+Added: Review was authorized in 1992 by PDUFA which created the two-tiered FDA drug review system (standard versus priority).
+Added: A product candidate
+Added: is eligible for priority review if it treats a serious or life-threatening condition and, if approved, would provide a significant improvement
+Added: in safety and effectiveness compared to available therapies.
+Added: A Priority Review designation means that the goal for the FDA to review
+Added: an application is six months, rather than the standard review of 10 months under the PDUFA goals.
+Added: The FDA determines if a drug receives
+Added: a standard or priority review, although sponsors may request a priority review.
+Added: candidates intended to treat a serious or life-threatening condition and show the potential to an unmet medical need may receive a Fast
+Added: track designation.
+Added: The purpose of this designation is to help make important new drugs available to patients earlier.
+Added: Any drug being
+Added: developed to treat or prevent a condition with no current therapy is directed at an unmet need.
If there are available therapies, the
−Removed: new drug must:
−Removed: superior efficacy;
+Added: new drug must demonstrate advantages, such as:
+Added: superior effectiveness, effect on serious outcomes or improved effect on serious outcomes;
serious side effects of the available therapy;
−Removed: clinically significant toxicity of an available therapy;
+Added: clinically significant toxicity of an available therapy that is common and causes discontinuation of treatment;
an emerging or anticipated public health need
−Removed: Track designation should come at the time of submission and be requested by the manufacturer, although it can be requested at any time
−Removed: in the approval process.
−Removed: Once in the Fast Track pathway, there are more frequent meetings with the FDA to discuss the development plan
−Removed: and appropriate data needed to support drug approval.
−Removed: Drugs in the Fast Track pathway are also eligible for accelerated approval and
−Removed: priority review if relevant criteria are met.
+Added: Track designation should typically be requested at the time of the IND or after, and no later than the pre-BLA or pre-NDA meeting.
+Added: in the Fast Track pathway, there are typically more frequent meetings with the FDA to discuss the development plan and appropriate data
+Added: needed to support drug approval.
+Added: The fast track designation may be withdrawn by FDA if it believes that the designation is no longer
+Added: supported by data that emerges during the clinical trial process.
+Added: Drugs in the Fast Track pathway are also eligible for accelerated approval
+Added: and priority review if relevant criteria are met.
Approval Pathway
−Removed: in 1992 and updated in 2012, this pathway is applied to new therapies that treat serious or life- threatening conditions for which there
−Removed: is an unmet medical need and have a “clinically meaningful” outcome.
−Removed: Drugs that are eligible for this pathway must be reasonably
−Removed: likely to improve a surrogate endpoint if a standard endpoint would require long-term evaluation.
−Removed: If given conditional approval, the
−Removed: sponsor must conduct post-marketing clinical trials to ensure endpoints are met.
−Removed: If the standard endpoints are not met, the FDA can withdraw
−Removed: designation is designed to expedite the development and review of drugs that are intended to treat serious conditions and preliminary
−Removed: clinical evidence indicates that the drug may demonstrate substantial improvement over available therapies on clinically significant
−Removed: is however no guarantee that an accelerated pathway will lead to an accelerated FDA review and that a pediatric approval leads to a PRV.
−Removed: Additionally, there can be no guarantee that the Company can be successful in its plans under any FDA pathway.
−Removed: July 1, 2022, the Company entered into a research agreement with the University of Miami to conduct a preclinical study to evaluate the
−Removed: effect of JOTROL in Parkinson’s Disease models.
−Removed: The cost of the research agreement activities, to be paid by the Company, is $72,844.
−Removed: The Company owns any intellectual property generated from the research.
−Removed: The agreement is for 1 year from the start date, July 1, 2022.
−Removed: Either the Company or the University of Miami may terminate this agreement upon thirty (30) days written notice for any reason.
−Removed: event of such termination, both the Company and the University of Miami shall take all reasonable steps to cancel further costs in connection
−Removed: with this agreement.
−Removed: The Company and the University of Miami will be entitled to reimbursement for costs and non-cancelable obligations
−Removed: incurred prior to effective day of the termination, not to exceed the total amount of the project.
−Removed: Business Development Activities
−Removed: have recently agreed to service agreements in the areas of CMC (Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls), regulatory affairs and clinical
−Removed: trial management with companies with operations in SE Asia.
−Removed: These agreements are with companies that, we believe, have the knowledge
−Removed: and network in the South-East Asian market.
−Removed: The agreements are further described in the section “Other Material Agreements”.
−Removed: In addition, we are in active negotiations with Dominant Treasure Health (“DTH”), a BVI company.
−Removed: DTH has demonstrated to
−Removed: us, through several company introductions, that they have business relationships, either directly or through affiliates, with many South-East
−Removed: Asian pharmaceutical companies as well as companies involved in distribution and sales of TCM, Traditional Chinese Medicine.
−Removed: We are therefore
−Removed: planning to engage DTH in active business development in China, Malaysia and Singapore as soon as we have financing in place for their
−Removed: DTH has already introduced us to 3 Chinese companies, Beimei Pharma, http://en.beimeiyaoye.com, that specializes in pediatric
−Removed: medications, Sichuan Kelun Pharmaceutical Co., ltd, a publicly traded company that is part of the Kelun Industrial Group, https://www.kelun.com/,
+Added: in 1992 and updated in 2012, this pathway is available for a drug for a serious or life-threatening illness that provides meaningful
+Added: therapeutic benefit to patients over existing treatments based upon a surrogate endpoint that is reasonably likely to predict clinical
+Added: The FDA may also grant accelerated approval for such a condition when the product has an effect on an intermediate clinical
+Added: endpoint that can be measured earlier than an effect on irreversible morbidity or mortality, or IMM, and that is reasonably likely to
+Added: predict an effect on IMM or other clinical benefit, taking into account the severity, rarity, or prevalence of the condition and the
+Added: availability or lack of alternative treatments.
+Added: If approved based on the accelerated approval pathway, the FDA may require the sponsor
+Added: to conduct post-marketing confirmatory clinical trials to ensure that the drug provides the anticipated clinical benefits.
+Added: If this requirement
+Added: is not met, the FDA can withdraw its approval.
+Added: In addition, promotional materials for product candidates approved under the accelerated
+Added: approval pathway are subject to prior review by FDA.
+Added: qualify for the breakthrough therapy program, product candidates must be intended to treat a serious or life-threatening condition and
+Added: preliminary clinical evidence must indicate that such product candidates may demonstrate substantial improvement on one or more clinically
+Added: significant endpoints over existing therapies.
+Added: there is no guarantee that any designation for an accelerated pathway will lead to an accelerated FDA review or that a pediatric approval
+Added: leads to grant of a PRV.
+Added: Additionally, there can be no guarantee that the Company can be successful in its plans under any FDA review
+Added: of Clinical Trial Information
+Added: of clinical trials of FDA-regulated products, including drugs, are required to register and disclose certain clinical trial information.
+Added: Information related to the product, patient population, phase of investigation, study sites and investigators, and other aspects of the
+Added: clinical trial is then made public as part of the registration.
+Added: Sponsors are also obligated to discuss the results of their clinical
+Added: trials after completion.
+Added: Disclosure of the results of any such clinical trials can be delayed in certain circumstances for an extended
+Added: period of time after the date of completion of the trial.
+Added: Competitors may use this publicly available information to gain knowledge regarding
+Added: the progress of development programs.
+Added: Post-Approval Requirements
+Added: Even if an NDA is approved, a product will be subject to certain
+Added: post-approval requirements.
+Added: For example, the FDA closely regulates the post-approval marketing and promotion of drugs, including standards
+Added: and regulations for direct-to-consumer advertising, off-label promotion, industry-sponsored scientific and educational activities and
+Added: promotional activities involving the internet.
+Added: Drugs may be marketed only for the approved indications and in accordance with the provisions
+Added: of the approved labeling.
+Added: Failure to comply with the applicable FDA post-marketing requirements
+Added: may subject manufacturers and distributors to administrative or judicial sanctions.
+Added: These sanctions could include, among other things,
+Added: warning letters, product seizures, total or partial suspension of production or distribution, injunctions, civil money penalties, fines,
+Added: restitution, disgorgement, or civil or criminal penalties.
+Added: Further, the FDA has authority to issue mandatory recalls for medical devices
+Added: and biologics, and we may need to undertake a voluntary recall for any of our products that may receive regulatory approval.
+Added: Regulation Outside the United States
+Added: In order to market any product outside of the U.S., we must
+Added: also comply with numerous and varying regulatory requirements of other countries and jurisdictions regarding quality, safety and efficacy
+Added: and governing, among other things, clinical trials, marketing authorization, commercial sales and distribution of drug products.
+Added: or not a product obtains FDA approval for a product, we would still need to obtain the necessary approvals by the comparable foreign regulatory
+Added: authorities before we could commence clinical trials or marketing of any product in those countries or jurisdictions.
+Added: The approval process
+Added: ultimately varies between countries and jurisdictions and can involve additional product testing and additional administrative review
+Added: The time required to obtain approval in other countries and jurisdictions might differ from and be longer than that required
+Added: to obtain FDA approval.
+Added: Regulatory approval in one country or jurisdiction does not ensure regulatory approval in another, but a failure
+Added: or delay in obtaining regulatory approval in one country or jurisdiction may negatively impact the regulatory process in others.
+Added: Government Regulation of Dietary Supplements
+Added: The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA),
+Added: amended the FDCA to establish a new framework governing the composition, safety, labeling, manufacturing and marketing of dietary supplements.
+Added: Generally, under DSHEA, dietary ingredients (e.g., vitamins;
+Added: or dietary substances for use by humans to supplement
+Added: diet by increasing total dietary intake;
+Added: or any concentrate, metabolite, constituent, extract or combination of any of the above) that
+Added: were marketed in the United States prior to October 15, 1994 as a dietary supplement may be used in dietary supplements without notifying
+Added: “New” dietary ingredients (i.e., dietary ingredients that were “not marketed in the United States before October
+Added: 15, 1994”) must be the subject of a new dietary ingredient notification submitted to the FDA unless the ingredient has been present
+Added: in the food supply as an article used for food without being chemically altered.
+Added: A new dietary ingredient notification must provide the
+Added: FDA evidence of a “history of use or other evidence of safety” establishing that use of the dietary ingredient “will
+Added: reasonably be expected to be safe.” A new dietary ingredient notification must be submitted to the FDA at least 75 days before introducing
+Added: the product into interstate commerce.
+Added: The FDA may determine that a new dietary ingredient notification does not provide an adequate basis
+Added: to conclude that a dietary ingredient is reasonably expected to be safe.
+Added: In addition, manufacturers of dietary supplements must ensure
+Added: that ingredients in their products that are not defined as dietary ingredients comply with all the requirements applicable to conventional
+Added: For example, fillers and other constituents of the product must be approved as food additives or must be deemed generally recognized
+Added: as safe for the conditions of use in order to be sold.
+Added: The FDA generally prohibits the marketing of a dietary supplement
+Added: with a “disease claim,” including claims that the product is intended to treat, cure, mitigate or prevent disease or other
+Added: health-related conditions, unless the claim constitutes a permissible “health claim” under FDA regulations and guidance.
+Added: of “nutritional support,” including so-called “structure/function claims,” may be permitted on labeling for dietary
+Added: supplements, subject to certain requirements being met.
+Added: Such statements may describe how a particular dietary ingredient affects the structure,
+Added: function or general well-being of the body, or the mechanism of action by which a dietary ingredient may affect the structure, function
+Added: or well-being of the body, but they may not state that a dietary supplement will reduce the risk or incidence of a disease unless such
+Added: claim has been reviewed and approved by the FDA.
+Added: A company that uses a statement of nutritional support in labeling must possess scientific
+Added: evidence substantiating the statement as truthful and not misleading.
+Added: FDA must be notified of any such statements no later than thirty
+Added: days after first marketing the product with the certification that the company possesses the necessary evidence to substantiate any such
+Added: statements and must be accompanied by an FDA mandated label disclaimer that “This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA.
+Added: product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.”
+Added: In addition, the FDA has published detailed current Good Manufacturing
+Added: Practice (cGMP), regulations that govern the manufacturing, packaging, and labeling of dietary supplements.
+Added: The cGMP regulations, among
+Added: other things, impose recordkeeping requirements on manufacturers and require dietary supplements to be of appropriate potency, purity
+Added: and identity.
+Added: The cGMP requirements are in effect for all dietary supplement manufacturers, and the FDA conducts inspections of dietary
+Added: supplement manufacturers pursuant to these requirements.
+Added: The FDA has broad authority to enforce the provisions of federal law applicable
+Added: to dietary supplements, including, among other things, the authority to issue a public warning or notice of violation letter to a company,
+Added: publicize information about illegal products, detain or seize products intended for import, require the reporting of serious adverse events,
+Added: require a recall of illegal or unsafe products from the market, and request the Department of Justice initiate a seizure action, an injunction
+Added: action or a criminal prosecution in the United States courts for violative conduct.
+Added: Nugevia Brand
+Added: The Company launched Nugevia, a premium
+Added: line of longevity and performance supplements to support mental clarity and skin vitality.
+Added: The Nugevia brand targets
+Added: the growing consumer demand for wellness solutions, leveraging Jupiter’s proprietary JOTROL™ technology—a
+Added: resveratrol-based platform that is designed to provide higher bioavailability of resveratrol.
+Added: Nugevia’s initial product line features
+Added: three core formulations, each targeting a major aspect of health and longevity:
+Added: Target Consumer Benefit
+Added: Support skin beauty and healthy appearance
+Added: Cognitive performance
+Added: Support mental clarity, cognitive
+Added: Mitochondrial and physical health
+Added: Maintain energy, endurance, muscle recovery
+Added: Nugevia’s formulations are
+Added: built on Jupiter’s patented JOTROL™ micellar delivery platform, which has shown potential for significantly enhanced
+Added: bioavailability and serves as the foundation for the company’s clinical-stage CNS investigational therapies.
+Added: products—GLO, MND, and PWR—are formulated to support cellular resilience through synergistic ingredient combinations,
+Added: all optimized for absorption via the JOTROL™ system.
+Added: Market Positioning and Opportunities
+Added: The Nugevia brand will enter the
+Added: nutraceutical market as a premium longevity and performance supplement line, capitalizing on a global industry projected to reach $8
+Added: trillion by 2030.
+Added: Powered by JOTROL™, a patented resveratrol-based platform that is designed to provide greater
+Added: bioavailability than standard resveratrol, Nugevia targets health-conscious consumers seeking science-backed solutions for
+Added: mitochondrial and physical health, mental clarity, and skin vitality.
+Added: Products like PWR and GLO address key market
+Added: segments—dietary supplements and functional foods—driven by rising health awareness, an aging population, and a shift
+Added: toward preventive healthcare.
+Added: The DTC model positions Nugevia to capture high-margin revenue in a competitive but growing market,
+Added: leveraging clinical-grade credibility to stand out in a competitive market.
+Added: Challenges and Competitive Landscape
+Added: The supplement market is fueled by increasing
+Added: lifestyle-related disorders and demand for natural ingredients.
+Added: However, Nugevia faces challenges including regulatory hurdles, complex
+Added: product approvals, and competition from established players offering similar products.
+Added: Consumer skepticism about resveratrol’s
+Added: historical bioavailability issues and the need for robust scientific validation could impact adoption.
+Added: Nugevia’s use of JOTROL™
+Added: alongside ingredients like NovaSOL® Astaxanthin and CoQ10 aims to address these concerns, while strategic partnerships with Aquanova
+Added: and endorsements from figures like Annika Sörenstam and Chris Webber enhance brand trust.
+Added: Success will hinge on overcoming market
+Added: saturation and proving efficacy to stand out in a crowded field.
+Added: The Company will employ a digital-first
+Added: marketing strategy, leveraging a DTC e-commerce platform to reach health-conscious consumers seeking clinically validated wellness solutions.
+Added: The Company has appointed Annika Sörenstam, a Hall of Fame golfer with over 95 tournament victories, as Nugevia’s first brand
+Added: ambassador, enhancing brand credibility and aligning with the product’s focus on performance, focus, and longevity.
+Added: the Company has partnered with Chris Webber, five-time NBA All-Star and Hall of Fame inductee, as the Company’s second official
+Added: brand ambassador for Nugevia.
+Added: Marketing efforts also include tailored campaigns for international markets, with service partners in Hong
+Added: Kong developing a specific program for Southeast Asia to address regional consumer preferences.
+Added: The initial launch in the USA
+Added: utilized a DTC model, with the Nugevia website serving as the primary sales platform.
+Added: Following this, the Company aims to
+Added: expand distribution to Europe, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia through regional partnerships, capitalizing on the global demand
+Added: for longevity solutions.
+Added: By combining cutting-edge science, strategic marketing, and a robust manufacturing
+Added: process, Nugevia is poised to capture a significant share of the longevity market while supporting Jupiter’s long-term mission
+Added: to advance treatments for CNS disorders.
+Added: The longevity and wellness market, driven
+Added: by increasing demand for health span extension, is highly competitive, with Nugevia facing established players like ChromaDex (offering
+Added: NAD+ precursors like Tru-Niagen), Novos (targeting aging hallmarks with products like NOVOS Core), Timeline’s urolithin A supplements
+Added: and Tally Health (providing personalized longevity supplements and biological age testing).
+Added: Larger competitors, including Nestle Health
+Added: Science (with multiple brands and products), Amway (through Nutrilite’s Healthy Aging Solution), and L’Oreal (via its Longevity
+Added: Integrative Science initiative), are also expanding into this space, intensifying competition.
+Added: Nugevia’s differentiation lies in
+Added: its proprietary JOTROL™ technology, which supports higher plasma concentrations (approximately 300 ng/ml) and effective
+Added: CNS delivery, positioning it as a premium offering.
+Added: Brands like NOVOS, Blueprint, and Perpetua.Life
+Added: offer formulas that combine resveratrol with other scientifically backed longevity compounds (e.g., NMN, quercetin, CoQ10, fisetin)
+Added: for synergistic effects.
+Added: In addition, advanced delivery systems such as Liposomal and micellar technologies are widely used by many companies
+Added: to enhance the absorption of key actives, similar to Nugevia’s approach, purity and clinical validation.
+Added: Furthermore, companies
+Added: such as ProHealth, Renue By Science, and Decode Age, who offer similar longevity supplements and sell their products online directly to
+Added: consumers, emphasize ingredient purity, bioavailability, multi-ingredient formulations and evidence-based dosing, which is appealing to
+Added: the target health-conscious consumers seeking credible, science-backed longevity solutions.
+Added: Manufacturing
+Added: Nugevia products will be manufactured
+Added: by Aquanova in Germany.
+Added: The manufacturing process has several steps, which are:
+Added: (a) ingredient combinations are manufactured as a liquid
+Added: solution by Aquanova in Germany, (b) the liquid solutions are shipped to GMP-certified facility in California for encapsulation into softgels
+Added: and (c) finished products are sent in bulk to a final packing and fulfillment center, which ships directly to customers.
+Added: While all steps
+Added: except the initial solution preparation can be handled by U.S.
+Added: suppliers, changing the first step would require a separate agreement with
+Added: The FDA requires that dietary
+Added: supplement manufacturers comply with Current Good Manufacturing Practices (“cGMP”) under 21 CFR Part 111, ensuring
+Added: product safety, quality, and accurate labeling.
+Added: Jupiter must verify that its manufacturing partners, including those involved in
+Added: producing JOTROL™ or sourcing ingredients like CoQ10, meet these standards.
+Added: Non-compliance, such as contamination or
+Added: inconsistent ingredient potency, could lead to product recalls, enforcement actions, fines, or reputational damage.
+Added: Any lapses in quality control could undermine consumer trust and weaken its
+Added: competitive edge in the $451.7 billion nutraceutical market.
+Added: Compliance with U.S.
+Added: FDA Regulations
+Added: In the United States, Nugevia
+Added: products, classified as dietary supplements, fall under the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA) of 1994, enforced by
+Added: The FDA requires that all health claims be substantiated with credible scientific evidence, and any claims related to
+Added: Nugevia’s benefits—such as mitochondrial support, mental clarity, or skin vitality—must avoid implying treatment
+Added: or prevention of diseases, which would classify the products as drugs subject to stricter pre-market approval.
+Added: Non-compliance, such
+Added: as misleading labeling or unsubstantiated claims, could result in warning letters, product seizures, or injunctions.
+Added: Additionally,
+Added: Jupiter must ensure that JOTROL™, its proprietary resveratrol delivery system, complies with FDA’s New Dietary
+Added: Ingredient (NDI) notification requirements if deemed novel, a process that can take months and negatively impact the Company’s
+Added: ability to sell Nugevia products.
+Added: International Regulatory Variations
+Added: Global expansion introduces regulatory
+Added: complexities.
+Added: In the European Union, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) oversees nutraceuticals under the Novel Food Regulation
+Added: (EU) 2015/2283.
+Added: If JOTROL™ or other ingredients like NovaSOL® Astaxanthin are considered novel foods (not consumed in the EU
+Added: before May 15, 1997), Jupiter must submit a detailed safety dossier, a costly and time-intensive process that could delay market entry.
+Added: In markets like China or Japan, stringent pre-market approvals and ingredient restrictions may require reformulation or additional clinical
+Added: Failure to navigate these variations could limit Nugevia’s global reach or result in costly reformulations, impacting Jupiter’s
+Added: revenue projections.
+Added: Post-Market Surveillance and Adverse Event Reporting
+Added: Nugevia products are subject
+Added: to post-market surveillance, particularly in the U.S., where manufacturers must report serious adverse events to the FDA within 15 days
+Added: Even rare side effects linked to resveratrol or other ingredients like astaxanthin could trigger investigations, negative
+Added: publicity, or product withdrawals.
+Added: Jupiter must establish robust adverse event reporting systems and ensure transparency to mitigate legal
+Added: and reputational risks.
+Added: Failure to comply could lead to regulatory scrutiny, consumer lawsuits, or loss of market confidence, particularly
+Added: given past skepticism about resveratrol’s safety and efficacy at high doses.
+Added: Asian Business Development Activities
+Added: We have entered into service agreements
+Added: in the areas of CMC, regulatory affairs and clinical trial management with companies with operations in Southeast Asia.
+Added: These agreements
+Added: are with companies that, we believe, have the knowledge and network in the Southeast Asian market.
+Added: The agreements are further described
+Added: in the section “Other Material Agreements”.
+Added: In addition, we are in active negotiations with Dominant Treasure Health Company
+Added: Limited (“Dominant Treasure”), a BVI company.
+Added: Dominant Treasure has demonstrated to us, through several company introductions,
+Added: that they have business relationships, either directly or through affiliates, with many Southeast Asian pharmaceutical companies as well
+Added: as companies involved in distribution and sales of TCM, Traditional Chinese Medicine.
+Added: We are therefore planning to engage Dominant Treasure
+Added: in active business development in China, Malaysia and Singapore as soon as we have financing in place for their engagement.
+Added: Dominant Treasure
+Added: has already introduced us to three Chinese companies, Beimei Pharma, http://en.beimeiyaoye.com, that specializes in pediatric medications,
+Added: Sichuan Kelun Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a publicly traded company that is part of the Kelun Industrial Group, https://www.kelun.com/,
and Tianjin Pharmaceuticals, https://en.pharm.com.cn/, that advocates the corporate core values of “Love, Integrity and Power”.
TCM products are run in a separate division within Tianjin.
−Removed: The Asian market is very large and hard to penetrate for a small company
−Removed: and we believe that our strategy with these agreements have the possibility to accelerate an out-licensing deal in the South-East Asian
+Added: The Asian market is very large and hard to penetrate for a small company and
+Added: we believe that our strategy with these agreements have the possibility to accelerate an out-licensing deal in the Southeast Asian territories.
However, there are no assurances that this approach will be successful.
−Removed: rationale for the strong approach into the South-East Asian market is:
−Removed: Asian countries are not accepting pharmaceutical products to be sold without clinical trial approvals based on trials conducted in an
−Removed: Asian population
−Removed: Company’s strategy is to partner with organizations in the territory that can execute much more efficiently than trying to
−Removed: manage the process from USA.
−Removed: have already received interest for our JOTROL product in the Asian market since resveratrol is listed as a Traditional Chinese
−Removed: need for a set up that can service this market is imperative for success.
−Removed: collaboration agreements have been executed to facilitate an expedited execution of an out-licensing agreement with one or
−Removed: more Chinese or other SE Asian pharmaceutical companies.
−Removed: Company is too small, both financially as well as internal manpower, to manage developments in the territory.
−Removed: Company has a history of poor financial status and not being able to fulfill commitments and finalize clinical studies.
−Removed: utilizing equity as service payments, the company believes that it can get projects finalized without any significant cash outflow.
−Removed: service agreements are therefore designed to be a win for both parties, assuming an increase in equity value, in case clinical studies
−Removed: and out-licensing activities will be successful in the territory.
−Removed: Material Agreements
−Removed: agreement with a major pharmaceutical company, restricted by confidentiality, grants us data access to resveratrol toxicology studies
−Removed: through a letter of reference.
−Removed: Executed on May 2, 2017, it can only be terminated due to a material breach.
−Removed: The studies were conducted
−Removed: at Charles River Laboratories, and there are no payments associated with this agreement.
−Removed: Agreements – South-East Asia
−Removed: June 3, 2024, the Company entered into three service agreements to expand in South-East Asia;
−Removed: a CRO Services Agreement with Optimize
−Removed: Wellness Limited providing clinical trial guidance in China, Malaysia, and Singapore, a Regulatory Services Agreement with Regis
−Removed: Healthcare Group Limited providing regulatory strategy and guidance, and a Product Services Agreement with Longevity Technology Group
−Removed: Limited providing manufacturing guidance.
−Removed: Each of the three service agreements were paid for with an upfront issuance of 1,162,500 shares
−Removed: of common stock, which were registered for resale as part of the initial public offering, and have a term of three years.
−Removed: December 15, 2024, the Company entered into a Strategic Services Agreement (the “Dominant Treasure Agreement”) with Dominant
−Removed: Treasure Health Company Limited (“Dominant Treasure”).
−Removed: Pursuant to the terms of the Dominant Treasure Agreement, Dominant
−Removed: Treasure agreed to provide certain services to the Company to assist the Company in accelerating the Company’s desire to get its
−Removed: products developed and distributed in the Southeast Asian market.
−Removed: In exchange for Dominant Treasure’s services pursuant to the
−Removed: Dominant Treasure Agreement, the Company agreed to pay Dominant Treasure a one-time payment of $2,300,000.
−Removed: In addition, if Dominant Treasure
−Removed: is involved in generating negotiations and conclusion of a distribution agreement for the Company in the countries of China (including
−Removed: Hong Kong), Singapore and Malaysia, the Company will pay Dominant Treasure a success fee of 5% of any upfront and/or milestone payments
−Removed: to be received by the Company.
−Removed: If such agreement includes a royalty payment to the Company, Dominant Treasure will receive 5% of such
−Removed: royalty payment.
−Removed: The Dominant Treasure Agreement has a term of 36 months and may be terminated at any time upon mutual agreement of the
−Removed: time to time, we are involved in various legal proceedings arising from the normal course of business activities.
−Removed: We are not presently
−Removed: a party to any litigation the outcome of which, we believe, if determined adversely to us, would individually or taken together have
−Removed: a material adverse effect on our business, operating results, cash flows or financial condition.
−Removed: corporate headquarters are located at 1001 North US Hwy 1, Suite 504, Jupiter, Florida 33477, where we lease approximately 1,206 rentable
−Removed: square feet of office space.
+Added: Our rationale for the strong approach
+Added: into the Southeast Asian market is:
+Added: Asian countries are not accepting pharmaceutical products to be sold without clinical trial approvals based on trials conducted in an Asian population.
+Added: The Company’s strategy is to partner with organizations in the territory that can execute much more efficiently than trying to manage the process from USA.
+Added: We have already received interest for our JOTROL™ product in the Asian market since resveratrol is listed as a Traditional Chinese Medicine.
+Added: The need for a set up that can service this market is imperative for success.
+Added: Strategic collaboration agreements have been executed to facilitate an expedited execution of an out-licensing agreement with one or more Chinese or other Southeast Asian pharmaceutical companies.
+Added: The Company is too small, both financially as well as internal manpower, to manage developments in the territory.
+Added: The Company has historically faced financial constraints that have, at times, limited its ability to fulfill certain commitments and complete clinical studies on its planned timeline.
+Added: By utilizing equity as service payments, the company believes that it can get projects finalized without any significant cash outflow.
+Added: The service agreements are therefore designed to be a win for both parties, assuming an increase in equity value, in case clinical studies and out-licensing activities will be successful in the territory.
+Added: Other Material Agreements
+Added: The agreement with a major pharmaceutical
+Added: company, restricted by confidentiality, grants us data access to resveratrol toxicology studies through a letter of reference.
+Added: on May 2, 2017, it can only be terminated due to a material breach and there is no time limit on access to this study.
+Added: The studies were
+Added: conducted at Charles River Laboratories, and there are no payments associated with this agreement.
+Added: On December 15, 2024, the Company entered
+Added: into a Strategic Services Agreement (the “Dominant Treasure Agreement”) with Dominant Treasure Health Company Limited (“Dominant
+Added: Pursuant to the terms of the Dominant Treasure Agreement, Dominant Treasure agreed to provide certain services to the
+Added: Company to assist the Company in accelerating the development and distribution of the Company’s products in the Southeast Asian
+Added: In exchange for Dominant Treasure’s services pursuant to the Dominant Treasure Agreement, the Company agreed to pay Dominant
+Added: Treasure a one-time payment of $2,300,000 to be delivered after the closing of a minimum of $10,000,000 in gross proceeds from a public
+Added: In addition, if Dominant Treasure is involved in generating negotiations and conclusion of a distribution agreement for the
+Added: Company in the countries of China (including Hong Kong), Singapore and Malaysia, the Company will pay Dominant Treasure a success fee
+Added: of 5% of any upfront and/or milestone payments to be received by the Company.
+Added: If such distribution agreement includes a royalty payment
+Added: to the Company, Dominant Treasure will receive 5% of such royalty payment.
+Added: The Dominant Treasure Agreement has a term of 36 months and
+Added: may be terminated at any time upon mutual agreement of the parties.
+Added: Service Agreements - Southeast Asia
+Added: On June 3, 2024, the Company entered into
+Added: three service agreements to expand in Southeast Asia;
+Added: a CRO Services Agreement with Optimize Wellness Limited providing clinical trial
+Added: guidance in China, Malaysia, and Singapore, a Regulatory Services Agreement with Regis Healthcare Group Limited providing regulatory strategy
+Added: and guidance, and a Product Services Agreement with Longevity Technology Group Limited providing manufacturing guidance.
+Added: Each of the 3
+Added: service agreements has a 3-year term and was paid for with an upfront issuance of 1,162,500 shares of common stock with a fair market
+Added: value of $1.33 per share (3,487,500 in the aggregate, with an aggregate fair market value of $4,638,375) as pre-payment for three years
+Added: of services, which were registered for resale as part of the initial public offering.
+Added: Legal Proceedings
+Added: From time to time, we are involved in
+Added: various legal proceedings arising from the normal course of business activities.
+Added: We are not presently a party to any litigation the outcome
+Added: of which, we believe, if determined adversely to us, would individually or taken together have a material adverse effect on our business,
+Added: operating results, cash flows or financial condition.
+Added: Our corporate headquarters are located at 1001 North US Hwy
+Added: 1, Suite 504, Jupiter, Florida 33477, where we lease approximately 1,206 rentable square feet of office space.
This lease expires on May
−Removed: Terms of the office lease provide for a base rent payment of $3,783
−Removed: per month and a share of the building’s operating expenses, such as taxes and maintenance, of $476 per month.
−Removed: In September 2021,
−Removed: we added an additional office located at 127 Main Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02129 for 120 rentable square feet of office space for
−Removed: our Boston-based employees and scientist to utilize as necessary.
−Removed: believe that these facilities are adequate for our current and near-term future needs.
−Removed: of December 31, 2024, we had a total of four full-time employees, two full-time consultants, one part-time consultant,
−Removed: and our six Scientific Advisory Board members.
−Removed: Of these, three were primarily engaged in research or product development and clinical
+Added: Terms of the office lease provide for a base rent payment of $4,258 per month and a share of the building’s operating
+Added: expenses, such as taxes and maintenance, of $600 per month.
+Added: In September 2021, we added an additional office located at 127 Main Street,
+Added: Boston, Massachusetts 02129 for 120 rentable square feet of office space for our Boston-based employees and scientist to utilize as necessary.
+Added: We believe that these facilities are adequate for our current
+Added: and near-term future needs.
+Added: As of December 31, 2025, we had a total
+Added: of five full-time employees, two full-time consultants, three part-time consultants, and our six Scientific Advisory Board members.
+Added: these, three were primarily engaged in research or product development and clinical activities.
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