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and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” All statements other than
−Removed: statements of historical fact contained in this Quarterly Report, including statements regarding future events, our future financial performance,
−Removed: business strategy and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements.
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−Removed: we do not make forward-looking statements unless we believe we have a reasonable basis for doing so, we cannot guarantee their accuracy.
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−Removed: of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.
−Removed: Moreover, we operate in a very competitive
−Removed: and rapidly changing environment.
−Removed: New risks emerge from time to time and it is not possible for us to predict all risk factors, nor can
−Removed: we address the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause our actual
−Removed: results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements.
−Removed: All forward-looking statements included in this document
−Removed: are based on information available to us on the date hereof, and we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements.
+Added: statements of historical fact contained in this Quarterly Report, including statements regarding future events, our future financial
+Added: performance, business strategy and plans and objectives of management for future operations, are forward-looking statements.
+Added: attempted to identify forward-looking statements by terminology including “anticipates,” “believes,” “can,”
+Added: “continue,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,”
+Added: “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “should,” or “will” or the negative of
+Added: these terms or other comparable terminology.
+Added: Although we do not make forward-looking statements unless we believe we have a reasonable
+Added: basis for doing so, we cannot guarantee their accuracy.
+Added: These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties
+Added: and other factors, including the risks outlined under “Risk Factors” or elsewhere in this Quarterly Report, which may cause
+Added: our or our industry’s actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking
+Added: Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment.
+Added: New risks emerge from time to time and it is
+Added: not possible for us to predict all risk factors, nor can we address the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which
+Added: any factor, or combination of factors, may cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking
+Added: All forward-looking statements included in this document are based on information available to us on the date hereof, and
+Added: we assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements.
You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking
statement, each of which applies only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form-10-Q.
−Removed: Before you invest in our securities, you should
−Removed: be aware that the occurrence of the events described in the section entitled “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Quarterly
−Removed: Report could negatively affect our business, operating results, financial condition and stock price.
−Removed: Except as required by law, we undertake
−Removed: no obligation to update or revise publicly any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form-10-Q
−Removed: to conform our statements to actual results or changed expectations.
+Added: Before you invest in our securities, you
+Added: should be aware that the occurrence of the events described in the section entitled “Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this
+Added: Quarterly Report could negatively affect our business, operating results, financial condition and stock price.
+Added: Except as required by
+Added: law, we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this Quarterly Report
+Added: on Form-10-Q to conform our statements to actual results or changed expectations.
Business Overview
Relmada Therapeutics, Inc.
−Removed: (Relmada, the Company, we or us) (a Nevada
−Removed: corporation), is a publicly traded, clinical-stage biotechnology company.
−Removed: We substantially redesigned our development programs following
−Removed: a comprehensive strategic review occasioned by disappointing interim analysis results in December 2024 indicating that our then lead development
−Removed: candidate, esmethadone (d-methadone, dextromethadone, or REL-1017) for the adjunctive treatment of Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), was
−Removed: unlikely to succeed in its pivotal trial.
−Removed: We concluded in our review that the most promising path to create shareholder value was to lever
−Removed: our extensive drug development expertise and clinical operations capabilities by acquiring new development candidates, while pausing further
−Removed: work on REL-1017.
−Removed: Hence we accelerated ongoing efforts to augment our development pipeline while diversifying its risk, which culminated
−Removed: in the recently announced licensing of NDV-01, a novel delivery formulation of a chemotheraphy regimen widely used to treat non muscle-invasive
−Removed: bladder cancer (NMIBC) that is currently in Phase 2, and the acquisition of Sepranolone, a Phase 2b-ready neurosteroid with potential
−Removed: applications in Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), Tourette Syndrome (TS), essential tremor and other diseases related to excessive GABAergic
+Added: (Relmada, the Company,
+Added: we or us) (a Nevada corporation), is a publicly traded, clinical-stage biotechnology company.
+Added: We substantially redesigned our development
+Added: programs following a comprehensive strategic review in late 2024 and early 2025.
+Added: We concluded in our review that the most promising path
+Added: to create shareholder value was to lever our extensive drug development expertise and clinical operations capabilities by acquiring new
+Added: development candidates, while pausing further work on esmethadone (d-methadone, dextromethadone or REL-1017).
+Added: Hence we accelerated ongoing
+Added: efforts to augment our development pipeline while diversifying its risk, which culminated in the licensing of NDV-01, a novel delivery
+Added: formulation of a chemotherapy regimen widely used to treat non muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) that is currently in Phase 2, and
+Added: the acquisition of Sepranolone, a Phase 2b-ready neurosteroid with potential applications in Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), Tourette Syndrome
+Added: (TS), essential tremor and other diseases related to excessive GABAergic activity.
+Added: Following the 2024 REL-1017 setback and subsequent
+Added: post hoc analyses, the program has been terminated effective July 7, 2025.
We also had been developing REL-P11, a modified-release formulation
of psilocybin, as an investigational agent for the treatment of metabolic disease.
−Removed: The REL-P11 program has successfully completed a Phase
−Removed: 1 safety study.
−Removed: However, in light of an ongoing strategic review of this business opportunity, the changing regulatory landscape for the
−Removed: chronic use of psychedelics, its early stage of development and the acquisition of new, more advanced product candidates, effective May
−Removed: 12, 2025, this program has been terminated.
−Removed: REL-1017 Program Updates
−Removed: Since 2013, we had been developing esmethadone
−Removed: as our lead product candidate as an oral agent for the treatment of depression and other potential indications.
−Removed: In December 2024,
−Removed: we reported that the pre-planned interim analysis, conducted by the Independent Data Monitoring Committee (DMC), of Reliance II, our Phase
−Removed: 3 study of esmethadone as a potential adjunctive treatment for MDD, indicated that the study was futile and unlikely to meet the primary
−Removed: efficacy endpoint with statistical significance, and that we would pause the Reliance II and Relight Phase 3 studies of esmethadone.
−Removed: Following this 2024 REL-1017 setback, which we
−Removed: believe mostly likely resulted from an overwhelming placebo response—a trend that has become more common than exceptional in central
−Removed: nervous system (CNS) clinical trials—the program has been paused pending a comprehensive data review, after which we will make a
−Removed: decision regarding the future of this program.
+Added: Effective May 12, 2025, this program has been terminated.
Strategic Business Review and New Approach
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novel and differentiated therapeutic solutions
−Removed: ● Addressing Unmet Medical Needs
−Removed: – Targeting areas with significant gaps in treatment
+Added: Addressing Unmet Medical
+Added: Needs – Targeting areas with significant gaps in treatment
Large Market Opportunities
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Key Strategic Priorities
−Removed: Under this updated approach, we will continue
−Removed: to emphasize:
−Removed: ● Leveraging Development Expertise
−Removed: – Focusing on high-value therapeutic areas while rigorously assessing development risks, market viability, and success probabilities
+Added: Under this approach, we will continue to emphasize:
+Added: Leveraging Development
+Added: Expertise – Focusing on high-value therapeutic areas while rigorously assessing development risks, market viability, and success
+Added: probabilities
Pipeline Diversification
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– Streamline development timelines to bring therapies to patients faster
−Removed: ● Pursuing Cost-Effective Development
−Removed: Paths – Optimizing resource allocation and strategic partnerships
−Removed: ● Targeted Commercialization Strategy
−Removed: – Focusing on opportunities that require minimal sales and marketing infrastructure
+Added: Pursuing Cost-Effective
+Added: Development Paths – Optimizing resource allocation and strategic partnerships
+Added: Targeted Commercialization
+Added: Strategy – Focusing on opportunities that require minimal sales and marketing infrastructure
This strategic framework positions the Company for long-term growth
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NDV-01 in-licensing and Sepranolone acquisition, which align with our new strategy.
−Removed: On February 6, 2025, Relmada announced the acquisition
−Removed: from Asarina Pharma AB (Asarina) of Sepranolone, a Phase 2b ready neurosteroid being developed for the potential treatment of PWS, TS,
−Removed: essential tremor and other diseases related to the excessive GABAergic activity.
−Removed: On March 25, 2025, Relmada announced the in-license
−Removed: agreement from Trigone Pharma Ltd.
−Removed: (Trigone) of NDV-01, a novel delivery formulation of a widely used chemotherapeutic regimen used to
+Added: 6, 2025, Relmada announced the acquisition from Asarina Pharma AB (Asarina) of Sepranolone, a Phase 2b ready neurosteroid being developed
+Added: for the potential treatment of PWS, TS, essential tremor and other diseases related to the excessive GABAergic activity.
+Added: March 25, 2025 , Relmada announced the in-license agreement from Trigone
+Added: (Trigone) of NDV-01, a novel delivery formulation of a widely
+Added: used chemotherapeutic regimen used to treat NMIBC.
Key Upcoming Anticipated Milestones
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These include:
−Removed: NDV-01 Six-month data from ongoing Phase 2 NMBIC Study – Mid
−Removed: NDV-01 Nine-month data from ongoing Phase 2 NMBIC Study – 3 rd Quarter 2025
−Removed: NDV-01 Twelve-month data from ongoing Phase 2 NMBIC Study – Year end 2025
−Removed: NDV-01 United States Investigative New Drug clearance – 1st Half 2026
−Removed: Sepranolone - Initiation of clinical trial in PWS – 1st Half
−Removed: Our Development
+Added: NDV-01 Nine-month data
+Added: from ongoing Phase 2 NMBIC Study – 2 nd Half 2025
+Added: NDV-01 Twelve-month data
+Added: from ongoing Phase 2 NMBIC Study – Year end 2025
+Added: NDV-01 United States Investigative
+Added: New Drug clearance – 1st Half 2026
+Added: Sepranolone - Initiation
+Added: of clinical trial in PWS – 1st Half 2026
+Added: Our Development Programs
Sepranolone Program
−Removed: The GABAergic system is the primary inhibitory neurotransmitter pathway.
+Added: The GABAergic system is the primary inhibitory
+Added: neurotransmitter pathway.
It consists of two types of receptors, GABA A and GABA B .
−Removed: GABA A receptors are a major target for neuropsychiatric
−Removed: drugs, including benzodiazepines, barbiturates and anesthetic agents.
−Removed: The GABAergic system regulates a host of physiological and neurological
−Removed: functions and their related moods and behaviors.
−Removed: The principal positive physiologic modulators of the GABAergic system are the neurotransmitter
−Removed: GABA (γ-aminobutyric acid) and the positive allosteric modulator Allopregnanolone.
−Removed: GABA generally inhibits nervous system excitability
−Removed: and thereby produces a calming effect that reduces anxiety and compulsive behavior, among other manifestations.
−Removed: While Allopregnanolone
−Removed: typically enhances GABA’s calming effects, in some individuals it paradoxically exacerbates anxiety and compulsive behavior.
−Removed: Sepranolone is
−Removed: a synthetic version of Isoallopregnanolone, a naturally occurring neurosteroid that counteracts the effects of Allopregnanolone.
−Removed: is designed to normalize GABA A receptor activity by targeting two specific receptor subtypes (alpha-2 and alpha-4) without
−Removed: directly interfering with GABA signaling, making it a novel and selective treatment approach for diseases such as PWS and TS and other
−Removed: disorders that feature compulsive behavior.
−Removed: Data from an open-label
−Removed: Phase 2a randomized study demonstrated that Sepranolone has the potential to improve TS symptoms versus standard of care alone, as measured
−Removed: by changes in the YGTSS scoring system (the world-standard Yale Global Tic Severity Scale) compared to baseline.
−Removed: In the 12-week, dual-center,
−Removed: parallel-group study, 26 subjects were treated with Sepranolone (10 mg, administered by subcutaneous injection twice weekly in addition
−Removed: to standard of care (SOC) versus standard of care alone.
−Removed: The Phase 2a results
−Removed: showed competitive tic reduction and improved quality of life while displaying no CNS off-target effects.
−Removed: Sepranolone not only reduced
−Removed: tic severity in its primary clinical endpoint as measured by YGTSS by 28% (p=0.051) – but also achieved positive results in four
−Removed: key secondary endpoints compared with standard of care:
−Removed: increase of Quality of Life (using the Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome Quality of Life total score (GTS-QOL)
−Removed: reduction in impairment (YGTSS)
−Removed: reduction of the premonitory urge to tic (PUTS – the Premonitory Urge to Tic scale)
−Removed: Importantly, no
−Removed: off-target CNS effects or systemic side effects were observed in this study.
−Removed: Further, Sepranolone has been evaluated in multiple clinical
−Removed: neuro/hormonal studies involving over 335 participants and has demonstrated a favorable safety profile.
−Removed: Relmada is currently
−Removed: evaluating the nonclinical and clinical strategy for the development of Sepranolone.
+Added: GABA A receptors are
+Added: a major target for neuropsychiatric drugs, including benzodiazepines, barbiturates and anesthetic agents.
+Added: The GABAergic system regulates
+Added: a host of physiological and neurological functions and their related moods and behaviors.
+Added: The principal positive physiologic modulators
+Added: of the GABAergic system are the neurotransmitter GABA (γ-aminobutyric acid) and the positive allosteric modulator Allopregnanolone.
+Added: GABA generally inhibits nervous system excitability and thereby produces a calming effect that reduces anxiety and compulsive behavior,
+Added: among other manifestations.
+Added: While Allopregnanolone typically enhances GABA’s calming effects, in some individuals it paradoxically
+Added: exacerbates anxiety and compulsive behavior.
+Added: Sepranolone is a synthetic version of Isoallopregnanolone,
+Added: a naturally occurring neurosteroid that counteracts the effects of Allopregnanolone.
+Added: Sepranolone is designed to normalize GABA A
+Added: receptor activity by targeting two specific receptor subtypes (alpha-2 and alpha-4) without directly interfering with GABA signaling,
+Added: making it a novel and selective treatment approach for diseases such as PWS and TS and other disorders that feature compulsive behavior.
+Added: Data from an open-label Phase 2a randomized study
+Added: demonstrated that Sepranolone has the potential to improve TS symptoms versus standard of care alone, as measured by changes in the YGTSS
+Added: scoring system (the world-standard Yale Global Tic Severity Scale) compared to baseline.
+Added: In the 12-week, dual-center, parallel-group
+Added: study, 26 subjects were treated with Sepranolone (10 mg, administered by subcutaneous injection twice weekly in addition to standard
+Added: of care (SOC) versus standard of care alone.
+Added: The Phase 2a results showed competitive tic reduction
+Added: and improved quality of life while displaying no CNS off-target effects.
+Added: Sepranolone not only reduced tic severity in its primary clinical
+Added: endpoint as measured by YGTSS by 28% (p=0.051) – but also achieved positive results in four key secondary endpoints compared with
+Added: standard of care:
+Added: 69% greater increase of
+Added: Quality of Life (using the Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome Quality of Life total score (GTS-QOL)
+Added: 50% greater reduction in
+Added: impairment (YGTSS)
+Added: 44% greater reduction of
+Added: the premonitory urge to tic (PUTS – the Premonitory Urge to Tic scale)
+Added: Importantly, no off-target CNS effects or systemic
+Added: side effects were observed in this study.
+Added: Further, Sepranolone has been evaluated in multiple clinical neuro/hormonal studies involving
+Added: over 335 participants and has demonstrated a favorable safety profile.
+Added: Relmada is currently evaluating the nonclinical
+Added: and clinical strategy for the development of Sepranolone.
NDV-01 Program
−Removed: The second program we recently in-licensed, NDV-01,
−Removed: is a novel intravesicular delivery technology designed for the long-acting, controlled release of gemcitabine and docetaxel.
−Removed: This combination
−Removed: therapy has gained significant interest as an alternative to Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) for treating NMIBC, especially given
−Removed: the global BCG shortage since 2019.
−Removed: Clinical studies have shown that gemcitabine and docetaxel achieve response rates and Recurrence-Free
−Removed: Survival comparable to or better than BCG.
−Removed: However, conventional administration is cumbersome, requiring sequential drug delivery over
−Removed: three to four hours, with limited tumor exposure time.
+Added: Our second program , in-licensed on March 24,
+Added: 2025, NDV-01, is a novel intravesicular delivery technology designed for the long-acting, controlled release of gemcitabine and docetaxel.
+Added: This combination therapy has gained significant interest as an alternative to Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) for treating NMIBC,
+Added: especially given the global BCG shortage since 2019.
+Added: Clinical studies have shown that gemcitabine and docetaxel achieve response rates
+Added: and Recurrence-Free Survival comparable to or better than BCG.
+Added: However, conventional administration is cumbersome, requiring sequential
+Added: drug delivery over three to four hours, with limited tumor exposure time.
NDV-01 potentially addresses these limitations
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exposure enhances the therapeutic effect while improving patient convenience.
−Removed: NDV-01 is formulated
−Removed: as a controlled-release intravesical therapy containing gemcitabine and docetaxel.
−Removed: By maintaining continuous drug exposure within the
−Removed: bladder, NDV-01 may optimize local efficacy while minimizing systemic absorption and associated side effects.
−Removed: Unlike conventional intravesical
−Removed: instillations, which result in fluctuating drug levels, NDV-01 provides a continuous release of both agents over 10 days.
−Removed: This sustained
−Removed: delivery may improve cancer cell eradication and reduce recurrence risk while lowering the frequency of administration.
−Removed: NDV-01 is currently in a Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating its safety
−Removed: and efficacy in patients with aggressive NMIBC.
−Removed: The Phase 2 study is a single-arm, single-center study evaluating the safety and efficacy
−Removed: of NDV-01 in patients with High Grade-NMIBC.
−Removed: Patients are treated with NDV-01 in a biweekly induction phase, follow by monthly maintenance
−Removed: for up to one year, with regular assessments via cystoscopy, cytology, and biopsy, as indicated.
−Removed: The primary efficacy endpoints are safety
−Removed: and complete response rate (Complete Response Rate at 12 months), and secondary efficacy endpoints are duration of response (DOR) and
−Removed: event free survival (EFS).
−Removed: On April 28, 2025, the
−Removed: Company announced positive initial data from the Phase 2 study.
+Added: NDV-01 is formulated as a controlled-release
+Added: intravesical therapy containing gemcitabine and docetaxel.
+Added: By maintaining continuous drug exposure within the bladder, NDV-01 may optimize
+Added: local efficacy while minimizing systemic absorption and associated side effects.
+Added: Unlike conventional intravesical instillations, which
+Added: result in fluctuating drug levels, NDV-01 provides a continuous release of both agents over 10 days.
+Added: This sustained delivery may improve
+Added: cancer cell eradication and reduce recurrence risk while lowering the frequency of administration.
+Added: NDV-01 is currently in a Phase 2 clinical trial
+Added: evaluating its safety and efficacy in patients with aggressive NMIBC.
+Added: The Phase 2 study is a single-arm, single-center study evaluating
+Added: the safety and efficacy of NDV-01 in patients with High Grade-NMIBC.
+Added: Patients are treated with NDV-01 in a biweekly induction phase,
+Added: follow by monthly maintenance for up to one year, with regular assessments via cystoscopy, cytology, and biopsy, as indicated.
+Added: efficacy endpoints are safety and complete response rate (Complete Response Rate at 12 months), and secondary efficacy endpoints are
+Added: duration of response (DOR) and event free survival (EFS).
+Added: On April 28, 2025, the Company announced positive
+Added: initial data from the Phase 2 study.
As of the latest cut-off, a total of 26 patients had been enrolled:
−Removed: patients had reached the 3-month assessment with 7 reaching the 6-month assessment.
−Removed: of the initial Phase 2 data:
−Removed: Response Rate (ORR)
−Removed: High-Grade Recurrence-Free Survival (HGRFS) in papillary disease
−Removed: 100% Complete
−Removed: Response in CIS patients
−Removed: any time point:
−Removed: HGRFS in papillary disease
−Removed: 100% Complete
−Removed: Response in CIS patients
−Removed: status at 6-month Assessment:
−Removed: evaluable patients achieved disease free status.
−Removed: related adverse events greater than Grade 1.
−Removed: common treatment emergent adverse events (TEAEs) were urinary urgency, flank pain, and dysuria, all of which were mild and transient,
−Removed: resolving in 24-28 hours.
−Removed: No patients discontinued treatment due to adverse events.
−Removed: Esmethadone (d-Methadone, dextromethadone,
−Removed: REL-1017) as a treatment for MDD
−Removed: Esmethadone’s mechanism of action, as a
−Removed: low affinity, non-competitive NMDA channel blocker or antagonist, is fundamentally differentiated from most currently FDA-approved antidepressants,
−Removed: as well as all atypical antipsychotics used adjunctively with standard, FDA-approved antidepressants.
−Removed: Working through the same brain mechanisms
−Removed: as ketamine and esketamine but potentially lacking their adverse side effects, esmethadone is being developed as a rapidly acting, oral
−Removed: agent for the treatment of depression and potentially other CNS conditions.
−Removed: Relmada has paused this program pending a comprehensive
−Removed: data review, after which a decision regarding the future of this program will be made.
−Removed: Esmethadone (d-methadone, dextromethadone,
−Removed: REL-1017) in other indications
−Removed: While our strategy was to focus on the development
−Removed: of esmethadone as an adjunctive treatment for MDD, we are also evaluating other indications that Relmada may explore in the future, including
−Removed: restless leg syndrome and other glutamatergic system activation related diseases.
−Removed: Psilocybin Program
−Removed: Relmada acquired the development and commercial
−Removed: rights to a novel psilocybin and derivative program from Arbormentis LLC in July of 2021.
−Removed: The original focus of the program was limited
−Removed: to neurodegenerative diseases.
−Removed: Psilocybin has neuroplastogen™ effects that have the potential to ameliorate the consequences of
−Removed: multiple neurodegenerative conditions.
−Removed: The pleiotropic metabolic effects of low-dose psilocybin were discovered while studying its neuroplastogen™
−Removed: potential in a rodent model deficient in neurogenesis – obese rodents maintained on a high fructose, high fat diet (HFHFD).
−Removed: Specifically,
−Removed: in a rodent model of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), beneficial effects of psilocybin were observed
−Removed: on multiple metabolic parameters, including reduced hepatic steatosis, reduced body weight gain, and fasting blood glucose levels.
−Removed: Effective May 12, 2025, Relmada has terminated
−Removed: this program in light of an ongoing strategic review of this business opportunity, the changing regulatory landscape for psychedelics,
−Removed: its early stage of development and the acquisition of new, more advanced product candidates.
+Added: 20 patients had reached the
+Added: 3-month assessment with 7 reaching the 6-month assessment.
+Added: On August 7, 2025, the Company announced positive 6-month follow-up
+Added: data from the Phase 2 study.
+Added: Highlights of the 6-month follow-up data from the Phase 2 study:
+Added: Baseline characteristics (n=29)
+Added: Median Age (years) (range)
+Added: Median BCG Doses (range)
+Added: ● BCG-naïve (n (%))
+Added: ● BCG exposed (n (%))
+Added: ● BCG unresponsive (n (%))
+Added: Stage (n (%))
+Added: Complete Response (CR)
+Added: * One subject has reached the 9-month assessment and had a
+Added: No patient had progression to muscle invasive disease.
+Added: No patient underwent a radical cystectomy.
+Added: No patient had >= Grade 3 treatment
+Added: related adverse events and no patients discontinued treatment due to adverse events.
Our Corporate History and Background
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regulatory agencies, like the FDA in the United States, and similar organizations elsewhere in the world.
−Removed: We have not generated revenues and do not anticipate
−Removed: generating revenues for the foreseeable future.
−Removed: We had a net loss of approximately $17,559,500 for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
−Removed: At March 31, 2025, we had an accumulated deficit of approximately $658,441,500.
+Added: We have not generated revenues and do not anticipate generating revenues
+Added: for the foreseeable future.
+Added: We had a net loss of approximately $27,425,900 for the six months ended June 30, 2025.
+Added: At June 30, 2025, we
+Added: had an accumulated deficit of approximately $668,308,000.
Business Strategy
−Removed: Our strategy is to leverage our considerable industry
−Removed: experience, understanding of pharmaceutical markets and development expertise to identify, develop and commercialize product candidates
−Removed: with significant market potential that can fulfill unmet medical needs.
−Removed: We have assembled a management team along with both scientific
−Removed: advisors, and business advisors with significant industry and regulatory experience to lead and execute the development and commercialization
−Removed: of our product candidates.
+Added: Our strategy is to leverage our considerable
+Added: industry experience, understanding of pharmaceutical markets and development expertise to identify, develop and commercialize product
+Added: candidates with significant market potential that can fulfill unmet medical needs.
+Added: We have assembled a management team along with both
+Added: scientific advisors, and business advisors with significant industry and regulatory experience to lead and execute the development and
+Added: commercialization of our product candidates.
Intellectual Property Portfolio and Market
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PWS, TS, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and gambling disorder, potentially providing coverage beyond 2030.
−Removed: We have more than 10 issued patents and pending
−Removed: patent applications related to NDV-01 for multiple uses, including formulations and methods for controlled release of therapeutics for
−Removed: treatment of diseases such as bladder cancer, potentially providing coverage beyond 2038.
−Removed: We have more than 50 issued patents and pending
−Removed: patent applications related to REL-1017 for multiple uses, including psychological and neurological conditions, potentially providing
−Removed: coverage beyond 2033.
−Removed: We have also secured an Orphan Drug Designation from the FDA for d-methadone for “the treatment of postherpetic
−Removed: neuralgia” (postherpetic neuralgia is lasting pain in areas of skin affected by previous outbreaks of shingles, caused by the varicella
−Removed: zoster, or herpes zoster, virus) which, upon potential NDA approval, carries 7-year FDA Orphan Drug marketing exclusivity.
−Removed: In the European
−Removed: Union, some of our prospective products may be eligible up to 10 years of market exclusivity, which includes 8 years data exclusivity
−Removed: and 2 years market exclusivity.
−Removed: In addition to any granted patents, REL-1017 will be eligible for market exclusivity to run concurrently
−Removed: with the term of the patent for 5 years in the U.S.
−Removed: (Hatch Waxman Act) and may be eligible for an additional 6 months of pediatric exclusivity
−Removed: and up to 10 years of exclusivity in the European Union.
−Removed: We believe an extensive intellectual property estate of US and foreign patents
−Removed: and applications, once approved, will protect our technology and products.
+Added: more than 10 issued patents and pending patent applications related to NDV-01 for multiple uses, including formulations and methods for
+Added: controlled release of therapeutics for treatment of diseases such as bladder cancer, potentially providing coverage beyond 2038.
Key Strengths
We believe that the key elements for our market success include:
−Removed: Compelling lead product opportunities in NDV-01 and Sepranolone.
−Removed: Experienced management team with considerable drug development expertise;
−Removed: Multiple potential bladder cancer related indications for NDV-01.
−Removed: Extensive safety database for Sepranolone as well as promising signal of efficacy in Tourette Syndrome
−Removed: Substantial and growing IP portfolio for both Sepranolone and NDV-01
−Removed: Scientific support of leading experts:
+Added: Compelling lead product
+Added: opportunities in NDV-01 and Sepranolone.
+Added: Experienced management
+Added: team with considerable drug development expertise;
+Added: Multiple potential bladder
+Added: cancer related indications for NDV-01.
+Added: Extensive safety database
+Added: for Sepranolone as well as promising signal of efficacy in Tourette Syndrome
+Added: Substantial and growing
+Added: IP portfolio for both Sepranolone and NDV-01
+Added: Scientific support of leading
Our scientific advisors include clinicians and scientists who are affiliated with a number of highly regarded medical institutions.
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Results of Operations
−Removed: For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 versus March 31, 2024
+Added: For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2025 versus June 30, 2024
Operating Expenses
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Research and Development Expense
−Removed: Research and development expense for the three
−Removed: months ended March 31, 2025 was approximately $11,951,000 compared to $13,305,300 for the three months ended March 31, 2024, a decrease
−Removed: of approximately $1,354,300.
+Added: and development expense for the three months ended June 30, 2025 was approximately $2,819,400 compared to $10,721,100 for the three months
+Added: ended June 30, 2024, a decrease of approximately $7,901,700.
The change was primarily driven by:
−Removed: Decrease in other research expenses of $5,269,600 primarily associated
−Removed: with the winding down of the REL-1017 302 and 304 studies in 2025;
+Added: Decrease in other research expenses of $5,537,300 primarily associated with the winding down of the REL-1017 302 and 304 studies in 2025;
Decrease in stock-based compensation expense of $1,386,700;
+Added: Decrease in study costs of $807,900 associated with the winding down of the REL-1017 studies;
Decrease in manufacturing and drug storage costs of $599,900;
−Removed: Decrease in compensation expense of $106,800 due to a decrease in research and development employees and their related bonus;
−Removed: Increase in study costs of $4,788,000 associated with the acquisition of Sepranolone and NDV-01.
+Added: Increase in compensation expense of $430,100 due to a increase in research and development employees and their related bonus.
General and Administrative Expense
−Removed: General and administrative expense for the three
−Removed: months ended March 31, 2025 was approximately $6,267,400 compared to $9,682,600 for the three months ended March 31, 2024, a decrease
−Removed: of approximately $3,415,200.
+Added: and administrative expense for the three months ended June 30, 2025 was approximately $7,401,900 compared to $8,097,700 for the three
+Added: months ended June 30, 2024, a decrease of approximately $695,800.
The change was primarily due to:
Decrease in stock-based compensation expense of $2,353,700;
−Removed: Decrease in other general and administrative expenses of $287,400 primarily due to an decrease in consulting services;
−Removed: Increase in compensation expense of $57,700 due to an increase of general
−Removed: and administrative employees and their related bonuses.
+Added: Increase in compensation expense of $1,652,000 due to an increase of general and administrative employees and their related bonuses;
+Added: Increase in other general
+Added: and administrative expenses of $5,900 primarily due to an increase in consulting services.
Interest/investment income was approximately $321,500
−Removed: and $1,055,900 for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
+Added: and $963,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
The decrease was due to lower average investment balance.
−Removed: Realized gain on short-term investments was approximately $63,000 and $53,100 for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
−Removed: Unrealized gain on short-term investments for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 was approximately $155,700 and $50,700, respectively.
−Removed: The Company did not provide for income taxes for
−Removed: the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, since there was a loss and a full valuation allowance against all deferred tax assets.
+Added: Realized gain on short-term investments was approximately $47,200 and $133,100 for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
+Added: Unrealized loss on short-term investments was approximately $13,800 and $45,500 for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024.
The net loss for the Company for the three months
−Removed: ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 was approximately $17,559,500 and $21,828,100 respectively.
+Added: ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 was approximately $9,866,400 and $17,768,100, respectively.
The Company had loss per share basic and diluted
−Removed: of $0.58 and $0.72 for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
−Removed: As shown in the accompanying audited consolidated
−Removed: financial statements, the Company has incurred losses and negative cash flows from operations since inception and expects to incur additional
−Removed: losses until such time that it can generate significant revenue from the commercialization of its product candidates.
−Removed: During the three
−Removed: months ended March 31, 2025, the Company incurred a net loss of $17,559,465 and had negative operating cash flows of $18,067,033.
−Removed: the Company’s projected operating requirements and its existing cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments, the Company
−Removed: is projecting insufficient liquidity to sustain its operations through one year following the date that the financial statements are issued.
−Removed: These conditions and events raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
+Added: of $0.30 and $0.59 for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
+Added: The Company did not provide for income taxes for
+Added: the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, since there was a loss and a full valuation allowance against all deferred tax assets.
+Added: Results of Operations
+Added: For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2025 versus June 30, 2024
+Added: Operating Expenses
+Added: Research and development
+Added: General and administrative
+Added: Research and Development Expense
+Added: Research and development expense for the six months
+Added: ended June 30, 2025 was approximately $14,770,400 compared to $24,026,400 for the six months ended June 30, 2024, a decrease of approximately
+Added: The decrease was primarily due to:
+Added: Decrease in other research expenses of $10,773,100 primarily associated with the wind-down of the 302 and 304 studies in 2025;
+Added: Decrease in stock-based compensation expense of $2,015,600;
+Added: Decrease in manufacturing and drug storage costs of $736,800;
+Added: Decrease in pre-clinical and toxicology expenses of $33,700;
+Added: Increase in costs of $3,980,100 associated with the acquisitions of
+Added: Sepranolone and NDV-01 in the first quarter of 2025 offset with a decrease of 302 and 304 study expenses due to the wind-down of these
+Added: Increase in compensation expense of $323,100 due to an increase in research and development employees and their related bonuses.
+Added: General and Administrative Expense
+Added: General and administrative expense for the six
+Added: months ended June 30, 2025 was approximately $13,669,300 compared to $17,780,200 for the six months ended June 30, 2024, a decrease of
+Added: approximately $4,110,900.
+Added: The decrease was primarily due to:
+Added: Decrease in stock-based compensation expense of $5,539,100 related to option grants to employees and key consultants;
+Added: Decrease in other general and administrative expenses of $281,600 primarily due to a decrease in consulting services;
+Added: Increase in compensation expense of $1,709,800 primarily related an increase of general and administrative employees and their related bonuses.
+Added: Interest / investment income was approximately $761,700 and $2,018,900
+Added: for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
+Added: The decrease was due to lower interest rates and investment yields.
+Added: gain on short-term investments was approximately $110,200 for the six months ended June 30, 2024 compared to a realized gain of approximately
+Added: $186,200 for the six months ended June 30, 2024.
+Added: Unrealized gain on short-term investments was approximately $141,900 and $5,200 for the
+Added: six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
+Added: The net loss for the Company for the six months ended June 30, 2025
+Added: and 2024 was approximately $27,425,900 and $39,596,200 respectively.
+Added: The Company had loss per share, basic and diluted of $0.86 and $1.31
+Added: for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
+Added: The Company did not provide for income taxes for
+Added: the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, since there was a loss and a full valuation allowance against all deferred tax assets.
+Added: shown in the accompanying audited consolidated financial statements, the Company has incurred losses and negative cash flows from operations
+Added: since inception and expects to incur additional losses until such time that it can generate significant revenue from the commercialization
+Added: of its product candidates.
+Added: During the six months ended June 30, 2025, the Company incurred a net loss of $27,425,907 and had negative
+Added: operating cash flows of $24,468,909.
+Added: Given the Company’s projected operating requirements and its existing cash and cash equivalents
+Added: and short-term investments, the Company is projecting insufficient liquidity to sustain its operations through one year following the
+Added: date that the financial statements are issued.
+Added: These conditions and events raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability
+Added: to continue as a going concern.
In response to these conditions, management is
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will be able to secure additional financing, or if available, that it will be sufficient to meet its needs or on favorable terms.
−Removed: management’s plans have not yet been finalized and are not within the Company’s control the implementation of such plans cannot
−Removed: be considered probably.
−Removed: As a result, the Company concluded that management’s plans do not alleviate substantial doubt about the
−Removed: Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
−Removed: The following table sets forth selected cash flow information for the
−Removed: periods indicated below:
−Removed: Three Months Ended
−Removed: Three Months Ended
+Added: management’s plans have not yet been finalized and are not within the Company’s control the implementation of such plans
+Added: cannot be considered probable.
+Added: As a result, the Company concluded that management’s plans do not alleviate substantial doubt about
+Added: the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern.
+Added: The following table sets forth selected cash flow information for
+Added: the periods indicated below:
+Added: Six Months Ended
+Added: Six Months Ended
Cash used in operating activities
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Cash provided by investing activities
−Removed: Cash provided by financing activities
+Added: Cash (used in)/provided by financing activities
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
$ (2,503,675 )
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2025, cash
−Removed: used in operating activities was $18,067,033 primarily due to the net loss of $17,559,465 offset by non-cash stock-based compensation
−Removed: charges of $4,477,995.
−Removed: There were realized gains and unrealized gains on short-term investments of $62,952 and $155,731, respectively.
+Added: the six months ended June 30, 2025, cash used in operating activities was $24,468,909 primarily due to the net loss of $27,425,907 offset
+Added: by non-cash stock-based compensation charges of $7,926,448.
+Added: There were realized gains and unrealized gains on short-term investments
+Added: of $110,156 and $141,934, respectively.
In addition, there was an increase in operating assets and liabilities of $4,717,360.
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2024, cash
−Removed: used in operating activities was $13,036,748 primarily due to the net loss of $21,828,126 offset by non-cash stock-based compensation charges
−Removed: of $8,295,468.
−Removed: There were realized gains and unrealized gains on short-term investments of $53,133 and $50,713, respectively.
−Removed: there was a decrease in operating assets and liabilities of $599,756.
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2025, cash provided by investing
−Removed: activities was $15,359,713 due to $487,916 of purchases of short-term investments offset by $15,847,629 of sales of short-term investments.
−Removed: For the three months ended March 31, 2024, cash
−Removed: provided by investing activities was $10,058,451 due to $7,013,933 of purchases of short-term investments offset by $17,072,384 of sales
−Removed: of short-term investments.
−Removed: Net cash provided by financing activities for
−Removed: the three months ended March 31, 2025 was $0.
−Removed: Net cash provided by financing activities for
−Removed: the three months ended March 31, 2024 was $221,747 due to proceeds from options exercised for common stock of $246,747 offset by ATM fees
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2024, cash
+Added: used in operating activities was $26,299,773 primarily due to the net loss of $39,596,248 offset by non-cash stock-based
+Added: compensation charges of $4,477,995.
+Added: There were realized gains and unrealized gains on short-term investments of $186,247 and $5,248,
+Added: respectively.
+Added: In addition, there was an increase in operating assets and liabilities of $4,766,880.
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2025, cash provided
+Added: by investing activities was $22,038,255, due to $809,375 of purchases of short-term investments offset by $22,847,630 of sales of short-term
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2024, cash provided
+Added: by investing activities was $24,072,718, due to $8,313,312 of purchases of short-term investments offset by $32,386,030 of sales of short-term
+Added: Net cash used by financing activities for the
+Added: six months ended June 30, 2025 was $73,021 related to ATM expenses.
+Added: For the six months ended June 30, 2024, cash provided
+Added: by financing activities was $221,747 due to proceeds from options exercised for common stock of $246,747 offset by ATM expenses of $25,000.
Effects of Inflation
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on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 under the heading Commitments and Contingencies.
−Removed: To our knowledge there have been
−Removed: no material changes to the risk factors that were previously disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
−Removed: year ended December 31, 2024.
−Removed: Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be
−Removed: immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and/or operating results.
+Added: To our knowledge there have been no
+Added: material changes to the risk factors that were previously disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
+Added: December 31, 2024.
+Added: Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also
+Added: may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and/or operating results.
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
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subjective or complex judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates about the effect of matters that are inherently uncertain.
−Removed: Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial
−Removed: statements are presented in accordance with U.S.
+Added: unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are presented in accordance with U.S.
GAAP, and all applicable U.S.
−Removed: GAAP accounting standards effective as of March 31, 2025
−Removed: have been taken into consideration in preparing the unaudited consolidated financial statements.
−Removed: The preparation of unaudited condensed
−Removed: consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities,
−Removed: and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses
−Removed: for the reporting period.
−Removed: Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various assumptions that are believed to be reasonable
−Removed: under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that
−Removed: are not readily apparent from other sources.
−Removed: On a continual basis, management reviews its estimates utilizing currently available information,
−Removed: changes in facts and circumstances, historical experience, and reasonable assumptions.
−Removed: After such reviews, and if deemed appropriate,
−Removed: management’s estimates are adjusted accordingly.
−Removed: Actual results could differ from those estimates and assumptions under different
−Removed: and/or future circumstances.
+Added: GAAP accounting
+Added: standards effective as of June 30, 2025 have been taken into consideration in preparing the unaudited condensed consolidated
+Added: financial statements.
+Added: The preparation of unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates
+Added: and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date
+Added: of the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses for the reporting period.
+Added: Management bases its estimates on historical experience and on various assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances,
+Added: the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent
+Added: from other sources.
+Added: On a continual basis, management reviews its estimates utilizing currently available information, changes in facts
+Added: and circumstances, historical experience, and reasonable assumptions.
+Added: After such reviews, and if deemed appropriate, management’s
+Added: estimates are adjusted accordingly.
+Added: Actual results could differ from those estimates and assumptions under different and/or future circumstances.
Management considers an accounting estimate to be critical if:
−Removed: it requires assumptions to be made that were uncertain at the time the estimate was made;
−Removed: changes in the estimate, or the use of different estimating methods that could have been selected, could have a material impact on results of operations or financial condition.
−Removed: We evaluate our estimates and assumptions on an
−Removed: ongoing basis and none of the Company’s estimates and assumptions used within the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
−Removed: involve a high level of estimation uncertainty.
−Removed: For additional discussion regarding the application of the significant accounting policies,
−Removed: see Note 3 to the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report.
+Added: requires assumptions to be made that were uncertain at the time the estimate was made;
+Added: in the estimate, or the use of different estimating methods that could have been selected, could have a material impact on results of
+Added: operations or financial condition.
+Added: We evaluate our estimates and assumptions on
+Added: an ongoing basis and none of the Company’s estimates and assumptions used within the unaudited condensed consolidated financial
+Added: statements involve a high level of estimation uncertainty.
+Added: For additional discussion regarding the application of the significant accounting
+Added: policies, see Note 3 to the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included in this report.
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