BioVie Inc. (the “Company” or “we” or “our”) is a clinical-stage company developing innovative drug therapies for the treatment of neurological and neurodegenerative disorders and advanced liver disease.

Neurodegenerative Disease Programs

The Company acquired the biopharmaceutical assets of NeurMedix, Inc. (“NeurMedix”) a privately held clinical-stage pharmaceutical company and a related party in June 2021. The acquired assets included NE3107 (or “bezisterim”). Bezisterim, the approved generic name for NE3107 is an investigational, novel, orally administered small molecule that is thought to inhibit inflammation-driven insulin resistance and major pathological inflammatory cascades with a novel mechanism of action. There is emerging scientific consensus that both inflammation and insulin resistance may play fundamental roles in the development of Alzheimer’s disease (“AD”) and Parkinson’s disease (“PD”), and bezisterim could, if approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), represent an entirely new medical approach to treating these devastating conditions affecting an estimated 6 million Americans suffering from AD, 1 million Americans suffering from PD and Long COVID affects approximately 20 million adults in the US, and millions more worldwide.

In neurodegenerative disease, the Company’s drug candidate bezisterim is an orally bioavailable, Blood Brain Barrier (“BBB”)-permeable, insulin-sensitizer that is also anti-inflammatory. In addition, it is not immunosuppressive and has a low risk of drug-drug interaction. Bezisterim inhibits activation of inflammatory action extracellular single regulated kinase (“ERK”) and nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (“NFκB”) (including interactions with tumor necrosis factor (“TNF”) signaling and other relevant inflammatory pathways) that lead to neuroinflammation and insulin resistance. By binding to ERK and selectively modulating NFκB activation and TNF-α production and not interfere with their homeostatic functions, BioVie believes that bezisterim may offer clinical improvements in several disease indications, including PD, AD and long COVID.

Parkinson’s Disease

The Company designed a new Phase 2b study of bezisterim as a potential first line therapy to treat patients with new onset PD. This trial will be evaluating the safety and efficacy of bezisterim on motor and non-motor symptoms in patients with PD who haven’t been treated with carbidopa/levodopa. The PD Phase 2b study, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with a hybrid decentralized design will last 20 weeks from the initial screening phase to the safety follow up. In July 2024, the Company submitted the new protocol and received a response from the FDA permitting the Company to proceed with the study. The trial commenced in April 2025.

The Phase 2 study of bezisterim for the treatment of PD (NCT05083260) that completed in December 2022, was a double-blind, placebo-controlled, safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics study in PD participants treated with carbidopa/levodopa and bezisterim. Forty-five patients with a defined L-dopa “off state” were randomized 1:1 to placebo: bezisterim 20 mg twice daily for 28 days. This trial was launched with two design objectives: 1) the primary objective was safety and a drug-drug interaction study as requested by the FDA to measure the potential for adverse interactions of bezisterim with carbidopa/ levodopa; and 2) the secondary objective was to determine if preclinical indications of promotoric activity and apparent enhancement of levodopa activity could be seen in humans. Both objectives were met.

Long COVID Program

Long COVID is a condition in which symptoms of COVID-19, the acute respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, persist for an extended period, generally three months or more. Common symptoms include lingering loss of smell and taste, extreme fatigue, and “brain fog,” though persistent cardiovascular and respiratory problems, muscle weakness, and neurologic issues have also been documented.

In April 2024, the Company was awarded a clinical trial grant of $13.1 million from the U.S. Department of Defense (“DOD”), awarded through the Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs. In August 2024, U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command, Office of Human Research Oversight (“OHRO”) approved the Company’s plan to evaluate bezisterim for the treatment of neurological symptoms that are associated with long COVID and the FDA authorized our Investigational New Drug (“IND”) application for bezisterim allowing the Company to study a novel, anti-inflammatory approach or the treatment of the debilitating neurocognitive symptoms associated with long COVID.

The Phase 2 ADDRESS-LC study is a randomized (1:1), placebo-controlled, multicenter trial evaluating the efficacy, safety and tolerability of bezisterim in adult participants with long COVID who have cognitive impairment sequelae and fatigue. Individuals who have been diagnosed with long COVID and have neurocognitive dysfunction and self-reported fatigue may meet qualification criteria. 

The trial commenced in May 2025. As of June 30, 2025, the total cost incurred was approximately $5.3 million and as of August 4, 2025 approximately $5.3 million was reimbursed.

Alzheimer’s Disease

On November 29, 2023, the Company announced the analysis of its unblinded, topline efficacy data from its Phase 3 clinical trial (NCT04669028) of bezisterim in the treatment of mild to moderate AD. The study had co-primary endpoints looking at cognition using the Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Scale (ADAS-Cog 12) and function using the Clinical Dementia Rating-Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB). Patients were randomly assigned, 1:1 versus placebo, to receive sequentially 5 mg of bezisterim orally twice a day for 14 days, then 10 mg orally twice a day for 14 days, followed by 26 weeks of 20 mg orally twice daily.

Upon trial completion, as the Company began the process of unblinding the trial data, the Company found significant deviation from protocol and current good clinical practices (“cGCPs”) violations at 15 study sites (virtually all of which were from one geographic area). This highly unusual level of suspected improprieties led the Company to exclude all patients from these sites and to refer the sites to the FDA Office of Scientific Investigations (“OSI”) for potential further action. After the patient exclusions, 81 patients remained in the Modified Intent to Treat population, 57 of whom were in the Per-Protocol population which included those who completed the trial and were verified to take study drug from pharmacokinetic data.

The trial was originally designed to be 80% powered with 125 patients in each of the treatment and placebo arms. The unplanned exclusion of so many patients left the trial underpowered for the primary endpoints. In the Per-Protocol population, which included those patients who completed the trial and who were further verified to have taken the study drug (based on pharmacokinetic data), an observed descriptive change from baseline appeared to suggest a slowing of cognitive loss; these same patients experienced an advantage in age deceleration vs. placebo as measured by DNA epigenetic change. Age deceleration is used by longevity researchers to measure the difference between the patient’s biological age, in this case as measured by the Horvath DNA methylation Skin Blood Clock, relative to the patient’s actual chronological age. This test was a non-primary/secondary endpoint, other-outcome measure, done via blood test collected at week 30 (end of study). Additional DNA methylation data continues to be collected and analyzed.

Liver Cirrhosis Program

In liver disease, our investigational drug candidate BIV201 (continuous infusion terlipressin), which was granted both FDA Fast Track designation status and FDA Orphan Drug Status, is being evaluated as a treatment option for patients suffering from ascites and other life-threatening complications of advanced liver cirrhosis caused by non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), hepatitis, and alcoholism. The initial target for BIV201 therapy was refractory ascites. These patients suffer from frequent life-threatening complications, generate more than $5 billion in annual treatment costs, and have an estimated 50% mortality rate within 6 to 12 months.

After receiving guidance from the FDA regarding the design of Phase 3 clinical testing of BIV201 for the treatment of patients with cirrhosis and ascites, the Company is now targeting a broader ascites patient population. The Company is currently finalizing the protocol design for the Phase 3 study of BIV201 with a focus on demonstrating clinical benefit through a composite primary endpoint of complications and disease progression in patients with cirrhosis and ascites who have recently recovered from acute kidney injury (“AKI”). This patient population is not limited to those having refractory ascites. Ascites is a common complication of advanced liver cirrhosis involving the accumulation of large volumes of fluid in the abdomen, often exceeding five liters, due to liver and kidney dysfunction. BIV201 is administered in a continuous infusion of terlipressin as a patent-pending liquid formulation with patents issued in the U.S., China, Japan, Chile and India to date. Terlipressin, the drug is used in over 40 countries to treat related complications of liver cirrhosis (Type 1 hepatorenal syndrome and bleeding esophageal varices) that was approved in the U.S. in 2022 (to improve kidney function in adults with hepatorenal syndrome with rapid reduction in kidney function) but is not approved in Japan.

The BIV201 development program was initiated by LAT Pharma LLC. On April 11, 2016, BioVie acquired LAT Pharma LLC and the rights to its BIV201 development program and currently owns all development and marketing rights to this drug candidate. Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger entered into on April 11, 2016, between predecessor entities, LAT Pharma LLC and NanoAntibiotics, Inc., BioVie is obligated to pay a low single digit royalty on net sales of BIV201 (continuous infusion terlipressin) to be shared among LAT Pharma Members, PharmaIn Corporation, and The Barrett Edge, Inc. Pursuant to the separation agreement to be entered into between the Company and BioVie, the Company will assume the royalty agreement and will be obligated to pay 5.0% on net sales of BIV201 (continuous infusion terlipressin) to be shared among LAT Pharma Members, PharmaIn Corporation, and The Barrett Edge, Inc.