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Business, basis of presentation, new accounting standards and summary of significant accounting policies
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Business, basis of presentation, new accounting standards and summary of significant accounting policies  
Business, basis of presentation, new accounting standards and summary of significant accounting policies

1.Business, basis of presentation, new accounting standards and summary of significant accounting policies

General

MetaVia Inc. (the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, and its subsidiaries are referred to collectively in these notes to the financial statements of the Company as “MetaVia,” “we,” “our” and “us.” We are a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused primarily on developing novel pharmaceuticals to treat cardiometabolic diseases. We have two programs, vanoglipel and DA-1726, focused primarily on the treatment of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (“MASH”) and obesity.

While we focus our financial resources and management’s attention on the development of vanoglipel and DA-1726, we also have four legacy therapeutic programs designed to impact a range of indications in viral, neurodegenerative and cardiometabolic diseases which we are not planning to advance development on and have, or continue to consider for, out-licensing and divestiture opportunities. In July 2024, we entered into an exclusive out-license agreement with MThera Pharma Co., LTD. (“MThera”) to provide MThera with the rights to one of our legacy therapeutic programs, NB-01, for the treatment of painful diabetic neuropathy.

Our operations consist principally of performing research and development (“R&D”) activities, which include preclinical development and clinical trials, and raising capital. Our activities are subject to significant risks and uncertainties, including failing to secure additional funding before sustainable revenues and profit from operations are achieved.

Going concern

As reflected in the condensed consolidated financial statements, we had $12.6 million in cash and cash equivalents as of June 30, 2026. We have experienced net losses and negative cash flows from operating activities since our inception and had an accumulated deficit of $158.0 million as of June 30, 2026. We have incurred a net loss of $9.1 million and net cash used in operating activities of $8.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2026. Due in large part to ongoing clinical trials, we expect to continue to incur net losses and negative cash flows from operating activities for the foreseeable future. These conditions raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern within one year from the issuance of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

We plan to continue to fund our operations through equity offerings, debt financing, the exercise of existing warrants, or other sources, potentially including collaborations, out-licensing and other similar arrangements. However, there can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain any sources of financing on acceptable terms, or at all, or that the warrants issued in previously consummated offerings will be exercised. To the extent that we can raise additional funds by issuing equity securities or in the event our remaining warrants are exercised, our stockholders may experience significant dilution. Any debt financing, if available, may involve restrictive covenants that impact our ability to conduct our business. If we are unable to raise additional capital, we may slow down or stop our ongoing and planned clinical trials until such time as additional capital is raised and this may have a material adverse effect on the Company.

The determination as to whether we can continue as a going concern contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. Our condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that we will continue as a going concern and do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty. This basis of accounting contemplates the recovery of our assets and the satisfaction of our liabilities in the normal course of business.

A.Basis of presentation

We prepared the condensed consolidated financial statements following the requirements of the United States (“U.S.”) Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim reporting. As permitted under those rules, certain notes or other financial information that are normally required by accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“GAAP”) for complete financial statements can be condensed or omitted. However, except as disclosed herein, there has been no material change in the information disclosed in the notes included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 (“2025 Form 10-K”).

Revenues, expenses, assets, liabilities, and equities can vary during each quarter of the year. Therefore, the results and trends in these condensed consolidated financial statements may not be representative of those for the full year. In our opinion, all adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the condensed consolidated financial statements, which are of a normal and recurring nature, have been made for the interim periods reported. The information included in the condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes included in our 2025 Form 10-K. Certain amounts in the condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes may not add up due to rounding, and all percentages have been calculated using unrounded amounts.

B.New accounting standards

Adoption of new accounting standards

New accounting standards or accounting standards updates were assessed and determined to be either not applicable or did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements or processes.

Accounting standards issued but not yet adopted

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses to improve financial reporting by requiring that public business entities disclose additional information about specific expense categories in the notes to the consolidated financial statements at interim and annual reporting periods. The amendments in this ASU do not change or remove current expense disclosure requirements; however, the amendments affect where such information appears in the notes to the consolidated financial statements because entities are required to include certain current disclosures in the same tabular format disclosure as the other disaggregation requirements in the amendments. In January 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-01, Income Statement-Reporting Comprehensive Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Clarifying the Effective Date. This ASU is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods within annual reporting period beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted. We continue to evaluate the impact of adopting this ASU to our notes to the consolidated financial statements and processes.

Other recently issued accounting standards not yet adopted by us are not expected, upon adoption, to have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

C.Estimates and assumptions

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. The most significant estimates in our condensed consolidated financial statements relate to clinical trial costs and accruals, classification of warrants as derivative liability or equity, and the fair value of stock-based compensation and warrants. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Changes in estimates are reflected in reported results in the period in which they become known.

D.Significant accounting policies

Our significant accounting policies are described in “Note 1. Business, basis of presentation, new accounting standards and summary of significant accounting policies” in the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2025, which is included in our 2025 Form 10-K. Except for the following disclosure, there have been no material changes to our significant accounting policies.

Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Both Liabilities and Equity

We account for issued warrants either as a liability or equity in accordance with Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) 480-10, Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of both Liabilities and Equity, and ASC 815-40,

Accounting for Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in, a Company’s Own Stock. Under ASC 480-10, warrants are considered a liability if they are mandatorily redeemable and they require settlement in cash, other assets, or a variable number of shares. If warrants do not meet liability classification under ASC 480-10, we consider the requirements of ASC 815-40 to determine whether the warrants should be classified as a liability or as equity. Under ASC 815-40, contracts that may require settlement for cash are liabilities, regardless of the probability of the occurrence of the triggering event. Liability-classified warrants are measured at fair value on the issuance date and at the end of each reporting period. Any change in the fair value of the warrants after the issuance date is recorded in other expense, net in the consolidated statements of operations as a gain or loss. If warrants do not require liability classification under ASC 815-40, in order to conclude warrants should be classified as equity, we assess whether the warrants are indexed to its common stock and whether the warrants are classified as equity under ASC 815-40 or under another applicable GAAP standard. Equity-classified warrants are accounted for at fair value on the issuance date with no changes in fair value recognized after the issuance date.