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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 (“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 approximately 20 million adults in the US suffering from Long COVID, with millions more affected worldwide.
With respect to the mechanism of action, we believe bezisterim inhibits activation of inflammatory extracellular signal-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 without interfering with their homeostatic functions (e.g., insulin signaling and neuron growth and survival), we believe that bezisterim may offer clinical improvements in several disease indications, including PD, AD and long COVID.
Chronic neuroinflammation, insulin resistance, and oxidative stress are common features in the major neurodegenerative diseases, including AD, PD, frontotemporal lobar dementia, and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Bezisterim (NE3107) is an investigational oral small molecule, blood-brain permeable, compound with potential anti-inflammatory, insulin sensitizing, and ERK-binding properties that may allow it to selectively inhibit ERK-, NFκB- and TNF-stimulated inflammation. Bezisterim’s (NE3107) potential to inhibit neuroinflammation and insulin resistance forms the basis for the Company’s work testing the molecule in AD, PD, and long COVID patients. Bezisterim (NE3107) is patented in the United States, Australia, Canada, Europe and South Korea.
Parkinson’s Disease
PD is driven in large part by neuroinflammation and activation of brain microglia, leading to increased proinflammatory cytokines (particularly TNF). Multiple daily administrations of levodopa (converted to dopamine in the brain) is the current standard of care treatment for this movement disorder. However, levodopa effectiveness diminishes over time necessitating increased dosage and prolonged daily administration leads to side effects of uncontrolled movements called levodopa-induced dyskinesia, commonly referred to as LID, which is exacerbated by high dose levodopa. Although levodopa provides symptomatic benefit, it does not slow PD progression.
The Company recently conducted a Phase 2b clinical trial of bezisterim as a potential first-line therapy for patients with newly diagnosed PD. The SUNRISE-PD trial was designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of bezisterim on motor and non-motor symptoms in patients with PD who have not been treated with carbidopa/levodopa. The trial was a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial with a hybrid decentralized design and lasted 20 weeks from initial screening through safety follow-up for each participant. The trial commenced in April 2025and completed enrollment in December 2025. In August 2026, the Company announced topline results of the trial. The trial successfully met prespecified endpoints and achieved its objectives, with topline results showing that bezisterim improved blood based inflammatory markers of disease, along with a broad range of biological markers associated with overall cellular health and nerve cell damage. Participants treated with bezisterim experienced greater improvements than those receiving placebo across a series of clinical outcome measures of daily living, motor symptoms, and nonmotor symptoms. We intend to use these results to inform the design of a potentially pivotal Phase 3 registrational trial of bezisterim in PD.
The previous Phase 2 study of bezisterim (NE3107) for the treatment of PD (NCT05083260) that we completed in December 2022, was a double-blind, placebo-controlled, safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics study in PD participants treated with carbidopa/levodopa and bezisterim (NE3107). Forty-five patients with a defined L-dopa “off state” were randomized 1:1 to placebo: bezisterim (NE3107) 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 (NE3107) 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 War (“DOW”), formerly known as the Department of Defense, awarded through the Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program of the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs. In August 2024, the 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 for 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. The trial commenced in May 2025 and completed enrollment in May 2026. The Company currently expects to report topline results in late summer 2026.
As of June 30, 2026, the total cost incurred was approximately $12.9 million and as of August 7, 2026 the total cost reimbursed was $12.9 million. Grant reimbursements recognized for the corresponding research and development expenses in the accompanying statements of operations totaled approximately $7.6 million and $5.3 million for the years ended June 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
Alzheimer’s Disease
In AD, BioVie has conducted both Phase 2 and Phase 3 trials. Preliminary data from these trials suggest improvements in cognition and biomarkers, supporting further trials to evaluate its potential as a therapy for the six million Americans living with AD.
Results of a Phase 2 investigator-initiated trial (NCT05227820) showing bezisterim treated patients experienced improved cognition and biomarker levels were presented at the Clinical Trials on Alzheimer’s Disease (CTAD) annual conference in December 2022.
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 measuring cognitive impairment 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 decline; these same patients experienced an advantage in age deceleration vs. placebo as measured by DNA epigenetic changes. 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 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) was granted both FDA Fast Track status and FDA Orphan Drug designation for ascites (due to all etiologies except cancer), which is the most common complication related to liver cirrhosis and represents a significant unmet medical need. BIV201 is being evaluated as a treatment option for patients suffering from life-threatening complications of liver cirrhosis and ascites due to hepatitis, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, and alcoholism. U.S. treatment costs for liver cirrhosis, including ascites and other complications, are estimated at more than $5 billion annually and have an estimated 50% mortality rate within 6 to 12 months. The FDA has never approved any drug specifically for treating ascites.
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 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”). 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, Australia, Mexico and India to date. Terlipressin is used in over 40 countries to treat complications of liver cirrhosis, including Type 1 hepatorenal syndrome and bleeding esophageal varices, and was approved in the U.S. in 2022 to improve kidney function in adults with hepatorenal syndrome experiencing a rapid reduction in kidney function; it is not currently approved in Japan.
In May 2025, the Company formed Option Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as a wholly owned subsidiary with no discreet financial information. In January 2026, the Company filed a Form S-1 with carved out financial statements for Option Therapeutics, Inc. |