Business Description

This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains statements of a forward-looking nature relating to future events or our future financial performance. These statements are only predictions and actual events or results may differ materially. In evaluating such statements, you should carefully consider the various factors identified in this report that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated in any forward-looking statements, including those set forth in “Risk Factors” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. See “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements.” Our Business Overview We are a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing products to treat rare diseases where there is an unmet medical need. We maintain two active business segments: Specialized BioTherapeutics and Public Health Solutions. Our Specialized BioTherapeutics business segment is developing and moving toward potential commercialization of HyBryte™ (a proposed proprietary name of SGX301 or synthetic hypericin sodium), a novel photodynamic therapy (“PDT”), utilizing topical synthetic hypericin activated with safe visible light for the treatment of cutaneous T-cell lymphoma (“CTCL”). With successful completion of the first Phase 3 FLASH ( F luorescent L ight A ctivated S ynthetic H ypericin) study and agreement from the European Medicines Agency (“EMA”) on the key design components of a confirmatory Phase 3 placebo-controlled study evaluating the safety and efficacy of HyBryte™ in the treatment of CTCL patients with early-stage disease, we began patient enrollment during December 2024 for the second Phase 3 study called “FLASH2” ( F luorescent L ight A ctivated S ynthetic H ypericin 2). We anticipate top-line results in the second half of 2026. Upon successful completion of the Phase 3 FLASH2 study, regulatory approval will be sought to support potential commercialization worldwide. Development programs in this business segment also include expansion of synthetic hypericin into psoriasis (SGX302), and our first-in-class Innate Defense Regulator (“IDR”) technology, dusquetide, for the treatment of inflammatory diseases, including aphthous ulcers in Behçet’s Disease (“BD”) (SGX945) and oral mucositis in head and neck cancer (SGX942). Our Public Health Solutions business segment includes development programs for (i) RiVax ® , a ricin toxin vaccine candidate, (ii) SGX943, a therapeutic candidate for antibiotic resistant and emerging infectious disease, and (iii) various vaccine programs, including a program targeting filoviruses (such as Marburg virus (“MARV”) and Ebola virus (“EBOV”)) and CiVax™, a vaccine candidate for the prevention of COVID-19 (caused by SARS-CoV-2). The development of our vaccine programs incorporates the use of our proprietary heat stabilization platform technology, known as ThermoVax ® . To date, this business segment has been supported with government grant and contract funding from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (“NIAID”), the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. ​ Our business strategy can be outlined as follows: ● Following agreement from the EMA on the key design components for the second confirmatory Phase 3 placebo-controlled FLASH2 clinical trial of HyBryte™ in CTCL and positive primary endpoint results from the first Phase 3 FLASH study, continue enrollment and execution of the FLASH2 study, while at the same time, continuing discussions with the U.S.…