CITIUS ONCOLOGY, INC.
For the period ended Sep 30, 2025. Filed Dec 23, 2025.
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FY2025 · Filed Dec 23, 2025
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
☒ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Fiscal Year Ended September 30,2025
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Commission File Number 001-41534
Citius Oncology, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 99-4362660 |
|---|---|
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
11 Commerce Drive, First Floor, Cranford, NJ 07016
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(908) 967-6677
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act:
| Title of Each Class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered |
|---|---|---|
| Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share | CTOR | The NASDAQ Capital Market |
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. ☐ Yes ☒No
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. ☐ Yes ☒No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. ☒Yes ☐ No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). ☒Yes ☐ No
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
| Large accelerated filer | ☐ | Accelerated filer | ☐ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-accelerated filer | ☒ | Smaller reporting company | ☒ |
| Emerging growth company | ☒ | ||
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☐
If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐
Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). ☐ Yes☒ No
The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter (March 31, 2025) was $5,097,850.
Affiliates for the purpose of this item refers to the issuer’s executive officers and directors and/or any persons or firms (excluding those brokerage firms and/or clearing houses and/or depository companies holding issuer’s securities as record holders only for their respective clients’ beneficial interest) owning 10% or more of the issuer’s common stock, both of record and beneficially.
Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:
84,797,846 shares as of December 23, 2025, all of one class of common stock, $0.0001 par value.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
None.
Citius Oncology, Inc.
FORM 10-K
September 30, 2025
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Page | ||
|---|---|---|
| PART I | ||
| Item 1. | Business | 1 |
| Item 1A. | Risk Factors | 18 |
| Item 1B. | Unresolved Staff Comments | 47 |
| Item 1C. | Cybersecurity | 47 |
| Item 2. | Properties | 48 |
| Item 3. | Legal Proceedings | 48 |
| Item 4. | Mine Safety Disclosures | 48 |
| PART II | ||
| Item 5. | Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities | 49 |
| Item 6. | [Reserved] | 49 |
| Item 7. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | 50 |
| Item 7A. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk | 56 |
| Item 8. | Financial Statements and Supplementary Data | 56 |
| Item 9. | Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure | 56 |
| Item 9A. | Controls and Procedures | 56 |
| Item 9B. | Other Information | 57 |
| Item 9C. | Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections | 57 |
| PART III | ||
| Item 10. | Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance | 58 |
| Item 11. | Executive Compensation | 64 |
| Item 12. | Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters | 69 |
| Item 13. | Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence | 70 |
| Item 14. | Principal Accountant Fees and Services | 72 |
| PART IV | ||
| Item 15. | Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules | 73 |
| Signatures | 75 | |
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NOTES
In this annual report on Form 10-K, and unless the context otherwise requires, the “Company,” “Citius Oncology” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Citius Oncology, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary Citius Oncology Sub Inc., “Citius Oncology Sub”, taken as a whole.
LYMPHIRTM (denileukin diftitox) is our registered trademark. All other trade names, trademarks and service marks appearing in this annual report are the property of their respective owners. We have assumed that the reader understands that all such terms are source-indicating. Accordingly, such terms, when first mentioned in this report, appear with the trade name, trademark or service mark notice and then throughout the remainder of this report without trade name, trademark or service mark notices for convenience only and should not be construed as being used in a descriptive or generic sense.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains “forward-looking statements.” Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements that express our intentions, beliefs, expectations, plans, strategies, predictions, or any other statements relating to our future activities or other future events or conditions. These statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about our business based, in part, on assumptions made by management. These statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions that are difficult to predict. Therefore, actual outcomes and results may, and are likely to, differ materially from what is expressed or forecasted in the forward-looking statements due to numerous factors discussed from time to time in this report, including the risks described under Item 1A - “Risk Factors,” and Item 7 - “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in this report and in other documents which we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In addition, such statements could be affected by risks and uncertainties related to:
| ● | our independent registered public accounting firm’s report includes an explanatory paragraph stating that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern; |
| ● | our need for substantial additional funds and its ability to raise those funds; |
| ● | our ongoing evaluation of strategic alternatives; |
| ● | our ability to successfully commercialize LYMPHIR, including covering the costs of licensing payments, product manufacturing and other third-party goods and services; |
| ● | the ability of LYMPHIR or any of our future product candidates to impact the quality of life of our target patient populations; |
| ● | the estimated markets for LYMPHIR or any of our future product candidates and the acceptance thereof by any market; |
| ● | our ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the August 2024 reverse merger (the “Merger”) whereby we became a standalone publicly-traded company and majority-owned subsidiary of Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (“Citius Pharma”), which may not be realized fully, if at all, or may take longer to realize than expected; |
| ● | our ability to procure cGMP commercial-scale supply; |
| ● | our ability to maintain compliance with the continued listing requirements of the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”); |
| ● | our ability to obtain, perform under and maintain financing and strategic agreements and relationships; |
| ● | the Company’s ability to manage and grow our business and execution of our business and growth strategies; |
| ● | our ability to recruit qualified management and technical personnel to carry out our operations; and |
| ● | other risks and uncertainties set forth under the section entitled “Risk Factors.” |
Any forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and, except as may be required under applicable securities laws, we do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the filing date of this report.
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SUMMARY OF RISK FACTORS
An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks summarized in Item 1A, “Risk Factors” included in this report. These risks include, but are not limited to, the following:
| ● | Our independent registered public accounting firm’s report includes an explanatory paragraph stating that there is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. |
| ● | We require substantial additional funding, which may not be available on acceptable terms, or at all. Failure to obtain this necessary capital when needed on acceptable terms, or at all, or execute on alternative strategic paths, could force us to delay, limit, reduce or terminate our commercialization efforts and business operations. |
| ● | We have a history of net losses and expect to incur losses for the foreseeable future. We may never generate revenues or, if we are able to generate revenues, achieve profitability. |
| ● | Our exploration of alternative strategic paths may not result in completing a transaction and the process or conclusion thereof could adversely affect our stock price. If we do not successfully complete a strategic transaction, our Board of Directors (the “Board”) may decide to pursue a dissolution and liquidation of our Company. |
| ● | We have one approved product, LYMPHIR, that we launched in December 2025, and have an unproven business strategy, and a limited operating history upon which to evaluate it, and may never achieve successful commercialization of LYMPHIR or any future product candidates or achieve or maintain profitability. |
| ● | We are required to make milestone payments to the licensor and former licensee of the LYMPHIR intellectual property, which could adversely affect our profitability. A material breach under our license agreements, including timely payment, gives the licensor party the right to terminate the license agreement, which would materially harm our business. |
| ● | Our failure to abide by our contractual obligations with third parties upon whom we rely on to formulate and manufacture our product candidates, including timely payment, could result in the loss third-party support. |
| ● | We face significant risks in our development and commercialization efforts of LYMPHIR and development of any future product candidate. |
| ● | LYMPHIR may not gain market acceptance among physicians, patients, healthcare payers or the medical community and may not generate significant revenue. |
| ● | We will not be able to create a market for LYMPHIR or any future product candidate if we fail to successfully establish marketing, sales, and distribution capabilities. |
| ● | Our projections regarding the market opportunity for LYMPHIR may not be accurate. |
| ● | Our ability to generate product revenues will be diminished if LYMPHIR, or any of our future product candidates that may be approved, sells for inadequate prices or patients are unable to obtain adequate levels of reimbursement. |
| ● | The markets in which we operate are highly competitive and we might be unable to compete successfully. |
| ● | Healthcare reform could hinder the commercial success of LYMPHIR or any future product candidates. |
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| ● | Any termination, or breach by, or conflict with our strategic partners could harm our business. |
| ● | We rely on the specialized expertise of the executive management and other key personnel and the loss of any of them or our inability to successfully hire their successors could harm our business. |
| ● | If we are unable to retain or hire additional qualified personnel, our ability to grow our business might be harmed. |
| ● | We are subject to information technology and cyber-security threats which could have an adverse effect on our business and results of operations. |
| ● | The results of pre-clinical studies and completed clinical trials are not necessarily predictive of future results, and our current and any future product candidates may not have favorable results in later studies or trials. |
| ● | We remain subject to ongoing regulatory obligations and restrictions, which may result in significant expense and limit our ability to commercialize LYMPHIR and any future approved products. |
| ● | We could be forced to pay substantial damage awards if product liability claims that may be brought against us are successful. |
| ● | We might not obtain the necessary U.S. or foreign regulatory approvals to commercialize any future product candidates. |
| ● | Failure to protect our intellectual property may be adversely affect our business. Our business may also suffer, and/or we may have to pay damages or defend against litigation, if we infringe the rights of third parties. |
| ● | The market price of our common stock is highly volatile, and you may lose some or all of your investment. Volatility in our share price could also subject us to securities litigation. |
| ● | Future sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock may cause the price of our common stock to decline. |
| ● | Failure to meet Nasdaq standards could result in a suspension or delisting of the common stock, adversely affecting the ability of a broker-dealer to trade, and an investor to acquire or dispose, our common stock. |
| ● | As a controlled company under Nasdaq standards, we may rely on exemptions from certain governance requirements, limiting the protections afforded to our stockholders compared to those of other companies. |
| ● | Provisions in our Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws and under Delaware law could discourage a takeover that stockholders may consider favorable and may lead to entrenchment of management. |
| ● | If our estimates or judgments relating to our critical accounting policies prove to be incorrect or applicable standards or interpretations change, the Company’s results of operations could be adversely affected. |
| ● | Conflicts of interest may arise from our relationship with Citius Pharma. |
| ● | Citius Pharma currently performs or supports many of our important corporate functions, which would be difficult to replace if Citius Pharma were to cease providing and we are obligated to pay to Citius Pharma the fees for services under the A&R Shared Services Agreement (as defined herein) and must repay the principal due on a promissory note issued in August 2024. |
| ● | Our financial statements may not necessarily be indicative of the conditions that would have existed if we had been operated as an unaffiliated company of Citius Pharma. |
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