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 001-38174
Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter)
| Nevada | 27-3425913 |
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| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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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 |
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| Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share | CTXR | The NASDAQ Capital Market |
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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 | ☐ |
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| Non-accelerated filer | ☒ | Smaller reporting company | ☒ |
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| 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 approximately $11,390,000.
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:
20,762,917 shares as of December 17, 2025, all of one class of common stock, $0.001 par value.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
Portions of the Company’s Proxy Statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders expected to be filed in January 2026 are incorporated by reference in Part III of this Report.
Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
FORM 10-K
September 30, 2025
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| PART I | | 1 | |
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| Item 1. | Business | | 1 |
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| Item 1A. | Risk Factors | | 33 |
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| Item 1B. | Unresolved Staff Comments | | 66 |
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| Item 1C. | Cybersecurity | | 66 |
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| Item 2. | Properties | | 66 |
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| Item 3. | Legal Proceedings | | 66 |
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| Item 4. | Mine Safety Disclosures | | 66 |
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| PART II | | 67 | |
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| Item 5. | Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities | | 67 |
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| Item 6. | [Reserved] | | 67 |
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| Item 7. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations | | 68 |
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| Item 7A. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk | | 76 |
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| Item 8. | Financial Statements and Supplementary Data | | 76 |
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| Item 9. | Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure | | 76 |
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| Item 9A. | Controls and Procedures | | 77 |
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| Item 9B. | Other Information | | 77 |
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| Item 9C. | Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections | | 77 |
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| PART III | | 78 | |
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| Item 10. | Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance | | 78 |
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| Item 11. | Executive Compensation | | 78 |
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| Item 12. | Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters | | 78 |
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| Item 13. | Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence | | 78 |
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| Item 14. | Principal Accountant Fees and Services | | 78 |
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| PART IV | | 79 | |
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| Item 15. | Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules | | 79 |
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| Signatures | | 83 | |
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NOTES
In this annual report on Form 10-K, and unless the context otherwise requires, the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries Citius Pharmaceuticals, LLC and Leonard-Meron Biosciences, Inc., and its majority-owned subsidiaries, Citius Oncology, Inc. (Nasdaq: CTOR) (“Citius Oncology”) and NoveCite, Inc., taken as a whole.
Mino-Lok® and LYMPHIRTM (denileukin diftitox) are our registered trademarks. 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; |
| ● | the ability of Citius Oncology to commercialize LYMPHIR, including covering the costs of licensing payments, product manufacturing and other third-party goods and services; |
| ● | our ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the August 2024 reverse merger whereby Citius Oncology became a standalone publicly-traded company and our majority-owned subsidiary (the “Merger”), which may not be realized fully, if at all, or may take longer to realize than expected; |
| ● | our ability to obtain regulatory approval for and successfully commercialize Mino-Lok; |
| ● | the cost, timing, and results of our pre-clinical and clinical trials for our other product candidates; |
| ● | our ability to apply for, obtain and maintain required regulatory approvals for our other product candidates; |
| ● | 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 commercial feasibility and success of our technology and our product candidates; |
| ● | 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.
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. |
| ● | Both the Company and Citius Oncology are heavily dependent on the launch and commercial success of LYMPHIR. |
| ● | We, through Citius Oncology, 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 the guarantor of 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 our other product candidates. |
| ● | We may choose not to continue developing any of our product candidates at any time during development, which would reduce or eliminate our potential return on investment for those product candidates. |
| ● | While our business strategy generally is to focus on the development of late-stage product candidates to lessen the development risk, there is still significant risk to successfully developing a product candidate. |
| ● | If we are unable to file for approval of Mino-Lok or Halo-Lido under Section 505(b)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, or if we are required to generate additional data related to safety and efficacy under Section 505(b)(2), we may be unable to meet our anticipated development and commercialization timelines. |
| ● | Two of our product candidates, Mino-Lok and Halo-Lido, are combination products consisting of components that have each been separately approved by the FDA for other indications and which are commercially available and marketed by other companies. Our approval under Section 505(b)(2), if received, would not preclude physicians, pharmacists, and patients from obtaining individual drug products and titrating the dosage of these drug products as close to our approved dose as possible. |
| ● | Any fast track designation or grant of priority review status by the FDA may not actually lead to a faster development or regulatory review or approval process, nor will it assure FDA approval of our product candidates. Additionally, our product candidates may treat indications that do not qualify for priority review vouchers. |
| ● | We do not own Citius Oncology or NoveCite, Inc. outright and will share any benefits from the commercialization of LYMPHIR and the development of the NoveCite product candidate with the other stockholders. |
| ● | Even if we receive regulatory approval to commercialize a product candidate, that product may not gain market acceptance among physicians, patients, healthcare payers or the medical community and may not generate significant revenue. |
| ● | Even if approved for marketing by applicable regulatory bodies, we will not be able to create a market for any of our product candidates if we fail to establish marketing, sales, and distribution capabilities, either on our own or through arrangements with third parties. |
| ● | Our projections regarding the market opportunity for LYMPHIR and our other product candidates may not be accurate. |
| ● | The markets in which we operate are highly competitive and we may be unable to compete successfully against new entrants or established companies. |
| ● | Our ability to generate product revenues will be diminished if any of our product candidates that may be approved sell for inadequate prices or patients are unable to obtain adequate levels of reimbursement. |
| ● | Healthcare reform measures could hinder or prevent our product candidates’ commercial success. |
| ● | We are and will be dependent on third-party contract research organizations to conduct all of our clinical trials. |
| ● | We rely exclusively on third parties to formulate and manufacture our product candidates. |
| ● | 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. |
| ● | Conflicts of interest may arise from our relationships with Citius Oncology and NoveCite. |
| ● | We might not obtain the necessary U.S. or foreign regulatory approvals to commercialize any current product candidates. |
| ● | Following any regulatory approval of any product candidate, we will be subject to ongoing regulatory obligations and restrictions, which may result in significant expense and limit our ability to commercialize our other product candidates. |
| ● | We could be forced to pay substantial damage awards if product liability claims that may be brought against us are successful. |
| ● | 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 U.S. government could have “march-in rights” to certain of our intellectual property. |
| ● | We may be unable to achieve some or all of the benefits that we expect to achieve from the Merger. |
| ● | A planned distribution by Citius Pharma to its stockholders of shares of Citius Oncology could result in significant tax liability to Citius Pharma and our stockholders. |
| ● | Our failure to maintain compliance with Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements could result in the delisting of our common stock. |
| ● | 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. |
| ● | You may experience dilution of your ownership interests because of the future issuance of additional shares of our common stock or securities convertible into common stock. |
| ● | Our Certificate of Incorporation allows our Board of Directors to create new series of preferred stock without further approval by our stockholders, which could adversely affect the rights of the holders of the common stock. |
| ● | We have not paid cash dividends in the past and we do not expect to pay cash dividends in the foreseeable future. Any return on investment may be limited to the capital appreciation, if any, of our common stock. |
| ● | Provisions in our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended, and under Nevada 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. |