Dermata Therapeutics, Inc.
For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Mar 26, 2026.
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1. Organization and Basis of Presentation
Dermata Therapeutics, Inc., (the “Company”), was formed in December 2014 as a Delaware limited liability company (“LLC”) under the name Dermata Therapeutics, LLC. On March 24, 2021, the Company converted from an LLC to a Delaware C-corporation and changed its name to Dermata Therapeutics, Inc. On August 17, 2021, the Company completed its initial public offering. The Company’s shares of Common Stock and warrants are listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC (“Nasdaq”) under the symbols “DRMA,” and “DRMAW,” respectively. During September 2025, the Company made a strategic shift from researching and developing prescription products to becoming a science-driven leader in dermatologic solutions anticipating the launch of its first direct-to-consumer (“DTC”) products in mid-2026.
Reverse Stock Splits
On July 15, 2025, the Company held its annual meeting of stockholders at which time the stockholders approved the adoption of an amendment to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to effect a reverse stock split of its issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, at a specific ratio, ranging from one-for-two to one-for-thirty, with the exact ratio determined by the Company’s board of directors without further approval or authorization of its stockholders. On August 1, 2025, the Company effected the reverse split of its shares of Common Stock at a ratio of 1-for-10, as approved by the Company’s board of directors (the “2025 Reverse Stock Split”). The par value was not adjusted as a result of the 2025 Reverse Stock Split. All issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and per share amounts contained in the financial statements have been retroactively adjusted to reflect this reverse stock split for all periods presented.
On May 7, 2024, the Company held its annual meeting of stockholders at which time the stockholders approved the adoption of an amendment to its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended, to effect a reverse stock split of its issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock, at a specific ratio, ranging from one-for-five to one-for-thirty, with the exact ratio determined by the Company’s board of directors without further approval or authorization of its stockholders. On May 16, 2024, the Company effected the reverse split of its shares of Common Stock at a ratio of 1-for-15, as approved by the Company’s board of directors. The par value was not adjusted as a result of the May 2024 reverse stock split. All issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and per share amounts contained in the financial statements have been retroactively adjusted to reflect this reverse stock split for all periods presented.
Liquidity and Going Concern Uncertainty
Since its inception, the Company has devoted substantially all of its resources to research and development activities and has not generated any revenue or commercialized any product candidates. As of December 31, 2025, cash and cash equivalents totaled $7.5 million, and the Company had an accumulated deficit of $73.2 million. For the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company used cash of approximately $7.8 million in operations. The Company’s existing cash and cash equivalents are expected to fund operations into the first quarter of 2027. See Note 11 – Subsequent Events regarding additional cash proceeds raised subsequent to December 31, 2025.
The Company anticipates that it will continue to incur net losses for at least the next twelve months from the date of this filing. While the Company plans to launch its first product candidate in mid-2026, it is uncertain when the Company will generate operating income to sustain operations. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for the one-year period following the date that these financial statements were issued.
Historically, the Company’s principal sources of cash have included proceeds from the issuance of equity securities and debt. The Company’s principal use of cash has been for operations, and the Company expects that the principal uses of cash in the future will be for continuing operations, marketing and commercialization activities for current and future product candidates, funding of research and development, conducting preclinical studies and clinical trials, and general working capital requirements. The Company expects that as marketing expenses continue to grow, it will need to raise additional capital to sustain operations.
Management’s Plan to Continue as a Going Concern
To continue as a going concern, the Company will need, among other things, to raise additional capital resources. Until the Company can generate significant cash from operations, management’s plans to obtain such resources for the Company include proceeds from offerings of the Company’s equity securities or debt, generating product revenue from sales of skincare products, or transactions involving product development, technology licensing or collaboration. Management can provide no assurance that any sources of a sufficient amount of financing or collaboration agreements will be available to the Company on favorable terms, if at all. The Company’s ability to raise additional capital may be adversely impacted by potential worsening of global economic conditions, tariffs, potential future global pandemics or health crises, and the disruptions to, and volatility in, the credit and financial markets in the United States. Because of historical and expected operating losses and net operating cash flow deficits, there is substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for one year from the issuance of the financial statements, which is not alleviated by management’s plans. The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. The financial statements do not include any adjustments to reflect the possible future effects on the recoverability and classification of assets or the amounts and classification of liabilities that may result from the possible inability of the Company to continue as a going concern.
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and the accompanying notes. Actual results could differ materially from those estimates.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Use of Estimates
The Company’s financial statements are prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of the Company’s financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that impact the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, and expenses and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities in the financial statements and accompanying notes. On an ongoing basis, management evaluates these estimates and judgments, including those related to accrued research and development expenses, stock-based compensation, and equity instruments. The Company bases its estimates on various assumptions that it believes are reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
Segment Information
Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate discrete information is available for evaluation by the chief operating decision maker, or decision-making group, in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. The Company and the Company’s chief operating decision maker view the Company’s operations and manage its business in one operating segment.
Cash and Cash Equivalents
The Company deposits its cash and cash equivalents with accredited financial institutions. Cash and cash equivalents are held in business checking, cash sweep, and overnight money market mutual fund accounts. Only the business checking account is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”), with coverage up to $250,000. Cash and cash equivalent deposits in excess of $250,000 are not covered by insurance provided by the FDIC. The cash sweep and overnight money market mutual fund accounts are invested overnight in highly liquid, short-term investments. The Company considers all highly liquid investments with a maturity date of 90 days or less at the date of purchase to be cash equivalents.
Concentrations of Credit Risk
Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to a concentration of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents. The Company is exposed to credit risk in the event of a default by the financial institutions holding the Company’s cash sweep and overnight money market mutual fund accounts, and the Company’s business checking account, to the extent of the amounts held in excess of FDIC limits. The Company limits its credit risk by placing its cash and cash equivalents with financial institutions it believes are of high quality. To date, the Company has not experienced any losses on its deposits of cash and cash equivalents, and periodically evaluates the creditworthiness of its financial institutions.
Fair Value Measurement
The Company uses a three-tier fair value hierarchy to prioritize the inputs used in the Company’s fair value measurements. These tiers include Level 1, defined as observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets; Level 2, defined as inputs other than quoted prices in active markets that are either directly or indirectly observable; and Level 3, defined as unobservable inputs in which little or no market data exists, therefore requiring an entity to develop its own assumptions. The Company believes the carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents and accounts payable approximate their estimated fair values due to the short-term nature of these assets and liabilities.
Interest Income
Interest income consists of interest income earned on cash and cash equivalents from interest bearing demand accounts.
Patent Costs
Patent costs related to obtaining and maintaining patent protection in both the United States and other countries are expensed as incurred. Patents costs are classified as selling, general and administrative expenses.
Research and Development Costs
Research and development costs are expensed in the period incurred. Research and development costs primarily consist of salaries and related expenses for personnel, stock-based compensation expense, external research and development costs incurred under agreements with contract research organizations, investigative sites and consultants to conduct clinical studies, costs related to compliance with regulatory requirements, costs related to manufacturing the Company’s product candidates for clinical trials, and other allocated expenses.
Payments for research and development activities are based on the terms of the individual agreements, which may differ from the pattern of costs incurred, and payments made in advance of performance are reflected in the accompanying balance sheets as prepaid expenses. The Company records accruals for estimated costs incurred for ongoing research and development activities. When evaluating the adequacy of the accrued liabilities, the Company analyses progress of the services, including the phase or completion of events, invoices received and contracted costs. The Company uses judgments and estimates to determine the prepaid or accrued balances at the end of any reporting period. Actual results could differ from the Company’s estimates.
Selling, General and Administrative Costs
Selling, general and administrative costs are expensed in the period incurred. Selling, general and administrative costs primarily consist of marketing and brand-related expenses, salaries and related expenses for personnel, including stock-based compensation, as well as legal fees incurred relating to corporate and patent matters, professional fees incurred for accounting, auditing, tax, and other consulting services, and insurance costs.
Income Taxes
The Company accounts for income taxes under the asset and liability method, which requires the recognition of deferred tax assets and liabilities for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined on the basis of the differences between the financial statements and tax basis of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The effect of a change in tax rates on deferred tax assets and liabilities is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date.
The Company recognizes net deferred tax assets to the extent that the Company believes these assets are more likely than not to be realized. In making such a determination, management considers all available positive and negative evidence, including future reversals of existing taxable temporary differences, projected future taxable income, tax-planning strategies, and results of recent operations. If management determines that the Company would be able to realize its deferred tax assets in the future in excess of their net recorded amount, management would make an adjustment to the deferred tax asset valuation allowance, which would reduce the provision for income taxes.
The Company records uncertain tax positions on the basis of a two-step process whereby (1) management determines whether it is more likely than not that the tax positions will be sustained on the basis of the technical merits of the position and (2) for those tax positions that meet the more-likely-than-not recognition threshold, management recognizes the largest amount of tax benefit that is more than 50 percent likely to be realized upon ultimate settlement with the related tax authority. The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits within income tax expense. Any accrued interest and penalties are included within the related tax liability.
Stock-Based Compensation
The Company measures and recognizes compensation expense for all stock-based awards made to employees, directors, and non-employees, based on estimated fair values recognized using the straight-line method over the requisite service period. The fair value of options to purchase Common Stock granted to employees is estimated on the grant date using the Black-Scholes valuation model. The calculation of stock-based compensation expense requires that the Company make certain assumptions and judgments about variables used in the Black-Scholes model, including the expected term of the stock-based award, expected volatility of the underlying Common Stock, dividend yield, and the risk-free interest rate. Forfeitures are accounted for in the period they occur.
Warrants
The Company performs an assessment of warrants upon issuance to determine their proper classification in the financial statements based upon the warrant’s specific terms, in accordance with the authoritative guidance provided in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 480,Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity (“ASC 480”), and ASC 815-40,Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (“ASC 815-40”). The assessment considers whether the warrants are freestanding financial instruments pursuant to ASC 480 and whether the warrants meet all of the requirements for equity classification under ASC 815, including whether the warrants are indexed in the Company’s own Common Stock and whether the warrant holders could potentially require cash settlement of the warrants.
For issued or modified warrants that meet all the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be recorded as a component of additional paid-in capital. For issued or modified warrants that do not meet all the criteria for equity classification, the warrants are required to be liability-classified and recorded at their initial fair value on the date of issuance and remeasured at fair value at each balance sheet date thereafter. The Company has performed an assessment of all warrants issued and modified and determined that the Company’s warrants are equity-classified.
Comprehensive Loss
Comprehensive loss includes net loss and other comprehensive income (loss) for the periods presented. The Company did not have other comprehensive income (loss) items such as unrealized gains and losses and so for the years ended December 31, 2025, and 2024, comprehensive loss was equal to the net loss.
Net Loss Per Share of Common Stock
Basic net loss per share is calculated by dividing net loss attributable to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of shares outstanding during the period. The weighted-average number of shares of Common Stock outstanding includes (i) pre-funded warrants because their exercise requires only nominal consideration for the delivery of shares, and (ii) shares held in abeyance because there is no consideration required for delivery of the shares, (collectively, “basic shares”), without consideration of common stock equivalents. Diluted net loss per share is calculated by adjusting basic shares outstanding for the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents outstanding for the period. For purposes of the diluted net loss per share calculation, stock options and warrants are considered to be common stock equivalents but are excluded from the calculation of diluted net loss per common stock if their effect would be anti-dilutive.
The following table presents the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share:
| Years Ended December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| Net loss | $(7,558,557) | $(12,287,461) |
| Basic and diluted net loss per common share | $(8.16) | $(80.32) |
| Weighted-average basic and diluted common shares | 926,192 | 152,974 |
The common share equivalents that are not included in the calculation of diluted net loss per common share but could potentially dilute basic earnings per share in the future are as follows:
| As of December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| Common Stock Options | 20,477 | 5,227 |
| Common Stock Warrants | 5,424,617 | 506,822 |
| Total potentially dilutive securities | 5,445,094 | 512,049 |
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
For the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company has reviewed recent accounting standards and identified the following as relevant to the Company.
In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09,Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures (“ASU 2023-09”). ASU 2023-09 requires disaggregated information about a reporting entity’s effective tax rate reconciliation as well as information on income taxes paid. ASU 2023-09 is effective for public entities with annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company adopted ASU 2023-09, on a retrospective basis, effective as of January 1, 2025. See Note 8 – Income Taxes for updated disclosures related to the adoption of ASU 2023-09.
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03,Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses (“ASU 2024-03”). ASU 2024-03 requires additional disclosures and disaggregation of certain costs and expenses presented on the face of the income statement. ASU 2024-03 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance on its financial statements.
In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-11,Interim Reporting (Topic 270): Narrow-Scope Improvements, which clarifies the guidance in Topic 270 to improve the consistency of interim financial reporting. The ASU provides a comprehensive list of required interim disclosures and introduces a disclosure principle requiring entities to disclose events since the end of the last annual reporting period that have a material impact on the entity. ASU 2025-11 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027, including interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting ASU 2025-11 on its financial statements and related disclosures.
3. Balance Sheet Details
The following provides certain balance sheet details:
| As of December 31, | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 · 2024 | |||
| Prepaid expenses and other current assets | |||
| Prepaid insurance | $255,272 | $349,824 | |
| Prepaid research and development costs | 32,741 | 12,600 | |
| Prepaid other | 53,835 | 9,894 | |
| Total prepaid expenses and other current assets | $341,848 | $372,318 | |
| Accrued and other current liabilities | |||
| Accrued research and development costs | $ | - | $295,392 |
| Accrued compensation and benefits | 979,453 | 731,632 | |
| Accrued other | 200,182 | 137,759 | |
| Total accrued and other current liabilities | $1,179,635 | $1,164,783 | |
4. Equity Securities
A summary of the Company’s equity securities as of December 31, 2025, is as follows:
| Description | Authorized | Issued | Pre-funded Warrants | Reserved | Outstanding |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Stock, par value $0.0001 | 250,000,000 | 2,660,110 | 537,750 | - | 2,660,110 |
| Preferred Stock | 10,000,000 | - | - | - | - |
| Warrants (excluding pre-funded warrants) | - | 5,424,617 | - | - | 5,424,617 |
| 2021 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan | 20,581 | 20,568 | - | 13 | 20,477 |
| Total equity securities | 260,020,581 | 8,105,295 | 537,750 | 13 | 8,105,204 |
Common Stock
On December 29, 2025, the Company closed a private placement (the “December 2025 PIPE”) priced at the market under Nasdaq rules, in which it sold 1,484,312 shares of Common Stock, pre-funded warrants to purchase an aggregate of 537,750 shares of Common Stock with an exercise price of $0.001 per share (“December 2025 Pre-Funded Warrants”),2,022,062 Series C warrants (the “Series C Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,022,062 shares of Common Stock, and 2,022,062 Series D warrants (the “Series D Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 2,022,062 shares of Common Stock (together the “December 2025 PIPE Warrants”), for gross proceeds of approximately $4.1 million. The December 2025 PIPE Warrants have an exercise price of $2.04. Certain Company insiders, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, participated in the December 2025 PIPE. These Company insiders purchased an aggregate of 735,294 shares of Common Stock and December 2025 PIPE Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,470,588 shares of Common Stock, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1.5 million. The purchase price per share of Common Stock and accompanying December 2025 PIPE Warrants for these Company insiders was the same as paid by other investors in the December 2025 PIPE. The December 2025 PIPE Warrants are exercisable subject to stockholder approval. In connection with the December 2025 PIPE, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement with the investors, pursuant to which the Company agreed to prepare and file a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) registering the resale of the shares of Common Stock underlying the securities sold in the December 2025 PIPE financing. The Company filed a Form S-3 on January 22, 2026, which was declared effective by the SEC on January 29, 2026. The Company received net cash proceeds of approximately $3.8 million from the December 2025 PIPE after deducting approximately $0.3 million of placement agent fees and legal and audit firm fees. During the first quarter of 2026, all of the 537,750 December 2025 Pre-Funded Warrants were exercised.
H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC (“Wainwright”) acted as the exclusive placement agent for the December 2025 PIPE. In addition to the placement agent fees, the Company issued to Wainwright, or its designees, warrants (the “December 2025 PIPE Placement Agent Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 141,544 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price equal to $2.55 per share. The grant date fair value of the December 2025 PIPE Placement Agent Warrants was $0.2 million, which represents a non-cash issuance cost, and which was determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, using the following significant assumptions: expected term of 5.4 years, expected volatility of 134.9%, risk-free interest rate of 3.67% and dividend yield of 0.0%
In November 2025, the Company extended its At The Market Offering Agreement (the “ATM Agreement”) with a sales agent (the “Sales Agent”), providing for the additional sale of up to approximately $1.8 million of its shares of Common Stock as set forth in the ATM Agreement. The Sales Agent will be entitled to compensation at a fixed commission rate of 3.0% of the gross sales price of the shares of Common Stock sold pursuant to the ATM Agreement, as well as other transactional fees. During December 2025, the Company issued 149,341 shares of Common Stock under the ATM Agreement resulting in gross proceeds of $0.4 million before deducting approximately $15,000 of Sales Agent issuance costs. After issuance of the 149,341 shares during December 2025, approximately $1.4 million remained registered under the ATM Agreement as of December 31, 2025.
On March 27, 2025, the Company entered into an inducement offer letter agreement (the “March 2025 Inducement Letter”) with a holder (the “Holder”) of certain of its existing warrants to purchase an aggregate of 483,447 shares of the Company’s Common Stock. Such existing warrants were made up of (i) certain of the May 17, 2024 warrants (the “May 2024 Warrants”), which were issued in two separate series, having an exercise price of $49.10 per share, and (ii) the September 16, 2024 warrants, which were issued in two separate series, having an exercise price of $15.80 per share (the “September 2024 Warrants” and together with the May 2024 Warrants, the “Existing Warrants”), for gross proceeds of approximately $6.2 million. Pursuant to the March 2025 Inducement Letter, the Holder agreed to exercise for cash its Existing Warrants at a reduced exercise price of $12.84 per share in consideration for the Company’s agreement to issue in a private placement (i) new Series A common stock purchase warrants (the “New Series A Warrants”) to purchase up to 498,080 shares of Common Stock and (ii) new Series B common stock purchase warrants (the “New Series B Warrants” and together with the New Series A Warrants, the “New Warrants”) to purchase up to 468,813 shares of Common Stock. The New Warrants were exercisable subject to stockholder approval, which the Company received at a stockholder meeting on July 15, 2025. The Company received net proceeds of approximately $5.7 million from the exercise of the Existing Warrants by the Holder, after deducting approximately $0.5 million of financial advisor fees and legal and audit firm fees.
Wainwright acted as the exclusive financial advisor for the March 2025 inducement. In addition to the financial advisor fees, the Company issued to Wainwright, or its designees, warrants (the “March 2025 Financial Advisor Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 33,840 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price equal to $16.05 per share. The grant date fair value of the March 2025 Financial Advisor Warrants was $0.4 million, which represents a non-cash issuance cost, and which was determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, using the following significant assumptions: expected term of 5.3 years, expected volatility of 143.0%, risk-free interest rate of 3.98% and dividend yield of 0.0%.
On January 21, 2025, the Company closed a private placement (the “January 2025 PIPE”) priced at the market under Nasdaq rules, in which it sold 193,539 shares of Common Stock, pre-funded warrants to purchase an aggregate of 7,246 shares of Common Stock with an exercise price of $0.01 per share (“January 2025 Pre-Funded Warrants”), and 200,785 warrants (the “January 2025 PIPE Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 200,785 shares of Common Stock, for gross proceeds of approximately $2.5 million. The January 2025 PIPE Warrants have an exercise price of $12.70. Certain Company insiders, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer and certain members of the Company’s board of directors, participated in the January 2025 PIPE. These Company insiders purchased an aggregate of 122,047 shares of Common Stock and January 2025 PIPE Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 122,047 shares of Common Stock, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1.55 million. The purchase price per share of Common Stock and accompanying January 2025 PIPE Warrant for these Company insiders was the same as paid by other investors in the January 2025 PIPE. The January 2025 Warrants were exercisable subject to stockholder approval, which the Company received at a stockholder meeting on July 15, 2025. In connection with the January 2025 PIPE, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement with the investors, pursuant to which the Company agreed to prepare and file a registration statement with the SEC registering the resale of the shares of Common Stock underlying the securities sold in the January 2025 PIPE financing. The Company filed a Form S-3 on January 30, 2025, which was declared effective by the SEC on February 5, 2025. The Company received net cash proceeds of approximately $2.2 million from the January 2025 PIPE after deducting approximately $0.3 million of placement agent fees and legal and audit firm fees. During the first quarter of 2025, all of the January 2025 Pre-Funded Warrants were exercised. As of December 31, 2025, no January 2025 Pre-Funded Warrants remained outstanding.
Wainwright acted as the exclusive placement agent for the January 2025 PIPE. In addition to the placement agent fees, the Company issued to Wainwright, or its designees, warrants (the “January 2025 PIPE Placement Agent Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 14,053 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price equal to $15.88 per share. The grant date fair value of the January 2025 PIPE Placement Agent Warrants was $0.2 million, which represents a non-cash issuance cost, and which was determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, using the following significant assumptions: expected term of 5.4 years, expected volatility of 145.7%, risk-free interest rate of 4.45% and dividend yield of 0.0%.
On September 17, 2024, the Company closed a private placement (the “September 2024 PIPE”) priced at the market under Nasdaq rules, in which it sold 191,256 pre-funded warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 191,256 shares of Common Stock with an exercise price of $0.01 per share (the “September 2024 Pre-Funded Warrants”), and 191,256 series A warrants (the “September 2024 PIPE Series A Common Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 191,256 shares of Common Stock and 191,256 series B warrants (the “September 2024 PIPE Series B Common Warrants” and together with the September 2024 PIPE Series A Warrants, the “September 2024 PIPE Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 191,256 shares of Common Stock, with gross proceeds of $3.5 million. The September 2024 PIPE Warrants have an exercise price of $15.80. In connection with the September 2024 PIPE, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement with the investor, pursuant to which the Company agreed to prepare and file a registration statement with the SEC registering the resale of the shares of Common Stock underlying the securities sold in the September 2024 PIPE financing. The Company filed a Form S-3 on September 19, 2024, which was declared effective by the SEC on September 24, 2024. The Company received net cash proceeds of approximately $3.1 million from the September 2024 PIPE after deducting approximately $0.4 million of placement agent fees and legal and audit firm fees. During 2024,100,756 of the September 2024 Pre-Funded Warrants were exercised. As of December 31, 2024,90,500 of the September 2024 Pre-Funded Warrants remained outstanding, which were exercised during the year ended December 31, 2025, and as such, no September 2024 Pre-Funded Warrants remained outstanding as of December 31, 2025.
Wainwright acted as the exclusive placement agent for the September 2024 PIPE. In addition to the placement agent fees, the Company issued to Wainwright, or its designees, warrants (the “September 2024 PIPE Placement Agent Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 13,386 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price equal to $22.88 per share. The grant date fair value of the September 2024 PIPE Placement Agent Warrants was $0.3 million, which represents a non-cash issuance cost, and which was determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, using the following significant assumptions: expected term of 5.5 years, expected volatility of 149.5%, risk-free interest rate of 3.44% and dividend yield of 0.0%.
During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company entered into an ATM Agreement with a Sales Agent, providing for the sale of up to approximately $1.7 million of its shares of Common Stock as set forth in the ATM Agreement. The Sales Agent will be entitled to compensation at a fixed commission rate of 3.0% of the gross sales price of the shares of Common Stock sold pursuant to the ATM Agreement, as well as other transactional fees. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company issued 55,001 shares from its ATM resulting in net proceeds of $1.4 million after deducting approximately $126,000 of Sales Agent fees and other expenses related to setting up and issuing shares from the Company’s ATM.
On May 21, 2024, the Company closed on inducement agreements (the “May 2024 Inducement”) with certain holders (the “May 2024 Holders”) of certain of the Company’s existing warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 51,633 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, issued to the May 2024 Holders on (i) May 26, 2023 (the “May 2023 Warrants”), having an exercise price of $324.00 per share, and (ii) November 20, 2023, which were issued in two separate series, each having an exercise price of $97.67 per share (together with the May 2023 Warrants, the “May 2024 Existing Warrants”), for gross proceeds of $2.7 million. Pursuant to the May 2024 Inducement, the May 2024 Holders agreed to exercise for cash their May 2024 Existing Warrants at a reduced exercise price of $51.60 per share in consideration for the Company’s agreement to issue in a private placement (i) new Series A Common Stock purchase warrants (the “New May 2024 Series A Warrants”) to purchase up to 60,117 shares of Common Stock, and (ii) new Series B Common Stock purchase warrants (the “New May 2024 Series B Warrants” and together with the New May 2024 Series A Warrants, the “New May 2024 Warrants”) to purchase up to 43,149 shares of Common Stock. The Company received net proceeds of approximately $2.3 million from the exercise of the May 2024 Existing Warrants by the Holders, after deducting approximately $0.4 million of placement agent fees and legal and audit firm fees.
Wainwright acted as the exclusive placement agent for the May 2024 Inducement. In addition to the placement agent fees, the Company issued to Wainwright, or its designees, warrants (the “May 2024 Placement Agent Warrants”) to purchase up to an aggregate of 3,613 shares of Common Stock at an exercise price equal to $64.50 per share. The grant date fair value of the May 2024 Placement Agent Warrants was $0.1 million, which represents a non-cash issuance cost, and which was determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model, using the following significant assumptions: expected term of 5.5 years, expected volatility of 141.6%, risk-free interest rate of 4.43% and dividend yield of 0.0%.
Preferred Stock
While the Company has 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock authorized with a par value of $0.0001, no shares of preferred stock are outstanding as of December 31, 2025, or 2024, respectively.
Warrants
Summary of Warrants Outstanding
The table below lists outstanding warrants for the dates presented, excluding 537,750 pre-funded warrants with an exercise price of $0.001 outstanding as of December 31, 2025, and 90,500 pre-funded warrants with an exercise price of $0.01 outstanding as of December 31, 2024.
The warrants outstanding as of December 31, 2025, are exercisable into 5,424,617 shares of Common Stock which had a fair value of $2.32 per share, based on the closing trading price on December 31, 2025. The aggregate intrinsic value of warrants outstanding as of December 31, 2025, is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the warrants and the closing market price of the Company’s Common Stock on that date. The intrinsic value of warrants outstanding as of December 31, 2025, was approximately $1.2 million.
| Quantity of Warrants Outstanding as of | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | December 31, 2025 | December 31, 2024 | Exercise Price | Expiration Date |
| Pre-IPO Series 1a Warrants | 19 | 19 | $49,200 | 03/14/2026 |
| IPO Warrants | 1,230 | 1,230 | 16,800 | 8/17/2026 |
| IPO Underwriter Warrants | 53 | 53 | 19,320 | 8/17/2026 |
| March 2023 Offering Placement Agent Warrants | 753 | 753 | 579.38 | 3/16/2028 |
| May 2023 PIPE Placement Agent Warrants | 371 | 371 | 428.45 | 5/23/2028 |
| November 2023 Placement Agent Warrants | 1,619 | 1,619 | 122.09 | 11/20/2028 |
| May 2024 Series A Common Warrants | 2,334 | 60,117 | 49.10 | 11/21/2029 |
| May 2024 Series B Common Warrants | - | 43,149 | 49.10 | 5/21/2026 |
| May 2024 Placement Agent Warrants | 3,613 | 3,613 | 64.50 | 11/21/2029 |
| September 2024 PIPE Series A Common Warrants | - | 191,256 | 15.80 | 3/18/2030 |
| September 2024 PIPE Series B Common Warrants | - | 191,256 | 15.80 | 3/17/2026 |
| September 2024 PIPE Placement Agent Warrants | 13,386 | 13,386 | 22.88 | 3/18/2030 |
| January 2025 PIPE Warrants | 80,051 | - | 12.70 | 7/15/2030 |
| January 2025 Repriced PIPE Warrants | 120,734 | - | 2.04 | (1) |
| January 2025 PIPE Placement Agent Warrants | 14,053 | - | 15.88 | 7/15/2030 |
| March 2025 Warrant Inducement Series A | 498,080 | - | 12.84 | 7/15/2030 |
| March 2025 Warrant Inducement Series B | 468,813 | - | 12.84 | 1/15/2027 |
| March 2025 Financial Advisor Warrants | 33,840 | - | 16.05 | 7/15/2030 |
| December 2025 PIPE Series C Warrants | 2,022,062 | - | 2.04 | 7/15/2030 (1) |
| December 2025 PIPE Series D Warrants | 2,022,062 | - | 2.04 | 7/15/2030(2) |
| December 2025 PIPE Placement Agent Warrants | 141,544 | - | 2.55 | (1) |
| Total warrants outstanding | 5,424,617 | 506,822 | ||
| (1) | Warrants are subject to Shareholder approval. Expiration date is 5 years from shareholder approval date. |
| (2) | Warrants are subject to Shareholder approval. Expiration date is 24 months from shareholder approval date. |
Warrant Inducements
In March 2025, the Company entered into the March 2025 Inducement Letter with a Holder who agreed to exercise 483,447 warrants to purchase Common Stock at a reduced exercise price of $12.84 per share in exchange for 498,080 New Series A Warrants and 468,813 New Series B Warrants with an exercise price of $12.84 per share. The March 2025 Inducement Letter, which resulted in the lowering of the exercise price of the Existing Warrants and the issuance of the New Warrants, is considered a modification of the Existing Warrants under the guidance ASC 815-40. The modification is consistent with the equity issuance classification under that guidance as the reason for the modification was to induce the holders of the Existing Warrants to cash exercise their warrants, which raised equity capital and generated net proceeds of approximately $5.7 million. As the Existing Warrants and the New Warrants were classified as equity instruments before and after the exchange, and as the exchange is directly attributable to an equity offering, the Company recognized the effect of the modification of approximately $4.9 million as an equity issuance cost.
In May 2024, the Company completed the May 2024 Inducement with the May 2024 Holders who agreed to exercise 51,633 warrants to purchase Common Stock at a reduced exercise price of $51.60 per share in exchange for 60,117 New May 2024 Series A Warrants and 43,149 New May 2024 Series B Warrants with an exercise price of $49.10 per share. The May 2024 Inducement, which resulted in the lowering of the exercise price of the May 2024 Existing Warrants and the issuance of the May 2024 New Warrants, is considered a modification of the May 2024 Existing Warrants under the guidance ASC 815-40. The modification is consistent with the equity issuance classification under that guidance as the reason for the modification was to induce the holders of the May 2024 Existing Warrants to cash exercise their warrants, which raised equity capital and generated net proceeds of approximately $2.3 million. As the May 2024 Existing Warrants and the May 2024 New Warrants were classified as equity instruments before and after the exchange, and as the exchange is directly attributable to an equity offering, the Company recognized the effect of the modification of approximately $1.5 million as an equity issuance cost.
Warrant Modification
In connection with the December 2025 PIPE, the Companyand certain holders of the Company’s outstanding warrants that participated as investors in the January 2025 PIPE, agreed to amend certain outstanding warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 120,734 shares of the Company’s common stock that were previously issued on January 23, 2025, with an exercise price of $12.70 per share (which exercise price reflects a 1-for-10 reverse stock split effected by the Company on August 1, 2025), effective upon the closing of the December 2025 PIPE, such that the amended warrants have a reduced exercise price of $2.04 per share. The amended warrants are exercisable subject to stockholder approval and will expire five years from the effective date of such stockholder approval. The modification of the January 2025 PIPE Warrants was accounted for as a modification of equity-linked instruments. In accordance with ASC 815-40, as the warrants were classified as equity instruments before and after the modification, and as the modification was directly attributable to an equity offering, the Company recognized the effect of the modification of approximately $0.1 million as an equity issuance cost.
Placement Agent Warrants
The Company works with Wainwright to act as its investment bank for certain financing transactions. Per the terms of the Company’s engagement letter with Wainwright, the Company pays compensation in the form of fees and reimbursed expenses, as well as the issuance to Wainwright, or its designees, warrants to purchase Common Stock of the Company equal to 7.0% of aggregate number of Common Stock issued in a related to the financing at an exercise price equal to 125% of the financing price.
5. Equity Incentive Plan
Under our 2021 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan as amended (“2021 Plan”), we may grant options to purchase shares of Common Stock, restricted stock awards, performance stock awards, incentive bonus awards, other cash-based awards or directly issue shares of Common Stock to our employees, directors, and consultants. The five percent evergreen provision resulted in an additional 12,588 and 4,061 shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the 2021 Plan as of January 1, 2025, and 2024, respectively. As of December 31, 2025, the number of shares authorized for issuance under the 2021 Plan was 20,581. As of December 31, 2025, there remained 13 shares reserved for issuance under the 2021 Plan, as amended.
Stock awards may be granted at an exercise price per share of not less than 100% of the fair market value at the date of grant. Stock awards granted are exercisable over a maximum term of 10 years from the date of grant and generally vest over a period offour years for employees and one year for directors of our Board and consultants.
Fair Value Measurement
The Company uses the Black-Scholes option valuation model, which requires the use of highly subjective assumptions, to determine the fair value of stock-based awards. The fair value of each employee stock option is estimated on the grant date under the fair value method using the Black-Scholes model. The estimated fair value of each stock option is then expensed over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period. The assumptions and estimates that the Company uses in the Black-Scholes model are as follows:
| ● | Fair Value of Common Stock. The fair value of Common Stock is measured as the Company’s closing price of Common Stock on the date of grant. |
| ● | Risk-Free Interest Rate. The Company bases the risk-free interest rate used in the Black-Scholes valuation model on the implied yield available on U.S. Treasury zero-coupon issues with a term equivalent to that of the expected term of the options. |
| ● | Expected Term. The expected term represents the period that the Company’s stock-based awards are expected to be outstanding, which is calculated using the simplified method for stock-based awards granted to employees, as the Company has insufficient historical information to provide a basis for an estimate. The simplified method calculates the expected term as the average of the vesting term plus the contractual life of the options. As permitted under ASC 718, the Company has elected to use the contractual term as the expected term for certain non-employee awards, on an award-by-award basis. |
| ● | Volatility. The Company determines the price volatility based on the historical volatilities of industry peers as it has limited trading history for its Common Stock price. Industry peers consist of several public companies in the biotechnology industry with comparable characteristics, including therapeutic indications. |
| ● | Dividend Yield. The expected dividend assumption is based on the Company’s current expectations about its anticipated dividend policy. To date, the Company has not declared any dividends to common shareholders and, therefore, the Company has used an expected dividend yield of zero. |
The following table presents the weighted-average assumptions used for stock options granted during the following periods:
| Years Ended December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| Grant date fair value | $11.59 | $47.73 |
| Risk-free interest rate | 4.7% | 3.9% |
| Dividend yield | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Expected life in years | 5.9 | 7.9 |
| Expected volatility | 110% | 107% |
Stock-based Compensation Expense
In general, stock-based compensation is allocated to research and development expense or selling, general and administrative expense according to the classification of cash compensation paid to the employee, director, or consultant to whom the stock award was granted.
The following table summarizes the total stock-based compensation expense related to stock options included in the Company’s statements of operations:
| Years Ended December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| Research and development | $31,785 | $251,313 |
| Selling, general and administrative | 111,947 | 406,336 |
| Stock-based compensation expense | $143,732 | $657,649 |
Stock Option Award Activity
A summary of the Company’s 2021 Plan stock option activity is as follows:
| Number of Options Outstanding | Weighted- Average Exercise Price | Weighted- Average Remaining Contractual Term (in Years) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balance at December 31, 2024 | 5,227 | $58.72 | 7.8 |
| Options granted | 15,250 | 13.80 | - |
| Options exercised | - | - | - |
| Options cancelled | - | - | - |
| Balance at December 31, 2025 | 20,477 | $25.27 | 8.9 |
| Options exercisable at December 31, 2025 | 7,250 | $33.51 | 8.7 |
In January 2024, the Board unanimously approved to provide employees and directors of the Company the opportunity to cancel outstanding, out-of-the-money, stock options without consideration, in accordance with an option cancellation agreement. Accordingly, 674 of the 676 stock options outstanding as of December 31, 2023, were cancelled in February 2024. In accordance with accounting guidance provided in ASC 718, since the stock option cancellations were not accompanied by a concurrent grant, or offer to grant, a replacement award, any unrecognized compensation cost was recognized at the cancellation date. Accordingly, the Company recognized stock-based compensation expense of $568,372 resulting from the stock option cancellation during the first quarter of 2024.
The total fair value of stock options vested during the years ended December 31, 2025, and 2024, was $145,587 and $60,263, respectively.
The aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding and exercisable as of December 31, 2025, is calculated as the difference between the exercise price of the underlying options and the closing market price of the Company’s Common Stock on December 31, 2025, which was $2.32 per share. The intrinsic value of options outstanding and exercisable as of December 31, 2025, was zero.
As of December 31, 2025, total unrecognized compensation cost related to stock options was approximately $0.2 million and the weighted average period over which this cost is expected to be recognized is 2.6 years.
6.401(k) Employee Benefit Plan
The Company sponsors a 401(k) savings plan for all eligible employees. The Company may make discretionary matching contributions to the plan to be allocated to employee accounts based upon employee deferrals and compensation. To date, the Company has not made any matching contributions to the savings plan.
7. Commitments and Contingencies
Clinical Trials
During the first quarter of 2025, the Company announced positive top-line results from a Phase 3 STAR-1 clinical trial of XYNGARI™, formerly its lead prescription candidate incorporating itsSpongilla technology for the treatment of moderate-to-severe acne. The total contract amount with the clinical research organization was approximately $7.0 million, and the contract extended from the fourth quarter of 2023 to the first half of 2025. During the years ended December 31, 2025, and 2024, the Company recognized $0.7 million and $5.5 million, respectively, in research and development expense related to the clinical research organization for the STAR-1 trial.
Supplier Agreement
On February 27, 2020, the Company entered into an exclusive Supply Agreement (“Supplier Agreement”) with Reka-Farm, LLC (“Reka-Farm”), whereby Reka-Farm will supply the Company with theSpongillaraw materials necessary for use in the development of our products. The Supplier Agreement has an indefinite term unless and until terminated. The Supplier Agreement may be terminated (i) by either party for material breach with 90 days written notice, if such material breach is not cured within such notice period and (ii) by the Company for any reason or no reason upon 90 days written notice to Reka-Farm. For the term of the Supplier Agreement, Reka-Farm is prohibited from supplyingSpongilla for development and sale of any other product outside of the Russian Federation, other than Cosmetic Products (as defined in the Supplier Agreement). Pursuant to the Supplier Agreement, the Company pays a pre-negotiated price per kilogram forSpongilla supplied by Reka-Farm, and the Company is required to pay to Reka-Farm a royalty payment of less than one percent of the Net Sales (as defined in the Supplier Agreement) of any products we develop containingSpongillaraw material supplied by Reka-Farm.
As a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union governments, among others, have developed coordinated sanctions and export-control measure packages against Russian individuals and entities. The Company is currently a party to an exclusive Supplier Agreement for the supply of theSpongillaraw material used in the Company’s Tome skincare brand. The counterparty to this supply agreement, Reka-Farm, is a Russian entity. The imposition of enhanced export controls and economic sanctions on transactions with Russia and Russian entities by the United States, the United Kingdom, and/or the European Union could prevent the Company from performing under this existing contract or any future contract it may enter or may prevent the Company from remitting payment for raw material purchased from the Company’s supplier. The Company has received multiple shipments of raw material from its supplier after the implementation of export controls and sanctions, containing additional quantities ofSpongilla raw material, which will provide the Company with sufficient quantities ofSpongilla to support the planned launch and sale of the Tome skincare products. Depending on the extent and breadth of new sanctions or export controls that may be imposed against Russia, otherwise or as a result of the impact of the war in Ukraine, it is possible that the Company’s ability to obtain additional supply of theSpongilla raw material used in Tome skincare could be negatively impacted, which could adversely affect its business, results of operations, and financial condition.
Reka-Farm is the sole supplier of the Company’sSpongillaraw materials used in its products. The Company has evaluated other suppliers ofSpongilla from other regions of the world; however, no other supplier nor theirSpongilla supply has met the quality standards set forth by the Company’s cGMP practices. An alternative source to supplySpongillaraw materials could be the aquaculture ofSpongilla in a lab setting, which could significantly increase the cost of raw materials as well as the availability of raw materials due to the cost and time to develop and build an aquaculture infrastructure to supplySpongilla in commercial quantities. If Reka-Farm is unavailable to supplySpongillaraw materials to the Company, it could adversely affect its business, results of operations, and financial condition.
Collaboration Agreement
On January 17, 2025, the Company entered into a Clinical Trial Collaboration Agreement (the “Clinical Trial Agreement”) with Revance Therapeutics, Inc. (“Revance”), pursuant to which the Company and Revance intend to conduct a multi-center clinical trial (the “Trial”) to evaluate the topical application of Dermata Compound, the Company’s topical Spongilla powder (formerly referred to as DMT310 or XYNGARI), with Daxxify (daxibotulinumtoxinA-lanm), Revance’s botulinum toxin type A. Pursuant to the terms of the Clinical Trial Agreement, Revance has granted the Company a non-exclusive, worldwide, non-transferable, royalty-free license, with a right to sublicense (subject to limitations), to use certain Revance intellectual property, solely as necessary or useful for the Company to conduct the trial under the Clinical Trial Agreement. The Company has granted Revance a similar license to use Dermata Compound and other compound(s) under the Clinical Trial Agreement. The Clinical Trial Agreement will terminate upon completion of the Trial, the delivery of the data resulting from the Trial and the completion of any statistical analyses of the data resulting from the Trial. Either party may terminate the Clinical Trial Agreement upon a material breach by the other party that remains uncured following 30 days after the date of written notice of such breach. In addition, either party may terminate the Clinical Trial Agreement immediately upon written notice if such party reasonably deems it necessary in order to protect the safety, health or welfare of subjects enrolled in the Trial. The Company has agreed to sponsor, conduct, and fund the Phase 2a clinical trial, but no financial obligations or consideration is contemplated in the Clinical Trial Agreement, and the Company has placed the Phase 2a clinical trial on hold at this time.
License Agreements
On March 31, 2017, the Company entered into a license agreement, as amended (the “License Agreement”) with Villani, Inc. (“Villani”) whereby Villani has granted the Company an exclusive, sub-licensable, royalty-bearing license (the “License”) under the Licensed Patents (as defined in the License Agreement), to formulate, develop, seek regulatory approval for, make or sell products that containSpongilla lacustris (alone or in combination with other active or inactive ingredients) for the treatment of diseases, disorders and conditions of the skin, including but not limited to acne, rosacea, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, seborrheic dermatitis, actinic keratosis and eczema that were developed using certain licensed know-how (“Licensed Products”). The Company is responsible for the development (including manufacturing, packaging, non-clinical studies, clinical trials and obtaining regulatory approval and commercialization (including marketing, promotion, distribution, etc.)) for all Licensed Products. The original License Agreement was amended in 2019, and pursuant to the amended License Agreement, the Company was required to make future milestone payments to Villani in an aggregate amount of up to $20.25 million upon the achievement of specified development and sales milestones, payable in cash or in equity, at the option of Villani, as well as single-digit royalty payments on net sales. On July 30, 2021, the Company further amended the License Agreement in the Second Amendment to the License and Settlement Agreement (the “Second Amendment”). Pursuant to the Second Amendment, the Company is required to make future milestone payments to Villani in an aggregate amount of up to $40.5 million upon the achievement of specified development and sales milestones, payable in cash or in equity, at the option of Villani, as well as single-digit royalty payments on net sales. The Second Amendment includes customary terms relating to, among others, indemnification, intellectual property protection, confidentiality, remedies, and warranties.
On November 10, 2025, the Company received a notice of material breach and demand for cure (the “Notice”) from Villani alleging that the Company breached the License Agreement as a result of the Company’s recent strategic shift to focus on DTC skincare products. The Notice alleges that the Company (i) failed to use Commercially Reasonable Efforts (as defined in the License Agreement) to pursue a prescription product business, (ii) failed to provide Villani with advance notice of certain submissions to regulatory authorities, (iii) used Licensed Know-How (as defined in the License Agreement) outside of the Field (as defined in the License Agreement) and (iv) the Company’s anticipated OTC kits do not qualify as Licensed Products (as defined in the License Agreement). On November 11, 2025, Villani delivered an additional notice to the Company (the “Additional Notice”) whereby Villani requested (i) the reversion and assignment of all assets regardingSpongilla-based products back to Villani, (ii) that the Company preserve allSpongillainventory, and (iii) the Company preserve all documents, data, and tangible materials related toSpongilla. The Company disputes the allegations contained in the Notice and the Additional Notice. As part of the Company’s strategic pivot in September 2025, on November 17, 2025, the Company provided notice to terminate the License Agreement with an effective date of February 15, 2026. As of December 31, 2025, the Company has not accrued any payments related to the Villani Notices since the Company does not believe any financial payments are probable and an estimate of possible loss or range of loss is not estimable. See Note 11 – Subsequent Events regarding the termination of the License Agreement effective February 15, 2026.
In the normal course of business, the Company may be involved in legal proceedings or threatened legal proceedings. The Company is not a party to any legal proceedings or aware of any threatened legal proceedings which are expected to have a material adverse effect on its financial condition, results of operations or liquidity.
Registration Rights Agreements
In connection with the January 2025 Private Placement, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement with the purchasers, dated as of January 21, 2025, (the “January 2025 Registration Rights Agreement”). The January 2025 Registration Rights Agreement provided that the Company shall file a registration statement covering the resale of all of the registrable securities with the SEC. The registration statement on Form S-3 required under the Registration Rights Agreement was filed with the SEC on January 30, 2025, and became effective on February 5, 2025.
In connection with the December 2025 Private Placement, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement with the purchasers, dated as of December 23, 2025, (the “December 2025 Registration Rights Agreement”). The December 2025 Registration Rights Agreement provided that the Company shall file a registration statement covering the resale of all of the registrable securities with the SEC. The registration statement on Form S-3 required under the December 2025 Registration Rights Agreement was filed with the SEC on January 22, 2026, and became effective on January 29, 2026.
Upon the occurrence of any Event as defined in the January 2025 Registration Rights Agreement and the December 2025 Registration Rights Agreement, which, among others, prohibits the purchasers from reselling the securities for more than ten consecutive calendar days or more than an aggregate of fifteen calendar days during any 12-month period, and should the registration statement cease to remain continuously effective, the Company would be obligated to pay to each purchaser, on each monthly anniversary of each such Event, an amount in cash, as partial liquidated damages and not as a penalty, equal to the product of 2.0% multiplied by the aggregate subscription amount paid by such purchaser in the Private Placement, up to a maximum of 12% of the aggregate subscription amount. As of December 31, 2025, the Company determined that the likelihood of the Company incurring liquidated damages pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreements is remote, and as such, no accrual of these payments was made as of December 31, 2025.
8. Income Taxes
The Company has not recorded a current or deferred tax expense or benefit, nor has it paid cash taxes to any jurisdiction for the years ended December 31, 2025, or December 31, 2024. The net losses for the years ended December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024, were generated solely in the United States. A reconciliation between the provision for income taxes and income taxes computed using the U.S. federal statutory corporate tax rate is as follows:
| Years Ended December 31, | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) · 2025 · 2024 | ||||||
| Income taxes (benefit) at statutory rates | $(1,587) | 21.00% | $(2,580) | 21.00% | ||
| State and local income taxes, net of federal benefit * | (10) | 0.13% | (14) | 0.11% | ||
| Tax credits | ||||||
| Research and development credits | (158) | 2.09% | (406) | 3.31% | ||
| Change in valuation allowances | 1,690 | (22.36%) | 2,509 | (20.42%) | ||
| Non-taxable or non-deductible items | ||||||
| Permanent and other differences | 1 | (0.01%) | (65) | 0.53% | ||
| Stock-based compensation | 15 | (0.20%) | 441 | (3.59%) | ||
| Changes in unrecognized tax benefits | 49 | (0.66%) | 115 | (0.94%) | ||
| Other, net | - | - | - | - | ||
| Income tax expense (benefit) | $ | - | - | $ | - | - |
| * | State taxes in California made up the majority (greater than 50%) of the tax effect in this category for the years ended December 31, 2025, and December 31, 2024. |
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Significant components of the Company’s net deferred tax assets are as follows:
| As of December 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) · 2025 · 2024 | ||||
| Net operating loss carryforwards | $6,629 | $4,270 | ||
| Research and development carryforwards | 1,091 | 942 | ||
| Capitalized research and development | 1,916 | 2,616 | ||
| Stock-based compensation expense | 25 | 10 | ||
| Intangible assets | 4 | 4 | ||
| Other, net | 71 | 173 | ||
| Gross deferred tax assets | 9,736 | 8,015 | ||
| Less: valuation allowance | (9,736) | (8,015) | ||
| Total deferred tax assets | $ | - | $ | - |
The Company has established a full valuation allowance for its deferred tax assets due to uncertainties that preclude it from determining that it is more likely than not that the Company will be able to generate sufficient taxable income to realize such assets. Management assesses the available positive and negative evidence to estimate if sufficient future taxable income will be generated to utilize the existing deferred tax assets. A significant piece of objective negative evidence evaluated was the cumulative loss incurred since inception.
Such objective evidence limits the ability to consider other subjective evidence such as the Company’s projections for future growth. Based on this evaluation, as of December 31, 2025, and 2024, a valuation allowance of $9.7 million and $8.0 million, respectively, or an increase of $1.7 million, has been recorded against all of the Company’s net deferred tax assets, as the Company has determined that none of the Company’s balance of deferred tax assets is more likely than not to be realized. The amount of deferred tax assets considered realizable, however, could be adjusted in the future if objective negative evidence in the form of cumulative losses is no longer present and additional weight may be given to subjective evidence, such as estimates of future taxable income during carryforward periods and the Company’s projections for growth.
As of December 31, 2025, the Company had federal net operating loss carryforwards, or NOLs, available of $31.6 million before consideration of limitations under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or Section 382 of the Code, as further described below. The NOL will carryforward indefinitely and be available to offset up to 80% of future taxable income each year. The Company had state NOL carryforwards available of $5.0 million as of December 31, 2025. The state NOL may be used to offset future taxable income and will begin to expire in 2041, unless previously utilized.
As of December 31, 2025, the Company had federal and state research and development tax credit carryforwards available of $1.3 million and $0.2 million, respectively. The federal credit carryforwards will begin to expire in 2041, unless previously utilized. The state research and development credits carry forward indefinitely.
Utilization of the Company’s NOL and research and development credit carryforwards may be subject to substantial annual limitations in the event a cumulative ownership change has occurred, or that occur in the future, as required by Section 382 of the Code. An ownership change, as defined by the Code, occurs when certain stockholders or public groups acquire more than 50% of a company’s outstanding common stock through a single transaction or series of transactions spanning a three-year period. Such an ownership change may limit the amount of NOL and research and development credit carryforwards that can be utilized annually to offset future taxable income and tax, respectively. The Company has not completed such an ownership change analysis pursuant to Section 382 of the Code and therefore has established a full valuation allowance as the realization of such deferred tax assets has not met the more likely than not threshold requirement. If ownership changes have occurred or occur in the future, the amount of remaining tax attribute carryforwards available to offset taxable income and income tax expense in future years may be restricted or eliminated. If eliminated, the related asset would be removed from deferred tax assets with a corresponding reduction in the valuation allowance. Due to the existence of the valuation allowance, limitations created by future ownership changes, if any, will not impact the Company’s effective tax rate.
The Company recognizes a tax benefit from an uncertain tax position when it is more likely than not that the position will be sustained upon examination by the tax authorities. Further, due to the existence of the valuation allowance, future changes in the Company’s unrecognized tax benefits will not impact the effective tax rate.
The following table summarizes the activity related to the Company’s gross unrecognized tax benefits at the beginning and end of the periods presented:
| Years Ended December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| (in thousands) | 2025 | 2024 |
| Beginning balance of unrecognized tax benefits | $764 | $645 |
| Additions based on tax positions related to the current year | 53 | 119 |
| Additions for tax positions of prior years | - | - |
| Reductions for tax positions in prior years | - | - |
| Ending balance of unrecognized tax benefits | $817 | $764 |
The unrecognized tax benefit amounts are reflected in the determination of the Company’s deferred tax assets. If recognized, none of these amounts would affect the Company’s effective tax rate, since it would be offset by an equal corresponding adjustment in the deferred tax asset valuation allowance.
The Company’s policy is to recognize interest and/or penalties related to income tax matters in income tax expense. The Company had no accrual for interest or penalties on the Company’s balance sheets as of December 31, 2025, or 2024, and has not recognized interest and/or penalties in the statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2025, and 2024.
The Company is subject to taxation in the United States and various states. The Company is subject to examination by tax authorities in those jurisdictions from inception. The Company is not currently under examination by any jurisdiction.
On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) was signed into law, which enacts significant changes to U.S. tax and related laws. Some of the provisions of the new tax law affecting corporations include, but are not limited to, current deduction of domestic research expenses, increasing the limit of the deduction of interest expense deduction to thirty percent of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, and one hundred percent bonus depreciation on eligible property acquired after January 19, 2025. The provisions of the OBBBA became effective for the Company during the three months ended September 30, 2025. The Company has evaluated the impact the new tax law had on its financial condition and results of operations. The OBBBA did not result in any material adjustments to the Company’s total income tax provision for the year ended December 31, 2025.
9. Segment Information
Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate discrete information is available for evaluation by the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”), in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing performance. The Company and the Company’s chief operating decision maker view the Company’s operations and manage its business in one operating segment, which is the business of developing, branding, marketing, and commercializing direct to consumer skincare products.
The CODM, who is the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), President, and Chairman of the Board, manages and allocates resources to the operations of the Company on an entity-wide basis. The Company’s measure of segment profit or loss is net loss. Managing and allocating resources on an entity-wide basis enables the CEO to assess the overall level of resources available and how to best deploy these resources across functions that are in line with the Company’s long-term company-wide strategic goals. Consistent with this decision-making process, the CEO uses financial information for purposes of evaluating performance, forecasting future period financial results, allocating resources, and setting incentive targets. Operating expenses are used to monitor budget versus actual results. The CODM does not review assets in evaluating the results of the Company, and therefore, such information is not presented.
Given the Company’s September 2025 strategic pivot to prioritize the development and distribution of OTC products, the segment information disclosure has been recast for all periods presented to reflect this change. The following table summarizes the segment’s financial information including the Company’s significant segment expenses:
| Years Ended December 31, | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2024 | |
| Research and development · $ | ||
| Clinical | 705,645 | 5,796,196 |
| Chemistry, manufacturing and controls and nonclinical | 349,645 | 454,913 |
| Personnel related | 1,874,693 | 1,952,582 |
| Total research and development | $2,929,983 | $8,203,691 |
| Selling, general and administrative | ||
| Compliance | 2,623,871 | 2,590,187 |
| Marketing | 738,340 | - |
| Personnel related | 1,481,404 | 1,719,364 |
| Total selling, general and administrative | 4,843,615 | 4,309,551 |
| Interest income | 215,041 | 225,781 |
| Net loss | $(7,558,557) | (12,287,461) |
10. Related Party Transactions
In September 2025, the Company entered into a Master Services Agreement (the “MSA”) with Wilder & Partners, LLC (“Wilder”), an agency that assists the Company in branding, marketing, and product design for the Company’s first product launch, expected in mid-2026. The founding partner of Wilder is the Company CEO’s son-in-law and as such, falls in accordance with the Company’s Policy and Procedures for Related Party Transactions. Accordingly, the Board of Directors, inclusive of the Audit Committee, considered, reviewed, and unanimously approved the retention of Wilder as the branding agency, authorizing management to negotiate and execute an agreement on terms substantially consistent with the proposal reviewed. For the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company incurred approximately $0.6 million of marketing expenses related to Wilder, of which approximately $0.1 million was outstanding and included in accounts payable and accrued and other current liabilities as of December 31, 2025.
In connection with the January 2025 PIPE financing, certain Company insiders, including the Company’s CEO, Chief Financial Officer and certain members of the Company’s board of directors, participated in the offering. These Company insiders purchased an aggregate of 122,047 shares of Common Stock and Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 122,047 shares of Common Stock, for an aggregate purchase price of $1.55 million. The purchase price per share and accompanying Warrant for these Company insiders was the same as paid by other investors in the January 2025 PIPE. See Note 4 – Equity Securities.
In connection with the December 2025 PIPE financing, certain Company insiders, including the Company’s CEO, Chief Financial Officer and certain members of the Company’s management, participated in the offering. These Company insiders purchased an aggregate of 735,294 shares of Common Stock and Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 1,470,588 shares of Common Stock, for an aggregate purchase price of $1.5 million. The purchase price per share and accompanying Warrant for these Company insiders was the same as paid by other investors in the December 2025 PIPE. In addition, in connection with the December 2025 PIPE, the Companyand certain holders of the Company’s outstanding warrants whom participated as investors in the January 2025 PIPE, including certain Company insiders, agreed to amend certain outstanding warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 120,734 shares of the Company’s common stock that were previously issued on January 23, 2025, with an exercise price of $12.70 per share (which exercise price reflects aone-for-10 reverse stock split effected by the Company on August 1, 2025), effective upon the closing of the December 2025 PIPE, such that the amended warrants have a reduced exercise price of $2.04 per share. The amended warrants are exercisable subject to stockholder approval and will expire five years from the effective date of such stockholder approval. See Note 4 – Equity Securities.
11. Subsequent Events
As of January 1, 2026, the Company’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan increased by 133,005 shares based upon the five percent evergreen provision, upon 2,660,110 Common Shares outstanding as of December 31, 2025, increasing the number of shares issuable under the 2021 Plan pool to 153,599. On January 2, 2026, the Company granted 132,000 stock option awards to employees and directors of the Company with an exercise price of $2.18 based upon the closing stock price on that day. After the January 2, 2026, stock option grants, the Company has 1,122 shares available for issuance remaining in the 2021 Plan pool.
On March 9, 2026, the Company appointed a new Vice President of Marketing to help launch the Company’s Tome skincare line. Upon commencement of employment, the new employee was provided a non-qualified stock option inducement grant to purchase up to 15,000 shares of Dermata’s Common Stock with an exercise price of $1.33 per share based upon the Company’s Nasdaq closing stock price on that day. This stock option award was an inducement grant made outside of the Company’s 2021 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan and was made in accordance with Nasdaq Listing Rule 5635(c)(4) and was unanimously approved by the Company’s Board of Directors.
Related to the December 2025 PIPE, the holders of the December 2025 Pre-Funded Warrants exercised their option to purchase an aggregate of 537,750 shares of Common Stock, thereby increasing Common Shares outstanding by 537,750 during the first quarter of 2026, leaving no additional pre-funded warrants outstanding as of the date of this filing.
During January 2026, the Company issued 824,283 shares of Common Stock under the ATM Agreement, as amended, resulting in approximately $2.0 million of net proceeds after deducting approximately $67,000 of Sales Agent issuance costs. The Company does not have any capacity remaining under the ATM Agreement.
On February 15, 2026, the termination of the License Agreement with Villani Inc. became effective. The Company has completed its post-termination obligations as required by the License Agreement.
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