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Monopar Therapeutics

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About Monopar Therapeutics

Source: Item 1 (Business) from the 10-K filed March 27, 2026. Description as filed by the company with the SEC.

Item 1. Business

You should read the following discussion in conjunction with our financial statements as of December 31, 2025, and the notes to such financial statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Overview

Monopar Therapeutics Inc. (“Monopar,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” and similar terms mean Monopar Therapeutics Inc. and its subsidiaries except where the context otherwise requires) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing an innovative treatment for Wilson disease and novel radiopharmaceuticals for oncology. Our Wilson disease product candidate is ALXN1840, a late-stage, investigational once-daily, oral medicine. Our radiopharmaceutical programs consist of Phase 1-stage MNPR-101-Zr for imaging advanced cancers, and Phase 1a-stage MNPR-101-Lu and late preclinical-stage MNPR-101-Ac for the treatment of advanced cancers, that express urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (“uPAR”).

We build our drug development pipeline through both in-house efforts and licensing of late preclinical- and clinical-stage therapeutics, leveraging our scientific and clinical expertise to reduce risk and accelerate development.

Our Product Pipeline

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Our Product Candidates

ALXN1840 for Wilson Disease

ALXN1840 (tiomolybdate choline) is an investigational once-daily, orally-administered drug candidate in development for the treatment of Wilson disease, a rare and progressive genetic condition in which the body’s pathway for removing excess copper is compromised. Over time this excess copper results in the build-up of toxic copper levels in the liver and brain, leading to damage that greatly impacts a patient’s life. Patients can develop a wide range of symptoms, including liver disease and psychiatric or neurological manifestations, such as personality changes, tremors and difficulty walking, swallowing or talking. In some cases, the damage and loss of function may be irreversible. ALXN1840 is a novel small molecule designed to selectively and tightly bind and remove copper from the body’s tissues and blood. ALXN1840 has been granted Orphan Drug Designation for the treatment of Wilson disease in the U.S. and the EU, as well as Fast Track designation from the FDA.

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Wilson disease affects approximately 1 in 30,000 live births in the U.S. There are an estimated 10,000 Wilson disease patients in the U.S., with an estimated 5,000 patients currently diagnosed and being treated with standard-of-care (“SoC”).

Alexion completed a pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial of Wilson disease patients on ALXN1840, which met its primary endpoint in assessing copper mobilization over 48 weeks, defined as daily mean Area Under the Effect Curve (“AUEC”) for directly measured non-ceruloplasmin-bound copper (“dNCC”). In the trial, 214 patients were enrolled, and the trial was randomized, rater-blinded, and multi-centered, designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ALXN1840 versus SoC in patients with Wilson disease aged 12 years and older. Patients taking ALXN1840 experienced rapid copper mobilization, with a response at 4 weeks and sustained through the 48 weeks. The primary endpoint demonstrated three-times greater copper mobilization with ALXN1840 compared to the SoC arm (Least Square Mean Difference (“LSM Diff”) 2.18 µmol/L; p< 0.0001), including in patients who had been treated previously with SoC for an average of 10 years.

Additionally, data from patients in the Phase 3 clinical trial who exhibited at the time of study entry an incomplete and/or intolerant response (“IIR”) to prior treatment on SoC showed that more patients on ALXN1840 as compared to SoC in the trial exhibited improved neurological symptoms (45% vs. 20%, respectively) and fewer exhibited worsened neurological symptoms (5% vs. 17%, respectively) when assessed on a reported Minimal Clinically Important Difference (“MCID”) scale. These data suggest ALXN1840 may reduce the risk of neurological worsening when compared to SoC.

Alexion terminated the ALXN1840 program in Wilson disease based on its review of results from Phase 2 mechanistic trials and discussions with regulatory authorities. Their analysis of the Phase 2 mechanistic trials was that they failed to demonstrate a net-negative copper balance in Wilson disease patients during short-term treatment with ALXN1840 and to reduce hepatic copper concentration after treatment with ALXN1840. The decision not to progress the ALXN1840 program in Wilson disease was not related to any safety signals.

Following Alexion’s decision, in October 2024, we entered into an exclusive worldwide license for the program and assumed responsibility for all future global development and commercialization activities. On May 7, 2025, we presented data on the long-term efficacy and safety of ALXN1840 at the European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) International Liver Congress 2025, a prominent global conference in liver disease. Efficacy data were pooled and analyzed from three clinical trials: Phase 2 WTX101-201, Phase 2 ALXN1840-WD-205, and Phase 3 WTX101-301 (n=255). For safety analysis, data from the Phase 2 ALXN1840-WD-204 trial were also included (n=266). The median treatment duration with ALXN1840 treatment was 961 days (2.63 years) and 943.5 days (2.58 years) for the efficacy and safety datasets, respectively. The data presented highlight the following:

Sustained improvements from baseline in the Unified Wilson Disease Rating Scale (“UWDRS”) Part II (patient-reported symptoms) and Part III (clinician-assessed symptoms);

Increased copper mobilization as evidenced by a sustained increase in dNCC;

Improvements on the Clinical Global Impression – Improvement (“CGI-I”) scale for ALXN1840 compared to SoC;

Improvement in the New Wilson Index (based on bilirubin, AST, INR, leukocytes, and albumin) for patients treated with ALXN1840;

Higher patient-reported convenience and effectiveness of ALXN1840 compared to SoC, including those who transitioned from SoC to ALXN1840 in the extension portion of the Phase 3 clinical trial; and

Fewer than 5% of patients experienced a drug-related serious adverse event (“SAE”), with no cases of a drug-related renal or urinary system SAE.

On June 6, 2025, Alexion officially transferred sponsorship of the investigational new drug (“IND”) application for ALXN1840 to Monopar. The FDA acknowledged this change on July 29, 2025, confirming that the transfer was effective as of June 6, 2025. We are now fully responsible for the program, including its commercial advancement and compliance with all applicable federal regulations.

On September 14-15, 2025, we presented new data on the long-term neurological efficacy and safety of ALXN1840 at the 150th American Neurological Association (ANA) Annual Meeting. Matthew Lorincz, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Neurology and Co-Director of the Wilson Disease Center of Excellence at the University of Michigan, delivered the poster and oral presentations. The analysis pooled efficacy and safety data from the same clinical trials pooled and analyzed for the EASL presentation above. The new findings presented at ANA highlight the long-term neurological benefit of ALXN1840, and follow the EASL presentation of long-term hepatic and systemic safety and efficacy data. Together, we believe these findings underscore the potential of ALXN1840 to favorably impact both neurological and hepatic manifestations of Wilson disease. The ANA data presented highlight the following:

Statistically significant neurologic improvement from baseline on the UWDRS Part II and Part III was sustained over 6 years;

Patients who crossed over from SoC to ALXN1840 showed additional neurological improvement, including a majority of patients who had worsened on SoC demonstrating a reversal on ALXN1840;

Statistically significant psychiatric improvement from baseline was sustained over multiple years, as measured by the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (“BPRS”);

Neurological benefit was observed consistently across multiple independent studies; and

Across more than 645 patient-years on ALXN1840, less than 1% of patients experienced a drug-related neurological SAE.

On November 9, 2025, we presented new data and analyses from the Phase 2 ALXN1840-WD-204 copper balance study at the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) – The Liver Meeting® 2025. In an oral presentation titled “Rapidly Improved Cu Balance in Wilson Disease Patients on Tiomolybdate Choline,” we shared results showing that treatment with ALXN1840 (tiomolybdate choline) led to a rapid and sustained improvement in daily copper balance in patients with Wilson disease, primarily through increased fecal copper excretion.

The mean daily copper balance among patients treated with ALXN1840 in the study (n=8) was significantly lower – indicating improvement – compared with their pre-treatment baseline. Copper balance improved both during the initial 15 mg once-daily dosing period (days 1-28) and over the entire treatment duration (days 1-39), which included patients receiving either 15 mg every other day or 30 mg once daily.

Based on recent regulatory interactions with the FDA regarding ALXN1840, during which the agency has encouraged continued dialogue with us on certain questions they have before we submit our NDA, we currently expect to submit our NDA in mid-2026. This anticipated timing reflects our efforts to incorporate additional information and further refine the submission package. However, there can be no assurance that the FDA will accept the NDA for filing or that the application will ultimately be approved.

MNPR-101 for Radiopharmaceutical Use

The radiopharmaceutical space has had numerous positive developments and announcements over the past 24 months, from acquisitions to clinical data to reimbursement rates to commercial demand. Since December 2023, four significant acquisitions have been publicly announced or completed with upfront payments ranging from approximately $1 billion to over $4 billion (BMS/RayzeBio, AstraZeneca/Fusion Pharma, Eli Lilly/POINT BioPharma, and Novartis/Mariana Oncology).

MNPR-101 is our proprietary humanized monoclonal antibody that we are developing for advanced solid tumors expressing uPAR. This novel radiopharmaceutical program aims to identify and selectively bind to and kill the tumors expressing uPAR, while minimizing damage to healthy tissue. The program uses MNPR-101 to target uPAR as a means to accurately deliver radioisotope payloads to the tumors.

uPAR is highly expressed on several of the more aggressive, deadly cancers including pancreatic, breast, ovarian, and bladder cancers but not on most normal cells. For example, it is estimated that the tumors and/or tumor associated cells in 97% of breast, 89% of bladder, 87% of pancreatic and 85% of colorectal cancer patients express uPAR. Moreover, several Phase 1 PET imaging studies in advanced cancer patients show that uPAR can be clearly detected in tumors, making it a potentially attractive target for radiopharmaceuticals.

We have demonstrated promising preclinical data to date for our MNPR-101 radiopharmaceutical program. Positron emission tomography (“PET”) imaging data of preclinical human tumor xenograft mouse models for triple-negative breast, colorectal, and pancreatic tumors expressing uPAR display high, selective and durable uptake of MNPR-101-Zr, our imaging agent. Additionally, preclinical triple-negative breast and pancreatic cancer mouse model studies with MNPR-101 conjugated to therapeutic radioisotopes lutetium-177 and actinium-225 have shown promising anti-tumor activity. Overall, the preclinical imaging and therapeutic efficacy study results demonstrate the potential utility of MNPR-101 as a precision targeting radiopharmaceutical agent for both imaging and therapy in multiple cancer types. We are currently actively enrolling our Phase 1 imaging/dosimetry and our therapeutic clinical trials in Australia for MNPR-101-Zr and MNPR-101-Lu in patients with advanced cancer, respectively.

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MNPR-101-Zr Phase 1 Imaging and Dosimetry Clinical Trial

In February 2024, we received Human Research Ethics Committee (“HREC”) clearance in Australia to commence a first-in-human Phase 1 imaging and dosimetry clinical trial with our novel radiopharmaceutical imaging agent MNPR-101-Zr (MNPR-101 conjugated to zirconium-89) in patients with advanced cancers. The trial, which is anticipated to enroll approximately 12 patients, utilizes total body positron emission tomography–computed tomography (“PET/CT”) imaging to assess tumor uptake, normal organ biodistribution, and safety. The study is being conducted at Melbourne Theranostic Innovation Centre (“MTIC”), headed by Professor Rodney Hicks, MBBS(Hons), MD, FRACP, FICIS, FAAHMS, and uses one of the world’s most sensitive clinical total-body PET/CT scanners, the Siemens Biograph Vision Quadra, to image the targeting ability of MNPR-101-Zr in cancer patients.

In April 2024, we launched the Phase 1 trial, and in July 2024, we announced the enrollment of our first patient. In September 2024, we announced positive early clinical data validating the tumor-targeting ability and showing significant uptake of MNPR-101-Zr in a patient with ovarian cancer, which was then presented in October 2024 at the European Association of Nuclear Medicine (“EANM”) Annual Congress 2024. The results of a total-body PET image taken at 168 hours (7 days) post-administration of MNPR-101-Zr in the first uPAR-positive patient enrolled in the trial demonstrated the specificity, durability, and uptake of MNPR-101-Zr in the metastatic tumors relative to normal tissue (see the images below). The regions of higher uptake also aligned with the locations of the previously observed metastatic tumors on conventional F-fluorodeoxyglucose (“FDG”) PET imaging. These results suggest a favorable targeting profile for MNPR-101. We continue to enroll patients for the MNPR-101-Zr Phase 1 clinical trial.

MNPR-101-Lu Phase 1a Therapeutic Clinical Trial

Following encouraging Phase 1 clinical data regarding tumor uptake, biodistribution, and safety of MNPR-101-Zr, we decided to evaluate the efficacy in humans of a therapeutic version of MNPR-101. For our initial MNPR-101-RIT (radioimmunotherapy) candidate, we selected the beta-emitting radioisotope lutetium-177. In August 2024, we received regulatory clearance in Australia to commence a first-in-human Phase 1a clinical trial of our novel uPAR-targeted radiopharmaceutical therapy MNPR-101-Lu (MNPR-101 conjugated to lutetium-177) in patients with advanced solid cancers. We launched the trial in October 2024, and it is now active and open for patient enrollment. In order to be dosed with the therapeutic, the patient’s cancer is imaged using MNPR-101-Zr with a PET/CT scanner, and only those patients with scans showing sufficient uPAR expression are dosed in the therapeutic clinical trial. We dosed our first patient with MNPR-101-Lu in early December 2024.

On September 26, 2025, we received FDA clearance on our IND application for MNPR-101-Lu, which covers the protocol titled “Phase 1, Open-Label, Multicenter, Dosimetry and Dose-Escalation Trial to Characterize the Safety, Tolerability, and Anti-Tumor Activity of Fractionated MNPR-101-Lu Dosing in the Treatment of uPAR-Expressing Advanced or Metastatic Solid Tumors.” This IND incorporates our proprietary linker technology, which has been designed to enhance the stability and biodistribution of our therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals.

Expanded Access Program (“EAP”)

On June 11, 2025, we, in collaboration with Excel Diagnostics and Nuclear Oncology Center (“EDNOC”), a diagnostic medical imaging and therapeutic nuclear medicine center, received authorization from the FDA to proceed with a physician-sponsored EAP for the investigational imaging agent MNPR-101-Zr and investigational therapeutic agent MNPR-101-Lu. The MNPR-101 EAP, which is intended to provide a potential pathway for patients with serious or life-threatening conditions to access investigational medical products outside of clinical trials when no comparable or satisfactory alternative therapy is available, is now open for enrollment at EDNOC in Houston, Texas, for patients with advanced solid tumors. EDNOC is among the first private outpatient facilities in the U.S. to be designated as a Radiopharmaceutical Therapy Center of Excellence by the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (“SNMMI”). The EAP calls for patients to be treated under the supervision of the investigator Ebrahim S. Delpassand, MD, founder and medical director of EDNOC.

MNPR-101-Ac Therapeutic Preclinical Development

In addition to our clinical product candidates, we are developing MNPR-101-Ac, a late-preclinical stage radiotherapeutic candidate comprised of MNPR-101 conjugated to alpha-emitting radioisotope actinium-225. MNPR-101-Ac is being developed for the treatment of advanced solid tumors.

Additional Radiopharmaceutical Opportunities

In October 2024, we announced the filing of a provisional patent application for new radiopharmaceutical compounds and a family of linkers used to connect radioisotopes with targeting agents, including our uPAR-targeting antibody MNPR-101. In March 2025, we filed a corresponding international patent application claiming priority to the October 2024 provisional filing (International Application Number PCT/US2025/021595). This pending utility patent could enable us to use these linkers to create new proprietary radiopharmaceuticals to pursue well-established cancer targets.

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License, Development and Collaboration Agreements

Alexion, AstraZeneca Rare Disease

On October 23, 2024, we executed a License Agreement with Alexion, pursuant to which Alexion granted us an exclusive worldwide license for the development and commercialization of ALXN1840, a drug candidate for Wilson disease. As initial upfront consideration for the License Agreement, we issued Alexion 387,329 shares (representing 9.9% of our outstanding shares at the time) of our common stock and agreed to make an upfront cash payment of $4.0 million. The foregoing cash payment consisted of $1.0 million paid at the time of signing and the remaining $3.0 million paid in January 2025, pursuant to the terms of the License Agreement. As of December 31, 2025, we have paid an aggregate of $4.0 million in cash under the License Agreement. We agreed to an anti-dilution provision that entitled Alexion to receive additional shares at no cost to maintain their 9.9% ownership until we raised the next $25.0 million of our common stock, subject to a maximum of 705,015 shares unless we obtained stockholder approval. Pursuant to the anti-dilution right, we issued an additional 157,188 shares of our common stock to Alexion. No further obligations exist pursuant to the anti-dilution right.

Additionally, we are obligated to pay Alexion milestone payments of up to $94.0 million for the achievement of regulatory approval and sales-related milestones. In addition, the Company is obligated to pay tiered royalties based on net sales at rates falling within a range of 10% to 20%. As of December 31, 2025, no milestone or royalty payments have been made under the License Agreement. We have also given Alexion the right of first negotiation regarding any rights should we intend to sublicense ALXN1840. Furthermore, we will have to pay Alexion a percentage in the range of 35% to 45% of any sublicensing income received by us. As part of this License Agreement, we have assumed an agreement from Alexion, under which we will also owe a third-party single digit millions in cash milestone payment upon regulatory approval in Europe and a single digit percentage royalty on net sales in Europe.

Either party may terminate the agreement in the event of an uncured material breach of the agreement following written notice, and we may terminate the agreement for convenience upon 90 days prior written notice to Alexion.

NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes, LLC (“NorthStar”)

In June 2024, we entered into a long-term, non-exclusive master supply agreement with NorthStar under which NorthStar will provide us with the therapeutic radioisotope actinium-225 (“Ac-225”). The original collaboration agreement was amended at that time to clarify certain economic terms and terms related to jointly-developed intellectual property rights for our MNPR-101 for radiopharmaceutical use. We have acquired these rights from NorthStar, together with certain broad, jointly-developed intellectual property pertaining to MNPR-101, giving us full ownership and title to our lead MNPR-101 radiopharmaceutical platform. We will jointly share ownership of the filed patent application on the use of PCTA as a linker with Ac-225, which has shown that MNPR-101 has superior binding and yield with Ac-225 over the current industry-leading linker, DOTA.

XOMA Ltd.

To humanize our MNPR-101 antibody, we have taken a non-exclusive license to XOMA (US) LLC’s humanization technology and know-how. Humanization involves replacing most of the non-critical parts of the mouse sequence of an antibody with the human sequence to minimize the ability of the human immune system to recognize this antibody as foreign. As such, MNPR-101 has been engineered to be 95% human sequence using the XOMA technology. Under the terms of the non-exclusive license with XOMA Ltd., we are to make payments to XOMA Ltd. upon the achievement of certain clinical, regulatory and sales milestones, potentially totaling $14.925 million. The agreement does not require the payment of sales royalties. As of March 17, 2026, we had not reached any milestones and had not been required to pay XOMA Ltd. any funds under this license agreement. The first milestone payment is payable upon first dosing of a human patient in a Phase 2 clinical trial. We are currently conducting Phase 1 clinical trials and cannot reliably predict when we will be able to commence a Phase 2 clinical trial, if at all.

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Intellectual Property Portfolio and Exclusivity

An important part of our strategy is obtaining patent protection to help preserve the proprietary nature of our product candidates, and to prevent others from developing similar competitive agents. Our patent portfolio includes issued patents and pending patent applications in the U.S. and in foreign countries. Our general practice is to seek patent protection in major markets worldwide.

ALXN1840

Pursuant to the terms of our license agreement with AstraZeneca for ALXN1840, we obtained the intellectual property portfolio for ALXN1840, including exclusive license and prosecution of over 86 patent applications granted, published, or pending in over 30 countries worldwide. ALXN1840 has been granted Orphan Drug Designation for the treatment of Wilson disease in the U.S. and the EU, as well as Fast Track designation from the FDA. In the U.S., these include 6 granted patents, 7 published patent applications, and 1 private and pending application with the earliest expiration expected in 2038. The patents cover methods of treatment and dosing of ALXN1840 for Wilson disease, methods of manufacture for tetrathiomolybdate, and certain drug product formulations.

MNPR-101

Our patent portfolio for our MNPR-101 antibody, as well as its epitope, consists of two issued U.S. composition of matter and their methods of use patents and corresponding issued patents in Japan. The U.S. patent covering the composition of matter of MNPR-101 will expire in 2027 and the corresponding Japanese patent expired in 2025; the U.S. patent covering the MNPR-101 epitope will expire in 2029 with the corresponding Japanese patent expiring in 2027. Being a novel biologic, MNPR-101 is eligible for 12 years of exclusivity in the U.S. under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (“BPCI Act”), and it will benefit from varying durations of similar exclusivity in numerous other countries. If granted, the earliest-expiring of the patent applications covering radiopharmaceutical derivatives of MNPR-101 would expire in 2041.

Patent life determination depends on the date of filing of the application and other factors as promulgated under the patent laws. In most countries, including the U.S., the patent term is generally 20 years from the earliest claimed filing date (the priority date) of a non-provisional patent application in the applicable country, not taking into consideration any potential patent term adjustment that may be filed in the future or any regulatory extensions that may be obtained. Some of our patents are currently near expiration and we may pursue patent term extensions for these where appropriate. See “