Coya Therapeutics Reports First Quarter Financial Results and Provides a Corporate Update

Coya Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: COYA) (“Coya” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing biologics intended to enhance regulatory T cell (Treg) function, provides a corporate update and announces its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2025.

Recent Corporate Highlights

• Announced positive interim results of an investigator-initiated proof of concept open-label study with low-dose (LD) IL-2 and CTLA4-Ig combination treatment in patients with Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD)
• Published results of a study designed to evaluate the effects of COYA 303 (LD IL-2 and GLP-1RA), Coya’s investigational biologic combination to suppress pro-inflammatory myeloid cells, enhance Treg suppressive function, and modulate T cell proliferation, in an in vitro system of human immune cells obtained from healthy donors. The study was published in NeuroImmune Pharmacology and Therapeutics
• Reported progress from an academic supported first-in-class Treg-derived Exosome program of its investigational regulatory T cell-derived exosome (Treg exosomes) platform intended for the treatment of systemic and neurodegenerative diseases driven by chronic inflammation
• Announced significant improvements of inflammatory blood markers from an investigator-initiated, 21-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled, exploratory Phase 2 study of LD IL-2 in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD)
• Announced expansion of pipeline - COYA 303 and COYA 301 - in combination with GLP-1 Receptor Agonist for treatment of inflammatory diseases and filing of new intellectual property portfolio for the combination.

Upcoming Expected Catalysts for 2025

• Submission of additional nonclinical data to support the start of the COYA 302 Phase 2 trial in patients with ALS expected by the end of the Q2
• Upon IND acceptance and first patient dosing of COYA 302 in ALS, expect to be eligible to receive milestone payments of $8.4 million from strategic partner, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL)
• Publication of data documenting role of inflammation in Parkinson’s Disease
• ALS Biomarker data. Publication of longitudinal data on Neurofilament Light Chain (NfL) and oxidative stress markers in patients with ALS.
• Report additional single cell proteomics data from the completed investigator-initiated, 21-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled, exploratory Phase 2 study of low-dose interleukin-2 (LD IL-2) in patients with Alzheimer’s disease (AD)
• Top-line clinical data release for an investigator-initiated trial combining LD IL-2 + CTLA4-Ig in patients with FTD
• Filing of IND for the COYA-302 Phase 2 trial in patients with FTD*
  
  (*Clinical trial to be initiated upon FDA IND approval for ALS)

Coya’s Chief Executive Officer Arun Swaminathan, Ph.D. commented, “We believe the new data from the IIT trial in patients with FTD and the promising COYA 303 data showing the synergistic potential of low dose IL-2 and GLP-1 RAs has added to the growing evidence that our approach to address Treg dysfunction using combination approaches holds high promise and increases our confidence in the clinical outcomes for COYA-302 in the larger ALS and FTD studies that are planned.”

Coya’s Chief Medical Officer Dr. Fred Grossman commented, “Coya 302 is advancing, and we anticipate is on track for an FDA IND submission in ALS during 2Q 2025 followed by the initiation of a controlled Phase 2 clinical trial. We are also planning to submit an FDA IND for FTD by the end of the year, which we intend to be followed by the initiation of a controlled Phase 2 clinical trial. Coya 302 is a pipeline within a product, and we continue to evaluate additional indications in severe neurodegenerative diseases that have no or inadequate current treatments."

Financial Results

As of March 31, 2025, Coya had cash and cash equivalents of $35.5 million.

Research and development (R&D) expenses were $5.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to $3.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The change was primarily due to a $1.5 million increase in our preclinical expenses primarily due to the Company’s preclinical advancement of COYA 302 in ALS, a $0.4 million increase in internal research and development expenses, and a $0.1 million increase in sponsored research.

General and administrative expenses were $2.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and $2.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, a change of approximately $0.3 million. The increase was primarily due to a $0.4 million increase in stock-based compensation, a $0.1 million increase in investor relation related expenses, partially offset by a $0.2 million decrease in board fees and taxes.

Net loss was $7.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, compared to net loss of $5.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024.

About Coya Therapeutics, Inc.

Headquartered in Houston, TX, Coya Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: COYA) is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing proprietary treatments focused on the biology and potential therapeutic advantages of regulatory T cells (“Tregs”) to target systemic inflammation and neuroinflammation. Dysfunctional Tregs underlie numerous conditions, including neurodegenerative, metabolic, and autoimmune diseases, and this cellular dysfunction may lead to sustained inflammation and oxidative stress resulting in lack of homeostasis of the immune system.

Coya’s investigational product candidate pipeline leverages multiple therapeutic modalities aimed at restoring the anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory functions of Tregs. Coya’s therapeutic platforms include Treg-enhancing biologics, Treg-derived exosomes, and autologous Treg cell therapy.

COYA 302 – the Company’s lead biologic investigational product or "Pipeline in a Product" – is a proprietary combination of COYA 301 (Coya’s proprietary LD IL-2) and CTLA4-Ig for subcutaneous administration with a unique dual mechanism of action that is now being developed for the treatment of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Frontotemporal Dementia, Parkinson’s Disease, and Alzheimer’s Disease. Its multi-targeted approach enhances the number and anti-inflammatory function of Tregs and simultaneously lowers the expression of activated microglia and the secretion of pro-inflammatory mediators. This synergistic mechanism may lead to the re-establishment of immune balance and amelioration of inflammation in a sustained and durable manner that may not be achieved by either low-dose IL-2 or CTLA4-Ig alone.

For more information about Coya, please visit www.coyatherapeutics.com.

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