Tivic Health Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVC) was positioned as a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on immunotherapy built around its lead program, Entolimod. Entolimod is described as a recombinant TLR5 agonist intended to stimulate innate immune responses. The company’s strategic emphasis centered on moving candidates through late-stage development for acute and ...Tivic Health Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: TIVC) was positioned as a late-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on immunotherapy built around its lead program, Entolimod. Entolimod is described as a recombinant TLR5 agonist intended to stimulate innate immune responses. The company’s strategic emphasis centered on moving candidates through late-stage development for acute and chronic immunology-related needs, including applications such as acute radiation syndrome and additional immunotherapy use cases (e.g., neutropenia and lymphocyte exhaustion). In parallel, Tivic advanced Entolasta, an immunologically optimized variant of Entolimod intended for longer-term or chronic applications.
From a product and services perspective, Tivic combined clinical-stage development with operational capabilities tied to manufacturing and development support through CDMO services. This dual model can be important for smaller biotech companies because it may help diversify revenue streams and amortize specialized scientific/manufacturing overheads (laboratory work, analytics, process development, and regulatory-quality documentation). In cost terms, companies operating in this space typically face high R&D and clinical trial costs, significant regulatory/compliance spending, and manufacturing scale-up or formulation expenses; the provided financial ratios are consistent with a business that is still investing heavily and not yet showing sustained profitability.
Financially, the supplied metrics indicate negative profitability and cash generation signals (e.g., negative returns on assets/equity, negative free cash flow figures, and negative margin indicators in a number of profitability-based ratios). This profile is consistent with late-stage R&D and clinical investment cycles, where expenditures may exceed revenue until key milestones are achieved or commercialization begins. The company also reported a modest liquidity position (e.g., current ratio near 1), which is typical of organizations managing working capital carefully amid ongoing development spending.
Key people leadership for TIVC included Michael Kevin Handley as CEO (as referenced in the provided CEO change information). Earlier leadership included founder/CEO Jennifer Ernst, who is cited as having founded and rebuilt the company and led it through major stages including financing and IPO-related efforts. Headquarters for TIVC were in San Antonio, Texas.
Finally, corporate actions referenced in the supplied information indicate a rebranding from Tivic Health Systems, Inc. to Valion Bio, Inc., along with a ticker change away from TIVC (to VBIO). For stakeholders, such transitions often accompany corporate strategy updates, branding refreshes, and potential operational or pipeline communications aimed at strengthening investor visibility around the company’s programs and service capabilities.
YoYYoY means Year-over-Year. It compares the latest annual value with the previous annual value to show long-term trend strength.
QoQQoQ means Quarter-over-Quarter. It compares the latest quarter with the immediately previous quarter to show short-term momentum changes.
RevenueThe total money that came through the front door from selling things, before paying a single bill. Think of it as the grand total of every credit card swipe from customers. (YoY compares this year to last year's performance, while QoQ compares the current three months to the previous three).
$382000
-51.0%
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Net IncomeThe absolute bottom line. If the company paid every single supplier, employee, banker, and tax collector, this is the actual money left in their pocket at the end of the day.
$-8.9M
-57.0%
-14.5%
Gross MarginThe basic markup. If they sell a $100 pair of sneakers, this percentage tells you how much of that price tag is profit right after paying for the rubber and shoelaces, but before paying for things like store rent or TV commercials.
-1.3%
-610.5%
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Operating MarginThe 'day job' efficiency score. Out of every dollar a customer spends, this shows how many cents the company keeps after making the product AND paying for all the everyday corporate overhead (like salaries, marketing, and keeping the lights on).
-2067.5%
-184.9%
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Net MarginThe final take-home percentage. When you strip away every conceivable cost, tax, and interest payment, this is the exact number of cents the company truly gets to keep from every dollar in sales.
-2324.1%
-220.6%
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Free Cash FlowThe holy grail of corporate cash. It's the spendable, physical money left over after the business pays for its daily operations AND buys the big, expensive upgrades (like new factories or servers) it needs to survive. This is the 'free' money they can use to pay dividends or buy back stock.
$-7.6M
-32.4%
-5.7%
FCF MarginThe ultimate cash conversion rate. It shows how good the company is at turning regular sales directly into cold, hard, spendable cash. A high percentage means the business is an absolute cash-printing machine.
-1984.3%
-170.3%
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Debt / EquityThe financial risk gauge. It compares how much of the company's empire was built using borrowed money (loans) versus the owners' own money (shareholders). A high number means they are heavily leveraged and playing a riskier game; a low number means they are playing it safe.
38.4%
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-45.2%
Current RatioThe 12-month survival check. It simply compares the cash they have right now (plus things they can quickly turn into cash) against the immediate bills they absolutely must pay this year. A score above 1 means they have enough in the wallet to cover the upcoming bills without panicking.
20.13x
+107.5%
-66.4%
Total AssetsThe absolute size of the company's empire. It bundles together absolutely everything of value they own—from the cash in the register and the inventory in the warehouse, to the software patents in the vault and the factories on the ground.
Operator: Welcome to Tivic Health Systems third quarter 2025 financial results and operational update conference call. This call has been prerecorded. This call is being webcast, and the replay will be available on the IR of the company's website for three months. Before we begin, let me remind you that during today's call, management will make various forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that these forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those indicated in our forward-looking statement. Please read the safe harbor statement contained in the press release that Tivic Health issued today as well as the risk factors contained in Tivic Health's filings with the SEC, including its annual report on Form 10-K of the year ended 12/31/2024 and the Form 10-Q to be filed with the SEC today as well as other companies' SEC filings. Hosting today's call is Jennifer Ernst, Tivic CEO, and Lisa Wolf, Tivic CFO. Now let me turn the call over to Jennifer Ernst. Thank you, and welcome to everyone listening today.
Jennifer Ernst: I'm pleased to be reporting on the progress we have made during the third quarter in building a new Tivic. As many of you know, at the start of the year, we undertook a significant strategic transformation of Tivic Health Systems, Inc. Beginning in February, with the licensing of entolimod and related assets, we expanded from bioelectronics to biologic pharmaceuticals with a common focus on the immune system and the ways we can harness the immune system to improve clinical outcomes and save lives. We've accomplished a great deal in a very short time. In Q2, we built out the team and secured the first meetings with potential customers for Entelimod's use as a military countermeasure. We continue to deepen those connections and expect to be meeting with BARDA in the coming months to discuss stockpiling opportunities. While our commercial focus is squarely on moving Intaloupe through our first BLA with the FDA for acute radiation syndrome, we've also continued to enrich our pipeline. We licensed Entelimod and Entelasta for neutropenia and have begun discussions with leading institutions about conducting investigator-led studies in this area. We have filed new intellectual property, IP that supports the potential use of our TLR5 agonist as adjunctive therapies for immuno-oncology cancer therapeutics. We have completed the optimization study for our VNS device design, uncovering the key parameters that have the strongest influence on the autonomic nervous system activity. And we are completing the exit from the consumer health market, increasing focus on prescription therapeutics. Today, let me focus more on our fully licensed entolimod portfolio and report to you where this drug candidate stands from a clinical development perspective. Entalimod itself is a first-in-class late-stage, highly …