10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)


☒	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2025


☐	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from _________________ to _________________

Commission File Number: 001-38541

Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Delaware	81-0724163
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
7 Times Square, 43rd Floor New York, New York	10036
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (929) 999-4055

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

     Title of each class

     Trading
Symbol(s)

     Name of each exchange on which registered

     Common Stock, $0.001 par value

     DNTH

     The Nasdaq Capital Market

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


Large accelerated filer	☐	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☒	Smaller reporting company	☒
		Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

As of May 7, 2025, the registrant had 32,159,982 shares of common stock, $0.001 par value per share, outstanding.

Table of Contents


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PART I.	FINANCIAL INFORMATION	1

Item 1.	Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)	1
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets	1
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss	2
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity	3
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows	4
	Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	5
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	21
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	31
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	31

PART II.	OTHER INFORMATION	32

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	32
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	32
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	33
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	33
Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	33
Item 5.	Other Information	33
Item 6.	Exhibits	34
Signatures		35

SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws, which statements are subject to substantial risks and uncertainties and are based on estimates and assumptions. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, statements concerning our plans, objectives, goals, expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions, assumptions, projections, estimates or strategies and any underlying assumptions regarding the future, our future results of operations and financial position, including the sufficiency of our existing cash resources to fund our operations for as long as anticipated, our liquidity, capital resources, costs and expenses, capital requirements, commitments and contingencies, the development or commercial potential of DNTH103 or any other product candidate, our anticipated preclinical and clinical drug development activities, in particular with respect to DNTH103, and any timelines, developments or results in connection therewith, including the timing of data, the efficacy, safety profile, dosing amount or frequency, method of delivery or other potential therapeutic benefits of DNTH103, the receipt or timing of potential regulatory designations, approvals and commercialization of any product candidates, market size or addressable patient population and other statements, including those included under the sections titled “Risk Factors,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terms such as “aim,” “may,” “might,” “will,” “would,” “shall,” “objective,” “intend,” “target,” “should,” “could,” “can,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “design,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “predict,” “project,” “potential,” “possible,” “plan,” “seek,” “contemplate,” “goal,” “likely” or “continue” or the negative of these terms and similar expressions intended to identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these terms does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements are not historical facts and are based on our current expectations and beliefs with respect to future events and their potential effects and impacts. There can be no assurance that future events affecting us will be those that have been anticipated. Given the significant risks and uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

There are a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual results or outcomes, or the timing of our results or outcomes, to differ materially from the forward-looking statements expressed or implied in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include, among others, the following:

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expectations regarding the strategies, prospects, plans, expectations and objectives of our management for future operations of the Company;

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risks associated with our ability to manage expenses and unanticipated spending and costs that could reduce our cash resources;

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risks related to our ability to correctly estimate our operating expenses and other events;

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changes in our capital resource requirements;

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our ability to obtain, maintain and protect our intellectual property rights, in particular those related to our product candidates;

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our ability to advance the development of DNTH103 and our other potential product candidates or preclinical activities under the timelines we anticipate in planned and future clinical trials;

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our ability to replicate in later clinical trials positive results found in preclinical studies and early-stage clinical trials of our product candidates;

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our ability to realize the anticipated benefits of our current or future research and development programs, strategic partnerships, licensing programs or other collaborations;

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regulatory requirements or developments, and our ability to obtain necessary approvals from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) or other regulatory authorities;

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our ability to manufacture product candidates in conformity with the FDA’s or other regulatory authorities’ requirements and to scale up manufacturing of our product candidates to commercial scale, if approved;

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changes to clinical trial designs and regulatory pathways;

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developments and projections relating to our expected or existing competitors or industry;

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legislative, regulatory, political, geopolitical and macroeconomic developments beyond our control, including inflationary pressures, general economic slowdown or a recession, high interest rates, changes in monetary policy or foreign currency exchange rates, changes in trade policies including tariffs and other trade restrictions or the threat of such actions, instability in financial institutions, the prospect of a shutdown of the U.S. federal government, the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, conflict in the Middle East and rising tensions between China and Taiwan, the attacks on marine vessels traversing the Red Sea and the responses thereto, and supply chain disruptions;

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success in retaining, recruiting or changes in, our officers, key employees or directors;

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the liquidity and trading of our securities;

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regulatory actions with respect to our product candidates or our competitors’ products and product candidates;

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our ability to successfully develop and commercialize any technology that we may in-license or products we may acquire;

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our ability to successfully operate in non-U.S. jurisdictions in which we may choose to do business, including compliance with applicable regulatory requirements and laws;

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our reliance on third-party contract development and manufacturer organizations to manufacture and supply product candidates;

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our ability to establish satisfactory pricing and obtain adequate reimbursement from government and third-party payors of our products and product candidates that receive regulatory approvals, if any;

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our ability to successfully commercialize our product candidates, if approved, and the rate and degree of market acceptance of such product candidates;

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risks related to our ability to obtain additional financing and raise capital as necessary to fund operations or pursue business opportunities;

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our inability to continue to grow and manage our growth effectively; and

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our inability to comply with, and the effect on our business of, evolving legal standards and regulations, including those concerning data protection, consumer privacy and sustainability and evolving labor standards.

There may be other factors that may cause our actual results or outcomes, or the timing of those results or outcomes, to differ materially from the forward-looking statements expressed or implied in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including factors disclosed in the sections titled “Risk Factors,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, in the section titled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 and in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). You should evaluate all forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q in the context of these risks and uncertainties.

We caution you that the risks, uncertainties and other factors referred to above and elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may not contain all of the risks, uncertainties and other factors that may affect our future results, operations and outcomes. Moreover, new risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for us to predict all risks. In addition, we cannot assure you that we will realize the results, benefits or developments that we expect or anticipate or, even if substantially realized, that they will result in the consequences or affect us or our business in the way expected. Past performance is not indicative of future performance.

Any forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q apply only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Except as required by law, we disclaim any intent to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, changes in assumptions or otherwise.

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Explanatory Note

Unless context otherwise requires, references to “we,” “our,” “us,” “Dianthus,” the “Company,” or the “combined company” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q refer to Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. (formerly Magenta Therapeutics, Inc.) for the period after the completion of the Reverse Merger (as defined below) and refer to Dianthus Therapeutics OpCo, Inc. for the period before the completion of the Reverse Merger. The term “Former Dianthus” also refers to Dianthus Therapeutics OpCo, Inc. (formerly Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc.), and the term “Magenta” refers to the Company prior to completion of the Reverse Merger. On September 11, 2023, we completed a business combination with Former Dianthus pursuant to which, among other matters, Former Dianthus became a wholly owned subsidiary of ours (the “Reverse Merger”).

PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

DIANTHUS THERAPEUTICS, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

(unaudited)


	March 31, 2025			December 31, 2024
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	10,116		$	22,792
Short-term investments		253,114			252,449
Receivable from related party		—			807
Accounts receivable, net		1,000			—
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		6,769			4,856
Total current assets		270,999			280,904
Long-term investments		68,308			81,728
Property and equipment, net		191			194
Right-of-use operating lease assets		1,447			1,553
Other assets and restricted cash		7,635			9,629
Total assets	$	348,580		$	374,008
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	8,269		$	4,579
Accrued expenses		7,979			13,074
Current portion of deferred revenue		479			479
Current portion of operating lease liabilities		226			320
Total current liabilities		16,953			18,452
Deferred revenue		1,851			1,908
Long-term operating lease liabilities		1,170			1,171
Total liabilities		19,974			21,531
Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock; $0.001 par value per share; authorized shares – 10,000,000 at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024; issued and outstanding – none at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024		—			—
Common stock; $0.001 par value per share; authorized shares – 150,000,000 at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024; issued and outstanding shares – 32,125,933 and 31,115,341 at March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, respectively		32			31
Additional paid-in capital		532,207			526,732
Accumulated deficit		(203,903	)		(174,392	)
Accumulated other comprehensive income		270			106
Total stockholders’ equity		328,606			352,477
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	348,580		$	374,008

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

DIANTHUS THERAPEUTICS, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss

(in thousands, except share and per share data)

(unaudited)


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2025			2024
Revenues:
License revenue - related party	$	—		$	874
License revenue		1,163			—
Total revenues		1,163			874
Operating expenses:
Research and development		27,003			13,078
General and administrative		7,337			5,640
Total operating expenses		34,340			18,718
Loss from operations		(33,177	)		(17,844	)
Other income/(expense):
Interest and investment income		3,791			4,222
Loss on investment in related party		(5	)		—
Loss on currency exchange, net		(22	)		(12	)
Other expense		(98	)		(114	)
Total other income		3,666			4,096
Net loss	$	(29,511	)	$	(13,748	)
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted	$	(0.82	)	$	(0.54	)
Weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding including shares issuable under equity-classified pre-funded warrants, used in computing net loss per share of common stock, basic and diluted		35,790,700			25,665,475
Comprehensive loss:
Net loss	$	(29,511	)	$	(13,748	)
Other comprehensive income/(loss):
Unrealized gain/(loss) on marketable securities		164			(74	)
Total other comprehensive income/(loss)		164			(74	)
Total comprehensive loss	$	(29,347	)	$	(13,822	)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

DIANTHUS THERAPEUTICS, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

(in thousands, except share data)

(unaudited)


										Accumulated
										Other			Total
	Common Stock				Additional		Accumulated			Comprehensive			Stockholders’
	Shares		Amount		Paid-in Capital		Deficit			Income/(Loss)			Equity
Balance, December 31, 2024		31,115,341	$	31	$	526,732	$	(174,392	)	$	106		$	352,477
Exercise of pre-funded warrants		1,000,333		1		—		—			—			1
Exercise of stock options		3,321		—		31		—			—			31
Issuance of common stock under employee stock purchase plan (“ESPP”)		6,938		—		129		—			—			129
Stock-based compensation expense		—		—		5,315		—			—			5,315
Net loss		—		—		—		(29,511	)		—			(29,511	)
Unrealized gain on marketable securities		—		—		—		—			164			164
Balance, March 31, 2025		32,125,933	$	32	$	532,207	$	(203,903	)	$	270		$	328,606

Balance, December 31, 2023		14,817,696	$	15	$	258,231	$	(89,423	)	$	47		$	168,870
Issuance of common stock and pre-funded warrants in connection with the private placement, net of issuance costs of $14,665		14,500,500		14		215,319		—			—			215,333
Exercise of stock options		30,430		—		271		—			—			271
Stock-based compensation expense		—		—		2,035		—			—			2,035
Net loss		—		—		—		(13,748	)		—			(13,748	)
Unrealized loss on marketable securities		—		—		—		—			(74	)		(74	)
Balance, March 31, 2024		29,348,626	$	29	$	475,856	$	(103,171	)	$	(27	)	$	372,687

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

DIANTHUS THERAPEUTICS, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands)

(unaudited)


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2025			2024
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net loss	$	(29,511	)	$	(13,748	)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation expense		27			22
Stock-based compensation expense		5,315			2,035
Accretion of discount on investment securities		(1,899	)		(518	)
Amortization of right-of-use operating lease assets		106			85
Loss on investment in related party		(5	)		—
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Receivable from related party		807			(141	)
Unbilled receivable from related party		—			(257	)
Accounts receivable, net		(1,000	)		—
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		(1,913	)		241
Other assets		2,000			343
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and operating lease liabilities		(1,500	)		(2,986	)
Deferred revenue		(57	)		—
Deferred revenue - related party		—			(17	)
Net cash used in operating activities		(27,630	)		(14,941	)
Cash flows from investing activities:
Capital expenditures		(24	)		(32	)
Purchases of investment securities		(67,324	)		(20,475	)
Proceeds from maturities of investment securities		82,142			15,000
Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities		14,794			(5,507	)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Proceeds from issuance of common stock under ESPP		129			—
Proceeds from exercise of stock options		31			271
Proceeds from exercise of pre-funded warrants		1			—
Proceeds from private placement		—			229,998
Payment of issuance costs in connection with private placement		—			(12,422	)
Net cash provided by financing activities		161			217,847
(Decrease)/increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash		(12,675	)		197,399
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period		23,022			132,391
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period	$	10,347		$	329,790
Supplemental Disclosure
Cash and cash equivalents	$	10,116		$	329,724
Restricted cash		231			66
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$	10,347		$	329,790
Issuance costs in connection with the private placement included in accounts payable	$	—		$	30
Issuance costs in connection with the private placement included in accrued expenses	$	—		$	2,213

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

DIANTHUS THERAPEUTICS, INC.

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(in thousands, except share and per share data, unless otherwise stated)

1. Organization, Description of Business and Liquidity

Business

Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company” or “Dianthus”) is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing next-generation complement therapeutics for patients living with severe autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The Company’s corporate headquarters are in New York, New York.

Currently, the Company is devoting substantially all efforts and resources toward product research and development of its product candidates. The Company has incurred losses from operations and negative operating cash flows since its inception. There can be no assurance that its research and development programs will be successful, that products developed, if any, will obtain necessary regulatory approval, or that any approved product, if any, will be commercially viable. In addition, the Company operates in an environment of rapid technological change and is largely dependent on the services of its key employees, consultants, and advisors.

Reverse Merger and Pre-Closing Financing

On September 11, 2023, the Company completed its business combination with Dianthus Therapeutics OpCo, Inc. (formerly Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc.) (“Former Dianthus”) in accordance with the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 2, 2023 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among the Company, Dio Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), and Former Dianthus, pursuant to which, among other matters, Merger Sub merged with and into Former Dianthus, with Former Dianthus surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Reverse Merger”). In connection with the completion of the Reverse Merger, the Company changed its name from “Magenta Therapeutics, Inc.” to “Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc.,” and the business conducted by the Company became primarily the business conducted by Former Dianthus. Unless context otherwise requires, references herein to “Dianthus,” the “Company,” or the “combined company” refer to Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. (formerly Magenta Therapeutics, Inc.) after completion of the Reverse Merger, the term “Former Dianthus” refers to Dianthus Therapeutics OpCo, Inc. (formerly Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc.), and the term “Magenta” refers to the Company prior to completion of the Reverse Merger. The Company was incorporated in June 2015 and Former Dianthus was incorporated in May 2019.

Immediately prior to the effective time of the Reverse Merger, the Company effected a 1-for-16 reverse stock split of its common stock (the “Reverse Stock Split”). Unless noted otherwise, all references herein to share and per share amounts reflect the Reverse Stock Split.

At the effective time of the Reverse Merger, the Company issued an aggregate of 11,021,248 shares of Company common stock to the Former Dianthus stockholders, based on the exchange ratio of approximately 0.2181 shares of Company common stock for each share of Former Dianthus common stock, including those shares of Former Dianthus common stock issued upon the conversion of Former Dianthus preferred stock and those shares of the Former Dianthus common stock issued in the pre-closing financing (as defined below), resulting in 14,817,696 shares of Company common stock being issued and outstanding following the effective time of the Reverse Merger.

At the effective time of the Reverse Merger, the 2019 Stock Plan (as discussed in Note 11) was assumed by the Company, and each outstanding and unexercised option to purchase shares of Former Dianthus common stock immediately prior to the effective time of the Reverse Merger was assumed by the Company and converted into an option to purchase shares of Company common stock, with necessary adjustments to the number of shares and exercise price to reflect the exchange ratio, and each outstanding and unexercised warrant to purchase shares of Former Dianthus common stock immediately prior to the effective time of the Reverse Merger (including the Former Dianthus pre-funded warrants sold in the pre-closing financing) was converted into a warrant to purchase shares of Company common stock, with necessary adjustments to the number of shares and exercise price to reflect the exchange ratio.

The Reverse Merger was accounted for as a reverse recapitalization in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). Under this method of accounting, Former Dianthus was deemed to be the accounting acquirer for financial reporting purposes. This determination was primarily based on the expectation that, immediately following the Reverse Merger: (i) Former Dianthus’ stockholders own a substantial majority of the voting rights in the combined company; (ii) Former Dianthus’ largest stockholders retain the largest interest in the combined company; (iii) Former Dianthus designated a majority (six of eight) of the initial members of the board of directors of the combined company; and (iv) Former Dianthus’ executive management team became the management team of the combined company. Accordingly, for accounting purposes: (i) the Reverse Merger was treated as the equivalent of Former Dianthus issuing stock to acquire the net assets of Magenta; (ii) the net assets of Magenta are recorded at their acquisition-date fair value in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Former Dianthus and (iii) the reported historical operating results of the combined company prior to the Reverse Merger are those of Former Dianthus. Historical common stock figures of Former Dianthus have been retroactively restated based on the exchange ratio of approximately 0.2181.

On September 11, 2023, prior to the effective time of the Reverse Merger, the Company entered into a contingent value rights agreement (the “CVR Agreement”) with a rights agent, pursuant to which pre-Reverse Merger holders of Magenta common stock received one non-transferable contingent value right (each, a “CVR”) for each outstanding share of Magenta common stock held by such stockholder immediately prior to the effective time of the Reverse Merger on September 11, 2023. Subject to, and in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the CVR Agreement, each CVR represents the contractual right to receive a pro rata portion of the proceeds, if any, received by the Company as a result of (i) contingent payments made to the Company, such as milestone, royalty or earnout, when received under any pre-Reverse Merger disposition agreements related to Magenta’s pre-Reverse Merger assets and (ii) the Company’s sale of assets after the effective date of the Reverse Merger and prior to December 31, 2023, in each case, received within a three-year period following the closing of the Reverse Merger.

The Company believes that the achievement of the milestones outlined in the CVR Agreement are highly susceptible to factors outside the Company's influence that are not expected to be resolved for a long period of time, if at all. In particular, these amounts are primarily influenced by the actions and judgments of third parties and the buyers of such assets and are based on the buyers of such assets progressing the in-process research and development assets into clinical trials, and in the case of one of the agreements, to a regulatory milestone. If the Company were to record a receivable for such contingent payments, it would also record a corresponding liability. As of March 31, 2025, no receivables were recorded on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet relating to such contingent payments.

Concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement, and in order to provide Former Dianthus with additional capital for its development programs, Former Dianthus entered into a subscription agreement, as amended (the “Subscription Agreement”), with certain investors named therein (the “Investors”), pursuant to which, subject to the terms and conditions of the Subscription Agreement, immediately prior to the effective time of the Reverse Merger, Former Dianthus issued and sold, and the Investors purchased, (i) 2,873,988 shares of Former Dianthus common stock and (ii) 210,320 pre-funded warrants, exercisable for 210,320 shares of Former Dianthus common stock, at a purchase price of approximately $23.34 per share or $23.34 per warrant, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $72.0 million (the “pre-closing financing”).

2024 Private Placement

On January 22, 2024, the Company entered into a securities purchase agreement for a private placement with certain institutional and accredited investors. At the closing of the private placement on January 24, 2024, the Company sold and issued 14,500,500 shares of common stock at a price per share of $12.00, and pre-funded warrants to purchase 4,666,332 shares of common stock at a purchase price of $11.999 per pre-funded warrant, which represents the per share purchase price of the common stock less the $0.001 per share exercise price for each pre-funded warrant, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $230 million. The pre-funded warrants are exercisable at any time after the date of issuance. A holder of pre-funded warrants may not exercise the warrant if the holder, together with its affiliates, would beneficially own more than 9.99% of the number of shares of common stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. A holder of pre-funded warrants may increase or decrease this percentage to a percentage not in excess of 19.99% by providing at least 61 days’ prior notice to the Company.

Shelf Registration Statement and ATM Offering Program

On October 1, 2024, the Company filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the issuance of common stock, preferred stock, warrants, debt securities, rights and units up to an aggregate of $500.0 million. On October 9, 2024, the registration statement was declared effective by the SEC. The registration statement includes an at-the-market (“ATM”) offering program for the sale of up to $200.0 million of shares of the Company’s common stock. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company sold 1,503,708 shares of its common stock under the ATM offering program, resulting in net proceeds of $39.2 million. No sales were made under the ATM offering program during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Risks and Uncertainties

The Company is subject to risks and uncertainties common to early-stage companies in the biotechnology industry including, but not limited to, uncertainty of product development and commercialization, lack of marketing and sales history, development by its competitors of new technological innovations, dependence on its key personnel, market acceptance of products, product liability, protection of proprietary technology, ability to raise additional financing and compliance with government regulations. If the Company does not successfully commercialize any of its product candidates, it will be unable to generate recurring product revenue or achieve profitability.

The Company’s lead product candidate that is in development and any future product candidates will require significant additional research and development efforts, including extensive preclinical and clinical testing and regulatory approval prior to commercialization. These efforts require significant amounts of additional capital, adequate personnel and infrastructure, and extensive compliance-reporting capabilities. Even if its product development efforts are successful, it is uncertain when, if ever, the Company will generate revenue from product sales.

Liquidity

In accordance with Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-15, Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40), the Company has evaluated whether there are certain conditions and events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements were issued (the “issuance date”):

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Since its inception, the Company has funded its operations primarily with outside capital and has incurred significant recurring losses, including net losses of $29.5 million and $13.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. In addition, the Company had an accumulated deficit of $203.9 million as of March 31, 2025;

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The Company expects to continue to incur significant recurring losses and rely on outside capital to fund its operations for the foreseeable future; and

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As of the issuance date, the Company expects that its existing cash, cash equivalents and investments on hand will be sufficient to fund its obligations as they become due for at least twelve months beyond the issuance date. The Company expects that its research and development and general and administrative costs will continue to increase significantly, including in connection with conducting clinical trials and manufacturing for its existing product candidate and any future product candidates to support commercialization and providing general and administrative support for its operations, including the costs associated with operating as a public company.

In the event the Company is unable to secure additional outside capital, management will be required to seek other alternatives which may include, among others, a delay or termination of clinical trials or the development of its product candidates, temporary or permanent curtailment of the Company’s operations, a sale of assets, or other alternatives with strategic or financial partners.

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of these uncertainties. Accordingly, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a basis that assumes the Company will continue as a going concern and which contemplates the realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities and commitments in the ordinary course of business.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

The Company’s significant accounting policies are disclosed in the audited consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the SEC on March 11, 2025. Except as reflected below, there were no changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies as described in the Annual Report on Form 10-K. Reflected in this note are updates to accounting policies, including the impact of the adoption of new policies.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2025 and for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024 have been prepared in conformity with U.S. GAAP, for interim financial information and pursuant to Article 10 of Regulation S-X of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the Company’s audited financial statements and include only normal and recurring adjustments that the Company believes are necessary to fairly state the Company’s financial position and the results of its operations and cash flows. The results for the three months ended March 31, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full fiscal year or any subsequent interim period. The unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2024 has been derived from the audited financial statements at that date but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. Because all of the disclosures required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements are not included herein, these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the notes accompanying them should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2024, which are contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the SEC on March 11, 2025. Any reference in these notes to applicable guidance is meant to refer to the authoritative U.S. GAAP as found in the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) and Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”).

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting period. Actual results may differ materially from those estimates.

Management considers many factors in selecting appropriate financial accounting policies and controls, and in developing the estimates and assumptions that are used in the preparation of these financial statements. Management must apply significant judgment in this process. In addition, other factors may affect estimates including the following: expected business and operational changes, sensitivity and volatility associated with the assumptions used in developing estimates, and whether historical trends are expected to be representative of future trends. The estimation process often may yield a range of potentially reasonable estimates of the ultimate future outcomes, and management must select an amount that falls within that range of reasonable estimates. Significant estimates are used in the following areas, among others: the recognition of research and development expense and revenue recognition.

Concentration of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist principally of cash, cash equivalents and investments. The Company regularly maintains deposits in accredited financial institutions in excess of federally insured limits. The Company invests its excess cash primarily in money market funds, U.S. treasury securities, U.S. government agency securities and corporate debt securities in accordance with the Company’s investment policy. The Company’s investment policy defines allowable investments and establishes guidelines relating to credit quality, diversification, and maturities of its investments to preserve principal and maintain liquidity. The Company has not experienced any significant realized losses related to its cash, cash equivalents and investments and management believes the Company is not exposed to significant risks of losses.

Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740), Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, to enhance the transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. The enhancement provides information to better assess how an entity’s operations and related tax risks and tax planning and operational opportunities affect its tax rate and prospects for future cash flows. On January 1, 2025, the Company adopted ASU 2023-09. The adoption of this standard did not have a material effect on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40): Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses. The amendments in ASU 2024-03 address investor requests for more detailed expense information and require additional disaggregated disclosures in the notes to financial statements for certain categories of expenses that are included on the face of the income statement. This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027, with

early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating this guidance to determine the impact it may have on the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

3. Segment Reporting

Operating segments are defined as components of an entity for which separate financial information is available and that is regularly reviewed by the Chief Operating Decision Maker (the “CODM”) in deciding how to allocate resources and in assessing the Company’s performance. The Company operates as a single operating segment and has one reportable segment which focuses on developing next-generation complement therapeutics for patients living with severe autoimmune and inflammatory diseases.

The Company’s CODM is its Chief Executive Officer. The CODM manages the Company’s operations on a consolidated basis as one operating segment for the purposes of evaluating financial performance and allocating resources.

The Company has not generated any revenue from product sales yet. The CODM assesses the financial performance of the segment and decides how to allocate resources based on net loss on a consolidated basis. The measure of segment assets is reported on the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets as total consolidated assets.

The CODM uses net loss predominantly in the annual operating budget and in the strategic planning and forecasting process. Such profit or loss measure is used to monitor budget versus actual results on an ongoing basis by the CODM and determines how resources are allocated to the various activities of the Company. The CODM also uses net loss to evaluate the Company’s performance and considers net loss when determining management’s incentive compensation.

All of the Company’s tangible assets are held in the United States. The Company views its operations and manages its business in one operating segment, operating exclusively in the United States.

The table below provides a summary of the segment profit or loss, including significant segment expenses:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2025			2024
Revenues:
License revenue - related party	$	—		$	874
License revenue		1,163			—
Total revenues		1,163			874
Research and development expenses:
DNTH103 program-related expenses:
Clinical operation activities		11,739			3,226
CMC activities		3,811			2,757
Preclinical study costs		1,041			1,111
Total DNTH103 program-related expenses		16,591			7,094
Personnel and related costs		5,847			3,668
Stock-based compensation		2,475			839
Discovery expenses		900			509
Other costs		1,190			968
Total research and development expenses		27,003			13,078
General and administrative expenses:
Stock-based compensation		2,840			1,196
Personnel and related costs		2,561			1,898
Other costs		1,936			2,546
Total general and administrative expenses		7,337			5,640
Other income, net		3,666			4,096
Net loss	$	(29,511	)	$	(13,748	)

4. Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities

The Company’s investments consist of marketable securities classified as available-for-sale. The following tables provide a summary of the estimated fair value of the Company’s cash equivalents and marketable securities:


	March 31, 2025									Classification
	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gain		Gross Unrealized Loss			Fair Value		Short-term		Long-term
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds	$	9,254	$	—	$	—		$	9,254	$	9,254	$	—
Total cash equivalents	$	9,254	$	—	$	—		$	9,254	$	9,254	$	—

Marketable securities:
U.S. treasury securities	$	243,285	$	244	$	(36	)	$	243,493	$	190,549	$	52,944
Certificate of deposit		322		1		—			323		323		—
U.S. government agency securities		15,915		17		(2	)		15,930		5,860		10,070
Corporate debt securities		61,630		48		(2	)		61,676		56,382		5,294
Total marketable securities	$	321,152	$	310	$	(40	)	$	321,422	$	253,114	$	68,308


	December 31, 2024									Classification
	Amortized Cost		Gross Unrealized Gain		Gross Unrealized Loss			Fair Value		Short-term		Long-term
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds	$	19,742	$	—	$	—		$	19,742	$	19,742	$	—
Corporate debt securities		2,204		—		—			2,204		2,204		—
Total cash equivalents	$	21,946	$	—	$	—		$	21,946	$	21,946	$	—

Marketable securities:
U.S. treasury securities	$	257,334	$	198	$	(130	)	$	257,402	$	186,552	$	70,850
U.S. government agency securities		6,946		2		(5	)		6,943		3,928		3,015
Corporate debt securities		69,791		45		(4	)		69,832		61,969		7,863
Total marketable securities	$	334,071	$	245	$	(139	)	$	334,177	$	252,449	$	81,728

Interest and Investment Income

The following table provides a summary of the components of interest and investment income:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2025		2024
Interest income	$	1,892	$	3,704
Accretion of discount on marketable securities, net		1,899		518
Total interest and investment income	$	3,791	$	4,222

5. Prepaid Expenses and Other Current Assets

The following table provides a summary of prepaid expenses and other current assets:


	March 31, 2025		December 31, 2024
Prepaid materials, supplies and research and development services	$	4,311	$	3,035
Prepaid subscriptions, software and other administrative services		1,575		770
Prepaid insurance		491		696
Other current assets		392		355
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	$	6,769	$	4,856

6. Property and Equipment

The following table provides a summary of property and equipment:


	March 31, 2025			December 31, 2024
Computer equipment	$	357		$	333
Furniture and fixtures		54			54
Subtotal		411			387
Less: accumulated depreciation		(220	)		(193	)
Property and equipment, net	$	191		$	194

Depreciation expense was $27 thousand and $22 thousand for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

7. Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The following table provides a summary of financial assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis:


	Fair Value at
Description	March 31, 2025		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Recurring Assets:
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds	$	9,254	$	9,254	$	—	$	—
Short-term investments:
U.S. treasury securities		190,549		190,549		—		—
Certificate of deposit		323		323		—		—
U.S. government agency securities		5,860		—		5,860		—
Corporate debt securities		56,382		—		56,382		—
Long-term investments:
U.S. treasury securities		52,944		52,944		—		—
U.S. government agency securities		10,070		—		10,070		—
Corporate debt securities		5,294		—		5,294		—
Other assets and restricted cash:
Investment in related party		143		143		—		—
Total assets measured at fair value	$	330,819	$	253,213	$	77,606	$	—


	Fair Value at
	December 31,
Description	2024		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Recurring Assets:
Cash equivalents:
Money market funds	$	19,742	$	19,742	$	—	$	—
U.S. treasury securities		—		—		—		—
Corporate debt securities		2,204		—		2,204		—
Short-term investments:
U.S. treasury securities		186,552		186,552		—		—
U.S. government agency securities		3,928		—		3,928		—
Corporate debt securities		61,969		—		61,969		—
Long-term investments:
U.S. treasury securities		70,850		70,850		—		—
U.S. government agency securities		3,015		—		3,015		—
Corporate debt securities		7,863		—		7,863		—
Other assets and restricted cash:
Investment in related party		148		148		—		—
Total assets measured at fair value	$	356,271	$	277,292	$	78,979	$	—

There were no transfers between levels during the three months ended March 31, 2025 or for the year ended December 31, 2024. The weighted-average maturity of the securities held at March 31, 2025 was less than 12 months.

8. Accrued Expenses

The following table provides a summary of accrued expenses:


	March 31, 2025		December 31, 2024
Accrued external research and development	$	5,204	$	6,996
Accrued compensation		2,054		5,154
Accrued professional fees		223		271
Other accrued expenses		498		653
Accrued expenses	$	7,979	$	13,074

9. Leases

The Company leases space under operating leases for administrative offices in New York, New York, and Waltham, Massachusetts. The Company previously leased wet laboratory space in Watertown, Massachusetts, but this lease terminated in March 2025.

The following table provides a summary of the components of lease costs and rent:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2025		2024
Operating lease cost	$	123	$	103
Variable lease cost		12		8
Total operating lease costs	$	135	$	111

Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities was $0.1 million for each of the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.

The Company recorded operating lease costs of $0.1 million within the general and administrative expenses line item in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss during each of the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024. The Company recorded operating lease costs of $24 thousand and $16 thousand within the research and development expenses line item in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Maturities of operating lease liabilities as of March 31, 2025, are as follows:


2025 (remaining 9 months)		194
2026		268
2027		314
2028		318
2029		321
Thereafter		379
Total undiscounted operating lease payments		1,794
Less: imputed interest		(398	)
Present value of operating lease liabilities	$	1,396

Balance sheet classification:
Current portion of operating lease liabilities	$	226
Long-term operating lease liabilities		1,170
Total operating lease liabilities	$	1,396

The weighted-average remaining term of operating leases was 67 months, and the weighted-average discount rate used to measure the present value of operating lease liabilities was 8.4% as of March 31, 2025.

10. Stockholders' Equity

Shelf Registration Statement and ATM Offering Program

On October 1, 2024, the Company filed a registration statement with the SEC for the issuance of common stock, preferred stock, warrants, debt securities, rights and units up to an aggregate of $500.0 million. On October 9, 2024, the registration statement was declared effective by the SEC. The registration statement includes an ATM offering program for the sale of up to $200.0 million of shares of the Company’s common stock. During the year ended December 31, 2024, the Company sold 1,503,708 shares of its common stock under the ATM offering program, resulting in net proceeds of $39.2 million. No sales were made under the ATM offering program during the three months ended March 31, 2025. As of March 31, 2025, the Company had $160.8 million of remaining capacity under the ATM offering program.

Private Placement Offering

At the closing of the private placement on January 24, 2024, the Company issued 14,500,500 shares of common stock and pre-funded warrants to purchase 4,666,332 shares of common stock with a $0.001 per share exercise price. The pre-funded warrants are exercisable at any time after the date of issuance and will not expire. As of March 31, 2025, there were 3,665,999 pre-funded warrants outstanding related to this private placement.

Reverse Merger

At the effective time of the Reverse Merger on September 11, 2023, the Company issued an aggregate of 11,021,248 shares of Company common stock to the Former Dianthus stockholders based on the exchange ratio of approximately 0.2181 shares of Company common stock for each share of Former Dianthus common stock, including those shares of Former Dianthus common stock issued upon the conversion of Former Dianthus preferred stock and those shares of the Former Dianthus common stock issued in the pre-closing financing. In conjunction with the pre-closing financing, the Company also issued pre-funded warrants to purchase 210,320 shares of Company common stock with a $0.001 per share exercise price, which were fully exercised during the year ended December 31, 2024.

Preferred Stock

As of March 31, 2025, the Company was authorized to issue up to 10,000,000 shares of the Company’s preferred stock at a par value of $0.001. As of March 31, 2025, no shares of Company preferred stock were issued and outstanding.

Common Stock

As of March 31, 2025, the Company was authorized to issue up to 150,000,000 shares of $0.001 par value of Company common stock. As of March 31, 2025, the Company had issued and outstanding shares of Company common stock of 32,125,933.

Each share of Company common stock entitles the holder to one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders. Common stockholders are entitled to receive dividends, as may be declared by the Company’s board of directors, if any. No dividends have been declared or paid by the Company through March 31, 2025.

The Company had the following shares of Company common stock reserved for future issuance as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024:


	March 31, 2025		December 31, 2024
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of stock options		5,927,868		4,499,702
Equity awards available for grant under stock award plans		1,975,781		1,917,501
Shares available for issuance under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan		155,140		99,578
Issuance of common stock upon exercise of warrants		3,670,676		4,671,009
Total common stock reserved for future issuance		11,729,465		11,187,790

11. Stock-Based Compensation

2018 Stock Option and Incentive Plan

The Company grants stock-based awards under the Second Amended and Restated Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. Stock Option and Incentive Plan, which originally became effective on June 19, 2018 as the Magenta Therapeutics, Inc. 2018 Stock Option and Incentive Plan and was amended and restated in September 2023 and renamed the Amended and Restated Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “Prior 2018 Incentive Plan”).

On May 23, 2024, the Company’s stockholders approved an amendment and restatement of the Prior 2018 Incentive Plan, and it was renamed the Second Amended and Restated Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “2018 Amended Plan”) to:

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provide for an increase in the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance thereunder by 2,931,820 shares;

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increase the Evergreen Provision (as described below) from 4% to 5% of issued and outstanding shares of common stock on December 31 of the preceding calendar year; and

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extend the expiration date until March 14, 2034.

The 2018 Amended Plan provides for the grant of incentive stock options, nonqualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units, unrestricted stock awards, cash-based awards and dividend equivalent rights. The 2018 Amended Plan is administered by either the board of directors or the compensation committee of the board of directors. The exercise prices, vesting and other restrictions are determined at the discretion of the administrator, except that the term of stock options and stock appreciation rights may not be greater than ten years (or five years for certain incentive stock options). Awards typically vest over 12 months to four years. The exercise price for stock options granted may not be less than the fair value of common stock as of the date of grant (or 110% of the fair value of common stock for certain incentive stock options). The fair value of common stock is based on quoted market prices.

The 2018 Amended Plan also provides for the assumption of shares remaining available for delivery under the 2019 Stock Plan (as defined below) pursuant to the terms of the Reverse Merger, and such shares will be available for the granting of awards under the 2018 Amended Plan in accordance with applicable stock exchange requirements. The Company also has outstanding stock options under the Magenta Therapeutics, Inc. 2016 Stock Option and Grant Plan, as amended (the “2016 Plan”), but is no longer granting awards under the 2016 Plan.

The 2018 Amended Plan provides that the number of shares reserved and available for issuance under the 2018 Amended Plan will automatically increase each January 1 by 5% of the outstanding number of shares of the Company’s common stock on the immediately preceding December 31 (the “Evergreen Provision”), or such lesser number of shares as determined by the Company’s board of directors or compensation committee of the board of directors.

Pursuant to the Evergreen Provision, the number of shares reserved for issuance under the 2018 Amended Plan increased by 1,555,767 on January 1, 2025. Shares of common stock underlying any awards under the 2018 Amended Plan, the 2019 Stock Plan and the 2016 Plan that are forfeited, cancelled, held back upon exercise or settlement of an award to satisfy the exercise price or tax withholding, reacquired by the Company prior to vesting, satisfied without any issuance of stock, expire or are otherwise terminated (other than by exercise) will be available for future awards under the 2018 Amended Plan.

As of March 31, 2025, 1,883,781 shares of the Company’s common stock were available for grant under the 2018 Amended Plan.

2019 Stock Plan

In July 2019, Former Dianthus’s board of directors adopted, and the Former Dianthus’s stockholders approved, the Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. 2019 Stock Plan (the “2019 Stock Plan”). In connection with the Reverse Merger, the Company assumed options to purchase shares of Former Dianthus’s common stock that were outstanding under the 2019 Stock Plan immediately prior to the Reverse Merger and such options were converted into options to purchase 1,273,454 shares of Company’s common stock (the “Assumed Options”). No further awards will be made under the 2019 Stock Plan; however, the Assumed Options will remain outstanding under the 2019 Stock Plan in accordance with their terms, as adjusted to reflect the Reverse Merger.

2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Employees may elect to participate in the Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. 2019 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the “ESPP”). The purchase price of Company common stock under the ESPP is equal to 85% of the lower of the fair market value of the common stock on (i) the offering date or (ii) the exercise date. The six-month offering periods previously began in December and June of each year. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company issued 6,938 shares of common stock pursuant to the ESPP. As of March 31, 2025, 155,140 shares remained available for issuance under the ESPP.

The ESPP provides that the number of shares reserved and available for issuance under the ESPP will automatically increase each January 1 through January 1, 2029, by the lesser of (i) 1% of the number of shares issued and outstanding on the immediately preceding December 31, (ii) 62,500 shares and (iii) such number of shares as determined by the Company’s board of directors or its appointed administrator. The number of shares reserved for issuance under the ESPP increased by 62,500 on January 1, 2025.

Inducement Plan

In February 2024, the Company’s board of directors approved the Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. Equity Inducement Plan (the “Inducement Plan”), which provides for up to 300,000 shares of common stock for inducement awards. As of March 31, 2025, there were 92,000 shares available to be granted under the Inducement Plan.

Stock Options

The following table summarizes stock option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2025:


	Number of Stock Options Outstanding			Weighted Average Exercise Price per Share		Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Term		Aggregate Intrinsic Value
						(in years)
Balance at January 1, 2025		4,499,702		$	17.19		8.7	$	24,867
Options granted		1,608,300			22.05				—
Options exercised		(3,321	)		9.42				45
Options forfeited		(176,813	)		17.40				779
Balance at March 31, 2025		5,927,868		$	18.50		8.8	$	14,008
Exercisable options at March 31, 2025		1,840,836		$	14.20		7.9	$	10,478
Unvested options at March 31, 2025		4,087,032		$	20.44		9.2	$	3,530

The aggregate intrinsic value of options granted, options exercised and options forfeited represents the difference between (i) the exercise price of the option and (ii) the closing market price of the Company’s common stock on (x) March 31, 2025, (y) the date of exercise, or (z) the date of forfeiture, respectively.

The weighted average grant-date fair value per share of stock options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2025 was $16.99 per share.

The table below summarizes the assumptions used to determine the grant-date fair value of stock options issued, presented on a weighted average basis:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2025			2024
Risk-free interest rate		4.3	%		4.0	%
Expected term (in years)		6.0			6.0
Expected volatility		91.7	%		93.1	%
Expected dividend yield		0.0	%		0.0	%

Stock Warrants

In April 2021, Former Dianthus issued 4,677 warrants for the purchase of common stock at an exercise price of $1.65 per share. The warrants vested on July 30, 2023 and had a grant date fair value of $1.16 per warrant. As of March 31, 2025, the warrants have a weighted average remaining contractual term of 6.1 years.

Stock-based Compensation Expense

The following table provides a summary of stock-based compensation expense:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2025		2024
Research and development	$	2,475	$	839
General and administrative		2,840		1,196
Total stock-based compensation expense	$	5,315	$	2,035

As of March 31, 2025, there was $61.2 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to granted stock options. The Company expects to recognize that cost over a remaining weighted-average period of 3.1 years.

12. License Revenues

Zenas BioPharma, Inc.

In September 2020, the Company entered into an Option Agreement (the “Zenas Option”) with Zenas BioPharma, Inc. (formerly Zenas BioPharma Limited) (“Zenas”), a related party (See Note 15). Through the Zenas Option, the Company provided Zenas an option to enter into an exclusive license agreement for the development and commercialization of products arising from its research of monoclonal antibody antagonists targeting certain specific complement proteins.

In October 2021, Zenas exercised its option for such clinical candidate under the Zenas Option. Zenas paid the Company a one-time payment of $1.0 million for the exercise of the corresponding option. In addition, in connection with the exercise of the Zenas Option, Zenas was required to reimburse the Company for a portion of chemistry, manufacturing, and controls-related (“CMC”) costs and expenses from the date of delivery of its option exercise notice through the execution of a license agreement.

In June 2022, pursuant to the Zenas Option, the Company negotiated in good faith a license agreement with Zenas (the “Zenas License Agreement” and, together with the Zenas Option, the “Zenas Agreements”). The Zenas License Agreement provided Zenas with a license in the People’s Republic of China, including Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan (“Greater China”) for the development and commercialization of sequences and products under the first antibody sequence. The Company was also obligated to perform certain research and development and CMC services and participated in a joint steering committee (“JSC”).

The consideration under the Zenas Agreements included the following payments by Zenas to the Company: (i) a $1.0 million upfront payment upon the exercise of the corresponding option under the Zenas Option; (ii) an approximately $1.1 million reimbursement payment for a portion of development costs previously incurred by the Company; (iii) reimbursement of a portion of all CMC-related costs and expenses for the first antibody sequence through the manufacture of the first two batches of drug product; (iv) reimbursement of a portion of all non-CMC-related costs and expenses for the development of the first antibody sequence through the first regulatory approval; (v) development milestones totaling up to $11.0 million; and (vi) royalties on net sales ranging from the mid-single digits to the low teen percentages.

Tenacia Biotechnology (Hong Kong) Co., Limited

On October 21, 2024, Zenas assigned the Zenas Agreements to its affiliated entity, Zenas BioPharma (HK) Limited (“Zenas HK”). After the assignment, the Company entered into a novation agreement (the “Novation Agreement”) with Zenas HK and Tenacia Biotechnology (Hong Kong) Co., Limited (“Tenacia”) and an amendment to the Zenas License Agreement, now with Tenacia (as amended, the “Tenacia License Agreement”), pursuant to which Tenacia replaced Zenas HK as a party to the Zenas Agreements, and certain economic terms under the Zenas License Agreement with respect to cost sharing and development milestones were amended.

Except as otherwise noted below, the terms of the Zenas License Agreement were unchanged when novated by the Novation Agreement and amended by the Tenacia License Agreement.

Under the Zenas Agreements, Zenas also had the right to exercise an option with respect to a second antibody sequence, which is now held by Tenacia (the “Tenacia Option” and, together with the Tenacia License Agreement, the “Tenacia Agreements”). Pursuant to the Tenacia Option, if Tenacia exercises the option and pays the Company the option exercise fee related to the second antibody sequence, the Company will grant Tenacia an exclusive license to the sequences and products under this second antibody sequence.

Accounting for the Zenas and Tenacia Agreements

Since the Zenas Agreements were negotiated with a single commercial objective, it was treated as a combined contract for accounting purposes. The Company assessed the Zenas Agreements in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“ASC 606”), and concluded that it represented a contract with a customer and was within the scope of ASC 606. The Company determined that there was one combined performance obligation that consisted of the license and data transfer, the research and development and CMC services, and the participation in the JSC. The Company determined that Zenas’ right to exercise an option with respect to a second antibody sequence did not represent a material right.

The Company determined that the combined performance obligation would be satisfied over time; therefore, the Company recognized the transaction price from the license agreement over the Company’s estimated period to complete its activities. The Company concluded that it would utilize a cost-based input method to measure its progress toward the completion of its performance obligation and to calculate the corresponding amount of revenue to recognize each period. The Company believed that this was the best measure of progress because other measures did not reflect how the Company transferred its performance obligation to Zenas. In applying the cost-based input method of revenue recognition, the Company used actual costs incurred relative to budgeted costs expected to be incurred for the combined performance obligation. These costs consisted primarily of third-party contract costs. Revenue was recognized based on the level of costs incurred relative to the total budgeted costs for the combined performance obligation. A cost-based input method of revenue recognition required management to make estimates of costs to complete the Company’s performance obligation. In making such estimates, judgment was required to evaluate assumptions related to cost estimates.

The Company assessed the Tenacia Agreements in accordance with ASC 606 and applied the same considerations above to the Tenacia Agreements. With the exception of the cost sharing and development milestones noted below, the key terms of the Zenas License Agreement were unchanged when novated by the Novation Agreement and amended by the Tenacia License Agreement. Therefore, the Company determined that the accounting considerations and resulting conclusions noted above related to the Zenas Agreements also apply to the Tenacia Agreements.

The Company also determined that the milestone payments of $15.0 million (previously $11.0 million under the Zenas License Agreement) are variable consideration under ASC 606 which need to be added to the transaction price when it is probable that a significant revenue reversal will not occur. Based on the nature of the milestones, such as the regulatory approvals which are generally not within the Company’s control, the Company will not consider achievement of this milestone to be probable until the uncertainty associated with such milestone has been resolved. Should it be probable that a significant reversal of revenue will not occur, the milestone payment will be added to the transaction price for which the Company recognized revenue. No milestones were achieved under the Zenas Agreements prior to novation. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company recognized revenue of $1.0 million related to milestones achieved under the Tenacia Agreements, which is included within the license revenue line item in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

There is a sales or usage-based royalty exception within ASC 606 that applies when a license of intellectual property is the predominant item to which the royalty relates. In accordance with this royalty exception, the Company will recognize royalty revenue at the later of (i) when the related sales occur, or (ii) when the performance obligation to which some or all of the royalty has been allocated has been satisfied (or partially satisfied). The Company has not recorded any royalty revenue to date.

The Company recognized related party license revenue totaling nil and $0.9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, associated with the Zenas Agreements. As of December 31, 2024, the Company recorded a related party receivable of $0.8 million on its unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet.

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, the Company recognized license revenue totaling $1.2 million associated with the Tenacia License Agreement. As of March 31, 2025, the Company recorded a receivable of $1.0 million, an unbilled receivable of $0.3 million within prepaid expenses and other current assets, current deferred revenue of $0.5 million and noncurrent deferred revenue of $1.9 million on its unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet. As of December 31, 2024, the Company recorded an unbilled receivable of $0.2 million within prepaid expenses and other current assets, current deferred revenue of $0.5 million and noncurrent deferred revenue of $1.9 million on its unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet.

13. Net Loss Per Share

Basic and diluted net loss per share of common stock is calculated as follows:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2025			2024
Numerator:
Net loss	$	(29,511	)	$	(13,748	)
Denominator:
Weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding including shares issuable under equity-classified pre-funded warrants, used in computing net loss per share of common stock, basic and diluted		35,790,700			25,665,475
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted	$	(0.82	)	$	(0.54	)

Pre-funded warrants totaling 3,665,999 shares have been included in the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share of common stock for the three months ended March 31, 2025 as the pre-funded warrants are issuable for nominal consideration pursuant to their terms.

The Company’s potential dilutive securities, which include stock options and warrants for the purchase of common stock, have been excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share as the effect would be antidilutive. Therefore, the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding used to calculate both basic and diluted net loss per share is the same. The following potential dilutive securities, presented on an as converted basis, were excluded from the calculation of net loss per share due to their anti-dilutive effect:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2025		2024
Stock options outstanding		5,927,868		3,097,438
Warrants for the purchase of common stock		4,677		4,881,329
Total		5,932,545		7,978,767

14. Commitments and Contingencies

Alloy Therapeutics, LLC

In August 2019, the Company entered into a license agreement with Alloy Therapeutics, LLC (“Alloy”). The license agreement was amended in October 2022. The license agreement with Alloy grants to the Company the following:

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a worldwide, non-exclusive license to use the Alloy technology solely to generate Alloy antibodies and platform assisted antibodies for internal, non-clinical research purposes; and

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with respect to Alloy antibodies and platform assisted antibodies that are selected by the Company for inclusion into a partnered antibody program, a worldwide, assignable license to make, have made, use, offer for sale, sell, import, develop, manufacture and commercialize products comprising partnered antibody programs selected from Alloy antibodies and platform assisted antibodies in any field of use.

The Company pays annual license fees and annual partnered antibody program fees totaling $0.1 million to Alloy. The Company is also obligated to pay a $0.1 million fee to Alloy if the Company sublicenses a product developed with Alloy antibodies or platform assisted antibodies. Upon the achievement, with the first selected antibody for products developed with Alloy, of (i) certain development milestones and (ii) certain commercial milestones, the Company is obligated to make additional payments to Alloy of up to $1.8 million and $11.0 million, respectively. Upon the achievement, with the second selected antibody for products developed with Alloy, of (i) certain development milestones and (ii) certain commercial milestones, the Company is obligated to make additional payments to Alloy of up to $3.1 million and $15.0 million, respectively. The Company did not record any amounts owed under the Alloy license agreement during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.

OmniAb, Inc.

In September 2022, the Company entered into a commercial platform license agreement and services agreement with two subsidiaries of Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (“Ligand”). In November 2022, Ligand spun-off these subsidiaries into a separate legal entity, OmniAb, Inc. (“OmniAb”). The commercial platform license agreement and services agreement with OmniAb grants to the Company the following:

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a worldwide, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable license under the OmniAb technology to use chicken animals (solely at OmniAb’s facilities and through OmniAb personnel) for generation of OmniAb antibodies for research purposes; and

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a worldwide, non-exclusive license under the OmniAb technology to use rodent animals (solely at approved contract research organization (“CRO”) facilities and through approved CRO personnel) for generation of OmniAb antibodies for research purposes. Such license is non-sublicensable except to an approved CRO.

Upon the achievement of certain development milestones, the Company is obligated to make additional payments to OmniAb of up to $12.2 million. Upon the achievement of certain commercial milestones, the Company is obligated to make royalty payments in the low to mid-single digit percentages. The Company did not record any amounts owed under the commercial platform license agreement and services agreement with OmniAb during the three months ended March 31, 2025 or 2024.

IONTAS Limited

In July 2020, the Company entered into a collaborative research agreement with IONTAS Limited (“IONTAS”) to perform certain milestone-based research and development activities for the Company under its first development program. This agreement was amended in January 2023 to extend their services to additional development programs. IONTAS provides dedicated resources to perform the research and development activities and receives compensation for those resources as well as success-based milestone payments.

Upon the achievement, with the first development program with IONTAS, of (i) certain development milestones and (ii) certain commercial milestones, the Company is obligated to make additional payments to IONTAS of up to £3.1 million (approximately $4.0 million based on the March 31, 2025 exchange rate) and £2.3 million (approximately $3.0 million based on the March 31, 2025 exchange rate), respectively. Upon the achievement, with the second development program with IONTAS, of certain development milestones, the Company is obligated to make additional payments to IONTAS of up to £2.5 million (approximately $3.2 million based on the March 31, 2025 exchange rate). The Company recorded $0.2 million and $0.3 million during the three months ended

March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, for amounts owed under the IONTAS collaborative research license agreement within the research and development expenses line item in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

Indemnification Agreements

In the ordinary course of business, the Company may provide indemnification of varying scope and terms to employees, consultants, vendors, business partners and other parties with respect to certain matters including, but not limited to, losses arising out of breach of such agreements or from intellectual property infringement claims made by third parties. To date, the Company has not incurred any material costs as a result of such indemnification agreements. The Company is not aware of any indemnification arrangements that could have a material effect on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows, and has not accrued any liabilities related to such obligations in its unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024.

Litigation

From time to time, the Company may be exposed to litigation relating to potential products and operations. The Company is not currently engaged in any legal proceedings that are expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a material adverse effect on its financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

Other

As of March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company had standing agreements with consultants, contractors or service providers whose terms do not yield material long-term commitments.

15. Related Party Transactions

Zenas BioPharma, Inc.

The Company considers Zenas to be a related party because Tellus BioVentures LLC (“Tellus”), whose sole member is a significant shareholder in the Company and a member of the board of directors of the Company, is also a significant shareholder in Zenas and serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the board of directors of Zenas. As of March 31, 2025, Tellus and its affiliated entities owned approximately 5% of the Company’s outstanding shares.

The Company was previously party to the Zenas Agreements, which were assigned to Zenas HK in October 2024. After the assignment, the Company entered into the Novation Agreement with Zenas HK and Tenacia, pursuant to which Tenacia replaced Zenas HK as a party to the Zenas Agreements. In connection with these agreements, the Company recognized nil and $0.9 million of revenue from Zenas within the license revenue - related party line item in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. As of December 31, 2024, the Company recorded a related party receivable of $0.8 million on its unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet for activities related to Zenas.

In September 2020, Zenas issued 156,848 common shares to the Company in exchange for the Zenas Option. Previously, the Company used the measurement alternative as the measurement attribute for accounting for the Zenas common stock which did not require it to assess the fair value of the common stock at each reporting period as the fair value of the Zenas common stock was not readily determinable nor was there a reliable source for observable transactions from which the Company could determine a fair value. On September 12, 2024, Zenas announced the pricing of its initial public offering (the “Zenas IPO”) of $17.00 per share, which also included a 1-for-8.6831 reverse stock split of its capital stock. Upon the Zenas IPO, the fair value of the Zenas common stock was deemed readily determinable. The Company reassesses the fair value of the investment at the end of each reporting period, with any adjustments to the fair value recorded as unrealized gains or losses within other income (loss) in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. As of both March 31, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the fair value of the investment in Zenas was $0.1 million, which was included within other assets and restricted cash on the Company's unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet.

See Note 12 for more information on these agreements.

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations together with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including those described in the section titled “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Our actual results and the timing of selected events could differ materially from those discussed below. Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, those identified below and those set forth under the section titled “Risk Factors” included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the SEC on March 11, 2025.

Overview

We are a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing next-generation complement therapeutics for patients living with severe autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. We believe our lead novel and proprietary monoclonal antibody product candidate, DNTH103, has the potential to address a broad array of complement-dependent diseases as currently available therapies and those in development leave room for improvements in efficacy, safety, and/or dosing convenience. We have purposefully engineered DNTH103 to selectively bind to only the active form of the C1s complement protein (“C1s”) and to exhibit improved potency and an extended half-life. By selectively targeting only the active form of C1s, which drives disease pathology and constitutes only a small fraction of the total protein present in circulation, we aim to reduce the amount of drug required for a therapeutic effect. We intend to deliver our product candidate through a lower dose, less frequent, self-administered, convenient subcutaneous (“S.C.”) injection suitable for a pre-filled pen.

Our Pipeline-in-a-Product Potential for DNTH103, a Next-Generation Complement Therapeutic

Our most advanced product candidate, DNTH103, is a clinical-stage, highly potent, highly selective and fully human monoclonal immunoglobulin G4 with picomolar binding affinity that is designed to selectively bind only to the active form of C1s. The active form of C1s is generated during complement activation by cleavage of the inactive proC1s. As a validated complement target in the autoimmune and inflammatory field, C1s inhibition prevents further progression of the classical pathway cascade. DNTH103 is engineered with YTE half-life extension technology, a specific three amino acid change in the Fc domain, and has a pharmacokinetic (“PK”) profile designed to support less frequent, lower dose, self-administration as a convenient S.C. injection. We are currently enrolling patients in three mid- to late-stage clinical trials with DNTH103 in generalized Myasthenia Gravis (“gMG”), Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (“CIDP”), and Multifocal Motor Neuropathy (“MMN”).

MAGIC

The MaGic trial is a global, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 study of DNTH103 in up to 60 patients with gMG who are acetylcholine receptor antibody positive. Following an initial loading dose, DNTH103 will be administered every two weeks (“Q2W”) via S.C. injection. The S.C. treatment duration will initially be 12 weeks with a 52-week open label extension. The primary endpoint of the study is safety and tolerability. Secondary endpoints include Myasthenia Gravis Activities of Daily Living Scale (“MG-ADL”) and Quantitative Myasthenia Gravis (“QMG”) score assessments. We announced the completion of enrollment of the MaGiC trial in May 2025 with 65 patients, exceeding our initial target of 60 patients, and top-line results are expected in September 2025.

CAPTIVATE

The CAPTIVATE trial is a single, two-part, randomized withdrawal global Phase 3 trial of DNTH103 in patients with CIDP. In the open label Part A of this trial, participants will be administered with a loading dose followed by 300mg DNTH103 administered Q2W via S.C. injection for up to 13 weeks. Part A includes an interim responder analysis of the first 40 participants enrolled in Part A. Only participants who respond to DNTH103 in Part A, as measured as greater than or equal to one point decrease (improvement) in adjusted Inflammatory Neuropathy Cause and Treatment (“INCAT”) disability score compared to Part A baseline, will be randomized into Part B, a double-blind, placebo-controlled treatment period of up to 52 weeks, where they will be assessed for prevention of relapse, safety and tolerability, followed by an open-label extension period. We believe that this single pivotal trial will support a Biologics License Application (“BLA”) filing in adult patients with CIDP. We anticipate completing an interim responder analysis of the first 40 participants in Part A in the second half of 2026.

MOMENTUM

The MoMeNtum trial is a global, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 study designed to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of DNTH103 in 36 patients with MMN. Following determination of Ig dependency and responsiveness, patients will be randomized to receive placebo or DNTH103 administered Q2W via S.C. injection. The initial S.C. treatment duration is expected to be 17 weeks followed by a 52-week open label extension. The primary endpoint of this study is safety and tolerability. Secondary endpoints include time to intravenous immunoglobulin (“IVIg”) retreatment, time to relapse, and assessments of muscle and grip strength. We anticipate initial top-line results from this trial to be available in the second half of 2026.

Global and Macroeconomic Developments

Uncertainty in the global economy presents significant risks to our business. We are subject to continuing risks and uncertainties in connection with legislative, regulatory, political, geopolitical and macroeconomic developments beyond our control, including inflationary pressures, general economic slowdown or a recession, high interest rates, changes in monetary policy or foreign currency exchange rates, changes in trade policies, including tariffs and other trade restrictions or the threat of such actions, instability in financial institutions, the prospect of a shutdown of the U.S. federal government, the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, conflict in the Middle East, rising tensions between China and Taiwan, the attacks on marine vessels traversing the Red Sea and the responses thereto, and supply chain disruptions. While we are closely monitoring the impact of the current macroeconomic conditions on all aspects of our business, including the impacts on participants in our clinical trials, employees, suppliers, vendors, business partners and regulators, the ultimate extent of the impact on our business remains highly uncertain and will depend on future developments and factors that continue to evolve. Most of these developments and factors are outside of our control and could exist for an extended period of time. We will continue to evaluate the nature and extent of the potential impacts to Dianthus’ business, results of operations, liquidity and capital resources. For additional information, see the section titled “Risk Factors” found elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the SEC on March 11, 2025.

Components of Results of Operations

Revenues

Since inception, we have not generated any revenue from product sales, and we do not expect to generate any revenue from the sales of products in the foreseeable future. We have recognized revenues attributable to upfront payments, milestone payments and cost reimbursements under our license agreements.

If our development efforts for DNTH103, or any future product candidates, if any, are successful and result in regulatory approval, we may generate revenue from future product sales. If we enter into license or collaboration agreements for DNTH103, or any future product candidates, if any, or intellectual property, revenue may be generated in the future from such license or collaboration agreements. We cannot predict if, when, or to what extent we will generate revenue from the commercialization and sale of DNTH103 or any future product candidates or from license or collaboration agreements. We may never succeed in obtaining regulatory approval for DNTH103 or any future product candidates.

Licensing Agreements

In June 2022, we executed a license agreement with Zenas BioPharma, Inc. (formerly Zenas BioPharma Limited) (“Zenas”), a related party, which provided Zenas with a license in the People’s Republic of China, including Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan (“Greater China”) for the development and commercialization of certain sequences and products under an identified antibody sequence (the “Zenas License Agreement”). The Zenas License Agreement included the following payments from Zenas: (i) a non-refundable upfront payment of $1.0 million; (ii) an approximately $1.1 million reimbursement payment for a portion of development costs previously incurred by us; (iii) reimbursement of a portion of all CMC-related costs and expenses for the first antibody sequence through the manufacture of the first two batches of drug product; (iv) reimbursement of a portion of all non-CMC-related costs and expenses for the development of the first antibody sequence through the first regulatory approval; (v) development milestones totaling up to $11.0 million; and (vi) royalties on net sales ranging from the mid-single digits to the low teen percentages.

On October 21, 2024, Zenas assigned the Zenas License Agreement to its affiliated entity, Zenas BioPharma (HK) Limited (“Zenas HK”). After the assignment, we entered into a novation agreement (the “Novation Agreement”) with Zenas HK and Tenacia Biotechnology (Hong Kong) Co., Limited (“Tenacia”) and an amendment to the Zenas License Agreement, now with Tenacia (as amended, the “Tenacia License Agreement”), pursuant to which Tenacia replaced Zenas HK as a party to the Zenas Agreements and certain economic terms under the Zenas License Agreement with respect to cost sharing and development milestones were amended.

Except as stated otherwise, the economic terms of the Zenas License Agreement were unchanged when novated by the Novation Agreement and amended by the Tenacia License Agreement.

The consideration under the Tenacia License Agreement, which replaced the consideration of the Zenas License Agreement, related to the first antibody sequence includes the following payments by Tenacia to us: (i) a $2.5 million upfront payment, which was paid by Tenacia to us in October 2024 upon execution of the Tenacia License Agreement; (ii) reimbursement of a portion of certain clinical costs; (iii) development milestones totaling up to $15.0 million; and (iv) royalties on net sales ranging from the mid-single digits to the low teen percentages. Tenacia is also responsible for paying local development costs in Greater China and a portion of central development costs based on the number of patients enrolled from China in our global Phase 3 studies. No milestones were achieved under the Zenas Agreements prior to novation. During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we recognized revenue of $1.0 million related to milestones achieved under the Tenacia Agreements (as defined below). We have not recorded any royalty revenue under the Zenas Agreement prior to novation or the Tenacia Agreements.

Under the Zenas License Agreement, Zenas also had the right to exercise an option with respect to a second antibody sequence, which is now held by Tenacia (the “Tenacia Option” and, together with the Tenacia License Agreement, the “Tenacia Agreements”). Pursuant to the Tenacia Option, if Tenacia exercises the option and pays us the option exercise fee related to the second antibody sequence, we will grant Tenacia an exclusive license to the sequences and licensed products under this second antibody sequence. The economic terms with respect to this second antibody sequence were unchanged by the amendment to the Zenas License Agreement.

During the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, we recognized related party license revenue totaling nil and $0.9 million, respectively, associated with the Zenas Agreements.

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, we recognized license revenue totaling $1.2 million related to the Tenacia Agreements.

Operating Expenses

Research and Development

Research and development expenses account for a significant portion of our operating expenses and consist primarily of external and internal expenses incurred in connection with the discovery and development of DNTH103 and other potential product candidates.

External expenses include:

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payments to third parties in connection with research and development, including agreements with third parties, such as contract research organizations (“CROs”), clinical trial sites and consultants;

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the cost of manufacturing products for use in our clinical trials and preclinical studies, including payments to contract development and manufacturing organizations (“CDMOs”) and consultants; and

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payments to third parties in connection with the preclinical development of other potential product candidates, including for outsourced professional scientific development services, consulting research and collaborative research.

Internal expenses include:

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personnel-related costs, including salaries, bonuses, related benefits and stock-based compensation expenses for employees engaged in research and development functions; and

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depreciation, supplies, travel expenses and other allocated expenses.

We recognize research and development expenses in the periods in which they are incurred. Our internal resources, employees and infrastructure are not directly tied to any one research or drug discovery program and are typically deployed across multiple programs. External expenses are recognized based on an evaluation of the progress to completion of specific tasks using information provided to us by our service providers or our estimate of the level of service that has been performed at each reporting date. We utilize CROs for research and development activities and CDMOs for manufacturing activities and we do not have laboratory or manufacturing facilities. Therefore, we have no material facilities expenses attributed to research and development.

Product candidates in later stages of development generally have higher development costs than those in earlier stages. As a result, we expect that our research and development expenses will increase substantially over the next several years as we advance DNTH103 into larger and later-stage clinical trials, work to discover and develop additional product candidates, seek to expand, maintain, protect and enforce our intellectual property portfolio and hire additional research and development personnel.

The successful development of DNTH103 or any future product candidates is highly uncertain, and we do not believe it is possible at this time to accurately project the nature, timing and estimated costs of the efforts necessary to complete the development of, and obtain regulatory approval for, DNTH103 or any future product candidates. To the extent DNTH103 or any future product candidates continue to advance into larger and later-stage clinical trials, our expenses will increase substantially and may become more variable. The duration, costs and timing of development of DNTH103 or any future product candidates are subject to numerous uncertainties and will depend on a variety of factors, including:

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the timing and progress of our preclinical and clinical development activities;

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the number and scope of preclinical and clinical programs we pursue;

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our ability to establish a favorable safety profile with Investigational New Drug application (“IND”)-enabling toxicology studies to enable clinical trials;

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successful patient enrollment in, and the initiation and completion of, larger and later-stage clinical trials;

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per subject trial costs;

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the number and extent of our clinical trials required for regulatory approval;

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the countries in which our clinical trials are conducted;

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the length of time required to enroll eligible subjects in our clinical trials;

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the number of subjects that participate in our clinical trials;

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the drop-out and discontinuation rate of subjects in our clinical trials;

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potential additional safety monitoring requested by regulatory agencies;

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the duration of subject participation in our clinical trials and follow-up;

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the extent to which we encounter any serious adverse events in our clinical trials;

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the timing of receipt of regulatory approvals from applicable regulatory authorities;

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the timing, receipt and terms of any marketing approvals and post-marketing approval commitments from applicable regulatory authorities;

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the extent to which we establish collaborations, strategic partnerships, or other strategic arrangements with third parties, if any, and the performance of any such third party;

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hiring and retaining research and development personnel;

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our arrangements with our CDMOs and CROs;

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development and timely delivery of commercial-grade drug formulations that can be used in our planned clinical trials and for commercial launch;

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the impact of any business interruptions to our operations or to those of the third parties with whom we work; and

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obtaining, maintaining, defending and enforcing patent claims and other intellectual property rights.

Any of these factors could significantly impact the costs, timing and viability associated with the development of DNTH103 or any future product candidates.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses primarily consist of salaries, bonuses, related benefits, and stock-based compensation expense for personnel in executive, finance, and administrative functions; professional fees for legal, consulting, accounting, and audit services; and travel expenses, technology costs and other allocated expenses. General and administrative expenses also include corporate facility costs, including insurance, rent, utilities, depreciation, and maintenance, not otherwise included in research and development expenses. We recognize general and administrative expenses in the periods in which they are incurred.

We expect that our general and administrative expenses will increase in the future to support our continued research and development activities, pre-commercial preparation activities for the product candidates and, if any product candidate receives marketing approval, commercialization activities. In addition, we anticipate that we will incur additional expenses associated with being a public company, including expenses related to accounting, audit, legal, regulatory, public company reporting and compliance, director and officer insurance, investor and public relations, and other administrative and professional services.

Other Income/(Expense)

Other income/(expense) consists primarily of interest income generated from earnings on invested cash equivalents and investment securities.

Income Tax

Since inception, we have not recorded any U.S. federal or state income tax benefits for the net losses we have incurred in each year or for our earned research tax credits due to uncertainty of realizing a benefit from those items. We maintain a full valuation allowance on our federal and state deferred tax assets as we have concluded that it is more likely than not that the deferred assets will not be utilized.

Results of Operations

Comparison of the Three Months Ended March 31, 2025 and 2024

The following table summarizes our results of operations and other comprehensive loss for the periods indicated:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2025			2024
	(in thousands)
Revenues:
License revenue - related party	$	—		$	874
License revenue		1,163			—
Total revenues		1,163			874
Operating expenses:
Research and development		27,003			13,078
General and administrative		7,337			5,640
Total operating expenses		34,340			18,718
Loss from operations		(33,177	)		(17,844	)
Other income/(expense):
Interest and investment income		3,791			4,222
Loss on investment in related party		(5	)		—
Loss on currency exchange, net		(22	)		(12	)
Other expense		(98	)		(114	)
Total other income		3,666			4,096
Net loss	$	(29,511	)	$	(13,748	)

Revenues

Under the terms of the Zenas Agreements, we recognized related party license revenue of nil and $0.9 million during the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. Additionally, under the terms of the Tenacia Agreements, we recognized license revenue of $1.2 million and nil for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

The increase in total revenues was primarily due to $1.0 million of revenue recognized upon the achievement of a milestone under the Tenacia Agreements, partially offset by a decrease of $0.7 million in reimbursable costs associated with DNTH103’s ongoing clinical trials.

Research and Development Expenses

Research and development expenses were $27.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to $13.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, an increase of $13.9 million. This increase was due to: (1) a $9.9 million increase in external research and development costs, consisting of clinical operations activities, CMC activities, preclinical study costs, and discovery expenses; and (2) a $4.0 million increase in internal research and development costs, consisting of personnel and related costs, stock-based compensation expense and other costs.

The $9.9 million increase in external research and development costs was due to a $9.5 million increase in expenses related to our lead product candidate, DNTH103, and a $0.4 million increase in discovery activities. For the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2024, the increase in DNTH103 related expense was due to $8.5 million in clinical operations activities and $1.1 million in CMC activities, partially offset by a decrease in preclinical study costs of $0.1 million. The increased costs of clinical operations activities and CMC activities were due to activities related to DNTH103’s ongoing Phase 2 clinical trials in gMG and MMN and Phase 3 clinical trial in CIDP.

The $4.0 million increase in internal research and development costs was due to increases of $2.2 million in personnel and related costs, $1.6 million in stock-based compensation expense and $0.2 million in other expenses. The increase in costs was primarily due to increases in headcount and related expenses to support our ongoing Phase 2 and Phase 3 clinical trials.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses were $7.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to $5.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, an increase of $1.7 million. The increase was primarily due to increases of $1.6 million in stock-based compensation expense and $0.7 million in personnel-related costs, partially offset by a decrease of $0.6 million in other costs. The increase in costs was primarily due to increases in headcount and related expenses to support our ongoing Phase 2 and Phase 3 clinical trials.

Other Income/(Expense)

Other income was $3.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025, as compared to $4.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, a decrease of $0.4 million. The decrease was primarily due to higher cash and investment balances in the prior comparable period.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Sources of Liquidity

Since inception, we have not generated any revenue from product sales and have incurred significant operating losses and negative cash flows from operations. We expect to continue to incur significant expenses and operating losses for the foreseeable future as we advance the clinical development of our lead product candidate, DNTH103, or any future product candidates. We expect that our research and development and general and administrative costs will continue to increase significantly, including in connection with conducting clinical trials and manufacturing for our lead product candidate or any future product candidates to support potential future commercialization and providing general and administrative support for our operations, including the costs associated with operating as a public company. As a result, we will need additional capital to fund our operations, which we may obtain from additional equity or debt financings, collaborations, licensing arrangements or other sources. See the section titled “Risk Factors” found elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 filed with the SEC on March 11, 2025 for additional risks associated with our substantial capital requirements.

We have an open market sales agreement with TD Securities (USA) LLC (“TD Cowen”) (the “ATM Agreement”) pursuant to which we may sell, from time to time through TD Cowen, shares of our common stock under an at-the-market (“ATM”) offering for an aggregate sales price of up to $200 million. Any sales of our common stock pursuant to the ATM Agreement are made under our registration statement on Form S-3 which was deemed effective by the SEC on October 9, 2024. To date, we have sold 1,503,708 shares of our common stock under the ATM offering program, with $160.8 million in remaining capacity under the ATM offering program.

To date, we have funded our operations primarily through private placements of capital stock for gross proceeds of $423.5 million and net proceeds of $39.2 million from our ATM offering program.

Future Capital Requirements

Since inception, we have devoted substantially all of our resources to conducting research and development activities (including with respect to the DNTH103 program) and undertaking preclinical studies, conducting clinical trials and the manufacturing of the product used in our clinical trials and preclinical studies, business planning, developing and maintaining our intellectual property portfolio, hiring personnel, raising capital, and providing general and administrative support for these activities.

We do not own or operate, and currently have no plans to establish, any significant laboratory or manufacturing facilities. We rely, and expect to continue to rely, on third parties for the testing and manufacture of our product candidates, as well as for commercial manufacturing should any of our product candidates obtain marketing approval. We believe this strategy allows us to maintain a more efficient infrastructure by eliminating the need to invest in our own significant laboratory and manufacturing facilities, equipment, and personnel while also enabling us to focus expertise and resources on the development of our product candidates.

We have not generated any revenue from product sales. We do not expect to generate any meaningful product revenue unless and until we obtain regulatory approval of and commercialize DNTH103 or any future product candidates, and we do not know when, or if, that will occur. In order to complete the development of DNTH103 or any future product candidates and to build the sales, marketing and distribution infrastructure that we believe will be necessary to commercialize product candidates, if approved, we will require substantial additional capital. Accordingly, until such time that we can generate a sufficient amount of revenue from product sales or other sources, if ever, we expect to seek to raise any necessary additional capital through private or public equity or debt

financings, loans or other capital sources, which could include income from collaborations, partnerships or other marketing, distribution, licensing or other strategic arrangements with third parties, or from grants. To the extent that we raise additional capital through equity financings, such as our ATM offering program, or convertible debt securities, the ownership interest of our stockholders will be or could be diluted, and the terms of these securities may include liquidation or other preferences that adversely affect the rights of our common stockholders. Debt financing and equity financing, if available, may involve agreements that include covenants limiting or restricting our ability to take specific actions, including restricting our operations and limiting our ability to incur liens, issue additional debt, pay dividends, repurchase our common stock, make certain investments or engage in merger, consolidation, licensing, or asset sale transactions. If we raise capital through collaborations, partnerships, and other similar arrangements with third parties, we may be required to grant rights to develop and market product candidates that we would otherwise prefer to develop and market ourselves. We may be unable to raise additional capital from these sources on favorable terms, or at all. Our ability to raise additional capital may be adversely impacted by potential worsening global economic conditions and the disruptions to, and volatility in, the credit and financial markets in the United States and worldwide resulting from bank failures, other general macroeconomic conditions and otherwise. Our failure to obtain sufficient capital on acceptable terms when needed could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations or financial condition, including requiring us to seek other alternatives which may include, among others, a delay or termination of our clinical trials or the development of our product candidates, temporary or permanent curtailment of our operations, a sale of our assets, or other alternatives with strategic or financial partners. We cannot provide assurance that we will ever generate positive cash flow from operating activities.

To date, we have funded our operations primarily with proceeds from the sale of capital stock and have raised aggregate gross proceeds of $423.5 million from private placements and net proceeds of $39.2 million from our ATM offering program. However, we have incurred significant recurring losses. We generated net losses of $29.5 million and $13.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. As of March 31, 2025, we had an accumulated deficit of $203.9 million. Our net losses may fluctuate significantly from quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year, depending on a variety of factors, including the timing, scope and results of our research and development activities. As of March 31, 2025, we had cash, cash equivalents and investments of $331.5 million. Based on our current operating plan, we believe that our existing cash, cash equivalents and investments should be sufficient to fund our operations into the second half of 2027. Until we achieve profitability, we plan to fund our operations and capital expenditures with cash on hand and expect to seek to raise any necessary additional capital through private or public equity or debt financings, loans or other capital sources, which could include income from collaborations, partnerships or other marketing, distribution, licensing or other strategic arrangements with third parties, or from grants. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in raising additional capital or that such capital, if available, will be on terms that are acceptable to us.

We based projections of operating capital requirements on our current operating plan, which includes several assumptions that may prove to be incorrect, and we may use all of our available capital resources sooner than we expect.

Because of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with research, development and commercialization of product candidates, we are unable to estimate the exact amount and timing of our capital requirements. Our future funding requirements will depend on many factors, including:

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the scope, timing, progress, results, and costs of researching and developing DNTH103, and conducting larger and later-stage clinical trials;

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the scope, timing, progress, results, and costs of researching and developing other future product candidates that we may pursue;

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the costs, timing, and outcome of regulatory review of our product candidates;

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the costs of future activities, including product sales, medical affairs, marketing, manufacturing, and distribution, for any of our product candidates for which we receive marketing approval;

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the costs of manufacturing commercial-grade products and sufficient inventory to support commercial launch;

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the revenue, if any, received from commercial sale of our products, should any of our product candidates receive marketing approval;

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the cost and timing of attracting, hiring, and retaining skilled personnel to support our operations and continued growth;

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the costs of preparing, filing and prosecuting patent applications, maintaining and enforcing our intellectual property rights and defending intellectual property-related claims;

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our ability to establish, maintain, and derive value from collaborations, partnerships or other marketing, distribution, licensing, or other strategic arrangements with third parties on favorable terms, if at all;

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the extent to which we acquire or in-license other product candidates and technologies, if any; and

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the costs associated with operating as a public company.

A change in the outcome of any of these or other factors with respect to the development of any of our product candidates could significantly change the costs and timing associated with the development of that product candidate. Furthermore, our operating plans may change in the future, and we may need additional capital to meet the capital requirements associated with such operating plans.

Cash Flows

The following table summarizes our cash flows for the periods indicated:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2025			2024
	(in thousands)
Net cash used in operating activities	$	(27,630	)	$	(14,941	)
Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities		14,794			(5,507	)
Net cash provided by financing activities		161			217,847
(Decrease)/increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash	$	(12,675	)	$	197,399

Cash Flows from Operating Activities

For the three months ended March 31, 2025, net cash used in operating activities consisted of a net loss of $29.5 million and an increase in net operating assets and liabilities of $1.6 million, partially offset by net non-cash operating expenses of $3.5 million. The increase in net operating assets and liabilities was primarily attributable to increases in prepaid expenses and other current assets of $1.9 million, accounts receivable, net of $1.0 million and decreases in accounts payable, accrued expenses and operating lease liabilities of $1.5 million, partially offset by decreases in other assets of $2.0 million and related party receivable from Zenas of $0.8 million. The non-cash operating expenses consisted primarily of stock-based compensation expense of $5.3 million and amortization of right-of-use operating lease assets of $0.1 million, partially offset by accretion of discount on investment securities of $1.9 million.

For the three months ended March 31, 2024, net cash used in operating activities consisted of a net loss of $13.7 million and an increase in net operating assets and liabilities of $2.8 million, partially offset by net non-cash operating expenses of $1.6 million. The increase in net operating assets and liabilities was primarily attributable to a decrease in accounts payable, accrued expenses and lease liabilities of $3.0 million and increases in unbilled receivable from Zenas of $0.3 million and receivable from Zenas of $0.1 million, partially offset by decreases in prepaid expenses and other current assets of $0.3 million and other assets of $0.3 million. The non-cash operating expenses consisted mainly of stock-based compensation expense of $2.0 million and amortization of right-of-use lease assets of $0.1 million, partially offset by accretion of discount on investments of $0.5 million.

Cash Flows from Investing Activities

For the three months ended March 31, 2025, net cash provided by investing activities consisted primarily of $82.1 million in proceeds from maturities of investment securities, partially offset by $67.3 million of purchases of investment securities.

For the three months ended March 31, 2024, net cash used in investing activities consisted of $20.5 million of purchases of investment securities, partially offset by $15.0 million of proceeds from maturities of investment securities.

Cash Flows from Financing Activities

For the three months ended March 31, 2025, net cash provided by financing activities consisted primarily of $0.1 million of proceeds from common stock issued under our ESPP and $30 thousand of proceeds from the exercise of stock options.

For the three months ended March 31, 2024, net cash provided by financing activities primarily consisted of $217.5 million of net proceeds from the private placement and $0.3 million of proceeds from the exercise of stock options.

Contractual Obligations and Commitments

Lease Obligations

We lease administrative office space under operating lease agreements in New York, New York, and Waltham, Massachusetts, which expire in February 2031 and January 2026, respectively.

Research and Development and Manufacturing Agreements

We enter into agreements with certain vendors for the provision of goods and services, which includes manufacturing services with CDMOs and development and clinical trial services with CROs. These agreements may include certain provisions for purchase obligations and termination obligations that could require payments for the cancellation of committed purchase obligations or for early termination of the agreements. The amount of the cancellation or termination payments vary and are based on the timing of the cancellation or termination and the specific terms of the agreement. These obligations and commitments are not presented separately.

License and Collaboration Agreements

In August 2019, we entered into a license agreement with Alloy Therapeutics, LLC (“Alloy”) for (i) a worldwide, non-exclusive license to use the Alloy technology solely to generate Alloy antibodies and platform assisted antibodies for internal, non-clinical research purposes, and (ii) with respect to Alloy antibodies and platform assisted antibodies that are selected by us for inclusion into a partnered antibody program, a worldwide, assignable license to make, have made, use, offer for sale, sell, import, develop, manufacture, and commercialize products comprising partnered antibody programs selected from Alloy antibodies and platform assisted antibodies in any field of use. In addition to annual license fees, we are obligated to pay development and commercial milestone payments of up to $12.8 million for the first partnered antibody, which has been selected for the DNTH103 program. The license agreement was amended in October 2022 to extend the agreement to a potential second partnered antibody. In addition to annual license fees, we are obligated to pay development and commercial milestone payments of up to $18.1 million for a second partnered antibody, if and when selected.

In September 2022, we entered into a commercial platform license agreement and services agreement with two subsidiaries of Ligand Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (“Ligand”). In November 2022, Ligand spun-off these subsidiaries into a separate legal entity, OmniAb, Inc. (“OmniAb”). The platform license agreement and services agreement with OmniAb grants us (i) a worldwide, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable license under the OmniAb technology to use chicken animals for generation of OmniAb antibodies for research purposes and (ii) a worldwide, non-exclusive license under the OmniAb technology to use rodent animals for generation of OmniAb antibodies for research purposes. In addition to annual license fees, we are obligated to pay development milestones payments of up to $12.2 million and to pay royalties in the low to mid-single digit percentages.

In July 2020, we entered into a collaborative research agreement with IONTAS Limited (“IONTAS”) to perform certain milestone-based research and development activities under our first development program. The agreement was amended in January 2023 to extend services to additional development programs. We are obligated to pay development and commercial milestone payments of up to £5.4 million (approximately $7.0 million based on the March 31, 2025 exchange rate) with the first development program and of up to £2.5 million (approximately $3.2 million based on the March 31, 2025 exchange rate) with the second development program.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Our financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of the financial statements and related disclosures requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, costs and expenses, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities in our financial statements. We base our estimates on historical experience, known trends and events and various other factors that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. We evaluate estimates and assumptions on a periodic basis. Our actual results may differ materially from these estimates.

During the three months ended March 31, 2025, there were no material changes to our critical accounting estimates from those disclosed in the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2024 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 11, 2025.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

We are a smaller reporting company, as defined by Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and in Item 10(f)(1) of Regulation S-K, and are not required to provide the information under this item.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Management’s Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and that management is required to apply judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs. Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2025. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended March 31, 2025 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings.

From time to time, we may be involved in litigation and other legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of our business. We are not currently a party to or aware of any legal proceedings that we believe will have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. The outcome of any claims or litigation, regardless of the merits, is inherently uncertain. Regardless of the outcome, litigation and other legal proceedings can have a material adverse impact on us, our business, financial condition, results of operations or cash flows because of defense and settlement costs, diversion of management resources, in the case of intellectual property claims, requirements to change our product candidates, change our business practices, pay monetary damages or enter into short- or long-term royalty or licensing agreements, and other factors.

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

You should carefully consider the risks, uncertainties and other factors contained in the risks factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, as well as the other information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, including our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes and the section titled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and in our other public filings, in evaluating our business. The occurrence of any of the events or developments described in the above-mentioned risk factors could materially harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects. In such an event, the market price of our common stock could decline. Additional risks, uncertainties and other factors not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial also may harm our business, financial condition, results of operations and growth prospects.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Equity Securities

There were no sales of unregistered equity securities during the quarter ended March 31, 2025.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

We did not repurchase any of our equity securities during the quarter ended March 31, 2025.

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

Item 5. Other Information.

(c) Trading Plans. The following table discloses any officer (as defined in Rule 16a-1(f) under the Exchange Act) or director who entered into, modified or terminated a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement or non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement (as such terms are defined in Item 408 of Regulation S-K) during the three months ended March 31, 2025:


Name (Tile)	Action Taken (Date of Action)	Nature of Trading Arrangement	Type of Trading Arrangement	Duration of Trading Arrangement	Aggregate Number of Securities
Marino Garcia (President and Chief Executive Officer)	Adoption (March 17, 2025)	Sale	Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement	Through and including December 31, 2025	Up to 70,000 shares
Ryan Savitz (Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer)	Adoption (March 31, 2025)	Sale	Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement	Through and including December 31, 2025	Up to 60,000 shares

Item 6. Exhibits.


Exhibit Number		Description
2.1†**		Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 2, 2023, by and among Magenta Therapeutics, Inc., Dio Merger Sub, Inc. and Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 3, 2023).
3.1**		Fifth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on September 12, 2023).
3.2**		Third Amended and Restated By-laws (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 21, 2024).
4.1**		Form of Pre-Funded Warrant of Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 22, 2024).
4.2**		Registration Rights Agreement, dated January 22, 2024, by and among Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. and certain parties thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 22, 2024).
31.1*		Principal Executive Officer Certification Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 .
31.2*		Principal Financial Officer Certification Pursuant to Rules 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1***		Certifications Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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* Filed herewith.

** Previously filed.

*** Furnished herewith. The certifications on Exhibit 32.1 hereto are deemed not “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liability of that Section. Such certifications will not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

† The annexes, schedules and certain exhibits to the Merger Agreement have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. Dianthus Therapeutics, Inc. hereby agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted annex, schedule or exhibit to the SEC upon request.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


	DIANTHUS THERAPEUTICS, INC.

Date: May 12, 2025	By:	/s/ Marino Garcia
		Name: Marino Garcia
		Title: President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

	DIANTHUS THERAPEUTICS, INC.

Date: May 12, 2025	By:	/s/ Ryan Savitz
		Name: Ryan Savitz
		Title: Chief Financial Officer and Chief Business Officer (Principal Financial Officer)