Compelling kidney function data and meta-analysis from two Phase 2 studies with varoglutamstat presented at WCN 2026
Pronounced treatment effect in high-risk patients, including those with diabetes and lower baseline eGFR supporting plans to advance development in stage 3b/4 diabetic kidney disease (DKD)
Company continues to prioritize strategic partnering objectives; active due diligence processes underway with multiple parties
Financial guidance reconfirmed: Vivoryon expects cash and cash equivalents to be sufficient for funding operations into Q4 2026
Halle (Saale) / Munich, Germany, June 11, 2026 - Vivoryon Therapeutics N.V. (Euronext Amsterdam: VVY; NL00150002Q7) (Vivoryon), a clinical stage company developing small molecule medicines for inflammatory and fibrotic disorders, with a primary focus on kidney diseases, today announced financial results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2026, and provided a corporate update.
"In Q1 2026 our focus remained on strategic discussions with potential partners to support the Phase 2b development of varoglutamstat in advanced DKD. We continue to make substantial progress and remain actively engaged with multiple parties who, like us, understand the need for disease-modifying therapeutics that could improve or stabilize kidney function," said Frank Weber, MD, CEO of Vivoryon. "We have consistently shown that varoglutamstat improves kidney function in elderly patients, in particular those with diabetes, and have established a large pre-clinical and clinical data set to de-risk the planned Phase 2b program. Taken together, these data give us further confidence that, through its differentiated mechanism of action targeting fibrotic and inflammatory pathways, varoglutamstat could have a transformative role in preventing progression of life-limiting kidney diseases."
Q1 2026 and Post-Period Updates
Strategic PrioritiesVivoryon's key strategic priority for 2026 is to secure the funding necessary to advance varoglutamstat into a Phase 2b clinical study in patients with advanced DKD stage 3b/4 in order to confirm the compelling data observed in the VIVIAD and VIVA-MIND studies. Throughout the reporting period and recent months, the Company has continued to engage in active discussions and due diligence under CDA with multiple potential biopharma partners and strategic investors.
Varoglutamstat ProgramVivoryon's varoglutamstat Phase 2 program has shown highly consistent, statistically significant and clinically meaningful improvement of kidney function (eGFR) versus placebo in two independent randomized double-blind placebo-controlled studies, VIVIAD and VIVA-MIND. The Company is planning to confirm these results in a dedicated Phase 2b clinical study in patients with DKD stage 3b/4. Initiation of the Phase 2b and all future studies is subject to additional funding and/or partnership, which Vivoryon continues to actively explore.
On March 28, 2026, Vivoryon presented a poster at the World Congress of Nephrology (WCN) in Yokohama, Japan, providing an update on the growing body of evidence validating glutaminyl cyclases (QPCT/L) as promising targets in DKD. The analyses underscored previous reports showing that the effect of varoglutamstat on eGFR observed in VIVIAD and VIVA-MIND was greater in elderly participants with diabetes compared to elderly participants without diabetes. In participants with diabetes and lower baseline eGFR (mean 60 mL/min/1.73m2), the effect ...
