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MICROBA LIFE SCIENCES LIMITED — Investor Presentation 2026
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ASX Announcement 29 January 2026
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Q2 FY26 Quarterly Investor Presentation & Webinar
Microba Life Sciences Limited (ASX: MAP) (“Microba” or the “Company”) is pleased to provide below its Q2 FY26 Investor Presentation and Investor Webinar with CEO, Dr Luke Reid presenting.
Quarterly Investor Webinar
Presented by: CEO, Dr Luke Reid
Date & Time: 11:00am AEST (Brisbane) / 12:00pm (midday) AEDT (Sydney/Melbourne) on Thursday, 29 January 2026
Webinar Registration : Registration is required to attend the Quarterly Investor Webinar. Please register for the - - - Webinar via Microba’s Investor Hub at the following link: https://ir.microba.com/webinars/LPZmNr q2 fy26 quarterly-investor-webinar
Webinar Recording: A recording will be made available at the same link following the conclusion of the live webinar.
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This announcement has been authorised for release by the Board of Directors
For further information, please contact: Dr Luke Reid Chief Executive Officer [email protected] https://ir.microba.com/welcome
About Microba Life Sciences Limited
Microba Life Sciences is a precision microbiome company driven to improve human health. With world-leading technology for measuring the human gut microbiome, Microba is driving the discovery and development of novel therapeutics for major chronic diseases and delivering gut microbiome testing services globally to researchers, clinicians, and consumers. Through partnerships with leading organisations, Microba is powering the discovery of new relationships between the microbiome, health and disease for the development of new health solutions. For more information visit www.microba.com
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Microba Life Sciences Ltd | ABN 82 617 096 652 | L10, 324 Queen Street, Brisbane QLD 4000 Australia | 1300 974 621
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Q2 FY26 Results
Building the platform for personalised, microbiome-based healthcare
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ASX: MAP 29 JANUARY 2026
Authorised for release by the Board of Directors
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Disclaimer
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This presentation ( Presentation ) has been prepared by Microba Life Sciences Limited ( Microba ).
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Key Risks & Forward Financial Information Assumptions
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Forward Financial Information Assumptions
The achievement of the FY26 forward information & ~3-year strategic objectives detailed in slide 4 is based on the below key assumptions, and deviation in the Company’s ability to achieve or not achieve these key assumptions, may materially affect the Company’s ability to execute these objectives. Refer to slide 2 for the general disclaimer relating to 'future performance'. The assumptions specific to the FY26 forward information & ~3-year strategic objectives are set out below.
FY26 Outlook Assumptions
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YoY core test volume growth of 100% assumes continued clinician adoption growth in Australia and the UK market.
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Increased clinician adoption, including continued growth of new clinician accounts and maintenance of existing test referral rates in Australia & the United Kingdom
- New product feature releases.
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Assumes that Operating Expenses, Product Development and Corporate Expenditure grow at a rate below revenue growth, enabling operating leverage.
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Assumes that new geographies or product development programs do not materially increase operating expenditure during the period.
Strong YoY Core Test Growth – Australia & United Kingdom – Assumptions
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Growth targets assumed in the Group EBITDA Break-even plan assumes continued strong clinical adoption by innovator and early adopter clinicians and broader market penetration.
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Assumed strong YoY growth is dependent on the availability of sufficient capital to support planned commercial expansion, product development and operational scaling. In the event that capital is not secured at anticipated levels, these objectives may be delayed or may not be achieved.
Initial Market Penetration – United States & Europe – Assumptions
FY26 break-even milestones - Assumptions
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Based on operating break-even at a regional level (forecasted to be achieved at test volumes of >24,000, split across Australia and the UK)
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Break-even figures are on a regional EBITDA basis only and exclude Corporate, Product Development Expenditure and Share Based Payments expense.
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Australia break-even and UK break-even figures are based on forecast test pricing, targeted gross margins, and assumed operating cost structures for each geography.
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Test pricing and gross margins are assumed to remain stable over FY25–FY26, with no material changes.
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Operational costs assume continued efficiencies from fixed infrastructure and modest scaling of commercial and support functions, including advancement and implementation of productassisted/led growth models.
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Assumed core test pricing aligned with existing competitor predicate tests in market.
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Entry into the US and Europe is expected to be limited to one initial geography in each region.
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Assumes Laboratory Developed Test (LDT) regulatory pathway remains accessible in the US, and CLIA accreditation is achieved for Microba central laboratory in Australia to service the initial development of the US market
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Assumes successful establishment of laboratory service partnership and logistics with The Doctors Laboratory (a subsidiary of Sonic Healthcare) to service volume from the UK and Europe
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Assumes supportive regulatory, geopolitical and tariff environment and no material delays in market access.
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Assumes no requirement for reimbursement, cash pay sales are considered only.
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Modest investment has been included, no material CAPEX expenditure has been incorporated, with existing and partner laboratories utilised to service growth in test volume.
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UK break-even assumptions are modelled using an AUD:GBP exchange rate of 0.48.
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Assumes no material disruption from regulatory changes, macroeconomic & geopolitical shifts, or competitive pricing actions.
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Forecasts are contingent on execution of FY26 revenue plan and sufficient capital allocation to support commercial execution and product development.
Transformative Patient Outcomes – Assumptions
- Qualitative and based on the frequency of patient outcomes shown from existing study data on Microba’s core tests, and the anticipated growth in patient test usage and resulting continued growth in clinician adoption
~3 Year Strategic Objective Assumptions
Group EBITDA Break-even - Assumptions
- Group break-even assumes successful execution of the FY26 regional break-even milestones (see above), followed by further scale in existing markets.
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“We are building the platform for personalised, microbiome-based healthcare.”
FY26
Expand clinical adoption. Break-even in Australia & . United Kingdom[1] >100% YoY core test growth
FY25
Grow early clinical adoption. UK market expansion. 161% YoY core test growth $15.67m Revenue
Regional Break-even In Australia & United Kingdom[1] >24,000 Core test volume
12,631 Core test volume
~3 Year Strategic Objective
Strong penetration of innovator & early adopter clinicians. Transformative patient outcomes across core regions.
Break-even Group EBITDA
Australia Strong YoY growth
United Kingdom Strong YoY growth
United States Momentum in first state Europe Momentum in first country
The information on this slide includes forward financial information (Forward Financial Information). The Forward Financial Information has been prepared by Microba Life Sciences Ltd based on management best estimate assumptions which relate to future event(s) that Microba expects to occur and actions that Microba expects to take and are also subject to uncertainties and contingencies, which are often outside the control of Microba. While all reasonable endeavours have been made to ensure both the robustness of the assumptions on which the Forward Financial Information is based and that such assumptions are true, complete and accurate, such assumptions are generally future-oriented and therefore speculative in nature. 'Refer to slide 2 Financial Information Assumptions') for detail on both the assumptions and risks underpinning the FY26 numbers and ~3 Year Strategic Objective.
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Section 1
Q2 FY26 Financial Highlights
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Core Testing Volumes up 90% YoY.
Annualised run rate 21,300+
On track for >24,000 core test and regional break-even guidance Microbiome Explorer now 55% of total revenue
Global Core Test Volume
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6000
+90%
5000
4000
3000
2000
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Australia United Kingdom
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Growth accelerating, and legacy products fully discontinued
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Growth $5,000,000 +129%
Core tests & clinical software winning
a major new $25B diagnostic $4,000,000
category
$3,000,000
$2,000,000
$1,000,000
$0
H2 FY24 H1FY25 H2FY25 H1FY26
Base $4,000,000
$3,000,000
To continue with opportunity
for future growth. $2,000,000
(Supplements, Strategic International Partners) $1,000,000
$0
H2 FY24 H1FY25 H2FY25 H1FY26
$4,000,000
Legacy
$3,000,000
Products & services now fully discontinued
(Research services, UK EcologiX test, AU Insight test) $2,000,000
$1,000,000
$0
H2 FY24 H1FY25 H2FY25 H1FY26
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Chart X-axis are sales in AUD; revenue recognition timing differs.
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Section 2
Q2 FY26 Business Highlights
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Sub-Section 2.1
Key Highlights
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Diagnostic testing advancement
Microba is creating a new diagnostic category in clinical microbiome testing, which the Company estimates represents a market opportunity exceeding US$100 billion. Category creation requires disciplined execution aligned to the customer adoption curve, progressing from innovators to early adopters and, over time, to broader mainstream adoption. Microba’s strategy is designed to de-risk this process through a structured, region-by-region market development process.
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Test grade | AU | UK | US | EU | Description | 10 |
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| Innovator | Non-clinical | Pre April 2023 (Insight) |
Pre May 2025 (EcologiX) |
Today with US partner (Insight) |
Today with EU partner (Insight) |
Deliver non-clinical testing to commence market engagement, develop KOL relationships, establish regional healthy reference ranges. |
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| Innovator | Clinical | April 2023 – Sep 2025 (Microbiome Explorer) |
May 2025 – today (Microbiome Explorer) |
Next Est. to commence in 2027 |
Next Est. to commence in 2028 |
Deliver clinical testing to innovator clinicians and their patients |
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| Early Adopter | Clinical | Sep 2025 – today (Microbiome Explorer) |
Next | Later | Later | Deliver clinical testing to early adopter clinicians, expanding into medium to large healthcare clinics and their patients |
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| Early Majority | Clinical | Next | Later | Later | Later | Deliver clinical testing to early majority leveraging deep KOL relationships established in the innovator and early adopter phases. Start to bring in partial reimbursement subsidisation to expand access. |
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| Late Majority | Clinical | Later | Later | Later | Later | Deliver clinical testing to late majority leveraging full reimbursement. |
UK adoption outperforming AU adoption by 33%
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Post launch regional
• Post launch test volume, regional comparison –
Leveraging the existing
comparison – first QTRs
acquired customer base 900 3,500 all time
in the UK, we are
+33%
seeing UK adoption 800 3,000
outperform AU adoption
by 33% at the 700
equivalent time post 2,500
launch. 600
2,000
• We expect this to 500
continue to accelerate
across 2026 leveraging 400 1,500
the historical Invivo
customer base, product 300
1,000
advancement and
200
feature releases, and
global marketing 500
100
efficiency.
0 0
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 Q10 Q11 Q12
Australia United Kingdom
Full market access
Full market access
Christmas holiday period impact
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AI-Driven Transformation: Delivering major efficiency gains and customer value
AI implementation across all business functions is delivering measurable efficiencies, improved customer experiences, and operational advancements that position us for long-term success.
Key examples:
AI customer service agent 71.4% 94.7% of enquiries satisfaction resolved score with AI with AI agent agent service
AI code generation AI science research agent 1.5x 3x 30% 50% Efficiency Efficiency Efficiency Efficiency gain today gain targeted gain today gain targeted
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New Product Feature Releases
Oral Species Biomarker
Released into Microbiome Explorer November 2025
The new Oral Species biomarker enables practitioners to assess how microbes from the mouth can appear in the gut, identifying a hidden contributor of intestinal inflammation, impacts of PPI use and bacterial load.
This biomarker detects the presence and abundance of over 410 oral-origin species powered by the Oral Species Index (OSI), and is now included in all Microbiome Explorer reports.
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New Product Feature Releases
Pay on Invoice
Released into Microbiome Explorer November 2025
Pay on Invoice supports enterprise sales workflows and adoption from medium and large clinics together with high volume individual clinicians.
High volume practitioners can now sign a service agreement with Microba, and access 30-day payment terms on invoice for all referred and sold tests.
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New Product Feature Releases
Sunday collection and simplified instructions
Released into Microbiome Explorer December 2025
Patients can now collect and return their samples on a Sunday. This expands the sampling window, removing a key point of friction in the return process, and improving convenience for patients.
Simplified instructions and improvements were rolled out across all sampling kits, reducing sampling complexity, improving patient confidence at collection, and reducing component costs by ~18%.
Early feedback from these improvements has been positive, with public commentary across social platforms from patients and healthcare practitioners
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New Microba Brand Launch
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Global Microba Brand
Released in November 2025
The Microba brand launch consolidated our global brands, driving operational efficiencies, and increased marketing effectiveness to increase sales and lower costs .
An example of this is through streamlined global lifecycle marketing under the new brand. Microba’s marketing team have already shortened time from practitioner signup to making their first referral: Nov - 12.4 days Dec - 6.2 days Jan - 1.7 days
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New Product Naming
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MetaXplore is now Microbiome Explorer
Released in November 2025
As a part of the new Microba brand launch, we refreshed our product names to make them simpler and clearer. MetaXplore is now known as Microbiome Explorer , available in three variants:
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Microba Microbiome Explorer – Comprehensive (Available in UK + Australia)
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Microba Microbiome Explorer – Essentials (Coming to the UK in Q3)
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Microba Microbiome Explorer – Extended (Coming to the UK in Q3)
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Sub-Section 2.2
Growth Product Results
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Growing Microbiome Explorer sales and clinical adoption in Australia
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Microbiome Explorer Microbiome Explorer
Test Sales Volume (AU) Ordering Clinicians (AU)
10,000 1,400
9,000
8,245 1,200 1,146
8,000
1,035
1,000
7,000 6,673
6,000
800
738
5,000
4,392
600
4,000 526
3,000 2,907 400 387
Q1
2,000 1,782
200
1,000
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H1FY24 H2FY24 H1FY25 H2FY25 H1FY26 H1FY24 H2FY24 H1FY25 H2FY25 H1FY26
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Record Q2 Microbiome Explorer AU tests sales of 4,360
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Q2 Microbiome Explorer AU annualised runrate of 17,440 tests sold
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Q2 Microbiome Explorer AU Ordering Clinicians: 878
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Supported by consistent clinician engagement, focused field activity, ongoing product enhancements, and continued growth in ordering clinicians.
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Strong progress in UK market development for Microbiome Explorer
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Microbiome Explorer Microbiome Explorer
Test Sales Volume (UK) Ordering Clinicians (UK)
1800 500
1600 450
1,511 419
400
1400
350
1200
300
1000
250
800
675
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175
600 Q1
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Q2 Microbiome Explorer UK test sales of 728
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Q2 Microbiome Explorer UK annualised run-rate of 2,912 tests sold
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Q2 Microbiome Explorer UK Ordering Clinicians: 268
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Supported by strategic clinician education, targeted field sales execution, product enhancements and market development through key industry events.
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Steady MetaPanel sales and clinical adoption in Australia
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MetaPanel MetaPanel
Test Sales Volume (AU) Ordering Clinicians (AU)
600 350
306
496 300
500
276
465
255
402 250
400
200
300
150
200 104
155 100
100
50
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Steady Q2 MetaPanel test sales of 239 tests
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Focus remains on organic development of Gastroenterology specialists which will drive adoption activity in the rest of the clinician market.
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We expect a gradual rate of adoption over the next year, with subsequent years providing the opportunity for larger volume as our consistent Key Opinion Leader (KOL) and evidence development work starts to yield results in routine usage.
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Sub-Section 2.3
Base Product Results
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Supplement growth focused on Invivo branded products
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Supplement Supplement
Unit Sales (UK) Revenue (UK)
70,000 $3,000,000
60,000
$2,500,000
50,000
$2,000,000
40,000
$1,500,000
30,000
$1,000,000
20,000
Q1
$500,000
10,000
0 $0
H1FY25 H2FY25 H1FY26 H1FY25 H2FY25 H1FY26
Invivo DFH Invivo DFH
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Invivo branded and owned supplements delivered a record quarter of $0.72m.
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Leading PHGG prebiotic supplement volumes up 110% vs PCP
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A subscription offering was launched in October, and it has already grown to over 300 subscribers.
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Moved from 99th to 12th position since September in fibre supplement category on Amazon in the UK
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The supplement business continues to accelerate its transition to high margin own label Invivo products (from distributed products), which delivered a record quarter for Invivo products.
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Sub-Section 2.4
Legacy Product Results
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Roll-off of discontinued legacy product revenue complete
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Legacy Product Revenue
4,000,000
3,500,000
3,000,000
2,500,000
2,000,000
1,500,000
1,000,000
Q1
500,000
0
H2 FY24 H1FY25 H2FY25 H1FY26
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As previously outlined, the Company has been strategically discontinuing legacy revenue and focusing on our core testing products.
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During the quarter, the Company replaced over $1.6m of discontinued legacy product revenue.
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This will enable a clear revenue growth picture from Q3 FY26 with the last of the Legacy Product Revenue being removed in Q2 FY26.
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Sub-Section 2.5
Therapeutic Partnering
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Pipeline of assets backed by big-data, preclinical and clinical validation, targeting deals
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5+ years of investment to develop a rich pipeline of live biotherapeutic assets and data, leveraging Microba’s world leading databank generated from it’s testing business
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Multiple microbiome therapeutics sector read outs delivered over recent months validating the modality for pharma partners, with more readouts coming in early CY2026
Therapeutic Assets
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Upcoming deal catalysts Deal Catalysts
The results from these trials if positive, validate this new live-biotherapeutic modality, and create a deal environment for Microba’s best in class assets.
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The team are active in partnering Microba’s assets
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Recent deal precedents ranging between $1.5 – $11B
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Vedanta – Global, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 study COLLECTiVE202, for VE202 in patients with mild-to-moderate UC. 13 Aug 2025 - did not meet their end points .
Siolta - Phase 1b/2, randomized, double-blind, multi-center study to evaluate the preliminary clinical efficacy of STMC-103H in neonates and infants at risk for developing allergic disease. 17 Nov 2025 - met their end points.
Maat Pharma - Phase 3 ARES trial, evaluating Xervyteg® (MaaT013) in gastrointestinal acute Graftversus-Host Disease patients. – 8 Dec 2025 – positive final pivotal results. Under regulatory review by the European Medicines Agency for Market Approval – decision expected mid-2026.
Enterobiotix - Phase 2a TrIuMPH trial, for EBX-102-02 in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) patients. 8 Jan 2026 - met their end points.
Microbiotica - Phase 1b First-in-Human trial, COMPOSER-1, for MB310 in ulcerative colitis (UC) patients. Delayed. Expected to read out in early CY26.
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LBP = Live Biotherapeutic Product
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Sub-Section 2.6
Focus & Catalysts
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Key areas of focus & catalysts
Diagnostics
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Australia - continued growth in test sales and clinical adoption
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United Kingdom - continued growth in test sales and clinical adoption
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Multiple upcoming feature releases
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Additional Microbiome Explorer SKUs launch in UK
Therapeutics
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Active in partnering off the back of recent positive sector trial readouts
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Additional sector catalysts, expected in early CY2026.
FY26 Guidance
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Regional Break-even in Australia & United Kingdom
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24,000 Core test volume (Q2 annualised run rate of ~21,300+)
| Corporate Snapshot | |||
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| ASX Code | MAP | ||
| Market capitalisation1 | $57.9m | ||
| Shares on issue | 608.96m | ||
| 52-week low / high1 | $0.069 / $0.325 | ||
| Cash Balance (31 Dec 2025) | $11.27m |
| Major Shareholders | |||
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| Shareholder | Ownership %2 | ||
| Sonic Healthcare | 21.68% | ||
| Perennial | 12.02% | ||
| Thorney Investment Group | 5.88% | ||
| Mercer Investments (Australia) | 6.37% | ||
| SA Microba Holdings | 5.50% |
1 At 27 January 2026 | 2 As per latest substantial shareholder notice lodged to the ASX
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SECTION 3
Microba Overview
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Sub-Section 3.1
The Microbiome Opportunity The next frontier in precision healthcare
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Changing the gut microbiome can treat chronic disease
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21,000+
Research publications
demonstrate a clear link
between chronic diseases
and the gut microbiome
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150+
Global clinical studies
demonstrate that
microbiome modulation can
influence disease outcomes
and clinical symptoms
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Gastrointestinal Mental Cardiovascular
Cancer Autoimmune
Allergy
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PubMed search terms "gut microbiome" and "modulate" and "clinical study" and manually selecting for clinical trials with positive results indicated in the abstracts.
Clear, global and ambitious vision
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Broad-based acceptance
The microbiome is recognised by healthcare professionals and patients as critical to health and disease management.
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Regular testing is commonplace
High quality and clinically useful microbiome testing is performed regularly – initiated both by patients and clinicians.
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Usage of approved therapeutics is routine
Microbiome therapeutics are approved and in routine use for both maintenance and the treatment of multiple chronic diseases.
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Millions of patients living healthier lives
Microbiome diagnostics and therapeutics have materially improved millions of patient lives – driving yet further awareness and adoption.
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Combating chronic disease through microbiome diagnostics and therapeutics
$1.4 trillion healthcare disruption opportunity
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Microbiome testing to diagnose and match patients with the right treatment
Microbiome therapy to treat chronic diseases
Est. TAM $125B
Est. TAM $1.3T
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Unlocking the $1.4 trillion healthcare disruption opportunity
Diagnostics
Clinical microbiome testing
Therapeutics Precision microbiome therapeutics
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Opening a $100B new Two tests. diagnostic category. GASTROINTESTINAL PATHOGEN TEST
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• Focus today $25B market - patients with unresolved GI disease GASTROINTESTINAL DISORDERS TEST
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Accelerating traction in first two markets – Australia & United Kingdom
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- FY25 revenue $15.67m
World leading partners
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Regional break-even milestones targeted in FY26
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5 years of R&D established pipeline of live biotherapeutic assets
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Deep preclinical and early clinical validation
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Transitioned from R&D to partnering focus
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$1.5b to $11B deal precedents
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Upcoming sector deal catalysts before end of CY2025
3 programs.
INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE PROGRAM CLINICAL INDICATION Mild-moderate Ulcerative Colitis
IMMUNO-ONCOLOGY PROGRAM CLINICAL INDICATION Multiple cancers to enhance checkpoint inhibitor response
AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE PROGRAM
CLINICAL INDICATION Lupus, psoriatic arthritis & liver disease
2 commercial value streams
PHARMA PROBIOTIC
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World leading microbiome analysis technology | Proprietary databank | Advanced AI and biostatistics
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Sub-Section 3.2
Diagnostics Products, TAM & Clinical Data
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Our diagnostics focus
Patients suffering from gastrointestinal disease
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Gastrointestinal 82,690,000 patients suffering
Mental Cardiovascular
Oncology
Longevity
Fertility
50%
no resolution with routine care
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Addressing the GI symptom challenge Microba’s comprehensive diagnostic products
Diagnosing pathogenic causes of GI symptoms
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Gastrointestinal pathogen test
Launched March 2024
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Stool DNA test.
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175 targets.
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Expertly curated clinical recommendations for targeted treatment.
Identifying causes and treatment options for functional GI symptoms
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Gastrointestinal disorder test
Launched February 2023
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Stool DNA + targeted biomarker test.
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7 functional GI markers. >28k microbiome markers.
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Expertly curated clinical recommendations for personalised treatment.
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GI disease is a silent epidemic New answers and resolution for millions of patients suffering
82,690,000 patients suffering
Presenting annually with lower GI abdominal symptoms across 7 top countries[1]
49.6m Pain, bloating, constipation, other
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1.4m IBD & Other
50%
no resolution with routine care
Patients go through a range of diagnostic and investigative procedures, but half historically got no resolution and remain chronically unwell
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53% 47%
Resolved Unresolved
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60%
symptom resolution, or symptom
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Significant /
Complete
>70%
Positive 43%
Some
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>70% get new results
>60% get improved outcomes
Independent studies have shown full symptom resolution, or symptom improvement in patients[[4]]
Demonstrated in studies on over 5k patients across Microbiome Explorer (formerly named MetaXplore) and MetaPanel[[3]]
1 Assessment of Medicare claims analysis. Estimated Private and Medicaid numbers extrapolated from Medicare claims analysis completed with Boston based MedTech specialist consultancy Veranex Inc., 2 Gordon, J., Miller, G., & Valenti, L. (2015). The management of unresolved gastrointestinal symptoms in Australian general practice. Australian Family Physician , 44 (9), 621-623, 3 Aggregate results from released clinical studies of Microbiome Explorer (formerly named MetaXplore) (4,616) and MetaPanel (889) patient results, 4 Aggregate results from patient survey results of Microbiome Explorer (formerly named MetaXplore) (n=84), and clinical study results from MetaPanel (n=6) patient results
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Supported by multiple clinical studies across >30k patients
Released to ASX 30 April 2025
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
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MetaPanel test identifies gastrointestinal pathogens in >35% of IBD patients experiencing flare
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60% of these pathogens are missed by current routine testing methods
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These findings have the potential to shift treatment protocols and provide a new path to remission for IBD patients, avoiding unnecessary therapy escalation or surgery
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“These results are compelling, both as a clinical use case for MetaPanel, and for the future of precision medicine in gastroenterology. For clinicians like myself managing complex IBD cases, the ability to detect pathogens missed by routine testing could transform how patients are treated.” Associate Professor Graham Radford-Smith
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Chronic GI Symptoms
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A separate study of 84 patients by Microba who received Microbiome Explorer (formerly named MetaXplore) guided care found that 65.5% reported health improvements after following their clinician’s recommendations
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These results highlight the clinical value of Microbiome Explorer test results in advancing outcomes for patients with chronic lower gastrointestinal disorders, highlighting the potential to reshape clinical management of these conditions and set a new standard of care
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41.9%
19.6% Microbiome
Multiple Marker
71.4% Markers
Positive
28.7%
Negative
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“Microbiome Explorer enables me to objectively identify microbiome dysbiosis, evaluate dietary quality, and direct patients toward evidence-based nutritional strategies. Importantly, it helps differentiate patients with normal GI and microbial profiles who may benefit from psychological support rather than further invasive testing or pharmacological escalation.”
Released to ASX 21 May 2025
GI Infectious Disease
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Analysis of 889 MetaPanel tests shows that:
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20.0% of patients test positive for a pathogen that can cause gastrointestinal infection
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78.4% of the pathogens detected by MetaPanel are often missed by routine pathology tests
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800%
2%
The market is big, and we only need to capture a small amount to impact at scale
Future Addressable Market
All flavours of pie.
Top-down, bottom up, primary, secondary and tertiary research methodologies were used to quantify the market size
7 major markets. Top 10 indications. Established in clinical practice guidelines with reimbursement, routine use for GI disorders. Est. 729B tests p.a. / $125B
100%
Total Addressable Market
The entire pie
7 major markets. 1 indication – GI disorders. Established in clinical practice guidelines with reimbursement, routine use.
22%
Serviceable Addressable Market
The slice of the pie we can target in the near term. Top 5 focus markets. 1 indication – GI disorders. Innovators into early majority.
Serviceable Obtainable Market
The portion of that slice we expect to eat in the near term Top 5 focus markets. 1 indication – GI disorders. Innovators & early adopters only. Cash pay only.
~3-year Target
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Diagnostics Real Patient Impact
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Sub-Section 3.4
Diagnostics Product-accelerated growth
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The Microba Market Adoption Curve
Like with all technology adoption, a natural bell-curve forms separating innovators from laggards. In Microba's case, this curve can be traversed by addressin g increasing levels of clinician scepticism across 4+ dimensions.
These needs are primarily addressed by building better software that make our testing products easier to understand and use in a clinical setting.
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Early Late
Majority Majority
Early
Adopters
Laggards
Innovators
2.5% 13.5% 34% 34% 16%
Low Scepticism High Scepticism
E.g. Innovative IFM clinician E.g. Traditionalist GP
Low Interpretability Demands High Interpretability Demands
Low Actionability Demands High Actionability Demands
Low Business Integration Demands High Business Integration Demands
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Moving through the adoption curve powered by features that address higher levels of market demands over time
Enhanced Interpretability
E.g. Health Categories, Marker Cards
Enhanced Actionability
E.g. Key findings, Suggested Actions
Enhanced Business Integration
E.g. Paid by Clinic, PMS integration
Enhanced Workflow Integration E.g. Report Sharing, Refer to Specialist
Combine multiple markers into smart, clear, synthesized, clinical findings in the context of the patient.
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Advanced scientific and medical logic with beautiful design that prioritise treatment actions and enable clinicians to design a personalized care plan.
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Clinic features that enable more seamless integration with their business models (E.g. including our test in their care packages).
Patient treatment requires a multidisciplinary care team enabled by multiple collaboration features including rapid referrals to trained specialists.
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Driving down CAC with marketing and product efficiency
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Time
Sales-Influenced Growth
Product-Assisted Growth
Product-Led Growth
Sales Calls, Clinic visits, Lunch & learns, Live Mentoring, Live Education Events, Live support
Self-serve education, always-on marketing campaigns, product qualified sales
Self-serve onboarding, self-serve support, referral loops
Growth is driven primarily by direct relationships and trust-building with sales teams. Success depends on personalised engagement, education, and hand-holding throughout the buyer journey.
The product supports the sales process by creating Growth is driven by the product experience itself— early value and engagement, helping to qualify users find value independently, adopt organically, leads before human interaction. Sales teams and growth through word-of-mouth. Sales intervene selectively to accelerate or close involvement is minimal and typically triggered only opportunities. by high-value accounts or usage signals.
| Leading motion Sales & Support Sales Cycle Time to value Sales-led High-touch Months 2-3 months |
Marketing-led | Marketing & Product-led, Sales Assisted |
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| Medium-touch | Low-touch | |
| Weeks | Days | |
| 4-6 weeks | 1-7 days |
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Scalable product-accelerated growth and strong net revenue retention drive increasing operating leverage
Growth & Unit Economics Formula
Customer & Market Growth
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↑ Increase referring HCPs
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Maintain average referrals per HCP
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↑ Increase regions
Unit Economics & Profitability
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↑ Average order value (AOV)
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↓ Decrease customer acquisition cost (CAC)
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↑ Platform efficiency / ↓ Cost to serve
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↑ EBITDA
“We are forecasting strong and enduring yearon-year growth, driven by increasing market adoption and the scalable economics of our core product and growth platforms. Our disciplined investment approach supports targeted market expansion while maintaining tight control of operating costs. This positions us to deliver revenue growth ahead of expense growth, resulting in expanding operating leverage over time.” James Heath - CFO
Supported by the product roadmap and scalable productaccelerated growth model.
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CAPEX & OPEX efficiency through leveraging top tier strategic partners
“Microba is to gut health what Cochlear is to hearing and Pro Medicus is to imaging—category-defining, clinically trusted, and digitally dominant. It is building the platform for personalised, microbiome-based healthcare.” Luke Reid - CEO
Because of this we have attracted some of the largest medical diagnostic companies in the world as partners.
Partnering models
Laboratory partner
CAPEX efficiency. Scale as software company, not a laboratory services company.
Exclusive contracts with trusted, world-leading laboratory partners to outsource wet-lab sample processing to produce the raw data for our testing. We embed our workflows into their laboratory with QC governance and strict SLAs to meet our strict quality requirements. Partners capture a cost-plus service fee.
Just signed with Sonic (The Doctors Laboratory) in UK
In our Go-to-market execution and operational model this provides multiple points of efficiency and leverage.
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Referral Partner
CAC efficiency. Win-win servicing of shared customers.
Enabling partners to refer and triage customers to Microba to be fully serviced with the worlds leading clinical microbiome testing. Partners capture a customer referral fee.
Active with Sonic in Australia
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Therapeutics Leveraging Microba’s leading databank with years of R&D and investment
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Attractive Upside
Low cost, high return opportunity leveraging years of R&D and investment
Historical & Forecast Therapeutic Asset Investment
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Over 5 years of strategic investment has built a rich pipeline of live biotherapeutic assets, leveraging Microba’s world leading databank generated from its testing business
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Established sector leadership in data-driven therapeutic discovery, powered by proprietary clinical and metagenomic datasets.
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Transitioned to partnering , driving to returns for shareholders.
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Near-term sector catalysts , with partnering and M&A activity expected to ignite aligned to sector trials results before the end of CY2025.
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Recent deal precedents ranging between $1.5 – $11B
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Advanced AI Development of Next Generation Precision Live Biotherapeutics
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Target Prediction Disease Relevant Activity
Disease Donor
Prevalence Isolation
Human Data
AI & Precision
Driven
Machine Microbiome
Health Data
Learning Therapeutics
Biome Data
In Silico Analysis
Species
Supportive
Identification
Bioactivity
>60,000 metagenomes >100TB of DNA data >9,000 isolated strains
>1,000 health metadata/participant 8,000B alignments >500 species isolated in total
>1M Genomes 200M CPU hours processing time >200 previously uncultured species isolated
>100M Genes 20K vCPUs, 50TB RAM 1 Phase II ready asset
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A pipeline of assets backed by big-data, deep preclinical and early clinical validation
Therapeutic Assets
| Core Program | Discovery R&D | Preclinical | Phase 1 | Phase 2 | Development Partners |
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| Undisclosed (LBP) IBD (Ulcerative colitis) MAP 315 (LBP) |
Phase 2 IND submission currently being compiled |
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| Undisclosed (LBP) Immuno-oncology |
Pre-cli suppor candid |
nical biology ting lead ate selection |
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| Autoimmune Undisclosed (LBP) |
Laboratory & anim experiments confi activity |
al model rming |
LBP = Live Biotherapeutic Product
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Two major commercial pathways to value return
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IBD
MAP-XXX
Immune-
MAP-XXX
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Pharmaceutical drug (FDA – BLA)
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Strategic partnerships
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Non-dilutive equity investment
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Non-dilutive grant-based funding
Next-Gen Probiotic Out license Medical Food (FDA) or Dietary Supp (FTC&FDA - GRAS)
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Structured pay to play product development and commercialisation programs
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Non-dilutive federal and state grantbased funding
$1.5 - $11B deal precedents
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NYSE: IFF, $19.55B market cap
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Recent Comps & Activity
| Pharma Deal Comps | Pharma Deal Comps | Pharma Deal Comps | Pharma Deal Comps | Pharma Deal Comps | Pharma Deal Comps | Pharma Deal Comps |
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| Date | Deal Type | Licensee / Acquiror |
Licenso r / Target |
Stage | Upfront | Total Deal Value |
| July 2024 | Acquisition | Phase 2 active |
- | US$3.2B | ||
| June 2024 | License | Preclinic al |
$150m | US$1.7B | ||
| October 2023 |
Acquisition | Phase 2 complete |
- | US$7.2B | ||
| October 2023 |
License | Phase 2b active |
$500m | US$1.5B | ||
| Apr 2023 | Acquisition | Phase 2A complete |
- | US$10.8B |
| Next Gen Probiotic Activity | Next Gen Probiotic Activity | Next Gen Probiotic Activity | Next Gen Probiotic Activity |
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| Date | Company | Next generation probiotic species |
Headline |
| June 2025 | Akkermansia muciniphila | Danone acquires The Akkermanisa Company for an undisclosed sum |
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| July 2024 | Veillonella atypica | Gut health pill aims to reduce fatigue and improve endurance |
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| June 2024 | Akkermansia muciniphila | The Akkermansia Company launches dietary supplement brand in the U.S. |
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| Mar 2024 | Akkermansia muciniphila Clostridium butyricum Bifidobacterium infantis |
Pendulum Therapeutics launches next generation probiotic that enhances GLP-1 production |
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| Feb 2024 | TBD | Verb Biotics partners with Evogene to accelerate next-gen precision probiotics |
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| Dec 2023 | TBD | Microba signs research agreement with IFF as part of an ongoing multistage research program between the parties to develop novel microbiome- based treatments for multiple forms of allergy |
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| Jun 2023 | Akkermansia muciniphila | Pendulum Therapeutics announces strategic partnership and $10M investment from global nutrition science leader, Fonterra |
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| May 2023 | Anaerobutyricum soehngenii |
FDA fully endorses the GRAS dossier submitted by Caelus on_Anaerobutyricum soehngenii_ (Eubacterium hallii) as the first next-generation probiotic |
https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/eli-lilly-acquire-morphic-holding-32-billion-2024-07-08/ , https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/abbvie-inks-immune-disorder-drug-licensing-deal-with-chinas-futuregen-2024-06-13/ , https://investor.roivant.com/news-releases/news-releasedetails/roche-enters-definitive-agreement-acquire-telavant-including , https://www.sanofi.com/en/media-room/press-releases/2023/2023-10-04-05-00-00-2754288 , https://www.merck.com/news/merck-completes-acquisition-of-prometheus-biosciences-inc/, https://evogene.com/press_release/evogene-andverb-biotics-enter-collaboration-agreement-to-advance-probiotic-innovation/ . https://www.nutraingredients-usa.com/Article/2024/07/26/New-FitBiomics-probiotic-tackles-fatigue-endurance/ , https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/06/27/2905382/0/en/Original-Founders-of-AkkermansiaMuciniphila-Bring-First-Gut-Health-Product-to-U-S-Consumer-Market.html , https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pendulum-therapeutics-introduces-glp-1-probiotic-302087492.html , https://ir.microba.com/announcements/5454106 , https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230627719761/en/Pendulum-Therapeutics-Announces-Strategic-Partnership-and-%2410M-Investment-From-Global-Nutrition-Science-Leader-Fonterra , https://caelushealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/AUMC_Caelus_PressRelease_FDAGRAS_20230414.pdf, https://www.danone.com/newsroom/press-releases/acquisition-of-the-akkermansia-company.html
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Sector readouts supporting partnering
The microbiome therapeutic, and more specifically live biotherapeutic modality has been maturing in its development. Many prospective partners are awaiting definitive Phase 1b/2a efficacy data that will validate the live biotherapeutic modality in a major chronic disease setting to then in-license or acquire assets. Aligned to this we have been guiding on clinical trial readouts that will provide that modality validating data for partners and stimulate sector deal activity for these assets. Microba’s leading data-driven platform and live-biotherapeutic assets, are best in class and ready for this deal activity.
Phase 2 IBD asset read out – 13 Aug 2025 - did not meet their end points.
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Global, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 study ongoing, COLLECTiVE202, for VE202 in patients with mild-to-moderate UC.
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Phase 1b/2 Allergic Disease asset read out – 17 Nov 2025 - met their end points.
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Phase 1b/2, randomized, double-blind, multi-center study to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and preliminary clinical efficacy of STMC-103H in neonates and infants at risk for developing allergic disease
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Phase 3 Graft-versus-Host Disease asset read out – 8 Dec 2025 – positive final pivotal results. Under regulatory review by the European Medicines Agency for Market Approval – decision expected mid-2026.
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Phase 3 ARES trial, evaluating Xervyteg® (MaaT013) in gastrointestinal acute Graft-versus-Host Disease (aGvHD) patients
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Key efficacy endpoints are Overall Response Rate of gastro intestinal-aGvHD
Phase 2a Irritable Bowel Syndrome asset read out – 8 Jan 2026 - met their end points.
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Phase 2a clinical trial evaluating EBX-102-02, a next-generation oral full-spectrum microbiome therapeutic, in patients with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation (IBS-C) or diarrhoea (IBS-D)
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Phase 1 IBD asset read out – Delayed. Expected to read out in early CY26.
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Phase 1b First-in-Human trial, COMPOSER-1, for MB310 in ulcerative colitis (UC) patients.
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Contacts
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Contact
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Level 10, 324 Queen Street Brisbane QLD Australia
Laboratory Princess Alexandra Hospital Woolloongabba QLD Australia
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