October 14th, 2025 | 07:30 CEST
Alternative to BioNTech, Evotec, and Co.: BioNxt Solutions impresses at investor conference and sparks takeover speculation
While the shares of BioNTech and Evotec are treading water, BioNxt Solutions is on an upward trajectory. The Company is currently shaking up Big Pharma. The announcement to replace the weight-loss injection Ozempic with an oral dissolvable film has sparked takeover speculation. BioNxt also aims to make waves in multiple sclerosis, another multi-billion-dollar market, by significantly simplifying the administration of a blockbuster drug for patients. At last week's IIF investor conference, the management board delivered a convincing presentation. Partnerships and licensing opportunities were outlined - assuming no acquisition occurs beforehand. This could prove highly rewarding for both a pharmaceutical company and shareholders.
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Fabian Lorenz
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BIONTECH SE SPON. ADRS 1 | US09075V1026 , EVOTEC SE INH O.N. | DE0005664809 , Bionxt Solutions Inc. | CA0909741062
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Fabian Lorenz
For more than twenty years, the Cologne native has been intensively involved with the stock market, both professionally and privately. He is particularly passionate about national and international small and micro caps.
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Scalable business model
BioNxt Solutions' presentation at the IIF investor conference on October 8, 2025, was convincing. The business model was clearly presented: rather than inventing new active ingredients, the Company focuses on the intelligent reformulation of already approved drugs. The focus is on neurological and autoimmune diseases as well as oncology. CEO Hugh Rogers and Dr. Wolfgang Wagner (Head of R&D) highlighted oral dissolvable films (ODF) at the centre of the strategy: thin films that dissolve under the tongue, allowing precise dosing, bypassing first-pass metabolism and thus improving bioavailability, tolerability, and adherence. This approach promises faster research, lower development costs, and reduced regulatory risk, and represents a scalable model that is also realistic even for a small-cap company.
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Flagship project addresses billion-dollar market
The team presented BNT23001, a cladribine ODF for multiple sclerosis, as its flagship project. This addresses a market that is already worth over USD 1 billion with the tablet reference product. BioNxt is pursuing a "generic-plus" approach: a known active ingredient, but with an advantageous dosage form (sublingual), potentially lower API usage for the same effect, and more convenient administration without water. Because dosages on the film can be very finely adjusted, the concept is intended to be transferable to related indications such as myasthenia gravis and other immunological applications. BioNxt reported positive preclinical data in small animals; as a risk reduction measure, a larger study in pigs is now being initiated to refine the bioequivalent dose for humans before entering clinical trials.
The IP strategy is a key pillar: in addition to platform patents for ODFs and other dosage forms (including transdermal patches), BioNxt is focusing on product-specific property rights. For the cladribine ODF, the Company is on the verge of patent grant in Europe and is utilizing fast-track procedures; applications are pending in Canada, Australia, and Eurasia, among other places. IP protection is intended to deter imitators and increase licensability - an important element, as BioNxt plans to leave manufacturing and commercialization largely to partners.
At the same time, the Company is broadening its pipeline: early sublingual formulations of additional active ingredients, including a longevity/anti-aging API, as well as an oncology project in North America (LOI signed). The concept: to "trap" cytostatic drugs locally in the tumor microenvironment and deactivate them outside it – an elegant drug-delivery mechanism that complements the ODF expertise. Scientifically, BioNxt benefits from a German-Canadian network.
Partnerships and licenses in the next 12 to 24 months
Strategically, BioNxt is focusing on partnerships and licensing over the next 12 to 24 months. The core investment case remains the asymmetric risk profile. Because BioNxt does not have to prove the efficacy of new molecules, but instead converts approved APIs into improved delivery forms, the binary biotech bet is mitigated. If a candidate does not fit the ODF profile, a broad selection of alternative active ingredients is available – the scalability comes from the platform.
Conclusion: Opportunity for value-creating licensing deals and acquisition
The IIF presentation outlined the opportunity for partnerships and licensing. If bioequivalence is proven and patents are secured, the chance of value-creating licensing deals increases – unless an acquisition occurs first.
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