CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., Dec. 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Adial Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADIL; ADILW) (“Adial” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapies for the treatment and prevention of addiction and related disorders, today announced that on December 16, 2023, it received the final development cost reimbursement payment of $350,000 from Adovate, LLC under the terms of the final asset purchase agreement (the “FAA”) executed with Adovate for purchase of the assets and business of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Purnovate, Inc. Under the agreement, the Company is also eligible to receive up to approximately $11 million in development and approval milestones for each compound (up to $33 million in total development and approval milestones for the first three compounds alone), as well as a total of $50 million in additional commercial milestones, for a total consideration of up to $83 million with potential milestone payments on additional compounds. Additionally, the Company will receive a low, single-digit royalty and acquired a 15% equity stake in Adovate. The FAA also provides for anti-dilution protection from future Adovate equity raises in order to maintain at least 15% ownership in Adovate. The anti-dilution protection expires upon Adovate receiving $4,000,000 in cumulative funding.

About Adial Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Adial Pharmaceuticals is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of therapies for the treatment and prevention of addiction and related disorders. The Company’s lead investigational new drug product, AD04, is a genetically targeted, serotonin-3 receptor antagonist, therapeutic agent for the treatment of Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) in heavy drinking patients and was recently investigated in the Company’s ONWARD™ pivotal Phase 3 clinical trial for the potential treatment of AUD in subjects with certain target genotypes (estimated to be approximately one-third of the AUD population) identified using the Company’s proprietary companion diagnostic genetic test. ONWARD showed promising results in reducing heavy drinking in heavy drinking patients, and no overt safety or tolerability concerns. AD04 is also believed to have the potential to treat other addictive disorders such as Opioid Use Disorder, gambling, and obesity. Additional information is available at www.adial.com.

Forward Looking Statements

Thiscommunicationcontainscertain"forward-lookingstatements"withinthemeaningoftheU.S.federal securities laws. Such statements are based upon various facts and derived utilizing numerous important assumptionsandaresubjecttoknownandunknownrisks,uncertaintiesandotherfactorsthatmaycause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Statements preceded by, followed by or that otherwise include the words "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "projects," "estimates," "plans" and similar expressions or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "should," "would," "may" and "could" are generally forward-looking in nature and not historical facts,althoughnotallforward-lookingstatementsincludetheforegoing.Theforward-lookingstatements include statements regarding the Company being eligible to receive total consideration of up to $83 million with potential milestone payments on additional compounds and the potential of AD04 to treat other addictive disorders such as opioid use disorder, gambling,andobesity.Anyforward-lookingstatementsincludedhereinreflectourcurrentviews,andthey involve certain risks and uncertainties, including, among others, our ability to pursue our regulatory strategy, our ability to maintain our Nasdaq listing, our ability to advance ongoing partnering discussions, our ability to obtain regulatory approvals for commercialization of product candidates or to comply with ongoing regulatory requirements, our ability to develop strategic partnership opportunities and maintain collaborations, our ability to obtain or maintain the capital or grants necessary to fund our research and development activities, our ability to retain our key employees or maintain our Nasdaq listing, our ability to complete clinical trials on time and achieve desired results and benefits as expected, regulatory limitations relating to our ability to promote or commercialize our product candidates for specific indications, acceptance of our product candidates in the marketplace and the successful development, marketing or sale of our products, our ability to maintain our license agreements, the continued maintenance and growth of our patent estate and ourabilitytoretainourkeyemployeesormaintainourNasdaqlisting.Theserisksshould notbeconstruedasexhaustiveandshouldbereadtogetherwiththeothercautionarystatementincluded in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it was initially made. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, changed circumstances or otherwise, unless required bylaw.

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