Conference call begins at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time today

ENDRA Life Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: NDRA), a pioneer of Thermo Acoustic Enhanced UltraSound (TAEUS^®), today reported financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and provided a business update.

Highlights from the first quarter of 2024 and recent weeks include:

• Installed the first TAEUS system in the UK at King’s College Hospital for clinical evaluation. King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (KCH) in London is one of the leading centers of excellence in the United Kingdom's National Health Service. KCH will use ENDRA's TAEUS liver system in a clinical study to compare its liver fat assessment accuracy with MRI. This study is expected to include approximately 75 subjects and is intended to provide essential data to evaluate the TAEUS technology's performance.
• ENDRA is working closely with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to achieve alignment on clinical requirements for our TAEUS system’s De Novo application. ENDRA has had several interactions with the agency since the fourth quarter of 2023 and provided additional information about its technology and historical clinical testing. To advance the review process and further align expectations, with the aim of ultimately achieving a successful regulatory outcome, ENDRA has submitted a comprehensive package for FDA consideration and scheduled an in-person pre-submission meeting during the second quarter of 2024 focusing on clinical requirements.
• Expanded intellectual property portfolio to 80 issued patents globally. During the first quarter of 2024 and in recent weeks ENDRA was issued eight additional patents, including four in Europe and four in China. The company is actively exploring licensing opportunities in non-core indications, such as monitoring tissue temperature during surgical procedures, to augment the value of its growing intellectual property portfolio.

"We look forward to the pre-submission meeting with the FDA with the aim of achieving alignment on the clinical study design and statistical analysis plan. We have been preparing diligently with multiple experts, including a biostatistician, and imaging and liver specialists, to ensure alignment with the FDA. Our pre-submission package included historical clinical performance data used to inform the proposed clinical study design, a statistically powered, prospective multicenter clinical trial,” said Francois Michelon, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ENDRA. "We remain committed to advancing TAEUS through the U.S. regulatory process as an effective non-invasive tool to assess liver fat.”

First Quarter 2024 Financial Results

Operating expenses in the first quarter of 2024 were $2.8 million, compared with $2.9 million in the first quarter in 2023. The decrease was mainly due to lower research and development expenses.

Net loss in the first quarter of 2024 was $2.8 million, or $0.26 per share, compared with a net loss of $2.9 million, or $0.93 per share, in the first quarter of 2023.

Cash and cash equivalents were $1.1 million as of March 31, 2024.

Conference Call and Webcast

Management will host a conference call and webcast today at 4:30 p.m. Eastern time to discuss these results, provide an update on recent corporate developments and answer questions.

Participants are encouraged to pre-register for the conference call using this link. Callers who pre-register will receive a unique PIN to gain immediate access to the call and bypass the live operator. Participants may register at any time, including up to and after the start of the call. Those unable to pre-register may participate by dialing (844) 868-8846 (U.S.) or (412) 317-5465 (International). A webcast of the call can also be accessed at ENDRA’s Investor Relations page and here.

A telephone replay will be available until May 21, 2024 by dialing (877) 344-7529 (U.S.) or (412) 317-0088 (International) and providing the passcode 8128350. A webcast replay will be available beginning approximately one hour after the completion of the live conference call here.

About ENDRA Life Sciences Inc.

ENDRA Life Sciences is the pioneer of Thermo Acoustic Enhanced UltraSound (TAEUS^®), a ground-breaking technology which characterizes tissue similar to an MRI, but at 1/40^th the cost and at the point of patient care. TAEUS^® is designed to work in concert with the more than 700,000 ultrasound systems in use globally today. TAEUS^® is initially focused on the measurement of fat in the liver as a means to assess and monitor steatotic liver disease (SLD) (formerly known as NAFLD-NASH), a chronic liver disease spectrum that affects over two billion people globally, and for which there are no practical diagnostic tools. Beyond the liver, ENDRA is exploring several other clinical applications of TAEUS^®, including visualization of tissue temperature during energy-based surgical procedures. For more information, please visit www.endrainc.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

All statements in this press release that are not based on historical fact are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements, which are based on certain assumptions and describe our future plans, strategies and expectations, can generally be identified by the use of terms such as “approximate,” "anticipate," “attempt,” "believe," "could," "estimate," "expect," “forecast,” “future,” "goal," “hope,” "intend," "may," "plan," “possible,” “potential,” “project,” "seek," "should," "will," “would,” or other comparable terms (including the negative of any of the foregoing), although some forward-looking statements are expressed differently. Examples of forward-looking statements for ENDRA include, among others: estimates of the timing of future events and anticipated results of its development efforts, including the timing of submission for and receipt of required regulatory approvals and product launches and sales; statements relating to future financial position and projected costs and revenue; expectations concerning ENDRA's business strategy; and statements regarding ENDRA’s ability to find and maintain development partners. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors including, among others: the ability to raise additional capital in order to continue as a going concern; the ability to obtain regulatory approvals necessary to sell ENDRA medical devices in certain markets in a timely manner, or at all; the ability to develop a commercially feasible technology and its dependence on third parties to design and manufacture its products; ENDRA’s ability to maintain compliance with Nasdaq listing standards; ENDRA’s dependence on its senior management team; market acceptance of ENDRA’s technology and the amount and nature of competition in its industry; ENDRA’s ability to protect its intellectual property; and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Risk Factors and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of the company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and in subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. You should not rely upon forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. The forward-looking statements made in this press release speak only as of the date of issuance, and ENDRA assumes no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements to reflect actual results or changes in expectations, except as otherwise required by law.

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