
FORM 10-K (Mark One) ☒ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2025 or ☐TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Commission File Number: 001-40739 DERMATA THERAPEUTICS, INC. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes☐No☒ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to filesuch reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to besubmitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant wasrequired to submit such files). Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smallerreporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reportingcompany,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Large accelerated filerNon-accelerated Filer If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition periodfor complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☒ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of theeffectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by theregistered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.☐ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of theregistrant included in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued statements.☐ Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-based compensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to Section240.10D-1(b).☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes☐No☒ The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the Registrant, based onthe closing price of the shares of common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market on June 30, 2025, was approximately $3.1 million. As of March 25, 2026, the number of outstanding shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, was4,022,143. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE None. TABLE OF CONTENTS PagePart I4Item 1.Business4Item 1A.Risk Factors26Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments70Item 1C.Cybersecurity70Item 2.Properties71Item 3.Legal Proceedings71Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures71Part IIItem 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities72Item 6.[Reserved]72Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations72Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk81Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data81Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure81Item 9A.Controls and Procedures81Item 9B.Other Information82Item 9C.Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdiction That Prevent Inspections82Part IIIItem 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance83Item 11.Executive Compensation90Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters95Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence100Item 14.Principal Accountant Fees and Services102Part IVItem 15.Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules103Item 16.Form 10-K Summary108Signatures1092 CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This annual report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the PrivateSecurities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 under Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of theSecurities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-loo