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 For the transition period from _____________ to _____________ Commission File Number: 001-40023 GT BIOPHARMA, INC.(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) N/A1(Address of principal executive offices) (415) 919-4040(Registrant’s telephone number including area code) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Exchanges on which RegisteredNasdaq Capital Market Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:None 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 the Securities Exchange Actof 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has beensubject 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 be submitted pursuant to Rule405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required tosubmit and post such files). Yes☒No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reportingcompany, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,”and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. Accelerated filerSmaller reporting companyEmerging growth company If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complyingwith 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 the effectiveness of itsinternal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered publicaccounting 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 the registrantincluded in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐ Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-basedcompensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b).☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes☐No☒ The aggregate market value of the registrant’s common stock, $0.001 par value per share, held by non-affiliates on June 30, 2025 wasapproximately $8.6 million. As of February 23, 2026, there were 31,553,892 shares of the registrant’s common stock, $0.001 par value, issuedand outstanding. 1Effective as of July 1, 2024, the Company became a fully remote company. We do not maintain a principal executive office. For purposesof compliance with applicable requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, asamended, any stockholder communication required to be sent to the Company’s principal executive offices may be directed to 315Montgomery Street, 10th Floor, San Francisco, California 94104, or by email to auditcommittee@gtbiopharma.com. GT Biopharma, Inc.FORM 10-KTABLE OF CONTENTS PART IItem 1.Business5Item 1A.Risk Factors13Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments33Item 1C.Cybersecurity33Item 2.Properties34Item 3.Legal Proceedings34Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures35PART IIItem 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities36Item 6.[Reserved]37Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations37Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk40Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data41Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure65Item 9A.Controls and Procedures65Item 9B.Other Information65Item 9C.Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections65PART IIIItem 10.Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance66Item 11.Executive Compensation68Item 12