• Real-World Impact: Initial data from over 360 patients shows inFoods ® IBS delivered an average 48.5% reduction in gastrointestinal pain and a 49.8% reduction in bloating over an 8-week period

  • First-of-Its-Kind inFoods ® IBS Feedback Platform: New real-time feedback system empowers physicians to adjust patient treatment based on actionable, patient-reported outcomes

  • Precision Medicine: inFoods ® IBS identifies specific individual food triggers that can cause IBS symptoms (bloating, pain, diarrhea, and constipation) offering a personalized, non-drug solution

IRVINE, Calif., May 22, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Biomerica, Inc . (NASDAQ: BMRA), an innovator in diagnostic-guided therapy, today announced compelling real-world results demonstrating the effectiveness of its inFoods ® IBS product, along with the launch of a proprietary real-time patient feedback system to enhance symptom tracking and improve patient outcomes.

The initial analysis from more than 360 patients who enrolled in the real world inFoods ® IBS study revealed an average:

  • 48.5% reduction in gastrointestinal (GI) pain
  • 49.8% reduction in bloating

This ongoing study tracks symptom reduction from a two-week baseline through an eight-week intervention, during which patients eliminate specific trigger foods identified using the InFoods ® IBS diagnostic system. These real-world outcomes align with—and in some cases exceed—results from prior randomized clinical trials conducted at leading U.S. medical centers.

"We’re proud to share this real-world data that confirms the significant benefit inFoods ® IBS delivers to patients suffering from IBS," said Zack Irani, CEO of Biomerica. "Our real-time symptom tracking platform gives physicians clinical insight throughout treatment, creating a personalized and dynamic approach to care."

New Real-Time Feedback System Enhances Clinical Decision-Making
Biomerica’s HIPAA-compliant platform provides physicians with visibility into patient-reported outcomes—such as abdominal discomfort, bloating, and overall well-being—throughout the course of inFoods ® therapy. This allows clinicians to make data-informed decisions and adjust treatment plans with greater speed and accuracy, ultimately leading to improved patient outcomes.

Peer-Reviewed Results Published in Gastroenterology
The real-world findings build on results from a peer-reviewed study published in Gastroenterology and led by Cleveland Clinic and the University of Michigan. That study demonstrated that patients on an InFoods ® IBS -guided diet experienced significantly more abdominal pain relief compared to those on a placebo diet (59.6% vs. 42.1%, p- value=0.02 using the FDA’s responder endpoint for pain).

Addressing a Major Market Need
IBS affects an estimated 10% to 15% of adults in the U.S., leading to decreased quality of life, loss of productivity, and reliance on medications with adverse side effects. Patients often suffer from chronic symptoms, such as abdominal pain and bloating, triggered by specific foods. inFoods ® IBS offers a novel diagnostic-guided solution that identifies individual food triggers and enables patients and providers to target dietary changes that reduce symptoms—without the need for pharmaceuticals.

Biomerica’s inFoods ® IBS diagnostic-guided therapy offers an innovative, affordable, and personalized solution to address these challenges, improving IBS management for both patients and healthcare providers.

For more information visit: www.inFoodsibs.com

About Biomerica (NASDAQ: BMRA )
Biomerica, Inc. ( www.biomerica.com ) is a global biomedical technology company that develops, patents, manufactures and markets advanced diagnostic and therapeutic products used at the point-of-care (in home and in physicians' offices) and in hospital/clinical laboratories for detection and/or treatment of medical conditions and diseases. The Company's products are designed to enhance the health and well-being of people, while reducing total healthcare costs. Biomerica primarily focuses on gastrointestinal and inflammatory diseases where the Company has multiple diagnostic and therapeutic products in development.

About inFoods ®
The inFoods IBS test is designed to assess a patient’s above normal immunoreactivity to specific foods utilizing a simple finger-stick blood sample. Instead of difficult to manage broad dietary restrictions, physicians can now use the inFoods IBS information to make targeted, patient-specific recommendations about trigger foods that, when removed from the diet, may alleviate IBS symptoms such as pain, bloating, diarrhea and constipation. The inFoods IBS test and clinical outcomes were studied at several prominent centers including Mayo Clinic, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Inc. - a Harvard Medical School Teaching Hospital, Houston Methodist Hospital, and the University of Michigan. The clinical results for improvement in the Abdominal Pain Intensity (API) responder endpoint of >30% reduction in pain, for IBS patients in the treatment diet arm was greater than patients in the placebo diet arm (p-value of 0.0246). The improvement for patients in the treatment arm versus the placebo arm is considered clinically significant and for certain endpoints is similar and, in some cases, better than the current drugs in the market. Further information about Biomerica’s patented inFoods ® Technology Platform can be found at: www.inFoodsibs.com

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Corporate Contact:

Zack Irani
949-645-2111
[email protected]

Source: Biomerica, Inc.