Beyond Air® Comments on Landmark Independent Review Article Highlighting the Antimicrobial Effects of High-Dose Inhaled Nitric Oxide and its Therapeutic Potential for Treating Respiratory Infections

GARDEN CITY, N.Y., Feb. 20, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Beyond Air, Inc. (NASDAQ: XAIR) (“Beyond Air” or the “Company”), a commercial stage medical device and biopharmaceutical company focused on harnessing the power of nitric oxide (NO) to improve the lives of patients, today commented on the publication of an independent review article providing the most comprehensive overview to date of high?dose inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) delivered at concentrations well above the FDA?approved 20 ppm, and presenting mounting evidence that high?dose iNO may function as a novel broad?spectrum antimicrobial therapy for a wide range of respiratory infections. Titled “The therapeutic potential of high?dose inhaled nitric oxide for antimicrobial effects: a narrative review and future directions,” the article was published in Intensive Care Medicine Experimental (ICMx), a peer-reviewed, open-access journal of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, published by Springer Nature Switzerland AG.

The article reviews the emerging clinical evidence supporting the safe administration of iNO at concentrations far exceeding the traditional doses currently used for vasodilation. Its authors synthesized clinical and mechanistic data from 27 studies conducted in both in-hospital and at-home settings– including early?phase clinical trials in pneumonia, COVID?19, bronchiolitis, and nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) – to illustrate the breadth of ongoing research. The paper highlights the unique multimodal activity of high?dose iNO, including direct microbial killing, biofilm disruption, antiviral effects, inflammation reduction, and enhanced mucociliary clearance. It also outlines a potential roadmap for future research, emphasizing opportunities in hospital?acquired pneumonia, ventilator?associated pneumonia, tuberculosis, post?viral fibrosis, and in immunocompromised patients, among others – areas where new therapeutic tools are urgently needed.

“We are excited to see the scientific community increasingly recognize high?dose iNO as a potential game?changing antimicrobial platform for respiratory infections,” said Steve Lisi, Chief Executive Officer of Beyond Air. “A growing collection of studies shows that high?dose iNO can address pathogens and clinical challenges that current therapies are unable to treat. This most recent article builds on the momentum of our own clinical programs that have demonstrated promising signals in NTM, bronchiolitis, community?acquired pneumonia (VCAP), and COVID-19. We believe the publication of this article will serve as a catalyst for new scientific research and accelerate the clinical development of high?dose iNO as a potential transformative treatment modality for pulmonary indications.”

About Beyond Air^®, Inc.
Beyond Air is a commercial-stage medical device and biopharmaceutical company dedicated to harnessing the power of endogenous and exogenous nitric oxide (NO) to improve the lives of patients suffering from respiratory illnesses, neurological disorders, and solid tumors. The Company has received FDA approval and CE Mark for its first system, LungFit PH, for the treatment of term and near-term neonates with hypoxic respiratory failure. Beyond Air is currently advancing its other revolutionary LungFit systems in clinical trials for the treatment of severe lung infections such as viral community-acquired pneumonia (including COVID-19) and nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM).

Additionally, Beyond Cancer, Ltd., an affiliate of Beyond Air, is investigating ultra-high concentrations of NO with a proprietary delivery system to target certain solid tumors in the pre-clinical setting. For more information, visit www.beyondair.net.

About LungFit *
Beyond Air's LungFit is a cylinder-free, phasic flow generator and delivery system designated as a medical device by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The ventilator-compatible version of the device can generate NO from ambient air on demand for delivery to the lungs at concentrations ranging from 1 ppm to 80 ppm. The LungFit system could potentially replace large, high-pressure NO cylinders, providing significant advantages in the hospital setting, including greatly reducing inventory and storage requirements, improving overall safety by eliminating NO2 purging steps, and offering other operational benefits.

LungFit can also deliver NO at concentrations at or above 80 ppm for potentially treating severe acute lung infections in the hospital setting (e.g., COVID-19, bronchiolitis) and chronic, refractory lung infections in the home setting (e.g., NTM). With the elimination of cylinders, Beyond Air intends to offer NO treatment in the home setting.

*Beyond Air's LungFit PH is approved for commercial use in the United States, European Union, and many other countries around the world. Beyond Air's other LungFit systems are not approved for commercial use and are for investigational use only. Beyond Air is not suggesting NO use over 80 ppm or use at home.

Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” concerning the potential safety and efficacy of inhaled nitric oxide and the ultra-high concentration nitric oxide product candidate, as well as its therapeutic potential in a number of indications; and the potential impact on patients and anticipated benefits associated with inhaled nitric oxide and the ultra-high concentration nitric oxide product candidate. Forward-looking statements include statements about expectations, beliefs, or intentions regarding product offerings, business, results of operations, strategies or prospects. You can identify such forward-looking statements by the words “appears,” “expects,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes” “expects,” “intends,” “looks,” “projects,” “goal,” “assumes,” “targets” and similar expressions and/or the use of future tense or conditional constructions (such as “will,” “may,” “could,” “should” and the like) and by the fact that these statements do not relate strictly to historical or current matters. Rather, forward-looking statements relate to anticipated or expected events, activities, trends or results as of the date they are made. Because forward-looking statements relate to matters that have not yet occurred, these statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from any future results expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are only predictions and reflect views as of the date they are made with respect to future events and financial performance. Many factors could cause actual activities or results to differ materially from the activities and results anticipated in forward-looking statements, including risks related to the ability to raise additional capital; the timing and results of future pre-clinical studies and clinical trials; the potential that regulatory authorities, including the FDA and comparable non-U.S. regulatory authorities, may not grant or may delay approval for our product candidates; the approach to discover and develop novel drugs, which is unproven and may never lead to efficacious or marketable products; the ability to fund and the results of further pre-clinical studies and clinical trials of our product candidates; obtaining, maintaining and protecting intellectual property utilized by products; obtaining regulatory approval for products; competition from others using similar technology and others developing products for similar uses; dependence on collaborators; and other risks, which may, in part, be identified and described in the “Risk Factors” section of Beyond Air’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and other of its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, all of which are available on Beyond Air’s website. Beyond Air and Beyond Cancer undertake no obligation to update, and have no policy of updating or revising, these forward-looking statements, except as required by applicable law.

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