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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington , D.C. 20549 FORM 10 - K × ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the Fiscal Year Ended September 30 , 2021 □ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Nevada Commission File Number 001-38174 Citius Pharmaceuticals , Inc. ( Exact name of Registrant as specified in its Charter ) ( State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization ) Title of Each Class 27-3425913 ( I.R.S. Employer Identification No. ) 11 Commerce Drive , First Floor , Cranford , NJ 07016 ( Address of principal executive offices ) ( Zip Code ) ( 908 ) 967-6677 ( Registrant's telephone number , including area code ) Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Exchange Act : Common Stock , par value $ 0.001 per share Warrants to purchase Common Stock Trading Symbol ( s ) CTXR CTXRW Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered The NASDAQ Capital Market The NASDAQ Capital Market 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 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 Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such 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 be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required 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 smaller reporting company , 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 . Large accelerated filer Accelerated filer Non - accelerated filer ☑ Smaller reporting company Emerging growth company ☑ ☐ If an emerging growth company , indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for 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 the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 ( b ) of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report . 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 voting and non - voting common equity held by non - affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold , or the average bid and asked price of such common equity , as of the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter ( March 31 , 2021 ) was approximately $ 218 million . Affiliates for the purpose of this item refers to the issuer's executive officers and directors and / or any persons or firms ( excluding those brokerage firms and / or clearing houses and / or depository companies holding issuer's securities as record holders only for their respective clients ' beneficial interest ) owning 10 % or more of the issuer's common stock , both of record and beneficially . Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant's classes of common stock , as of the latest practicable date : 146,029,630 shares as of November 30 , 2021 , all of one class of common stock , $ 0.001 par value .