---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-24-089338"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ONCO"
cik: "0001782107"
company_name: "Onconetix, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-10-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T12:24:01.938911+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.9
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Onconetix auditor EisnerAmper resigns; material weaknesses persist

## Summary
- EisnerAmper LLP resigned as auditor on Oct 15, 2024, effective upon filing of Q3 2024 10-Q.
- EA's audit report for FY2023 included a going-concern explanatory paragraph.
- No disagreements during engagement, but material weaknesses in internal controls reported (e.g., segregation of duties, IT controls).
- Company provided EA disclosure; EA letter filed as Exhibit 16.1.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-24-089338
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ONCO
- cik: 0001782107
- company_name: Onconetix, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-10-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.9
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.9
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 4.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1782107/000121390024089338/0001213900-24-089338-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1782107/000121390024089338/ea0218143-8k_onconetix.htm

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## Key facts
- Auditor Changes
  EisnerAmper LLP resigned as auditor of Onconetix, Inc..
  - Action: resignation
  - Auditor: EisnerAmper LLP
  source text: On October 15, 2024, EisnerAmper LLP (“EA”) submitted its resignation as Onconetix, Inc.’s (the “Company”) independent registered public accounting firm, effective upon the Company’s upcoming filing of its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1782107/000121390024089338/0001213900-24-089338-index.htm

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