MetaVia (MTVA) 10-K 2021 FY Annual report

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER

I, Ben Gil Price, certify that:

1.          I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of NeuroBo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.;

2.          Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omitto state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by thisreport;

3.          Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairlypresentinallmaterialrespectsthe financialcondition, resultsofoperationsandcashflowsoftheregistrantas of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.          Iamresponsibleforestablishingandmaintainingdisclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrantand have:

(a)          Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under my supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to me by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is beingprepared;

(b)          Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financialreportingtobedesignedundermysupervision,toprovidereasonableassurance regardingthereliabilityof financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accountingprinciples;

(c)          Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presentedin this report my conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation;and

(d)          Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annualreport)thathasmateriallyaffected,orisreasonablylikelyto materiallyaffect,theregistrant’sinternalcontrol over financial reporting;and

5.           I have disclosed, based on my most recent evaluation of internalcontroloverfinancialreporting,totheregistrant’sauditorsandtheauditcommitteeoftheregistrant’sboard of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunctions):

(a)          All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controlover financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information;and

(b)          Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who havea significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financialreporting.

March 31, 2022	/s/	Ben Gil Price
		Ben Gil Price
	President and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer)