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No. 1 (this &#x201c;Post-Effective Amendment No. 1&#x201d;) to the Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-281489) (the &#x201c;Registration
Statement&#x201d;) is being filed pursuant to our undertaking in the Registration Statement to update and supplement information contained
in the Registration Statement, as originally filed on August 12, 2024, and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the &#x201c;SEC&#x201d;) on August 19, 2024, as to incorporate by reference the Company&#x2019;s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year
ended December 31, 2024, as filed with the SEC on April 11, 2025. The Registration Statement originally covered a resale (the &#x201c;Offering&#x201d;)
by the selling shareholders identified in this prospectus, of up to an aggregate of 4,349,010,000 ordinary shares, nominal value &#xa3;0.001
per share (the &#x201c;Ordinary Shares&#x201d;), of Biodexa Pharmaceuticals PLC, represented by 434,901 American Depositary Shares (the
&#x201c;Depositary Shares&#x201d;) consisting of (i) 2,131,880,000 Ordinary Shares represented by 213,188 Depositary Shares issuable upon
the exercise of Series J warrants, or Series J Warrants, issued in a July 2024 private placement, or the July 2024 Private Placement,
(ii) 2,131,880,000 Ordinary Shares represented by 213,188 Depositary Shares, issuable upon the exercise of Series K warrants, or Series
K Warrants, issued in the July 2024 Private Placement, and (iii) 85,250,000 Ordinary Shares represented by 8,525 Depositary Shares, issuable
upon the exercise of placement agent warrants, or the July 2024 Placement Agent Warrants, issued in the July 2024 Private Placement.

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The information included
in this filing updates the Registration Statement and the prospectus contained therein.

&#160;

No additional securities
are being registered under this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1. Accordingly, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 concerns only the offer
and sale of Ordinary Shares represented by Depositary Shares issuable from time to time upon exercise of such warrants that remain unexercised.

&#160;

All applicable registration
fees were paid at the time of the original filing of the Registration Statement.</dei:AmendmentDescription>
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