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PDS collaborator awarded grant for Versamune

Jul 14, 2020
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News, PDS Biotechnology, RNS Announcements

NetScientific plc

(“NetScientific” or the “Company”)

PDS Biotech Collaborator Granted NIAID Award to Accelerate Development of Versamune®-Based Universal Influenza Vaccine

 

London, UK – 14 July 2020 – NetScientific plc (AIM:NSCI), the transatlantic healthcare IP commercialisation group, announces that its portfolio company PDS Biotechnology Corporation (“PDS”) (Nasdaq: PDSB) today announced that PDS Biotech collaborator, Professor J. Woodward of the University of Kentucky School of Medicine, has been awarded a grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovation Centers (CIVICs) program to progress development of a Versamune®-based universal influenza vaccine.

The key objective of the NIAID’s CIVICs program is to develop more durable, broadly protective, and longer-lasting vaccines effective against multiple strains of influenza, specifically including pandemic strains. Under the award, PDS Biotech will continue development of its PDS0202 vaccine program, which combines Versamune® with novel influenza vaccine antigens, with a goal of rapidly progressing into a human clinical trial.   Preclinical development studies will be performed at three sites: PDS Biotech’s Princeton, NJ laboratories, The University of Kentucky School of Medicine, and the CIVICs Center for Influenza Vaccine Research for High-Risk Populations (CIVR-HRP).

NetScientific holds 7.18% of PDS’ undiluted share capital.

 

Dr. Ilian Iliev, Chief Executive Office of the Company said: “We are pleased that PDS Biotechnology continues to expand the exploitation of the Versamune platform technology for vaccines applications, in this case for the development of a universal influenza vaccine through their collaboration with the University of Kentucky School of Medicine. This follows the announcement on 18th June of a collaboration with Brazil’s Farmacore on the development of a Versamune®-based vaccine aimed at preventing COVID-19 infection.”

 

The full details of the announcement are set out below and can be found here: https://www.pdsbiotech.com/investors/news-center/press-releases/press-releases1/56-2020-news/405-iotechollaboratorrantedwardtoccelerate20200714

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PDS Biotech Collaborator Granted NIAID Award to Accelerate Development of Versamune®-Based Universal Influenza Vaccine

PDS Biotech ramps up third infectious disease vaccine program, PDS0202 for influenza, following PDS0201 for tuberculosis and PDS0203 for COVID-19

FLORHAM PARK, N.J., July 14, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — PDS Biotechnology Corporation (Nasdaq: PDSB), a clinical-stage immunotherapy company developing novel cancer therapies and infectious disease vaccines based on the Company’s proprietary Versamune® T-cell activating technology, today announced that PDS Biotech collaborator, Professor J. Woodward of the University of Kentucky School of Medicine, has been awarded a grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ (NIAID) Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovation Centers (CIVICs) program to progress development of a Versamune®-based universal influenza vaccine.

The key objective of the NIAID’s CIVICs program is to develop more durable, broadly protective, and longer-lasting vaccines effective against multiple strains of influenza, specifically including pandemic strains. Under the award, PDS Biotech will continue development of its PDS0202 vaccine program, which combines Versamune® with novel influenza vaccine antigens, with a goal of rapidly progressing into a human clinical trial.   Preclinical development studies will be performed at three sites: PDS Biotech’s Princeton, NJ laboratories, The University of Kentucky School of Medicine, and the CIVICs Center for Influenza Vaccine Research for High-Risk Populations (CIVR-HRP).

“We are excited to accelerate PDS0202 development to further demonstrate Versamune®’s ability to induce the immune system to generate high levels of neutralizing antibodies, killer T-cells, and long acting memory T-cells, that for PDS0202 could provide broad and long-term protection against multiple influenza strains,” commented Dr. Frank Bedu-Addo, Chief Executive Officer of PDS Biotech. “NIAID support for the upcoming PDS0202 preclinical studies could speed development of a more durable and broadly protective influenza vaccine, thus reducing the public health consequences of both seasonal and pandemic influenza.”

PDS Biotech’s infectious disease portfolio consists of PDS0201 (tuberculosis), PDS0202 (universal flu) and PDS0203 (COVID-19), all of which are based on the Versamune® platform and are designed to induce a broad range of long-term protective immune responses against these pathogens.

About PDS Biotechnology

PDS Biotech is a clinical-stage immunotherapy company with a growing pipeline of cancer immunotherapies and infectious disease vaccines based on the Company’s proprietary Versamune® T-cell activating technology platform. Versamune® effectively delivers disease-specific antigens for in vivo uptake and processing, while also activating the critical type 1 interferon immunological pathway, resulting in production of potent disease-specific killer T-cells as well as neutralizing antibodies. PDS Biotech has engineered multiple therapies, based on combinations of Versamune® and disease-specific antigens, designed to train the immune system to better recognize disease cells and effectively attack and destroy them. To learn more, please visit www.pdsbiotech.com or follow us on Twitter at @PDSBiotech.

About PDS0201

PDS0201 is an investigational vaccine designed for the prevention of tuberculosis.  PDS0201 combines the utility of the Versamune® platform with bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) antigens. Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent and is caused by the bacillus M. tuberculosis, which is spread when people who are sick with TB expel bacteria into the air. About a quarter of the world’s population is infected with M. tuberculosis and thus at risk of developing TB disease.  PDS0201 is currently in preclinical development.

About PDS0202

PDS0202 is an investigational vaccine designed for the prevention of a broad range of influenza strains. PDS0202 combines the utility of the Versamune® platform with a mix of influenza antigens including conserved regions of the virus.  Influenza is estimated to result in about 3 to 5 million cases of severe illness, and about 290,000 to 650,000 respiratory deaths globally. Some strains of influenza are known to have strong pandemic potential. PDS0202 is currently in preclinical development.

About PDS0203

PDS0203 is a COVID-19 vaccine candidate that combines the utility of the Versamune® platform with a mix of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) antigens.  The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the COVID-19 outbreak caused by a novel coronavirus, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a global health emergency in January of 2020. Within three months of initial discovery COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic, reflecting alarming levels of spread and severity and resulting in unprecedented action by local and national governments to restrict the movement of citizens to contain the spread.  Building immunity to the disease is the key to stopping its spread. A COVID-19 vaccine would train the immune system to recognize and destroy the virus without the vaccinated person getting sick.  PDS0203 is currently in preclinical development.

 

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The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014. Following the publication of this announcement, this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

For more information, please contact:

NetScientific

Ilian Iliev, CEO

Tel: +44 (0)20 3514 1800
WHIreland (NOMAD, Financial Adviser and Broker)

Chris Fielding / Darshan Patel

Tel: +44 (0)20 7220 1666
MO PR ADVISORY (Press Contact)

Mo Noonan

Tel: +44 (0)78 7644 4977

 

About NetScientific

NetScientific PLC is a transatlantic healthcare IP commercialisation Group focused on technologies and companies that have the potential to treat chronic disease and significantly improve the health and well-being of people.

 

For more information, please visit the website at www.NetScientific.net

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