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NetScientific plc
("NetScientific" or the "Company")
PDS Biotech Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results and Business Update
NetScientific Plc (AIM: NSCI), the international life sciences and sustainability technology investment and commercialisation Group, reports that its portfolio company, PDS Biotechnology Corporation (Nasdaq: PDSB), has announced its financial results for the quarter ended 30 September 2022.
Highlights
· PDS0101 Lead Drug Candidate
o VERSATILE-002 Phase 2 Clinical Trial
§ Hosted a key opinion leader roundtable discussion on current treatment of head and neck cancer, and how PDS0101 might fit into the treatment paradigm.
§ Announced a successful end-of-Phase 2 meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), allowing progression to a registrational trial for VERSATILE-002.
· IMMUNOCERV Phase 2 Clinical Trial
o Presented preliminary data on the clinical efficacy and safety of the combination of PDS0101 and chemoradiotherapy, as well as immunological correlates in the IMMUNOCERV Phase 2 trial being conducted at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in locally, advanced cervical cancer at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer Conference (SITC) 2022.
· NCI-led Triple Combination Phase 2 Clinical Trial
o Presented data on immunological correlates associated with clinical benefit in patients with HPV-positive checkpoint inhibitor (CPI) refractory cancer treated with the PDS0101-based triple combination in the National Cancer Institute (NCI)-led Phase 2 clinical trial at the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer Conference (SITC) 2022.
o Reported expanded interim data for the Phase 2 PDS0101 based triple combination trial led by the NCI targeting advanced HPV-positive cancers.
o Announced completion of recruitment into the NCI-led PDS0101-based triple combination Phase 2 trial, and also reported selection of the CPI refractory arm as the preferred patient group to target in a registrational study with the triple combination.
· PDS0102 and PDS0103 Drug Candidates
o Presented preclinical data on both PDS0102 and PDS0103, demonstrating the versatility of the Versamune® platform and generation of TARP and MUC1 specific polyfunctional CD8+ T cells presented at the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) Special Conference: Tumor Immunology and Immunotherapy 2022.
· PDS0202 Universal Flu Candidate
o Presented data from the preclinical universal flu vaccine program at the American Society of Virology meeting, demonstrating the potential ability of PDS0202 to neutralize multiple strains of influenza in animals.
· Financing
o Entered into a venture loan and security agreement with Horizon Technology Finance Corporation, which provides PDS Biotech with up to $35 million in term loans.
Dr Ilian Iliev, CEO of NetScientific, commented:
"PDS Biotech has made substantial progress during the third quarter, as it continues to execute its commercialisation strategy for their lead candidate, PDS101. We are delighted with the headway they are making in 2022, despite a challenging biotech public markets environment."
Dr Frank Bedu-Addo, CEO of PDS Biotech, said:
"We have remained focused on progressing our four Phase 2 clinical programs, most recently, announcing data from our IMMUNOCERV trial in locally, advanced cervical cancer. 100% (9/9) of patients had a clinical response with tumor shrinkage of over 60% at the midpoint evaluation, and 89% (8/9) of patients had a complete response with no evidence of disease at day 170, when treated with a combination of PDS0101 and chemotherapy."
"Furthermore, we released expanded interim data from our NCI-led PDS0101-based triple combination trial demonstrating 66% (19/29) survival at median follow up of 16 months in checkpoint inhibitor refractory HPV-positive cancer patients that appears to show signs of clinical efficacy, durability, and safety, consistent with the data presented at the American Society for Clinical Oncology 2022. And, with VERSATILE-002 in which PDS0101 is combined with KEYTRUDA®, we are preparing for a registrational trial after our successful end-of-Phase 2 meeting with the FDA. To date, we have presented PDS0101 Phase 2 efficacy data in over 60 patients and safety data in over 100 patients."
A full version of PDS Biotech's announcement can be accessed here: PDS Biotech Reports Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results and Provides Business Update (campaign-archive.com)
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For more information, please contact:
NetScientific
Ilian Iliev, CEO Via Belvedere Communications
WH Ireland (NOMAD, Financial Adviser and Broker)
Chris Fielding / Darshan Patel / Enzo Aliaj +44 (0)20 7220 1666
Belvedere Communications
John West / Llew Angus +44 (0) 203 008 6867
Email: langus@belvederepr.com
About NetScientific
NetScientific Plc ("NSCI") is an active holding Company that proactively invests in a global portfolio of companies across the healthcare, life science, ESG, and deep technology sectors. NetScientific delivers shareholder returns through a proactive and hands-on management approach to its portfolio companies; identifying, investing in, and helping to build game-changing companies. The Group targets value inflection points and the release of value through partial or full exits from trade sales, public listings, or equity sales. The Company has a strong Trans-Atlantic and growing international presence, providing attractive expansion prospects.
The Company differentiates itself by employing a capital-light investment approach, making use of its wholly owned subsidiary, EMV Capital's network of private, corporate, and institutional investors. By syndicating investment and making minimal use of its balance sheet, the Company is able to secure direct stakes, as well as carried interest stakes, in its portfolio. This ultimately creates a structure that can support a large portfolio with a limited balance sheet.
NetScientific is headquartered in London, United Kingdom, and was admitted to trading on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange, in 2013.
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About PDS Biotech
PDS Biotech is a clinical-stage immunotherapy company developing a growing pipeline of targeted cancer and infectious disease immunotherapies based on our proprietary Versamune® and Infectimune™ T cell-activating technology platforms. We believe our targeted Versamune® based candidates have the potential to overcome the limitations of current immunotherapy by inducing large quantities of high-quality, potent polyfunctional tumor specific CD4+ helper and CD8+ killer T cells. To date, our lead Versamune® clinical candidate, PDS0101, has demonstrated the potential to reduce tumors and stabilize disease in combination with approved and investigational therapeutics in patients with a broad range of HPV-expressing cancers in multiple Phase 2 clinical trials. Our Infectimune™ based vaccines have also demonstrated the potential to induce not only robust and durable neutralizing antibody responses, but also powerful T cell responses, including long-lasting memory T cell responses in pre-clinical studies to date.
https://www.pdsbiotech.com/