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5^th April 2019, London, UK and Tokyo, Japan: Intract Pharma Ltd (“Intract”) and Neopharma Japan Co. Ltd (“NPJ”), have announced entry into a collaboration to develop a novel therapeutic product for treatment of gastrointestinal diseases using Intract’s proprietary drug delivery technologies. Intract is a leader in oral drug delivery, building on over 20 years of research and an in-depth understanding of gastrointestinal physiology for optimal drug product development. NPJ, a subsidiary of Neopharma UAE, is a global center of excellence for research and development of innovative medicines and healthcare products.

Under the terms of the collaboration, details of which have not been made public, Intract will provide NPJ access to its proprietary drug formulation platforms for creation of improved medical products. The programme will be advanced rapidly to the clinic through use of Intract’s will specialist pre-clinical gastrointestinal models.

Commenting on the collaboration, Bill Lindsay, Intract’s CEO said “Intract is delighted to enter this very exciting collaboration with NPJ. Intract is driven to see its technologies and expertise result in benefit to patients through such innovative projects.”

“We are very excited to bring our promising compound to the patients suffering from gastrointestinal diseases through the collaboration with Intract”, said Satofumi Kawata, NPJ’s Representative Director.

Details of the drug compound and financial terms were not disclosed.

About Intract: Intract Pharma Ltd offers access to unique know-how and technologies for optimized oral delivery of drugs. Intract’s GI models allow development of detailed knowledge of drug solubility, stability and uptake, to enable optimal bespoke drug formulations with improved bioavailability and efficacy. For more information, visit www.intractpharma.com

About Neopharma: Neopharma LLC UAE is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the MENA region with presence in over 50 countries. Neopharma is an integrated pharmaceutical company currently having manufacturing operations in Japan, India, Brazil and UAE, primarily focusing on novel therapeutics and debilitating diseases at affordable prices. For more information, visit www.neopharma.com

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09 November 2018, London, UK – Intract Pharma Ltd has successfully been awarded funding from Innovate UK, the UK’s innovation agency, to develop a scalable manufacturing process for novel oral antibody products using its proprietary Soteria® technology. The collaborative industrial research project, totalling over £1.4 million, was secured through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund for innovative projects in medicines manufacturing. This program will be conducted by a consortium led by Intract, including the Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), Pharmidex and Quay Pharma.

Each member of the consortium brings unique expertise in drug development and manufacture, with an extensive understanding of pharmaceutical formulation. The project seeks to develop a manufacturing process for Intract’s revolutionary Soteria® technology which can be scaled in a commercially viable manner. Soteria® transforms painful and inconvenient injectable therapies into safe, simple oral formulations, and allows targeting and concentration of the antibody at the site of disease in the gut to improve therapeutic efficacy whilst minimising risk of systemic toxicity.

Intract’s CEO, Bill Lindsay, highlighted that the funding will provide a significant boost to both internal and external development programmes using the technology. “Intract has invested significant resource in developing Soteria® at laboratory scale – Innovate UK funding is critical at this point to resolve the issues involved in large-scale GMP manufacture of biologic drugs.”

Dr Graeme Cruickshank, CPI Director of Formulation, said: “We are delighted to be supporting Intract’s work on developing a manufacturing process for antibody products, which has great potential to improve patients’ treatment. Our position within the consortium also allows us to demonstrate the breadth of capabilities we have here at CPI and how we have been able to bring them to bear to offer our support.”

Dr Christopher Ireson, Pharmidex Head of Oncology, said: “Pharmidex is delighted to be part of this opportunity to support the development of orally delivered therapeutics to the patient.”

Dr. Alison Foster, Technical Manager at Quay Pharmaceuticals, said “Quay is very pleased to be part of this exciting opportunity using Intract’s proprietary technology together with Quay’s expertise to ensure that the formulation developed at CPI and the process is scalable and commercially viable.”

About Intract Pharma

Intract Pharma is an oral drug delivery specialist, developing state-of-the-art formulation technologies and unique gastrointestinal models to develop advanced new therapeutics. Since its inception, Intract has pursued innovation in oral drug delivery as a means to improve on current therapies, making them safer and more effective for patients. Soteria® is available for license exclusively from Intract Pharma. For more information visit www.intractpharma.com

About CPI

The Centre for Process Innovation is a UK-based technology innovation centre and part of the High Value Manufacturing Catapult. The company uses applied knowledge in science and engineering combined with state-of-the-art development facilities to enable its clients to develop, prove, prototype and scale up the next generation of products and processes. Its open innovation model enables clients to develop products and prove processes with minimal risk. CPI provides assets and expertise, so customers can demonstrate processes before investing substantial amounts of money in capital equipment and training. New products and processes can be shown to be feasible; on paper, in the lab and in the plant before being manufactured at an industrial scale. By utilising its proven assets and expertise, companies can take their products and processes to market faster. There is no down time in production as all of the process development is completed offsite and CPI’s technology transfer and engineering teams can help companies transfer the product or process into full-scale production at speed.

About Pharmidex

Pharmidex provides translational solutions using its world-renowned expertise in CNS/Oncology, drug discovery and ADMET/PK. Founded in the UK in 2002, Pharmidex operates in state-of-the-art facilities in London and Hatfield to provide high quality bespoke experimental data to support drug discovery & development.

About Quay Pharma

Quay Pharmaceuticals is experienced in providing a comprehensive out-sourcing service for formulation and analytical development with subsequent clinical trials manufacturing for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies worldwide. Working as a dedicated, pro-active part of your team we apply strong project management and technical expertise to take products quickly and cost effectively from late stage pre-clinical through to the end of phase II clinical trials. Quay Pharmaceuticals has built a reputation for specialising in the formulation of APIs that exhibit poor solubility and bio-availability and those which require modified or controlled release.

About Innovate UK

Innovate UK drives productivity and economic growth by supporting businesses to develop and realise the potential of new ideas. We connect businesses to the partners, customers and investors that can help them turn ideas into commercially successful products and services and business growth. We fund business and research collaborations to accelerate innovation and drive business investment into R&D. Our support is available to businesses across all economic sectors, value chains and UK regions. Innovate UK is part of UK Research and Innovation. For more information visit www.innovateuk.ukri.org

London, 23rd November 2018

Intract Pharma Limited is pleased to announce receipt of an award from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to fund investigation of Intract’s Soteria® technology as a means to stabilise orally-administered therapeutic antibodies.

GI diseases caused by pathogens such as Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC) and Campylobacter are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in infants in the developing world, with ETEC alone responsible for an estimated 400 million cases of diarrhoea and 157,000 deaths/year.

Intract’s Soteria technology is a unique formulation which stabilises bio-therapeutic drugs within the GI tract, allowing the possibility for creation of oral formulations of complex biologic molecules which normally can only be administered by injection. Soteria will be utilised in the Gates Foundation-funded project to enhance the therapeutic effect of antibodies which specifically target the disease-causing bacteria without damaging the natural healthy microbiome.

Bill Lindsay, CEO of Intract said “Intract is extremely pleased to be working with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on this exciting and important project. We believe that our technology and expertise in understanding the behaviour of drugs in the GI tract will maximise the chances of development of a unique, life-saving therapy”

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