Serina Therapeutics Announces POZ Polymer Technology License Agreement with Pfizer
18 November 2023 - 12:00AM
Serina Therapeutics, Inc. (Serina), a privately held, clinical
stage biotechnology company focused on developing its proprietary
POZ Platform TM drug delivery technology, including POZ lipid
nanoparticle (LNP) delivery systems for RNA-based therapeutics,
today announced Serina has entered into a License Agreement under
which Pfizer Inc. will license, on a non-exclusive basis, Serina’s
POZ polymer technology.
“We are excited about the license to Pfizer for
its use of the POZ polymer technology in initial research and
development activities,” stated Dr. Milton Harris, Executive Board
Chair at Serina Therapeutics. “The license agreement represents an
important milestone for Serina.”
About Serina Therapeutics
Serina is a clinical-stage biotechnology company
developing a pipeline of wholly owned drug product candidates to
treat neurological diseases and pain. Serina’s POZ PlatformTM
delivery technology is engineered to provide greater control in
drug loading and more precision in the rate of release of attached
drugs, enabling the potential of challenging small molecules, while
addressing the limitations of PEG (polyethylene glycol) and other
biocompatible polymers. Our POZ PlatformTM partners are at the
forefront in advancing LNP delivery technology to develop novel RNA
therapeutics. Serina is headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama on the
campus of the HudsonAlpha Institute of Biotechnology. For more
information, please visit https://serinatherapeutics.com.
Serina Disclosure Notice
This release contains forward-looking statements
about the potential of Serina’s POZ polymer technology and LNP
technology and the license agreement with Pfizer, that involve
substantial risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results
to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such
statements. Risks and uncertainties include, among other things,
the uncertainties inherent in research and development, including
the ability to meet anticipated clinical endpoints, commencement
and/or completion dates for clinical trials, regulatory submission
dates, regulatory approval dates and/or launch dates, as well as
the possibility of unfavorable new clinical data and further
analyses of existing clinical data; the risk that clinical trial
data are subject to differing interpretations and assessments by
regulatory authorities; whether regulatory authorities will be
satisfied with the design of and results from our clinical studies;
whether and when any applications may be filed for any drug or
vaccine candidates in any jurisdictions; whether and when
regulatory authorities may approve any potential applications that
may be filed for any drug or vaccine candidates in any
jurisdictions, which will depend on a myriad of factors, including
making a determination as to whether the product’s benefits
outweigh its known risks and determination of the product’s
efficacy and, if approved, whether any such drug or vaccine
candidates will be commercially successful; decisions by regulatory
authorities impacting labeling, manufacturing processes, safety
and/or other matters that could affect the availability or
commercial potential of any drug or vaccine candidates; whether the
agreement between Serina and Pfizer will be successful; Serina’s
ability to consummate the proposed merger of Serina with a
wholly-owned subsidiary of AgeX Therapeutics, Inc. (NYSE American:
AGE) (“AgeX”); uncertainties regarding the impact of COVID-19 on
Serina’s business, operations and financial results; and
competitive developments. The information contained in this release
is as of the date hereof, and Serina assumes no obligation to
update forward-looking statements contained in this release as the
result of new information or future events or developments.
Additional Information and Where to Find
It
In connection with the proposed merger
transaction between Serina and AgeX, AgeX filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) a registration statement on
Form S-4 on November 14, 2023 (the “Form S-4”). The Form S-4
contains a preliminary proxy statement/prospectus of AgeX and a
preliminary information statement of Serina (the “Preliminary Proxy
Statement/Prospectus/Information Statement”). The Preliminary Proxy
Statement/Prospectus/Information Statement is not final and may be
further amended. INVESTORS AND STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THESE
MATERIALS CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME
AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT
AGEX, SERINA AND THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION AND RELATED MATTERS.
Investors and stockholders will be able to obtain free copies of
the Form S-4 and other documents filed by AgeX with the SEC (as
they become available) through the website maintained by the SEC at
www.sec.gov. In addition, investors and stockholders will be able
to obtain free copies of the Form S-4 and other documents filed by
AgeX with the SEC by contacting Andrea Park at AgeX by email at
information@agexinc.com. Investors and stockholders are urged to
read the Form S-4, including the proxy statement/prospectus
contained therein, and the other relevant materials as they become
available before making any voting or investment decision with
respect to the proposed merger transaction.
Participants in the
Solicitation
Serina and AgeX, and each of their respective
directors and executive officers and certain of their other members
of management and employees, may be deemed to be participants in
the solicitation of proxies in connection with the proposed merger
transaction. Information about AgeX’s directors and executive
officers is included in AgeX’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2023,
in the proxy statement for AgeX’s 2022 annual meeting of
stockholders, filed with the SEC on November 2, 2022, and in AgeX’s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2023, filed with the SEC on November 14, 2023.
Additional information regarding these persons and their interests
in the transaction is included in the Preliminary Proxy
Statement/Prospectus/Information Statement included in the Form S-4
relating to the transaction that was initially filed with the SEC
on November 14, 2023. These documents can be obtained free of
charge from the sources indicated above.
No Offer or Solicitation
This communication relates to a proposed merger
transaction between AgeX and Serina. This communication is for
informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to
sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a
solicitation of any vote or approval, in any jurisdiction, pursuant
to the proposed merger transaction or otherwise, nor shall there be
any sale, issuance, exchange or transfer of the securities referred
to in this communication in any jurisdiction in contravention of
applicable law. No offer of securities shall be made except by
means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the
Securities Act.
Serina Therapeutics
Contact:
Steve LedgerChief Financial Officer(256)
327-9630investor.relations@serinatherapeutics.com
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