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PRINCETON, N.J., Oct. 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Grace Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: GRCE) (Grace Therapeutics or the Company), a late-stage, biopharma company advancing GTx-104, its novel injectable formulation of nimodipine that addresses high unmet medical needs for a rare disease, aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (aSAH), today announced it will host a virtual key opinion leader (KOL) event on Wednesday, November 20, 2024 at 2:00 PM ET. To register, click here. The event will feature Abhishek Ray, MD (University Hospitals) and Andrew Webb, PharmD, BCCCP (Massachusetts General Hospital), who will discuss the high unmet medical need and current treatment landscape for patients suffering from aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (aSAH), a rare and life-threatening medical emergency. A live question and answer session will follow the formal presentations. About Abhishek Ray, MD Abhishek Ray, MD, is a fellowship-trained, board-certified neurological surgeon at University Hospitals and Associate Professor of neurological surgery at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He specializes in caring for people with cerebrovascular disease (brain aneurysms, stroke, AVMs), pituitary tumors and meningiomas, and in minimally invasive techniques to treat degenerative spine disease. In neurological surgery, there are often multiple ways to treat a single problem, and Dr. Ray is committed to providing each patient with an individualized care plan to optimize results. In 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, he was selected by his peers to be included in Cleveland Magazine’s list of Top Doctors. After completing his undergraduate degree in biological systems engineering at the University of California – Davis, Dr. Ray went back to his hometown to attend medical school at the University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City, Kansas, where he was elected to be an ambassador of the school and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society. He then went on to complete neurological surgery residency at University Hospitals/Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, where he also completed fellowship training in neuro-interventional surgery. Dr. Ray stayed on as faculty at UH/Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine to advance neurosurgical education there. He created a unique and comprehensive neurological surgery elective for second-year medical students, of which he is now the course director. He has been an instructor at national skull base courses for neurosurgical residents and fellows and has served as editor of the neuro-interventional section of CNS Nexus, an online library of neurosurgical cases to better prepare trainees for the operating room. About Andrew Webb, PharmD, BCCCP Andrew Webb, PharmD, BCCCP, is a board-certified neurocritical care clinical pharmacy specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and serves as adjunct clinical faculty at Northeastern University School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences. His clinical and research interests include subarachnoid hemorrhage, status epilepticus, traumatic brain injury, and optimizing the medical management of neurocritically ill patients and his clinical practice is on the multidisciplinary neurocritical care team at MGH’s 22-bed neurosciences intensive care unit. Dr. Webb is originally from Rhode Island and completed his undergraduate studies and Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of Rhode Island. He then completed his pharmacy practice residency at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN followed by residency in critical care at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR. Dr. Webb serves on the MGH Comprehensive Stroke Center Quality Taskforce and the MGH Neurology Quality Assurance and Committee on Patient Safety, focusing on improving the quality, safety, and effectiveness of medication therapy in stroke, subarachnoid hemorrhage, and other neurologic conditions. He is active in the Neurocritical Care Society, American College of Clinical Pharmacy, and Society for Critical Care Medicine and serves on several committees within these organizations related to critical care and neurology practice, research, and education. He has lectured regionally and nationally on the pharmacotherapy of subarachnoid hemorrhage, status epilepticus, and the unique challenges of pharmacotherapy in neurocritical care. About aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (aSAH) aSAH is bleeding over the surface of the brain in the subarachnoid space between the brain and the skull, which contains blood vessels that supply the brain. A primary cause of such bleeding is the rupture of an aneurysm. Approximately 70% of aSAH patients experience death or dependence, and more than 30% die within one month of hemorrhage. Approximately 50,000 patients in the United States are affected by aSAH per year, based on market research. Outside of the United States, annual cases of aSAH are estimated at approximately 60,000 in the European Union, and approximately 150,000 in China. About the Grace Therapeutics Asset Portfolio GTx-104 is a clinical stage, novel, injectable formulation of nimodipine being developed for intravenous (IV) infusion in aSAH patients to address significant unmet medical needs. The unique nanoparticle technology of GTx-104 facilitates aqueous formulation of insoluble nimodipine for a standard peripheral IV infusion. GTx-104 provides a convenient IV delivery of nimodipine in the Intensive Care Unit potentially eliminating the need for nasogastric tube administration in unconscious or dysphagic patients. Intravenous delivery of GTx-104 also has the potential to lower food effects, drug-to-drug interactions, and eliminate potential dosing errors. Further, GTx-104 has the potential to better manage hypotension in aSAH patients. GTx-104 has been administered in over 150 healthy volunteers and was well tolerated with significantly lower inter- and intra-subject pharmacokinetic variability compared to oral nimodipine. The addressable market in the United States for GTx-104 is estimated to be about $300 million, based on market research. GTx-102 is a novel, concentrated oral-mucosal spray of betamethasone intended to improve neurological symptoms of Ataxia-Telangiectasia (A-T), for which there are currently no FDA-approved therapies. GTX-102 is a stable, concentrated oral spray formulation comprised of the gluco-corticosteroid betamethasone that, together with other excipients can be sprayed conveniently over the tongue of the A-T patient and is rapidly absorbed. The further development of GTx-102 has been deprioritized in favor of our focus on development of GTx-104. It is also possible that we may license or sell our GTx-102 drug candidate. GTx-101 is a non-narcotic, topical bio-adhesive film-forming bupivacaine spray designed to ease the symptoms of patients suffering with postherpetic neuralgia (PHN). GTx-101 is administered via a metered-dose of bupivacaine spray and forms a thin bio-adhesive topical film on the surface of the patient’s skin, which enables a touch-free, non-greasy application. It also comes in convenient, portable 30 ml plastic bottles. Unlike oral gabapentin and lidocaine patches, we believe that the biphasic delivery mechanism of GTx-101 has the potential for rapid onset of action and continuous pain relief for up to eight hours. No skin sensitivity was reported in a Phase 1 trial. The further development of GTx-101 has been deprioritized in favor of our focus on development of GTx-104. It is also possible that we may license or sell our GTx-101 drug candidate. About Grace Therapeutics Grace Therapeutics is a late-stage biopharma company with drug candidates addressing rare and orphan diseases. Grace Therapeutics’s novel drug delivery technologies have the potential to improve the performance of currently marketed drugs by achieving faster onset of action, enhanced efficacy, reduced side effects, and more convenient drug delivery. Grace Therapeutics’s lead clinical assets have each been granted Orphan Drug Designation by the FDA, which provides seven years of marketing exclusivity post-launch in the United States, and additional intellectual property protection with over 40 granted and pending patents. Grace Therapeutics’s lead clinical asset, GTx-104, is an intravenous infusion targeting aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage (aSAH), a rare and life-threatening medical emergency in which bleeding occurs over the surface of the brain in the subarachnoid space between the brain and skull. For more information, please visit: www.gracetx.com. Forward-Looking Statements Statements in this press release that are not statements of historical or current fact constitute "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and "forward-looking information" within the meaning of Canadian securities laws (collectively, "forward-looking statements"). Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that could cause the actual results of Grace Therapeutics to be materially different from historical results or from any future results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In addition to statements which explicitly describe such risks and uncertainties, readers are urged to consider statements containing the terms "believes," "belief," "expects," "intends," "anticipates," "estimates", "potential," "should," "may," "will," "plans," "continue", "targeted" or other similar expressions to be uncertain and forward-looking. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. The forward-looking statements in this press release, including statements regarding the timing of a data readout from the Company’s Phase 3 STRIVE-ON safety trial of GTx-104, the timing of the Company’s planned NDA submission with the FDA in connection with the Company's Phase 3 STRIVE-ON safety trial, GTx-104’s commercial prospects; the size of the addressable market for GTx-104, the Company’s beliefs regarding the potential benefits of GTx-104, including GTx-104's potential to bring enhanced treatment options to patients suffering from aSAH, and the anticipated benefits and future development, license or sale of the Company's other drug candidates are based upon Grace Therapeutics's current expectations and involve assumptions that may never materialize or may prove to be incorrect. Actual results and the timing of events could differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements as a result of various risks and uncertainties, including, without limitation: (i) the success and timing of regulatory submissions of the Phase 3 STRIVE-ON safety trial for GTx-104; (ii) regulatory requirements or developments and the outcome and timing of the proposed NDA application for GTx-104; (iii) changes to clinical trial designs and regulatory pathways; (iv) legislative, regulatory, political and economic developments; and (v) actual costs associated with Grace Therapeutics's clinical trials as compared to management's current expectations. The foregoing list of important factors that could cause actual events to differ from expectations should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with statements that are included herein and elsewhere, including the risk factors detailed in documents that have been and are filed by Grace Therapeutics from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission and Canadian securities regulators. All forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date on which they were made. Grace Therapeutics undertakes no obligation to update such statements to reflect events that occur or circumstances that exist after the date on which they were made, except as required by applicable securities laws. For more information, please contact: Grace Therapeutics Contact: Prashant KohliChief Executive OfficerTel: 609-322-1602Email: info@gracetx.com www.gracetx.com Investor Relations: LifeSci AdvisorsMike MoyerManaging DirectorPhone: 617-308-4306Email: mmoyer@lifesciadvisors.com

Conference Call Scheduled for November 7, 2024, at 4:30 p.m. ETRAMSEY, N.J. and BOCA RATON, Fla., Oct. 29, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ADMA Biologics, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADMA) (“ADMA” or the “Company”), an end-to-end commercial biopharmaceutical company dedicated to manufacturing, marketing, and developing specialty biologics, today announced that it will report third quarter 2024 financial results on November 7, 2024, after the U.S. financial markets close. ADMA’s management team will host a live conference call and audio webcast on that date at 4:30 p.m. ET to discuss its financial results and other Company updates. To access the conference call, please dial (888) 596-4144 and refer to conference ID 2959956. It is recommended that you join approximately 10 minutes prior to the event start (although you may dial in at any time during the call). Attendees who will not be asking a question during the call are encouraged to listen in to the live webcast here. An archived replay of the event will be available located under “Events & Webcasts” in the investor section of the Company’s website at https://ir.admabiologics.com/events-webcasts. About ADMA Biologics, Inc. (ADMA) ADMA Biologics is an end-to-end commercial biopharmaceutical company dedicated to manufacturing, marketing and developing specialty biologics for the treatment of immunodeficient patients at risk for infection and others at risk for certain infectious diseases. ADMA currently manufactures and markets three United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved plasma-derived biologics for the treatment of immune deficiencies and the prevention of certain infectious diseases: BIVIGAM® (immune globulin intravenous, human) for the treatment of primary humoral immunodeficiency (PI); ASCENIV™ (immune globulin intravenous, human – slra 10% liquid) for the treatment of PI; and NABI-HB® (hepatitis B immune globulin, human) to provide enhanced immunity against the hepatitis B virus. ADMA manufactures its immune globulin products at its FDA-licensed plasma fractionation and purification facility located in Boca Raton, Florida. Through its ADMA BioCenters subsidiary, ADMA also operates as an FDA-approved source plasma collector in the United States, which provides its blood plasma for the manufacture of its products. ADMA’s mission is to manufacture, market and develop specialty biologics and human immune globulins targeted to niche patient populations for the treatment and prevention of certain infectious diseases and management of immune compromised patient populations who suffer from an underlying immune deficiency, or who may be immune compromised for other medical reasons. ADMA holds numerous U.S. and foreign patents related to and encompassing various aspects of its products and product candidates. For more information, please visit www.admabiologics.com. INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT:Michelle Pappanastos Senior Managing Director, Argot Partners | 212-600-1902 | michelle@argotpartners.com

Deep attack rate reductions achieved in both dose levels tested; a single 50 mg dose resulted in a mean monthly attack rate reduction of 77% and 81% compared to placebo during weeks 1-16 and 5-16, respectively Eight of 11 patients in the 50 mg arm were completely attack free following a one-time infusion through the latest follow-up; data support NTLA-2002’s potential to be a functional cure for hereditary angioedema (HAE) NTLA-2002 demonstrated an encouraging safety and tolerability profile Data published in The New England Journal of Medicine and will be presented at the 2024 ACAAI Scientific Meeting Actively screening patients in the global pivotal Phase 3 HAELO study evaluating the 50 mg dose of NTLA-2002 Intellia to host investor webcast on Thursday, October 24 at 8:30 a.m. ET Oct. 24, 2024 -- Intellia Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:NTLA), a leading clinical-stage gene editing company focused on revolutionizing medicine with CRISPR-based therapies, today announced positive Phase 2 data from the ongoing Phase 1/2 study of NTLA-2002 in patients with hereditary angioedema (HAE), with results continuing to indicate that NTLA-2002 has the potential to eliminate HAE attacks following a one-time infusion. NTLA-2002 is an investigational in vivo CRISPR-based gene editing therapy in development as a one-time treatment for HAE, a rare genetic condition that leads to potentially life-threatening swelling attacks. Results were published online today in The New England Journal of Medicine and will be presented on Saturday, October 26 at the 2024 American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (ACAAI) Scientific Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. “These positive NTLA-2002 Phase 2 results underscore the tremendous potential of our in vivo CRISPR gene editing therapy to be a functional cure and redefine the treatment paradigm for HAE,” said Intellia President and Chief Executive Officer John Leonard, M.D. “The Phase 2 data demonstrated that a majority of patients in the 50 mg arm experienced a complete response — no attacks at all and no further treatment needed — after a one-time infusion of NTLA-2002 through the latest follow-up, consistent with the long-term Phase 1 data. We are highly encouraged by these results, which we believe sets NTLA-2002 apart from other prophylaxis treatments. What was previously an unimaginable potential to be free of chronic therapy is one step closer to becoming a reality for the HAE community.” “Approved HAE therapies can reduce but frequently do not eliminate all angioedema attacks and require chronic administration, resulting in a significant treatment burden and a major impact on the quality of life for people living with HAE,” said Danny Cohn, M.D., Ph.D., Internist, Department of Vascular Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Center and the Phase 2 study’s lead principal investigator. “These NTLA-2002 Phase 2 data are remarkable, showing this investigational therapy could permanently stop swelling attacks with a single infusion. I am optimistic that NTLA-2002 will change the way we treat HAE and put an end to the need for a lifetime of chronic treatment.” The Phase 2 study is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy, safety, pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of NTLA‑2002. A total of 27 participants were enrolled and randomized to receive one of two single doses of NTLA-2002 (25 mg or 50 mg) or placebo via intravenous infusion. The data cut-off date for the analysis was April 4, 2024, when the 25th patient completed the 16-week primary observation period. Single dose of NTLA-2002 led to deep attack rate reductions during the primary observation period. The mean monthly attack rates relative to placebo were reduced by 75% and 77% for the 25 mg and 50 mg arms during weeks 1 – 16, and by 80% and 81% during weeks 5 – 16, respectively. In the 50 mg arm, eight of 11 patients experienced a complete response after a single dose of NTLA-2002, with no attacks at all during the 16-week primary observation period; these eight patients continued to be attack-free through the latest follow-up (median of eight months) and no subsequent treatment has been required. In contrast, four of the 10 patients in the 25 mg arm experienced a complete response and zero patients in the placebo arm. Similarly, patients who received the 50 mg dose achieved a greater kallikrein protein reduction, with an 86% mean reduction from baseline compared to 55% in the 25 mg arm at week 16. At both dose levels, NTLA-2002 was well tolerated. The most frequent adverse events (AEs) were headache, fatigue and nasopharyngitis. There have been no serious AEs and all AEs were either Grade 1 or 2, except for one patient in the placebo arm who experienced a serious AE of Grade 4 edema of the tongue with breathing impairment that was attributed to their underlying HAE. No clinically significant laboratory abnormalities were observed. The safety, tolerability and efficacy data from the Phase 2 study are consistent with the long-term Phase 1 data presented at the European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) Congress in Valencia, Spain on June 2, 2024. Based on these results, Intellia selected 50 mg for evaluation in the global, pivotal Phase 3 HAELO study, which is actively screening patients. For more information on HAELO (NCT06634420), please visit clinicaltrials.gov. Intellia Therapeutics Investor Webcast Information Intellia will host a live webcast, today, October 24, 2024, at 8:30 a.m. ET to discuss the NTLA-2002 Phase 2 data. Joining the Intellia management team will be Dr. Danny Cohn, Internist, Department of Vascular Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Center, and the Phase 2 study’s lead principal investigator as well as Dr. Paula Busse, Professor of Medicine, Division of Clinical Immunology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. To join the webcast, please visit this link, or the Events and Presentations page of the Investors & Media section of the company’s website at www.intelliatx.com. A replay of the webcast will be available on Intellia’s website for at least 30 days following the call. Based on Nobel-prize winning CRISPR/Cas9 technology, NTLA-2002 has the potential to become the first one-time treatment for hereditary angioedema (HAE). NTLA-2002 is designed to prevent HAE attacks by inactivating the kallikrein B1 (KLKB1) gene, which encodes for prekallikrein, the kallikrein precursor protein. NTLA-2002 has received five notable regulatory designations, including Orphan Drug and RMAT Designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Innovation Passport by the U.K. Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), Priority Medicines (PRIME) Designation by the European Medicines Agency, as well as Orphan Drug Designation by the European Commission. Hereditary angioedema (HAE) is a rare, genetic disease characterized by severe, recurring and unpredictable inflammatory attacks in various organs and tissues of the body, which can be painful, debilitating and life-threatening. It is estimated that one in 50,000 people are affected by HAE. Although there is no known cure for HAE, there are preventative and on-demand treatment options to help manage the condition, including long- and short-term prophylaxis used to prevent swelling attacks. Current treatment options often include life-long therapies, which may require chronic intravenous (IV) or subcutaneous (SC) administration as often as twice per week or daily oral administration to ensure constant pathway suppression for disease control. Despite chronic administration, breakthrough attacks still occur. Kallikrein inhibition is a clinically validated strategy for the preventive treatment of HAE attacks. Intellia Therapeutics, a leading clinical-stage gene editing company focused on revolutionizing medicine with CRISPR-based therapies. The company’s in vivo programs use CRISPR to enable precise editing of disease-causing genes directly inside the human body. Intellia’s ex vivo programs use CRISPR to engineer human cells outside the body for the treatment of cancer and autoimmune diseases. Intellia’s deep scientific, technical and clinical development experience, along with its people, is helping set the standard for a new class of medicine. To harness the full potential of gene editing, Intellia continues to expand the capabilities of its CRISPR-based platform with novel editing and delivery technologies. Learn more at intelliatx.com and follow us @intelliatx. The content above comes from the network. if any infringement, please contact us to modify.