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Peptinnovate announces change of name to Immune Regulation, strengthening of the Board and successful fundraise

Peptinnovate Ltd (‘Peptinnovate’ or the ‘Company’, a biotechnology company developing novel immune modulators for immunological and inflammatory diseases, announces that it has changed its corporate name from Peptinnovate to Immune Regulation with immediate effect. The new website for Immune Regulation is www.immuneregulation.com.

Richard Nagle, CEO of Immune Regulation, formerly Peptinnovate, commented:
“Re-branding the Company as Immune Regulation better reflects our expanding clinical pipeline of novel immuno-modulating therapies following Peptinnovate’s acquisition of Immune Regulation Ltd. and its lead molecule, IRL201805 earlier this year.

“IRL201805 is currently in clinical development for rheumatoid arthritis. Along with our other lead drug candidate IRL201104, currently in clinical development for asthma and dermatological indications, we now have two therapeutic development programmes that have successfully completed early stage clinical studies. We are continuing to execute on our vision to develop these first in class immune-modulators in a broad range of immunological and inflammatory diseases.”

Board appointments
Immune Regulation also announces a significant strengthening of its Board of Directors and scientific team with the appointment of Dr Dominik Escher as Non-Executive Director and Vice Chairman, Dr Ben Cons as Non-Executive Investor Director and Dr Roly Foulkes as Chief Scientific Officer (CSO).

Dr Dominik Escher, Ph.D. has significant experience as a successful biotechnology entrepreneur and a leader in therapeutic development in both the start-up and corporate pharmaceutical environments. He was founder and former CEO of ESBATech, whose ophthalmology business was acquired by Alcon, in a deal valued at up to $589m, and later integrated into Novartis. He has held multiple senior positions, including Board member, Vice President, and CEO at several other companies, including Delenex Therapeutics, CDR-Life, and Pureos Bioventures. Dominik obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Zurich. He is also a board member of the Swiss Biotech Association, which he has led as President since 2013.

Dr Ben Cons has more than 30 years’ experience in pharmaceutical R&D & commercialisation in the biotech, pharmaceutical and financing sectors. Ben has 20 years of experience with the NYSE-listed pharmaceutical services company IQVIA and the associated NovaQuest investment fund. He is currently a Special Partner at the private equity fund Vitruvian and a board advisor to Talking Medicines. He is also an investment member of private capital group, 24Haymarket and an investment panel member at Future Care Capital, a charity focusing on future health and social care policy.

Dr Roly Foulkes is an internationally recognised leader in drug discovery and development, with extensive experience in immunology. His latest role was Vice President Immunology Research at UCB where he was also Chair of the Immunology Therapeutic Area Strategy Team, and Head of Immunology Discovery Research. Since 2012, he has advised small and medium sized biopharma companies within the immunology field, to develop competitive therapeutic strategies and bring new innovative molecules to the clinic.

Commenting on the appointments, Prof. Clive Page, Chairman of Immune Regulation said,
“The appointment of these three experienced industry executives will bring valuable insight and resource to our Board and executive team. With their skills in immunology, clinical therapeutic development and strategy we have the expertise to advance our clinical programmes and look forward to the next stage of our progress.”

Fundraise
In the first half of 2018, Immune Regulation successfully closed a funding round, raising £4 million. The round was co-led by founding investor Metellus and new investor 24Haymarket through the issue of equity.

Enquiries
Immune Regulation
Richard Nagle, CEO
+44 (0)7809 525267
info@immuneregulation.com

Instinctif Partners
Melanie Toyne-Sewell / Rozi Morris
+44 (0)20 7457 2020

About Immune Regulation
Formerly known as Peptinnovate Ltd, Immune Regulation is a drug development company developing ‘first in class’ immune resetting therapies for asthma and other chronic inflammatory diseases. The products under development by Immune Regulation have the potential to significantly advance the control and management of a range of chronic inflammatory diseases, with the potential for immune regulation, disease modification and remission.

About IRL201104
PIN201104, is uniquely safe and efficacious demonstrating immunoregulatory activity in a number of preclinical models. It has successfully completed Phase 1 clinical development and has the potential to be the first Immune Resetting Asthma Drug (IMRAD).

About IRL201805
IRL201805 or ‘1805, has shown promising data following a single dose in a Phase 1/2a human study in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and published in the peer-reviewed journal, Rheumatology. Similar to ‘1104, ‘1805 has shown a safety and side effect profile similar to placebo in this study.

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David Southwell

Chairman

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Kari Brown, M.D.

Chief Medical Officer

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Femi Oluboyede

Vice President, Technical Operations, CMC

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Tunde Otulana, M.D.

Non-Executive Director

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Beth Alley

Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Pipeline Planning

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Glen Giovanetti

Non-Executive Director

Glen Giovanetti has more than 35 years of experience in strategy and operational leadership in the life science industry as well as in financial governance, risk and reporting as EY’s Global Biotechnology Sector Leader and Life Sciences Sector Leader. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Life Science Cares, Teon Therapeutics and XW Pharma.

Marla S. Persky

Non-Executive Director

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Dora Rau

Senior Vice President, Quality

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Jonathan Gold

Chief Financial Officer

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Michael Albisser

Non-Executive Director​

Michael is a partner of Metellus, a Zurich and London-based venture capital firm investing in technology and life sciences with ground-breaking potential. Having more than 25 years of experience in the finance area he is responsible for finance, tax, and deal structures. He serves on the board of various venture-backed companies.

Dr. Isaac Cheng, m.d.

Non-Executive Director

Dr. Isaac Cheng is currently an investment professional at Morningside, a venture capital and private equity institution based in Boston USA, and Shanghai China. Dr. Cheng focuses primarily on biopharmaceutical and healthcare investments. He has served on numerous public and private company boards.

Peter Greenleaf

Non-Executive Director

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Marylyn Rigby

SVP of Marketing and Investor Relations

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Nancy Vinh

SVP of Clinical Operations

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Dr. Clare Burgess

Chief Development Officer

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Jeff Myers, m.d., ph.d

Chief Medical Officer

Jeff Myers, M.D., Ph.D., has 20 years of experience in medical affairs, regulatory and clinical development within the biopharmaceutical industry, with focuses on cardiovascular, pulmonary, oncology, and inflammatory diseases.

Before entering the industry, he practiced as a congenital cardiac surgeon and served as the chief of pediatric cardiac surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and as Associate Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School.

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Dr. Roly Foulkes

Chief Scientific Officer

A true drug discoverer, Dr. Roly Foulkes has 25 years of experience building and delivering innovative therapeutic portfolios within the immunology and inflammatory disease space. He has a strong record advising small and medium sized immunology biopharma companies in developing competitive therapeutic strategies and bringing new innovative molecules to the clinic.

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Jones w (woody) Bryan, ph.d.

President & Chief Executive Officer

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Jonathan Rigby, mba

Group Chief Executive Officer

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Team Members