Antibe Therapeutics Announces Strategic Sale of Citagenix Subsidiary

TORONTO–(Organization WIRE)–Antibe Therapeutics Inc. (TSX: ATE, OTCQX: ATBPF), a clinical phase company leveraging its hydrogen sulfide platform to acquire following-era safer therapies that target irritation, is happy to announce the signing of a binding settlement to sell its Citagenix Inc. subsidiary to HANSAmed Restricted (“HANSAmed”), a primary Canadian total-company distributor of pharmaceuticals and professional medical units to dental gurus.

“We are pleased with this end result on many fronts,” commented Dan Legault, Antibe’s CEO. “Upon concluding that Citagenix was no for a longer period a in good shape with our technique, we began a course of action of analyzing strategic alternate options to unlock value for our shareholders. With today’s offer, Antibe will grow to be a pure-perform drug developer with a sharpened concentrate on advancing our pipeline of novel anti-inflammatory therapies. As an all-hard cash transaction, it offers non-dilutive cash for individuals programs, and fortifies our now sturdy balance sheet. We’re also delighted to have located the perfect dwelling for Citagenix whilst enabling HANSAmed to solidify their market management.”

The $6.5 million transaction requires a certain $3.5 million, divided into four equivalent payments more than a few a long time, the very first of which will be obtained at closing. The remaining $3 million is subject to Citagenix obtaining profits milestones about the 3-12 months interval pursuing closing.

The transaction will close no later on than 180 days adhering to the signing of this binding arrangement. Under the conditions of the agreement, Antibe will also get a $250,000 deposit from HANSAmed to be held in escrow and released at closing.

About Antibe Therapeutics Inc.

Antibe is a clinical phase biotechnology enterprise leveraging its proprietary hydrogen sulfide system to produce upcoming-technology safer therapies that goal inflammation arising from a huge array of health-related situations. The company’s recent pipeline contains property that search for to conquer the gastrointestinal (“GI”) ulcers and bleeding involved with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (“NSAIDs”). Antibe’s direct drug, otenaproxesul, is in clinical growth as a safer option to opioids and today’s NSAIDs for post-operative suffering. Antibe’s 2nd pipeline drug, ATB-352, is remaining developed for a specialized acute ache indicator. The company’s expected upcoming target is inflammatory bowel condition (“IBD”), a issue extensive in need of safer, additional effective therapies. Understand a lot more at antibethera.com.

Ahead Seeking Info

This information release involves specified forward-seeking statements under applicable securities legal guidelines, which may perhaps contain, but are not limited to, Antibe’s drug growth actions, which includes the timing, duration and completion of specified of Antibe’s scientific trial programs and reports and the predicted timing for looking for marketplace approval for specific of Antibe’s medicines and therapies for particular extra indications, and to the timing of and the consideration to be gained from the proposed sale of Citagenix. Any statements contained herein that are not statements of historical points may be considered to be forward-wanting, like those people determined by the expressions “will”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “plan”, “estimate”, “expect”, “intend”, “propose” and identical wording. Ahead-searching statements involve regarded and unfamiliar dangers and uncertainties that could induce precise final results, efficiency, or achievements to vary materially from people expressed or implied in this news launch. Variables that could result in actual benefits to differ materially from all those anticipated in this information launch contain, but are not limited to, Antibe’s lack of ability to well timed execute on its business enterprise method and well timed and effectively compete its clinical trials and experiments, Antibe’s incapacity to attain the essential regulatory approvals similar to its pursuits, dangers related with drug and professional medical gadget enhancement generally, and, in regard of the proposed Citagenix sale, the danger that circumstances precedent to the transaction being accomplished will not be fulfilled in just the allotted timeframe, or at all, and threats that Citagenix will not realize the milestones required for Antibe to acquire whole payment, and people possibility variables established forth in Antibe’s general public filings produced in Canada and obtainable on www.sedar.com. Antibe assumes no obligation to update the ahead-looking statements or to update the explanations why precise final results could differ from individuals mirrored in the forward-searching statements apart from as required by relevant regulation.