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-Collaboration with NKI and Funding Support for New Colorectal Cancer Clinical Trial by Major Pharma Company- -Distinguished Oncologist Jan Schellens Joins LIXTE as Chief Medical Officer- -Preclinical Data Published in Journal EMBO Reports Shows LB-100 as Potentially Enhancing the Benefit of Immunotherapy- -LIXTE to Present at Two Upcoming Investor Conferences- PASADENA, CA, Aug. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. (“LIXTE” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: LIXT and LIXTW), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing a new class of cancer therapy to enhance chemotherapy and immunotherapy, today provided an update on the Company’s recent activities. “We are encouraged by the growing interest shown by major pharmaceutical companies in our proprietary compound, LB-100, as demonstrated by their support in clinical trial collaborations,” said Bas van der Baan, LIXTE’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “Highlighting the Company’s recent progress is our new agreement with The Netherlands Cancer Institute, supported by F. Hoffmann- La Roche Ltd. (“Roche”), which is funding the clinical trial in metastatic colorectal cancer and providing atezolizumab (Tecentriq®, a PD-L1 inhibitor) through the imCORE network, an academic industry collaboration that aims at accelerating cancer immunotherapy research through institution sponsored studies. Already underway is a proof-of-concept trial, funded by GSK, of LB-100 plus GSK’s dostarlimab-gxly in ovarian clear cell cancer. “We are seeing encouraging results in the first phase of our clinical trial to determine appropriate dosing and toxicity for treating advanced soft tissue sarcomas with a combination of LB-100 and standard-of-care chemotherapy and expect to see the data from this first phase early in 2025. We are exploring alternative sites, including international locations, for our small cell lung cancer trial, following termination of that clinical trial at City of Hope due to limited patient accrual,” Mr. van der Baan added. Recent Company Highlights: Collaboration with the Netherlands Cancer Institute, supported by Roche, to conduct a new clinical trial (NCT06012734 in clinicaltrials.gov) in immune therapy for unresponsive (MSI Low) metastatic colorectal cancer. LIXTE is providing its lead compound, LB-100, and Roche will provide atezolizumab (Tecentriq®,a PD-L1 inhibitor). The clinical trial will test recent findings that indicate that LB-100 increases recognition of colorectal cancer cells by the immune system.Jan Schellens, M.D., Ph.D., joined LIXTE as Chief Medical Officer effective August 1, 2024. Dr. Schellens brings to the Company more than 25 years of clinical experience as a medical oncologist, pharmacologist and clinical pharmacologist, including more than two decades developing and bringing new drugs to market. Co-author of more 900 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals, Dr. Schellens has held leadership positions at the Netherlands Cancer Institute in Amsterdam and the Dr. Daniel den Hoed Clinic-Erasmus University in Rotterdam. He was professor of clinical pharmacology at Utrecht University in the Netherlands, where he earned his M.D. degree, and he served as a board member and Chief Medical Officer of Byondis B.V. in Nijmegen, Netherlands. Dr. Schellens also earned a Ph.D. degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences from Leiden University in Leiden, Netherlands.New pre-clinical data in the journal EMBO Reports shows that LIXTE’s lead compound, LB-100, can turn immunologically “cold” tumors “hot,” potentially enhancing the benefit of immunotherapy. In a paper titled, “The Phosphatase Inhibitor LB-100 Creates Neoantigens in Colon Cancer Cells through Perturbation of mRNA Splicing,” the article reported that LIXTE’s collaborators from the Netherlands Cancer Institute have demonstrated that treatment of cancer cells with LB-100 disrupts the normal processing of the mRNA that encodes proteins, thereby generating neo-antigens that are presented to the host immune system. This new mechanism adds to several previous discoveries showing that LB-100 sensitizes cancer cells to immune checkpoint blockade.LIXTE will present at two upcoming investor conferences: the 2004 Summit Summer 2024 Virtual Conference, August 20, 2024, and the H.C. Wainwright 26th Annual Global Investor Conference, September 9-11, 2024. Both conferences will be virtual presentations. About LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. LIXTE Biotechnology Holdings, Inc. is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company focused on new targets for cancer drug development and developing and commercializing cancer therapies. LIXTE has demonstrated that its first-in-class lead clinical PP2A inhibitor, LB-100, is well-tolerated in cancer patients at doses associated with anti-cancer activity. Based on extensive published preclinical data (see www.lixte.com), LB-100 has the potential to significantly enhance chemotherapies and immunotherapies and improve outcomes for patients with cancer. LIXTE’s lead compound, LB-100, is part of a pioneering effort in an entirely new field of cancer biology – activation lethality – that is advancing a new treatment paradigm. LIXTE's new approach is covered by a comprehensive patent portfolio. Proof-of-concept clinical trials are currently in progress for colorectal, ovarian and sarcoma cancers. Additional information about LIXTE can be found at www.lixte.com. Forward-Looking Statement Disclaimer This announcement contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. 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None  Welcome to this week's Chutes & Ladders, our roundup of significant leadership hirings, firings and retirings across the industry. Please send the good word—or the bad—from your shop to Gabrielle Masson and it will be featured here at the end of each week.  Roche bids adieu to pharma BD vet Sabry Roche It’s the end of an era at Roche as veteran dealmaker James Sabry, Ph.D., hangs up his hat following 14 years at the company. Sabry, whose retirement was announced earlier this week, will be exiting his role as head of Roche Pharma Partnering, which he assumed in 2018.  Sabry started his career at the Swiss pharma giant back in 2010 when he joined Roche’s Genentech as head of partnering. Roche’s current head of group business development, Boris Zaïtra, will take up the baton in Sabry’s absence. July 1, Zaïtra will assume the role of head of corporate business development, a new position that weds the functions of both Roche’s pharma partnering and group business development operations. In his new post, Zaïtra will join Roche’s corporate executive committee. Zaïtra has been with Roche in his current role since 2012. With regards to Sabry’s departure, Roche’s CEO Thomas Schinecker noted in a statement that the executive “has been instrumental in forging important deals for our Pharma R&D pipeline that have led to numerous launches of new medicines,” adding that external innovation would continue to be a critical part of Roche’s business strategy. Release  Vir fills vacant CMO spot Vir Biotechnology  Just a few months after Vir Biotechnology installed Bayer’s Marianne De Backer, Ph.D., as CEO, the company has also named a new chief medical officer. Mark Eisner, M.D., is slated to step on as Vir’s executive vice president and CMO starting June 3. He fills the spot of Phil Pang, M.D., Ph.D., who left the immunology company at the end of March to spend more time with his family. Eisner joins from cell therapy biotech Sonoma Biotherapeutics, where he also served as CMO. The leader has also clocked in time at FibroGen and Roche’s Genentech, where he served as senior vice president and global head of product development immunology, infectious disease and ophthalmology. Eisner’s expertise with late-stage clinical trials and immunology and infectious disease will be key to Vir’s next stage of growth, De Backer said in a May 29 announcement. Release  Neurocrine maps out CEO succession plan Neurocrine Biosciences *Cue the “Succession” theme song.* Neurocrine Biosciences has selected its next leader alongside the announcement that current CEO Kevin Gorman, Ph.D., will retire after nearly 32 years at the company that he helped start in the early '90s. That tenure included shifts as Neurocrine’s chief business officer, chief operating officer and, since January 2008, president and chief executive.  Gorman will step down Oct. 11, when he’ll be succeeded by Kyle Gano, Ph.D., who’s also put in multiple decades at Neurocrine. Since joining in 2001, Gano has held various leadership roles across the company, culminating in his appointment as chief business development officer in 2011 and the addition of the chief strategy officer title in 2020. Gano will take the reins amid a busy time for Neurocrine. As he noted in a statement, “This is an important year for our organization, as we look to help even more patients with tardive dyskinesia and Huntington's disease through INGREZZA, while potentially bringing crinecerfont to CAH patients in 2025–all while advancing our pipeline.” When the CEO baton is passed this fall, Gorman will remain a member of Neurocrine’s board of directors, and Gano will take a board seat of his own. Fierce Pharma  > South San Francisco-based synthetic lethality specialist Ideaya Biosciences is getting ready to welcome a new executive into the fold later this summer. The company has appointed Daniel Simon to serve as its chief business officer starting in August. Simon comes over from Revolution Medicines, where he served in the same role from 2022 to 2024. Prior to that, he was SVP of biopharma business development at Guardant Health. Release > Monte Rosa Therapeutics has rounded out May with a suite of leadership promotions. Sharon Townson, Ph.D., who joined the molecular glue degrader developer as chief technology officer, is being elevated to the role of chief scientific officer. Meanwhile, Monte Rosa’s current general counsel Phil Nickson, Ph.D., is being promoted to chief business and legal officer. And Jennifer Champoux, who joined the company as vice president of operations, has become chief operating officer. Release  > As Nurix Therapeutics plows ahead with development of its small-molecule BTK degrader NX-5948, the San Francisco-based biotech is bulking up in the C-suite. Nurix has enlisted Paula O’Connor, M.D., to serve as its chief medical officer, while Pasit Phiasivongsa, Ph.D., has signed on as chief technical officer. O’Connor joined Nurix in 2022 and most recently served as VP and head of clinical development. Phiasivongsa also joined Nurix in 2022 and most recently held the role as EVP of technical operations. Release > James Ahlers has been removed from his executive officer role at Intensity Therapeutics, a move made “solely in recognition of the reduced scope of [his] responsibilities” rather than any disagreement with the company, according to a regulatory filing. Ahlers originally joined Intensity as CFO in early 2022 before being named executive VP of corporate finance in June 2023. He’ll stay on as a senior consultant to the company. Release > Cardiovascular gene editing company Verve Therapeutics's Chief Scientific Officer Andrew Bellinger, M.D., Ph.D., is stepping down. Starting June 21, Troy Lister, Ph.D., Verve’s senior vice president of research and early development, will take on the CSO role. Release  > Sapreme Technologies has a new CEO: The Dutch biotech has appointed Marco Timmers, Ph.D., former CEO and CSO of Byondis, to replace Guy Hermans, Ph.D., as chief executive. Meanwhile, Sapreme also named the first four members of its newly established scientific advisory board and selected Jeanne Bolger, M.D., previously VP of venture investing for Johnson & Johnson Innovation, to serve as chair of the board of directors. Release > Patrice Matchaba, M.D., is the new CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Medical Research Institute, effective June 10. Matchaba previously spent more than two decades in various leadership roles at Novartis, culminating in a term as president of the pharma’s US Foundation. He’ll take over from Emilio Emini, Ph.D., who recently announced his retirement from the institute after nearly three years as CEO following stints at Merck, Pfizer and the Gates Foundation. Release  > Iterum Therapeutics' Chief Medical Officer Sailaja Puttagunta, M.D., is transitioning into a consulting role. Puttagunta will hold the position through the FDA's review of Iterum's resubmitted new drug application for oral sulopenem to treat uncomplicated urinary tract infections in women. A decision is expected by Oct. 25. Release  > On May 28, Compass Therapeutics’ CEO Vered Bisker-Leib, Ph.D., resigned from his role and instead stepped into a consultant position. In his place, the board tapped Thomas Schuetz, M.D., Ph.D., R&D president and vice chair of the board of directors, as CEO and president plus principal executive officer, principal financial and principal accounting officer of Compass. Release > mRNA-focused Omega Therapeutics has tapped Kaan Certel, Ph.D., to lead the biotech’s business development. Most recently, Certel was BioCity Biopharma’s chief business officer, and, before that, served as Sanofi’s global head of oncology external innovation. Release > Precision medicine company Entact Bio has elected Michael Gutch, Ph.D., to serve as chief operating officer. Gutch joins Entact from Noema Pharma, and has past experience at Entasis Therapeutics and AstraZeneca, among others. Release > Alkeus Pharmaceuticals has appointed Eric Trachtenberg as chief legal officer. The leader joins from Kala Bio, where he served as chief legal officer, chief compliance officer and corporate secretary. Release

Experienced industry executive Marco Timmers takes helm as CEO, bringing over two decades of drug development experience Corporate venture veteran Jeanne Bolger moves from member to Chair of Sapreme’s Board of Directors Company establishes SAB to support next stage of preclinical pipeline towards clinical proof-of-concept with Prof. Steven Dowdy, Prof. Annemieke Aartsma-Rus, Prof. Philip Van Damme, and Prof. Hendrik Fuchs BILTHOVEN, The Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Sapreme, a biotechnology company focused on developing next-generation RNA therapeutics for patients with genetically driven diseases, today announced the appointment of Marco Timmers, PhD, as Chief Executive Officer and Jeanne Bolger, MD, to Chair of the Sapreme Board of Directors (BoD). Additionally, the company has established its Scientific Advisory Board (SAB), comprised of experts in diseases with high unmet medical need, as well as the rapidly expanding field of RNA delivery. Marco Timmers has cultivated a career spanning over 25 years in pharmaceutical R&D and has held various leadership positions at international biotechnology and pharmaceutical corporations. Before joining Sapreme, he was CEO of Byondis (formerly Synthon Biopharmaceuticals), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing Antibody-Drug Conjugates (ADCs) targeting intractable cancers and auto-immune diseases. During his time at Byondis, Dr. Timmers also served as Chief Scientific Officer, guiding the company’s clinical strategies and growth. Before that, he held various positions of increasing responsibility at Organon, Schering-Plough and MSD, including Head of Medicinal Chemistry, Proof-of-Concept Team Leader and Site Lead Women’s Health and Endocrinology. He holds a MSc and a PhD in bio-organic chemistry from Leiden University in The Netherlands. “Sapreme’s endosomal escape technology holds great potential in enabling much-needed improved intracellular delivery for next-generation large molecule drugs. I look forward to working with the team at Sapreme to further advance this innovative platform and accelerate our pipeline of RNA therapeutic candidates addressing a range of genetically driven diseases,” said Marco Timmers, Chief Executive Officer of Sapreme. Jeanne Bolger is an experienced biopharma senior executive with extensive business development and investment expertise over her 35 years in the pharmaceutical sector. She served on the board of over a dozen life sciences companies during her 10 years as Vice President of Venture Investing at Johnson & Johnson Innovation-JJDC. Dr. Bolger’s drug development and commercial expertise spans numerous therapeutic fields, including oncology, neurology, psychiatry, respiratory, immunology, infectious disease and vaccines, and cell and gene therapy. She is a Non-Executive Board Director of Life Healthcare. She is also the Chair of the Board at ExeVir and at Astrivax. Dr. Bolger holds an MB BCh in Medicine from University College Dublin. She has been a member of the Sapreme Board of Directors since July 2023. “Marco’s deep R&D and leadership expertise, coupled with the newly formed SAB places Sapreme in an optimal position to deliver on its upcoming corporate and clinical goals,” commented Jeanne Bolger, Chair of the Board of Directors of Sapreme. “It is a great pleasure to support this dynamic team on its path to overcoming significant hurdles in next-generation therapeutics.” Scientific Advisory Board Appointments |Sapreme has established a SAB to guide the company as it advances its preclinical candidates toward clinical proof-of-concept. The new members of the Sapreme SAB include: Steven Dowdy, PhD Steven Dowdy is professor of cellular and molecular medicine at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine and is a leading expert in the field of endosomal escape. Dr. Dowdy has been advising biotech and pharmaceutical companies for 35 years, and he is currently a member of five biotech SABs. His research over the last 30 years has primarily focused on the delivery of macromolecular therapeutics, including siRNAs, ASOs, peptides, and proteins, and developing new chemistries to tackle the issue of rate-limiting endosomal escape. He received his PhD in molecular genetics from the University of California Irvine and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Whitehead Institute, MIT. Annemieke Aartsma-Rus, PhD Annemieke Aartsma-Rus is professor of translational genetics in the Department of Human Genetics at the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), and one of the most influential researchers in the field of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). Her research focuses on advancing therapeutic exon skipping for DMD into the clinic. Dr. Aartsma-Rus also serves as a scientific advisor for various DMD organizations. As a foremost expert in the field, Dr. Aartsma-Rus received the Duchenne Award from the Duchenne Parent Project for her dedication and research in DMD in 2011 and the Black Pearl Science Award from Eurordis in 2021. She received her PhD from Leiden University and was a postdoctoral fellow at the LUMC. Philip Van Damme, MD Philip Van Damme is professor of neurology at the University Hospitals in Leuven (Belgium), where he leads the Neuromuscular Reference Center. His current research focuses on genetic modifiers of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and disease pathways in pluripotent stem cell models derived from ALS patients. As a prominent medical expert in neurology, Dr. Van Damme has published over 200 papers in international peer-reviewed journals on ALS and related neuromuscular disorders, and he is the chair of the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) guideline panel on ALS. He holds an MD from KU Leuven University. Hendrik Fuchs, PhD Hendrik Fuchs is professor at the Institute for Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry, and Pathobiochemistry at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin in Germany. Dr. Fuchs has spent more than 20 years researching the development of protein-based targeted anti-tumor therapeutics and is widely recognized as a pioneer in the use of saponins for endosomal escape. He was the coordinator of a large European project on targeted gene delivery and has published over 100 peer-reviewed articles. He holds a PhD from Free University of Berlin. About Sapreme Sapreme is developing next-generation RNA therapeutics for patients with genetically driven diseases. Our proprietary endosomal escape technology enables targeted delivery of large molecules such as PMOs, ASOs and siRNAs to intracellular targets in extrahepatic tissues as well as the liver. We have successfully translated the technology to non-human primates and have obtained in vivo PoCs in muscle, heart, kidney and tumor tissue. Sapreme is now building a broader pipeline to address high unmet needs in neuromuscular, renal, cardiometabolic diseases and beyond. Our lead candidate is designed as best-in-class in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy and we are pursuing strategic partnerships to co-develop product candidates with selected pharma/biotech companies based on our endosomal escape platform. View source version on businesswire.com: Contacts For further inquiries, please contact: Marco Timmers, CEO +31 30 760 09 76 info@sapreme-technologies.com For media inquiries, please contact: Trophic Communications Desmond James or Valeria Fisher +49 151 67859086 or +49 175 8041816 sapreme@trophic.eu Source: Sapreme View this news release online at: