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Page 1: Caixa Empreender Award | Ro PlaVac (BGI)

Photo credit:: PATH Malaria Vaccine inniciative

REVOLUTiONiZiNGMALARiA

VACCiNATiON

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Company

Researchspin-off of IMM founded in 2013

Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de Lisboa,

Centro Hospitalar Lisboa-Norte, 1649 – 028

Lisboa, Portugal

MCRC LisboaNIPC: 513226478

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Scientific advisory board

Prof. Dr. Robert W. Saurwein

Prof. Chris J. Janse

Prof. Sangeeta N. Bhatia

Dr. Shahid M. KhanDr. Inigo A-Barturen

Business developmentadvisorsFounders

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Validation Phase I funding

100 thousand US$(November 2010)

Phase II funding

1.2 million US$ (November 2013)

Supplement to Phase II funding

320 thousand US$(December 2014)

1st IBERIAN project to receive Phase II funding by BMGF

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Business development 1st prize in BES innovation contest (December 2013)

80 thousand US$

Honorable mention in 2013 BGI IUL-MIT competition

Finalist of the 6th Universal Biotech innovation Prize

Finalist of the XII EVERIS Foundation entrepreneur award

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Stakeholders

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Problem

MALARIA 2.5 billion people at risk of contracting malaria

700 thousand deathsevery year

12 billion US$ in lost GDP of endemic countriesNO EFFECTIVE VACCINE

AVAILABLE

Photo credit: Antonio M. Mendes

Most advanced candidate only affords

~36% protection againsta single parasite species

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4.5 billion US$ global

market

Humanitarian market:(estimated value: 3 billion US$)

Private market:(estimated value: 700 million US$)

Tourist & military market:(estimated value: 800 million US$)

Market potential

Photo credit: NYtimes

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Do not target the most prevalent parasite, P. vivax

Serious safetyconcerns

Vaccine Approaches

Extremely highdosages

WholeorganismvaccinesShown to confer

>90% sterile protection against a

new infection in Phase I/IIa trialsMandatory high biosafety BSL3

production facilities

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Plasmodiumberghei

Uniqueness

A SAFE & VERSATILEWHOLE-ORGANISM PLATFORM

FOR VACCINATION AGAINSTMULTIPLE HUMAN

PARASITES

PC

T/IB

2013/053050

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Phase I/IIa Clinical trials

Submission of authorization request to regulatory authoritiesEfficacy studies in non-human primate modelPharmacological studies in rabbit model

Expected start date: End of 2015

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Strategy

Vaccine Clinical Development(Market entry: 2025)

Production & delivery technology(Market entry: 2016)

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Production & delivery

Establishment ofcell culture-based production of sporozoites

Development of a vaccine cryopreservation system

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Financial returns

2016 onwards:Cryopreservation technology

100 thousandUS$ / year

2020 - 2015:Vaccination platformLicensing / selling

46 million US$

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LET’S PUT ANEND TO MALARiA

Photo credit: Antonio M. Mendes

Contact: [email protected]