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TSRL, Inc. Awarded $1.7 NIH Grant to Develop Synthetic High-Density Lipoproteins (sHDL) for Treatment of Infection Complications such as Sepsis

Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 5, 2021 – TSRL, Inc., announces its plans to develop a sHDL lead candidate for treatment of infection complications such as sepsis in collaboration with Anna Schwendeman, PhD, from University of Michigan. The company was awarded a Direct-to-Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) of the National Institute of Health (NIH). TSRL and its collaborator, Dr. Anna Schwendeman, will receive an estimated $1.7M over the next two years to advance SPS-701 through preclinical development towards GLP toxicology testing.

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PharmaTher and TSRL Enter into Co-Development Agreement For Microneedle Patch Delivery Technology for Psychedelics and Antivirals

PharmaTher Holdings Ltd. (the “Company” or “PharmaTher”) (OTCQB: PHRRF) (CSE: PHRM), a clinical-stage psychedelics biotech company and TSRL, Inc. (“TSRL”), a company focused on developing microneedle patches for the delivery of antivirals for the treatment of influenza, are pleased to announce that PharmaTher and TSRL (collectively the “Companies”) entered into a Co-Development Agreement to jointly develop a microneedle array patch with the aim to control the manufacturing and supply of microneedle patches for the Companies respective clinical and commercial drug programs.

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TSRL, Inc. Awarded Two NIH Grants to Develop Therapeutics for Multi-Drug Resistant Infections

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, August 10th, 2017—TSRL, Inc., a privately-held preclinical accelerator, announced today that the company was awarded a Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant and a Direct-to-Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institute of Health (NIH).

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TSRL, Inc. Awarded NIH Grant to Develop Microneedle Patch for Treatment of Influenza

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, February 17, 2017—TSRL, Inc., announced today that the company was awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). TSRL will receive approximately $600,000 over the next two years for the development of a transdermal delivery system of zanamivir (GSK, Relenza®), an inhalation drug product used in the treatment of influenza A & B.

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TSRL, Inc. Client Company Acquired by Allergan

Sept. 26th, 2016, Ann Arbor, Michigan: RetroSense Therapeutics, a privately-held biotechnology company developing novel gene therapies for vision restoration, announced that Allergan plc has acquired all assets related to its lead development program in an all-cash transaction. RetroSense’s RST-001 program employs a photosensitivity gene to restore vision in patients suffering from blindness due to retinitis pigmentosa (RP) and advanced dry age-related macular degeneration. Neither of these conditions have FDA-approved treatments to improve or restore vision.

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No Bugs, No Interest? How Public Search Queries for "ESKAPE" Pathogens Change Over Time

In July 2004, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) released a report called "Bad Bugs, No Drugs." This report identified several species of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that were expected to play a lead role in the next global health crisis to come. The authors cited a high prevalence of drug-resistant infections--362,000 in the US in 2002--and lack of new antibiotics in development as warning signs. Twelve years have passed since the report published, and according to the CDC, >2 million people become infected and >23,000 die from drug-resistant infections every year. A 2009 paper by Boucher et al implicated six actors from their pathology, persistence, and presence in US hospitals: Enterococcus faecium, Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Enterobacter. They termed them "ESKAPE" pathogens.

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TSRL, Inc. Announces Appointment of President

Therapeutic Systems Research Laboratories, (TSRL), Inc. is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Elke Lipka as President of TSRL and Member of the Board of Directors. Dr. Lipka succeeds the late Dr. John Hilfinger, who led the company over the past ten years, transitioning its focus from formulation development to prodrug design and delivery.

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TSRL Announces Receipt of $4.2 Million in New SBIR Funding

Therapeutic Systems Research Laboratories, Inc. (TSRL), announced today that the company was awarded two Phase I and one Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The grants are supporting the preclinical research of the company’s broad-spectrum antiviral prodrug program, as well as the development of an antiviral therapeutic for the treatment of adenovirus infections.

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