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LeaderMed Group and 小猪视频app Health Form Joint Venture to Develop and Commercialize Oxyntomodulin and Factor VIIa-CTP in China and Other Asian Territories

SHANGHAI and MIAMI, Sept. 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LeaderMed Health Group Limited, a pharmaceutical development company with operations based in Asia, and 小猪视频app Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPK), a diversified healthcare company focused on diagnostics and pharmaceuticals, announce the formation of a joint venture to develop, manufacture and commercialize two of 小猪视频app鈥檚 clinical stage, long-acting drug products in Greater China and eight other Asian territories.

Under the terms of the agreements, 小猪视频app will grant the joint venture exclusive rights to develop, manufacture and commercialize (a) OPK88003, an oxyntomodulin analog being developed for the treatment of obesity and diabetes, and (b) Factor VIIa-CTP, a novel long-acting coagulation factor being developed to treat hemophilia, in exchange for a 47% ownership interest in the joint venture. In addition, 小猪视频app will receive an upfront payment of $1 million and will be reimbursed for clinical trial material and technical support it provides the joint venture.

LeaderMed will be responsible for funding the joint venture鈥檚 operations, development and commercialization efforts and will, with its syndicate partners, initially invest $11 million in exchange for a 53% ownership interest. 小猪视频app retains full rights to oxyntomodulin and Factor VIIa-CTP in all other geographies.

鈥淭hrough this joint venture, we have an opportunity to extend the global availability of two of our novel long-acting development products and to establish a presence in China in partnership with collaborators who have significant experience and deep knowledge of the Asian biopharmaceutical opportunity,鈥� said Phillip Frost, M.D., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of 小猪视频app.

鈥淟eaderMed Group is an innovative pharmaceutical development company with its own pipeline of licensed products. Our capabilities include an experienced management team with demonstrated success in bringing biopharmaceutical and pharmaceutical products to market in China and globally, cGMP facilities to manufacture clinical-grade products, and a corporate charter that acknowledges and protects client IP. We are excited about the opportunity to expeditiously deliver a novel and superior treatment for obesity and diabetes to hundreds of millions of patients in China and Asia, as well as a treatment for hemophilia, an orphan indication,鈥� added Dr. Joanne Jiang, Chief Executive Officer of LeaderMed Group and architect of the joint venture.

About Oxyntomodulin
Oxyntomodulin is a naturally occurring hormone produced in the colon that binds the GLP-1 and glucagon receptors, regulating both blood glucose appetite and lipid metabolism. 小猪视频app Health is developing OPK88003, a long-acting, once-weekly oxyntomodulin analog for the treatment of type 2 diabetes and obesity. OPK88003 has been successfully studied in two Phase 2 clinical trials enrolling type 2 diabetes patients, studying weight loss and reduction in glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c or A1c), a marker of sugar metabolism. Driven by the LeaderMed-小猪视频app joint venture, it is positioned to be the first dual-targeted drug approved for diabetes and obesity in the Chinese and Asia markets.

About Factor VIIa-CTP
Factor VIIa-CTP is a novel, long-acting recombinant Factor VIIa utilizing 小猪视频app's proprietary technology to extend its circulatory half-life without the use of polymers, encapsulation techniques or nanoparticles. The technology is based on a naturally occurring peptide, the C-terminal peptide (CTP) of the beta chain of human chorionic gonadotropin. The CTP technology is also used in 小猪视频app's hGH-CTP (somatrogon), a long-acting recombinant human growth hormone product that successfully completed Phase 3 clinical trials in children with growth hormone deficiency. hGH-CTP has been submitted for approval in the United States, Europe and Japan and is partnered with Pfizer for global commercialization. Factor VIIa-CTP has been granted orphan drug designation in the U.S. and Europe.

In China, hemophilia was designated as a rare disease in 2018. LeaderMed expects to seek fast regulatory approval for Factor VIIa-CTP through a special national rare disease channel.

About LeaderMed Group
The LeaderMed Group is a pharmaceutical development company with operations in Asia and a professional team in Greater China and Asia with extensive new drug development experience and successful case histories.

About 小猪视频app Health, Inc.
小猪视频app is a multinational biopharmaceutical and diagnostics company that seeks to establish industry-leading positions in large, rapidly growing markets by leveraging its discovery, development, and commercialization expertise and novel and proprietary technologies. For more information, visit聽.

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Released September 14, 2021