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CELZ • CIK 0001187953
Overview We are a commercial stage biotechnology company dedicated to the advancement regenerative therapies in the fields of immunotherapy, endocrinology, urology, neurology and orthopedics. Our platforms, therapies and products include the following: Our subsidiary, Creative Medical Technologies, Inc. (“CMT”), was originally created to monetize U.S. Patent No. 8,372,797 and related intellectual property related to the treatment of erectile dysfunction (“ED”), which it acquired in February 2016. Subsequently, we have expanded our development and acquisition of intellectual property beyond urology to include therapeutic treatments utilizing “re-programmed” stem cells, and the treatment of neurologic disorders, lower back pain, Type-1 diabetes, and heart, liver, kidney, and other diseases using various types of stem cells through our ImmCelz, Inc., StemSpine, Inc. and AlloCelz LLC subsidiaries. However, neither ImmCelz Inc., nor AlloCelz LLC have commenced commercial activities. In 2020, through our ImmCelz Inc. subsidiary, we began developing treatments under our ImmCelz™ platform (CELZ-100), that utilize a patient’s own extracted immune cells that are then “reprogrammed/supercharged” by culturing them outside the patient’s body with optimized cell-free factors. The immune cells are then re-injected into the patient from whom they were extracted. We believe this process endows the immune cells with regenerative properties (or “supercharges” them) providing them with the ability to treat multiple indications. We have validated this ability through the third-party studies described below that were independently conducted on selected human donor patient cells for accuracy and reproducibility. In contrast to other stem cell-based approaches, the immune cells are significantly smaller in size than stem cells and are believed to more effectively penetrate areas of the damaged tissues and induce regeneration. 4 Table of Contents In June 2022, we signed an agreement with Greenstone Biosciences Inc. (“Greenstone”) for the development of a human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) pipeline for our ImmCelz™ platform. This project was identified as iPScelz™. The efforts by Greenstone are expected to complement and expand our current work on novel therapeutic cell lines. In May 2023, we announced that we had received confirmation that Greenstone had successfully developed a human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC). We estimate that the development of this cell line will save the Company two to three years in research and development time along with associated expenses. The final iPScelz™ results in a viral-free cell line which has great potential for differentiation into therapeutic biologics both for the cellular and cell-free programs along with targeted drug discovery. Greenstone’s developments were confirmed by an independent, industry-leading research firm. In October 2022, we announced the development of our AlloStem™ Clinical Cell Line (CELZ-200), a proprietary allogenic cell line which includes a Master Cell Bank and a Drug Master File. We believe we will able to use this cell line for many of our programs, including our ImmCelz ™ immunotherapy platform for multiple diseases, OvaStem ™ for Premature Ovarian Failure, Type I Diabetes (CELZ-201 CREATE-1), AlloStemSpine® Chronic Lower Back Pain (CELZ-201 ADAPT), and IPScelz™ inducible pluripotent stem cell program in ongoing development with Greenstone. In November 2022, we announced that the FDA had cleared the Company’s Type I Diabetes (CELZ-201 CREATE-1) Investigational New Drug (IND) application for the treatment of Type 1 Diabetes utilizing our AlloStem™ Clinical Cell Line, which will allow us to begin a Phase I/II clinical trial. The primary objective of the study will be to evaluate CELZ-201 treatment in patients with newly diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes. The trial has also received Institutional Board Review (IRB) approval for the trial to proceed as well as approval of the patient recruitment material. Patient recruitment was initiated in September 2023. In February 2023, we reported positive three-year follow-up data for its StemSpine® pilot study. The three-year data demonstrates continued efficacy of the StemSpine® procedure for treating chronic lower back pain without any serious adverse effects reported.…
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