FDA Grants Coordination Pharmaceuticals IND Approval for CPI-100, a Novel Antitumor Nanomedicine

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Ill., Oct. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Coordination Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (CPI), a privately held and clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on nanotechnology-based cancer immunotherapy, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the Company's Investigational New Drug (IND) application to initiate a first-in-human Phase 1 clinical study of CPI-100 in patients with advanced tumors.

CPI-100 is a structurally optimal core-shell nanoparticles based on CPI's proprietary nanoscale coordination polymer (NCP) platform technology to selectively deliver immunostimulatory chemotherapeutic combinations to tumors, providing a new approach to initiate and stimulate immune-mediated eradication of cancer cells using synergistic nanomedicines. "FDA's timely acceptance and approval of CPI-100 IND is an important milestone for the company. We are excited about the opportunity to study the first NCP-based product in clinical trials," said Wenbin Lin, Ph.D., founder and chairman of CPI and also the James Franck Professor of Chemistry, Radiation & Cellular Oncology, and the Ludwig Center for Metastasis Research at the University of Chicago. "We expect this study will generate important insights into the safety of CPI-100 and its preliminary therapeutic efficacy in cancer patients."

About Coordination Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Coordination Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (CPI), is a privately held oncology drug development company that aims to address unmet medical needs and improve patient care. Its NCP technology is in-licensed from the University of Chicago with worldwide rights in development and commercialization. For more information, please visit our website at www.coordinationpharma.com.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements include those regarding CPI's expectations and beliefs about the potential benefits of CPI's product candidate CPI-100, the plans and timelines for the clinical development and the benefit of its strategic plans and focus. The words "anticipate," "believe," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "plan," "predict," "project," "would" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Such statements are subject to numerous important factors, risks, and uncertainties that may cause actual events or results to differ materially from CPI's current expectations and beliefs. For example, there can be no guarantee that any product candidate CPI is developing will successfully commence or complete necessary clinical development phases, or that development of any of CPI's product candidates will successfully continue. Management's expectations and, therefore, any forward-looking statements in this press release could also be affected by risks and uncertainties relating to a number of other important factors including but not limited to CPI's results of clinical trials; the content and timing of decisions made by the U.S. FDA and other regulatory authorities; CPI's ability to obtain and maintain requisite regulatory approvals and to enroll patients in its planned clinical trials; unplanned cash requirements and expenditures; competitive factors; CPI's ability to obtain, maintain and enforce patent and other intellectual property protection for any product candidates it is developing. Any forward-looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof, and CPI expressly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Source: Coordination Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Media Contact: Dr. Wenbin Lin, [email protected]

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