Citius Pharmaceuticals Issues Shareholder Letter with Corporate Update on Recent Achievements and Anticipated Milestones for 2021

 

Source: Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 4/16/2021

-2021 Expected to be a Banner Year for Advancing Three Product Platforms in the Clinic:

-Mino-Lok® Interim Efficacy Analysis

-Halo-Lido filing IND and in Phase 2b trial

-Mino-Wrap™ in Pre-Clinical Development, targeting IND by end of year

-NoveCite subsidiary progressing with: continued data collection from an ongoing proof-of-concept sheep ARDS model; initiating the manufacture of clinical-grade induced-mesenchymal stem cells (i-MSCs); and implementation of FDA-required animal GLP toxicology studies

Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc. ("Citius" or the "Company") (Nasdaq: CTXR), a specialty pharmaceutical company developing and commercializing critical care drug products, today issued a shareholder letter providing a corporate update on the Company's recent achievements and anticipated milestones for 2021.

Highlights from the letter include:

• Mino-Lok® pivotal trial interim analysis and review by the Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) expected in the second quarter
• Halo-Lido IND (second quarter) and Phase 2b protocol to be filed afterwards
• Mino-Wrap™ in pre-clinical development with plans to submit IND to the FDA by the end of the year
• NoveCite i-MSCs development is progressing with: ongoing data generation from our proof-of-concept sheep acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) model demonstrating impressive interim results (studies to be completed in second quarter); FDA-required GLP animal toxicology studies have been implemented; and development of an i-MSC master cell bank (MCB) followed by cGMP manufacturing is underway
• Private placement for gross proceeds of $20.0 million and investors' exercise of warrants generating $4.5 million in gross proceeds completed in January 2021 and February 2021, respectively

"Our important achievements against the COVID headwinds last year give us great confidence that 2021 will be a banner year for advancing our three product platforms in the clinic, and our corporate decision to commence the development of NoveCite next-generation cellular therapies further expands our goal as a specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of therapeutic products for significant unmet medical needs" said Myron Holubiak, President and CEO of Citius Pharmaceuticals. "Our advanced clinical program for Mino-Lok is moving forward with expected full enrollment for the Phase 3 pivotal trial this year. For Halo-Lido, we expect to file an Investigational New Drug Application (IND) for the combination by the second quarter  and initiate our Phase 2b trial by year-end. We also plan to start pre-clinical pharmacology and toxicology studies for Mino-Wrap within the next few months along with chemistry, manufacturing and controls (CMC) development, and we target filing an IND by the end of 2021. In addition to the plans described above for our NoveCite i-MSCs Program, we plan to submit an IND to the FDA and initiate our Phase 1 first-in-human clinical trial in COVID-19 ARDS by the end of the second quarter of 2022. Our recent $20 million private round of financing and investors' exercise of warrants for net proceeds of approximately $4.5 million provides significant financial runway to move forward with our three programs in the clinic, as well as manufacturing development for our unique induced-mesenchymal stem cell therapy for ARDS associated with COVID-19. We are excited about the road ahead and thankful as always for the ongoing support of our shareholders."

To read the Shareholder Letter in its entirety, please visit the Company's Investor Info website at ir.citiuspharma.com.

About Citius Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Citius is a specialty pharmaceutical company dedicated to the development and commercialization of critical care products, with a focus on anti-infectives and cancer care. For more information, please visit www.citiuspharma.com.