MaaT Pharma to Present Positive Results from Phase 1b/2a Clinical Trial at 60th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting

Date : November 6, 2018

Lyon, France, November 2, 2018 – MaaT Pharma announced today that the company will present a poster summarizing the complete results from its ODYSSEE Phase 1b/2a trial (NCT02928523). The study was designed as a proof of concept for MaaT Pharma’s MaaT Microbiome Restoration Biotherapeutic (MMRB) platform to demonstrate the ability to restore a functional microbiome in Acute Myeloid Leukemia patients using the patient’s own microbiome to manufacture the experimental drug produced in MaaT Pharma’s cGMP production facility. The poster will be presented during the 60th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting and Exposition in San Diego, California from December 1 – 4, 2018. The poster abstract was published in the online meeting program on November 1, 2018 at 9:00 AM EDT and also in the online November supplemental issue of the journal Blood.

Poster Presentation details:

Title: The Odyssee Study: Prevention of Dysbiosis Complications with Autologous Fecal Microbiota Transfer (FMT) in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Patients Undergoing Intensive Treatment: Results of a Prospective Multicenter Trial

Abstract No: 1444

Session Name: 616. Acute Myeloid Leukemia: Novel Therapy, excluding Transplantation: Poster I

Date/Time: December 1, 2018 / 6:15 PM – 8:15 PM

Location: San Diego Convention Center, Hall GH

MaaT Pharma will announce the results through a press release following the presentation and will further make the poster available on the company website under “News”.

About MaaT Pharma

MaaT Pharma, a clinical stage company, has established the most complete approach to restoring patient-microbiome symbiosis to improve survival outcomes in life-threatening diseases. Committed to treating blood cancers and graft-versus-host disease, a serious complication of allogeneic stem cell transplantation. Supporting the further expansion of our pipeline into larger indications, we have built a powerful discovery and analysis platform to evaluate drug candidates, determine novel disease targets and identify biomarkers for microbiome-related conditions. Our therapeutics are produced through a standardized cGMP manufacturing and quality control process to safely deliver the full diversity of the microbiome. MaaT Pharma benefits from the commitment of world-leading scientists and established relationships with regulators to spear-head microbiome treatment integration into clinical practice.

MaaT Pharma has recently announced the first patient dosed in a Phase 2 clinical trial of lead product MaaT013, a first-in-class biotherapeutic to treat steroid refractory acute GvHD patients (NCT03359980).

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Acting Chief Scientific Officer

Sheri Simmons

Sheri Simmons, Ph.D., is Acting Chief Scientific Officer at MaaT Pharma. Sheri brings extensive experience in biotechnology, particularly in the microbiome field, having held scientific leadership positions at Seres Therapeutics, Johnson & Johnson’s Microbiome Solutions team, and most recently at Seed Health, a leading probiotics company. In her role, she strengthens the Company’s scientific leadership, overseeing preclinical research, AI/data initiatives, and supporting efforts toward the Marketing Authorization Application of Xervyteg® in aGvHD.

Sheri holds a PhD in Biological Oceanography from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and completed an A.B. in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University, graduating summa cum laude and as a Phi Beta Kappa member, receiving one of six awards for the best senior thesis in the sciences. Sheri holds a PhD in Biological Oceanography from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and completed an A.B. in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at Princeton University, graduating summa cum laude and as a Phi Beta Kappa member, receiving one of six awards for the best senior thesis in the sciences.

CEO and co-founder

Hervé Affagard

Hervé Affagard is the CEO and co-founder of MaaT Pharma. For the past 15 years, Hervé has been an intra/entrepreneur in the healthcare industry, after starting his career in IT in the steel industry. In late 2014, Hervé co-founded the company alongside Dr. Joël Doré, author of nearly 500 publications, and
one of the world’s most cited authors in the microbiome sphere today, after a professional career that spanned multiple industries. Hervé has led MaaT Pharma’s development from its early concept in 2013 and has been at the forefront of the development of the microbiome healthcare ecosystem in France and Europe. In January 2022, Hervé has been elected President of Allliance Promotion Microbiote, an organization founded in 2021 to support the microbiome sector development in France.

Engineer, MBA