December 12, 2023: MaaT Pharma to Host Virtual KOL Event on MaaT013 and MaaT033 Following ASH 2023 Presentations

Date : December 12, 2023

MaaT Pharma to Host Virtual KOL Event on MaaT013 and MaaT033 Following ASH 2023 Presentations

  • The event will highlight positive efficacy and good safety results from 111 patients with acute graft-versus-host disease (aGvHD) treated with MaaT013 in the Early Access Program which have been presented at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting
  • Virtual KOL event will be held on Monday, December 18, 2023 at 6.00 pm CET/ 12.00 pm EST

Lyon, France, December 12th, 2023 – 6:00 pm CET – MaaT Pharma (EURONEXT: MAAT – the “Company”), a clinical-stage biotechnology company and a leader in the development of Microbiome Ecosystem TherapiesTM (MET) dedicated to enhancing survival of patients with cancer, announced that it will host a virtual KOL (Key Opinion Leader) event on data presented during the 2023 ASH annual meeting including efficacy and safety results for its lead drug candidate, MaaT013, currently in development for acute Graft-versus-Host Disease (aGvHD) and details on MaaT033, developed as an adjuvant therapy to improve patients’ survival following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (allo-HSCT), on Monday, December 18, 2023, at 6:00 pm CET (12:00 pm EST).

The event will feature presentations from the Company’s CEO and co-founder, Hervé Affagard as well as the following KOLs:

  • Mohamad Mohty, M.D., D., Professor of Hematology at Sorbonne University, and head of the Clinical Hematology and Cellular Therapy Department at Saint-Antoine Hospital, Paris, France will comment on the positive data on MaaT013 presented for the Early Access Program; and
  • Florent Malard, M.D., D., Professor of Hematology at the Saint-Antoine Hospital and Sorbonne University, Principal investigator of Phase 2b trial evaluating MaaT033 in patients receiving allo-HSCT, will provide detailed information on the ongoing trial.

Virtual KOL Event Details

About MaaT Pharma

MaaT Pharma, a clinical stage biotechnology company, has established a complete approach to restoring patient-microbiome symbiosis in oncology. Committed to treating cancer and graft-versus-host disease (GvHD), a serious complication of allogeneic stem cell transplantation, MaaT Pharma launched, in March 2022, an open-label, single arm, phase 3 clinical trial in patients with acute GvHD (aGvHD), following the achievement of its proof of concept in a phase 2 trial. Its powerful discovery and analysis platform, gutPrint®, enables the identification of novel disease targets, evaluation of drug candidates, and identification of biomarkers for microbiome-related conditions. The company’s Microbiome Ecosystem Therapies are produced through a standardized cGMP manufacturing and quality control process to safely deliver the full diversity of the microbiome, in liquid and oral formulations. MaaT Pharma benefits from the commitment of world-leading scientists and established relationships with regulators to support the integration of the use of microbiome therapies in clinical practice. MaaT Pharma is listed on Euronext Paris (ticker: MAAT).

Forward-looking Statements

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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.

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