MaaT Pharma Presents Product Analysis of Its First-in-Class High Diversity Microbiome Therapeutic

Date : septembre 18, 2018

Results from in silico analysis using MaaT Pharma’s data analysis platform, GutPrint, demonstrate therapeutic rationale and manufacturing capabilities of developing a high diversity biological drug product

Lyon, France, September 18, 2018 – MaaT Pharma announced today the presentation of the analysis of MaaT Pharma’s lead biotherapeutic, MaaT013, demonstrating its drug product characteristics using MaaT Pharma’s proprietary big data analysis platform, GutPrint®. The results of the study form the foundation of MaaT Pharma’s approach to create standardized and reproducible high diversity microbiome therapeutics to treat life-threatening diseases. MaaT Pharma’s Bioinformatics Manager, Lilia Boucinha, Ph.D. presented the data at the 2018 European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) Symposium – The Human Microbiome, being held from September 16 – 19, 2018 at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany.In the presented study MaaT Pharma’s proprietary biotherapeutic MaaT013 was evaluated in comparison to a single donor approach using MaaT Pharma’s proprietary and validated big data analysis platform GutPrint®. In comparison to single donor samples, MaaT013 showed significantly increased diversity. Most importantly, diversity within the sample batches was less variable and a greater homogeneity between batches was observed compared to single donor samples. Furthermore, the analysis of the MaaT013 samples showed that there was a 58% increase in the number of microbes (richness) compared to single-donor-based FMT products and less than 5% of Proteobacteria, which are known to include pro-inflammatory species. Taken together, these data strongly highlight MaaT Pharma’s capabilities to produce a cGMP high diversity drug product for clinical evaluation.Poster Discussion Session details:

Title: Developing a New Generation of First-in-class High Diversity Microbiome Biotherapeutics to Treat Life-threatening Diseases

Abstract No: 64

Poster Session: II

Date/Time: September 18, 2018 / 16:30 – 18:30

Location: ATC Helix A and B

The poster is available on the company website following the presentation under “News”.

About MaaT Pharma

MaaT Pharma 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, MaaT Pharma has already achieved proof of concept in acute myeloid leukemia patients. 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.

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Directrice Scientifique par intérim

Sheri Simmons

Sheri Simmons, Ph.D., est Directrice Scientifique par intérim au sein de MaaT Pharma. Sheri apporte une expertise approfondie en biotechnologie, en particulier dans le domaine du microbiome, ayant occupé des postes de direction scientifique chez Seres Therapeutics, au sein de l’équipe Microbiome Solutions de Johnson & Johnson, et plus récemment chez Seed Health, société leader dans le domaine des probiotiques. Dans ses fonctions, elle renforce le leadership scientifique de la Société, supervise les recherches précliniques, les initiatives en intelligence artificielle et data, et soutient les opérations liées à la demande d’Autorisation de Mise sur le Marché de Xervyteg® dans l’aGvH.

Sheri est titulaire d’un doctorat en océanographie biologique du Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) et a obtenu un Bachelor of Arts (A.B.) en écologie et biologie évolutive à l’Université de Princeton, où elle a été diplômée summa cum laude, membre de Phi Beta Kappa, et lauréate de l’un des six prix récompensant les meilleures thèses de fin d’études en 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