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Experienced Leadership & Small Management Team: Gene Bio’s management team is led by Christopher
J. Reinhard, the founder of Gene Bio who has been a driving force responsible for advancing the Generx product
candidate from a pre-clinical lab study at the University of California-San Diego into this current FDA-cleared
Generx Phase 3 clinical study program. Mr. Reinhard was also instrumental in raising over $200 million to lead
and support the Generx development effort. He has also been responsible for three other successful FDA product
registrations.
Nostrum Pharmaceuticals operates multiple manufacturing facilities, supported by sales, marketing and
distribution activities. Nostrum sells generic drug products to hospitals and retail drug stores, by prescription
only, throughout the United States. Nostrum has facilitated the company’s recent financial restructuring and was
responsible for the development of a new Phase 3 clinical plan for FDA registration, and the commercial biologics
manufacturing plan for the Generx product candidate at FujiFilm Bio in Texas.
Nostrum currently owns approximately 75% of Gene Biotherapeutics and approximately 25% is owned by Gene
Bio’s formerly public company shareholders. Following completion of his funding, these shareholders will be
issued contingent value rights (“CVR”) for their proportional share from the net cash distribution entitlements
from the sale of Generx. Gene Bio investors currently own an 85% interest in Generx, and Huapont Life Sciences,
a Chinese-based, publicly traded, pharmaceutical company, owns a 15% equity interest in Generx, and Huapont
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has an exclusive right to manufacture (under certain conditions) market and sell Generx in mainland China
following FDA approval of Generx in the United States.
Nostrum has had some financial setbacks and challenges with its core business, which is why we are now seeking this financial strategic joint venture offering to secure external financial resources to accelerate the clinical developement and commercialization of our Generx product candidate at this time.