disruptive animal vaccines · 2020-01-26 · launching products into a $7+b global vaccine market...
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Disruptive Animal VaccinesJenny Filbey, Ph.D.
CEO
January 2020
Revolutionizing Animal Disease Prevention is our Mission:•We believe all animals should be protected from preventable disease; Mazen can turn
that belief into a reality
•Mazen will develop, manufacture, and commercialize orally delivered vaccines for farm and companion animals
•We will disrupt the traditional animal vaccine market in four distinct ways:• More cost effective – deliver vaccines that remove today’s economic threshold to vaccination• Improved safety – develop vaccines with a safer method of administration for animals and
workers• Greater efficacy – produce vaccines with dual protection (systemic and mucosal) against disease• Greater stability– removing the need for a cold chain supply chain and improving supply reliability
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Revolutionizing Animal Disease PreventionFirst in Class Solid Oral-dosed Vaccines
Feed–Through VaccinesFor Farm Animals
Treat-based VaccinesFor Companion Animals
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Production from Concept to Commercial
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Antigen Transformation
Greenhouse Development Scale-up
ProcessingFinal Use Product Feedmill Animals
Design Gene
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Demonstrated Platform Technology
§ Oral vaccination has demonstrated protection in multiple species – monogastric and polygastric mammals as well as birds and fish
§ Oral vaccination has addressed multiple diseases – both enteric and non-enteric
§ Efficacy shown comparable to commercially available vaccines, injectables, modified live
§ Oral administration enables both a systemic response (IgG) as well as a mucosal response (IgA). Antibody responses also observed in fish.
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Initial focus on swine vaccines
Traditional vaccination has many challenges…Vet approval
Order vaccine crew (not necessarily available when
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Vaccine deliveryCold storage 2°-7°C
expensive
Vaccinate pigsFarm-to-farm contamination
Feed disruption = slower growthUnvaccinated pigs
Broken needles in pigs6
… that the Mazen vaccination platform addresses
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Vet approval
Order feed premixed with vaccineImproved biosecurity
No human interaction to disrupt feedingAutomated feed delivery
Needle-free
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Mazen’s Competitive AdvantagesOur Unique Solution
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Compelling Producer Value Proposition• More cost effective• Improved animal and worker safety• Greater efficacy• Greater stability
Meaningful Companion Animal Value Proposition• Elimination of injection site issues• Improved veterinarian visit experience• Flexibility in access to vaccines
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Oral Vaccination WorksMazen’s proof of concept data
Serum neutralizing antibodies after challenge
PEDV
• Reduction in fungal burden
• Biomarker for protection
Valley fever
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Mazen’s PEDV Vaccine Indicates ProtectionPorcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus causes 100% mortality in newborn pigs and endemic infections slow weight gain in older pigs. A cost-effective, efficacious vaccine targets 6M sows and 115M pigs in the US annually.
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Oral prime and oral boost elicit serum neutralizing antibodies providing proof of concept for product candidate and technology platform
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* Treatment groups statistically different from control using the Tukey HSD method P values < 0.05
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Mazen’s Valley fever vaccine first to indicate protection against a fungal disease
Fungal infection impacting mammals cause severe lung, spleen and bone infection, often leading to death. Approximately 12M dogs are candidates for the vaccine in the Southwest U.S. There is no vaccine for Valley fever today – Mazen has a solution.
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All antigen treatments showed a significant reduction in fungal burden
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* Treatment groups statistically
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Oral Vaccination has Attractive Margins• Manufacturing platform is established
• Expression system is fully operational• High yield production platform is at multi-ton level in field-based production
• Expression, dose and yield drive acreage requirements and cost of goods
• Vaccine supply has flexibility to fit into customers’ current systems so that vaccine can be dosed with feed
• Excellent margins can be realized with all products
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• Over 15 issued and pending patents• Process• Use• Enhanced immunogenicity• Promoters• Ex: 9,944,937
• Patents pending for PEDV and Valley fever
• Strong IP estate in the U.S.
• Patents pending related to antigens from USDA-ARS
Clear Defensible & Competitive Advantages
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Animal Testing
Commercial Focus
Scale-up
Regulatory Confirmation
Antigen Production
Mazen Team Delivered Angel Round Milestones
Expressed antigen and developed production lines for two vaccine candidates. 2 USDA SBIRs – Cocci, PD
Confirmed Mazen’s platform approach to product development with USDA Center for Veterinary Biologics
Tested two vaccine candidates, both with results indicating protection
Current production has yielded 2,000 lbs of seed for PEDV and 100 lbs of seed for VF
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Agreement with major swine producer to commercially test Mazen’s PEDV vaccine; Agreement with major AH company to develop a product
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PEDV Product Development Status
• Vaccine Supply• Harvest from field crop completed
• ~2,000 lbs of grain• Material for Mazen sow study, producer sow study, 2 piglet studies • Material available for Quality Management System• Master seed identified
• Winter nursery• Initiated back-cross program with Master Seed
• Production plan focused on CVB material for sales - ready end of 2021• Small quantities of non-CVB grain - available in 2021 for sale
• Animal Studies• Proof of concept in pig challenge study demonstrated immune response
comparable to injectable vaccine • Next step – dose ranging passive immunity study in sows
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Next Steps in PEDV Product Development Plan• Mazen dose ranging passive immunity study in sows
• Material available for study• Protocol draft developed with SOPs – refinement in process• Site selection initiated (one site already vetted)
• Producer study in experimental barn followed by implementation at producer location (agreement in place)
• CVB-related studies• Characterization and stability studies of final product and key intermediates
• Developmental of production lines and grain
• Development of QMS
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Bridge Round funds sow study
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Bridge Financing of $500,000-$1,000,000 will enable sow studies to demonstrate lactogenic immunity/piglet protectionBudget Estimates Through Mazen Dose Ranging Sow Study
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Winter nursery $ 70,000 Mazen Sow Study $ 250,000 Producer Collaboration $ 50,000 Cal Poly Study $ 50,000 G&A $ 50,000 Travel $ 30,000 TOTAL $ 500,000
To achieve
• Back-cross• Sow study illustrating lactogenic
immunity in newborn pigs• Dose determined for producer
study• Material supplied to producer for
experimental barn study• Additional constructs and dosing
regimens evaluated in pigs
PEDV Regulatory Development PlanRegulatory Timelines for PEDV
• Agreement on Working Cell Stock and Master Seed (1H-2020)• Purity and identity
• Agreement on CVB efficacy protocol (2H-2020)• Based upon results from sow passive immunity study• At least 6 late gestation, PEDV-negative gilts & sows dosed and boosted• Challenge at day 3 of offspring
• Early safety evaluation with APHIS• Submission of efficacy data (2H-2021)• Agreement on safety protocol (1H-2021)
• Typically 300 swine at each of 3 locations – at least 50 late gestation gilts & sows plus their pigs
• 2 pre-licensing serials, dosed at each location to half the test group each• 21 days observation
• Submission of safety data (2H-2021)
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Summary Timeline for PEDV Vaccine DevelopmentFor Producer Utilization & CVB Approval
Producer utilization
Quality Management System
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Mazen Sow study Producer Sow study
Producer implementation studies
Field production
FFM & FUP Process Dev
PEDV
CVB Efficacy Study
Winter nurseryBack-cross
Pre-lic Serials Safety studies
Producer process stability
Field productionWinter nursery
Master & WorkingCell stock
CVB efficacy/safety protocol dev & prep
Submission toCVB
Submission toCVB
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Planning for a Series A round of $7M-$9M$1.28M Angel Round Bolstered by $0.4M in Grants
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Convertible Notes
($1.28M)
USDA SBIR Grants
($0.2M)
Cal Poly Grant ($0.2M)
Bridge Round
Series A:$7-9M Raise
• Bridge round will provide efficacy data demonstrating lactogenic immunity and protection against a challenge in newborn pigs
• With dose determined during bridge round, Mazen’s producer collaborator can move forward with studies required for implementation
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Mazen’s Growing Team will Continue to Deliver on Key Milestones to be Achieved in next 18 Months
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Demonstrate PoC in sows at producer with PEDV and establish product implementation
Complete preliminary efficacy studies; Initiate efficacy & safety studies for CVB approval
Complete efficacy studies; Advance safety studies for CVB approval
Produce antigen for Cocci testing (grant funded)
Produce antigen for PD testing (grant funded)
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Mazen’s Growing Team will Continue to Deliver on Key Milestones Series A Round - $7M-$9M – Use of Funds
• Focus on Swine• As first demonstration of platform
technology, Mazen will focus on development and commercialization of swine vaccines• PEDV – Scale-up; sow studies; producer
testing• PCV – Initiate program upon funding
• Relationships with producers will enable early testing, implementation and sales• One producer agreement already in
place• Other discussions on-going
• CVB approval anticipated in 202222
• VF development to approval and out-license• Valuable asset can provide revenue for
production animal vaccine development• CVB approval anticipated in 2021
• Upside potential supported with non-dilutive funding• USDA SBIR Grants for Coccidiosis in
chicken & Pancreas Disease in Salmon
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Launching Products into a $7+B Global Vaccine MarketGlobal Product Revenue Projected to Exceed $30M in 2024
Series A ($7M) will enable:
• 2 near market-ready products
• 3 products ready for PoC testing
• Initial product sales
• Significant value increase
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Feline - Panleuk, Calic, RhinoFeline - Rabies
Canine - Parvo, Dist, HepCanine - Rabies
PCV-2 - Swine/PigletPiglet - PEDV
Sow - PEDVCanine - Valley Fever
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Ø Experienced Team that Delivers Results
Ø Robust and real customer value proposition
Ø Product approval will drive value and create exit opportunities
Ø Speed to market with a Platform technology
Ø Global Multi-Species Portfolio
Ø World-class manufacturing cost, producing room temperature stable product
Demonstrated Near Term Value with Opportunity for Growth
Global Disruptive Animal Disease Prevention
Potential exits:• Traditional animal health
companies(Elanco, Ceva, Virbac, ...)
• Related industry companies (e.g. feed/nutrition, producers)(Mars, Purina, Cargill, Kemin …)
• IPO
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Experienced Leadership Team that DeliversAnimal Health, Technical & Commercial Expertise
TEAM
Jenny Filbey, PhDFounder, CEO
Tom Overbay, DVMDevelopment
• Entrepreneur focused on commercialization of new technologies
• President of NPI
• Nektar, Nobex, Hoechst
• Regulatory, business development, tech operations
• Expedite Animal Health
• Animal health, feed ingredients & production animal marketing
• Elanco
• Bayer
Candidate Identified
Kerryann KocherCommercial
Strategy & Ops
John Howard, PhDFounder, CSO
• World leader in protein expression in maize grain
• CEO of ABI
• 20 years of oral sub-unit vaccine experience
• Finance & corporate development
• Public & private company experience
• Healthcare, SaaS software/eCommerce, Professional Services and Logistics industries
• McKesson,
Key Additions at Financing: R&D Head, Production Head, Veterinarian, Regulatory
Ronan Molloy, JDExec Board Member
• President, Innovation Stockyard
• Zoetis, Synbiotics, Primus
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David Morrison, MBAHead of Finance
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Experienced BoardAnimal Health, Technical & Commercial Expertise
Kelly Lechtenberg,
DVM
Terry Speizer, MBA
Ronan Molloy, JD
• President, Innovation Stockyard
• Zoetis, Synbiotics, Primus
• President of Midwest Veterinary Services & the Veterinary and Biomedical Research Center
• Infectious Disease Model Specialist
• Food Animal Production Consultant
• Serial entrepreneur
• Morro View Winery
• Domaine Alfred Winery
• Electec, Flextec
Jenny Filbey, Ph.D.
John Howard, Ph.D.
• Entrepreneur focused on commercialization of new technologies
• President of NPI• Nektar, Nobex, Hoechst
• World leader in protein expression in maize grain
• CEO of ABI
• 20 years of oral sub-unit vaccine experience
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Jennifer Filbey, Ph.D.CEO
[email protected]+1-256-417-8568
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Kerryann KocherCommercial Strategy & [email protected]
+1-317-997-7385
www.mazenanimalhealth.com