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Mr. Egge brings over 25 years of biopharmaceutical experience building commercial organizations and successfully launching novel therapeutic products INOVIO poised to become a commercial-stage company with plans to submit a Biologics License Application for INO-3107 in second half of 2024 under U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Accelerated Approval Pathway PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., July 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- INOVIO (NASDAQ:INO), a biotechnology company focused on developing and commercializing DNA medicines to help treat and protect people from HPV-related diseases, cancer, and infectious diseases, today announced the appointment of Steven Egge as Chief Commercial Officer. Mr. Egge will lead the company's commercial strategy and operations as it prepares to potentially launch its first DNA medicine product, INO-3107 as a treatment for recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP). "We are delighted to welcome Steve to INOVIO and look forward to adding his expertise to our leadership team as we continue advancing our preparations to commercially launch INO-3107 in 2025, should it receive approval by the FDA as a treatment for RRP," said Dr. Jacqueline Shea, INOVIO's President and Chief Executive Officer. "Steve joins us at an exciting time, as we prepare to become a commercial-stage company, while advancing multiple product candidates targeting unmet medical needs. His expertise launching new products, driving market share in competitive environments, and growing overall therapeutic areas will be advantageous to the development and implementation of our commercial plans, as will his experience across immunology and vaccines, HPV, and rare diseases." "This is a great time to join INOVIO as the company has the opportunity to market the first therapeutic option for patients suffering from RRP, a rare and debilitating HPV-related disease that significantly impacts quality of life," said Mr. Egge. "I look forward to working with the talented team at INOVIO and continuing the ongoing efforts to build out the company's commercial strategies and capabilities." Mr. Egge comes to INOVIO from Sumitomo Pharma (formerly Myovant Sciences, acquired by Sumitovant Biopharma, a subsidiary of Sumitomo Pharma, in 2023), where as Senior Vice President and General Manager for Women's Health he was responsible for building the commercial leadership team, accelerating the launch of Myfembree® and helping lead the company's expansion into new indications. Mr. Egge was at Merck for twenty years, where he held a number of senior commercial leadership roles, including leading Merck's HPV Vaccines Franchise as well as Chief Marketing Officer for the Vaccine Division, where he oversaw launches for new indications for GARDASIL®, a re-launch of ZOSTAVAX®, and launch planning for GARDASIL9® and VAXELIS®. Mr. Egge also served as Global Commercial Head for Merck's Fertility Franchise, where he oversaw the launch of ELONVA® in ex-U.S. markets. After Merck, Mr. Egge served as Senior Vice President at Genfit Corp., a French biotech company focused on liver diseases, where he led commercial planning and business development. About INOVIO's DNA Medicines Platform INOVIO's DNA medicines platform has two innovative components: precisely designed DNA plasmids, delivered by INOVIO's proprietary investigational medical device, CELLECTRA®. INOVIO uses proprietary technology to design its DNA plasmids, which are small circular DNA molecules that work like software the body's cells can download to produce specific proteins to target and fight disease. INOVIO's proprietary CELLECTRA® delivery devices are designed to optimally deliver its DNA medicines to the body's cells without requiring chemical adjuvants or lipid nanoparticles and without the risk of the anti-vector response historically seen with viral vector platforms. About INOVIO INOVIO is a biotechnology company focused on developing and commercializing DNA medicines to help treat and protect people from HPV-related diseases, cancer, and infectious diseases. INOVIO's technology optimizes the design and delivery of innovative DNA medicines that teach the body to manufacture its own disease-fighting tools. For more information, visit . CELLECTRA® is a trademark of INOVIO. GARDASIL®, GARDASIL9®, ZOSTAVAX® and ELONVA® are trademarks of Merck and Co., Inc. VAXELIS® is trademark of The MSP Vaccine Company. Myfembree® is trademark of Sumitomo Pharma Switzerland GmbH. Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains certain forward-looking statements relating to our business, including our plans to develop and commercialize DNA medicines and expectations regarding our research and development programs, including the planned submission of a BLA in the second half of 2024 and the planned commercial launch of INO-3107 if regulatory approval is obtained. Actual events or results may differ from the expectations set forth herein as a result of a number of factors, including uncertainties inherent in pre-clinical studies, clinical trials, product development programs and commercialization activities and outcomes, the availability of funding to support continuing research and studies in an effort to prove safety and efficacy of electroporation technology as a delivery mechanism or develop viable DNA medicines, our ability to support our pipeline of DNA medicine products, the ability of our collaborators to attain development and commercial milestones for products we license and product sales that will enable us to receive future payments and royalties, the adequacy of our capital resources, the availability or potential availability of alternative therapies or treatments for the conditions targeted by us or collaborators, including alternatives that may be more efficacious or cost effective than any therapy or treatment that we and our collaborators hope to develop, issues involving product liability, issues involving patents and whether they or licenses to them will provide us with meaningful protection from others using the covered technologies, whether such proprietary rights are enforceable or defensible or infringe or allegedly infringe on rights of others or can withstand claims of invalidity and whether we can finance or devote other significant resources that may be necessary to prosecute, protect or defend them, the level of corporate expenditures, assessments of our technology by potential corporate or other partners or collaborators, capital market conditions, the impact of government healthcare proposals and other factors set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2024, and other filings we make from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. There can be no assurance that any product candidate in our pipeline will be successfully developed, manufactured, or commercialized, that the results of clinical trials will be supportive of regulatory approvals required to market products, or that any of the forward-looking information provided herein will be proven accurate. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this release, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise these statements, except as may be required by law. Contacts Media: Jennie Willson (267) 429-8567 [email protected] Investors: Thomas Hong (267) 440-4298 [email protected] SOURCE INOVIO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

The European Commission approved Pierre Fabre Laboratories’ Obgemsa (vibegron) for the symptomatic treatment of overactive bladder (OAB) syndrome in adults, more than three years after being cleared by the FDA. The decision follows a positive stance adopted by the European Medicines Agency's (EMA) drug advisory body in April. Eric Ducournau, CEO of Pierre Fabre said the approval “will allow European patients to benefit from a new therapeutic option for OAB,” which is estimated to affect more than 70 million people in the region. The approval was backed by findings from the Phase III EMPOWUR trial and a 52-week extension study, which showed that the 75-mg daily dose of Gemtesa significantly improved urgency, increased urination frequency, and urge urinary incontinence in patients with OAB compared with placebo.In 2022, Pierre Fabre gained an exclusive license to commercialise vibegron in the EU from Sumitomo Pharma’s subsidiary Urovant Sciences, which markets it as Gemtesa in the US. The once-daily oral drug is also approved to treat symptoms of OAB in Japan and South Korea under the name Beova, where it is marketed by Kyorin Pharmaceutical and JEIL Pharmaceutical, respectively.

CASTRES, France, June 28, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The European Commission (EC) has authorized the marketing of OBGEMSA™ (vibegron) by Pierre Fabre Laboratories for the symptomatic treatment of overactive bladder syndrome in adults, a particularly debilitating condition affecting over 70 million patients* in Europe. In 2022, Pierre Fabre Laboratories acquired the exclusive license for vibegron from Urovant Sciences Gmbh for the registration and commercialization of this innovative treatment in the European Economic Area. The decision of the EC will be applicable to all EU member states as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway. OBGEMSA™ is a trademark owned by Urovant Sciences. Continue Reading View PDF Pierre Fabre Laboratories announce granting of European marketing authorization for OBGEMSA™ (vibegron) in overactive bladder. "We are delighted with this development, which will allow European patients to benefit from a new therapeutic option for overactive bladder syndrome and further strengthen our expertise of over 40 years in urology. This decision confirms Pierre Fabre Laboratories' commitment to offering patients innovative therapies that provide better management of chronic debilitating diseases," said Eric Ducournau, CEO of Pierre Fabre Laboratories. The decision of the EC follows the favorable opinion issued on April 25 by the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA). It is based on the results of two pivotal, multicenter, double-blind, randomized phase 3 studies in adults with overactive bladder symptoms. Study RVT-901-3003 (EMPOWUR) evaluated the efficacy, tolerability, and safety of vibegron (at a dose of 75 mg per day) over 12 weeks compared to placebo and with tolterodine as a positive control. Its extension, study RVT-901-3004 (EMPOWUR Extension), double-blindly evaluated the long-term safety, tolerability, and efficacy of vibegron over 52 weeks, with tolterodine as an active comparator. In these studies, vibegron, as a new selective agonist of beta-3 adrenergic receptors (AR), demonstrated a favorable benefit-risk profile in the symptomatic treatment of urgency, increased frequency of urination, and urge urinary incontinence (UUI) that can occur in patients with overactive bladder syndrome. Contact: Laurence MARCHAL [email protected] PDF - Logo -