Aditxt, Inc. (“Aditxt”) (Nasdaq: ADTX), a biotech innovation company with a mission to improve the health of the immune system, today announced that the global Phase 3 PRESECO (PREventing SEvere COVID-19) trial evaluating oral Avigan®/Reeqonus™ (favipiravir) as a potential at-home therapy for patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19, which was being run by Appili Therapeutics, Inc. (“Appili”)(TSX: APLI), a consortium partner of AiPharma Global Holdings LLC (“AiPharma Global”), did not achieve statistical significance on the primary endpoint of time to sustained clinical recovery. Additional analyses of the trial data are ongoing.

As previously announced, Aditxt has entered into a transaction agreement to reach a definitive agreement by the end of November 2021 to acquire a subsidiary of AiPharma Global which is to own all of the assets of AiPharma Global, a company focused on discovering, developing and commercializing antiviral therapies across a broad spectrum of infectious diseases. AiPharma Global is a biopharmaceutical company that holds directly, or through its affiliates worldwide (excluding Japan), exclusive rights to Avigan/Reeqonus/Qifenda and all formulations of favipiravir, a broad spectrum oral antiviral drug that targets COVID-19 and other infectious diseases.

“We are reviewing and evaluating the announced results and data, and will be discussing them with AiPharma Global to determine the best course of action,” stated Aditxt Co-Founder and CEO Amro Albanna.

The full text of Appili’s release can be found at: https://www.appilitherapeutics.com/news.

About Aditxt:

Aditxt is developing technologies focused on improving the health of the immune system through immune monitoring and reprogramming. Aditxt’s immune monitoring technology is designed to provide a personalized comprehensive profile of the immune system. Aditxt’s immune reprogramming technology is currently at the pre-clinical stage and is designed to retrain the immune system to induce tolerance with an objective of addressing rejection of transplanted organs, autoimmune diseases, and allergies. For more information, please visit: www.aditxt.com.

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