- All resolutions submitted for approval were passed by shareholders
Vancouver, Canada, September 29, 2022 — NervGen Pharma Corp. (TSX-V: NGEN) (OTCQX: NGENF), a clinical stage biotech company dedicated to developing a first-in-class neuroreparative drug to treat nervous system damage, announces the results of its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (“AGM”) held on September 28, 2022.
“We appreciate the support from our shareholders demonstrated at this AGM,” stated Bill Radvak, NervGen’s Executive Chairman and Interim CEO. “With our Phase 1 safety study actively enrolling patients, multiple Phase 2 clinical trials in development with anticipated readouts beginning in 2024 and a cash balance of $25 million, the largest in the company’s history, NervGen poised to become a leading player in the emerging central nervous system repair field.”
The Company reports that at the AGM the shareholders voted in favour of increasing the size of the Board of Directors to nine members and re-elected Brian Bayley, Harold Punnett, Bill Radvak, Randall Kaye, Krista McKerracher, Glenn Ives, Craig Thompson, Adam Rogers and Paul Brennan to serve in office until the next annual meeting or until their successors are duly elected or appointed. Paul Brennan, former President & CEO of NervGen, while on the ballot and re-elected to the Board, tendered his resignation as a Director effective September 22, 2022.
The shareholders also voted in favour of the appointment of Davidson & Company LLP, Chartered Accountants, as auditors of the Company until the next annual meeting of the Company’s shareholders or until their successors are duly appointed. In addition, the shareholders approved by disinterested shareholder vote, certain amendments to the Company’s existing stock option plan.
About NervGen
NervGen (TSX-V: NGEN, OTCQX: NGENF) is a clinical stage biotech company dedicated to developing innovative treatments that enable the nervous system to repair itself following damage, whether due to injury or disease. NervGen’s lead drug candidate, NVG-291, is currently in a Phase 1 clinical trial. The company’s initial target indications are spinal cord injury, Alzheimer’s disease, and multiple sclerosis. For more information, go to www.nervgen.com.
About NVG-291
NervGen holds the exclusive worldwide rights to NVG-291 and is developing a unique new class of drugs around the technology. NVG-291 is a therapeutic peptide that mimics the intracellular domain of the receptor protein tyrosine phosphatase sigma (PTPσ), a cell surface receptor known to interact with chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans (CSPGs). Both PTPσ and CSPGs have been shown to inhibit neural repair mechanisms following nervous system damage. NVG-291-R, the rodent form of NVG-291, has been shown to promote functional recovery and enable nervous system repair in a range of animal models, including models of spinal cord injury, peripheral nerve injury, multiple sclerosis, and stroke, through enhanced plasticity, axonal regeneration, and remyelination.
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