NextCell Pharma publishes Interim Report 1 2020/2021

NextCell Pharma AB (publ) ("NextCell") announces that the Data Safety Monitoring Board for the ProTrans-Young study has recommended the principal investigator, Professor Per-Ola Carlsson, to continue with treatment of children in the younger age group 7 – 11 years. This decision is based on a review of all available safety data from the 36 children and adolescents who have participated in the study so far. The recruitment of the 30 children aged 7-11 will begin in August 2024.

NextCell Pharma AB (publ) ("NextCell" or the "Company") carries out a rights issue of units of up to approximately SEK 40.1 million, which is covered to approximately 100 percent by subscription and guarantee commitments. The company's Board of Directors, management and key employees, who have previously entered into subscription commitments of up to a total of approximately SEK 1.5 million, have now announced that they will register their interest in subscribing for units for a total of approximately SEK 3.3 million, corresponding to 8.2 percent of the rights issue.

THIS PRESS RELEASE MAY NOT BE RELEASED, PUBLISHED OR DISTRIBUTED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, SOUTH AFRICA, SOUTH KOREA, SWITZERLAND, CANADA, HONG KONG, BELARUS, RUSSIA OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH RELEASE, PUBLISHING OR DISTRIBUTION OF THIS PRESS RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL OR REQUIRE REGISTATION OR OTHER MEASURES IN ADDITION TO THOSE REQUIRED BY SWEDISH LAW. SEE SECTION ”IMPORTANT INFORMATION” AT THE END OF THIS PRESS RELEASE. NextCell Pharma AB (publ) (”NextCell” or the “Company”) has today published a supplement (the “Supplement”) to the EU Growth prospectus, which was approved and registered by the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority and published on 30 May 2024 (the “Prospectus”). The Supplement has been prepared due to the fact that the Company on 4 June 2024 announced through a press release that the Company had agreed to a so-called top guarantee of a total of approximately SEK 8.0 million in the ongoing rights issue of units in the Company (the “Rights Issue”).

Cellaviva, the stem cell bank operated by NextCell Pharma AB, has announced its transition to an independent company. This strategic move will enable Cellaviva to further focus on its core mission of providing expectant parents with the opportunity to preserve and store valuable stem cells collected from the placenta and umbilical cord. These cells, which would otherwise be discarded post-birth, offer significant potential for future medical treatments and therapies.

THIS PRESS RELEASE MAY NOT BE RELEASED, PUBLISHED OR DISTRIBUTED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, SOUTH AFRICA, SOUTH KOREA, SWITZERLAND, CANADA, HONG KONG, BELARUS, RUSSIA OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH RELEASE, PUBLISHING OR DISTRIBUTION OF THIS PRESS RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL OR REQUIRE REGISTATION OR OTHER MEASURES IN ADDITION TO THOSE REQUIRED BY SWEDISH LAW. SEE SECTION ”IMPORTANT INFORMATION” AT THE END OF THIS PRESS RELEASE. NextCell Pharma AB (publ) ("NextCell" or the "Company") announces that the Company has agreed to a so-called top guarantee of a total of approximately SEK 8.0 million, corresponding to approximately 20.0 percent of the transaction, from qualified investors in the Company's ongoing rights issue of units of up to approximately SEK 40.1 million before issue costs, in which the subscription period commenced on 31 May 2024 (the "Rights Issue"). With the addition of the top guarantee, the Rights Issue is now covered up to approximately 100 percent by subscription undertakings and guarantee commitments.

THIS PRESS RELEASE MAY NOT BE RELEASED, PUBLISHED OR DISTRIBUTED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, SOUTH AFRICA, SOUTH KOREA, SWITZERLAND, CANADA, HONG KONG, BELARUS, RUSSIA OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH RELEASE, PUBLISHING OR DISTRIBUTION OF THIS PRESS RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL OR REQUIRE REGISTATION OR OTHER MEASURES IN ADDITION TO THOSE REQUIRED BY SWEDISH LAW. SEE SECTION ”IMPORTANT INFORMATION” AT THE END OF THIS PRESS RELEASE.   Today, 31 May 2024, the subscription period in NextCell Pharma AB (publ)’s (“NextCell” or the “Company”) rights issue of units, which was announced on 24 April 2024 (the “Rights Issue”), commences. The subscription period in the Rights Issue runs until 14 June 2024. Please note, however, that nominees may have a final response date for subscription in the Rights Issue that falls before 14 June 2024.

THIS PRESS RELEASE MAY NOT BE RELEASED, PUBLISHED OR DISTRIBUTED, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AUSTRALIA, JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND, SINGAPORE, SOUTH AFRICA, SOUTH KOREA, SWITZERLAND, CANADA, HONG KONG, BELARUS, RUSSIA OR IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION WHERE SUCH RELEASE, PUBLISHING OR DISTRIBUTION OF THIS PRESS RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL OR REQUIRE REGISTATION OR OTHER MEASURES IN ADDITION TO THOSE REQUIRED BY SWEDISH LAW. SEE SECTION ”IMPORTANT INFORMATION” AT THE END OF THIS PRESS RELEASE. NextCell Pharma AB (publ) (”NextCell” or the “Company”) has prepared an EU Growth prospectus (the “Prospectus”) in connection with the Company’s forthcoming issue of units consisting of shares and warrants with preferential rights for existing shareholders (the “Rights Issue”), which was resolved by the Board of Directors on 24 April 2024 and approved by the Extraordinary General Meeting on 27 May 2024.

NextCell Pharma AB ("NextCell" or the "Company") today announces that patients who were treated with a single dose of ProTrans five years ago in the randomized, placebo-controlled phase II study ProTrans-2 have retained significantly higher endogenous insulin production than patients who received placebo. ProTrans treated patients maintained 57% of their endogenous insulin production compared to 15% in the placebo group. The results are in line with NextCell’s previously reported three year data and demonstrates that ProTrans offers a disease-modifying treatment with long-lasting clinically relevant effect.