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About Esperance Pharmaceuticals

Esperance Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is developing a new class of highly potent targeted anticancer drugs using its Cationic Lytic Peptide (CLYP(TM)) platform technology. These drug candidates, called targeted membrane-disrupting peptides (tMDPs), consist of a ligand component that binds to extracellular receptors on the cancer cell and a potent cytolytic peptide component that kills the cancer cell. Targeted MDPs, which are positively charged, specifically bind only to cancer cells that express the target receptors on their surfaces and interact with the negatively charged membranes of the cancer cells resulting in disruption of the cell membrane and causing the cancer cells to die by cell lysis. The drug candidates selectively kill cancer cells, including cells known to be resistant to chemotherapeutic drugs, without harming normal cells. In addition to EP-100, Esperance Pharmaceuticals has three other drug candidates in preclinical stages. The Company was founded on patented technology discovered by scientists at Louisiana State University. Founding investors include the Louisiana Fund I, Research Corporation Technologies and Themelios Ventures, LP -- a venture fund managed by the principals of VCE Capital Partners, LLC. Additional investors include the Louisiana Technology Fund and private investors. More information can be found at www.esperancepharma.com.