Ainos Announces Master Services Agreement with Swiss Pharmaceutical, Ltd. for Drug Testing, Manufacturing, and Packaging for its VELDONA Product Candidates

SAN DIEGO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / August 17, 2022 / Ainos, Inc. (NASDAQ:AIMD, AIMDW) ("Ainos", or the "Company"), a diversified medtech company focused on the development of novel point-of-care testing, low-dose interferon therapeutics, and synthetic RNA-driven preventative medicine, today announced it has signed a Master Service Agreement with Swiss Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) ("Swiss Pharma"). Pursuant to the agreement, Swiss Pharma will test, manufacture, and package the Company's VELDONA "GMP Clinical Batch" and "GMP Commercial Batch" product candidates for the Company's planned clinical trials under both Pharmaceutical Inspection Co-operation Scheme Good Manufacturing Practice ("PIC/S GMP") and U.S. Food & Drug Administration ("U.S. FDA") Current Good Manufacturing Practice regulations.

The Company plans to submit an Investigational New Drug ("IND") application for a Phase 2 Study to the U.S. FDA by the end of this year.

Following previous results from preclinical studies of its VELDONA formulation against COVID-19 in June 2022, Ainos initiated "A Multicenter, Randomized, Parallel, Phase II Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of VELDONA® in Patients with Mild COVID-19" in Taiwan.

The Company's prior studies of its VELDONA, interferon-based drug platform, have focused on various viral infections. The Company has previously conducted promising clinical studies on influenza (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/irv.12094) and the common cold (https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00895947?term=Amarillo+Biosciences%2C+Inc.&draw=2&rank=3). The Company plans to further its VELDONA program with the initiation of a Phase 2 study for thrombocytopenia and Phase 3 study for Sjögren's syndrome in 2023.

Chun-Hsien Tsai, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Ainos, commented, "Our relationship with Swiss Pharma forms a strong foundation for our plans to develop VELDONA product candidates. We anticipate our relationship with Swiss Pharma will enable us to effectively increase our manufacturing capabilities for VELDONA for our clinical trials, including testing, quality inspection, labeling, and packaging."

About Ainos, Inc.

Headquartered in San Diego, California, Ainos, Inc. is a diversified medtech company engaged in developing innovative medical technologies for point-of-care testing and safe and novel medical treatment for a broad range of disease indications. In addition to its proprietary therapeutics using low-dose non-injectable interferon, Ainos is committed to developing a comprehensive healthcare business portfolio encompassing medical devices and consumer healthcare products. While prioritizing the commercialization of medical devices as part of its diversification strategy, Ainos has also expanded its product portfolio to include Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) and COVID-19 POCTs. Leveraging its patents related to VOC technologies and COVID-19 POCT products, the Company seeks to expedite the commercialization of its medical device pipeline, beginning with Ainos-branded COVID-19 POCT product candidates.

About Swiss Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd (Taiwan)

Swiss Pharma was established in the 1950s with a mission to develop and manufacture quality pharmaceutical products, and operates with a commitment to continuous improvement and advancement. Headquartered in Tainan City, Taiwan, Swiss Pharma currently has over 400 employees and annual revenue of US$30 million. Its facilities have been PIC/S GMP certified by the Taiwan Food and Drug Administration and inspected by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Throughout its history, Swiss Pharma has innovated products covering a wide range of therapeutic areas and dosage forms, and continues to invest a significant amount of resources in developing new products and expanding manufacturing capabilities.

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SOURCE: Ainos, Inc.