Neal G. Koller President & Chief Executive Officer
3724a Thomas Point Road Annapolis, Maryland 21403 USA Tel: +1 443 994 0101 Fax: +1 410 990 9817 nkoller@plurogen.com
PluroGen Therapeutics, Inc. 503 Broadleaf Way Charlottesville, Virginia 22911 USA Tel: +1 443 994 0101 Fax: +1 410 990 9817 www.plurogen.com
October 28,2008
RE: PluroGen Therapeutics, Inc. Investor Update: Q3 2008
Dear Investor
Within the 3rd quarter of 2008, PluroGen reached the notable milestone in the history of every company – we shipped and invoiced our 1st commercial product. Of course, we made a number of additional important steps, summarized below, concluding another very successful and progressive quarter.
We hope this update is informative and we would be pleased to answer any of your questions. Thanks for both your interest and your investment.
Q3 2008 Investor Update
PluroGen Milestones and Accomplishment
Commercial Partner Activities and Product Development
Welcare (First Distribution Agreement signed Q1 2008)
PluroGen shipped and invoiced Welcare its first order for its skin and wound cleansing medical device product
Initiated negotiation of distribution agreement for Italy for PluroGel™ Silver Sulfadiazine product line
PNG Gerolymatos SA, (Letter of Intent Signed Q2 2008)
Initiated negotiation of distribution agreement for Greece for PluroGel™ Silver Sulfadiazine product line
Gerolymatos initiated market research studies in both China and Turkey for PluroGel™ Silver Sulfadiazine product line
Derma Sciences delivered the 3rd set of dressing samples for PluroGen review and market evaluation
Received a Letter of Intent from a privately-owned skin care company to develop a specialty line of PluroGen based products to sell through their 1,250 site retail network
Regulatory
Aggressively pursuing medical device regulatory approval for PluroGel™ Silver Sulfadiazine
Signed contracts to initiate final testing required for 510(k)
Welcare EU medical device approval for our PluroGel™ ingredient targeted for submission Q4 2008
Continue to maintain low expense, forward activity for drug approval for PluroGel™ Silver Sulfadiazine
Advance preparation for any future drug claims we determine to pursue
Intellectual Property
Converted provisional patent to a patent application and filed the PCT for the biological activity of our gel technology
Nationalized the filed PCT application for our antimicrobial nano technology
Continue to explore licensing IP/technology rights to Dr. Katz’s adipose (fat derived) stem cells for wound healing
Manufacturing
Completed initial draft of Quality Controls Manual
Manufactured first lot of PluroGel™ 45 – 5 Concentrate for Welcare
Extended search for manufacturing capacity to make PluroGel™ concentrate for Welcare and others
Funding
Reached the minimum requirement for note conversion; proceeding to convert all notes to Series A Preferred stock
Received signed subscription agreements totaling $275, 000 of the $2.0 million to be raised in the Series A Offering
Continue to pursue institutional and private investors
Best Regards,
Neal G. Koller President & CEO PluroGen Therapeutics, Inc.