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Greenwood Village, CO, Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Morpheus Data, the hybrid cloud application orchestration company, released software and program updates designed to help customers, system integrators, and alliance partners accelerate hybrid cloud management projects in 2021.

 

Morpheus is recognized as a Leader in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for Cloud Management Platforms (CMP) with the highest critical capability scores in cloud provisioning and governanceⁱ.  With today’s announcement, Morpheus is enabling more customers and technology partners to benefit from a unified approach to PlatformOps.  Highlights include:

 

• Morpheus Essentials license for smaller enterprises needing private and hybrid cloud for VMware, Nutanix, AWS, Azure, and GCP starting at just $16,000.
• v5.2 release adds integrated SCAP Scanning for SecOps and enhances single-click shopping cart UI to enable true anything-as-a-service (XaaS) simplicity.
• Plug-in Framework enables expansion to the already nearly 100
  hybrid cloud integrations included to unify third-party tools with no code required.

 

According to IDC, 74% of larger organizations say common cross-cloud management control planes are very important to help scale their operations.
ⁱⁱ This trend towards hybrid cloud self-service and PlatformOps, coupled with recognized technical leadership, has led Morpheus Data to double customer count and add over 1,000 community users this year.

 

“The need for organizations to enable agile infrastructure is driving demand for a more adaptive approach to self-service,” said Brad Parks, Chief Marketing Officer at Morpheus Data.  “Morpheus is a unified, agnostic and responsive platform, born to keep up with the rapidly changing demands of internal development teams.”

 

Lowering hybrid cloud barriers and expanding partner opportunities

To help midsize enterprises access the same leading platform used in hundreds of larger organizations, Morpheus has announced a new Essentials offering starting at just $16,000 and able to be up and running in minutes. 

 

Morpheus Essentials quickly creates VMware and Nutanix private clouds plus manages centralized access into public clouds like AWS, Azure, and Google.  Customers can integrate Morpheus Essentials with identity management providers like Active Directory or SAML and automate the execution of automation workflows from Ansible, Chef, Puppet, and more.  If advanced third-party integrations are needed, customers can upgrade to Morpheus Enterprise which includes codeless integration into nearly 100 providers including ServiceNow, Infoblox, F5, Veeam, Splunk, and others.

 

This new Essentials package provides Morpheus partners with a more transactional approach to cloud automation and includes some of the highest compensation benefits in the industry.  Nearly 100% of Morpheus deals go through indirect channel partners and global systems integrators which is why Morpheus has recently expanded distribution relationships with Ingram Micro. 

 

Improving security posture and streamlining automation workflows in v5.2

Self-service provisioning and hybrid-cloud governance are two sides of a coin.  The best way to avoid security breaches is to make sure internal development teams can move as fast as they need while still working within role-based access guardrails.

 

In version 5.2, Morpheus has added the ability to perform Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) scanning against Linux and Windows Workloads on systems under management.  This means SecOps teams can not only control security posture at the source, they can reduce risk on an ongoing basis by detecting and mitigating critical security vulnerabilities. 

 

Centralized platform teams are being challenged to build, manage, and operate hybrid cloud infrastructure for an increasingly wide range of users.  Developers demand API-driven access for infrastructure-as-code while non-technical users need single-click shopping carts to avoid IT bottlenecks.  With Morpheus v5.2, both user groups get what they need and more.

 

Morpheus has extended its ‘anything-as-a-service’ interface to include Operational Workflows in addition to the application blueprints introduced in v5.0.  With Operational Workflows, a self-service catalog item could represent virtually any automation runbook.  Organizations can combine heterogeneous scripting technologies, gather user inputs, and securely store and pass variables to eliminate the wait times historically associated with IT operations.

 

Expanding agile platform capabilities with an extensible plug-in architecture

Many legacy cloud management platforms have relied on complex script-based integrations into common datacenter technologies which can take months to deploy and can lead to brittle frameworks that do not respond well to change.

 

Morpheus has led the industry in built-in native integration and rapid time to value.  It’s API-driven architecture and loosely coupled service abstractions combined with ready-to-use technology integrations create an adaptable and software-defined approach to hybrid-cloud self-service. 

 

With this announcement, Morpheus is releasing a secure and flexible developer specification to expand its network of available integrations.  By partnering with leading technology providers and systems integrators, customers will get the best of built-in codeless integrations and an extensible framework for customization.  Initial modules available for customization include custom ITSM approvals, secure Cypher secret backends, DNS and IPAM providers, tasks, and even custom instance tabs to extend instance details.  Over the next few releases, Morpheus will be adding additional developer abstractions including custom reports, backup providers, and full cloud integrations. 

 

About Morpheus Data, LLC

Morpheus Data is the market leader in hybrid cloud application orchestration, serving hundreds of enterprises, public sector organizations, and service providers globally.

 

The Morpheus software platform gives customers a customizable self-service application provisioning catalog which can span dozens of on-premises hypervisors, private clouds, and public clouds.  Its persona-based feature set meets the needs of CloudOps, SecOps, DevOps, and FinOps teams seeking to modernize applications comprised of bare metal, VMs, containers, and public cloud PaaS services.

 

With more built-in integrations and native functionality than any other platform, customers can standardize workflows, reduce tool sprawl, and unify processes across different teams and technologies. 

 

Request a demo at www.morpheusdata.com/demo.

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ⁱ Sources: Gartner Magic Quadrant for Cloud Management Platforms, Dennis Smith, Sanjit Ganguli, Padraig Byrne, 13 February 2020. Critical Capabilities for Cloud Management Platforms, Dennis Smith, Sanjit Ganguli, Padraig Byrne, Scott Etkin, 13 February 2020.

 

ⁱⁱ Source: IDC’s Cloud Pulse Q120, March 2020

Brad Parks
Morpheus Data
+1 303.564.0215
[email protected]

Analysis by tolling leader Conduent Transportation shows total traffic volumes down by just 8.7 percent in November 2020, compared with 2019, largely recovering from the 50 percent decline experienced in April 2020

Traffic volume data closely follows pandemic trends and reopening of communities, as well as proactive steps by toll systems

FLORHAM PARK, N.J., Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — After the COVID-19 pandemic caused toll road traffic volumes to drop by approximately 50 percent year over year in April 2020, traffic volumes on several of the nation’s largest toll road systems have recovered to an 8.7 percent year-over-year decline in November, according to an analysis of data usage from Conduent Transportation, a unit of Conduent Incorporated (Nasdaq: CNDT). These volumes include electronic toll transactions using a transponder and license plate images captured for toll-by-mail programs.

The gains in traffic volumes are a reflection of states lifting COVID-19-related restrictions since spring, as well as efforts by state and local tolling agencies to encourage road usage by motorists, according to Conduent, the industry leader in automated or electronic tolling across the United States. The company is also supporting clients as more transportation agencies shift to all-cashless transactions, which eliminates the handling of currency and limits exposures.

Traffic trends could remain volatile heading into 2021. For example, the traffic volume recovery peaked in September, but year-over-year declines widened slightly in October and November.

Conduent manages road usage charging, parking, public transit and traffic safety systems for government clients globally. In 2019, Conduent managed more than 4 billion U.S. toll road transactions for transportation agencies, representing more than 50 percent of total motorist transactions among the 15 largest toll road systems in the nation by traffic volume. Conduent’s analysis of 2020 toll road trends encompasses six of the 10 largest toll systems in the U.S., including systems in California, Florida, New Jersey and New York. Combined these systems averaged nearly 270 million motorist transactions per month in 2019.

According to the analysis of 2020 toll traffic versus 2019 levels:

• After year-over-year gains of 6.2 percent and 9.6 percent, respectively, in January and February, traffic volumes declined in March to 12 percent below 2019 levels.
• This year-over-year traffic decline continued dramatically to low points of approximately 50 percent in April and 37.1 percent in May below 2019.
• Since April, traffic improved significantly, flattening to declines of 16.2 percent in June and 16.7 percent in July versus 2019.
• The year-over-year declines narrowed to 10 percent in August and 2.4 percent in September, and declined 7.1 percent in October.

“The recovery in toll traffic on U.S. road systems from the steep declines in the spring shows the impact of states lifting restrictions that kept people off roads and highways and away from local businesses and workplaces,” said Scott Doering, Vice President and General Manager, Road Usage Charging at Conduent Transportation. “The volume improvement is also a result of actions taken by tolling agencies to encourage motorists to get back on the road. While traffic could remain volatile due to broader pandemic trends, the recovery so far has been positive for states that often rely on toll revenue to fund transportation infrastructure improvements.”

According to Doering, proactive steps states have taken to increase road usage included temporary moratoriums on toll charges, suspension of administrative and/or late fees, and the overall shift to cashless transactions.

About Conduent

Conduent delivers mission-critical services and solutions on behalf of businesses and governments – creating exceptional outcomes for its clients and the millions of people who count on them. Through our dedicated people, process and technology, Conduent solutions and services automate workflows, improve efficiencies, reduce costs and enable revenue growth. It’s why most Fortune 100 companies and over 500 government entities depend on Conduent every day to manage their essential interactions and move their operations forward.

Conduent’s differentiated services and solutions improve experiences for millions of people every day, including two-thirds of all insured patients in the U.S., 10 million employees who use its HR Services, and nearly 18 million benefit recipients. Conduent’s solutions deliver exceptional outcomes for its clients, including $17 billion in savings from medical bill review, up to 40% efficiency increase in HR operations, up to 27% reduction in government benefits costs, up to 40% improvement in finance, accounting and procurement expense, and improved customer service interaction times by up to 20% with higher end-user satisfaction. Learn more at www.conduent.com.

Media Contacts:

Neil Franz, Conduent, +1-301-820-4324, [email protected]

Investor Relations Contacts:

Alan Katz, Conduent, +1-973-526-7173, [email protected]
Rebecca Koar, Conduent, +1-862-308-7105, [email protected]

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BEIJING, Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Luckin Coffee Inc. (the “Company”) (OTC:LKNCY) today commented on the first report (“Report”) provided by Alexander Lawson of Alvarez & Marsal Cayman Islands Limited and Wing Sze Tiffany Wong of Alvarez & Marsal Asia Limited, who were appointed as the Joint Provisional Liquidators (“JPLs”) of the Company by the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (the “Cayman Court”) on July 15, 2020. The JPLs furnished the Report to the Cayman Court in order to provide an update on the progress of the Company’s restructuring.

The Company commented:

“We are pleased that, following an extensive review of the Company’s operations and financial position, the JPLs, in conjunction with the Company, have developed a detailed and viable restructuring proposal of the Company’s indebtedness, with a view to the restructuring being presented by way of one or more schemes of arrangements before the Cayman Islands court. The proposal has been developed for the benefit of all stakeholders.”

A copy of the JPLs Report is available on the Company’s Investor Relations website (investor.luckincoffee.com).

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About Luckin Coffee Inc.

Luckin Coffee Inc. (OTC:LKNCY) has pioneered a technology-driven retail network to provide coffee and other products of high quality, high affordability, and high convenience to customers. Empowered by big data analytics, AI, and proprietary technologies, the Company pursues its mission to be part of everyone’s everyday life, starting with coffee. The Company was founded in 2017 and is based in China. For more information, please visit investor.luckincoffee.com.

Investor and Media Contacts

Investor Relations:

Luckin Coffee Inc. IR
Email: [email protected] 

Bill Zima / Fitzhugh Taylor
ICR, Inc.
Phone: +1 646 880 9039

Media Relations:

Luckin Coffee Inc. PR
Email: [email protected]

Ed Trissel / Jack Kelleher
Joele Frank, Wilkinson Brimmer Katcher
Phone: 212 355 4449
     

Lexington, KY, Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Rubicon®, a software company that provides smart waste and recycling solutions to businesses and governments worldwide, today announced that it has been named the exclusive waste, recycling, and sustainability partner of the Keeneland Association. The term of the agreement is five years.

Keeneland is taking a leadership position in the racing industry with its zero-waste effort, which is the latest addition to the track’s established record of innovation. Headquartered in Lexington, Kentucky, the “horse capital of the world,” Keeneland is a world class racetrack and auction house. Founded in 1936, the track is renowned for its spring and fall race meets and thoroughbred auctions in September, November, and January. Most recently, Keeneland served as host for this year’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships. Since its inception, Keeneland has been guided by the founders’ mission to focus on innovation and integrity, making Keeneland a true change-agent in the Thoroughbred industry. Above all, Keeneland is committed to equine safety and welfare and to preserving the integrity of the sport of Thoroughbred racing. Keeneland maintains this founding vision more than eight decades later, adding an emphasis on environmental sustainability through this new partnership with Rubicon.

The partnership is designed to advance the companies’ shared goal of ending waste, beginning with a track-wide evaluation of current operations and the design and implementation of a full-service waste management program. Daily operations and progress towards zero waste will be tracked and managed through Rubicon’s industry-leading customer portal, RUBICONConnect^TM. Over the course of the five-year agreement, the partnership will expand to incorporate a mixed recycling program, recommendations for the replacement of upstream material types such as polystyrene cups and other non-reusable items, the creation of a food scrap diversion program, and the development of removal and recycling solutions for e-waste, tires, and other hard-to-recycle materials.

“At Keeneland, we are constantly evaluating how we can advance the racing industry’s role in making actionable changes and we are intrinsically aware of our footprint as a destination for worldwide owners, trainers, riders, and fans. Just as we are committed to being stewards of our sport, we must be equally committed to being stewards of our planet,” said Keeneland Vice President and COO Vince Gabbert. “Becoming a near zero-waste facility felt like a natural next step for both racing and sports tourism at large. Through ample research, we selected Rubicon as our partner due to the company’s tailor-made and data-led approach to addressing waste management.”

Racing facilities are well-positioned to pursue meaningful progress in terms of waste, recycling, and sustainability practices. At Keeneland alone, there are more than 300 horses stabled at any one time, and in 2019 during a 16-day period, more than 242,000 visitors attended the races. This level of personnel and fan attendance results in large amounts of food, paper, and plastic waste, as well as straw and hay, muck, cardboard, metal, and wood waste. The quantity and complexity of these waste streams indicates that there is a tremendous opportunity to make tangible, measurable sustainability gains and drive positive change across the entire industry.

Since Rubicon’s founding over a decade ago, its mission has been to end waste. The company has been focused on helping its customers divert waste away from landfills and create opportunities for waste materials to be reused or repurposed. Rubicon is a Certified B Corporation, affirming that the company meets the highest standards of verified social and environmental performance.

“Kentucky is my home and I am so honored to partner with Keeneland on our company’s mission to end waste,” said Rubicon Founder, Chairman, and CEO Nate Morris. “Rubicon is changing the entire waste and recycling industry by bringing transparency, data, and analytics to a category that is ripe for innovation. With partners like Keeneland, we can bring the circular economy to the heart of America and help to move Keeneland, and the broader horse-racing industry, toward the goal of zero waste.”

About Keeneland

For more than 80 years, the Keeneland Association has devoted itself to the health and vibrancy of the Thoroughbred industry. The world’s largest Thoroughbred auction house, Keeneland conducts four sales a year, in January, April, September and November, and presents online auctions through the Keeneland Digital Sales Ring. Graduates of Keeneland sales dominate racing across the globe at every level. In April and October, Keeneland offers some of the highest caliber and richest Thoroughbred racing in the world. In 2020, The Summer Meet at Keeneland presented five days of racing from July 8-12. Keeneland hosted the Breeders’ Cup World Championships in 2015 and 2020 and is holding the event again in 2022. Uniquely structured, Keeneland is a privately held company with a not-for-profit mission that returns its earnings to the industry and the community in the form of higher purses and millions of dollars donated in support of horse industry initiatives and charitable contributions for education, research, and health and human services throughout Central Kentucky. Keeneland also maintains the Keeneland Library, a world-renowned public research institution with the mission of preserving information about the Thoroughbred industry. To learn more, visit Keeneland.com.

About Rubicon

Rubicon is a software company that provides smart waste and recycling solutions for businesses and governments worldwide. Using technology to drive environmental innovation, the company helps turn businesses into more sustainable enterprises, and neighborhoods into greener and smarter places to live and work. Rubicon’s mission is to end waste by helping its partners find economic value in their waste streams and confidently execute on their sustainability goals. Learn more at www.rubicon.com.

Rubicon’s inaugural Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report, Toward a Future Without Waste, can be found at www.rubicon.com/esg-report/.

Dan Sampson
Vice President, Marketing & Communications
Rubicon
[email protected]

FREDERICK, Md., Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TOMI Environmental Solutions, Inc.^® (“TOMI”) (NASDAQ:TOMZ), a global company specializing in disinfection and decontamination, utilizing its premier Binary Ionization Technology (BIT) platform through its SteraMist products – a hydrogen peroxide-based mist and fog composed of ionized
Hydrogen Peroxide (iHP), today announced that it has received a follow-on order from ITH Pharma Limited (ITH), for the integration of a second SteraMist Custom Engineered System (CES) into their facility.

ITH is an industry leader in aseptic compounding services, mixing drugs into ready-to-use IV preparation, applicable to every area of therapy and strives to set new standards in supplying specialized, manufactured products to medical professionals and their patients. The company must comply with stringent decontamination levels as required by regulatory agencies such as the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), and with this order it has purchased an additional SteraMist 8 applicator CES to service their new facility, following initial success with a CES in use with their other refurbished facility. This additional complete room system is in addition to the fleet of 8 Environment Systems initially purchased by ITH, many of which have been recently relocated to an area specifically designated for the manufacturing of COVID-19 testing supplies under the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) procedures. The SteraMist CES utilizes the backbone of all SteraMist equipment: Binary Ionization Technology (BIT) and is permanently mounted into facilities allowing for complete connection to building automation.

Dr. Halden Shane, CEO of TOMI, commented, “We are excited to work with ITH for an additional CES installation. We have a longstanding relationship with ITH, who recognized the value of our solution early on and was one of the first clients of our Life Sciences division. It can be a time consuming endeavor to adhere to all the GMP and regulatory requirements imposed on pharmaceutical facilities, and we appreciate every opportunity to work with our customers to continue supporting their efforts in both the pandemic and medical supply through our growing range of SteraMist products.”

As an EPA-registered solution to be used exclusively with SteraMist technology, recurring BIT Solution sales are a cornerstone of TOMI’s revenue. Starting in 2021, CES and Environment Systems maintained by ITH Pharma Limited present the opportunity for recurring orders of 100 gallons per month of BIT Solution. These recurring orders allow facilities to maintain uninterrupted focus on specialized operations while also meeting stringent standards in protocols set by agencies such as the National Health Service of the United Kingdom.

TOMI™ Environmental Solutions, Inc.: Innovating for a safer world

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TOMI™ Environmental Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:TOMZ) is a global decontamination and infection prevention company, providing environmental solutions for indoor surface disinfection through the manufacturing, sales and licensing of its premier Binary Ionization Technology^® (BIT^™) platform. Invented under a defense grant in association with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) of the U.S. Department of Defense, BIT^™ solution utilizes a low percentage Hydrogen Peroxide as its only active ingredient to produce a fog of ionized Hydrogen Peroxide (iHP^™). Represented by the SteraMist^® brand of products, iHP^™ produces a germ-killing aerosol that works like a visual non-caustic gas.

TOMI products are designed to service a broad spectrum of commercial structures, including, but not limited to, hospitals and medical facilities, cruise ships, office buildings, hotel and motel rooms, schools, restaurants, meat and produce processing facilities, military barracks, police and fire departments, and athletic facilities. TOMI products and services have also been used in single-family homes and multi-unit residences.

TOMI develops training programs and application protocols for its clients and is a member in good standing with The American Biological Safety Association, The American Association of Tissue Banks, Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America, America Seed Trade Association, and The Restoration Industry Association.

For additional information, please visit http://www.tomimist.com/ or contact us at [email protected].

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INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT

John Nesbett/Jennifer Belodeau
IMS Investor Relations
[email protected]
203.972.9200 

OTTAWA, Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Yesterday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Special Advisor for Canada’s response to the downing of Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, the Honourable Ralph Goodale, released his report on Canada’s response.

The report is significant in a number of ways that bring Iran’s claims into serious question and demand Iran to be transparent about the truth. Mr. Goodale raises a multitude of questions that Iran must answer – questions that render Iran’s claims of human error being the cause of the downing effectively implausible. It also brings to light Iran’s suspect behaviour in the aftermath of the downing, including the hurried destruction of the crash site, withholding of the black boxes for half a year, intimidations of the victims’ families, and failure to provide any evidence for its claims in the four interim reports thus far. Furthermore, the report points to the obvious flaws in the current investigation process that have reduced the much-needed technical investigations into an absurd self-investigation by the armed forces that shot down the aircraft.

Mr. Goodale’s report at the conclusion of his mandate is a good step forward and makes broad recommendations about addressing similar circumstances in the future. This report clearly identifies several truths about the downing of Flight PS752 and the intentions of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) that deadly day. Despite Canada’s diplomatic efforts after 11 months, the report demonstrates the few facts about the PS752 downing that are available at this time and highlights outstanding questions without a clear path for answering them. If negotiation is chosen as the path forward, it appears that before negotiations could even begin, they have reached a deadlock due to Iran’s non-compliance, lack of transparency and lack of commitment to international norms and regulations. Given Canada’s commitment to seeking justice and standing firm as a leading country in justice and human rights, we believe the government should act swiftly to take all available measures to compel Iran to disclose the truth.

The Association of Families of Flight PS752 Victims are requesting that the Government of Canada explain to the victims’ families and to Canadians today how they intend to move forward now that the report has been released.  Mr. Goodale noted that, “Canada will continue to pursue transparency, accountability and justice through all relevant international forums, including the United Nations, ICAO, [and] the International Court of Justice.” Canada must take this commitment and act on it now.

Our Association requests that the Government of Canada proceed with the following actions:

1. The performance of the 36-member ICAO Council, which includes Canada, has been disappointing. Even with the flawed rules in place, ICAO has failed to hold Iran to account for its numerous breaches of ICAO’s rules. Canada must now take ownership of this issue at the ICAO Council, and lead the Council in taking decisive action against Iran’s systematic breaches of ICAO’s rules. We need the ICAO to uphold its rules, and also to finally condemn Iran for its disregard for human life.
2. This report acknowledges that the investigations into aircraft downings must not be the responsibility of the perpetrators themselves. What does Canada plan to do to address this issue in the context of PS752?
3. A single sentence of the report confirms that if Iran fails to answer the significant outstanding questions in its final report, Canada will escalate the file to all relevant international forums, including the International Court of Justice. Canada must stand firm on the right side of history, and it “must never be deterred.” Canada must disclose clear timelines and next steps for holding Iran accountable.
4. Canada should use all tools at its disposal to put pressure on Iran to disclose all relevant information and cooperate with criminal investigations, including expanding sanctions through the Magnitsky Act and other mechanisms. We want Canada to work with its allies to punish those responsible for the crime with the options that are available to Canada.

Mr. Goodale’s report marks the opening of a major new chapter in what the Prime Minister called a Canadian Tragedy. The families are steadfast on the path to justice, and we call on the involved states to use all available options to demand accountability and justice.

For further information:

Alise Mills
Media Relations
[email protected]
778-928-0267

Hamed Esmaeilion
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://www.ps752justice.com                    

TEL-AVIV, Israel, Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Tarsier Pharma (doing business as Tarsius Pharma Ltd.), a late clinical stage pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialization of novel therapeutics to treat patients with blinding ocular diseases, today announced that it has successfully completed an End-of-Phase 2 meeting with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and received important feedback on its trial design and program for its TRS01 Phase 3 program in uveitis, including feedback on its nonclinical and CMC plans supporting submission of a New Drug Application (NDA) in the U.S.  TRS01, the Company’s first clinical development candidate, is a novel immunomodulator drug for treating Active Anterior Non-Infectious Uveitis.

The pivotal Phase 3 study will be a randomized, active control, double masked, multi-center study of TRS01 1.0% in patients with noninfectious anterior uveitis, including patients with Uveitic Glaucoma. The Company anticipates initiating the trial in 2021.

“Our path forward for TRS01 to a future NDA submission is clear, and we are thrilled to be on track to initiate the first pivotal clinical trial next year,” said Zohar Milman, Chief Operations Officer at Tarsier Pharma. “We have begun preparations for our pivotal trials already and are manufacturing GMP batches to support our registrational trial. We look forward to further demonstrating the potential of TRS01 as the first and best-in-class molecule for treating the inflammation in Uveitic Glaucoma patients in our Phase 3 program.”

Tarsier previously announced positive results from its U.S. multicenter Phase 1\2 clinical trial (GADOT 20\20) of TRS01which demonstrated statistically significant improvement in signs and symptoms of Uveitis, such as decrease in ACC (Anterior Chamber Cells), achieving zero cells and prompt pain resolution, thus presenting efficacy similar to corticosteroids without any of the known negative corticosteroid-associated side effects.

About Tarsier Pharma
Tarsier Pharma was established in 2016 and is focused on developing TRS, a breakthrough, bio-inspired platform technology for the treatment of blinding ocular diseases.

The company’s investors include a wholly-owned subsidiary company of Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Limited, BioLight Life Sciences Ltd, as well as private investors and family offices. The company has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement No. 879598.

For more information, please contact:

[email protected]
Tel: +1-914-339-2556