Vyome Therapeutics Begins Dosing in Phase2Trial of VB-1953 in Moderate to Severe Inflammatory Acne Vulgaris

New Delhi, April 25, 2019: Vyome Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage specialty pharmaceutical company developing novel medicines for treating skin diseases caused by resistant microbes, today announced that it has dosed the first patient in its Phase 2 trial of the Company’s lead clinical candidate, VB-1953, for the treatment of moderate to severe inflammatory acne vulgaris. VB-1953 is the first bactericidal antibiotic topical gel formulation for treatment of acne vulgaris capable of not only reducing infection due to P. acnes with anti-inflammation action, but also retarding antibacterial resistance.

“There are about 10 millionpatients in the US with moderate to severe inflammatory acne who are resistant to the currently-approved bacteriostatic antibiotics. There is an urgent need for a new and effectivetherapy that yields higher clinical response than what is currently available. With its novel bactericidal and anti-inflammatory mechanisms of action, VB-1953 could potentially meet this unmet need andwe look forward to sharing the important results of this trial in early 2020,”said Venkat Nelabhotla, chief executive officer of Vyome Therapeutics.

The double-blind, randomized, vehicle controlled,dose ranging Phase 2 study is evaluating the safety and efficacy of VB-1953 topical gel when applied once versus twice daily for 12 weeks in subjects with moderate to severe inflammatory facial acne vulgaris. The Company plans to enroll up to 480 patients. The primary efficacy endpoint of the study is the absolute change from baseline in inflammatory lesion counts in each treatment arm at Week 12 and the secondary endpointis the proportion of subjects at week 12 achieving an Investigator’s Global Assessment of Inflammatory Acne (IGA)score of 0 (clear) or 1 (almost clear) with at least a 2-point improvement from baseline.

“Today, patients who are not responding to current medicines have no option outside of oral systemic acne treatments which are well-known for their potential adverse events. VB-1953 has the potential to not only serve as an effective topical therapy for these patients, but also to delay the onset of resistant bacterial strains, serve as a potent anti-inflammatory agent, and prevent patients from needing systemic acne treatments,” said Dr. Angelo Secci, chief medical officer of Vyome Therapeutics.

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