MaSTherCell Appointed as Process Development and Manufacturing Partner for Zelluna Immunotherapy’s TCR Adoptive Cell Therapy Platform

GERMANTOWN, Md., March 19, 2018 -- Orgenesis Inc. (Nasdaq:ORGS), a manufacturer, service provider and developer of advanced cell therapies, today announced that its manufacturing subsidiary, MaSTherCell S.A. (“MaSTherCell”) was appointed by Zelluna Immunotherapy AS (“Zelluna”), a biotechnology company specializing in T-cell receptor (TCR)-based immunotherapies for solid tumors with a high unmet medical need, as its contract development and manufacturing (CDMO) partner for Zelluna’s TCR adoptive cell therapy platform.

MaSTherCell will perform process development, optimization and industrialization of the current Zelluna manufacturing process.  The result will be the delivery of a GMP manufacturing platform for Zelluna’s TCR product pipeline.  The manufacturing platform will ensure clinical manufacturing capabilities with increased efficiency and geographical spread.  As a result, Zelluna will have industrialized manufacturing capabilities to support clinical development and commercialization.

Zelluna’s partnership with MaSTherCell at an early developmental phase enables the integration of GMP industrialization concepts into the clinical development of Zelluna TCR therapies, supporting the progress towards clinical trials.  Zelluna expects to commence trials in 2019.

Vered Caplan, Chief Executive Officer of Orgenesis, stated, “I’m proud to build out MaSTherCell’s development activities further with the addition of Zelluna’s platform TCR technology.  Manufacturing and providing process industrialization from the preclinical ground-level offers significant upside potential for us as the TCR products advance into further stages of clinical development, which Zelluna plans to commence in the 2019.  Our world-class facilities are continually being optimized to improve the quality and throughput of CDMO services for Zelluna and all our other customers.”

About MaSTherCell
MaSTherCell S.A. is a dynamic and global Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) on a mission to deliver optimized process industrialization capacities to cell therapy organizations, and speed up the arrival of their therapies onto the market.  The company is the subsidiary of Orgenesis Inc. (Nasdaq:ORGS), a cell therapy and regenerative medicine company that is committed to developing a cure for Type 1 diabetes.  The heart of MaSTherCell is a team of highly dedicated experts combining strong experience in cGMP cell therapy manufacturing with a technology-focused approach and a substantial knowledge of the industry.  From technology selection to business modeling, GMP manufacturing, process development, quality management and assay development, MaSTherCell’s teams are fully committed to helping their clients fulfill their objective of providing sustainable and affordable therapies to their patients.  The company operates in a validated and flexible facility located in the strategic center of Europe within the Walloon healthcare cluster, Biowin.  For more information, please visit www.masthercell.com.

About Zelluna Immunotherapy
Zelluna Immunotherapy AS specializes in immunotherapies targeting a broad range of solid cancers with a high unmet medical need.  The company is developing a unique portfolio of non-engineered, tumor specific T-cell receptors (TCRs) isolated from long term surviving patients from cancer vaccine trials.  The TCRs combine specificity and affinity to have the potential for a safe and efficient therapy to target a variety of common cancer types.  Zelluna has a long term CRADA with the Department for Cell Therapy at Oslo University Hospital (OUH), providing comprehensive capabilities of TCR development, ranging from lead discovery to clinical translation.  For more information, please visit www.zelluna.com.

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