Open Orphan PLC Journal for Clinical Studies article publication

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Open Orphan PLC

11 March 2021

Open Orphan plc

("Open Orphan" or the "Company")

Journal for Clinical Studies article publication

Open Orphan plc (AIM: ORPH), a rapidly growing specialist pharmaceutical services CRO and a world leader in vaccine and antiviral testing using human challenge clinical trials, announces that an article has been written and published in the Journal for Clinical Studies ("JCS"). The article, entitled "Hot Topics - Vaccine Solutions for Tropical Diseases" is written by Adrian Wildfire, Director of Scientific and Business Strategy and Bruno Speder, VP of Regulatory Affairs and Consultancy Services at hVIVO, a subsidiary of Open Orphan plc.

The article explores the issue of vaccine development for tropical diseases for low and middle income countries and the barriers to effective treatments. In the article, hVIVO discuss how challenge study models can be used in the development of vaccines for tropical diseases. They further discuss the importance of Chemistry, Manufacturing & Control (CMC) development in relation to storage conditions, stress tests for tropical regions and the importance of non-clinical development.

The full article can be found here https://hvivo.com/hot-topics-vaccine-solutions-for-tropical-diseases/

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Notes to Editors

Open Orphan plc (London and Euronext: ORPH) is a rapidly growing pharmaceutical service/contract research company that is a world leader in testing vaccines and antivirals using human challenge clinical trials. The company provides services to Big Pharma, biotech and government/public health organisations.

Open Orphan runs challenge studies in London from both its 19-bedroom Whitechapel quarantine clinic, opened in February 2021, and its 24-bedroom QMB clinic which also has a highly specialised virology and immunology laboratory on-site. Open Orphan has a leading portfolio of eight human challenge study models for conditions such as RSV, flu, asthma and COPD. In addition, Open Orphan is also developing the world's first COVID-19 human challenge study model as part of the Human Challenge Programme and has signed a reservation contract with the UK Government for the first three COVID-19 vaccine challenge studies.

Building upon its many years of challenge studies and virology research, the Company is developing an in-depth database of infectious disease progression data. Based on the Company's Disease in Motion(R) platform, this unique dataset includes clinical, immunological, virological and digital (wearable) biomarkers. The Disease in Motion platform has many potential applications across a wide variety of end users including big technology, wearables, pharma and biotech companies. Following COVID-19 there is now a renewed interest and investment in infectious diseases.

Open Orphan's Paris office has been providing biometry, data management and statistics to its many European pharmaceutical clients for over 20 years. For over 15 years, the Company's Netherlands office has been providing drug development consultancy and services, including CMC (chemistry, manufacturing and controls), PK and medical writing, to a broad range of European clients. Both offices are now also fully integrated with the London office and working on challenge study contracts as well as supporting third party trial contracts .

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