Cervomed Inc. · NASDAQ:CRVO

Cervomed — Diffusion Pharmaceuticals — Merger or Acquisition (May 2023)

26 slides from Cervomed's merger presentation, May 15, 2023

  1. Slide 1: Corporate Presentation

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  2. Slide 2: Important Additional Information and Where to Find It

    ‘This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation ofan offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qu

  3. Slide 3: Forward-Looking Statements

    Forward-Looking Statements ‘This presentation includes express and implied forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, regarding management's intentions, plans, beliefs, expectations or forecasts for the future, including, but no

  4. Slide 4: Planned Merger

    a PHARMA Diffusio,n Pharmaceuticals inc. Planned Merger" rd E | Pp Y Diffusion sharehoters wilown22.74% ofthe total nunber of outstanding shares of 3 capil stock of NewCo® mbined company will have a: e 2b clinical asset Merger expected to * Cash runway through Phase 2b data cloee mine Zee and into e

  5. Slide 5: EIP Pharma at a Glance

    EIP Pharma at a Glance E | P Late Clinical Stage CNS Company PHARMA Differentiated approach to age-related neurologic disorders with a late-stage lead clinical asset; pipeline of additional indications and second asset Phase 2b Ready Lead Drug Candidate Neflamapimod has the potential to be the first

  6. Slide 6: Opportunity for Therapeutics Targeting Basal Forebrain Cholinergic Degeneration

    Opportunity for Therapeutics Targeting Basal E | P Forebrain Cholinergic Degeneration PHARMA Age-related degeneration of the basal forebrain cholinergic system plays major i role in many neurologic disorders: cor Basal Forebrain — Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB), where it is the primary pathology Pa

  7. Slide 7: EIP Pharma Pipeline

    EIP Pharma Pipeline rd ~) EIP Comm. Rights NEFLAMAPIMOD bodies* Recovery after Anterior wor PEASESIREADY Circulation Ischemic Stroke PRECLINICAL PHASE1 PHASE2 PHASE3 Early-onset Alzheimer’s Disease (EOAD) ww EIP200 (novel co-crystal) amees - *Received FDA Fast Track designation

  8. Slide 8: Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB)

    Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) Le Affects ~1.4 million individuals in + Disease associated with abnormal deposits of a protein called alpha-synuclein in the brain. These deposits, called Lewy bodies, affect chemicals in the brain the US and EU whose changes, in turn, can lead to problems with think

  9. Slide 9: Neflamapimod for DLB: Well-Positioned Commercially

    Neflamapimod for DLB: Well-Positioned E | P Commercially PHARMA Approximately 700,000 in each of « eu © Numbers Diagnosed and managed : Increasing awareness by neurologists B >$5B Peak Sales of disease for the First to Market Relative to AD: * Greater rate of cognition decline i Bullds on Existing H

  10. Slide 10: Neflamapimod: Background

    Neflamapimod: Background + Potent, highly selective, blood-brain-barrier penetrant oral small molecule inhibitor of p38a. * Licensed in 2014 from Vertex Pharmaceuticals, which had: — Discovered the compound utilizing their proprietary structure-based drug discovery platform — Completed chronic repea

  11. Slide 11: Robust Preclinical Pharmacology Package

    Robust Preclinical Pharmacology Package E | P PHARMA In Ts2 mice 4 weeks neflamapimod () th In Vitro treatment FeVErSeS neurodegenerative process in the basal forebrain and Demonstrated potent effects, with ICsy restores functional deficits (Nat between 20nM and 30nM Communications, 2022) ‘ d + Reve

  12. Slide 12: Neflamapimod Reverses Cholinergic Dysfunction and Degeneration

    Neflamapimod Reverses Cholinergic Dysfunction and Degeneration Ts2mice * Down Syndrome transgenic mouse model * Develop adult-onset basal forebrain cholinergic degeneration * Treated with vehicle or 3 mg/kg NFMD BID x 28 days Reversed basal forebrain cholinergic neuron loss and restored cholinergic

  13. Slide 13: Neflamapimod Appears to Reverse Basal Forebrain Atrophy, assessed by MRI

    Neflamapimod Appears to Reverse Basal E | P Forebrain Atrophy, assessed by MRI PHARMA Neflamapimod treatment is associated with increased basal forebrain volume and functional connectivity 15 Early AD patients bd i a treated with neflamapimod Mal WK) t + Baseline 12 weeks Follow-up treatment cor

  14. Slide 14: Neflamapimod: Toxicology, Safety, Efficacy, Development Status

    Neflamapimod: Toxicology Clinical Safety Clinical Efficacy Development Status E | P PHARMA * Completed long-term toxicology studies in two species + At 40 mg thrice daily in humans greater than 10-fold safety margin to no-adverse- event level in long-term animal toxicity studies + Simple 3-step drug

  15. Slide 15: Target Engagement: Neflamapimod Reduces CSF tau levels in Early AD

    Target Engagement: Neflamapimod Reduces Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tau levels in patients with Early AD E | P PHARMA In preclinical studies, inhibition of p38a reduces Clinical Trial Results with Neflamapimod ‘tau phosphorylation and aggregation CTT Selective suppression of the a isoform of | & p38 M

  16. Slide 16: Phase 2a Exploratory Clinical Study in DLB

    Phase 2a Exploratory Clinical Study in Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) GiscenD-LB Patients + Mild-to-Moderate DLB by consensus criteria (Mckeith, Neurology, 2017) + Abnormal dopamine uptake by DaTscan™ + Onbackground cholinesterase inhibitor NFMD 40 mg or matching placebo EIP PHARMA Cutcome Measures

  17. Slide 17: AscenD-LB Outcome Measures

    AscenD-LB Outcome Measures GscenD-LB Clinical Dementia Rating Sum of Boxes (CDR-SB, Total Score = 0-18) Cognitive Domains: + Memory (0-3) * Orientation (0-3) + Judgement and Reasoning (0-3) Functional Domains: * Community Affairs (0-3) + Home & Hobbies (0-3) + Personal Care (0-3) Neuropsychological

  18. Slide 18: AscenD-LB demonstrated neflamapimod significantly improved cognition and function

    AscenD-LB demonstrated neflamapimod significantly improved cognition and function in mild-to-moderate DLB GscenD-LB 40mg BID + 40mg TID 40mg TID ‘Mean vs. placebo Mean vs. placebo Name Measure sxc) Pveve sxc) weve ClinicelDementia Rating as +) 056 (+) Dementia Sever 0028 0.007 Y sum of Boxes (CORSE)

  19. Slide 19: Biomarker Results Support Enrichment Strategy for Future Trials

    Biomarker Results Support Enrichment Strategy for Future Trials * 35-50% of patients with DLB have biomarker evidence of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) — Represent patients with extensive neurodegeneration (neuronal loss) in the cerebral cortex, particularly in the medial temporal lobe (i.e., inthe hippoc

  20. Slide 20: Learnings from Phase 2a Study That Enhance Probability of Success in Phase 2b

    Learnings from Phase 2a Study That Enhance E | P Probability of Success in Phase 2b PHARMA * Optimal dose is 40mg TID * Clinical endpoints that can detect effects on both cognitive and motor function (specifically, CDR-SB and TUG) perform better than endpoints that are purely focused on evaluating c

  21. Slide 21: Phase 2b Confirmatory Study in DLB

    Phase 2b Confirmatory Study in DLB Protocol EIP21-NFD-504 Patients DLB by consensus criteria (McKeith, Neurology, 2017) Abnormal dopamine uptake by DaTscan™ Onbackground cholinesterase inhibitor therapy or naive Global CDR <2.0 ptaut81 <2.4 pgiml (ie, no AD co-pathology) 160 patients (randomized 1:1

  22. Slide 22: Potential to Broaden Opportunity

    Potential to Broaden Opportunity E | P PHARMA * Additional indications in which dysfunction or degeneration of basal forebrain cholinergic system plays major pathogenic role: — Functional recovery after anterior circulation ischemic stroke — Alzheimer’s disease (AD): Early-onset AD (EOAD) or Late On

  23. Slide 23: Leadership Team

    Leadership Team John Alam, MD President, CEO & Co-Founder std, uibtex * Biogen Sylvie Gregoire, PharmD Executive Chair & Co-Founder €> merck * Biogen hire $n, 2. William Tanner, PhD Chief Financial Orficer B....%. LAZARD Sylvie Grégoire, PrarmD: Exzoutve hae JJohnAlsm, MO: Present & CEO ‘Jeff Pouton

  24. Slide 24: Key Upcoming Anticipated Milestones/Catalysts

    Key Upcoming Anticipated E | Pp Milestones/Catalysts PHARMA ¥ N\A approves $21M grant for Q_ Close merger transaction; Q > Complete enrolment in Phase Phase 2b begin trading as a public 2b DLB study (1H) company (mid-year) ¥ Signed merger agreement Q_ Report data from placebo- with Diffusion Pharma

  25. Slide 25: Summary

    Summary E | P PHARMA @ Differentiated Approach to Age-related Neurologic Disorders with a Late-Stage Asset Major value creation potential in phase 2b read-out in dementia with Lewy bodies EIP Experienced Management Team and Board of Directors Potential to broaden opportunity through additional indic

  26. Slide 26: Thank you

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