Plinabulin DUBLIN-3 NSCLC Topline Data

August 4 2021 | NASDAQ: BYSI

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Plinabulin: First-in-Class, Selective Immunomodulating Microtubule- Binding Agent (SIMBA) - Potent Antigen Presenting Cell (APC) inducer

GEF-H1 activation2

Plinabulin1

Rho/ROCK

activation1

Microtubules

Neutrophil demargination7

Kill cancer

cells4

JNK activation2

Dendritic cell maturation2,3

Kill cancer cells2

Increase LSK cells;

Delay neutrophil

Accelerate neutrophil maturation5

apoptosis6

T cell activation2,3

Plinabulin Novel Target: Immune Defense Protein GEF-H1

Note: 1 La Sala et al., 2019 Chem. 2 Kashyap et al., 2019 Cell Reports. 3 Zhang et al., 2005 Mol Cell Biol. 4 Singh et al., 2011 Blood. 5 Suwa et al., 2000 Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol; Ghosh et al., 2018 ACR Annual Conference; Blayney

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et al., Society of Leukocyte Biology. 6 Asensi et al., 2004 Infection and Immunity.

Plinabulin Induces Dendritic Cell Maturation (the most potent APC), a Key Step in Initiating Anti-cancer Durable Response

❷ Plinabulin

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❸ Checkpoint Inhibitors

Stimulate maturation of dendritic

Optimize T cell response

cells to increase antigen

presentation

Dendritic cells are the most

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important antigen-presenting cells

  • Radiation/Chemotherapy/ Plinabulin

Release Tumor Antigens

For more potent anti-cancer effect

  • + ❷ + ❸ Optimal Immuno-Oncology Response

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Severely Unmet Medical Need - 2nd/3rd Line NSCLC, EGFR Wild Type

Efficacy

  • Large patient population with limited treatment options
  1. EGFR wild type: ~85% western NSCLC and ~70% of Asian NSCLC patients

Safety

o With immunotherapies moved to first line,

Docetaxel-based therapies are the mainstay

therapy

    1. TKIs are worse than docetaxel1
  • Docetaxel-basedTherapies (SOC)
    1. Limited efficacy
  1. >40% severe neutropenia

Since nivolumab was approved 6 years ago, no new agent with novel

mechanism has been approved in this indication.

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1 Lancet Oncol. 2013 Sep;14(10):981-8.

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