VANCOUVER, BC, May 21, 2025 – ME Therapeutics Holdings Inc. (“ME Therapeutics” or the “Company”) (CSE: METX) (FSE: Q9T), a publicly listed preclinical biotechnology company working on novel cancer fighting drugs in the field of immuno-oncology, today announced that its subsidiary, ME Therapeutics Inc., is receiving advisory services and up to $140,000 in funding from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP). The project will support the research and development of ME Therapeutic’s mRNA therapeutic program targeting myeloid cell biology for the treatment of cancer and inflammatory disease.
“We are pleased to receive this support from NRC IRAP, which builds on advisory services and funding received in past years, to allow us to further advance preclinical studies for our mRNA therapeutic candidates that target key myeloid cell pathways,” said Salim Dhanji, CEO of ME Therapeutics. “Our team at ME Therapeutics passionately believes myeloid cell-derived mRNA therapies represent the next wave of treatments for patients with cancer and inflammatory disease who today have limited treatment options, and we are committed to bringing these potential new approaches to the clinic as soon as possible.”
ME Therapeutics’s proprietary mRNA sequences have been engineered to encode for proteins that can modify the immune response in vivo in a targeted manner. Their lead mRNA therapeutic candidate is specifically designed to modulate immune cells in the tumour microenvironment and stimulate an anti-cancer immune response. Preclinical testing has already demonstrated encouraging anti-cancer activity in a mouse model of colorectal cancer. In addition, ME Therapeutics is exploring design modifications of its mRNA candidates to modulate mRNA expression in a tissue-specific manner for increased efficacy and safety.
ME Therapeutics Holdings Inc.
Myeloid Enhancement (ME) Therapeutics is a preclinical stage, Vancouver based biotechnology company involved in the discovery and development of novel immuno-oncology therapeutics targeting immune suppression in cancer. Our focus is on overcoming the suppressive effects of an important class of immune cells called myeloid cells to enhance anti-cancer immunity. For more information, please visit http://metherapeutics.com and the Company’s profile on SEDAR+ at http://www.sedarplus.ca.
ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD
“Salim Dhanji”
Dr. Salim Dhanji, PhD
Chief Executive Officer and Director
For further information, please contact:
Dr. Salim Dhanji
Telephone: (236) 516-7714
