Elanco Exercises Option for Lipid Sciences’ Viral Immunotherapy Technology

Lipid Sciences, Inc. (NASDAQ: LIPD) announced today that Elanco, a division of Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY), has exercised its right to “opt in” with a development plan and additional investment on a vaccine study.

The study is part of a collaborative research and license agreement between Lipid Sciences and Elanco to research immunological products for animal health applications. Lipid Sciences will receive a technology access fee because of Elanco’s decision to move ahead, and might receive payments in the future including milestone payments and royalties from product sales.

Dr. S. Lewis Meyer, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lipid Sciences, commented, “We are very pleased by our progress on this vaccine study with Elanco. Our Company recently had another win with our Viral Immunotherapy platform–a positive therapeutic effect demonstrated with our delipidated autologous virus vaccine in our HIV program. Given these two exciting developments, we plan to move forward aggressively with our strategic plan for our viral program.”

Lipid Sciences, Inc. is a development-stage biotechnology company engaged in the research and development of products and processes intended to treat major medical indications, in which lipids, or fat components, play a key role. The Company’s HDL Therapy platform (HDL Mimetic Peptides and HDL Selective Delipidation) aims to develop treatments to reverse atherosclerosis, a systemic disease of the blood vessels caused by the build-up of cholesterol-filled plaques in the vascular system and, most critically, in the coronary arteries. Regression of such plaques may have a major impact on reducing the risk of acute coronary events. The Company’s Viral Immunotherapy platform focuses on the removal of the lipid coatings from lipid-enveloped viruses and other lipid-containing infectious agents by applying Lipid Sciences’ proprietary delipidation technologies. The Company believes that removing the virus’ protective lipid coating enhances the processing and presentation of viral proteins to stimulate the body’s immune system to effectively fight the disease. Conditions that could potentially be impacted by these technologies include HIV, Hepatitis B, and Hepatitis C. In addition, Lipid Sciences believes that this Viral Immunotherapy platform also has applicability to a wide range of viruses impacting animal health — a diverse market with diseases affecting both food and companion animals.

Forward-Looking Statements: This release contains forward-looking statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, study results, anticipations, expectations, future events or performance as well as all other statements that are not statements of historical fact. The forward-looking statements contained in this release reflect our current beliefs and expectations on the date of this release. Actual results, performance or outcomes may differ materially from what is expressed in the forward-looking statements. Readers should refer to the documents filed by us with the SEC, specifically the most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. In addition to those risk factors, other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include the following: Our inability to obtain adequate funds; the significant losses we have incurred to date, and our expectation that we will incur substantial losses in the future; the failure of our technologies to prove safe or effective; our inability to obtain regulatory approval for our technologies, which are only in the clinical development stage; delay or failure to complete pre-clinical animal studies or clinical trials; our dependence on our license agreement with Aruba International B.V.; our reliance on collaborations with strategic partners and consultants; competition in our industry, including the development of new products by others that may provide alternative or better therapies; failure to secure and enforce our intellectual property rights; risks associated with use of biological and hazardous materials; acceptance of our potential products by healthcare providers and patients; our exposure to product liability claims; and our dependence on key personnel.

This release should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. Copies are available through the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval system (EDGAR) at www.sec.gov. Lipid Sciences assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements included in this document.

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