Anebulo Pharmaceuticals Announces Appointment of Bimal Shah to its Board of Directors

By: Anebulo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. via Business Wire

October 06, 2023 at 16:06 PM EDT

Anebulo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ANEB), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel solutions for people suffering from acute cannabinoid intoxication (ACI) ("Anebulo"), today announced the appointment of Bimal Shah to its Board of Directors. Mr. Shah will serve as a member of the board’s audit and compensation committees.

"I am pleased to welcome Bimal to the Anebulo Board," said Dr. Joseph Lawler, Anebulo’s Chairman. "Bimal’s depth of financial and business development experience in pharmaceutical companies will be valuable to Anebulo as we continue the development of ANEB-001."

Mr. Shah is Chief Financial Officer of Corium LLC, a Boston-based commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, where he has been employed since August 2022. Prior to joining Corium, he served as Senior Vice President, Corporate Finance and Strategy, for Sumitovant Biopharma, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals, one of Japan's largest pharmaceutical companies. Mr. Shah previously held business development, finance, and strategic commercial roles at Spectrum Pharmaceuticals and Genentech (part of Roche). He also worked in the financial sector at Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, and Warburg Pincus, where he focused on the broader life sciences and healthcare sectors and was responsible for executing a wide range of deal transactions, including financings, investments, acquisitions, and alliances. Mr. Shah received his Master's in Business Administration, Master of Arts in International Policy Studies and Bachelor's in Economics from Stanford University.

About Anebulo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Anebulo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing novel solutions for people suffering from acute cannabinoid intoxication and substance abuse disorder. Its lead product candidate, ANEB-001, has completed dosing in a Phase 2 clinical trial (www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05282797) evaluating its utility in blocking and reversing the negative effects of acute cannabinoid intoxication. ANEB-001 is a competitive antagonist at the human cannabinoid receptor type 1 (CB1). For further information about Anebulo, please visit www.anebulo.com.

About ANEB-001

Our lead product candidate is ANEB-001, a potent, small molecule cannabinoid receptor antagonist, under development to address the unmet medical need for a specific antidote for ACI. ANEB-001 is an orally bioavailable, readily absorbed treatment candidate that we anticipate will rapidly reverse key symptoms of ACI. ANEB-001 is protected by one issued patent and rights to one patent application covering various methods of use of the compound and delivery systems. We are targeting initiation of Phase 3 registrational studies of ANEB-001 in the first half of 2024. In addition, an observational study in patients presenting to Emergency Departments with ACI is currently ongoing. The study will determine concentrations of cannabinoids and metabolites in plasma and gather information on signs and symptoms, patients’ disposition and selected subjective assessments.

Forward-Looking Statements

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