Portage Biotech Announces Letter of Intent with Immunova for an Option to Acquire iOx Therapeutics, Ltd

WESTPORT, Conn., Dec. 17, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Portage Biotech, Inc. (“Portage” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: PRTG), a clinical-stage immuno-oncology company with a portfolio of novel multi-targeted therapies for use as monotherapy and in combination, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) with Immunova, LLC, (“Immunova”) a private Connecticut-based biotechnology company. Under the terms of the LOI, Portage and Immunova have agreed to negotiate a definitive option agreement for Immunova or an affiliate to acquire the entire share capital of iOx Therapeutics, Ltd (“iOx”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Portage. iOx is focused on developing liposomal iNKT agonists, and its lead candidate, PORT-2, has demonstrated promising preliminary clinical activity.

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