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Renovaro to Acquire Predictive Oncology in All-Stock Transaction
Acquisition provides access to critical resources encompassing a biobank
of more than 150,000 tumor specimens, 200,000 pathology slides and decades of longitudinal drug response data
Data provides a critical pathway to progress AI using the high-speed
computing power provided through collaboration with Nebul
Combines Predictive Oncology's AI-driven multi-omic drug discovery
platform with Renovaro's AI Cube multi-omic artificial intelligence to advance both cancer diagnostics and early drug discovery
Planned test launch to assist physicians in individualizing cancer therapy
to improve treatment outcomes
Los Angeles - January 6, 2025 -
Renovaro Inc. (NASDAQ: RENB), a pioneer in cancer diagnostics and therapeutics powered by artificial intelligence, today announced
it has entered into a binding LOI to acquire Predictive Oncology (NASDAQ: POAI) in an all-stock transaction.
David Weinstein, Chief Executive Officer of Renovaro,
commented, "Renovaro is on a quest to offer cancer patients early diagnostic options, treatment protocols, and recurrence monitoring.
Predictive Oncology will enhance our capabilities by assisting oncologists with patient specific diagnostic and therapeutic clinical support
data. Predictive Oncology's proprietary AI/ML platform has been proven to predict tumor-drug response with 92% accuracy which, I
believe, will allow us to launch as a decision support platform for medical oncologists in 2025. As importantly, there are strong synergies
with Predictive's small molecule solid tumor drug-tumor response modeling capabilities and Renovaro's liquid biopsy approach
to early cancer detection and monitoring."
Raymond Vennare, Chief Executive Officer of Predictive
Oncology, added, "We recognize that by integrating Predictive Oncology's AI-driven drug discovery platform and vast biobank
of more than 150,000 patient tumor samples, 200,000 pathology slides and decades of longitudinal drug response data with Renovaro's
multi-disciplinary artificial intelligence, multi-omics and multi-modal data expertise, we are opening to door to diagnostic, therapeutic
and drug discovery possibilities that we otherwise would never have considered."
Short-Term Synergies
Predictive Oncology announced on November 13, 2024,
that the company's Board of Directors, working with a strategic advisor, had initiated a process to evaluate a broad range of strategic
alternatives intended to maximize shareholder value and issued an update on December 3, 2024, stating the Company was engaged in productive
discussions with multiple interested parties and looked forward to the timely completion of this process.
Renovaro will acquire 100% of Predictive Oncology
common shares through the issuance of Preferred stock.
About Predictive Oncology
Predictive Oncology is on the cutting edge of the
rapidly growing use of artificial intelligence and machine learning to expedite early biomarker and drug discovery and enable drug development
for the benefit of cancer patients worldwide. The company's proprietary AI/ML platform has been scientifically validated to predict
with 92% accuracy if a tumor sample will respond to a certain drug compound, allowing for a more informed selection of drug/tumor type
combinations for subsequent in-vitro testing. Together with the company's vast biobank of more than 150,000 assay-capable heterogenous
human tumor samples, Predictive Oncology offers its academic and industry partners one of the industry's broadest AI-based drug
discovery solutions, further complimented by its wholly owned CLIA lab and GMP facilities. Predictive Oncology is headquartered in Pittsburgh,
Renovaro https://renovarogroup.com/ aims
to accelerate precision and personalized medicine for longevity powered by mutually reinforcing AI and biotechnology platforms for early
diagnosis, better-targeted treatments, and drug discovery. Renovaro Inc. includes RenovaroBio with its advanced cell-gene immunotherapy
company and RenovaroCube.
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events or circumstances after the date hereof.
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