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CEO Provides First Half 2017 General Corporate Update
Ziona, Israel - June 28, 2017 -
Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (NASDAQ: BVXV, TASE: BVXV), developer of the Universal Flu Vaccine candidate M-001, today provided a
general corporate update of its activities in the first half of 2017.
Babecoff, BiondVax CEO, commented, "The first half of 2017 was exciting and important for BiondVax. Three major events
occurred: (1) We welcomed a major strategic investor, Marius Nacht and his aMoon Fund, who currently hold approximately
20% of our company; (2) Israel's Ministry of Economy approved a grant covering 20% of the construction costs of a commercial
scale manufacturing facility; and also significantly advancing our goals, (3) the European Investment Bank (EIB) signed a
20 million non-dilutive funding agreement to support commercial production and Phase 3 trials. I am thrilled that
we now have the resources to launch our Phase 3 program towards commercialization."
million in non-dilutive funding
| The funding will be provided as a zero-percent fixed interest long-term loan, with variable remuneration based on royalties of net sales of BiondVax's Universal Flu vaccine. | ||
| BiondVax retains the option to repay the loan and repurchase the royalties at any time. |
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Phase 2b Trial Progress and Results Timetable
1 The research has received
funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Program (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement n 602012.
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BiondVax Pharmaceuticals Ltd
is a clinical phase biopharmaceutical company developing a universal flu vaccine. The vaccine is designed to provide multi-season
protection against most seasonal and pandemic human influenza virus strains. BiondVax's proprietary technology utilizes
a unique combination of conserved and common peptides from influenza virus proteins, activating both arms of the immune system
for a cross-protecting and long-lasting effect. BiondVax is traded on NASDAQ: BVXV and TASE: BVXV. Please visit www.biondvax.com.
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certain current and future events and are subject to various risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause the results
to differ materially from those expected by the management of BiondVax Pharmaceuticals Ltd. risks and uncertainties include, but
are not limited to, the risk that drug development involves a lengthy and expensive process with uncertain outcome, the results
of the Phase 2 & 3 trials, delays or obstacles in launching and/or successfully completing
our clinical trials, the receipt and timing of approved grant funds, our ability
to procure the funds and permits and other governmental authorization for a commercial size manufacturing plant, our ability to
satisfy rigorous regulatory requirements, the impact of the global economic environment on the Company customer target
base, the adequacy of available cash resource and the ability to raise capital when needed. More
detailed information about the risks and uncertainties affecting the Company is contained under the heading "Risk Factors"
in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2016 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission,
or SEC, which is available on the SEC's website, www.sec.gov, and in the Company's periodic filings with the SEC and
the Tel-Aviv Stock Exchange.