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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

(Mark One)

☒ ANNUAL REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021

For the transition period from ________to ________

Commission file number 001-37568

PDS Biotechnology Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

25B Vreeland Road, Suite 300, Florham Park, NJ07932

(Address of principal executive offices)

(800) 208-3343

(Registrant’s telephone number)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class Trading symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.00033 per share PDSB Nasdaq Capital Market

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of

1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405

of Regulation S-T (Section 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company

or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

☐ Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any

new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. Yes ☐ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal

control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates (without admitting that any person whose shares are not

included in such calculation is an affiliate) of the registrant as of June 30, 2021, was $339,715,787 (based on the closing price for

shares of the registrant’s common stock as reported on the Nasdaq Capital Market on that date).

The number of shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.00033 per share, outstanding as of March 25, 2022 was 28,448,612.

Documents Incorporated By Reference

Portions of registrant’s definitive proxy statement relating to registrant’s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the “Proxy Statement”) to be filed

with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Regulation 14A, not later than 120 days after the close of the registrant’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, are incorporated by reference in Part III of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Except with respect to information specifically incorporated by reference in this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the Proxy Statement is not deemed to be filed as part of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.

PDS BIOTECHNOLOGY CORPORATION

FORM 10-K FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021

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PART I

Item 1 Business 4

Item 1A Risk Factors 38

Item 1B Unresolved Staff Comments 71

Item 2 Properties 71

Item 3 Legal Proceedings 71

Item 4 Mine Safety Disclosures 71

PART II

Item 8 Financial Statements and Supplementary Data 84

Item 9A Controls and Procedures 84

Item 9B Other Information 85

PART III

Item 10 Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance 86

Item 11 Executive Compensation 86

Item 14 Principal Accountant Fees and Services 86

PART IV

Item 15 Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules 86

Signatures 90

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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

This Annual Report on Form 10-K (this “Annual Report”) contains forward-looking statements (including within the meaning of Section 21E of the United States Securities Exchange

Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended) concerning the Company and other matters. These statements may discuss goals, intentions and expectations as to future plans, trends, events, results

of operations or financial condition, or otherwise, based on current beliefs of the Company’s management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, management. Forward-looking statements generally include statements

that are predictive in nature and depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, and include words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “would,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “plan,” “likely,” “believe,” “estimate,” “project,” “intend,” “forecast,”

“guidance”, “outlook” and other similar expressions among others. Forward-looking statements are based on current beliefs and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance. Actual results could

differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement as a result of various factors, including, without limitation:

● the Company’s ability to protect its intellectual property rights;

Any forward-looking statements in this Annual Report reflect our current views with respect to future events or to our future financial performance and involve known and

unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements.

Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Except as required by law, we assume no obligation to update or revise these forward-looking statements for any reason, whether as a result of new

information, future events or otherwise.

In this Annual Report, unless otherwise stated or the context otherwise indicates, references to “PDS,” “the Company,” “we,” “us,” “our” and similar references refer to PDS

Biotechnology Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

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PART I

Unless the context requires otherwise, references in this report to “PDS,” “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” and similar designations refer to PDS

Biotechnology Corporation and our subsidiary.

ITEM 1. Business

Company Overview

We are a clinical-stage immunotherapy company developing a growing pipeline of molecularly targeted immunotherapies designed to overcome the

limitations of current immunotherapy and vaccine technologies. We own the proprietary T-cell activating platforms designed to train the immune system to better attack and destroy disease; Versamune®, for treatments in oncology and InfectimuneTM, for treatments in infectious disease. When paired with an antigen, which is a disease-related protein that is recognizable by the immune system,

Versamune and Infectimune have both been shown to induce, in vivo, large quantities of high-quality, highly potent polyfunctional CD4+ helper and CD8+ killer T-cells, a specific sub-type of T-cell

that is more effective at killing infected or target cells. Infectimune is also designed to promote the induction of disease-specific neutralizing antibodies. Our immuno-oncology product candidates are of potential interest for use as a

component of combination product candidates (for example, in combination with other leading technologies such as checkpoint inhibitors) to provide more effective treatments across a range of advanced and/or refractory cancers. We are also

evaluating our immunotherapies as monotherapies in early-stage disease for oncology. We are developing targeted product candidates to treat several cancers including Human Papillomavirus (HPV) associated cancers, melanoma, colorectal, lung,

breast and prostate cancers. Our infectious disease candidates are of potential interest as vaccines to prevent COVID-19 and universal influenza.

Our current pipeline of Versamune-based targeted immunotherapies and Infectimune-based therapies focuses on the use of selected disease-associated antigens that have been

demonstrated to be associated with a variety of solid tumors, as well as specific infectious diseases. Our pipeline is shown below:

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Immunotherapy Overview

Immunotherapy is a treatment that uses the person’s own immune to fight disease by recognizing, attacking and eliminating cancer and also neutralizing infectious agents.

Immunotherapies, specifically for cancer treatment, come in a variety of forms including, but not limited to, killer T-cell stimulators, checkpoint inhibitors, CAR T-cell therapy and monoclonal antibodies.

Cancer remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality despite improvements in treatment. The Versamune

platform belongs to a class of promising new treatments that have emerged from the convergence of the oncology and immunology fields. These novel therapies, that harness the power of the immune system to fight cancer, are called

immunotherapies. Cancer immunotherapies have significant potential to treat a broad range of cancers, and several have been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”). While progress has been made in developing new

anti-cancer immunotherapeutic technologies and products, significant challenges continue to limit their broad clinical effectiveness. We are developing the Versamune based treatments with the goal of overcoming the limitations and safety

concerns presented by other anti-cancer treatments. PDS Biotechnology seeks to develop safe and effective therapies for cancer patients.

On a basic immunological level, there are considerable hurdles impeding the ability of immunotherapy to harness the

body’s immune system. Although approved checkpoint inhibitors have been demonstrated to be effective in a small percentage of patients. However, for those patients who respond, the durability and duration of their responses can be significant.

However, the reported rates of response for checkpoint inhibitors are only in the range of 15-20%. Importantly, immune therapies, including checkpoint inhibitors, CAR-Ts and live-vector vaccines, present the potential for significant systemic

toxicities limiting their use both in the treatment of early-stage cancer or in combination with other approved anti-cancer treatments. In contrast to the above described immunotherapies, we believe Versamune may have a unique combination of

potency and safety therefore presenting a significant commercial opportunity in both early and late-stage disease.

The challenges to effective immunotherapy

The inability to generate adequate quantities of high-quality killer (CD8+) T-cells, to minimize systemic toxicities, to overcome the immune system’s tolerance of the cancer

and to generate immunological memory, all limit the clinical effectiveness of immunotherapies. On a fundamental biological or immunological level, one of the most significant challenges facing the industry is the development of simple and easy

to administer therapies that can effectively treat cancer with minimal side effects. Suboptimal activation of killer (CD8+) T-cells remains a key limitation of immunotherapies. Potential hurdles exist at various stages of the immunological

process, including poor uptake of the antigen by the dendritic cells as well as inadequate processing and presentation of the tumor antigen into the correct immunological pathways.

Cancer Immunotherapy

Cancer immunotherapy is a form of cancer treatment that utilizes the power of the body’s own immune system to recognize, attack and eliminate cancer. The ultimate goal of

cancer immunotherapy is to improve patient quality of life and to extend patient life by slowing down the rate of spread of the cancer, shrinkage of the tumors and in some cases eradication of the cancer. The body’s immune system is a complex,

biological network designed to defend against germs, other microscopic invaders, and cancer cells. Once the immune system recognizes an organism or cell as foreign or dangerous, it begins a series of complex reactions to identify, target and

eliminate them. This process of events is referred to as mounting an immune response. Cancer immunotherapy takes advantage of the fact that most cancer cells express unique proteins, also called tumor antigens, not normally expressed by healthy

cells that can be recognized by the immune system as abnormal. Because the immune system is precise, for the most part, a resulting immune response can target these dangerous cancer cells exclusively while sparing healthy cells. However, the

challenge remains that cancer cells are able by various mechanisms to evade the immune system’s surveillance, so the body becomes tolerant to them.

An ideal cancer immunotherapy should have the following attributes to maximize the opportunity for clinical effectiveness in patients. It should:

● Stimulate both tumor-specific killer and helper T-cells within the body

● Activate, arm and expand large numbers of T-cells that recognize the tumor

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As stated in the June 2019 issue of The Journal of Immunology, a leading peer-reviewed journal in the field of immunology, our Versamune

platform possesses each of these attributes, inducing potent anti-tumor responses in preclinical studies. (Gandhapudi, et al., J. Immunology, June 2019; Rumfield et al, J. Journal for ImmunoTherapy of

Cancer, May 2020). We believe our Versamune technology platform is unique in its ability to successfully encompass the mechanistic attributes required to induce a safe and effective anti-cancer immune response.

How does cancer immunotherapy work?

An important function of the body’s immune system is to scan for proteins not normally expressed in healthy tissue (antigens). Once an antigen has been identified as foreign,

abnormal or dangerous, the antigen is presented to T-cells, a type of white blood cell effective at eliminating cancer cells and infectious agents (e.g. bacteria and viruses). The presentation of an antigen to T-cells is implemented primarily in

the lymph nodes by specialized antigen presenting cells known as dendritic cells which are programmed specially to identify foreign antigens, process them and to present them to T-cells. Unique proteins on the surface of dendritic cells, known as

major histocompatibility complex (MHC) molecules, bind to the foreign antigen and display them on the cell surface for recognition by the appropriate T-cells. Then, once presented, a sub-population of T-cells known as the CD8+ or killer T-cells,

are primed and respond to the specific foreign antigen by attacking and killing the cells containing the abnormal protein. Other T-cell sub-populations, such as CD4+ or helper T-cells, are also critical in regulating immune responses.

Cells communicate via chemical signaling. For an immune response to be triggered and to be effective, important immune signaling pathways must be activated to enable the body

to induce messenger proteins known as cytokines and chemokines. Some of these cytokines and chemokines serve both to activate and expand T-cells and to arm the T-cells with the appropriate cancer-killing function.

An effective cancer immunotherapy must modulate these complex processes, enhancing activation and producing robust expansion of the critically important high-quality,

tumor-specific T-cell populations, most notably CD8+ killer cells. As will be reviewed in more detail in the section below, the ability to promote the induction of therapeutic quantities of high-quality tumor-targeting CD8+ killer T-cells within

a patient’s own body has been a major limitation of cancer immunotherapy.

Production of adequate numbers of high-quality CD8+ killer T-cells alone, however, is insufficient to eradicate all cancer cells. One of the difficulties in treating cancer,

stems from the fact that cancer cells have the unique ability to evade the immune system; they camouflage themselves or suppress T-cell attack by activating immune mechanisms that suppress the ability of T-cells to detect or attack them. They

accomplish this in part by increasing the population of immune suppressive cells, including cells known as regulatory T-cells (Treg) as well as other cell types, within the tumor microenvironment. An effective immunotherapy must overcome the

tumor’s immune suppressive mechanisms in order to successfully locate and attack the cancer cells.

Finally, cancers can be difficult to cure because they may recur even after successful initial treatment due to micro-metastatic (hidden) tumors that are not completely

eradicated after treatment and that eventually expand. It is yet another task of the immune system to remain vigilant over a sustained period to mitigate the risk of recurrence. Such vigilance may be mediated by memory T-cells which serve as

the immune system’s long-term memory. To be durable and effective over an extended period after treatment, and to minimize the likelihood of cancer recurrence, an immunotherapy should enhance this immune function as well.

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Versamune has shown the potential to overcome the challenges of immunotherapy

Versamune is a proprietary non-viral (synthetic) vector or T-cell activating platform designed to overcome the challenges of current immunotherapy and improve the treatment

outcomes of patients with cancer. Versamune-derived products are based on positively charged (cationic) and immune activating lipids that form spherical nanoparticles in aqueous media. These lipids include the R-enantiomer of

1,2-dioleoyl-e-trimethyl-ammonium-propane (R-DOTAP). Cationic lipids are positively charged molecules that have a water-soluble portion (head group) attached to a water insoluble tail. The water-soluble portion of the molecule has a positive charge

and the water-insoluble portion is made up of hydrocarbon (also called fatty acid) chains. The nanoparticles, which are coated with a positive charge, are deliberately sized to mimic viruses, facilitating detection by the body’s immune system and

uptake by dendritic cells.

To treat a specific cancer, the unique or overexpressed antigen found on the surface of the cancer cells is manufactured, then mixed with the Versamune nanoparticles to

create a pharmaceutical product for simple subcutaneous injection.

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Versamune has the potential to promote dendritic cell update of antigens

One of the biggest challenges in developing a potent immunotherapy has been dendritic cell uptake. Versamune is designed specifically to be taken up by dendritic cells in the

skin. As noted, Versamune nanoparticles are sized comparably to viruses normally taken up as part of the natural function of the dendritic cells, facilitating efficient uptake of the Versamune-based immunotherapy. Studies evaluating the uptake of

Versamune nanoparticles by dendritic cells and epithelial cells, found almost exclusive uptake by the dendritic cells. Four hours following a single subcutaneous injection, about 80% of the dendritic cells in the draining lymph node were found to

have taken up the Versamune-based immunotherapy.

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Versamune has the potential to promote efficient antigen processing and T-cell presentation

When dendritic cells take up Versamune nanoparticles they become activated, mature and begin recruiting additional dendritic cells. Once inside the dendritic cell, the

tumor-associated antigen is released and processed into the requisite small peptides (pieces of protein) in the cell compartment known as the cytoplasm. An important potential advantage of Versamune is its ability to fuse with and destabilize

endosomes in the cell, promoting efficient entry of the antigen into the cell compartment where processing can take place. Processed antigen is turned into peptides that then present in both the MHC class I and class II pathways. The MHC class I

pathway is critical to programming CD8+ killer T-cells and the MHC class II pathway to programming CD4+ helper T-cells to recognize tumor antigens. When Versamune-induced maturation occurs, the dendritic cells express costimulatory molecules on

their surface, which facilitate the highly efficient uptake and presentation of antigens to the T-cells. We believe this activity overcomes one of the most significant limitations of current immunotherapy development – the efficient priming of

critical CD8+ killer T-cells against tumor antigens. Interestingly, Versamune has been demonstrated to promote presentation of antigens to CD4+ helper cells as well.

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Versamune has the potential to promote efficient activation and robust expansion of high quality polyfunctional CD8+ killer T-cells in Lymph Nodes

Ultimately mature dendritic cells migrate into lymph nodes, small glands located throughout the body containing white blood cells including T-cells, where much of the key

immunological activity pertaining to the priming and expansion of T-cells takes place. In the lymph nodes the dendritic cells present the tumor antigens to T-cells resulting in activation or priming of the T-cells to recognize the particular

antigen expressed by the cancer. Importantly, Versamune has also demonstrated the potential to upregulate type I interferon genes (type I IFN), which are responsible for critical immunological processes. Upregulation of type I IFN induces an

important immunological protein called CD69 that facilitates interactions between the dendritic cell and T-cells in the lymph nodes.

Upregulation of type I IFN signaling also induces multiple immune messenger proteins called cytokines and chemokines that further signal T-cells to infiltrate into the lymph

nodes. Powerful activators of CD8+ killer T-cells, such as CCL2 and CXCL10 are documented to be induced by Versamune as well. As the Versamune-induced production of chemokines appears to be restricted to the lymph nodes, the site of T-cell

activation, it provides for both superior activation and expansion of CD8+ killer T-cells. Localization of these immune messengers within the lymph nodes and their limited presence in the blood circulation enhances the safety of the

Versamune-based immunotherapies. Thus, through the versality of its mechanisms of action, as understood to date, we believe that Versamune may safely promote the efficient and robust expansion in-vivo of large numbers of highly potent

(polyfunctional) CD8+ killer T-cells, both critical factors in developing a successful immunotherapy.

Versamune has the potential to overcome immune suppression

Regulatory T-cells (Treg) are a sub-population of white blood cells normally responsible for recognizing normal healthy cells and for preventing autoimmune disease. In cancer

however, they are utilized by the cancer cells to suppress immune detection. Versamune may contribute to significant alteration of the tumor microenvironment by dramatically reducing the Treg to killer CD8+ T-cell ratio thus making the tumors

more susceptible to destruction by killer T-cells. Preclinical studies have demonstrated that lowering the Treg to CD8+ killer T-cell ratio with polyfunctional CD8+ killer and CD4+ helper T-cells promotes effective tumor lysis and regression.

Overcoming a tumor’s immune tolerance and minimizing its ability to evade detection is a significant goal of a successful cancer immunotherapy that together with potent T-cell induction may translate to enhanced tumor elimination.

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In preclinical studies, Versamune (R-DOTAP) nanoparticles demonstrated a reduction in the Treg/CD8+ T-cell ratio

Results of Comparative Preclinical Testing of Versamune and Other Immunotherapies for the eradication of a Tumor

Using the tumor model, the Versamune based therapy was unique in its ability to reduce the tumor size and eventually completely regress the tumors. The results from the

Versamune based treatment are attributed to its ability to induce: (i) powerful activation of the critical immunological signaling pathways, (ii) robust production of both CD8+ killer and CD4+ helper T-cells, and (iii) the degradation of the

tumor’s protective immune suppression mechanism.

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Versamune has the potential to induce Immune Memory

Memory T-cells allow the body to maintain tumor-recognizing and attacking T-cells for an extended period after treatment, with the ideal outcome of reducing cancer

recurrence. Preliminary studies demonstrated that Versamune protected mice that had experienced tumor regression against tumor reestablishment even when the mice were reinjected with the same tumor cells. This sustained protection was evidence of

immune memory: persistence of antigen-specific T-cells to recognize tumor proteins associated with a particular cancer, as the animals were not protected against establishment of different tumors. Evidence of the potential for Versamune-based

immunotherapies to induce immune memory was also demonstrated in a phase 1 clinical trial in humans.

Enhancing tumor-specific memory responses to monitor for tumor antigens and eradicate cancer cells well after initial treatment we believe provides potential for significant

durable clinical benefit by possibly reducing the incidence of tumor recurrence and improving survival of patients.

Today, many cancer immunotherapies produce serious systemic autoimmune effects due to blockage of existing regulatory mechanisms such as the immune checkpoints as well as

inflammatory toxicities due to the increased presence and spikes of cytokines in the blood circulation. We believe the mechanism of action of Versamune as well as its design have the potential to contribute to the localization of cytokines in the

lymph nodes and specific targeting of CD8+ killer T-cells to antigens in tumor tissue. Therefore, the hypothesis is that Versamune-based therapies may exhibit an improved and favorable safety profile compared to currently available treatments.

As noted, Versamune is injected subcutaneously (under the skin) and its mechanisms of action are localized primarily in the lymph nodes. Further supporting these observations

are data demonstrating that negligible levels of Versamune-induced cytokines were detected in the blood of mice. Very low quantities of Versamune were detected in the blood or in any organ outside of the lymph nodes.

Additionally, Versamune is broken down (hydrolyzed) in the body into fatty acids and excreted, showing in these preliminary studies that it could

mitigate the potential for short- or long-term accumulation of the nanoparticles. These preclinical observations have been confirmed by early clinical data documenting that this localized and highly specific cascade of immune activity was

associated with an absence of significant systemic toxicity at all doses tested. In a phase 1 clinical trial designed to evaluate safety, all patients had transient swelling and redness at the injection site due to initiation of the

immunological cascade at the injection site which cleared completely within 3-7 days and no dose-limiting toxicities or long-term safety concerns were observed. Similarly, in our ongoing Phase 2 trials in combination with other treatments, no

dose-limiting toxicities or long-term safety concerns were attributed to PDS0101 since three of the four studies were initiated in 2020.

In choosing and designing a Versamune-based therapy for development, careful attention is paid to selecting specific, appropriate antigens because, as described above,

Versamune induces a strong T-cell response to the antigen. All of the antigens currently being evaluated in combination with Versamune are present primarily in cancer cells which should therefore result in tumor-specific T-cell attack, thereby

minimizing off-target toxicity and potential destruction of healthy cells and tissue.

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Versamune’ s potential as a cancer immunotherapy platform

The unique ability of Versamune to modulate and enhance numerous critical steps required for an effective immune response and to be combined with targeted specific antigens

found on tumor cells, offers several exciting opportunities to treat a variety of cancers. Further, its diverse mechanisms of action together with its favorable safety profile suggest therapeutic promise when used in combination with other

treatment modalities or immunotherapies such as checkpoint inhibitors as well as in the single-agent monotherapy setting.

PDS0101: Human Papillomavirus (HPV)-Related Cancers

Despite the successful introduction of HPV preventive vaccines, HPV-related cancers remain a significant component of the global cancer burden. HPV infection occurs in both

men and women and is associated with head and neck (oropharyngeal), cervical, anal, vaginal, vulvar and penile cancers.

PDS0101 is our lead Versamune-based immunotherapy. PDS0101 combines Versamune with a mixture of short proteins (peptides) derived from the cancer-causing HPV16 viral protein.

HPV16 is the most pervasive and difficult to treat HPV amongst the 13 different high-risk, cancer-causing HPV types. In a preclinical study in the most widely utilized animal HPV-cancer tumor model, PDS0101 uniquely induced complete regression of

the tumors after a single sub-cutaneous injection. These data prompted a phase 1 open-label, dose-escalation, proof of concept study of PDS0101 in women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) infected with high-risk HPV types. The data

demonstrated that PDS0101 was immunologically active at all three doses studied, confirmed induction of high levels of active HPV-specific CD8+ killer T-cells, and was associated with clinical regression of the cervical lesions that often

occurred rapidly. These results suggest that PDS0101 activated the critical mechanisms in humans resulting in potent T-cells which target and effectively kill human HPV-positive cancer cells. All patients who experienced regression remained

disease-free over the 2-year retrospective evaluation period, suggesting potential durability or memory of the immune response. The clinical data were presented at the 34th Annual Society for the Immunotherapy of Cancer Conference in November

2019 (Wood, et al., 2019). Based on these encouraging preclinical and human data, PDS0101 is being studied in multiple phase 2 clinical studies in various HPV-related cancers in collaboration with the NCI, Merck, MD Anderson Cancer Center and

Mayo Clinic. We are currently conducting 4 phase 2 clinical studies for PDS0101.

PDS0102: T-cell receptor gamma Alternate Reading frame Protein (TARP)-Related Cancers

The TARP antigen is strongly associated with prostate and breast cancers. In the U.S. 450,000 patients are projected to be diagnosed with prostate

or breast cancer this year. Approximately 90% of prostate cancers and 50% of breast cancers overexpress the TARP tumor antigen. In a human clinical trial, the National Cancer Institute demonstrated that its proprietary TARP antigens were

effectively recognized by the immune system in prostate cancer patients with PSA biochemical recurrence leading to a notable reduction in tumor growth rate. In preclinical studies, a dramatically enhanced TARP-specific killer T-cell response

was observed when our designed TARP antigens were combined with Versamune. As discussed further below, in November 2021, we entered into the NCI Patent License Agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as represented by

the National Cancer Institute, (“NCI”) of the National Institutes of Health (“NIH”). We obtained a nonexclusive worldwide license to the patent rights for NCI’s T-cell receptor gamma alternate reading frame protein (“TARP”) to develop and

commercialize TARP peptide-based therapies in combination with our Versamune technology for the treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia, prostate and breast cancers. Preclinical development is ongoing.

PDS0103:Mucin-1 (MUC1)-Related Cancers

MUC1 is highly expressed in multiple solid tumor types and has been shown to be associated with drug resistance and poor disease prognosis. We are

developing PDS0103, a Versamune-based therapy in combination with novel, highly immunogenic, agonist epitopes of the MUC1 oncogenic C-terminal region to treat ovarian, breast, colorectal and lung cancers. In preclinical studies, similar to

PDS0102, a dramatically enhanced MUC1-specific killer T-cell response was observed when the novel antigens were combined with Versamune. Preclinical development is ongoing.

Versamune has demonstrated immunological compatibility with a wide array of tumor and pathogenic antigens. While our current oncology pipeline pairs Versamune with 4 different

tumor antigens, to address over 10 cancer types, more than 75 tumor antigens have been identified and reported. The versatility of the platform suggests that Versamune could work well with a wide range of identified tumor antigens and neoantigens.

We are exploring the expansion of our Versamune-based pipeline by pairing the technology with multiple tumor antigens to develop additional product candidates.

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Infectimune’ s potential as an infectious disease vaccine platform

PDS Biotechnology has developed a second cationic platform that is being applied to the development of infectious disease vaccines and this specific formulation has been

trademarked Infectimune. It has been formulated to activate the immune system to induce rapid and longer-lasting neutralizing antibody responses for improved protection against infectious pathogens. It has the potential to induce T-cell

responses including memory T-cell responses to provide the immune system with long-term memory and potential sustained protection against infectious pathogens over an extended period of time that may exceed traditional antibody-based protection.

It could provide safe and effective vaccines that are well tolerated by healthy individuals.

PDS0201: Tuberculosis

PDS0201 combines the utility of the Versamune platform with bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis) antigens. Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death

from a single infectious agent and is caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium tuberculosis, which is spread when people who are sick with TB expel bacteria into the air. About a quarter of the world’s population is infected with M. tuberculosis and

thus at risk of developing TB disease. It has been reported that a total of 1.5 million people died from TB in 2020. Worldwide, TB is one of the top 10 causes of death and the leading cause from a single infectious agent (above HIV/AIDS). It is

estimated that 10 million people fell ill with TB worldwide - 5.7 million men, 3.2 million women and 1.1 million children. There were cases in all countries and age groups. Multidrug-resistant TB (MDR-TB) remains a public health crisis and a health

security threat. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that there were 484,000 new cases with resistance to rifampicin – the most effective first-line drug, of which 78% had MDR-TB. WHO has identified TB as a global priority and is focused

on eradication of the disease. The only licensed vaccine for prevention of TB disease was developed almost 100 years ago. PDS0201 is currently in preclinical development.

PDS0202: Universal influenza vaccine

According to the World Health Organization, influenza causes 3 to 5 million cases and approximately 290,000 to 650,000 deaths

each year. Due to the existence of multiple strains of flu, a new seasonal flu vaccination is usually developed to provide protection against the strains predicted to be prevalent in an upcoming flu season. As a result, the protective efficacy of

the current vaccines varies widely from season to season. We are developing a new generation of flu vaccines with the potential to provide long-lasting, and broad protection against multiple strains of the virus. We believe that the successful

development of a universal flu vaccine could eliminate the need to create a vaccine to protect against each year’s predicted variants. Our Infectimune platform is combined with computationally optimized broadly reactive antigen (COBRA) to

potentially provide longer lasting, more effective response to the influenza vaccine. The preclinical work is complete, and we are working to obtain nondilutive financing to fund the next steps in development. In the fourth quarter of 2021, we entered into the UGA Patent License Agreement with the University of Georgia which

provides a nonexclusive license to the patent rights for the University of Georgia’s COBRA antigens to develop and commercialize a universal influenza vaccine worldwide. The UGA Patent License Agreement includes customary milestone payments and royalties. Preclinical work is ongoing.

PDS0203: SARS-CoV-2 vaccine

Our Infectimune platform based COVD-19 vaccine combines our nanoparticle technology with a SARS-CoV-2 recombinant protein derived from the spike (S) protein. Notably, the

protein in this fully synthetic vaccine includes conserved and non-mutating regions of the virus. The vaccine has demonstrated strong potential in preclinical studies to efficiently promote the induction of killer (CD8+) and helper (CD4+) helper

T-cells that recognize and induce immune responses against such non-mutating regions of the virus. The protein also includes regions of the spike protein that result in the induction of neutralizing antibodies. Development is being conducted in

Brazil by our collaborator Farmacore, who is fully responsible for the development program, and clinical trials will be conducted in Brazil following all necessary regulatory approvals. Farmacore is continuing to work on manufacturing and scale

up process for the antigen component of the vaccine.

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Versamune Development Strategy

The unique combination of high potency and excellent safety of the Versamune platform observed in preclinical studies was corroborated in the

successfully-completed 12-patient PDS0101 Phase 1/2a clinical trial. In September 2019, we reported retrospective clinical outcome data from this trial. Despite most of the patients being infected with multiple HPV strains including or

excluding HPV 16, regression was seen in 8 out of 10 patients, with complete regression of pre-cancerous lesions documented in 6 out of 10 patients at their first post-treatment evaluation, which occurred within 1-3 months of completing

treatment. In addition, the fact that no disease recurrence occurred over the two-year evaluation period strongly suggested a robust and durable therapeutic immune response due to the induction of T-cells by PDS0101 administration that were

clinically active. As a result of this information and the documentation in the trial of PDS0101’s ability to generate potent and biologically active CD8+ T-cells in-vivo, we focused our clinical

strategy on areas of more severe unmet medical need in which PDS0101 is combined with other immune-modulating agents, including checkpoint inhibitors and standard of care e.g., chemoradiotherapy, to provide improved clinical benefit to

patients.

We believe that rational design of combination immunotherapies using complementary agents that promote synergy with each other and reduce the potential for compounded

toxicity will substantially enhance the potential for combination therapies to deliver improved clinical benefit for cancer patients. Versamune appears to activate an appropriate combination of immunological pathways to promote strong CD8+ T-cell

induction while also altering the tumor microenvironment to make tumors more susceptible to T-cell attack, which we believe makes it an ideal complement to checkpoint inhibitors and other immune-modulating agents by enhancing their potency as

part of combination therapies. In addition, the differences in mechanism of action between Versamune and checkpoint inhibitors, as well as the initial demonstrated safety profile of Versamune, suggests that these combinations may be potentially

much better tolerated by patients than other combination therapies involving checkpoint inhibitors and other cancer treatments such as immune-cytokines and chemotherapy.

VERSATILE-002: PDS0101 + KEYTRUDA®

In November 2020, our VERSATILE-002 Phase 2 clinical trial evaluating the combination of PDS0101 in combination with Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab) which is the FDA-approved standard of care for first-line treatment of recurrent/ metastatic head and neck cancer opened and is actively recruiting

patients. The clinical trial will evaluate the efficacy and safety of this therapeutic combination as a first-line treatment in patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer and high-risk human papillomavirus-16 (HPV16) infection.

In this PDS Biotech-sponsored trial, patients whose cancer has returned or spread following initial treatment, will be able to avoid chemotherapy

and take this combination of two immuno-therapy drugs. Enrolling patients with more functional immune systems that have not been compromised by extensive chemotherapy may allow improved efficacy of the combination. Patients in the trial will

receive a total of 5 cycles of combination therapy in the context of standard of care KEYTRUDA® therapy administered every three weeks until disease

progression. The primary endpoint of VERSATILE-002 is the objective response rate – or ORR – at six months following initiation of treatment. There are two cohorts in the trial. Cohort 1 is for patients that are yet to be treated with a

checkpoint inhibitor (CPI naïve) and cohort 2 which consists of patients that have failed checkpoint inhibitor therapy (CPI refractory).

In the February 2022, we announced we had achieved the preliminary efficacy milestone of at least four or more objective responses of the first 17 patients in the CPI naïve

arm which now allows that arm to proceed to full enrollment. We also announced detailed preliminary safety data which showed that the combination is likely safe and well tolerated without evidence of enhanced or significant toxicity in the first

18 patients in the CPI naïve arm. We continue to enroll patients in the first stage of the CPI refractory arm.

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National Cancer Institute: PDS0101+ M9241 +Bintrafusp Alfa

In June 2020, the first patient was dosed under a PDS0101 Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), in NCI, led Phase 2 clinical

trial evaluating PDS0101 with NHS-IL12 (M9241), and M7824 (Bintrafusp Alfa), both of which are owned by EMD Serono (Merck KGaA) in patients with advanced/refractory HPV-associated cancers who have failed prior treatment. In February 2021, we

announced that the NCI’s Phase 2 clinical trial of PDS0101 for the treatment of advanced/refractory HPV-associated cancers achieved its preliminary objective response target in patients naïve to checkpoint inhibitors which allowed for full

enrollment of approximately 20 patients in this group. In addition, based on promising results in the CPI naïve arm, the trial was amended to allow enrollment of a separate cohort of checkpoint inhibitor-refractory patients for assessment of

safety and activity of the triple combination. Preliminary efficacy assessment of the triple combination in this added group of 20 checkpoint inhibitor refractory patients is ongoing. The NCI recently achieved the intended enrollment

objective of 30 patients in the CPI refractory arm of the trial. The trial has enrolled 45 patients and enrollment in the trial will continue until the total enrollment of 56 patients is achieved.

Preclinical study results arising from this CRADA were recently published in the Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer, Immunomodulation to

enhance the efficacy of an HPV therapeutic vaccine(Journal for ImmunoTherapy of Cancer 2020;8:e000612. doi:10.1136/ jitc-2020-000612), indicating that PDS0101 generated both HPV-specific T-cells

and an associated antitumor response when used as a monotherapy. When PDS0101 was combined with two other novel clinical-stage anti-cancer agents, Bintrafusp Alfa and M9241, the preclinical data suggested that all three therapeutic agents worked

synergistically to provide superior tumor T-cell responses and subsequent tumor regression when compared to any of the agents alone or the 2-component combinations. If the published preclinical data demonstrating powerful activity of the triple

combination is successfully confirmed in the ongoing Phase 2 trial, this triple combination could form the basis of a unique platform providing improved cancer treatments across multiple cancers.

In June 2021, at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) conference the NCI announced interim data in this trial which included, data in both CPI naïve and

refractory patients. In the CPI naïve group 83% (5/6) of patients had an objective response, and 1 subject had achieved a complete response with no evidence of disease. 100% of the CPI naïve patients were alive at a median duration of 8

months. In the CPI refractory group 42% (5/12) of patients had an objective response, and 1 subject had achieved a complete response with no evidence of disease. 10/12 (83%) of CPI refractory patients were alive at a median duration of 8

months. An update provided in January 2022 showed as of December 31, 2021, that >40 subjects had been recruited into the trial and 30 HPV16-positive patients had been evaluated. The median survival of all patients (3:1 CPI refractor to

naïve) was 12 months and progressing. The historical survival of CPI naïve and CPI refractory advanced HPV-associated cancers when treated with CPI are 7-11 months and 3-4 months respectively.

MD Anderson Cancer Center (IMMUNOCERV): PDS0101+ Chemoradiotherapy

In October 2020, a third PDS0101 Phase 2 clinical study was initiated with The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and is actively

recruiting patients. This clinical trial is investigating the safety and anti-tumor efficacy of PDS0101 in combination with standard-of-care chemo-radiotherapy, or CRT, and their correlation with critical immunological biomarkers in patients

with locally advanced cervical cancer. PDS believes that Versamune’s strong T-cell induction has the potential to meaningfully enhance efficacy of the current standard of care CRT treatment in this indication. Enrollment rate in this trial

had been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic and enrollment is on-going.

Mayo Clinic: PDS0101 Monotherapy and in combination with KEYTRUDA®

In February 2022 we announced the initiation of an Investigator-Initiated Trial (ITT), MC200710, for PDS0101 alone or in combination with the

checkpoint inhibitor, KEYTRUDA®, in patients with HPV-associated oropharyngeal cancer (HPV(+)OPSCC) at high risk of recurrence. The trial is being led by Drs. David

Routman, Katharine Price, Kathryn Van Abel, and Ashish Chintakuntlawar of Mayo Clinic, a nationally and internationally recognized center of excellence for the treatment of head and neck cancers. We believe that this upcoming trial not only

broadens our addressable patient population of those affected by the increasing incidence of HPV(+)OPSCC, but also allows us to better understand the activity of PDS0101 alone or in combination with KEYTRUDA® in earlier stages of disease. This trial is currently open for enrollment.

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In this trial treatment will be administered before patients proceed to transoral robotic surgery (TORS) with curative intent. Treatment in this setting is referred to as

neoadjuvant treatment. PDS0101 has been shown to induce killer T-cells that target and kill HPV-positive cancers, either alone or in combination with checkpoint inhibitors in preclinical studies, and in combination in clinical studies of patients

with advanced recurrent/metastatic HPV-associated cancers. This trial will explore whether PDS0101 with or without checkpoint inhibition may increase HPV-specific anti-tumor responses, potentially resulting in tumor shrinkage, pathologic

regression, and decreases in circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA).

Our clinical development strategy of combining PDS0101 with standard of care treatment is designed to mitigate risk in our proof-of-concept phase 2 trials. It is also

designed to demonstrate the potential for significantly enhanced clinical benefit to patients over the standard of care, without compounding toxicity. If we achieve this goal, we believe that we will have a clear path towards commercialization of

PDS0101 in multiple indications. After initial commercial approval, our strategy of combining PDS0101 with standard of care also positions us for rapid market penetration and expansion.

Our clinical development strategy of combining PDS0101 with standard of care treatment is designed to mitigate risk in our proof-of-concept phase 2

trials. It is also designed to demonstrate the potential for significantly enhanced clinical benefit to patients over the standard of care, without compounding toxicity. If we achieve this goal, we believe that we will have a clear path

towards commercialization of PDS0101 in multiple indications.

PDS0102

PDS0102 is an investigational immunotherapy utilizing tumor-associated and immunologically active T-cell receptor gamma alternate reading framed protein (TARP) from the NCI.

PDS0102 is designed to treat TARP-associated cancers including, acute myeloid leukemia (AML), prostate and breast cancer. In our preclinical work, the administration of PDS0102, the Versamuine+TARP antigen combination led to the induction of

large numbers of tumor targeted killer T-cells. In addition, the TARP tumor antigen alone has already been studied at the NCI in men with prostate cancer and been shown to be safe, immunogenic with slowing tumor growth rates (NCT00972309). We are

evaluating the next steps in the clinical development of PDS0102 and are seeking nondilutive financings to move to human trials.

PDS0103

In April 2020, the above mentioned, PDS-NCI CRADA was expanded beyond PDS0101 to include clinical and preclinical development of PDS0103. PDS0103 is an investigational

immunotherapy owned by us and designed to treat cancers associated with the mucin-1, or MUC-1, oncogenic protein. These include cancers such as ovarian, breast, colorectal and lung cancers. PDS0103 combines Versamune with novel highly

immunogenic agonist epitopes of MUC-1 developed by the NCI and licensed by PDS. PDS0103 is currently in late preclinical development.

MUC1 is highly expressed in several types of cancer and has been shown to be associated with drug resistance and poor disease prognosis in breast, colorectal, lung and

ovarian cancers, for which PDS0103 is being developed. Expression of MUC-1 is often associated with poor disease prognosis, due in part to drug resistance. In preclinical studies, and similarly to PDS0101, PDS0103 demonstrated the ability to

generate powerful MUC1-specific CD8 killer T-cells. In the first quarter of 2022, we held a pre-IND meeting with the FDA on PDS0103. We were satisfied with the responses and believe we will submit our IND package in the third or fourth quarter

of 2022 and will start human trials at the end of 2022.

Infectimune Development Strategy

We believe that the key differentiating attributes of the Infectimune platform technology, are strong induction of CD8+ and CD4+ T-cells as well as antibodies, which can be

leveraged to improve treatment and preventive options in several infectious disease indications. Specifically, the COVID-19 pandemic has provided a unique opportunity to highlight Infectimune’s potentially transformative utility in the

development of more effective and longer lasting protective vaccines. Our expanded infectious diseases pipeline now covers three infectious pathogens and vaccines. Current preventive and prophylactic vaccine approaches and technologies

predominantly focus on creating strong induction of antibody responses. However, the induction of T-cell responses, in addition to antibody responses, provides more durable and broad protection against infectious diseases.

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PDS0203: COVID-19

Farmacore is developing PDS0203 under a licensing agreement with PDS Biotechnology. PDS0203 is a second-generation Infectimune-based COVID-19 vaccine candidate: a simple

subunit vaccine that utilizes a recombinant protein derived from the Spike protein of SARS-CoV-2, as opposed to an inactivated virus-based vaccine. Preclinical studies of PDS0203 have shown the induction of strong neutralizing antibodies,

virus-specific polyfunctional CD8+ (killer) and CD4+ (helper) T-cells, and long-term memory T-cell responses. Initial financial support for the program has been provided by the Brazilian government for preclinical development.

On February 22, 2021, PDS Biotechnology and Farmacore announced that Blanver Farmoquímica e Farmacêutica S.A joined their efforts (collectively the “Consortium”) to develop

and commercialize a novel COVID-19 vaccine in Latin America. Under the terms of the agreement, São Paulo-based Blanver will manufacture, promote, distribute, and commercialize the Infectimune-based COVID-19 vaccine in Latin America.

On March 11, 2021 we announced that the Consortium received a commitment from the Secretary for Research and Scientific Training of the MCTI, Brazil to fund up to approximately

US$60 million to support the clinical development and commercialization of an Infectimune-based COVID-19.

The progression of the Farmacore development program was delayed in the fourth quarter of 2021. After a review of the program by PDS and Farmacore, the agreement with

Farmacore was extended for six months to May 31, 2022 to provide additional time to Farmacore to commence manufacturing and scale up of drug product for use in clinical trials and any necessary process development work. PDS will continue to

monitor Farmacore’s progress with this program.

PDS0203 is being designed with the goal to potentially provide long-term and broad protection against infection from COVID-19 and its potential mutations, based on the

understood potential of Infectimune to prime the immune system to generate both antibodies for near term protection and T-cell responses for long term protection against pathogens. Preclinical data of studies performed at the University of

Kentucky indicates that PDS0203 elicits the induction of highly active and potent virus-specific CD8 killer and CD4 helper T-cells within 14 days of treatment. The study also showed induction of the long-lasting virus-specific memory T-cells

necessary for longer term protection. A 30-45-fold increase in COVID-19 specific T-cells was observed by Day 14 when compared to the vaccine without Versamune. These preclinical studies also indicated induction of strong anti-SARS-CoV-2

neutralizing antibodies within 14 days, with a 20-25-fold increase when compared to the vaccine without Versamune.

The peer-reviewed scientific publication “A Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV) Expressing a Membrane-Anchored Spike as a Cost-Effective

Inactivated SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine” by Sun et al. Vaccines (2020, volume 8, issue 4, page 771) also provides strong rationale for clinical development of an

Infectimune-based COVID-19 vaccine to maximize the full breadth of immune responses induced against SARS-CoV-2. This research conducted at the Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine, NY, indicated that there is powerful antibody induction by

Versamune against SARS-CoV-2 at low antigen doses suggesting potential for an effective antigen dose sparing COVID-19 vaccine. These data are based on preclinical studies combining our Infectimune technology with an inactivated Newcastle disease

virus (NDV)/SARS-CoV-2 vaccine (NDV vaccine) developed at Mount Sinai.

The preclinical study compared various treatment regimens in their ability to induce antibodies against SARS-CoV-2:

● the NDV vaccine alone at doses of 5μg, 10μg and 20μg,

● the NDV vaccine in combination with Versamune at 0.2μg, 1μg and 5μg,

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As seen in Figure 3B of the publication, shown below, the NDV vaccine with R-DOTAP nanoparticles (Infectimune) yielded the strongest antibody responses. Figure 3C, also shown

below, highlighted Infectimune’s ability to induce the highest levels of neutralizing antibodies even at the lowest studied antigen dose of 0.2μg. Challenge studies also indicated that the Infectimune-containing vaccine conferred protection against

challenge with the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

We understand this broader projected range of effective immunity to be a result of Infectimune’s activation of Type I interferons (IFNs) critical to developing effective

anti-viral immune responses, and also to promote presentation of the unique disease-associated protein or peptide to the appropriate compartment of the dendritic cells of the immune system. As a result of this capability, Infectimune has indicated

there is potential for enhanced immunogenicity in the context of dose sparing of both flu and COVID-19 antigens through strong induction of neutralizing antibodies. Finally, in light of the chemical composition of PDS0203 as a subunit vaccine, we

believe manufacturing scale-up for global deployment may encounter fewer challenges than is generally observed with more complex product candidates.

PDS0202; Universal Flu

Based on the key characteristics of Infectimune we are progressing development of PDS0202, a universal influenza vaccine candidate, which combines Infectimune with novel

Computationally Optimized Broadly Reactive (COBRA) influenza vaccine antigens designed by renowned influenza expert Dr. Ted Ross and licensed from the University of Georgia. PDS0202 preclinical development was supported by an agreement with the

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Collaborative Influenza Vaccine Innovation Centers, or CIVICs, program, with a goal of progressing into a human clinical trial. Preclinical development studies were performed at three sites:

our Princeton, NJ laboratories, The University of Kentucky School of Medicine, and the CIVICs Center for Influenza Vaccine Research for High-Risk Populations. The data produced in the preclinical showed significant levels of hemagglutinin

inhibition (HAI) titer levels when utilizing PDS0202 as compared to COBRA antigens alone ranging from 28x to 62x on various strains of the H1N1 influenza virus.

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The preclinical data also showed all animals in the control group when challenged by the flu virus became sick and died while all animals treated with either a 3mcg (high

dose) or .012mcg (low dose) of PDS0102 remained alive and healthy.

We are seeking nondilutive financing for the next stage of clinical development.

PDS0201: Tuberculosis

In December 2019, we entered into an Amended and Restated Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) with Farmacore to develop a novel tuberculosis, or TB, immunotherapy based on a

combination of Farmacore’s proprietary TB antigens with Infectimune. In preliminary evaluations, our Infectimune-based TB product, PDS0201, demonstrated highly promising TB-specific T-cell induction in-vivo.

Under the Farmacore MTA, we will undertake product development and Farmacore will conduct in-vivo preclinical studies to evaluate product efficacy. Testing is to be performed in Brazil although

development was put on hold to prioritize PDS0203. The term of the agreement extends until the end of the initial product testing period. The research plan has been delayed due to COVID-19 research restrictions in Brazil.

Since our inception we have devoted substantially all our resources to developing our Versamune and Infectimune platforms and our Versamuneand Infectimune -based products, advancing preclinical programs, conducting clinical trials, manufacturing PDS0101 for clinical trials, and providing general and administrative support. We have funded

our operations primarily from the issuance of common stock. We have not generated any product revenue to date. We have never been profitable and have incurred net losses in each year since our inception.

Our future funding requirements will depend on many factors, including the following:

● the timing and costs of our planned clinical trials;

● the outcome, timing and costs of seeking regulatory approvals;

● the impact of COVID-19 on our operations;

● the extent to which we license or acquire other products and technologies.

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Leadership

We are led by a team of executives and directors with significant experience in drug discovery, development and commercialization. Our founder and CEO Frank Bedu-Addo has been

responsible for developing and launching products for KBI BioPharma Inc., Schering-Plough, Merck, Elan Corporation, and the National Cancer Institute. Our other co-founder and Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Gregory Conn has more than 35 years of

drug-development experience, including development of antiviral and anticancer drugs through to commercialization. Our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Lauren V. Wood has over 30 years of translational clinical research experience and held senior

positions at the National Cancer Institute Center for Cancer Research. Our Chief Financial Officer, Matthew Hill has over 25 years of experience in finance and held prior roles as Chief Financial Officer and in operational leadership roles at

several public life science companies.

We are supported by scientific leaders in the field of vaccine development and oncology. Dr. Lisa Rohan, one of our founders, is Chair of the

Scientific Advisory Board. She is a professor in the department of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh where she also holds appointments in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences in the School of

Medicine and the Clinical Translational Science Institute. Dr. Einstein, Professor and Chair in the Department of OB/ GYN & Women’s Heath at Rutgers University Medical School is an expert in HPV-related pathogenesis, therapy and prevention

of lower anogenital tract and gynecologic cancers. He is an active leader for management guidelines and translating clinical study and translational data for the World Health Organization, American Cancer Society, Society of Gynecologic Oncology

and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Professor Leaf Huang, one of our founders, is a Distinguished Professor of Pharmaco-engineering and Molecular Pharmaceutics at the Eshelman School of Pharmacy, University of North Carolina

at Chapel Hill pioneered the liposome design and manufacture of cationic lipid vector nanoparticles as a delivery system for cDNA, mRNA, siRNA, proteins and peptides for tumor growth inhibition and for vaccines in treating cancer and infectious

diseases. Dr. Olivera Finn is a Distinguished Professor of Immunology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and she discovered the MUC1 antigen. Our Principal Investigator for the PDS0101 Head and Neck Trial with KEYTRUDA® for first-line treatment of recurrent/ metastatic Head and Neck Cancer is Dr. Jared Weiss, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of North Carolina Lineberger

Comprehensive Cancer Center, who is an expert in head and neck thoracic oncology with a focus on immunotherapeutic approaches for these diseases.

Facilities & Manufacturing and Commercial scale up

Product candidates using our Versamune and Infectimune development platforms are manufactured using a readily scalable, fill-finish process with well-defined and reproducible

operations. We do not own or operate cGMP compliant manufacturing facilities to produce any of our product candidates and we do not have plans to develop our own manufacturing operations in the foreseeable future. We currently rely on third-party

contract manufacturing organizations to produce the amounts of our product candidates necessary for our preclinical research and clinical studies. As part of the manufacture and design process for our product candidates, we rely on internal,

scientific and manufacturing know-how and trade secrets and the know-how and trade secrets of third-party manufacturers. We currently employ internal resources to manage our manufacturing contractors.

Our research and development activities are located at the Princeton Innovation Center BioLabs, 303A College Road East, Princeton, NJ 08540, which provides first-rate

development facilities for biotech companies. All animal toxicology and efficacy testing are done via third party contracts and collaborations to provide maximum flexibility and to minimize operational costs and overhead. This approach allows for

independent validation of our data, and we believe it has historically been a cost-efficient way to progress our development programs.

We do not intend to incur the costs of building, staffing and maintaining manufacturing facilities in the near term. The supply chain integrity was not negatively impacted by

COVID-19 thus far. Our management team has formulation, manufacturing and operations expertise, including past senior executive management roles in contract drug development and manufacturing. Our management team plans to utilize its expertise and

knowledge to identify suitable alternative contract manufacturers who will be capable of efficiently manufacturing our products.

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Regulatory Pathway

For our lead product candidate, PDS0101, the next step in the product development process are our ongoing Phase 2 clinical trials. This process is described further under

“U.S. Product Development Process.” The final protocols for all phase 2 clinical trials were submitted to the FDA prior to trial initiation and information for all three trials are on www.clinicaltrials.gov. To conform to the FDA electronic

Common Technical Document format requirement and submission of the CGMP material that will be used in the Phase 2 trials for PDS0101, we submitted a Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls amendment to our Investigational New Drug application,

related to PDS’s Phase 2 studies with PDS0101 to the FDA in 2020.

If Phase 2 clinical trials support further development, under standard FDA processes we would then need to complete a registrational Phase 2/3 clinical trial while continuing

to gather other necessary application data and information for PDS0101 to seek marketing authorization.

We anticipate that we would seek marketing authorization from the FDA for our product candidates through the Biologics License Application pathway, under Section 351(a) of the

Public Health Service Act. This process and the requirements are described further under “U.S. Product Development Process.”

For our earlier stage, preclinical product candidates PDS0102 and PDS0103, we plan to work to develop data with the goal of progressing to an IND

submission in 2022 or early 2023 and progressing clinical development to first-in-human trials with these products. We have engaged with the FDA and received useful initial feedback on the clinical trial design for the PDS0103 program and this

information will influence our strategy for regulatory submissions and the protocol development.

Intellectual Property

PATENTS

We seek to maintain high barriers to entry around our product candidates and the markets in which they are utilized by using a multiple layered approach to our patents, patent

applications, and substantial know-how and trade secrets related to the Versamune platform. We strive to protect and enhance the proprietary technology, inventions

and improvements that are commercially important to its business, including seeking, maintaining, and defending patent rights. We also rely on trade secrets relating to its platform and on know-how, continuing technological innovation to develop,

strengthen and maintain its proprietary position in the vaccine field. In addition, we rely on regulatory protection afforded through data exclusivity, market exclusivity and patent term extensions where available. We also utilize trademark

protection for our company name and we expect to do so for products and/or services as they are marketed.

PDS has developed numerous patents and patent applications and owns substantial know-how and trade secrets related to its Versamune platform. As of December 31, 2021, PDS holds six (6) U.S. patents with granted claims directed to its platform technology and sixteen (16) pending U.S. patent applications. These issued patents will

expire in 2028, 2029, 2031 and 2033. Should the more recently submitted patent applications currently in prosecution be issued, these will expire in 2033 through 2037 assuming no patent term extensions are granted. As of March 1, 2022, PDS holds

seventy (70) issued foreign patents and thirty-eight (38) pending or published foreign patent applications. Most of our international issued patents are issued in multiple countries including Europe, Japan and Australia, and all of which cover

compositions of matter and methods of use related to its platform technology. These issued patents will expire in 2031-2037, or later if patent term extension applies. Most recently, the USPTO allowed an application for our HPV 16 immunotherapy

which when granted will run until October 2037.

Licensed Patents

We have an exclusive worldwide license from Merck & Cie to (R)-DOTAP and its crystal forms, manufacturing methods, and pharmaceutical compositions using the compounds.,

which are owned by Merck Patent GmbH, for use in our immunotherapy compositions and immunotherapies. Merck & Cie has informed us that it has rights to license these patent families through an intra-company agreement with Merck Patent GmbH.

These licensed patents are significant to Versamune and Infectimune platforms, as they are directed to the currently utilized Versamune ingredient.

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We have licensed patented antigens from the US government for use worldwide in our cationic lipid immunotherapies. We have licensed T-cell receptor gamma alternate reading frame protein (“TARP”) from the National Cancer Institute (“NCI”) to develop and commercialize TARP peptide-based therapies in

combination with the Company’s Versamune technology and any other of the Company’s proprietary technologies for prostate and breast cancers and Acute Myeloid Leukemia. These patents are directed to Immunogenic

Peptides and Peptide Derivatives for The Treatment of Prostate and Breast Cancer Treatment and Multi-Epitope TARP Peptide Vaccine and Uses Thereof. These antigens are incorporated in PDS0102 with Versamune. We have licensed mucin-1 (“MUC1”)

novel highly immunogenic agonist epitopes of MUC1 developed by the National Cancer Institute. MUC1is highly expressed in multiple solid tumors and has been shown to be associated with drug resistance and poor disease prognosis in breast,

colorectal, lung and ovarian cancers, for which PDS0103 is being developed. We have been granted patents and are pursuing additional patents that cover compositions and methods of use of cationic lipid immunotherapies with each of the licensed

technologies.

We entered into a non-exclusive agreement to license COBRA universal influenza antigens with the University of Georgia Research

Foundation to develop, manufacture and use COBRA antigens in a clinical trial for a universal influenza vaccine worldwide. These antigens are developed by Dr. Ted Ross at the University of Georgia. We believe that the combination of these

antigens with our proprietary Infectimune technology, representing PDS0202, has the potential to induce a broad immune response as a universal flu vaccine, based on preclinical development studies performed to date.

Trade Secrets and Other Proprietary Information

In contrast to patent protection or regulatory exclusivities, trade secret protection is a form of intellectual property that does not require disclosure of the subject

information as part of the process, but instead depends on maintaining the subject information as strictly confidential. Companies may in some circumstances rely on trade secrets to protect certain aspects of their proprietary know-how and

technological advances, especially where they do not believe patent protection is appropriate or obtainable. Trade secret protection depends in part on confidentiality agreements with employees, consultants, outside scientific collaborators,

sponsored researchers and other advisors that prohibit disclosure of designated proprietary information. Trade secrets can be difficult to protect. Confidentiality agreements may not succeed in preventing a person or parties from disclosing

confidential information, and in that event the rights of the trade secret holder are subject to the viability of an adequate remedy at law, typically under state law modeled on the Uniform Trade Secrets Protection Act, to stop, mitigate or

compensate for the unauthorized disclosure of confidential information. Costly and time-consuming litigation could be necessary to enforce and determine the scope of the proprietary rights. Finally, there is always at least some risk that others

may independently discover the trade secrets and proprietary information.

Material License Agreements and Research and Development Agreements

Patent License Agreements with National Institutes of Health.

Effective January 5, 2015, we entered into a Patent License Agreement (the “Patent License Agreement”) as Amended by First Amendment to Patent License Agreement (“First

Amendment”) of August 5, 2015, with an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”), pursuant to which NIH granted PDS a nonexclusive license to certain patent rights for the development of a therapeutic cancer vaccine

specifically in combination with PDS’s proprietary Versamune technology for ovarian, breast, colon and lung cancers. The Patent License Agreement expires when the last licensed patent expires if the Patent License Agreement is not terminated prior

to that date. NIH may terminate the Patent License Agreement if PDS is in default in the performance of any material obligation under the Patent License Agreement. PDS may unilaterally terminate the Patent License Agreement in any country or

territory upon sixty (60) days written notice.

Under the Patent License Agreement and First Amendment PDS agreed to pay NIH: (a) a noncreditable, nonrefundable royalty in the amount of $30,000 upon

execution of the Patent License Agreement; (b) a noncreditable, nonrefundable royalty in the amount of $60,000 upon execution of the First Amendment to Patent License Agreement (c) a nonrefundable minimum annual royalty of $5,000; (d) earned

royalties of two percent (2%) on net sales, reducible by a half percent (0.5%) for any earned royalties PDS must pay to third parties; (e) benchmark royalties as follows: (i) $25,000 upon successful completion of each Phase 2 Clinical Studies of

a licensed product for breast, colon, lung or ovarian cancer within each licensed territory; (ii) $50,000 upon initiation of the first Phase 3 Clinical Trial of a licensed product for breast, colon, lung or ovarian cancer within each licensed

territory; (iii) $750,000 upon the first commercial sale in the licensed territory utilizing and/or directed to licensed product(s) and/or licensed process(es) within the licensed patent rights for breast, colon, lung or ovarian cancer; and (f)

additional sublicensing royalties for each sublicense required to be approved by NIH of four percent (4%) on the fair market value of any consideration received for granting such sublicense.

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Effective as November 5, 2021, we entered into a Patent License Agreement (the “NCI Patent License Agreement”) with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as

represented by NCI of NIH. Pursuant to the NCI Patent License Agreement, the Company obtained a nonexclusive, worldwide license to the patent rights for TARP to develop and commercialize TARP peptide-based therapies in combination with the

Versamune technology and any other of our proprietary technologies for prostate and breast cancers and Acute Myeloid Leukemia. The NCI Patent License Agreement expires when the last licensed patent expires if the Patent License Agreement is not

terminated prior to that date. NCI may terminate the Patent License Agreement if we are in default in the performance of any material obligation under the Patent License Agreement. We may unilaterally terminate the NCI Patent License Agreement in

any country or territory upon sixty (60) days written notice. Under the NCI Patent License Agreement, we agreed to pay NCI certain non-creditable, nonrefundable license issue royalties, unreimbursed patent expenses for the licensed patent rights,

a nonrefundable minimum annual royalty, earned royalties as a percentage of net sales and benchmark royalties.

DOTAP Chloride Enantiomer License Agreement with Merck Eprova AG.

Effective November 1, 2008, we entered into a DOTAP Chloride Enantiomer License (the “DOTAP License Agreement”) with Merck Eprova AG (“EPRO”), pursuant to which we obtained an

exclusive license from EPRO technology to undertake development of products relating to the R-enantiomer and S-enantiomer of DOTAP Chloride for worldwide commercialization in a composition and method of inducing an immune response in a subject by

administering at least one cationic lipid with or without an antigen. The DOTAP License Agreement expires on a licensed product-by-licensed product and country-by-country basis until the expiration of the obligation to pay royalties applicable to

such licensed product in such country. We have the right to unilaterally terminate the DOTAP License Agreement (in its entirety or on a licensed product-by-licensed product or country-by-country basis) at any time for any reason upon prior written

notice. We paid a one-time royalty of CHF 100,000 as a result of the reverse merger between PDS and Edge Therapeutics, Inc.

Cooperative Research and Development Agreement for Intramural-PHS Clinical Research with The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Effective February 2, 2016, we entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (the “CRADA”) with the U.S. Department of

Health and Human Services, as represented by the National Cancer Institute (“NCI”), pursuant to which the parties agreed to perform certain research and development activities as defined by the exhibited

Research Plan. The principal goal of the CRADA is to determine whether our Versamune immunotherapeutic technology will be effective for enhancing delivery of cancer vaccines or viral vaccines or other immunotherapies developed by the Vaccine

Branch, Center for Cancer Research, NCI, in mouse models and in human clinical studies. The CRADA provides for development, testing and studies to be conducted in conjunction with the Vaccine Branch involving Versamune and Multi-epitope (ME) T cell

receptor gamma alternate reading frame protein peptide (TARP) to develop a treatment for prostate cancer using autologous dendritic cells and co- administered locally with ME TARP peptides co-formulated with Versamune immunotherapeutic technology

in a non-cellular vaccine platform.

The term of the CRADA is five (5) years, starting February 2, 2016. Pursuant to Appendix A, PDS agreed to provide up to $1,000,000 but no less than $500,000 during the first

year of the CRADA and up to $1,000,000 but no less than $750,000 per year for the remaining years of the CRADA for NCI to use in connection with acquiring technical, statistical, and administrative support for the clinical research activities, as

well as to pay for supplies and travel expenses and, upon consent of the parties, to acquire support for a postdoctoral research fellow to conduct additional preclinical studies. The CRADA may be terminated by either party at any time by mutual

written consent. Either party may unilaterally terminate the CRADA at any time by providing sixty (60) days written notice. If we terminate prior to the completion of all approved or active study protocol(s) pursuant to the CRADA, we must supply

enough study test product to complete these study protocol(s) unless termination is for safety reasons. If the CRADA is mutually or unilaterally terminated by us before its expiration, we must pay non-cancellable obligations for personnel for a

period of six (6) months after the termination date or until the expiration date of the CRADA, whichever is sooner. If we suspend development on the test article without the transfer of its active development efforts, assets, and obligations to a

third party within ninety (90) days of discontinuation, NCI may continue development. In such event, we must transfer all information necessary to enable NCI to contract for the manufacture of the test article and grant NCI a nonexclusive,

irrevocable, worldwide, paid-up license regarding same.

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Cost Reimbursement Agreement with University of Kentucky Research Foundation - I. with University of Kentucky Research Foundation - I.

Effective November 1, 2015, we entered into an annual Research Agreement (the “Cost Reimbursement Agreement”) with the University of Kentucky Research Foundation (“UKRF”),

pursuant to which UKRF agreed to test PDS’s preclinical and clinical-stage formulations based on HPV, TARP, MUC-1, Melanoma antigens as specified more fully in the statement of work. The Cost Reimbursement Agreement has been renewed annually, and

was renewed on July 1, 2021, for an anticipated cost of $404,502. The agreement terminates on June 30, 2022, unless extended by written mutual agreement of parties or is terminated by one of the parties. Either party may terminate the Cost

Reimbursement Agreement for any reason with thirty (30) days written notice.

Cost Reimbursement and Sponsored Agreement with University of Kentucky Research Foundation - II.

Effective November 1, 2015, we entered into an annual Research Agreement (the “Cost Reimbursement Agreement”) with the University of Kentucky Research Foundation (“UKRF”),

pursuant to which UKRF agreed to test PDS’s preclinical and clinical-stage formulations based on HPV, TARP, MUC-1, Melanoma antigens as specified more fully in the statement of work. The Cost Reimbursement Agreement has been renewed annually, and

was renewed on July 1, 2021, for an anticipated cost of $13,998. The agreement terminates on June 30, 2022, unless extended by written mutual agreement of parties or is terminated by one of the parties. Either party may terminate the Cost

Reimbursement Agreement for any reason with thirty (30) days written notice.

Clinical Trial Collaboration and Supply Agreement with MSD International GmbH.

Effective May 19, 2017, we entered into a Clinical Trial Collaboration and Supply Agreement (the “CTCSA”) with MSD International GmbH (“Merck”)

pursuant to which we and Merck agreed to collaborate in a Phase 2 clinical trial to evaluate the safety, and preliminary efficacy of the concomitant and/or sequenced administration of the combination of a Merck compound (i.e., pembrolizumab, a

humanized anti-human PD-1 monoclonal antibody) and our compound (i.e., PDS0101, a cationic lipid-based therapeutic vaccine combining HPV peptides) in treatment of patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer and high-risk human

papillomavirus-16 (HPV 16) infection. The term of the CTCSA commenced on May 19, 2017 and will continue until the earlier of (i) delivery of the final study report and (ii) Study Completion (i.e., upon database lock of the Study results), or

until terminated by either party. In the event the CTCSA is terminated by Merck upon a material breach by PDS, PDS must reimburse Merck for its direct manufacturing costs, such as manufacturing fees, raw materials, direct labor, freight and duty,

factory overhead costs and its indirect manufacturing costs, such as allocations of indirect factory overhead and site support costs. This agreement was amended on October 28, 2019 to reflect the trial will be for first in line treatment of

disease.

On October 28, 2019, we entered into an amendment to the clinical trial collaboration agreement with Merck to evaluate the combination of our lead

Versamune-based immunotherapy, PDS0101, with Merck’s anti-PD-1 therapy, KEYTRUDA® (pembrolizumab), in a Phase II clinical trial. The modification to the clinical trial design to evaluate PDS0101 in combination with KEYTRUDA® as first-line

treatment comes as a result of Merck’s approval by the FDA on June 10, 2019 for first line treatment of patients with metastatic or unresectable recurrent HNSCC using KEYTRUDA® in combination with platinum and fluorouracil (FU) for all patients

and as a single agent for patients whose tumors express PD-L1 as determined by an FDA-approved test. The trial was initiated in November of 2020 to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the combination as a first-line treatment in patients with

recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer and high-risk human papillomavirus-16 (HPV16) infection.

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Other Research and Development Agreements

Cooperative Research and Development Agreement for Intramural-PHS Clinical Research with The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Effective April 22, 2019, PDS entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (the “CRADA”) with

the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, as represented by the National Cancer Institute (“NCI”), pursuant to which the parties agreed to perform certain research and development activities as

defined by the exhibited Research Plan. Under the agreement, PDS will collaborate with the NCI’s Genitourinary Malignancies Branch (GMB) and Laboratory of Tumor Immunology and Biology (LTIB) with plans to conduct a Phase 2 clinical trial

evaluating PDS0101 with novel immune-modulating agents M7824 and NHS-IL12 being studied at NCI as part of a CRADA with EMD Serono (Merck KGaA). The phase 2 clinical trial was initiated in June of 2020. The CRADA also involves preclinical

evaluation of PDS0101 in combination with other therapeutic modalities upon the mutual agreement of both parties. In April 2020, this agreement was amended to include PDS0103, in preclinical and clinical development for treatment of ovarian,

breast, colorectal and lung cancers.

The term of the CRADA is five (5) years, starting April 22, 2019. Pursuant to Appendix A, we agreed to provide $110,000 annually, the first payment of

which is to be made on the first anniversary the of the CRADA Effective date or upon the initiation of a Phase II clinical trial as the NIH Clinical Center, whichever comes first for NCI to use in connection with acquiring technical, statistical,

and administrative support for the clinical research activities, as well as to pay for supplies and travel expenses and infrastructure costs. The CRADA may be terminated by either party at any time by mutual written consent. Either party may

unilaterally terminate the CRADA at any time by providing sixty (60) days written notice. If we terminate prior to the completion of all approved or active study protocol(s) pursuant to the CRADA, we must supply enough study test product to

complete these study protocol(s) unless termination is for safety reasons. If the CRADA is mutually or unilaterally terminated by PDS before its expiration, we must pay non-cancellable obligations for personnel for a period of six (6) months

after the termination date or until the expiration date of the CRADA, whichever is sooner. If we suspend development on the test article without the transfer of its active development efforts, assets, and obligations to a third party within

ninety (90) days of discontinuation, NCI may continue development. In such event, we must transfer all information necessary to enable NCI to contract for the manufacture of the test article and grant NCI a nonexclusive, irrevocable, worldwide,

paid-up license regarding same.

Amended and Restated Material Transfer Agreement with Farmacore Biotechnology

On December 4, 2019, we entered into an Amended and Restated Material Transfer Agreement with Farmacore Biotechnology to develop a novel tuberculosis

(TB) immunotherapy based on Farmacore’s proprietary TB antigens and Versamune. A prior material transfer agreement under which preliminary work commenced was Amended and Restated due to promising early preclinical results and to progress to the

next development phase. We will undertake product development and Farmacore will conduct preclinical studies to evaluate the efficacy of the product. The term of the agreement extends until the end of the product testing period and may be

terminated at any time by either party with 30 days’ notice. This research plan has been delayed by the COVID-19 research restrictions in Brazil.

License and Collaboration Agreement with Farmacore Biotechnology

In June 2020, we announced a second collaboration with Farmacore to develop PDS0204, a vaccine to prevent COVID-19, combining Versamune with Farmacore’s recombinant SARS-CoV-2

antigen. Based on the highly promising antibody and T-cell data generated with PDS0203, we and Farmacore amended the agreement to prioritize the advancement of PDS0203 to human clinical trials. Farmacore will retain commercialization rights in

Latin America and revenues from Latin American sales will be shared between us and Farmacore. Under the Agreement, Farmacore leads the regulatory and clinical trial effort and we contribute scientific expertise and operational support. The

Agreement term extends until the next phase of development and may be terminated with 30 days’ notice. This Agreement has been extended through May 31, 2022.

Option to License with the University of Georgia Research Foundation of Georgia Research Foundation

On October 25, 2021, we entered into a non-exclusive agreement to license Computationally Optimized Broadly Reactive Antigen (COBRA) with the

University of Georgia Research Foundation. This agreement allows us to develop, manufacture and use COBRA antigens in a clinical trial for a universal influenza vaccine worldwide. The term of the agreement extends twelve months after initiation

of first Phase 1 clinical trial and may be extended upon agreement of the parties. We may convert the option to a full agreement any time prior to the conclusion of the term.

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COVID-19 Impact on Business and Operations

In December 2019, a novel (new) coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 was first detected in Wuhan, Hubei Province, People’s Republic of China, causing outbreaks of the coronavirus

disease, known as COVID-19, that has now spread globally. On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a public health emergency. The Secretary of Health and Human Services declared a public health emergency on January

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