Vancouver, BC - TheNewswire - February 8, 2023 - GeneTether Therapeutics Inc. (“GeneTether” or the “Company”) (CSE:GTTX), a preclinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing its proprietary platform technology to significantly increase the efficiency of DNA insertion into the genome for gene correction and complementation strategies, today provides the following update on its development pipeline and business outlook for 2023.  

Following a comprehensive review of its business in the context of ongoing weakness in the global capital markets, including the status of its programs and available resources, the Company intends to significantly reduce the development of its GeneTether™ platform technology and conduct a review of strategic alternatives focused on maximizing shareholder value.  A special committee of the Board of Directors will be formed to lead this initiative.  

 “We believe our best opportunity to maximize shareholder value lies in the evaluation of strategic alternatives that may be available to the Company,” said Roland Boivin, CEO. “We believe that our disciplined cash preservation approach and our optimized cash runway position us well as we enter this critical phase.”

There can be no assurance that this review process will result in GeneTether pursuing a transaction or that any transaction, if pursued, will be completed on favorable terms or at all. The Company has not set a timetable for completion of this strategic review process and does not currently intend to comment further unless or until the Board of Directors has approved a definitive course of action, the review process is concluded, or it is determined that other disclosure is appropriate.

 
About GeneTether

Founded by EGB Ventures founder and managing partner, William J. Garner, M.D., and veteran gene editing researcher, R. Geoffrey Sargent, Ph.D., GeneTether is focused on developing its disruptive proprietary platform technology to significantly increase the efficiency of DNA insertion into the genome for gene correction and complementation strategies. The Company’s wholly-owned GeneTether™ platform technology uses a proprietary method to “tether” donor DNA templates to the genome editing complex, making the template readily available for use during the genome editing repair stage. The Company is leveraging its platform technology to develop curative therapies for the treatment of rare genetic diseases. GeneTether’s proof of concept study demonstrated an approximately 7x higher gene editing efficiency as compared to the same gene editing payload without application of the GeneTether technology.

For more information, visit www.genetether.com.

Contacts:

Roland Boivin, CEO

(833) 294-4363 ext. 1

roland@genetether.com

Jean Jen, CFO and Corporate Secretary

(833) 294-4363 ext. 2

jean@genetether.com

Forward-Looking Disclaimer

This news release contains statements that constitute "forward-looking statements." Such forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause GeneTether’s actual results, performance or achievements, or developments in the industry to differ materially from the anticipated results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Forward looking statements are statements that are not historical facts and are generally, but not always, identified by the words "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "believes," "intends," "estimates," "projects," "potential" and similar expressions, or that events or conditions "will," "would," "may," "could" or "should" occur.

Forward-looking statements in this document include the expectation that the Company will identify and pursue a strategic alternative and all other statements that are not statements of historical fact.

Although GeneTether believes the forward-looking information contained in this news release is reasonable based on information available on the date hereof, by their nature forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements, or other future events, to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.  By their nature, these statements involve a variety of assumptions, known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results, levels of activity and achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements.

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