BIOPHYTIS (EPA:ALBPS) - Biophytis Receives MHRA Approval to Initiate the COVA Clinical Trial in the UK with Sarconeos (BIO101) for the Treatment of Patients with COVID-19 Related Respiratory Failure

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Biophytis Receives MHRA Approval to Initiate the COVA Clinical Trial in the UK
  with Sarconeos (BIO101) for the Treatment of Patients with COVID-19 Related
                              Respiratory Failure

Paris, (France), Cambridge (Massachusetts, United States), June 11, 2020, 8:00
a.m. CEST - Biophytis SA (Euronext Growth Paris: ALBPS), a clinical-stage
biotechnology company specialized in the development of drug candidates for
treatment of aged related diseases, including neuromuscular diseases, today
announces that it has received approval from the UK Medicines and Healthcare
Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) to proceed with its clinical development
program COVA. This program will assess Sarconeos (BIO101) as a potential
treatment for acute respiratory failure associated with COVID-19.

The COVA clinical program is designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of
Sarconeos (BIO101) as a treatment of the respiratory deterioration in COVID-19
patients with severe respiratory failure. This Phase 2/3, randomized,
double-blind, placebo-controlled, adaptive and group sequential study assessing
Sarconeos (BIO101) in patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 is expected to start in
the coming weeks in the UK, upon approval of the relevant ethics committees.
This pivotal, international clinical trial will be conducted in two parts, the
first of which has the objective to assess treatment safety in 50 hospitalized
COVID-19 patients suffering from acute respiratory deficiency, and to estimate
the number of patients to be recruited in the second part to detect a
significant effect of Sarconeos (BIO101) on the respiratory function.

Stanislas Veillet, CEO of Biophytis, said: "We are very pleased to have
received approval from the MHRA to start COVA in the UK. The Coronavirus
SARS-CoV-2 can cause Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) by disrupting
the renin angiotensin system (RAS), which has a key role in regulating
respiratory function. SARS-CoV-2 enters cells in various tissues, particularly
pulmonary tissues, using as a receptor the Angiotensin 2 Converting Enzyme
(ACE-2), a key enzyme in the RAS, thus inhibiting the system's protective arm.
Sarconeos (BIO101) activates the MAS receptor, a key component of the
protective arm of the RAS.

Based on its mode of action we are confident that Sarconeos (BIO101) could
become an important - potentially life-saving - treatment for patients with
acute respiratory failure associated with COVID-19. "

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About BIOPHYTIS

Biophytis SA is a clinical-stage biotechnology company specialized in the
development of drug candidates to slow down degenerative processes and improve
functional abilities in patients with age-related diseases, including
neuromuscular diseases.

Sarconeos (BIO101), our leading drug candidate, is a small molecule,
administered orally, currently in clinical Phase 2b in sarcopenia (SARA-INT) in
the United States and Europe. A pediatric formulation of Sarconeos (BIO101) is
being developed for the treatment of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD). The
company plans to start the clinical development (MYODA) in H2 2020.

Sarconeos (BIO101) is also being developed as a treatment for Covid-19. The
Company has received approval from FAMHP (Belgium) and the MHRA (UK) to begin
the Phase 2/3 clinical trial (COVA) to evaluate Sarconeos (BIO101) as a
potential treatment for respiratory failure associated with Covid-19. The
Company also filed clinical trial applications with the FDA in the US, and the
French regulatory agency, ANSM in France.

The company is based in Paris, France, and Cambridge, Massachusetts. The
company's common shares are listed on the Euronext Growth Paris market (Ticker:
ALBPS -ISIN: FR0012816825). For more information visit www.biophytis.com

Disclaimer

This press release contains forward-looking statements. While the Company
considers its projections to be based on reasonable assumptions, these
forward-looking statements may be called into question by a number of hazards
and uncertainties, so that actual results may differ materially from those
anticipated in such forward-looking statements. For a description of the risks
and uncertainties likely to affect the results, BIOPHYTIS' financial position,
performance or achievements and thus cause a change from the forward-looking
statements, please refer to the "Risk Factors" section of the Company's 2018
Annual Report available on BIOPHYTIS website (www.biophytis.com).

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order, of BIOPHYTIS shares in any country. The elements contained in this
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those anticipated in this information due to different risk and uncertainty
factors. This press release was written in French and English; If there is a
difference between the texts, the French version will prevail.

Biophytis Contact for Investor Relations
Evelyne Nguyen, CFO
evelyne.nguyen@biophytis.com

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