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Unaware of Any Undisclosed Material Change

TORONTO, Oct. 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the request of the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC), Arch Biopartners Inc. (“Arch” or the “Company”) (TSX Venture: ARCH and OTCQB: ACHFF) wishes to confirm that the Company’s management is unaware of any undisclosed material change in the Company’s operations that would account for the recent increase in market activity.

Arch Biopartners Provides Update on Phase II Trial for LSALT Peptide

TORONTO, Aug. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arch Biopartners Inc. (“Arch” or the “Company”) (TSX Venture: ARCH and OTCQB: ACHFF), a clinical stage company developing new drug candidates for treating organ damage caused by inflammation, today provided an update that the analysis of the results of the Phase II trial of its lead drug LSALT peptide (Metablok) is ongoing and will be disclosed to the public following third-party, scientific peer review.

Arch Scientists Awarded CIHR Grant to Study LSALT for the Prevention of Chronic Disease

TORONTO, July 14, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arch Biopartners Inc. (“Arch” or the “Company”) (TSX Venture: ARCH and OTCQB: ACHFF), a clinical stage company developing new drug candidates for treating organ damage caused by inflammation, announced today that Arch scientists have been awarded a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Team Grant worth $750,000 to study the potential benefit for the LSALT peptide (Metablok) to prevent inflammation in chronic kidney and lung diseases.

Arch Biopartners Files New Patent Application for Novel Antibody Candidates Targeting DPEP-1 Mediated Organ Inflammation

TORONTO, June 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arch Biopartners Inc. (“Arch” or the “Company”) (TSX Venture: ARCH and OTCQB: ACHFF), a clinical stage company developing new drug candidates for treating organ damage caused by inflammation, announced today it has filed a new provisional patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to protect new antibody drug candidates that target inflammation in the lungs, liver and kidneys mediated by dipeptidase-1 (DPEP-1).

Arch Biopartners Completes Enrollment in Phase II Trial of Metablok (LSALT Peptide) in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19

TORONTO, May 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arch Biopartners Inc. (“Arch” or the “Company”) (TSX Venture: ARCH and OTCQB: ACHFF), a clinical stage company developing new drug candidates for treating organ damage caused by inflammation, today announced it has completed enrollment for its Phase II study of Metablok (LSALT Peptide), targeting acute lung injury and acute kidney injury caused by inflammation in patients with severe cases of COVID-19.

Arch Biopartners Enters into Worldwide License Agreement with Telara Pharma to Re-Purpose Cilastatin for the Treatment and Prevention of Acute Kidney Injury

TORONTO, April 15, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arch Biopartners Inc.

• Arch Biopartners is a clinical stage company developing new drug candidates for treating organ damage caused by inflammation
• Novel Mechanism of Action - selective dipeptidase-1 (DPEP-1) antagonists that prevent leukocyte adhesion to endothelial cells reducing inflammation and subsequent organ damage
• Cilastatin and Arch drug Metablok are the only known DPEP-1 antagonists that have successfully completed phase I trials
• New license creates opportunity for a new Phase II trial for Metablok and cilastatin targeting acute kidney injury, which is currently an unmet billion dollar market

Turkish Ministry of Health Approves Increase in Patient Recruitment into the Phase II Trial for LSALT Peptide

TORONTO, March 30, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arch Biopartners Inc. (“Arch” or the “Company”) (TSX Venture: ARCH and OTCQB: ACHFF), announced today that it received approval from the Turkish Ministry of Health, Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (MoH) to recruit up to twenty additional patients into the Phase II trial of its lead drug LSALT peptide (Metablok), targeting acute lung injury and acute kidney injury caused by inflammation in patients with severe cases of COVID-19.

Arch Biopartners Enters Exclusive License Agreement with the University of Cincinnati for AB569 Topical Wound Treatment

TORONTO, March 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arch Biopartners Inc. (“Arch” or the “Company”) (TSX Venture: ARCH and OTCQB: ACHFF), announced today it has entered into an exclusive agreement with the University of Cincinnati (UC) to license new patent claims for an AB569 topical wound application designed to prevent, treat and heal burn/blast wound infections.

Arch Biopartners Receives Health Canada Authorization to Amend Phase II Trial Protocol for LSALT Peptide

TORONTO, March 16, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arch Biopartners Inc. (“Arch” or the “Company”) (TSX Venture: ARCH and OTCQB: ACHFF), a clinical stage company developing new drug candidates for preventing organ inflammation, announced today that Health Canada has provided a No Objection Letter for the Company’s protocol amendments for the Phase II trial of its lead drug LSALT peptide (Metablok), targeting acute lung injury and acute kidney injury caused by inflammation in patients with severe cases of COVID-19.

ARCH Scientist Publishes Paper Showing Pre-Clinical Efficacy of AB569 in Eradicating Multi-Drug Resistant Pathogens Acinetobacter baumannii and Acinetobacter spp

TORONTO, March 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Arch Biopartners Inc. (“Arch” or the “Company”) (TSX Venture: ARCH and OTCQB: ACHFF), announced today that one of its lead scientists, Dr. Daniel Hassett, Professor at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, published a paper entitled “AB569, A Non-toxic Combination of Acidified Nitrite and EDTA, is Effective at Killing the Notorious Iraq/Afghanistan Combat Wound Pathogens, Multi-Drug Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii and Acinetobacter spp.” in the journal PloS One. Dr. Hassett invented AB569 at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.