BRANFORD, Conn. & NESS ZIONA, Israel–(BUSINESS WIRE)– BiomX Inc. (NYSE American: PHGE) (“BiomX” or the “Company”), a clinical-stage microbiome company advancing novel natural and engineered phage therapies that target specific pathogenic bacteria, today announced a restructuring plan business to focus its resources and extend the cash trail. The Company had $55.7 million in cash, cash equivalents and short-term deposits and a credit facility of $15 million as of March 31, 2022.

Due to current market conditions, BiomX is implementing a corporate restructuring plan aimed at extending the Company’s capital resources until at least mid-2024. Under this plan, the Company intends to reduce its current operating costs, including a 50% reduction in staff, while prioritizing the ongoing Cystic Fibrosis (“CF”) program.

“In light of the challenges facing our industry, we have decided to maximize the value of our current cash resources and reduce our operating expenses to better focus our efforts,” said Jonathan Solomon, President and CEO. from BiomX. “While such decisions are clearly difficult to make, BiomX is now taking this proactive course of action so that we can be better positioned to hit key value-driving inflection points.

“Our phase 1b/2a cystic fibrosis study of BX004 is progressing and remains on track, and we continue to expect reading of part 1 study data in the third quarter of 2022. While the restructuring will result in a delay in our atopic dermatitis (“AD”), we currently plan to support a range of activities that will continue to drive this program forward, and we plan to provide a more detailed program update later in the year.

“Looking forward, we believe that conserving our financial resources and achieving positive clinical results are the most important corporate goals for the coming months. By implementing these steps, we believe that BiomX will remain on a clear and solid path towards creating increased value for our shareholders.

About BiomX

BiomX is a clinical-stage microbiome company that develops natural and artificial phage cocktails designed to target and destroy bacteria in the treatment of chronic diseases, such as cystic fibrosis, atopic dermatitis, inflammatory bowel disease, primary sclerosing cholangitis and colorectal cancer. BiomX discovers and validates proprietary bacterial targets and customizes phage compositions against those targets.

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