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An Emerging Global Leader in a New Generation of Anti-Infectives Fact Sheet Recce Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX:RCE) August 2020 Snapshot ASX Code Date listed 52 week range Market Cap Cash balance Shares on issue Sector RCE January 2016 144.17m Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences Board and Management Dr Alan Dunton Michele Dilizia James Graham Dr John Prendergast Company Secretary C Chair of Clinical Advisory Committee FO Alistair McKeough J Dr David Bowers ustin Reynolds Arthur Kollaras Dr Justin Ward Head of Manufacturing Executive Director Recce Pharmaceuticals Ltd is an Australian based globally-focussed, biotech company engaged in the development & commercialisation of a new class of synthetic anti-infectives activity designed to address the urgent global health issue of antibiotic resistant superbugs and emerging viral pathogens. Recce anti-infective pipeline is unique and comprised of broad-spectrum synthetic polymer antibiotics RECCE 327 and RECCE 435, and RECCE 529 for viral infections with unique mechanisms of action against hyper-mutation on bacteria and viruses, respectively. Patented lead candidate RECCE 327 has been developed for the treatment of blood infections and bacterial sepsis derived from E. coli and S. aureus bacteria - including their superbug forms. Recce’s new compound, RECCE 435, has been formulated for oral use. Sepsis affects over 30 million people worldwide a year. There are currently no drug therapies specifically for the treatment of severe sepsis and is by far the most expensive condition treated in US hospitals. Following recent pre-clinical data submissions to the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA), RECCE 327 was awarded Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP) designation under the Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now (GAIN) Act, labelling RECCE 327 with 10 years of market exclusivity (post approval) and Fast Track regulatory status. Recce wholly owns its automated manufacturing, ready to support first-in-human clinical trials. Recce’s anti-infective pipeline seeks to exploit the unique capabilities of RECCE technologies targeting synergistic, unmet medical needs. AUD $0.20 - $1.52 AUD $194m AUD $2.63m (30 July 2020) (Outsourced - Automic Group) (Outsourced - Pitcher Partners Sydney) Non-Executive Director Executive Director Executive Director Non-Executive Chairman 3 month avg. vol 582.11k (per trading day) (priced at $1.35) RECCE 327 Mechanism of Action ® 1 cell membrane nucleoid (DNA) cell wall RECCE 327 ® Hydrophobic attraction 3 Hydrophobic interaction 4 BURST! 2 RECCE 327 at work ® 0 mins 20 mins 3 hours Treatment – Bacteria Destroyed & Ready for Healthy Cell Absorption Treatment – Significant cell-membrane weakening and disruption Nil Treatment – Bacteria Pressurised & Active recce.com.au Estimated timelines/indications are subject to change in development plans and regulatory requirements/clarifications RECCE Multiple Anti-Infective Applications DISCOVERY PRE-CLINICAL FIH SAFETY & EFFICACY REGULATORY SUBMISSION INDICATION Topical Administration Intravenous Administration Viral Infections ® Severe Sepsis - Blood Poisoning Skin and Skin Structure Infection - Wound Infection, Contraction Influenza A and Other Significant Respiratory Infections RECCE 327 Priority 1 Candidate Group - SARS-CoV-2 Antiviral Program with CSIRO and The Peter Doherty Institute Path BioAnalytics & leading US academic institution to evaluate RECCE 327 and RECCE 529 anti-viral activity in SARS-CoV-2 Gastritis (H. pylori) Reproductive Organs (N. gonorrhoeae) New RECCE 435 compound being evaluated in animal model studies Pre Sepsis - Kidney and UTI Infections Other Infections ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ®

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  • An Emerging Global Leader in a New Generation of Anti-Infectives

    Fact SheetRecce Pharmaceuticals Ltd (ASX:RCE) August 2020

    SnapshotASX Code

    Date listed

    52 week range

    Market Cap

    Cash balance

    Shares on issue

    Sector

    RCE

    January 2016

    144.17m

    Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology& Life Sciences

    Board and Management

    Dr Alan Dunton

    Michele Dilizia

    James Graham

    Dr John Prendergast

    Company SecretaryC

    Chair of Clinical Advisory Committee

    FOAlistair McKeoughJ

    Dr David Bowers

    ustin Reynolds

    Arthur KollarasDr Justin Ward

    Head of ManufacturingExecutive Director

    Recce Pharmaceuticals Ltd is an Australianbased globally-focussed, biotech companyengaged in the development & commercialisationof a new class of synthetic anti-infectivesactivity designed to address the urgent globalhealth issue of antibiotic resistant superbugsand emerging viral pathogens.Recce anti-infective pipeline is unique and comprised ofbroad-spectrum synthetic polymer antibiotics RECCE 327and RECCE 435, and RECCE 529 for viral infections withunique mechanisms of action against hyper-mutation onbacteria and viruses, respectively.

    Patented lead candidate RECCE 327 has been developed for the treatment of blood infections and bacterial sepsisderived from E. coli and S. aureus bacteria - including theirsuperbug forms. Recce’s new compound, RECCE 435, hasbeen formulated for oral use.

    Sepsis affects over 30 million people worldwide a year. There are currently no drug therapies specifically for the treatment of severe sepsis and is by far the most expensive condition treated in US hospitals.

    Following recent pre-clinical data submissions to theUS Food & Drug Administration (FDA), RECCE 327 wasawarded Qualified Infectious Disease Product (QIDP) designation under the Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now (GAIN) Act, labelling RECCE 327 with 10 years of market exclusivity (post approval) and Fast Track regulatory status.

    Recce wholly owns its automated manufacturing, ready tosupport first-in-human clinical trials. Recce’s anti-infectivepipeline seeks to exploit the unique capabilities of RECCEtechnologies targeting synergistic, unmet medical needs.

    AUD $0.20 - $1.52

    AUD $194m

    AUD $2.63m (30 July 2020)

    (Outsourced - Automic Group)

    (Outsourced - Pitcher Partners Sydney)

    Non-Executive Director

    Executive Director

    Executive Director

    Non-Executive Chairman

    3 month avg. vol 582.11k (per trading day)

    (priced at $1.35)

    RECCE 327 Mechanism of Action®

    1

    cell membrane

    nucleoid (DNA)

    cell wall

    RECCE 327®

    Hydrophobicattraction

    3

    Hydrophobicinteraction

    4

    BURST!

    2

    RECCE 327at work

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    0 mins 20 mins 3 hoursTreatment – BacteriaDestroyed & Ready forHealthy Cell Absorption

    Treatment – Significantcell-membrane weakeningand disruption

    Nil Treatment –Bacteria Pressurised& Active

    recce.com.au

    Estimated timelines/indications are subject to change in development plans and regulatory requirements/clarifications

    RECCE Multiple Anti-Infective Applications

    DISCOVERY PRE-CLINICAL FIH SAFETY & EFFICACY REGULATORY SUBMISSIONINDICATION

    Topical Administration

    Intravenous Administration

    Viral Infections

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    Severe Sepsis - Blood Poisoning

    Skin and Skin Structure Infection - Wound Infection, Contraction

    Influenza A and Other Significant Respiratory InfectionsRECCE 327 Priority 1 Candidate Group - SARS-CoV-2 Antiviral Program with CSIRO and The Peter Doherty InstitutePath BioAnalytics & leading US academic institution to evaluate RECCE 327 and RECCE 529 anti-viral activity in SARS-CoV-2

    Gastritis (H. pylori)Reproductive Organs (N. gonorrhoeae)New RECCE 435 compound being evaluated in animal model studies

    Pre Sepsis - Kidney and UTI Infections

    Other Infections

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  • Efficacy - RECCE 327• Performs as a broad spectrum antibiotic• Acts against bacteria in both normal and mutated superbug

    forms•

    Rate and MIC/MKC data demonstrates potency and broadspectrum activity against a range of bacteriaContains a patented polymeric structure, intentionallydesigned to overcome the traditional challenges ofbacterial mutation/resistance

    Multiple studies of toxicity in small and large animalsMultiple studies of mutagenicity (cancer) are clearNumerous studies to date indicate the safety ofRECCE 327Is suited to administration against sepsis by intra-venous dripIndicates a safe therapeutic dosing window

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    In-vivo (mice) study against influenza virus

    Multiple tests demonstrate efficacy against Gram-positive(S. aureus) and Gram-negative (E. coli) including theirsuperbug forms

    Safety - RECCE 327•••

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    Patent PortfolioPatents covering the manufacturing process run until 2029.Granted provisional patents covering additional modes ofdelivery and anti-viral uses, run until 2035.

    Recce Pharmaceuticals Ltd patent portfolio has continuedto strengthen with granted patents in key pharmaceuticalmarkets such as USA, Europe, Japan, China and Australia.

    Patent Family 1 - Granted

    - Unique and highly economical manufacturing process

    recce.com.auSydney – Head Office Level 36, 1 Macquarie PlaceGateway TowerSydney NSW 2000Australia

    Macquarie Park – ProductionUnit 8, 64 Macquarie Park NSW 2113 Australia

    Perth – R&D Centre Suite 10, 3 Brodie Hall Drive Technology Park Bentley WA 6102 Australia

    North America – OperationsSuite 10251717 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington DC 20006 USA

    Patent Family 1 Granted

    Patent Family2/3

    Expiry ExpiryFiled

    Australia

    USA

    Europe

    Germany

    Spain

    France

    UK

    Italy

    Sweden

    Japan

    China

    2028

    2029

    2028

    2028

    2028

    2029

    2028

    2028

    2028

    2028

    2028 Pending

    2035

    2035

    2035

    2035

    2035

    2035

    2035

    2035

    2035

    2035

    2035

    PRIORITY 1: CRITICAL RECCE 327

    • Pseudomonas aeruginosa, carbapenem-resistant 1

    • carbapenem-resistant, ESBL-producing

    2

    • Not Tested

    PRIORITY 2: HIGH

    • Enterococcus faecium, vancomycin-resistant 3

    • Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant, vancomycin-intermediate and resistant

    4

    • Helicobacter pylori, clarithromycin-resistant 5

    • Neisseria gonorrhoeae, cephalosporin-resistant, fluoroquinolone-resistant

    6

    • Campylobacter spp., fluoroquinolone-resistant Not Tested

    • Salmonellae, fluoroquinolone-resistant Not Tested

    PRIORITY 3: MEDIUM

    • Streptococcus pneumoniae, penicillin-non-susceptible

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    • Haemophilus influenzae, ampicillin-resistant Not Tested

    • Shigella spp., fluoroquinolone-resistant Not Tested

    1 Active in vitro against Recce’s own superbug of this bacterium2 Active in vivo against a member of this family CRE E. coli 3 Active in vitro against a very closely related species, Enterococcus faecalis, 4 Active both in vitro and in vivo against MRSA, Methicillin-resistant S. aureus5 Active both in vitro and in vivo against three strains (2 of which were superbugs)6 Active in vitro (superbug not available)7 Active in vitro against related superbug Klebsiella pneumoniae

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    Acinetobacter baumannii, carbapenem-resistant

    World Health Organisation (WHO) List of MostThreatening Antibiotic Resistant BacteriaTo help governments, researchers and industry focus theirresources on antibiotic resistance, the WHO published apriority list of 12 antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

    Enterobacteriaceae,

    Corporate Summary• RECCE 327 recognised under Qualified Infectious Disease

    Product (QIDP) designation - reduced time/cost advantages• Product proprietary technology as a new class of antibiotics• Lead compound RECCE 327 addressing the most expensive

    condition faced by hospitals worldwide• Early commercialisation potential - FDA support (QIDP/

    Generating Antibiotic Incentives Now (GAIN) Act approved)• Initial focus on sepsis - potentially the first dedicated treatment

    for sepsis• Favourable legislative and financial landscape• Experienced commercial management and board••

    Creating value by meeting key milestonesRECCE 327 cleared for use under Therapeutic GoodsAdministration (TGA) Special Access Scheme - Category AReceived positive feedback from FDA on RECCE 327’sChemistry, Manufacturing and Controls (CMC)

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    Recce Pharmaceuticals Ltd makes no warranties or representations regarding the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in this investor fact sheet. Certain statements made may contain forward looking statements, which involve known and unknown risk, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results or performance or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward looking statements.

    • Patent Family 3 - Pending

    - Anti-viral use

    Patent Family 2 - Pending

    - Applications (Multi-drug delivery)

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