CohBar Added to Russell 2000® Index
MENLO PARK, Calif., June 27, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CohBar, Inc. (NASDAQ:CWBR), an innovative biotechnology company developing mitochondria based therapeutics (MBTs) to treat age-related diseases, was added to the US small-cap Russell 2000® Index during the 2018 Russell indexes reconstitution, effective after the US market opens on June 25. Membership in the Russell 2000® Index, which remains in place for at least one year, is based on membership in the broad-market Russell 3000® Index. CohBar was also added automatically to the appropriate Russell growth and value indexes.
“Our addition to the Russell 2000® and the Russell 3000® Indexes represents a significant milestone for CohBar with the investment community,” said Simon Allen, CohBar CEO. “We believe that it reflects the growing awareness and support from investors of our rapid progress towards human clinical studies with our first mitochondria based therapeutic candidate for NASH and obesity, and of the therapeutic potential of our large early-stage pipeline of mitochondrial peptides. We continue to focus our unique technology and discoveries on the enormous unmet medical needs caused by age-related diseases, while creating significant value for our investors.”
Russell indexes are widely used by investment managers and institutional investors for index funds and as benchmarks for active investment strategies. Approximately $9 trillion in assets are benchmarked against Russell’s US indexes. Russell indexes are part of FTSE Russell, a leading global index provider. For more information on the Russell 2000® Index and the Russell indexes reconstitution, go to the “Russell Reconstitution” section on the FTSE Russell website.
About CohBar
CohBar is an innovative biotechnology company focused on the research and development of mitochondria based therapeutics (MBTs), an emerging class of drugs for the treatment of age-related diseases. MBTs originate from the discovery by CohBar’s founders of a novel group of peptides within the mitochondrial genome which regulate metabolism and cell death, and whose biological activity declines with age. CohBar’s efforts focus on the development of these mitochondrial-derived peptides (MDPs) into clinically relevant MBTs that offer the potential to address a broad range of age-related diseases with underlying metabolic dysfunction, including obesity, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), Type 2 diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases. To date, the company and its founders have discovered more than 100 MDPs. For additional company information, please visit www.cohbar.com.
About FTSE Russell
FTSE Russell is a leading global index provider creating and managing a wide range of indexes, data and analytic solutions to meet client needs across asset classes, style and strategies. Covering 98% of the investable market, FTSE Russell indexes offer a true picture of global markets, combined with the specialist knowledge gained from developing local benchmarks around the world.
FTSE Russell index expertise and products are used extensively by institutional and retail investors globally. Approximately $16.2 trillion is currently benchmarked to FTSE Russell indexes. For over 30 years, leading asset owners, asset managers, ETF providers and investment banks have chosen FTSE Russell indexes to benchmark their investment performance and create investment funds, ETFs, structured products and index-based derivatives. FTSE Russell indexes also provide clients with tools for asset allocation, investment strategy analysis and risk management. FTSE Russell is wholly owned by London Stock Exchange Group. For more information, visit www.ftserussell.com
Forward-Looking Statements
This news release contains forward-looking statements (statements which are not historical facts) within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include CohBar’s plans and expectations for its lead candidate program, including anticipated entry into human clinical studies, statements regarding the therapeutic potential of CB4211 and other mitochondria based therapeutics, and statements regarding growing investor awareness and support of CohBar. Forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections that involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated by CohBar. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, the uncertainties inherent in research and development, including the ability to meet anticipated commencement and completion dates for initial clinical studies, as well as the possibility of unfavorable study results, including unfavorable new data and additional analyses of existing data; risks associated with initial data, including the risk that results of additional pre-clinical or clinical studies may be different from (including less favorable than) the earlier data results and may not support further clinical development. Additional risks and uncertainties include CohBar’s ability to retain key personnel, expand its research operations, and obtain financing necessary to continue its operations and fund its candidate programs. Additional assumptions, risks and uncertainties are described in detail in our registration statements, reports and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and applicable Canadian securities regulators, which are available on our website, and at www.sec.gov or www.sedar.com.
You are cautioned that such statements are not guarantees of future performance and that our actual results may differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. The forward-looking statements and other information contained in this news release are made as of the date hereof and CohBar does not undertake any obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements or information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, unless so required by applicable securities laws. Nothing herein shall constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities.
Investor and Media Contact:
Jeff Biunno, CFO
CohBar, Inc.
(650) 446-7888
jeff.biunno@cohbar.com
Released June 27, 2018