Biophytis S.A.

Board/Management Information • Jan 2, 2020

Press Release

Biophytis has appointed Evelyne Nguyen as CFO and Strengthens Senior Management Team

Paris (France), Cambridge (Massachusetts, United States), January 2, 2020, 6 p.m. CET - Biophytis SA (Euronext Growth Paris: ALBPS), a clinical-stage biotechnology company with a primary focus on the development of its lead drug candidate, Sarconeos (BIO101), for the treatment of neuromuscular diseases, today announces the appointment of Evelyne Nguyen as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and internal reorganization to strengthen the Company's senior management team.

The Company has appointed Evelyne Nguyen as CFO effective on January 6 th . Ms. Nguyen has over 25 years of healthcare and finance experience. She joins from ANM Partners where she was a Senior Corporate Finance Advisor. In this role she worked with a number of life science companies providing strategic counsel as well as financial and fund-raising support. Evelyne also had significant business development experience in Asia, including China. During her career Ms. Nguyen has worked in positions of increasing responsibility in Finance at a number of biotech and pharma companies including LFB Group, where she was CFO- Senior Vice President Finance and Strategy and Bristol Myers Squibb. Ms. Nguyen replaces Daniel Schneiderman, who has left the company to pursue other career opportunities.

Biophytis has also appointed Pierre J. Dilda, PhD, as Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) replacing Professor René Lafont, co-founder, who will become Scientific Advisor. René Lafont will continue to be actively involved in the Company's scientific strategy and will also remain on Biophytis' Scientific Advisory Board (SAB). Dr. Dilda joined Biophytis in December 2015 as VP Research before being promoted to CSO. He has more than 20 years of experience in pharmaceutical research, in both academic and industrial settings (Mayoli Spindler Laboratories). Prior to joining Biophytis he was Senior Research Fellow at the Lowy Cancer Research Center at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia, where he was responsible for advancing several cancer therapeutics. Pierre has a PhD in Pharmacology from Paris V University.

In one further organizational change, Waly Dioh, PhD, has been appointed to the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer (COO). Dr. Dioh joined Biophytis at the inception in 2006 and managed Biophytis' clinical trials as VP Clinical Development before being promoted to the COO position. As COO he will drive all aspects of pharmaceutical, regulatory preclinical and early clinical operations. Prior to joining Biophytis, Waly was at Monsanto, in France and the U.S. where he ran a regulatory affairs team for the development of biotechnology products. He has a PhD in Biology from Paris XI University.

Stanislas Veillet, Chief Executive Officer, said:

"I would like to welcome Evelyne to Biophytis as our new CFO and I am confident that hersignificant healthcare, financial, strategic and fundraising experience will allow her to make a significant contribution to the Company's future success. Pierre and Waly have played a key role in Biophytis' recent progress and these new promoted roles will allow them to make an even greater contribution. I am confident that with this strengthened senior management team, supported by Rene's continuing scientific advice, Biophytis is well placed to maximize the value that could be created from Sarconeos (BIO101), if the current SARA-INT Phase 2b clinical trial evaluating its safety and efficacy in patients with sarcopenia, delivers positive results."

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About Biophytis

Biophytis is a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on developing therapeutics that slow the degenerative processes associated with aging and improve functional outcomes for patients suffering from age-related diseases, with a primary focus on neuromuscular diseases.

Biophytis' lead drug candidate, Sarconeos (BIO101), is an orally administered small molecule, which is currently in a Phase 2b clinical trial for sarcopenia (SARA-INT) in the U.S. and Europe. A pediatric formulation of Sarconeos (BIO101) is being developed for the treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). Biophytis expects Sarconeos (BIO101) to be ready to enter the clinic for DMD in 2020, subject to regulatory approval.

Biophytis is headquartered in Paris, France, and has offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Company's ordinary shares are listed on Euronext Growth Paris (Ticker: ALBPS - ISIN: FR0012816825). For more information please visit www.biophytis.com.

Disclaimer

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements. Although the Company believes its expectations are based on reasonable assumptions, these forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. For a discussion of risks and uncertainties which could cause the Company's actual results, financial condition, performance or achievements to differ from those contained in the forward looking statements, please refer to the Risk Factors ("Facteurs de Risque") section of the Listing Prospectus upon the admission of Company's shares for trading on the regulated market Euronext Growth of Euronext Paris filed with the AMF, which is available on the AMF website (www.amf- france.org) or on Biophytis' website (www.biophytis.com).

This press release and the information contained herein do not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy or subscribe to securities of Biophytis in any country. Existing and prospective investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements and estimates, which speak only as of the date hereof. Other than as required by applicable law, Biophytis undertakes no obligation to update or revise the information contained in this press release. This press release has been prepared in both French and English. In the event of any differences between the two texts, the French language version shall prevail.

Biophytis Contact

Stanislas Veillet, CEO contact@biophytis.com

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