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Immuron Ltd Investor Presentation 2010

May 6, 2010

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ASX Release

Immuron Limited ABN 80 063 114 045

Company Presentation at BIO International Convention

Corporate Details:

ASX Code: IMC

Directors:

Chairman :

Prof. Colin Chapman Non-Executive Directors:

Prof. Roy Robins-Browne Mr. Simon Sallka Dr Elane Zelcer

Chief Executive Officer

Dr Grant Rawlin

Major Shareholder: Hadasit Medical Research 19.56%

Dr Grant Rawlin, Chief Executive Officer of Immuron Limited (the Company), is attending the BIO International Convention currently being held in Chicago, USA.

This convention is a significant biotechnology and pharmaceutical event with the main emphasis being the development of partnering and commercial relationships and product licensing.

Dr Rawlin will be making a number of presentations on behalf of the Company and attached is a copy of the “Immunotherapy using Polyclonal Antibodies” presentation that Dr Rawlin will be using for his presentations.

Also attending the convention is Dr Elane Zelcer, a Director of the Company, and Dr Einat Zisman, the Chief Executive Officer of Hadasit Research Services and Development Limited, a major shareholder of the Company.

Contact Details:

Immuron Limited Level 1 39 Leveson Street North Melbourne VIC 3051 Australia

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Colin Chapman Chairman

Tel: +61 (0)3 9018 4880 Fax: +61 (0)3 9018 4881

Website: www.immuron.com

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ASX:IMC

Immunotherapy using polyclonal antibodies

www.immuron.com May 2010

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Executive Summary

  • Immuron is a publicly listed biopharmaceutical company based in Melbourne, Australia.

  • Immuron has already developed and commercialised large scale antibody technology which enables production of tonnes of targeted antibodies used in the treatment and prevention of disease.

  • Immuron has already successfully developed and commercialised or licensed product in the pharmacy eg Travelan to Nycomed Pharmaceuticals and has some steady income.

  • Immuron has lately joined with Hadassah Medical Centre to develop and commercialise IP from both entities for oral immunotherapies targeting major diseases such as Diabetes II and influenza in human clinical trials.

  • The technologies and partnership provides a quick development and clinical testing cycle (<1 year) with returns expected within 18 months.

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Immuron: what do we do best?

Immuron makes large-scale targeted polyclonal antibodies that can be used orally to treat many diseases.

  • Proprietary vaccines are used to generate highly targeted antibody levels in dairy cattle colostrum (first milk)

  • Antibodies are processed from the dairy product under GMP certification suitable for human use in OTC products.

  • High safety profile, Self-affirmed GRAS (Generally Regarded As Safe), low manufacturing cost, high volume production established (tonnes not kg).

  • Rapid commercialization cycle is possible in particular for oral applications.

  • Routinely operate with commercialisation partners

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Immuron works with Polyclonal antibodies not monoclonals. Why?

  • Polyclonals attach to many parts of their designated target eg bacteria, virus etc. Monoclonals only bind to one part of the designated target.

  • Monoclonals are normally developed by Pharmaceutical companies for injection therapies or diagnostics. Monoclonals are too expensive for oral use.

  • Immuron has routinely produced tonnes of antibody in a campaign yielding a product suitable for oral pharmaceutical use.

  • Colostrum derived antibodies also are accompanied by substances that make them better for oral use either at OTC or medical food and in some markets, prescription levels of regulation.

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Cost benefit of Immuron antibody that allows antibody to be used differently

  • Monoclonal Antibody $50,000 / g in gram amounts for injection. (Pharmaceutical)

  • � Polyclonal serum $1,000 / g in gram amounts for injection (Pharmaceutical)

  • � Polyclonal Immuron $1 / g in tonne amounts for oral use. (OTC and medical food)

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Can you make enough?

  • Travelan product is manufacturing proof in principle.

  • Sold in Australia/New Zealand ( Nycomed )

  • Sold in South Africa ( Pharmaco )

  • Licensed for sale in USA ( Alaven Pharma )

  • Approved for sale in Turkey ( Biogen )

  • Up to 3 tonnes per season have been made to GMP standards (6 campaigns completed)

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JV with Hadassah Medical Centre is a big opportunity for Immuron

  • The commercialisation arm of Hadassah Medical Centre is now Immuron’s largest shareholder (19%)

  • Hadassah Medical Centre is the biggest hospital and clinical research centre in Jerusalem

  • Over 15 years Prof Yaron Ilan of Hadassah developed IP using oral antibody therapy to control important diseases by influencing T regulatory cell populations eg Diabetes II, NASH, Hepatocellular carcinoma. Monoclonals work for this but are too expensive.

  • Immuron make antibodies that work in this way in animal models and, additionally when presented within colostrum they work better than monoclonals.

  • The partnership makes Hadassah’s technology commercially viable and promotes Immuron’s technology to target larger commercial markets.

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JV with Hadassah Medical Centre is a big opportunity for Immuron

  • It gives Immuron privileged access to the Hadassah FDA compliant clinical trial unit and world class medical research.

  • Already work between Uni of Melbourne and Hadassah has now

  • unexpectedly augmented the Influenza program – accelerating in both Australia and Israel

  • Hadasit (the commercialisation arm of Hadassah) provides business development support to Immuron.

  • Immuron Israel Ltd has now been established with Directorship from Hadasit and Immuron Limited.

  • Gives expanded access to research/commercialisation grants now

  • Is a home for further collaboration technologies in the future.

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Immuron Israel: a strategic investment

  • A JV company between Hadasit and Immuron Limited in Australia

  • Manage joint projects with joint funding from Israel and Victoria eg Influenza

  • � Act as a business development unit for Europe

  • Develop market for current products in Israel by identifying partners particularly in the dairy sphere.

  • Become a stand alone spin off, an entity for independent money raised on joint projects.

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Example 1: Metabolic syndrome

  • Diabetes t e 2 yp

  • Fatty liver disease

  • Atherosclerosis

  • Hyperlipidemia

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Type II Diabetes

  • Affects 9% of the western world’s

  • population.

• Is the fifth leading cause of death. • ~~The biomedical industry is focused on~~ metabolic disease as it represents one of the greatest areas of unmet need in medicine.

• The potential market for monitoring and treating is estimated to exceed $70 . billion in 10 years

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Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH)

• The most common liver disease in the western world. • A . ssociated with obesity, diabetes, hyperlipidemia • Affects 5% of the lean population, 20% of the obese population, and 50% of morbidly obese people.

  • The total U.S. market potential reaches

  • nearly $22 billion.

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Target
organs
Disease-specific antibody • Pancreas
+ • Adipose
Colostrum adjuvants tissue
• Liver
• Brain
Presented in the bowel
Induction of regulatory c
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Hadassah’s Oral Immunotherapy

Oral antibody + colostrum derived adjuvants

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Glycosphingolipids
antibody
CD1d
NK
Ag Altered activation of
expressing T innate immune cells
cell
Alteration of
suppressor
cells based on DC
immune Treg macrophage
background
Altered
cytokine
secretion
Downregulation of
inflammation
Treg in target organ
Amelioration of disease in target
Treg macrophage organ
Liver
Other
macrophage
organs
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Colostrum enriched with anti-insulin antibodies corrects diabetes in mice

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Control diabetes Anti-insulin Colostrum enriched
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Following 4 weeks of oral therapy
Glucose (mg%)
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Colostrum enriched with anti-insulin antibodies alleviates insulin resistance in mice

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Control diabetes Anti-insulin Colostrum enriched
antibodies anti-insulin
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Colostrum enriched with anti-insulin antibodies alleviates liver damage in mice with NASH

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0 Control diabetes Anti-insulin antibodies Colostrum enriched anti-insulin antibodies

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Colostrum enriched with anti-insulin antibodies decrease serum lipids in mice with hyperlipidemia

160 150 140 130 120 110 100 Control diabetes Anti-insulin antibodies Colostrum enriched anti-insulin antibodies

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Colostrum enriched with anti-insulin antibodies decrease the fat in the liver in mice

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Control diabetes Anti-insulin Colostrum enriched
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The applications now

� Oral immune modulation (Hadassah technology)

  • Fatty liver (NASH) / Diabetes type 2 (Trial running in March 2010)

  • Hep B associated liver tumours (animal work underway with good results, human trial planned when funded)

� Infectious diseases

  • Travellers diarrhoea (Travelan licensed to 5 countries but niche market)

  • Influenza (animal trials successful: combination of Melbourne and Hadassah work) $0.5 billion OTC market.

  • C. difficile (laboratory trials and pilot human study successful)

  • Anti-inflammatory action in gut (Binding of LPS)

  • Mucositis (in human trial)

  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease (in human trial)

  • HIV adjunct therapy (in human trial - )

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Example 2: Influenza OTC product

  • Envisaged as an Over The Counter preventative product although the approach works with treatment as well.

  • Market estimated as $0.5 billion (needing 45 tonnes of antibody)

  • � Work continuing at Melbourne University and at Hadassah.

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Successful Prevention from influenza infection in mouse models

  • Groups of 5 mice were treated intranasally with 1mg of immune or non-immune IgG or immune F(ab)’2 fragments

  • 48 or 72 hours or 7 days later mice were infected with a lethal dose of PR8 confined to the upper respiratory tract.

  • On day 1 post infection, viral loads in the nasal turbinates were determined by plaque assay as a measure of infection.

RESULT

  • Mice were 100% protected from infection with virulent influenza virus at 3 days (see Figure 4).

  • 80% of mice were protected for 7 days

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Successful Prevention from influenza infection in mouse models

A B C D

The two active treatment arms (A and B) showed full protection from infection after 3 days. 80% protection for 7 days.

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Successful Treatment of existing influenza infections in a lethal mouse model

  • Groups of 5 mice were infected with a lethal dose of PR8 as a total respiratory tract infection and 24 hrs later the mice were treated intranasally with 1mg of immune or non-immune IgG or .

  • F(ab’)2

  • The mice were monitored daily for clinical signs and their weights determined over a 16-day period (Figure 3a). Mice were culled at the humane endpoint and a survival curve plotted (Figure 3b).

RESULT

  • The course of lethal disease was stopped in mice treated with the active preparations, while the disease proceeded in all groups treated with inactive preparations

  • There were no significant clinical signs apparent in the treated mice (as indicated by no significant weight loss in these groups).

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Successful Treatment of existing influenza infections in a lethal mouse model

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Main Research Partners

Hadassah Medical Centre, Jerusalem, Israel

  • Major Hospital and Medical research centre in 2 campuses in Jerusalem. FDA compliant Clinical trials unit.

  • Globally recognised medically research facility responsible for in excess of 50% of the hospital research conducted in Israel.

  • Joint research and clinical program in oral immunotherapy

  • Hadasit / Hadassah is major (19%) shareholder in Immuron

University of Melbourne, Microbiology and Immunology, Australia

  • Historically developed commercial products against enteric organisms eg Travelan

  • Current research in Influenza Treatment and Prevention

  • Current research in HIV support therapies.

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Clinical and Production Partners

  • University of New South Wales , Australia Centre of Excellence in HIV

  • Clinical trial HIV adjunct therapy

  • Case Western Reserve Medical Centre , Cleveland

  • Clinical trial HIV adjunct therapy

  • Sourasky Hospital , Tel Aviv.

  • Sponsored clinical trials in IBD and mucositis treatments.

  • Monash University Medical Microbiology, Melbourne,

  • Tatura Milk Industries, Australia (production partner)

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Key Events - 2010

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Market commercialisation key events: Income growth

Product Q3 Q4 Q5 (jan
2011)
Q5 (jan
2011)
Q6 Q7 Q7 Q8 Q9 (jan
2011)
Q10 Q10
Fatty
Liver/Dia
betes II
therapy
Human
Trial
results
License
with
payment
Payment
on trial
finish
Royalty
paymen
t start
Influenz
a OTC
Product
Ferret
results
Co-
develop
ment
program
agreed
Human
results
License
with
payment
C.Difficile
product
Co-
develop
ment
agreed
Human
results
Licensing
with
payment
Traveller
diarrhoe
a product
Major
Market
release
USA,
Turkey.
Income
grows
License
Europe
Note:
product
in market
in
Australia
and
South
Africa

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Strong Intellectual Property Base

Patents Issued and Pending in

Anti-LPS antibody formulation (Joint Hadassah/Immuron work)

o
  • Antibody harvesting and preparation system Cattle ETEC Vaccine formulation

  • Polyclonal Ab Manufacturing

  • Protein Shielding Oral Delivery (eg probiotics)

  • o C.difficile disease treatment using antibodies (licensed) o Influenza prevention and therapy

  • o Oral Immunotherapy (Hadassah work owned now by Immuron)

Provisional Patent Applications in

GI Mucositis HIV/AIDS adjunct therapy

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Immuron: 2009 and 2010

Science (always a strong point): Then: University of Melbourne Now: Uni Melb and Hadassah, now applies the technology to large commercialisation targets. Production System (still works): Then: Developed with TMI Now: Harvesting again April 2010 Marketing partners with global reach Nycomed Pharmaceuticals (2010) Commercialisation expertise: Then: ‘Crying alone in the wilderness’ Now: Reaching through Hadasit network (others)

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Board and Management

Prof. Colin Chapman , BPharm, BVSc (Hons) PhD FPS, Executive Chairman Professor of Pharmacy at Monash University Dr Grant Rawlin , BVSc, BSc(Vet)(Hons), CEO.

Prof. Yaron Ilan , M.D. Medical Director, Dept of Medicine Hadassah University Hospital, Medical Director of Immuron.

Dr Elane Zelcer , BSc(Hons), PhD, FAICD. Non-executive Director. Mr Graeme Stevens ACA, Chief Financial Officer / Company Secretary Prof. Roy Robins-Browne , MB, BCh, PhD, FRCPA, FRCPath, FASM, Professor Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, Nonexecutive Director Mr Simon Salka B. Ec, Non-executive Director, Shareholder relations.

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Contact:

  • Dr Grant Rawlin, � CEO, 61 3 9018 4880

39 Leveson Street, North Melbourne. 3051 Victoria, Australia

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Forward Looking Statements

This presentation contains forward-looking statements which are subject to risks and uncertainties. These statements include those regarding the therapeutic and commercial potential of Immuron technologies and products in development and commercialization.

Any statement describing the company goals, expectations, intentions or beliefs is a forward-looking statement and should be considered an “at-risk statement”. Such statements involve known and unknown risks and important factors that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements to be different from the statements in this presentation.

Actual results could differ materially depending on a number of factors including, but are not limited to, results of studies and trials, the timing and effects of regulatory actions, ability to penetrate markets, the strength of competition and the effectiveness of patent protection.

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