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Food Industry Leader Teams With Ever After Foods to Accelerate Cultivated Meat Market Development Food Industry Leader Teams With Ever After Foods to Accelerate Cultivated Meat Market Development

HAIFA, Israel, Jan. 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pluri Inc. (Nasdaq: PLUR) (TASE:PLUR) ("Pluri" or the “Company"), a leading biotechnology company leveraging its proprietary platform for cell-based solutions to create a collaborative network of ventures, today announced a $6.5 million strategic private investment (“the Investment”) led by global investor Alejandro Weinstein (the “Investor”), who will join Pluri's Board of Directors. Concurrently, Pluri is acquiring a 71% stake in Kokomodo Ltd. (“Kokomodo”), an AgTech company specializing in cultivated cacao production, for $4.5 million payable in the Company's Common Shares (the “Common Shares” and the “Kokomodo Transaction”, respectively). The Investment and the Kokomodo Transaction position Pluri to expand its leadership in sustainable food technologies and strengthen its strategic growth and operational capabilities.

HAIFA, Israel, Dec. 19, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pluri Inc. (Nasdaq: PLUR) (TASE: PLUR) ("Pluri" or the “Company"), an innovator in the development of leading cell-based technologies for various indications, congratulates Mesoblast Ltd. (“Mesoblast”) and its Chief Executive Officer, Silviu Itescu, on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (the “FDA”) approval of the first MSC-based therapy for steroid-refractory acute graft-versus-host disease (“SR-aGVHD”). This landmark achievement marks a pivotal moment in the advancement of regenerative medicine and highlights the growing clinical and regulatory recognition of MSC therapies' transformative potential.

Memorandum of Understanding has been signed NEW YORK , Nov. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: BCLI), a leading developer of cellular therapies for neurodegenerative diseases, today announced that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Pluri Inc. (NASDAQ: PLUR) through its wholly owned subsidiary ("Pluri"), an established global leader in the development and manufacturing of cell-based therapeutics, to manufacture NurOwn® for use in BrainStorm's planned Phase 3b trial in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). This MOU enables BrainStorm to begin transfer of its manufacturing technology and start producing NurOwn at Pluri's manufacturing facility upon finalizing the binding definitive agreement.

PluriCDMO™, the Company's contract development and manufacturing organization, recognized as a leading manufacturing partner offering scalability and mass scale production to a growing number of innovative life science companies PluriCDMO™, the Company's contract development and manufacturing organization, recognized as a leading manufacturing partner offering scalability and mass scale production to a growing number of innovative life science companies

HAIFA, Israel, June 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leading biotechnology company Pluri Inc. (Nasdaq: PLUR) (TASE: PLUR) (“Pluri” or the “Company”), which transforms cells into solutions that promote global wellbeing and sustainability, today announced strategic investments in Pluri's subsidiary, Ever After Foods Ltd. (“Ever After Foods”), which offers a cutting-edge technology platform to produce cultivated food with unmatched, cost-efficient scalability. Ever After Foods is Pluri's majority-owned joint venture with Israeli food giant Tnuva Food-Tech Incubator (2019), L.P. (“Tnuva”), and has exclusive licensing rights to use Pluri's technology and intellectual property to develop, manufacture and commercialize cultivated meat. The $10 million funding round will propel Ever After Foods' cost-advantageous and scalable technology platform, positioning it as a leading technology enabler.

HAIFA, Israel, May 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leading biotechnology company Pluri Inc. (Nasdaq: PLUR) (TASE: PLUR) (“Pluri” or the “Company”), which transforms cells into solutions that promote global wellbeing and sustainability, today announced a strategic collaboration with Wilk Technologies Ltd. (TASE: WILK) (“Wilk Technologies” or “Wilk”), a developer of authentic, cell-cultured human and animal milk components. By combining Pluri's cutting-edge 3D cell-expansion technology with Wilk's expertise in developing cultured human breast and animal milk products, the strategic collaboration will use the components of breast milk to develop a unique medical food intended for the elderly on a commercial scale.