SmartPharm Therapeutics, Inc. (“SmartPharm”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Sorrento Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: SRNE), is a development stage biopharmaceutical company focused on next-generation, non-viral gene therapies for the treatment of serious or rare diseases with the vision of creating “biologics from within.” SmartPharm is currently developing a novel, DNA-encoded monoclonal antibody to prevent infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 under a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency of the U.S. Department of Defense. SmartPharm commenced operations in 2018 and is headquartered in Cambridge, MA, USA.