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A3G – Automated Andersen Cascade Impactor It provide 25% reduction in time-to-market with $6 million cost reduction per drug !. A3G – A Great Investment. Product: A3G is an automated test system for Inhalation drugs-It will speed development of Inhalation Drugs by up to 25%-Propriety IP
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A3G – Automated Andersen Cascade Impactor • It provide 25% reduction in time-to-market with $6 million cost reduction per drug !
A3G – A Great Investment • Product: A3G is an automated test system for Inhalation drugs-It will speed development of Inhalation Drugs by up to 25%-Propriety IP • Market Opportunity: 132 Inhalation Drugs in clinical trials in the US present a $2.64Bn market opportunity • Investment needed: $3.5MM-Operating expenses for 2 yrs • Use of Funds: Product Development • Investor Returns: Exit at 3x annual sales in 5 years. 5th year sales conservatively projected at $ 32.5MM. Estimate IRR at 63%/year
Product and Service • A3G is an automated Dose Determination (DD) system invented by LATech (global patent pending) • A3G will provide a throughput of 40 DDs per day compared to 2 DDs, typical of the current gold standard manual process • A3G technology can conduct the 10,000 DDs required to bring an inhalation drug to market 20x faster than current technology
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Market Opportunity • There are 132 inhalation drugs in clinical trials. Typically a drug takes 8 to 12 years to reach the market • Imagine a 25% reduction in time-to-market & the opportunity afforded by being 1st to market. • A3G is cost effective and produces better results faster than the existing technology
Market Opportunity $27 Billion market for Inhalation Drugs as of 2010
Market Opportunity • FDA prefers data from automated Dose Determination devices rather than manual processes • Dose determination for 132 inhalation drugs (1,320,000 DDs) in clinical trials provide a market opportunity of $1.12Bn to $2.64Bn • This provides for an opportunity to sell equipment to automate the DD process & sell DD services
Competitive Landscape • Novi Systems • The Next Generation Impactor (MSP) • Laser diffraction (Sympatec, Malvern) • Astech • LATech has Global patent pending • The A3G automates the FDA Preferred Gold Standard—ACI, thus eliminating business risk for our customers
Business Model & Target Audience • Equipment Business: • 16 Automated A3G machines. • 17% of the US market for 94 A3G s • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • VPs of Development – Large BioPharma The need to bring 132 inhalation drugs in clinical trials to market quickly, provides business opportunities • Service Business: • 30,000 DDs per year, starting with 10,000 DDs in year 2. • 5% of the US market for the 1,320,000 DDs • - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - • VPs Development – Small BioPharma • CROs
Sales & Distribution Plans • In the community of BioPharma companies developing inhalable drugs—directsales • Service Collaborations are envisioned abroad, starting with Europe & India • Generate sales leads by: • Partnering with companies selling ACI • Collaborating with academia in generating joint publications in peer reviewed industry journals • Presenting papers & demonstrations in industry conferences & trade shows
Management Team • Rajesh K. Maheshwari, CEO and founder • Developed award winning automation technologies over the past 26 years, including two Automated Andersen Systems • MBA (Rutgers), MSEE (RPI) , B.Sc.(Eng) • Krishna Maheshwari, Director of Business Development • Held positions with increasing levels of responsibility at Microsoft, Amazon, Symantec and Millipore • Closed 100 deals worth $60MM • MBA (Harvard),ME & BS (Cornell)
Advisory Board • Dr. PravinSoni – President, PharmaCRO, LLC. Previously VP R&D with Alexza, Cygnus • Dr. Rodney Woods - Director, MannKind Corp The LATech Team • Seven associates in the US and 36 in India. • 140 man-years experience in designing & developing automation systems for the BioPharma industry
Operational Capability • 7 Associates in the US. • EpiComm Technologies in Pune, India. ISO 9000 qualified Software Development Facility – staff of 36 engineers.
Use of Proceeds -- $3.5 MM Investment NOTES: R&D & Manufacturing costs include the production of one each of Semi-Automated & Automated versions of A3G Operating expenses for 2 Years
Five -Year Financial Projection 32.7 20.3 18.0 11.0 9.4 6.7 4.0 1.1 -1.7
A3G – A Great Investment • Propriety Product • Urgent Market Need • Motivated Management Team with High Profile Board of Advisors • Great Return on Investment -- IRR of 63%/year