Montreal, QC, Canada, May 29th, 2026 — Defence Therapeutics Inc. (“Defence” or the “Company”), (CSE: DTC, OTCQB: DTCFF, FSE: DTC) a publicly traded biotechnology and precision intracellular drug-delivery company, announces that Dr. Sarkis Meterissian resigned today from the Board of Directors of Defence to deepen engagement with the Company by joining the Scientific Advisory Board (“SAB”).
Defence Therapeutics’ current SAB is composed of Rob Leanna, PhD, Danny Chui, PhD and Brendan Hussey, PhD. The addition of Dr. Sarkis Meterissian, who is the Director of the Breast Center of the McGill University Health Centre (“MUHC”) and the Head of the MUHC Breast Tumor Site Group, will strengthen the SAB by bringing direct expertise in the drugs and an acute understanding of patients needs.
“I would like to thank Dr. Sarkis Meterissian for his five years on the Board of Directors. I am confident that his contribution to the SAB will be significant to Defence’s success. Sarkis has been a strong believer in Defence’s ACCUM® platform since day one, and now more than ever he wants to be more deeply involved in bringing it to the clinics for the benefit of patients,” said Sébastien Plouffe, Chief Executive Officer of Defence Therapeutics.
In addition, the Company wishes to announce that it has granted 150,000 incentive stock options to employees and consultants of the Company, in accordance with the terms and conditions of Defence’s omnibus incentive plan. The options are vested immediately and exercisable at a price of 58 cents per share for a period of five years from the date of grant.
About Defence:
Defence Therapeutics is a publicly-traded biotechnology company working on engineering the next generation vaccines and ADC products using its proprietary platform. The core of Defence Therapeutics platform is the ACCUMTM technology, which enables precision delivery of vaccine antigens or ADCs in their intact form to target cells. As a result, increased efficacy and potency can be reached against catastrophic illness such as cancer and infectious diseases.
For further information:
Sebastien Plouffe, President, CEO and Director
P: (514) 947-2272
Splouffe@defencetherapeutics.com
www.defencetherapeutics.com
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