Tyme Technologies Appoints Tommy G. Thompson to Board of Directors

NEW YORK, Feb. 21, 2018 -- Tyme Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:TYME), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing cancer therapeutics, today announced the appointment of former Wisconsin governor Tommy G. Thompson to the company’s board of directors.

Mr. Thompson, who served as the Secretary of Health and Human Services under former President George W. Bush, brings decades of public and private sector experience, as well as a strong, personal commitment to identifying effective treatments to combat pancreatic cancer.

“Tyme has proven itself as a true leader in the research and development of breakthrough treatments that are changing the outlook for end-stage cancer patients,” said Thompson. “These therapies are showing real promise in significantly increasing the lifespan of those with Stage IV pancreatic cancer, while dramatically improving their quality of life during treatment. After losing two brothers to this terrible disease, I’m honored to join Tyme as it initiates this Phase II clinical trial. It’s time that we find a cure.” 

“We are honored Governor Thompson will be joining our board of directors,” said Steve Hoffman, Chief Executive Officer of Tyme. “His lifetime of public service, combined with his personal and professional experience navigating the healthcare system, will be an invaluable asset to Tyme’s leadership team. We look forward to working with him as we plan to advance SM-88 into a Phase II trial in pancreatic cancer and continue to explore SM-88 in other metastatic and end-stage cancers.”

About SM-88

SM-88 is a novel combination therapy that utilizes a proprietary dysfunctional tyrosine derivative to interrupt the metabolic processes of cancer cells, breaking down the cells’ key defenses and making them vulnerable to oxidative stress and death. SM-88 has demonstrated efficacy in the treatment of multiple oncology indications, including breast and prostate cancer, without reports of significant toxicity or serious adverse events. SM-88 is being evaluated in a Phase II clinical trial for prostate cancer (NCT02796898). A Phase II clinical trial in pancreatic cancer is planned to initiate in 2018.

About Tyme

Tyme Inc., is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing cancer therapeutics that are intended to be broadly effective across tumor types and have low toxicity profiles. Unlike targeted therapies that attempt to regulate specific mutations within cancer, the Company’s therapeutic approach is designed to take advantage of a cancer cell’s innate metabolic weaknesses to compromise its defenses, leading to cell death through oxidative stress and exposure to the body’s natural immune system.

For more information, visit www.tymeinc.com.

Forward-Looking Statements/Disclosure Notice

In addition to historical information, this press release contains forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act that involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Such forward-looking statements within this press release include, without limitation, statements regarding our drug candidates (including SM-88), their clinical potential and non-toxic safety profiles, our drug development plans and strategies, our completed studies, ongoing and planned clinical trials, preliminary data results and the therapeutic design and mechanisms of our drug candidates; and readers can identify forward-looking statements by sentences or passages involving the use of terms such “believes,” “expects,” “hopes,” “may,” “will,” “plan,” “intends,” “estimates,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “continue,” “seeks,” or “anticipates,” and similar words (including their use in the negative) or by discussions of future matters such as the development of new products, technology enhancements, possible collaborations, the timing, scope and objectives of our planned clinical trials, funding plans and planned uses of proceeds, and other statements that are not historical. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on management’s current expectations, which are subject to uncertainty, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of Tyme’s control. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any historical results and future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, that the information is of a preliminary nature and may be subject to change; uncertainties inherent in research and development, including the ability to achieve clinical study start and completion dates; the possibility of unfavorable study results, including unfavorable new clinical data and additional analyses of existing data; risks associated with early, initial data, including the risk that the final Phase II data may differ from prior study data or preliminary Phase II data; final results of additional clinical trials that may be different from the preliminary data analysis and may not support further clinical development; that past reported data are not necessarily predictive of future patient or clinical data outcomes; whether and when any applications or other submissions for SM-88 may be filed with regulatory authorities; whether and when regulatory authorities may approve any applications or submissions; decisions by regulatory authorities regarding labeling and other matters that could affect commercial availability of SM-88; competitive developments; and the factors described in the section captioned “Risk Factors” of Tyme’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on June 12, 2017, as well as subsequent reports we file from time to time with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (available at www.sec.gov). The data analyses discussed above are not necessarily predictive of future patient or clinical data outcomes.

The information contained in this press release is as of release date and Tyme assumes no obligation to update forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of future events or developments.

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