Marina Biotech, Inc. will Change its Name to Adhera Therapeutics Inc

Adhera Therapeutics, Inc. is a specialty biotech company. The Company is focused on the drug development and commercialization of small molecule drugs to treat Parkinson's disease (PD) and Type 1 diabetes. The Company's advanced development programs are MLR-1019, a small molecule drug candidate being developed for PD, and MLR-1023, being developed to treat Type 1 diabetes. MLR-1019 is a highly selective dopamine re-uptake inhibitor for treating the dyskinesias associated with chronic dopamine precursor levodopa (L-DOPA) treatment in PD patients. MLR-1019 is a highly selective dopamine reuptake transporter (DAT) inhibitor used for the treatment of type 1 diabetes, non-alcoholic steatohepatitis, and pulmonary inflammation. It utilizes a virtual drug development model, where contract research organizations (CROs) are employed to undertake certain drug discovery and development services on the Company’s behalf and under its direct supervision.