MEI Pharma and Kyowa Kirin Announce ME-401 Phase 1b Study to be Highlighted in a Presentation at the Virtual Edition of the 25th European Hematology Association Annual Congress

SAN DIEGO and TOKYO, May 14 and 15, 2020 – MEI Pharma, Inc. (NASDAQ: MEIP), a late-stage pharmaceutical company focused on advancing new therapies for cancer, and Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd. (Kyowa Kirin, TSE: 4151), a global specialty pharmaceutical company creating innovative medical solutions utilizing the latest biotechnology, today announced that updated Phase 1b data on ME-401, its investigational oral phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase delta (PI3Kδ) inhibitor drug-candidate in clinical development for the treatment of follicular lymphoma and other B-cell malignancies, will be presented in a poster session at the Virtual Edition of the 25th European Hematology Association (EHA) Annual Congress to be held June 11 to June 14, 2020. Presentation at EHA25 Virtual Congress Title: The PI3kδ Inhibitor ME-401 is Well-Tolerated on Intermittent Schedule and Produces a High-Rate of Durable Responses in Relapsed/Refractory (R/R) Indolent B-Cell Malignancies Session Title: Indolent and mantle-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma - Clinical Authors: John Pagel, et. al. Abstract ID: EP1174 Session Type: Poster The abstract is available on the EHA Annual Congress website. Presentations and posters will be available on the EHA website for on-demand viewing beginning on June 12, 2020 at 8:30 a.m. ET. About MEI Pharma MEI Pharma, Inc. (Nasdaq: MEIP) is a late-stage pharmaceutical company focused on developing potential new therapies for cancer. Our portfolio of drug candidates contains four clinical-stage assets, including one candidate in an ongoing global registration trial and another candidate in a Phase 2 clinical trial which may support an accelerated approval marketing application with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Each of our pipeline candidates leverages a different mechanism of action with the objective of developing therapeutic options that are: (1) differentiated, (2) address unmet medical needs and (3) deliver improved benefit to patients either as standalone treatments or in combination with other therapeutic options. For more information, please visit www.meipharma.com

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