~ Geoff Birkett, Chief Commercial Officer, Invited to Serve on the Opening Panel at the EPHMRA 2024 Annual Conference ~

SAN DIEGO, CA / ACCESSWIRE / June 3, 2024 / Ensysce Biosciences, Inc. (NASDAQ:ENSC) ("Ensysce" or the "Company"), a clinical stage pharmaceutical company developing innovative solutions for severe pain relief while reducing the potential for opioid misuse, abuse and overdose, today announced that Geoff Birkett, the Company's Chief Commercial Officer, has been invited to present at the European Pharmaceutical Market Research Association (EPHMRA) Annual Conference in London on June 24-27, 2024.

Geoff Birkett will participate in the EPHMRA opening panel discussion on Tuesday, June 25^th titled "The Future of Healthcare Market Research". Additionally, Mr. Birkett will act as convenor of a key presentation titled, "Applying a human approach to strategy development - co-creating a roadmap for customer engagement" on Wednesday, June 26^th.

Mr. Birkett has exquisite expertise in market research and commercialization. He is responsible for the development and launch of several groundbreaking medicines in the pain, addiction, and neuroscience areas. Currently, Mr. Birkett spearheads the efforts at Ensysce to prepare for the launch of the Company's lead product PF614, for severe pain, and the unique follow-on drug candidate, PF614-MPAR, the first opioid with oral overdose protection. Mr. Birkett's insight and experience has been key to advancing the Ensysce portfolio, designed to provide leading edge therapies for those who suffer from severe pain while reducing the confounding problems of prescription drug abuse and overdose.

"I am honored to have been asked to participate in the opening panel at the 2024 EPHMRA meeting and to provide a lead role in meaningful discussions during the event," said Mr. Birkett. "Insight is the bed rock of the development process and forms the critical link between patient needs and drug research strategy. The Pharmaceutical industry is changing in many ways and the discipline of gathering insight is vital to bringing novel medicines to patients in need."

EPHMRA is a professional organization for international healthcare research and insights professionals. Dedicated to excellence by driving high standards throughout the healthcare market research sector, EPHMRA develops, regulates and promotes data research and market analytics. Please find more information here.

About Ensysce Biosciences
Ensysce Biosciences is a clinical-stage company using its proprietary technology platforms to develop safer prescription drugs. Leveraging its Trypsin-Activated Abuse Protection (TAAP^TM) and Multi-Pill Abuse Resistance (MPAR®) platforms, the Company is in the process of developing unique, tamper-proof treatment options for pain that minimize the risk of both drug abuse and overdose. Ensysce's products are anticipated to provide safer options to treat patients suffering from severe pain and assist in preventing deaths caused by medication abuse. The platforms are covered by an extensive worldwide intellectual property portfolio for a wide array of prescription drug compositions. For more information, please visit www.ensysce.com.

Forward-Looking Statements
Statements contained in this press release that are not purely historical may be deemed to be forward-looking statements for the purposes of the safe harbor provisions under The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other federal securities laws. Without limiting the foregoing, the use of words such as "may," "intends," "can," "might," "will," "expect," "plan," "possible," "believe" and other similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. The product candidates discussed are in clinic and not approved and there can be no assurance that the clinical programs will be successful in demonstrating safety and/or efficacy, that Ensysce will not encounter problems or delays in clinical development, or that any product candidate will ever receive regulatory approval or be successfully commercialized. All forward-looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions by Ensysce's management that, although Ensysce believes to be reasonable, are inherently uncertain. All forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those that Ensysce expected. In addition, Ensysce's business is subject to additional risks and uncertainties, including among others, the initiation and conduct of preclinical studies and clinical trials; the timing and availability of data from preclinical studies and clinical trials; expectations for regulatory submissions and approvals; potential safety concerns related to, or efficacy of, Ensysce's product candidates; the availability or commercial potential of product candidates; the ability of Ensysce to fund its continued operations, including its planned clinical trials; the dilutive effect of stock issuances from our fundraising; and Ensysce's and its partners' ability to perform under their license, collaboration and manufacturing arrangements. These statements are also subject to a number of material risks and uncertainties that are described in Ensysce's most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q and current reports on Form 8-K, which are available, free of charge, at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it was made. Ensysce undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required under applicable law.

Ensysce Biosciences Company Contact:
Lynn Kirkpatrick, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
(858) 263-4196

Ensysce Biosciences Investor Relations Contact:
Shannon Devine
MZ North America
Main: 203-741-8811
ENSC@mzgroup.us

SOURCE: Ensysce Biosciences Inc.