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Medgenics is developing a unique sustained-action therapeutic protein delivery technology for the treatment of a range of chronic diseases. The technology – called a “Biopump” – is made from the patient’s own skin and is implanted in a simple procedure to work inside the patient’s body, to produce and deliver the active protein steadily over a sustained period to treat the targeted disease. Medgenics believes that this biological approach can replace a major portion of the regular and costly injections of therapeutic proteins patients currently receive.
The Company has demonstrated proof-of-principle of its treatment procedure in a clinical trial using EPODURE in anemic patients. A long-acting version of EPODURE designed to produce and deliver a therapeutic dose of EPO steadily for six months or more began Phase I/II efficacy trials in Israel in mid-2008. Clinical trials with INFRADURE are intended follow in due course.
Beyond this, the Company plans to develop a pipeline of products based on its Biopump technology targeting the large and rapidly growing global $50+ billion protein therapy market, which is expected to grow to some $132 billion per year in 2013.
Medgenics is managed by a highly experienced team of biotechnology and biomedical device experts, and its Board of Directors and Scientific Advisory Board include highly experienced figures in the healthcare industry, in healthcare finance, as well as influential figures from the medical community and academia.
Share Price
Medgenics, Inc. commenced trading on the London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment Market (AIM), on Tuesday, 04 December 2007. The stock trades under two symbols: MEDG for Reg S shares and MEDU for unrestricted shares.
