Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (NYSEMKT:PLX) Files An 8-K Regulation FD DisclosureItem 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure
On February 13, 2017, Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that the Company was going to participate in the Lysosomal Disease Network 13th Annual WORLDSymposiumTM 2017 being held February 13 through 17, 2017 in San Diego, CA. Positive data from the Company’s phase I/II dose-ranging clinical trial of PRX-102 for the treatment of Fabry disease was presented at the symposium.
Dr. Yoseph Shaaltiel, the Company’s Executive Vice President, Research & Development, gave an oral presentation entitled “Characterization of a chemically modified plant cell culture expressed human α-galactosidase-A enzyme for treatment of Fabry disease.”
Dr. Derralynn Hughes of the Lysosomal Storage Disease Unit, Institute of Immunity and Transplantation, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, and a principal investigator in the Company’s clinical trial of pegunigalsidase alfa (PRX-102) for the treatment of Fabry disease, gave an oral presentation entitled “One-year follow up of Fabry disease patients treated by IV administration of a plant derived alpha-Gal-A enzyme: safety and efficacy.” Dr. Hughes also gave a poster presentation of the same title.
Prof. David Warnock, Professor of Nephrology at the University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, gave an oral presentation entitled “PRX-102 for treating Fabry disease – immunogenicity and PK results from a phase 1-2 study.” Prof. Warnock also gave a poster presentation of the same title.
The presentations and posters featuring the data will be available on the Company’s website, under the Presentations tab.
About Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (NYSEMKT:PLX)
Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company. The Company is focused on the development and commercialization of recombinant therapeutic proteins based on its ProCellEx protein expression system (ProCellEx). The Company has developed taliglucerase alfa (marketed under the name Uplyso in Brazil and certain other Latin American countries and Elelyso in the rest of the territories) for the treatment of Gaucher disease that has been approved for marketing in the United States, Brazil, Israel and other markets. The Company’s product pipeline includes PRX-102 for the treatment of Fabry disease; AIR DNase (PRX-110) for Cystic Fibrosis, and Oral Anti-TNF (OPRX-106) Anti Inflammatory. PRX-102 or alpha-GAL-A is an enzyme replacement therapy product for the treatment of Fabry disease. AIR DNase is a plant cell recombinant human Deoxyribonuclease 1. Oral Anti-TNF represents a mode of administering a recombinant anti-TNF protein. Protalix BioTherapeutics, Inc. (NYSEMKT:PLX) Recent Trading Information
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