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Oxford Biomedica PLC
05 May 2015
Oxford BioMedica announces that a summary of the 12 month and three year follow up data from the Phase I/II study with ProSavin was presented at the AANS conference in the US
Oxford, UK - 5 May 2015: Oxford BioMedica plc (LSE: OXB) ("the Group"), a leading gene and cell therapy group, today announces that Professor Stphane Palfi MD, PhD has presented a summary of the results from the 12 months and long term (three years) follow up of the 15 patients in the Phase I/II study of ProSavin, a lentiviral vector based treatment for advanced Parkinson's disease. Professor Palfi gave an oral presentation of the results at the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) conference on 4 May 2015 in Washington DC, USA.
The Phase I/II study was designed to evaluate the safety and tolerability of ProSavin for the treatment of advanced Parkinson's disease at numerous time points including one, three, six, nine, 12 and 36 months post single injection. ProSavin was administered to 15 patients by MRI-guided stereotactic injection to the striatum. The study consisted of three dose cohorts.
As previously announced, and as reported in The Lancet in January 2014,ProSavinmet the endpoint ofsafetyandtolerabilityat all dose levels.A significant improvement in meanunified Parkinson's disease rating scale(UPDRS)part III motor scoresin the off medication was observed atsixand12 months compared to baseline in all patients,and thiswas sustained inthe majority of patients for up tothreeyearsin the long-term follow up analysisin thisprogressively degenerative disease.The open-label follow-up study is running to assess long-term (up to 9 years) safety data.The data supports thecontinued development of an enhanced construct of ProSavin, OXB-102, as a treatment for advanced Parkinson's disease.
John Dawson, Chief Executive Officer of Oxford BioMedica, said:
"This summarised data demonstrates that our LentiVector platform can safely and effectively deliver genes over a long period for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, resulting in clinical benefit. We are pleased that Professor Palfi presented this Phase I/II study data at 12 months and three years at the prestigious neurosurgical AANS conference."
Commenting on the three year data, Professor Stphane Palfi said:
"The continued safety profile of ProSavin at three years follow-up for all patients and the signs of long-term benefit are still very encouraging in this neurodegenerative disease."
References
Lancet. 2014 Mar 29;383(9923):1138-46. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61939-X. Epub 2014 Jan 10.
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Notes for editors
Oxford BioMedica plc (LSE: OXB) is a leading gene and cell therapy group with an unrivalled portfolio of gene therapy products in development and a platform of exclusive and pioneering technologies with which it designs, develops and manufactures unique gene-based medicines for some of world's largest pharmaceutical companies. Leveraging its proprietary LentiVectorIP and gene delivery system technology platform andunique tumour antigen (5T4), Oxford BioMedica is advancing its pipeline of seven gene therapy products addressing diseases for which there are currently no treatments or that are inadequately treated today, including ocular and central nervous system disorders. OXB Solutions, the Group's industry-leading manufacturing and development business, provides services to collaborators and partners working in gene and cell therapy, including Novartis and Immune Design Corp. In addition, the Group has licenced products and IP to Sanofi, Pfizer, GlaxoSmithKline, MolMed, Sigma-Aldrich, Biogen, Emergent BioSolutions and ImaginAb. Further information is available at www.oxfordbiomedica.co.ukand www.oxbsolutions.co.uk.

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