YAVNE, Israel, March 17, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediWound Ltd. (Nasdaq: MDWD ), a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company specializing in innovative therapies to address unmet needs in severe burn and wound management, announces that a “ Meet the Expert ” panel chaired by SunTrust Robinson Humphrey and comprised of leading burn specialists from around the world will be convened at the upcoming 49 th American Burn Association Annual Meeting (ABA) on March 22 nd at 5:45 p.m. Eastern time. The ABA is taking place March 21-24, 2017 in Boston.
Investors and other interested parties can access the panel discussion by dialing (877) 602-7189 (U.S.) or (678) 894-3057 (International) and entering pass-code 90467501. The audio of the panel discussion will be broadcast live on the Internet at www.mediwound.com , where it will also be archived for 90 days. A telephone replay of the panel discussion will be accessible two hours after its completion until 7:00 p.m. Eastern time March 29, 2017 by dialing (855) 859-2056 (U.S.) or (404) 537-3406 and entering pass-code 90467501.
The panel discussion will be chaired by SunTrust Robinson Humphrey’s Senior Analyst, Bruce Nudell, PhD, and will share outcomes from the growing use of NexoBrid ® throughout Europe for the debridement of severe burns, as well as provide insight on the future integration of NexoBrid as part of the U.S. standard-of-care. The panel will include the following leading burn experts:
- Jeremy Goverman, MD, Division of Burns, Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston, Mass.)
- José Ramón Martínez-Mendez, MD, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Center, Hospital Universitario La Paz (Madrid, Spain)
- Ilaria Mataro, MD, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Center, Cardarelli Hospital (Naples, Italy)
- Stan Monstrey, MD, PhD, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Center, Ghent University Hospital (Gent, Belgium)
- Frank Sander, MD, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Center, Unfallkrankenhaus Trauma Hospital Berlin (Berlin, Germany)
“We are very excited to have these internationally prominent burns specialists share their extensive clinical experience using NexoBrid to treat their severe burn patients and address live questions from investors and other interested parties. We are particularly pleased with the prominence of the participants, each a renowned burn care leader in their country, as well as with the diversity of countries and institutions represented. We believe these various perspectives will provide a valuable exchange of information and insight on how NexoBrid has been transforming burn care throughout Europe and what impact the experts believe NexoBrid is likely to have on the U.S. standard-of-care,” stated Gal Cohen, President and Chief Executive Officer of MediWound. “We thank the burn specialists in the panel for making themselves accessible to the audience and to SunTrust for initiating and moderating the event. We look forward to an engaging discussion and to continuing our work in expanding access to NexoBrid to patients with severe burns around the world.”
About the American Burn Association
The American Burn Association and its members dedicate their efforts and resources to promoting and supporting burn-related research, education, care, rehabilitation, and prevention. The ABA has more than 3,500 members in the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Members include physicians, nurses, occupational and physical therapists, researchers, social workers, firefighters, and hospitals with burn centers. The ABA’s multidisciplinary membership enhances its ability to work toward common goals with other organizations on educational programs.
About NexoBrid
NexoBrid is an easy-to-use, topically-applied pharmaceutical product that removes dead or damaged tissue, known as eschar, in four hours without harming the surrounding healthy tissues. NexoBrid was granted marketing authorization from the European Medicines Agency for the removal of eschar in adults with deep partial and full-thickness thermal burns, and has been launched in Europe and Israel. Representing a new paradigm in burn care management, NexoBrid demonstrated in clinical studies, with statistical significance, its ability to non-surgically and rapidly remove the eschar earlier than other modalities, without harming viable tissues. The removal of eschar or “debridement” is a critical first step in the successful healing of severe burns and chronic and other hard-to-heal wounds. With the current standard-of-care (SOC), burn eschar is removed either with existing topical agents that have been found to be minimally effective or that take a significantly longer period of time to work, or by resorting to non-selective surgery, which is traumatic and may result in loss of blood and viable tissue.
About MediWound Ltd.
MediWound is a fully-integrated biopharmaceutical company focused on developing, manufacturing and commercializing novel therapeutics based on its patented proteolytic enzyme technology to address unmet needs in the fields of severe burns, chronic and other hard-to-heal wounds. MediWound’s first innovative biopharmaceutical product, NexoBrid, received marketing authorization from the European Medicines Agency as well as the Israeli and Argentinian Ministries of Health, for removal of dead or damaged tissue, known as eschar, in adults with deep partial and full-thickness thermal burns and was launched in Europe and Israel, with plans for a launch in Argentina. NexoBrid represents a new paradigm in burn care management, and clinical trials have demonstrated, with statistical significance, its ability to non-surgically and rapidly remove the eschar earlier and, without harming viable tissues.
MediWound's second innovative product, EscharEx ® is a topical biological drug being developed for debridement of chronic and other hard-to-heal wounds and is complementary to the large number of existing wound healing products, which require a clean wound bed in order to heal the wound. EscharEx ® contains the same proteolytic enzyme technology as NexoBrid®, and benefits from the wealth of existing development data on NexoBrid ® . In two Phase 2 studies, EscharEx® has demonstrated safety and efficacy in the debridement of chronic and other hard-to-heal wounds, within a few daily applications. For more information, please visit www.mediwound.com .
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
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Contacts: Anne Marie Fields Sharon Malka Senior Vice President Chief Financial and Operations Officer LHA MediWound 212-838-3777 ir@mediwound.co.il afields@lhai.com
