MediWound’s NexoBrid® Highlighted in 43

YAVNE, Israel, Sept. 06, 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, today announced that 43 scientific presentations highlighting the use of NexoBrid ^® in treating severe burns will be presented at the upcoming 17 ^th European Burns Association (EBA) congress taking place on September 6-9, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain.

“At EBA, leading burn specialists will share data with their peers on the use of NexoBrid in routine and mass casualty events, in the treatment of large burns and delicate areas such as the face, on the cost benefit of NexoBrid in several European reimbursement systems and on the use of this proprietary enzymatic technology in new indications. Moreover, independent data will be presented for the first time, on the impact of NexoBrid treatment on patients' long-term function and cosmesis, which is the ultimate goal of burn care, after survival. Long term data is of great interest to patients, physicians and payers as it have implications on patients for the rest of their lives, on physicians' choice of treatment and on reimbursement decisions,” stated Prof. Lior Rosenberg, M.D., Chief Medical Technology Officer of MediWound, former Chief of Plastic Surgery at Soroka University Medical Center (Beer Sheva, Israel) and former Chairman of the Disaster Committee of the International Society for Burn Injuries.

“We are very pleased by the magnitude and diversity of data that will be presented at this premier burn congress in Europe, which underscores the revolution European burn care is undergoing towards adopting NexoBrid as standard of care,” said Gal Cohen, President and Chief Executive Officer of MediWound.  “The congress draws global interest from leaders in every aspect of the burn care field and we are delighted to see such a high level of interest in and continued clinical evidence based support of NexoBrid, at this important forum.”

Detailed information about each presentation, poster and session may be accessed online at: https://www.eba2017.org/en/Programme_20_903.html .  The following topics will be presented in plenary sessions or podium presentations during the Congress:

About the European Burns Association Congress The European Burns Association serves as a resource for burn care specialists by facilitating the communication and collaboration between them. The EBA hosts the Congress every other year with the aim to provide a forum for the exchange and exploration of new ideas, current outcomes and future perspectives.  This year’s Congress focuses on burn care from every perspective: from the patient’s journey to the interaction of all team members, with an emphasis on current evidence-based delivery of care, quality of care, and outcome measurement. 

About NexoBrid NexoBrid is an easy-to-use, topically-applied product that removes dead or damaged tissue, known as eschar, in approximately four hours without harming the surrounding healthy tissues.  NexoBrid received marketing authorization from the European Medicines Agency for the removal of eschar in adults with deep partial and full-thickness thermal burns, and is commercially available in Europe, Israel, and Argentina. 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 as well as chronic and other hard-to-heal wounds. With the current standard of care, 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 necessitating further surgical treatments. The U.S. Phase 3 clinical trial and registration process for NexoBrid is being funded in whole or in part with federal funds under a contract with the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.

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, connective tissue disorders and other indications. 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 the removal of dead or damaged tissue, known as eschar, in adults with deep partial- and full-thickness thermal burns and was launched in Europe, Israel, and 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, relative to the existing standard of care, without harming viable tissues.

MediWound's second innovative product candidate, 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 existing development data on NexoBrid ^® . In January 2017, MediWound reported final results from the first cohort of its second phase 2 study evaluating EscharEx for the debridement of chronic and other hard-to-heal wounds in which EscharEx met its primary endpoint demonstrating higher incidence of complete debridement with statistical significance.  For more information, please visit www.mediwound.com . 

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Contacts: Sharon Malka Chief Financial & Operation Officer MediWound Ltd. ir@mediwound.co.il Bob Yedid Managing Director LifeSci Advisors bob@lifesciadvisors.com