Major owner increases holdings in Diamyd

Bertil Lindkvist has increased his holdings in Diamyd Medical. Bertil Lindkvist’s holdings in Diamyd Medical amount to 2,979,286 B-shares as of September 24, 2013, which corresponds to 15.1 percent of the capital and 10.5 percent of the votes.

For further information, please contact:
Peter Zerhouni, President and CEO Diamyd Medical AB
Phone: +46 8 661 00 26. E-mail: press@diamyd.com

About Diamyd Medical
Diamyd Medical is a Swedish diabetes company. The Company’s primary development project consists of the GAD-based diabetes vaccine Diamyd®for the treatment and prevention of autoimmune diabetes. Two Swedish researcher-initiated Phase II studies with Diamyd®are ongoing. One study evaluates whether the diabetes vaccine can prevent type 1 diabetes in children who are at high risk of developing the disease, while the other study evaluates whether Diamyd®in combination with relatively high doses of vitamin D and ibuprofen can preserve the body's own ability to regulate the blood sugar level in children and adolescents newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.

In May 2013 the Company concluded an exclusive licensing agreement with the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) relating to a patent portfolio for the therapeutic use of GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) and GABA receptor agonists for the treatment and prevention of type 1 and type 2 diabetes and other inflammation-related conditions, such as metabolic syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis and allergies.

Diamyd Medical also has holdings in the gene therapy company Periphagen Holdings, Inc. (US).

Diamyd Medical’s Series B share is traded on NASDAQ OMX First North under the ticker DMYD B. Remium Nordic AB is the Company’s Certified Adviser. Further information is available on the Company’s website: www.diamyd.com.

Diamyd Medical AB (publ)
Kungsgatan 29, SE-111 56 Stockholm, Sweden. Phone: +46 8 661 00 26, Fax: +46 8 661 63 68
E-mail: info@diamyd.com. Reg. no.: 556242-3797.

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