Study with Diamyd Medical’s diabetes vaccine awarded EU-funding

Diamyd Medical (NASDAQ OMX First North, Ticker: DMYD B) informs that the ongoing combination study DIABGAD has been awarded EUR 120 000, corresponding to about SEK 1.1 million, in EU-funding. The grant comes from an FP7 project where Linköping University and Diamyd Medical are included. The DIABGAD study aims to evaluate whether vitamin D and ibuprofen act synergistically with the diabetes vaccine Diamyd® in order to preserve the insulin producing capacity in children newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. The first results from the study are expected to be presented in the beginning of 2015.