Swedish Orphan Biovitrum presents first positive Kiobrina® clinical phase II data
Stockholm, Sweden - May 6, 2010 - Swedish Orphan Biovitrum (STO: BVT) today
presents as a poster clinical phase II results from the first study showing that
Kiobrina® added to infant formula significantly improve growth of preterm
infants as compared to placebo after 1 week of treatment. The poster is
presented at "The Power of Programming 2010. International conference on
developmental origins of health and disease" in Munich, Germany.
Please find the poster enclosed.
"This is an interesting project and Kiobrina holds a great opportunity to fill a
medical need in neonatal care. Based on these results and those from a second
clinical phase II trial of Kiobrina in pasteurized mother's milk we are now
planning for a phase III study in preterm infants", said Peter Edman, CSO of
Swedish Orphan Biovitrum
About Kiobrina
Kiobrina is a recombinant human bile-salt-stimulated lipase (rhBSSL) developed
by Swedish Orphan Biovitrum, aiming to improve growth and development in preterm
infants. The rationale for adding rhBSSL to pasteurized breast milk or infant
formula is to restore the natural lipase activity level that is either lost on
pasteurization or totally absent in formula.
About Swedish Orphan Biovitrum
On January 14, 2010, Biovitrum AB (publ)
completed the acquisition of Swedish Orphan International Holding AB and created
Swedish Orphan Biovitrum - a leading company focused on treatment of rare
diseases.
Swedish Orphan Biovitrum is a Swedish based specialty pharmaceutical company
with an international market presence. The company is focused on providing and
developing orphan and niche specialist pharmaceuticals to patients with high
medical needs. The portfolio consists of about 60 marketed products and an
emerging late stage clinical development pipeline within rare diseases. Swedish
Orphan Biovitrum has pro-forma revenues 2009e of about 2 BSEK and approximately
500 employees. The head office is located in Sweden and the share (STO: BVT) is
listed on NASDAQ OMX Stockholm. For more information please visit
www.biovitrum.com.
For more information please contact:
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| Swedish Orphan Biovitrum: |
| Peter Edman, CSO |
| Phone. +46 8 697 21 77 |
| Erik Kinnman, EVP Investor Relations |
| Phone: +46 73 422 15 |
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| erik.kinnman@biovitrum.com |
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| Martin Nicklasson, CEO |
| Phone: +46 8 697 20 00 |
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The clinical phase II studies have been carried out partially with research
funding from the European Community's Sixth Framework Program (The Early
Nutrition Programming Project, www.metabolic-programming.org). The press release
reflects only the author´s views and does not necessarily reflect the views of
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provided for public release on May 6, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. CET.