Lipid Sciences Announces Positive HIV Program Results
This pre-clinical Safety and Effectiveness study was conducted at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University in Atlanta, under the direction of investigators including Dr. Aftab A. Ansari, Professor, Department of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine; Dr. James E.K. Hildreth, Director, Comprehensive Center for Health Disparities Research and HIV, Meharry Medical College; and Dr. Francois Villinger, Professor, Department of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine. Dr. Moiz Kitabwalla, Senior Manager of Viral Programs for Lipid Sciences acted as a co-investigator and as the coordinator for this study.
Dr. James E.K. Hildreth commented on behalf of the study group, "The results of this study are terribly exciting and re-confirm an earlier outcome seen in a smaller group of immune-compromised animals. A viral load reduction in excess of 90%, to my knowledge, has never been seen before in other therapeutic vaccine studies. This treatment has the potential of introducing a whole new way of containing the pandemic of HIV."
Lipid Sciences' Viral Immunotherapy is a broadly applicable platform technology that focuses on the removal of the lipid coatings from lipid-enveloped viruses utilizing the Company's proprietary delipidation technologies. In addition to HIV, conditions that could potentially be affected by these technologies include Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C. Lipid Sciences believes its Viral Immunotherapy platform also has applicability to wide range of viruses impacting animal health -- a diverse market with diseases affecting both food and companion animals. In late 2006 Lipid Sciences entered into a collaborative research and license agreement with Elanco Animal Health, a division of Eli Lilly and Company, to address these animal health markets.
Dr. S. Lewis Meyer, President and Chief Executive Officer of Lipid Sciences, commented, "The positive results of this study substantiate our conclusion that our Viral Immunotherapy technology platform has a strong potential to develop both an effective therapeutic treatment as well as a prophylactic vaccine against HIV. To that end, the Company has submitted a grant application to the National Institutes of Health for the development of a preventive vaccine for HIV. If awarded, this grant will fund in vitro and pre-clinical studies to demonstrate 'proof of concept' for our preventive HIV vaccine."
Lipid Sciences, Inc. is a development-stage biotechnology company engaged in the research and development of products and processes intended to treat major medical indications, in which lipids, or fat components, play a key role. The Company's HDL Therapy platform (HDL Mimetic Peptides and HDL Selective Delipidation) aims to develop treatments to reverse atherosclerosis, a systemic disease of the blood vessels caused by the build-up of cholesterol-filled plaques in the vascular system and, most critically, in the coronary arteries. Regression of such plaques may have a major impact on reducing the risk of acute coronary events. The Company's Viral Immunotherapy platform focuses on the removal of the lipid coatings from lipid-enveloped viruses and other lipid-containing infectious agents by applying Lipid Sciences' proprietary delipidation technologies. The Company believes that removing the virus' protective lipid coating enhances the processing and presentation of viral proteins to stimulate the body's immune system to effectively fight the disease. Conditions that could potentially be impacted by these technologies include HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C, and a broad range of animal health applications.
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This release should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. Copies are available through the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering Analysis and Retrieval system (EDGAR) at http://www.sec.gov. Lipid Sciences assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements included in this document.
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