About Diamyd Medical:

Diamyd Medical is a life science company developing treatments for diabetes and its complications. The company’s furthest developed project is the GAD-based drug Diamyd® for autoimmune diabetes. Diamyd® has demonstrated significant and positive results in phase II clinical trials in Sweden.

GAD65, a major autoantigen in autoimmune diabetes, is the active substance in Diamyd®. GAD65 is also an enzyme that converts the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate to the inhibitory transmitter GABA. In this context GAD may have an important role not only in diabetes, but also in several central nervous system-related diseases. Diamyd Medical has an exclusive worldwide license from the University of California at Los Angeles regarding the therapeutic use of the GAD65 gene.

Diamyd Medical has sublicensed its UCLA GAD65 Composition of Matter license to Neurologix, Inc. in Fort Lee, New Jersey for treatment of Parkinson’s disease with an AAV-vector.

Other projects comprise drug development within gene therapy using the exclusively licensed and patent protected Nerve Targeted Drug Delivery System (NTDDS). The company’s lead gene therapy projects include using Enkephalin and GAD for chronic pain, e.g., diabetes pain or cancer pain. All projects in this field are currently in preclinical phases.

Diamyd Medical has offices in Stockholm (Sweden) and in Pittsburgh (USA). The Diamyd Medical share is quoted on the Stockholm Nordic Exchange in Sweden (ticker symbol: DIAM B) and on the OTCQX-list in the US (ticker symbol: DMYDY) administered by the Pink Sheets and the Bank of New York (PAL). Further information is available at www.diamyd.com.

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