Presentation Begins at 9:40am Eastern Time
CARLSBAD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 17, 2020--
Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (NYSE American and TASE: LCTX), a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel cell therapies for unmet medical needs, announced that Brian M. Culley, Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting tomorrow morning at the 2020 Raymond James Human Health Innovation Conference at 9:40 am Eastern Time. In addition to a corporate overview, Mr. Culley will provide an update on the status of Lineage’s lead program, OpRegen®, an allogeneic retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) transplant therapy for dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Recently, the company provided details on the first known reported finding of retinal tissue regeneration in a patient with dry AMD with geographic atrophy. Interested investors can access the live presentation on the Events and Presentations section of Lineage’s website.
The archived presentation will be posted on the Events and Presentations section of Lineage’s website the day following the event and will be available for 30 days. Additional videos are available on the Media page of the Lineage website, located at www.lineagecell.com/media/.
About Lineage Cell Therapeutics, Inc.
Lineage Cell Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing novel cell therapies for unmet medical needs. Lineage’s programs are based on its robust proprietary cell-based therapy platform and associated in-house development and manufacturing capabilities. With this platform Lineage develops and manufactures specialized, terminally differentiated human cells from its pluripotent and progenitor cell starting materials. These differentiated cells are developed to either replace or support cells that are dysfunctional or absent due to degenerative disease or traumatic injury or administered as a means of helping the body mount an effective immune response to cancer. Lineage’s clinical programs are in markets with billion dollar opportunities and include three allogeneic (“off-the-shelf”) product candidates: (i) OpRegen®, a retinal pigment epithelium transplant therapy in Phase 1/2a development for the treatment of dry age-related macular degeneration, a leading cause of blindness in the developed world; (ii) OPC1, an oligodendrocyte progenitor cell therapy in Phase 1/2a development for the treatment of acute spinal cord injuries; and (iii) VAC, an allogeneic dendritic cell therapy platform for immuno-oncology and infectious disease, currently in clinical development for the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer and in preclinical development for additional cancers and as a vaccine against infectious diseases, including SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19. For more information, please visit www.lineagecell.com or follow the Company on Twitter @LineageCell.
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