Preclinical data of VB-201 to be presented at EULAR Annual European Congress of Rheumatology

VBL Therapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company committed to the development of novel treatments for immune-inflammatory diseases and cancer, today announced the upcoming presentation of preclinical data from the company's lead program, VB-201, at the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Annual European Congress of Rheumatology. Niva Yacov, M.Sc., project manager at VBL, is scheduled to present a poster entitled "Lecinoxoid in the Treatment of Experimental Rheumatoid Arthritis" on Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 12:00 p.m. CEST in Rome, Italy.

“Lecinoxoid in the Treatment of Experimental Rheumatoid Arthritis”

VB-201 is the first in a new class of drugs and the lead candidate of several proprietary phospholipid analogs from VBL's proprietary Lecinoxoid family that were designed to be orally available, anti-inflammatory medicines. VB-201 has successfully completed four Phase 1 clinical trials involving 120 healthy subjects under a U.S. investigational new drug (IND) application. These Phase 1 trials demonstrated that VB-201 was well tolerated with a favorable safety profile. Preclinical studies indicate that VB-201 has significant potential to treat inflammation in chronic diseases such as psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, inflammatory bowel disease, and also found to bring about regression of atherosclerosis. VB-201 is currently being evaluated in a Phase 2 efficacy and safety study for the treatment of patients with psoriasis.