Jan 12 2010
Pluristem 
      Therapeutics Inc. (NasdaqCM: PSTI) (DAX: PJT) today announced 
      interim results from their Phase I clinical trials utilizing their 
      placenta derived cell therapy product, PLX-PAD, for the treatment of 
      critical limb ischemia (CLI), the end-stage of peripheral artery disease 
      (PAD). Data suggested that PLX-PAD is safe and potentially efficacious.
    
“The interim results 
      are a significant milestone for Pluristem as we advance in our Phase I 
      clinical trials to further test the safety and potential efficacy of 
      PLX-PAD.”
    
      Nine patients, representing one-third of the patients needed to complete 
      the Phase I dose-escalating studies in the U.S. and Germany, have been 
      dosed with PLX-PAD. Patients experienced no significant unfavorable 
      effects related to PLX-PAD administration. Three of the nine patients 
      dosed completed their three-month follow up and the data from those 
      patients demonstrated a trend towards efficacy with a reduction in their 
      Rutherford Category, a measure of the severity of their limb ischemia.
    
    
      “The interim results are in line with the data from the first patient 
      treated with PLX-PAD,” said Professor Doctor André Schmidt-Lucke, 
      Director of the Franziskus-Krankenhaus Institute of Berlin, Germany. “We 
      are encouraged by the consistency of the data and believe that PLX-PAD 
      may be an effective treatment for CLI.”
    
    
      Zami Aberman, chairman and CEO of Pluristem, added, “The interim results 
      are a significant milestone for Pluristem as we advance in our Phase I 
      clinical trials to further test the safety and potential efficacy of 
      PLX-PAD.”
    
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