BiologicTx® ANNOUNCES INITIATION OF OBSERVATIONAL CLINICAL STUDY FOR REGIONAL KIDNEY PAIRED DONATION USING DESENSITIZATION


Outcome Intended To Demonstrate Improvement in Overall Rate Of Kidney Transplantation in Sensitized Patients

Totowa, NJ – May 12, 2014 – BiologicTx® today announced the initiation of an observational clinical study to determine if a combination of desensitization and enrollment in a regional paired donor kidney (KPD) exchange program improves the overall rate of kidney transplantation in sensitized patients. This study is being conducted at five transplant centers in the Northwest region of the United States including: Swedish Medical Center, the University of Washington, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Oregon Health and Science University, and Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and Children’s Hospital and is sponsored by BiologicTx®.