BioLineRx Ltd. Presents Data on BL-1040 at Cardiovascular Revascularization Therapies Conference Demonstrating Potential to Reduce Deterioration of Infarcted Heart Tissue and Maintain Functionality

JERUSALEM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BioLineRx Ltd. (TASE:BLRX), Israel’s leading drug development company, reported today pre-clinical data from trials of BL-1040 demonstrating that BL-1040 is effective in preventing deterioration of the myocardium after a myocardial infarction (MI), thereby reducing left ventricle dilatation and eventual heart failure in a pig model. Professor Jonathan Leor, MD, Director of the Neufeld Cardiac Research Institute at Sheba Medical Center in Israel, presented pre-clinical data on BL-1040 at the Cardiovascular Revascularization Therapies (CRT) conference, held March 7-9, 2007 in Washington, D.C.