BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. And Massachusetts General Hospital Sign Definitive Agreement For ALS Clinical Trial

NEW YORK, NY and PETACH TIKVAH, ISRAEL--(Marketwired - March 25, 2014) - BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics (OTCQB: BCLI), a leading developer of adult stem cell technologies for neurodegenerative diseases, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement with the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston, MA to conduct a Phase II clinical trial of NurOwn™ in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), pending FDA and Institutional Review Board approvals. The other two clinical sites slated for the multi-center trial are the University of Massachusetts Memorial (UMass) Hospital and Mayo Clinic. Dana Farber Cancer Institute’s Connell and O’Reilly Cell Manipulation Core Facility will manufacture the NurOwn cells for MGH and UMass Hospital.

“We are excited to be taking the final steps towards FDA approval and the U.S. trial launch,” said Chaim Lebovits, President of BrainStorm. “It is a privilege to be collaborating with Professor Merit Cudkowicz, Chair of Neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital, Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School, and leading expert in the field.”

“It is encouraging that stem cell treatments are now in development for people with ALS, and we are eager to begin this trial with BrainStorm’s unique approach,” commented Merit Cudkowicz, M.D., Principal Investigator at MGH.

About Massachusetts General Hospital
Massachusetts General Hospital, founded in 1811, is the original and largest teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. The MGH conducts the largest hospital-based research program in the United States, with an annual research budget of more than $775 million and major research centers in AIDS, cardiovascular research, cancer, computational and integrative biology, cutaneous biology, human genetics, medical imaging, neurodegenerative disorders, regenerative medicine, reproductive biology, systems biology, transplantation biology and photomedicine.

About BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics, Inc.
BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics Inc. is a biotechnology company engaged in the development of first-of-its-kind adult stem cell therapies derived from autologous bone marrow cells for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. The Company holds the rights to develop and commercialize its NurOwn technology through an exclusive, worldwide licensing agreement with Ramot, the technology transfer company of Tel Aviv University. For more information, visit the company’s website at www.brainstorm-cell.com.

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