4 August 2010: Sydney, Australia & Auckland, New Zealand. Living Cell Technologies Limited (ASX: LCT; OTCQX: LVCLY), a global company pioneering the development of a cell implant to treat diabetes, today reported that the Minister of Health has approved an addition to the New Zealand Phase II clinical trial of DIABECELL® to include more patients. To date, eight insulin dependent diabetes patients have received the implants DIABECELL® , LCT’s encapsulated porcine islets, and now another four patients will be enrolled into the dose ranging trial. The expansion of the New Zealand study has also been approved by the Regional Ethics Committee and the Data Safety and Monitoring Board. The Minister stated that he is satisfied that amending the original approval to include more patients will add further rigour to the study and may provide valuable additional information.
