SYDNEY & AUCKLAND, New Zealand--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Living Cell Technologies Limited (ASX:LCT)(OTCQX:LVCLY), a global company pioneering the development of a cell implant to treat diabetes, today provided a penultimate update regarding the three-year follow up of its Phase I/IIa clinical trial in Russia of its DIABECELL® treatment in insulin-dependent diabetics. The data analysis has confirmed that the trial has successfully met its end points of demonstrating safety and tolerability. In addition, the groundbreaking treatment has shown proof of principle of efficacy in humans with insulin-dependent (Type 1) diabetes. These results have been accepted for oral presentation at the scientific meeting of the American Diabetes Association in June. These positive data, taken together with positive progress in LCT’s Phase II trial in New Zealand, provide encouragement to progress DIABECELL® further towards commercialisation.
