−Removed: Current Business
−Removed: are a leading developer of placenta-based cell therapy product candidates for the treatment of multiple ischemic, inflammatory
−Removed: and hematologic conditions.
−Removed: Our operations are focused on the research, development, manufacturing, conducting clinical trials
−Removed: and business development of cell therapeutics and related technologies.
−Removed: We are currently enrolling patients in
−Removed: two Phase III studies:
−Removed: one for critical limb ischemia, or CLI, and another for muscle recovery following surgery for hip fracture.
−Removed: In addition, we are focusing on other indications such as acute radiation syndrome, or ARS, incomplete recovery following bone
−Removed: marrow transplantation, Steroid-Refractory Chronic Graft Versus Host Disease, or cGVHD, and intermittent claudication, or IC.
−Removed: received clearance from the U.S.
−Removed: Food and Drug Administration, or the FDA, and the German health regulatory agency, the Paul Ehrlich
−Removed: Institute, or the PEI, to conduct a Phase II study evaluating PLX cells for the treatment of severe cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus,
−Removed: or COVID-19, complicated by Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, or ARDS.
−Removed: We have treated several patients in Israel and in the
−Removed: United States suffering from severe ARDS associated with COVID-19 under a compassionate use program.
−Removed: In addition, the FDA has cleared
−Removed: our Expanded Access Program, or EAP, for the use of our PLX-PAD cells to treat up to 100 patients suffering from ARDS caused by
−Removed: COVID-19 outside of our ongoing Phase II COVID-19 study in the U.S.
−Removed: We believe that each of these indications is a severe unmet
−Removed: medical need.
−Removed: PLX cells are derived from a class of
−Removed: placental cells that are harvested from donated placenta at the time of full term healthy delivery of a baby.
−Removed: PLX cell products
−Removed: require no tissue or blood matching prior to administration.
−Removed: They are produced using our proprietary three-dimensional expansion
−Removed: Our manufacturing facility complies with the European, Japanese, Israeli, South Korean and the FDA’s current
−Removed: Good Manufacturing Practice, or cGMP, requirements and has been inspected and approved by the European and Israeli regulators for
−Removed: production of PLX-PAD for late stage trials.
−Removed: We have also granted manufacturer/importer authorization and cGMP Certification by
−Removed: Israel’s Ministry of Health.
−Removed: If we obtain FDA and other regulatory approvals to market PLX cells, we expect to have in-house
−Removed: production capacity to grow PLX cells in commercial quantities.
−Removed: Research and Development - In-House Clinical
−Removed: Manufacturing”
−Removed: for additional information.
−Removed: goal is to make significant progress with our clinical pipeline and our clinical trials in order to ultimately bring innovative,
−Removed: potent therapies to patients who need new treatment options.
−Removed: We expect to demonstrate a real-world impact and value from our pipeline,
−Removed: technology platform and commercial-scale manufacturing capacity.
−Removed: Our business model for commercialization and revenue generation
−Removed: includes, but is not limited to, direct sale of our products, partnerships, licensing deals, and joint ventures with pharmaceutical
−Removed: were incorporated in Nevada in 2001, and we have a wholly owned subsidiary in Israel called Pluristem Ltd.
−Removed: and a wholly owned
−Removed: subsidiary in Germany called Pluristem GmbH.
−Removed: therapy is an emerging field within the regenerative medicine area.
−Removed: The characteristics and properties of cells vary as a function
−Removed: of tissue source and growth conditions.
−Removed: The human placenta from which our PLX cells are derived provides an uncontroversial source
−Removed: of non-embryonic, adult cells and represents an innovative approach in the cell therapy field.
−Removed: The different factors that PLX
−Removed: cells release suggest that the cells can be used therapeutically for a variety of ischemic, inflammatory, autoimmune and hematological
−Removed: cells do not require tissue matching prior to administration.
−Removed: This allows for the development of ready-to-use / “off-the-shelf”
−Removed: allogeneic products.
−Removed: We develop, and intend to commercialize,
−Removed: cell therapy production technologies and products that are derived from the human placenta after a full term delivery of a healthy
−Removed: Our PLX cells are adherent stromal cells, or ASCs, that are expanded using a proprietary 3D process.
−Removed: This system utilizes
−Removed: a synthetic scaffold to create an artificial 3D environment where placental-derived stromal cells can grow.
−Removed: Our automated proprietary
−Removed: 3D, cGMP approved, process enables the large-scale monitored and controlled production of reproducible, high quality cell products
−Removed: and is capable of manufacturing a large number of PLX doses originating from different placentas.
−Removed: Additionally, our current manufacturing
−Removed: process, which has scaled up as compared to previous years, has demonstrated batch-to-batch consistency, an important manufacturing
−Removed: challenge for biological products.
−Removed: primary objective is to be the leading provider of allogeneic placenta based cell therapy products that are true off-the-shelf
−Removed: products that do not require any matching or additional manipulation prior to administration.
−Removed: From the physician’s and patient’s
−Removed: perspective, we believe that our PLX products are comparable to any other product delivered in a vial.
−Removed: Our PLX products are administered
−Removed: using a standard needle and syringe.
−Removed: Our PLX products are in clinical stage development for multiple indications.
−Removed: first product candidate, PLX-PAD, is currently in a Phase III multinational clinical trial in CLI, in a Phase III multinational
−Removed: clinical trial in recovery following surgery for hip fracture, and in a Phase II clinical trial in the treatment of severe COVID-19
−Removed: cases complicated by ARDS.
−Removed: We have also completed Phase II multinational clinical trial in IC and a Phase I/II is currently conducted
−Removed: with our PLX-PAD by Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov Hospital) for the treatment of Steroid-Refractory cGVHD.
−Removed: second product candidate, PLX-R18, is under development in the United States for ARS via the FDA Animal Rule regulatory pathway,
−Removed: as well as in a Phase I trial in the United States and Israel for incomplete hematopoietic recovery following hematopoietic cell
−Removed: transplantation, or HCT.
−Removed: We developed an additional product candidate,
−Removed: PLX-Immune, which is under pre-clinical development for treatment of certain types of human cancer.
−Removed: In January 2018, we announced
−Removed: the publication of a peer-reviewed article in a journal which examined the effect of PLX-Immune cells on the proliferation of over
−Removed: 50 lines of human cancerous cells.
−Removed: Data showed that the PLX-Immune cells exhibited an anti-proliferative effect on a wide range
−Removed: of human cancer cell types, with a strong inhibitory effect on various lines of breast, colorectal, kidney, liver, lung, muscle
−Removed: and skin cancers.
−Removed: We have also conducted a pre-clinical trial of female mice harboring human triple negative breast cancer.
−Removed: this study, the results showed a statistically significant reduction in tumor size as well as complete tumor remission in 30% of
−Removed: treated recipients.
−Removed: believe that using the placenta as a unique cell source, combined with our innovative research, development and high-quality manufacturing
−Removed: capabilities, will be the “engine”
−Removed: that drives this platform technology towards the successful development of additional
−Removed: PLX cell therapy products and indications.
−Removed: Clinical Development Product Candidates
−Removed: Peripheral and Cardiovascular Diseases
−Removed: Peripheral and Cardiovascular Diseases –
−Removed: We are investigating the use of PLX-PAD cells for the treatment of peripheral
−Removed: arterial disease, or PAD, including IC and CLI.
−Removed: May 2015, our CLI clinical development program was selected for the EMA’s Adaptive Pathways Project.
−Removed: The goal of the project
−Removed: is to improve timely access for patients to new medicines.
−Removed: During our fiscal year ended June 30, 2017, the FDA and several EU
−Removed: regulatory agencies cleared our application to begin the pivotal Phase III trial of PLX-PAD cells in the treatment of CLI for
−Removed: patients with minor tissue loss (Rutherford Category 5) who are unsuitable for revascularization.
−Removed: This multinational Phase III
−Removed: trial is being conducted in the United States, Europe and Israel.
−Removed: In September 2017, we announced that the FDA granted a fast
−Removed: track designation to our ongoing Phase III study of PLX-PAD for the treatment of CLI.
−Removed: The FDA’s fast track designation is
−Removed: a process designed to facilitate the development and expedite the review of drug to treat serious conditions and unmet medical
−Removed: With fast track designation, there is an increased possibility for a priority review by the FDA of PLX-PAD cells for the
−Removed: treatment of CLI.
−Removed: the FDA’s and EMA’s advice and recommendations, we implemented the following items into the study design and the interim
−Removed: data readout:
−Removed: primary endpoint for the interim analysis will be identical to the full study endpoint, a comparison between the PLX-PAD treated
−Removed: group and the placebo treated group of the number of days from randomization to occurrence of major amputation of the index leg
−Removed: full study analysis will be based on 82 events.
−Removed: Each event is defined as occurrence of major amputation of the index leg or death
−Removed: while the interim readout will be conducted based on a minimum of 45 events, which have already occurred.
−Removed: FDA cleared our EAP for the use of our PLX-PAD cell treatment in patients with CLI and we initiated the EAP in April 2019.
−Removed: the terms of the EAP, an initial cohort of 100 Rutherford-5 CLI patients who are ineligible for inclusion under our ongoing Phase
−Removed: III study protocol can be enrolled and treated.
−Removed: have completed two Phase I safety/dose-escalating clinical trials for CLI, one in the United States and one in Germany.
−Removed: CLI trials demonstrated that no blood type or human leukocyte antigen matching is required, and that the administration of PLX-PAD
−Removed: cells is safe, even if two doses are administered to a patient on two different occasions.
−Removed: In addition, PLX-PAD cells are potentially
−Removed: effective in reducing the frequency of amputations in CLI patients.
−Removed: Generally, the FDA and the EMA require the primary endpoint
−Removed: for pivotal CLI clinical trials to be Amputation Free Survival, or AFS, at one year.
−Removed: The pooled data from the two studies we conducted
−Removed: suggest an AFS rate at one year of 86% in PLX-treated patients versus an AFS ranging between 48% to 66% in patients from placebo
−Removed: arms in other CLI trials.
−Removed: June 2018, we announced the results from our 172 patients, randomized, double blind, placebo controlled, and multinational Phase
−Removed: II clinical trial in IC.
−Removed: Analysis of the Phase II IC data, which was announced on November 2018, confirmed the optimal dosing
−Removed: regimen of PLX-PAD in the treatment of PAD - two administrations of 300 million cells, each originating from a different donor.
−Removed: This is also the treatment regimen being administered to patients in the Company’s ongoing multinational Phase III study
−Removed: in CLI, a more severe stage of PAD.
−Removed: PLX-PAD treated patients showed a good safety profile in the study.
−Removed: April 2015, Japan’s PMDA approved our large-scale manufacturing methods and quality for PLX-PAD cells for use in clinical
−Removed: In August 2015, the PMDA granted safety clearance to PLX-PAD cells for use in clinical trials in Japan, and in December
−Removed: 2015 we reached an agreement with the PMDA on the design of the final trial needed to apply for conditional marketing approval
−Removed: of PLX-PAD cells in the treatment of CLI.
−Removed: Currently, as part of our strategy to focus on our active clinical trials and marketing
−Removed: readiness, we have not initiated clinical trial activities in Japan.
−Removed: Indications –
−Removed: In April 2018, we announced that the FDA cleared our IND for our Phase III trial for recovery following
−Removed: surgery for hip fracture.
−Removed: This multinational Phase III trial is being conducted in the United States, Europe and Israel.
−Removed: confirmed that recovery following surgery for hip fracture is eligible for the Adaptive Pathways Project as well.
−Removed: Phase III trial protocol and design was based on our phase I/II, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study (n=20) to
−Removed: assess the safety and efficacy of intramuscular injections of allogeneic PLX-PAD cells for the regeneration of injured gluteal
−Removed: musculature after total hip replacement has been conducted in Germany under the approval of PEI.
−Removed: In this study, PLX-PAD cells
−Removed: or placebo were administered into the traumatized gluteal muscle during total hip replacement surgery.
−Removed: The study results met its
−Removed: primary efficacy endpoint, change in maximal voluntary isometric contraction force of the gluteal muscle at six months after total
−Removed: hip replacement.
−Removed: Patients treated with PLX-PAD had a significantly greater improvement of maximal voluntary muscle contraction
−Removed: force than the placebo group (p=0.0067).
−Removed: In addition, the study demonstrated that PLX-PAD was safe and well tolerated by the patients.
−Removed: COVID-19 Complicated by ARDS –
−Removed: In May 2020, the FDA cleared our IND application for the Phase II study of our PLX cells in the treatment of severe COVID-19 cases
−Removed: complicated by ARDS and we initiated the study in June 2020.
−Removed: The U.S trail is randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter,
−Removed: parallel-group 140 patient study is evaluating the efficacy and safety of intramuscular injections of PLX-PAD for the treatment
+Added: Our Current Business
+Added: We are a biotechnology company
+Added: focused in the field of regenerative medicine, and a leading developer of placenta-based cell therapy product candidates for the treatment
+Added: of multiple inflammatory, muscle injuries and hematologic conditions.
+Added: Our operations are focused on the research, development, manufacturing,
+Added: conducting clinical trials and business development of cell therapeutics and related technologies.
+Added: Placental expanded, or PLX,
+Added: cells are derived from a class of placental cells that are harvested from donated placenta at the time of full term healthy delivery of
+Added: The cells are grown using our proprietary three-dimensional expansion technology and can be administered to patients off the-shelf,
+Added: without blood or tissue matching prior to administration.
+Added: PLX cells are believed to release a range of therapeutic proteins in response
+Added: to the patient’s condition, such as inflammation, muscle trauma, hematological disorders and radiation damage.
+Added: We are conducting several
+Added: multinational clinical studies which consist of a Phase III clinical study in muscle recovery following surgery for hip fracture and two
+Added: Phase II clinical studies in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome, or ARDS, associated with COVID-19 in the United States, Europe and Israel.
+Added: In addition, we are focusing on other clinical programs in the hematological field such as a Phase I clinical study for incomplete recovery
+Added: following bone marrow transplantation in the United States and Israel, an investigator-led Phase I/II Chronic Graft versus Host Disease,
+Added: or cGVHD, study in Israel, and Acute Radiation Syndrome, or ARS, under the U.S.
+Added: Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, animal rule.
+Added: believe that each of these indications is a severe unmet medical need.
+Added: Our manufacturing facility
+Added: complies with the European, Japanese, Israeli, South Korean and the FDA’s current Good Manufacturing Practice, or cGMP, requirements
+Added: and has been inspected and approved by the European and Israeli regulators for production of PLX-PAD for late stage trials.
+Added: been granted manufacturer/importer authorization and cGMP Certification by the Israeli Ministry of Health, or MOH.
+Added: If we obtain FDA and
+Added: other regulatory approvals to market PLX cells, we expect to have in-house production capacity to grow PLX cells in commercial quantities.
+Added: Our goal is to make significant
+Added: progress with our clinical pipeline and our clinical studies in order to ultimately bring innovative, potent therapies to patients who
+Added: need new treatment options.
+Added: We expect to demonstrate a real-world impact and value from our pipeline, technology platform and commercial-scale
+Added: manufacturing capacity.
+Added: Our business model for commercialization and revenue generation includes, but is not limited to, licensing deals,
+Added: joint ventures with pharmaceutical companies, direct sale of our products, and partnerships.
+Added: We were incorporated in Nevada
+Added: in 2001, and we have a wholly owned subsidiary in Israel called Pluristem Ltd., or the Israeli Subsidiary, and a wholly owned subsidiary
+Added: in Germany called Pluristem GmbH.
+Added: Scientific Background
+Added: Cell therapy is an emerging
+Added: field within the regenerative medicine area.
+Added: The characteristics and properties of cells vary as a function of tissue source and growth
+Added: The human placenta from which our PLX cells are derived provides an uncontroversial source of non-embryonic, adult cells and
+Added: represents an innovative approach in the cell therapy field.
+Added: The different factors that PLX cells release suggest that the cells can be
+Added: used therapeutically for a variety of ischemic, inflammatory, autoimmune and hematological deficiencies.
+Added: PLX cells do not require tissue matching
+Added: prior to administration, which allows the development of ready-to-use / “off-the-shelf” allogeneic products.
+Added: Our Technology
+Added: We develop, and intend to
+Added: commercialize, cell therapy production technologies and products that are derived from the human placenta after a full-term delivery of
+Added: a healthy baby.
+Added: Our PLX cells are adherent stromal cells that are expanded using a proprietary three-dimensional, or 3D, process.
+Added: system utilizes a synthetic scaffold to create an artificial 3D environment where placental-derived stromal cells can grow.
+Added: Our automated
+Added: proprietary 3D, cGMP approved, process enables the large-scale monitored and controlled production of reproducible, high quality cell
+Added: products and can manufacture a large number of PLX doses.
+Added: Additionally, our current manufacturing process, which has scaled up as compared
+Added: to previous years, has demonstrated batch-to-batch consistency, an important manufacturing challenge for biological products.
+Added: Product Candidates
+Added: Our primary objective is to
+Added: be the leading provider of allogeneic placenta-based cell therapy products that are true off-the-shelf products that do not require any
+Added: matching or additional manipulation prior to administration.
+Added: From the physician’s and patient’s perspective, we believe that
+Added: our PLX products are comparable to any other product delivered in a vial.
+Added: Currently, our PLX products are administered intramuscular,
+Added: or IM, using a standard needle and syringe.
+Added: Our first product candidate,
+Added: PLX-PAD, is composed of maternal cells originating from the placenta.
+Added: PLX-PAD is currently being used in a Phase III multinational clinical
+Added: study in recovery following surgery for hip fracture, and in two Phase II clinical studies in ARDS associated with COVID-19 in the United
+Added: States, Europe and Israel.
+Added: We have also conducted a pivotal
+Added: Phase III multinational clinical study in the use of PLX-PAD for the treatment of Critical Limb Ischemia, or CLI, which we terminated
+Added: in December 2020, and in a Phase II multinational clinical study in Intermittent Claudication, or IC.
+Added: PLX-PAD is also under clinical
+Added: development in collaboration with Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov Hospital) through an investigator initiated study, and used
+Added: in a Phase I/II for the treatment of Steroid-Refractory cGVHD.
+Added: Our second product candidate,
+Added: PLX-R18, is composed of fetal cells originated from the placenta.
+Added: We have completed enrollment in our first in human
+Added: Phase I clinical study in incomplete hematopoietic recovery following hematopoietic cell transplantation, or HCT, in the United States
+Added: Through our collaboration
+Added: in the United States with the National Institutes of Health, or NIH, and the U.S.
+Added: Department of Defense, or DoD, we are also developing
+Added: a solution for ARS following or before exposure to massive radiation via the FDA Animal Rule regulatory pathway.
+Added: Modified PLX cells
+Added: In the last decade, we developed
+Added: an allogeneic platform based on cells originated from the fetal and maternal cell from the placenta, and by using this platform we can
+Added: produce large quantities of high-quality cells in automated and robust manufacturing suitable for cGMP environment.
+Added: As a platform technology
+Added: company, we are currently developing additional product candidates, which are modified or induced PLX cells:
+Added: Induced PLX cells:
+Added: using cells from the placenta, induced with inflammatory cytokines, to transiently alter their secretion profile.
+Added: Modified PLX cells using CRISPR
+Added: CRISPR is a unique technology that opens the door for precise gene editing of cells.
+Added: Using such technology can initiate the
+Added: next evolution in cell therapy by allowing the reprograming of cells for specific needs.
+Added: Our aim is to incorporate the genetic engineering
+Added: techniques into our cell manufacturing platform in order to develop large scale allogenic engineered PLX products designed for specific
+Added: We believe that using the
+Added: placenta as a unique cell source, combined with our innovative research, development and high-quality manufacturing capabilities, will
+Added: be the “engine” that drives this platform technology towards the successful development of additional PLX cell therapy products
+Added: and indications.
+Added: Our Clinical Development Product Candidates
+Added: Orthopedic Indications .
+Added: Following FDA and European Medicine Agency, or EMA, clearance, a multinational Phase III study is currently being conducted in the United
+Added: States, Europe and Israel.
+Added: The primary endpoint of this study is the Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB), a test for lower leg performance
+Added: and functional status.
+Added: The study is planned to include 240 patients and will assess efficacy at six months and a year, as well as safety
+Added: for up to two years.
+Added: Currently, over 95% of the study patients have been enrolled in this study.
+Added: Our Phase III study
+Added: protocol and design was based on our phase I/II, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study (n=20) to assess the safety and efficacy
+Added: of IM injections of allogeneic PLX-PAD cells for the regeneration of injured gluteal musculature after total hip replacement had been
+Added: conducted in Germany under the approval of PEI.
+Added: In this study, PLX-PAD cells or placebo were administered into the traumatized gluteal
+Added: muscle during total hip replacement surgery.
+Added: The study results met its primary efficacy endpoint, change in maximal voluntary isometric
+Added: contraction force of the gluteal muscle at six months after total hip replacement.
+Added: Patients treated with PLX-PAD had a significantly greater
+Added: improvement of maximal voluntary muscle contraction force than the placebo group (p=0.0067).
+Added: In addition, the study demonstrated that
+Added: PLX-PAD was safe and well tolerated by patients.
+Added: COVID-19 Complicated by
+Added: In May 2020, the FDA cleared our Investigational New Drug Application, or IND, for a Phase II study of our PLX-PAD cells for
+Added: treatment of severe COVID-19 cases complicated by ARDS and we initiated the study in June 2020.
+Added: study is a randomized, double-blind,
+Added: placebo-controlled, multicenter, parallel-group intended to evaluate the efficacy and safety of IM injections of PLX-PAD for the treatment
of severe COVID-19 cases complicated by ARDS.
−Removed: The primary endpoint is the number of ventilator free days during the main 28-day
−Removed: study period.
−Removed: Safety and survival follow-up will be conducted at week 8, 26 and 52.
−Removed: Secondary efficacy endpoints include all-cause
−Removed: mortality, duration of mechanical ventilation, ICU free-days, and hospitalization free-days.
−Removed: In addition, the FDA has cleared our
−Removed: EAP for the use of our PLX-PAD cells to treat ARDS caused by COVID-19 outside of our ongoing Phase II COVID-19 study in the U.S.
−Removed: The EAP will include up to 100 patients with the resulting data being collected and evaluated alongside our existing clinical trial
−Removed: In August 2020, the PEI cleared our Phase
−Removed: II study in Germany titled, “A Randomized, Controlled, Multicenter, Parallel-Group Phase II Study to Evaluate the Efficacy
−Removed: and Safety of Intramuscular Injections of PLX PAD for the Treatment of severe COVID-19,”
−Removed: relating to the treatment of patients
−Removed: hospitalized with severe cases of COVID-19 complicated by ARDS.
−Removed: Forty patients hospitalized with severe cases of COVID-19 complicated
−Removed: by ARDS will be enrolled in the study.
+Added: The primary endpoint is the number of ventilator free days during the 28-days following
+Added: Secondary efficacy endpoints include all-cause mortality, duration of mechanical ventilation, ICU free-days, and hospitalization
+Added: Safety and survival follow-up will be conducted until week 52.
+Added: In addition, the FDA has cleared our Expanded Access Program,
+Added: or EAP, for the use of our PLX-PAD cells to treat ARDS caused by COVID-19 outside of the Phase II COVID-19 complicated by ARDS study in
+Added: the United States.
+Added: The EAP approval was for up to 100 patients.
+Added: In August 2020, the PEI cleared
+Added: our Phase II study in Germany titled, “A Randomized, Controlled, Multicenter, Parallel-Group Phase II Study to Evaluate the Efficacy
+Added: and Safety of Intramuscular Injections of PLX PAD for the Treatment of severe COVID-19,” relating to the treatment of patients hospitalized
+Added: with severe cases of COVID-19 complicated by ARDS.
The primary efficacy endpoint of the study is the number of ventilator free days during
−Removed: the 28 days from day 1 through day 28 of the study.
−Removed: Safety and survival follow-up will be conducted at day 60, week 26 and week
−Removed: Following HCT –
−Removed: PLX-R18 is also under development in the United States and Israel for the treatment of incomplete
−Removed: hematopoietic recovery following HCT.
−Removed: This Phase I study of PLX-R18 in HCT, as previously announced, has successfully enrolled
−Removed: 20 patients in the United States and Israel.
−Removed: We expect to provide top line efficacy results in the first quarter of calendar 2021.
−Removed: In addition, the FDA granted orphan drug designation to our PLX cell therapy for the treatment of graft failure and incomplete
−Removed: hematopoietic recovery following HCT.
−Removed: We have conducted several animal studies for the evaluation of PLX-R18 for the treatment of ARS, in collaboration
−Removed: with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, or the NIAID.
−Removed: National Institutes of Health, or NIH,
−Removed: funded and conducted a pilot study in NHPs to evaluate the therapeutic effect of PLX-R18 on hematological aspects of ARS.
−Removed: 2017, we announced results of the NHPs pilot study for PLX-R18 as a treatment for ARS.
−Removed: Although study size was not designed to
−Removed: show significance, results showed a trend toward improved survival of PLX-R18 treated animals compared to control, placebo treated
−Removed: The study, conducted and funded by the NIAID, was designed to assess the safety and efficacy of PLX-R18 following intramuscular
−Removed: injection into irradiated and non-irradiated NHPs.
−Removed: Efficacy measures included survival as well as hematological parameters which
−Removed: are affected by exposure to high levels of radiation as may occur in a nuclear accident or attack.
−Removed: These data will help the design
−Removed: of a pivotal study to fulfill the requirements for a Biologics License Application, or BLA, submission under the FDA’s Animal
−Removed: Rule regulatory pathway.
−Removed: plan to continue the discussions with the different government agencies with the goal of receiving their support for pivotal studies
−Removed: in large animals as well as conducting the safety studies required in order to file BLA for this indication.
−Removed: October 2017, we announced that the FDA granted us an orphan drug designation for our PLX-R18 cell therapy for the prevention
−Removed: and treatment of ARS.
−Removed: April 2018, we announced that the FDA approved our IND application for PLX-R18 cell therapy in the treatment of ARS.
−Removed: The IND allows
−Removed: us to treat victims who may have been acutely exposed to high dose radiation due to nuclear attack or accident.
−Removed: December 2015, we also signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a collaboration with Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima Global
−Removed: Medical Science Center.
−Removed: The purpose of the collaboration is to develop our PLX-R18 cells for the treatment of ARS, and for morbidities
−Removed: following radiotherapy in cancer patients.
−Removed: In June 2018, we reported positive animal data from studies conducted in collaboration
−Removed: with Fukushima Medical University evaluating PLX-R18 cells as a treatment for radiation damage to the gastrointestinal, or GI,
−Removed: tract and bone marrow.
−Removed: Data from these studies showed that PLX-R18 cells significantly increased survival rates, preserved GI
−Removed: stem cells activity that enhance the recovery of the GI system and prevented severe damage to the intestinal lining, suggesting
−Removed: PLX-R18 potential as a multi-organ therapy for ARS.
−Removed: July 2019, we presented positive results from a series of studies of our PLX-R18 cell therapy product conducted by the U.S.
−Removed: of Defense’s, or DoD, Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, part of the Uniformed Services University of Health
−Removed: The studies were designed to evaluate PLX-R18 as a potential prophylactic countermeasure against ARS administered prior
−Removed: to radiation exposure.
−Removed: These animal studies demonstrate that PLX-R18, administered 24 hours before radiation exposure, and again
−Removed: 72 hours after exposure, resulted in a significant increase in survival rates, from 4% survival rate in the placebo group to 74%
−Removed: in the treated group.
−Removed: In addition, the data shows an increase in recovery of blood lineages and a favorable safety profile.
−Removed: histopathological analysis and hematopoietic progenitor clonogenic assay of tissues collected show a significant increase in bone
−Removed: marrow cell numbers and improved regenerative capability into all blood lineages.
−Removed: Steroid-Refractory
−Removed: cGVHD –
−Removed: In September 2017, we signed
−Removed: an agreement with Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov Hospital) to conduct a clinical Phase I/II trial of PLX-PAD cell therapy
−Removed: for the treatment of Steroid-Refractory cGVHD.
−Removed: This trial is an investigator initiated study.
−Removed: As such, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical
−Removed: Center supports the study and is responsible for its design and implementation.
−Removed: and Clinical Affairs Strategy
−Removed: cell therapy development strategy is to hold open and frequent discussions with regulators at all stages of development from preclinical
−Removed: trials to more advanced regulatory stages.
−Removed: We utilize this strategy in working with the FDA, the EMA, Germany’s PEI as well
−Removed: as other European national competent authorities, the Israeli Ministry of Health, or MOH and Japan’s PMDA, and we are also
−Removed: working with the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, or MFDS, of South Korea.
−Removed: Adaptive Pathways Project is part of the EMA’s efforts to improve timely access for patients to new therapies.
−Removed: treatments with the potential to heal serious conditions with an unmet medical need, and may reduce the time to a medicine’s approval
−Removed: or to its reimbursement for targeted patient groups.
−Removed: The pilot is open to clinical programs in early stages of development only.
−Removed: We have applied early to this program and have been selected for it.
−Removed: September 2017, we announced that the FDA granted “Fast Track”
−Removed: designation for PLX-PAD in CLI.
−Removed: The FDA’s Fast
−Removed: Track designation is a process designed to facilitate the development and expedite the review of drugs to treat serious conditions
−Removed: and unmet medical needs.
−Removed: With Fast Track designation, there is an increased possibility for a priority review by the FDA of PLX-PAD
−Removed: cells for the treatment of CLI.
−Removed: January 2018, we announced that the FDA cleared our EAP for the use of our PLX-PAD cell treatment in patients with CLI.
−Removed: the use of an investigational medical product outside of clinical trials and is usually granted in cases where patients are unsuitable
−Removed: for inclusion under the study protocol and the patient’s condition is life-threatening with an unmet medical need.
−Removed: of the EAP, our PLX-PAD cell therapy is available to a limited number of CLI patients in the United States who are unsuitable
−Removed: for revascularization and cannot take part in our ongoing Phase III clinical trial.
−Removed: August 2020, we announced that the FDA cleared our EAP for the use of our PLX-PAD cells to treat ARDS caused by COVID-19 outside
−Removed: of our ongoing Phase II COVID-19 study in the U.S.
−Removed: The program provides a pathway for patients that are not eligible for inclusion
−Removed: in the Phase II clinical trial to be treated with PLX-PAD cells and will include up to 100 patients.
−Removed: The resulting data will be
−Removed: collected and evaluated alongside our existing clinical trial.
−Removed: Impact of COVID-19 - In managing our ongoing global clinical
−Removed: trials, as well as our daily operations, in the midst of the COVID-19 global pandemic, we are taking all necessary precautions
−Removed: for the safety and well-being of patients, healthcare providers involved in our trials, and our employees.
−Removed: We are continuing our
−Removed: operational and manufacturing activities, subject to the directives of the Israeli Ministry of Health, with a dedicated team on
−Removed: site at our facilities.
−Removed: In addition, we are using remote work technologies that enable other activities to be conducted without
−Removed: the need for a physical presence in our facilities.
−Removed: Our allogenic, off-the-shelf approach and our advanced manufacturing capabilities
−Removed: enabled us to complete the manufacturing of the entire stock of PLX cells needed to complete all of our current clinical trials
−Removed: We currently hold supplies of PLX cells in inventory in Israel, and in secure storage facilities in Europe and the U.S.
−Removed: In addition, we are following the FDA and EMA guidelines regarding the management of clinical trials during COVID-19
−Removed: understand that our success will depend, in part, on maintaining our intellectual property, and therefore we are committed to
−Removed: protecting our technology and product candidates with patents and other methods described below.
−Removed: are the sole owner of 128 issued patents and approximately 60 pending patent applications in the United States, Europe, China
−Removed: and Japan, as well as in additional countries worldwide, including Israel, countries in the Far East and South America (in calculating
−Removed: the number of issued patents, each European patent validated in multiple jurisdictions was counted as a single patent).
−Removed: April 2016, the Subsidiary entered into a licensing agreement with TES Holdings Co., Ltd., a venture company derived from the
−Removed: University of Tokyo, to obtain a key patent in Japan to cover the treatment of ischemic diseases with placental cell therapy.
−Removed: This license is subject to future single low-digit royalties from sales of our product for treatment in the field of ischemic
−Removed: diseases in Japan, until expiry of the patent in 2023.
−Removed: This license follows the grant of two key patents to us by the Japanese
−Removed: Patent Office, which address three dimensional methods for expanding placental and adipose cells, and specified cell therapies
−Removed: produced from placental tissue using these methods.
−Removed: February 2017, Pluristem Ltd.
−Removed: signed an agreement with founders of a certain patent for a five year option to purchase the certain
−Removed: patent for an amount of 1 million Euro.
−Removed: The agreement includes yearly payments of Euro 75,000, Euro 75,000 and Euro 100,000 in
−Removed: February 2017, 2018 and 2019, respectively, which have been paid.
−Removed: We are entitled to terminate the agreement for convenience upon
−Removed: providing the founders 30 days prior notice.
−Removed: April 2019, we filed a U.S.
−Removed: provisional patent application titled “Methods and Compositions for Producing Cannabinoids,”
−Removed: which covers the use of our state-of-the-art, proprietary 3-D cell culturing technology for the potential manufacturing of cannabinoid-producing
−Removed: In April 2020, we filed a Patent Cooperation Treaty, or PCT, application with respect to the technology.
−Removed: March 2020, we filed a U.S.
−Removed: provisional patent application titled “Methods and Compositions for Treating Viral Infections
−Removed: and Sequelae Thereof,”
−Removed: which covers the use of placental ASC for treating coronavirus infections and sequelae thereof.
−Removed: May 2020, a related Israeli patent application was filed.
−Removed: on the well-established understanding that the characteristics and therapeutic potential of a cell product are largely determined
−Removed: by the source of the cells and by the methods and conditions used during their culturing, our patent portfolio includes different
−Removed: types of claims that protect the various unique aspects of our technology.
−Removed: multi-national portfolio of patent and patent applications includes the following claims:
+Added: the 28-days from day one through day 28 of the study.
+Added: Secondary efficacy endpoints include all-cause mortality, duration of mechanical
+Added: ventilation, ICU free-days, and hospitalization free-days.
+Added: Safety and survival follow-up will be conducted until week 52.
+Added: patients in Europe and Israel under this protocol.
+Added: July 8, 2021, we announced that we are bringing our COVID-19 complicated by ARDS Phase II studies in the United States, Europe and Israel
+Added: to clinical readout.
+Added: The analysis will be based on 89 patients enrolled.
+Added: We expect to announce the topline results of the readout during
+Added: the fourth quarter of 2021.
+Added: We also announced that we will not pursue the previously announced plans in December 2020 to expand our COVID-19
+Added: program in Mexico in collaboration with Innovare R&D SA de CV.
+Added: Following HCT .
+Added: This Phase I study of PLX-R18 in HCT, has completed enrollment of 21 patients in the United States and Israel.
+Added: study is designed to assess the safety of PLX-R18 by assessing adverse events, safety labs and vital signs in patients receiving different
+Added: doses of PLX-R18.
+Added: We expect to complete one year follow up for all patients in September 2021.
+Added: In April 2021, we announced topline
+Added: results of this study.
+Added: The 21 patients enrolled in the United States and Israel were at least three months after the HCT procedure (median:
+Added: 236 days) and had low blood counts in at least one blood cell lineage.
+Added: They were assigned to one of three treatment arms:
+Added: cells/kg, two million cells/kg or four million cells/kg.
+Added: Each patient received two treatments of the assigned dose.
+Added: Data from the six-month follow-up
+Added: were available for 14 of the 21 treated patients and demonstrated that (i) PLX-R18 was well-tolerated with a favorable safety profile;
+Added: (ii) statistically significant improvement from baseline counts was observed in all cohorts for hemoglobin and platelet counts (p<0.05)
+Added: and the patients in the high dose arm (4 million cells/kg) exhibited statistically significant improvements in all three blood cell lineages
+Added: (iii) approximately 60% of patients exhibited improvements in all three blood cell lineages:
+Added: hemoglobin, neutrophil and platelet
+Added: counts that are above the initial criteria for inclusion in the study and (iv) 13 patients were transfusion dependent at baseline;
+Added: of those became transfusion independent at 6 month follow-up and no patients who were transfusion independent at baseline became transfusion
+Added: Peripheral and Cardiovascular
+Added: We investigated the use of PLX-PAD cells for the treatment of peripheral arterial disease, or PAD, including IC and CLI.
+Added: We completed two Phase I safety/dose-escalating
+Added: clinical studies for CLI, one in the United States and one in Germany.
+Added: These CLI studies demonstrated that no blood type or human leukocyte
+Added: antigen matching is required, and that the administration of PLX-PAD cells is safe, even if two doses are administered to a patient on
+Added: two different occasions.
+Added: We conducted a pivotal Phase
+Added: III study of PLX-PAD cells in the treatment of CLI for patients with minor tissue loss (Rutherford Category 5) who are unsuitable for
+Added: revascularization.
+Added: This multinational Phase III study was conducted in the United States, Europe and Israel and enrolled 213 patients
+Added: In December 2020, the independent Data Monitoring
+Added: Committee, or DMC, issued its recommendation letter following an interim analysis relating to the CLI Phase III study.
+Added: A clinical dataset
+Added: was reviewed by the independent DMC for safety and analysis of the primary endpoint of amputation-free survival, defined as time to occurrence
+Added: of major amputation of the index leg or death.
+Added: Based on the review, the DMC concluded that the CLI study was unlikely to meet the primary
+Added: endpoint by the time of the final analysis.
+Added: Following the DMC’s recommendation, we decided to terminate the CLI study.
+Added: We have conducted several animal studies for the evaluation of PLX-R18 for the treatment of ARS, in collaboration with the National Institute
+Added: of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, or the NIAID.
+Added: The NIH, funded and conducted a pilot study in non-human primates, or NHPs, to evaluate
+Added: the therapeutic effect of PLX-R18 on hematological aspects of ARS.
+Added: In 2017, we announced results of the NHPs pilot study for PLX-R18 as
+Added: a treatment for ARS.
+Added: Although study size was not designed to show significance, results showed a trend toward improved survival of PLX-R18
+Added: treated animals compared to control, placebo treated animals.
+Added: The study, conducted and funded by the NIAID, was designed to assess the
+Added: safety and efficacy of PLX-R18 following IM injection into irradiated and non-irradiated NHPs.
+Added: Efficacy measures included survival as
+Added: well as hematological parameters which are affected by exposure to high levels of radiation as may occur in a nuclear accident or attack.
+Added: These data will help the design of a pivotal study to fulfill the requirements for a Biologics License Application, or BLA, submission
+Added: under the FDA’s Animal Rule regulatory pathway.
+Added: We plan to continue
+Added: the discussions with the different government agencies with the goal of receiving their support for pivotal studies in NHPs as well as
+Added: conducting the safety studies required in order to file BLA for this indication.
+Added: In October 2017, we announced
+Added: that the FDA granted us an orphan drug designation for our PLX-R18 cell therapy for the prevention and treatment of ARS.
+Added: In April 2018, we announced
+Added: that the FDA approved our IND application for PLX-R18 cell therapy in the treatment of ARS.
+Added: The IND allows us to treat victims who may
+Added: have been acutely exposed to high dose radiation due to nuclear attack or accident.
+Added: In December 2015, we
+Added: also signed a memorandum of understanding, or MOU, for a collaboration with Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima Global Medical Science
+Added: The purpose of the collaboration is to develop our PLX-R18 cells for the treatment of ARS, and for morbidities following radiotherapy
+Added: in cancer patients.
+Added: In June 2018, we reported positive animal data from studies conducted in collaboration with Fukushima Medical University
+Added: evaluating PLX-R18 cells as a treatment for radiation damage to the gastrointestinal, or GI, tract and bone marrow.
+Added: Data from these studies
+Added: showed that PLX-R18 cells significantly increased survival rates, preserved GI stem cells activity that enhance the recovery of the GI
+Added: system and prevented severe damage to the intestinal lining, suggesting PLX-R18 potential as a multi-organ therapy for ARS.
+Added: July 2019, we presented positive results from a series of studies of our PLX-R18 cell therapy product conducted by the DoD, Armed Forces
+Added: Radiobiology Research Institute, part of the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences.
+Added: The studies were designed to evaluate PLX-R18
+Added: as a potential prophylactic countermeasure against ARS administered prior to radiation exposure.
+Added: These animal studies demonstrate that
+Added: PLX-R18, administered 24 hours before radiation exposure, and again 72 hours after exposure, resulted in a significant increase in survival
+Added: rates, from 4% survival rate in the placebo group to 74% in the treated group.
+Added: In addition, the data shows an increase in recovery of
+Added: blood lineages and a favorable safety profile.
+Added: Furthermore, histopathological analysis and hematopoietic progenitor clonogenic assay of
+Added: tissues collected show a significant increase in bone marrow cell numbers and improved regenerative capability into all blood lineages.
+Added: Steroid-Refractory cGVHD .
+Added: In September 2017, we signed an agreement with Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center (Ichilov Hospital) to conduct a Phase I/II clinical study
+Added: of PLX-PAD cell therapy for the treatment of Steroid-Refractory cGVHD.
+Added: This study is an investigator-initiated study.
+Added: As such, Tel Aviv
+Added: Sourasky Medical Center supports the study and is responsible for its design and implementation.
+Added: Regulatory and Clinical Affairs Strategy
+Added: Our cell therapy development
+Added: strategy is to hold open and frequent discussions with regulators at all stages of development from preclinical studies to more advanced
+Added: regulatory stages.
+Added: We utilize this strategy in working with the FDA, the EMA, Germany’s PEI as well as other European national competent
+Added: authorities, the MOH, Japan’s Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency, or PMDA, and also the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety,
+Added: or MFDS, of South Korea.
+Added: Intellectual Property
+Added: We understand that our success
+Added: will depend, in part, on maintaining our intellectual property, and therefore we are committed to protecting our technology and product
+Added: candidates with patents and other methods described below.
+Added: We are the sole owner of 133
+Added: issued patents and approximately 70 pending patent applications in the United States, Europe, China, Japan and Israel, as well as in additional
+Added: countries worldwide, including countries in the Far East and South America (in calculating the number of issued patents, each European
+Added: patent validated in multiple jurisdictions was counted as a single patent).
+Added: In April 2016, the Israeli
+Added: subsidiary entered into a licensing agreement with TES Holdings Co., Ltd., a venture company derived from the University of Tokyo, to
+Added: obtain a key patent in Japan to cover the treatment of ischemic diseases with placental cell therapy.
+Added: This license is subject to future
+Added: single low-digit royalties from sales of our product for treatment in the field of ischemic diseases in Japan, until expiry of the patent
+Added: This license is in addition to the grant of 13 patents to us by the Japanese Patent Office, which address three dimensional methods
+Added: for expanding placental and adipose cells, and specified cell therapies produced from placental tissue using these methods and bedside
+Added: thawing devices.
+Added: In February 2017, the Israeli
+Added: Subsidiary signed an agreement with founders of a certain patent for a five-year option to purchase a certain patent for an amount of
+Added: The agreement includes yearly payments of €75,000, €75,000 and €100,000 in February 2017, 2018 and 2019,
+Added: respectively, which have been paid.
+Added: We are entitled to terminate the agreement for convenience upon providing the founders 30 days prior
+Added: In April 2019, we filed a
+Added: provisional patent application titled “Methods and Compositions for Producing Cannabinoids,” which covers the use of
+Added: our state-of-the-art, proprietary 3D cell culturing technology for the potential manufacturing of cannabinoid-producing cells.
+Added: 2020, we filed a Patent Cooperation Treaty, or PCT, application with respect to the technology.
+Added: In June 2021, national or regional phase
+Added: applications of the PCT were filed in the United States, Europe, Japan, Canada, and Israel.
+Added: In March 2020, we filed a
+Added: provisional patent application titled “Methods and Compositions for Treating Viral Infections and Sequelae Thereof,”
+Added: which covers the use of placental adherent stromal cells for treating coronavirus infections and sequelae thereof.
+Added: In May 2020, a related
+Added: Israeli patent application was filed, which was allowed in March 2021.
+Added: In March 2021, a PCT application as well as national applications
+Added: were filed in the United States and Israel.
+Added: In June 2021, national or regional phase applications of the PCT were filed in Europe and
+Added: Based on the well-established
+Added: understanding that the characteristics and therapeutic potential of a cell product are largely determined by the source of the cells and
+Added: by the methods and conditions used during their culturing, our patent portfolio includes different types of claims that protect the various
+Added: unique aspects of our technology.
+Added: Our multi-national portfolio of patent and patent
+Added: applications includes the following claims:
proprietary expansion methods for 3D stromal cells;
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harvest, and thawing devices.
−Removed: our experience with ASC-based product development, we have developed expertise and know-how in this field and have established
−Removed: procedures for manufacturing clinical-grade PLX cells in our facilities.
−Removed: Certain aspects of our manufacturing process are covered
−Removed: by patents and patent applications.
−Removed: In addition, specific aspects of our technology are retained as know-how and trade secrets
−Removed: that are protected by our confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants, contractors, manufacturers and advisors.
−Removed: These agreements generally provide for protection of confidential information, restrictions on the use of materials, and an obligation
−Removed: to assign to us inventions conceived during the course of performing services for us.
−Removed: following table sets forth our key patents and patent applications and is not intended to represent an assessment of claims, limitations
−Removed: In some cases, a jurisdiction is listed as both pending and granted for a single patent family.
−Removed: This is due to pending
−Removed: continuation or divisional applications of the granted case.
−Removed: is a risk that our patents will be invalidated, and that our pending patent applications will not result in issued patents.
−Removed: also cannot be certain that we will not infringe on any patents that may be issued to others.
−Removed: See “Risk Factors - We must
−Removed: further protect and develop our technology and products in order to become a profitable company”
−Removed: The expiration dates
−Removed: of these patents, based on filing dates, range from 2020 to 2040.
−Removed: expiration dates will be determined according to extensions received based on the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration
−Removed: Act of 1984 (P.L.
−Removed: 98-417), commonly known as the “Hatch-Waxman”
−Removed: Act, that permits extensions of pharmaceutical patents
−Removed: to reflect regulatory delays encountered in obtaining FDA market approval.
−Removed: The Hatch-Waxman Act is based on a U.S.
−Removed: and therefore only relevant to U.S.
−Removed: Patent Portfolio
−Removed: Jurisdictions
−Removed: Jurisdictions
−Removed: AND APPARATUS FOR MAINTENANCE AND EXPANSION OF HAEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELLS AND/OR PROGENITOR CELLS
−Removed: PCT/US2000/02688
−Removed: 6, 2020 (245 days patent term adjustment)
−Removed: FOR CELL EXPANSION AND USES OF CELLS AND CONDITIONED MEDIA PRODUCED THEREBY FOR THERAPY
+Added: Through our experience with
+Added: adherent stromal cell based product development, we have developed expertise and know-how in this field and have established procedures
+Added: for manufacturing clinical-grade PLX cells in our facilities.
+Added: Certain aspects of our manufacturing process are covered by patents and
+Added: patent applications.
+Added: In addition, specific aspects of our technology are retained as know-how and trade secrets that are protected by
+Added: our confidentiality agreements with our employees, consultants, contractors, manufacturers and advisors.
+Added: These agreements generally provide
+Added: for protection of confidential information, restrictions on the use of materials, and an obligation to assign to us inventions conceived
+Added: during the course of performing services for us.
+Added: The following table sets forth
+Added: our key patents and patent applications and is not intended to represent an assessment of claims, limitations or scope.
+Added: In some cases,
+Added: a jurisdiction is listed as both pending and granted for a single patent family.
+Added: This is due to pending continuation or divisional applications
+Added: of the granted case.
+Added: The expiration dates of these
+Added: patents, based on filing dates, range from 2027 to 2041.
+Added: Actual expiration dates will be determined according to extensions received based
+Added: on the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 (P.L.
+Added: 98-417), commonly known as the “Hatch-Waxman”
+Added: Act, that permits extensions of pharmaceutical patents to reflect regulatory delays encountered in obtaining FDA market approval.
+Added: Hatch-Waxman Act is based on a U.S.
+Added: federal law and therefore only relevant to U.S.
+Added: There is a risk that our patents
+Added: will be invalidated, and that our pending patent applications will not result in issued patents.
+Added: We also cannot be certain that we will
+Added: not infringe on any patents that may be issued to others.
+Added: See “Risk Factors - We must further protect and develop our technology
+Added: and products in order to become a profitable company.”
+Added: Our Patent Portfolio
+Added: Patent Name/ Int.
+Added: Pending Jurisdictions
+Added: Granted Jurisdictions
+Added: METHODS FOR CELL EXPANSION AND USES OF CELLS AND CONDITIONED MEDIA
+Added: PRODUCED THEREBY FOR THERAPY
PCT/IL2007/000380
−Removed: Canada, China, Hong Kong, Europe, Israel, India, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Singapore
−Removed: CELLS FROM PLACENTA TISSUE AND USE THEREOF IN THERAPY
+Added: China, Hong Kong
+Added: Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Europe, Israel, India, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Singapore
+Added: March 23, 2027
+Added: ADHERENT CELLS FROM PLACENTA TISSUE AND USE THEREOF IN THERAPY
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−Removed: Canada, China, Europe, Hong Kong, Israel, India, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Singapore, USA, South Africa, South Korea
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+Added: United States, Israel
+Added: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Europe, Hong Kong, Israel, India, Japan, Mexico, Russia, United States, South Korea
+Added: September 2, 2028
+Added: METHODS OF TREATING INFLAMMATORY COLON DISEASES
PCT/IL2009/000527
−Removed: States, Israel, Russia
−Removed: OF SELECTION OF CELLS FOR TRANSPLANTATION
+Added: United States, Israel, Russia
+Added: METHODS OF SELECTION OF CELLS FOR TRANSPLANTATION
PCT/IL2009/000844
−Removed: CELLS FROM PLACENTA TISSUE AND USE THEREOF IN THERAPY
+Added: Europe, Israel
+Added: September 1, 2029
+Added: ADHERENT CELLS FROM PLACENTA TISSUE AND USE THEREOF IN THERAPY
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−Removed: Canada, Europe, Hong Kong, Israel, India, Mexico, Russia, Singapore, USA, South Africa
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+Added: Australia, Canada, China, Europe, Hong Kong, Israel, India, Mexico, Russia, Singapore, United States
+Added: September 1, 2029
+Added: ADHERENT CELLS FROM PLACENTA TISSUE AND USE THEREOF IN THERAPY
PCT/IL2009/000845
−Removed: States, Europe, Israel
−Removed: STROMAL CELLS DERIVED FROM PLANCENTAS OF MULTIPLE DONORS AND USES THEREOF
+Added: United States, Europe, Israel
+Added: September 1, 2029
+Added: ADHERENT STROMAL CELLS DERIVED FROM PLANCENTAS OF MULTIPLE DONORS
+Added: AND USES THEREOF
PCT/IB2011/001413
+Added: United States
April 21, 2031
March 22, 2027
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−Removed: States, China, Israel
−Removed: Canada, China Hong Kong, Europe, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, United States, South Africa
−Removed: AND SYSTEMS FOR HARVESTING ADHERENT STROMAL CELLS
+Added: ADHERENT CELLS FROM PLACENTA AND USE OF SAME IN DISEASE TREATMENT
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−Removed: Israel, United States
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+Added: United States, Israel
+Added: Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Europe, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, United States
+Added: November 29, 2030
+Added: METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR HARVESTING ADHERENT STROMAL CELLS
PCT/IB2012/000933
−Removed: Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, South Korea, United States
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−Removed: PCT/EP2011/058730
−Removed: States, Europe, Israel
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+Added: China, Israel
+Added: Australia, Canada, Europe, Israel, India, South Korea, Mexico, Singapore, United States
+Added: April 15, 2032
+Added: METHODS FOR TREATING RADIATION OR CHEMICAL INJURY
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United States
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+Added: Europe, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, South Korea, United States
+Added: March 22, 2032
+Added: SKELETAL MUSCLE REGENERATION USING MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS
+Added: PCT/EP2011/058730
+Added: United States, Europe, Israel
+Added: GENE AND PROTEIN EXPRESSION PROPERTIES OF ADHERENT STROMAL CELLS
+Added: CULTURED IN 3D
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−Removed: States, Israel
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+Added: Israel, United States
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+Added: DEVICES AND METHODS FOR CULTURE OF CELLS
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−Removed: Hong Kong, Europe, Israel, Japan, South Korea, United States, South Africa
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+Added: United States, Israel
+Added: August 31, 2033
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PCT/IB2015/059763
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+Added: Israel, United States
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−Removed: AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PRODUCING CANNABINOIDS
−Removed: Cooperation Treaty
−Removed: FOR EXPANDING ADHERENT STROMAL CELLS AND CELLS OBTAINED THEREBY
+Added: METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR DETACHING ADHERENT CELLS
+Added: Germany 10 2018 115 360.0
+Added: June 25-July 3, 2038
+Added: DRUG CONTAINING HUMAN PLACENTA-ORIGIN MESENCHYMAL CELLS AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING VEGF USING THE CELLS JP20030579842
+Added: March 28, 2023
+Added: METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PRODUCING CANNABINOIDS
+Added: PCT, Canada, Europe, Israel, Japan, United States
+Added: April 28, 2040
+Added: METHODS FOR EXPANDING ADHERENT STROMAL CELLS AND CELLS OBTAINED
PCT/IB2019/052569
−Removed: Cooperation Treaty
−Removed: AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING SUBJECTS EXPOSED TO VESICANTS AND OTHER CHEMICAL AGENTS
+Added: Israel, Singapore, United States
+Added: March 28, 2039
+Added: METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING SUBJECTS EXPOSED TO VESICANTS
+Added: AND OTHER CHEMICAL AGENTS
PCT/IB2019/055074
−Removed: Cooperation Treaty
−Removed: AND COMPOSITIONS FOR FORMULATING AND DISPENSING PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS
+Added: Israel, United States
+Added: June 18, 2039
+Added: METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR FORMULATING AND DISPENSING PHARMACEUTICAL
PCT/IB2019/053115
−Removed: Cooperation Treaty;
−Removed: International:
+Added: United States
+Added: United States:
April 16, 2039
April 26, 2038
−Removed: DOSAGE REGIMENS COMPRISING ADHERENT STROMAL CELLS
+Added: THERAPEUTIC DOSAGE REGIMENS COMPRISING ADHERENT STROMAL CELLS
PCT/IB2019/054828
−Removed: Cooperation Treaty
+Added: Israel, United States
+Added: June 10, 2039
+Added: MODULAR BIOREACTOR
PCT/IB2019/058429
−Removed: Cooperation Treaty
−Removed: METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS
+Added: Europe, Israel, South Korea, Singapore, United States
+Added: October 3, 2039
+Added: THERAPEUTIC METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS
PCT/IB2019/059544
−Removed: Cooperation Treaty
−Removed: AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING VIRAL INFECTIONS AND SEQUELAE THEREOF
−Removed: States (provisional)
−Removed: yet determined
−Removed: and Development
−Removed: initial technology, the PluriX™
−Removed: Bioreactor system, was invented at the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology’s Rappaport
−Removed: Faculty of Medicine, in collaboration with researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science.
−Removed: This technology has been further
−Removed: significantly developed by our research and development teams over the ensuing years.
−Removed: Collaborations
−Removed: and Ongoing Research and Development Plans
−Removed: Charité
−Removed: In July 2007, we entered into a five-year
−Removed: collaborative research agreement with the Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies at Charité
−Removed: - University Medicine
−Removed: Berlin, or Charité, which was extended from time to time through June 2022.
−Removed: We and Charité
−Removed: are collaborating on a
−Removed: variety of indications utilizing PLX cells.
−Removed: According to the agreement, we will be the exclusive owner of the technology and any
−Removed: products produced as a result of the collaboration.
−Removed: Charité
−Removed: will receive between 1% to 2% royalties from net sales of new
−Removed: developments that have been achieved during the joint development.
−Removed: March 2020, we announced that we had signed a collaborative agreement with the BIH Center for Regenerative Therapy and the Berlin
−Removed: Center for Advanced Therapies at Charité
−Removed: University of Medicine Berlin to expand our existing framework and research agreement
−Removed: and conduct a joint project evaluating the therapeutic effects of our patented PLX cell product candidates for potential treatment
−Removed: of the respiratory and inflammatory complications associated with COVID-19.
−Removed: Medical University
−Removed: signed a memorandum of understanding, or MOU, for a collaboration with Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima Global Medical
−Removed: Science Center.
−Removed: The purpose of the collaboration is to develop Pluristem’s PLX-R18 cells for the treatment of ARS, and for morbidities
−Removed: following radiotherapy in cancer patients.
−Removed: The collaboration will proceed alongside research supported by the NIH, which is studying
−Removed: PLX-R18 as a potential treatment for the hematologic component of ARS.
−Removed: The MOU for a collaboration with Fukushima will be renewed
−Removed: automatically on a yearly basis.
−Removed: Each party is entitled to terminate the agreement for convenience upon providing the other party
−Removed: 30 days prior notice.
−Removed: June 26, 2013, we entered into an exclusive out-licensing and commercialization agreement, or the CHA Agreement, with CHA for
−Removed: conducting clinical trials and commercialization of our PLX-PAD product candidate in South Korea in connection with two indications:
−Removed: the treatment of CLI and IC.
−Removed: We will continue
−Removed: to retain rights to our proprietary manufacturing technology and cell-related intellectual property.
−Removed: first clinical trial that was performed as part of the CHA Agreement was a Phase II trial in IC.
−Removed: Upon the first regulatory approval
−Removed: for a PLX product in South Korea, if granted, for the specified indications, we and CHA will establish an equally owned joint
−Removed: venture with the purpose of commercializing PLX cell products in South Korea.
−Removed: Additionally, we will be able to use the data generated
−Removed: by CHA to pursue the development of PLX product candidates outside of South Korea.
−Removed: term of the CHA Agreement extends from June 24, 2013 until the later of the expiration, lapse, cancellation, abandonment or invalidation
−Removed: of the last valid patent claim covering the development of the product indications.
−Removed: The CHA Agreement contains customary termination
−Removed: provisions, including in the event that the parties do not reach an agreement upon a development plan for conducting the clinical
−Removed: termination of the CHA Agreement, the license granted thereunder will terminate, and all rights included therein will revert to
−Removed: us, whereupon we will be free to enter into agreements with any other third parties for the granting of a license in or outside
−Removed: South Korea or to deal in any other manner with such rights as it shall see fit in our sole discretion.
−Removed: Phase III study of PLX-PAD in CLI will be a collaborative project carried out by an international consortium led by the Berlin-Brandenburg
−Removed: Center for Regenerative Therapies, together with the Company and with the participation of additional third parties.
−Removed: Phase III study of PLX-PAD cell therapy in the treatment of muscle recovery following surgery for hip fracture will be a collaborative
−Removed: project carried out by an international consortium led by Charité, together with us and with the participation of additional
−Removed: third parties.
−Removed: October 2017, we entered into a collaborative project, the nTRACK, carried out by an international consortium led by Leitat.
−Removed: aim of this project is to examine gold nano particles labeling of stem cells to enable assessment of cells’
−Removed: in vivo persistence
−Removed: and distribution in correlation to biological efficacy.
−Removed: Under the project, PLX cells, labeled and non-labeled will be characterized
−Removed: and examined in animal models for muscle injury.
−Removed: April 2018, NIAID awarded a $2.5 million grant to Indiana University to conduct, together with us, studies of our PLX-R18 cell
−Removed: therapy in the treatment of ARS.
−Removed: The goal of this project is to extend the PLX-R18 ARS studies to include examination of survival
−Removed: in pediatric and geriatric populations as well as the ability of PLX-R18 to alleviate delayed effects of radiation in survivors.
−Removed: July 2018, we entered into a strategic collaboration agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., or Thermo Fisher, with the
−Removed: aim of advancing the fundamental knowledge of cell therapy industrialization and to improve quality control of the end-to-end
−Removed: supply chain.
−Removed: The collaboration will combine Thermo Fisher’s experience in cell therapy development and bioproduction scaleup
−Removed: with our expertise in cell therapy manufacturing, clinical development and quality control.
−Removed: November 2018, we entered into a license agreement with a subsidiary of Chart Industries, Inc., or Chart, regarding our thawing
−Removed: device for cell-based therapies.
−Removed: Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Chart obtained the exclusive rights to manufacture and
−Removed: market the thawing device in all territories worldwide, excluding Greater China, and we are to receive royalties from sales of
−Removed: the product and supply of an agreed upon number of thawing devices.
−Removed: Royalties shall commence on the date of Chart’s first
−Removed: commercial sale of the thawing device.
−Removed: February 2019, we entered into a collaboration with NASA’s Ames Research Center to evaluate the potential of our PLX cell
−Removed: therapies in preventing and treating medical conditions caused during space missions.
+Added: Israel, United States
+Added: November 6, 2039
+Added: METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR TREATING VIRAL INFECTIONS AND SEQUELAE
+Added: PCT/IL2021/050268
+Added: PCT, United States, Europe,
+Added: Israel, Mexico
+Added: First Israeli application:
+Added: Other applications:
+Added: March 11, 2041
+Added: METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR AESTHETIC AND COSMETIC TREATMENT AND
+Added: STIMULATING HAIR GROWTH
+Added: PCT/IL2020/050363
+Added: PCT, United States, Europe,
+Added: Canada, China, Japan, Israel, Australia
+Added: March 26, 2040
+Added: METHODS FOR EXPANDING ADHERENT STROMAL CELLS AND CELLS OBTAINED
+Added: September 23, 2040
+Added: Research and Development
+Added: Foundational Research
+Added: Our initial technology, the PluriX™ Bioreactor system, was invented
+Added: at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology’s Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, in collaboration with researchers from the
+Added: Weizmann Institute of Science.
+Added: This technology was acquired by us and has been further significantly developed by our research and development
+Added: teams over the ensuing years.
+Added: Collaborations and Ongoing Research and Development Plans
+Added: Charité Agreement
+Added: In July 2007, we entered into
+Added: a five-year collaborative research agreement with the Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies at Charité – University
+Added: Medicine Berlin, or Charité, which was extended from time to time through June 2022.
+Added: We and Charité are collaborating on
+Added: a variety of indications utilizing PLX cells.
+Added: According to the agreement, we will be the exclusive owner of the technology and any products
+Added: produced as a result of the collaboration.
+Added: Charité will receive between 1% to 2% royalties from net sales of new developments that
+Added: have been achieved during the joint development.
+Added: Fukushima Medical University
+Added: We signed an MOU for a collaboration
+Added: with Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima Global Medical Science Center.
+Added: The purpose of the collaboration is to develop Pluristem’s
+Added: PLX-R18 cells for the treatment of ARS, and for morbidities following radiotherapy in cancer patients.
+Added: The collaboration will proceed
+Added: alongside research supported by the NIH, which is studying PLX-R18 as a potential treatment for the hematologic component of ARS.
+Added: MOU for a collaboration with Fukushima will be renewed automatically on a yearly basis.
+Added: Each party is entitled to terminate the agreement
+Added: for convenience upon providing the other party 30 days prior notice.
+Added: CHA Agreement
+Added: June 26, 2013, we entered into an exclusive out-licensing and commercialization agreement, or the CHA Agreement, with CHA for conducting
+Added: clinical studies and commercialization of our PLX-PAD product candidate in South Korea in connection with two indications:
+Added: the treatment
+Added: of CLI and IC.
+Added: We will continue to retain rights to our proprietary manufacturing technology and cell-related intellectual property.
+Added: first clinical study that was performed as part of the CHA Agreement was a Phase II study in IC.
+Added: Upon the first regulatory approval for
+Added: a PLX product in South Korea, if granted, for the specified indications, we and CHA will establish an equally owned joint venture with
+Added: the purpose of commercializing PLX cell products in South Korea.
+Added: Additionally, we will be able to use the data generated by CHA to pursue
+Added: the development of PLX product candidates outside of South Korea.
+Added: The term of the CHA Agreement
+Added: extends from June 24, 2013 until the later of the expiration, lapse, cancellation, abandonment or invalidation of the last valid patent
+Added: claim covering the development of the product indications.
+Added: The CHA Agreement contains customary termination provisions, including in the
+Added: event that the parties do not reach an agreement upon a development plan for conducting the clinical studies.
+Added: Upon termination of the CHA
+Added: Agreement, the license granted thereunder will terminate, and all rights included therein will revert to us, whereupon we will be free
+Added: to enter into agreements with any other third parties for the granting of a license in or outside South Korea or to deal in any other
+Added: manner with such rights as it shall see fit in our sole discretion.
+Added: The Phase III study of PLX-PAD
+Added: in CLI was conducted as a collaborative project carried out by an international consortium led by the Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative
+Added: Therapies, together with the Company and with the participation of additional third parties.
+Added: Our Phase III study of PLX-PAD
+Added: cell therapy in the treatment of muscle recovery following surgery for hip fracture is a collaborative project carried out by an international
+Added: consortium led by Charité, together with us and with the participation of additional third parties.
+Added: In October 2017, we entered
+Added: into a collaborative project, the nTRACK, carried out by an international consortium led by Leitat.
+Added: The aim of this project is to examine
+Added: gold nano particles labeling of stem cells to enable assessment of cells’ in vivo persistence and distribution in correlation to
+Added: biological efficacy.
+Added: Under the project, PLX cells, labeled and non-labeled will be characterized and examined in animal models for muscle
+Added: Indiana University
+Added: In April 2018, NIAID awarded
+Added: a $2.5 million grant to Indiana University to conduct, together with us, studies of our PLX-R18 cell therapy in the treatment of ARS.
+Added: The goal of this project is to extend the PLX-R18 ARS studies to include examination of survival in pediatric and geriatric populations
+Added: as well as the ability of PLX-R18 to alleviate delayed effects of radiation in survivors.
+Added: Thermo Fisher
+Added: In July 2018, we entered into
+Added: a strategic collaboration agreement with Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., or Thermo Fisher, with the aim of advancing the fundamental knowledge
+Added: of cell therapy industrialization and to improve quality control of the end-to-end supply chain.
+Added: The collaboration enables us to combine
+Added: Thermo Fisher’s experience in cell therapy development and bioproduction scaleup with our expertise in cell therapy manufacturing,
+Added: clinical development, and quality control.
+Added: Chart Industries
+Added: In November 2018, we entered
+Added: into a license agreement with a subsidiary of Chart Industries, Inc., or Chart, regarding our thawing device for cell-based therapies.
+Added: Pursuant to the terms of the agreement, Chart obtained the exclusive rights to manufacture and market the thawing device in all territories
+Added: worldwide, excluding Greater China, and we are to receive royalties from sales of the product and supply of an agreed upon number of thawing
+Added: Royalties shall commence on the date of Chart’s first commercial sale of the thawing device.
+Added: In February 2019, we entered
+Added: a collaboration with NASA’s Ames Research Center to evaluate the potential of our PLX cell therapies in preventing and treating
+Added: medical conditions caused during space missions.
Department of Defense
−Removed: August 2017, we announced that a pilot study of our PLX-R18 cell therapy was initiated by the U.S.
−Removed: The study is examining
−Removed: the effectiveness of PLX-R18 as a treatment for ARS prior to, and within the first 24 hours of exposure to radiation.
−Removed: 2019, we presented positive results from a series of studies of our PLX-R18 cell therapy product conducted by the U.S.
−Removed: are members of a large-scale research initiative, the RESTORE project which has received funding of Euro 1,000,000 (approximately
−Removed: $1,100,000) from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, to submit a full grant application for
−Removed: the development and advancement of transformative therapeutics.
−Removed: At this time, due to COVID-19, there is no open call for full
−Removed: The members of the RESTORE project continue to collaborate in attempt to collectively submit the grant application once
−Removed: such call is available.
−Removed: June 2020, we announced that we were selected as a member of the CRISPR-IL consortium, a group funded by the IIA.
−Removed: CRISPR-IL brings
−Removed: together the leading experts in life science and computer science from academia, medicine, and industry, to develop AI based end-to-end
+Added: In August 2017, we announced
+Added: that a pilot study of our PLX-R18 cell therapy was initiated by the DoD.
+Added: The study examined the effectiveness of PLX-R18 as a treatment
+Added: for ARS prior to, and within the first 24 hours of exposure to radiation.
+Added: In July 2019, we presented positive results from a series of
+Added: studies of our PLX-R18 cell therapy product conducted by the DoD.
+Added: We are members of a large-scale
+Added: research initiative, the RESTORE project which has received funding of €1,000,000 (approximately $1,100,000) from the European Union’s
+Added: Horizon 2020 research and innovation program, to submit a full grant application for the development and advancement of transformative
+Added: therapeutics.
+Added: Currently, due to COVID-19, there is no open call for full proposal.
+Added: The members of the RESTORE project continue to collaborate
+Added: in attempt to collectively submit the grant application once such call is available.
+Added: In June 2020, we announced
+Added: that we were selected as a member of the CRISPR-IL consortium, a group funded by the IIA.
+Added: CRISPR-IL brings together the leading experts
+Added: in life science and computer science from academia, medicine, and industry, to develop Artificial Intelligence, or AI, based end-to-end
genome-editing solutions.
−Removed: These next-generation, multi-species genome editing products for human, plant, and animal DNA, have
−Removed: applications in the pharma, agriculture, and aquaculture industries.
+Added: These next-generation, multi-species genome editing products for human, plant, and animal DNA, have applications
+Added: in the pharma, agriculture, and aquaculture industries.
CRISPR-IL is funded by the IIA with a total budget of approximately $10,000,000
−Removed: $10,000,000 of which, an amount of approximately $480,000 is a direct grant allocated to us, for a period of 18 months, with a
−Removed: potential for extension of an additional 18 months and additional budget from the IIA.
−Removed: CRISPR-IL participants include leading
−Removed: companies, and medical and academic institutions.
−Removed: Arab Emirates-based Abu Dhabi Stem Cells Center
−Removed: In August 2020, we signed a non-binding
−Removed: MOU with the United Arab Emirates-based Abu Dhabi Stem Cells Center, a specialist healthcare center focused on cell therapy and
−Removed: regenerative medicine.
−Removed: The aim of the collaboration is to capitalize on each party’s respective areas of expertise in cell
−Removed: The parties have agreed to exchange research results, share samples, join usage of equipment and testing, and other
−Removed: essential activities related to advancing the treatment and research of cell therapies for a broad range of medical conditions,
−Removed: including COVID-19.
−Removed: plan to continue to collaborate with universities, academic institutions, and corporate partners worldwide to fully leverage our
−Removed: expertise and explore the use of our cells in other indications.
−Removed: Clinical Manufacturing
−Removed: have the in-house capability to perform clinical cell manufacturing.
−Removed: Our state-of-the-art Good Manufacturing Practice, or GMP,
−Removed: grade manufacturing facility in Haifa has been in use since February 2013 for the main purpose of clinical grade, large-scale
−Removed: manufacturing.
−Removed: The facility’s new automated manufacturing process and products were approved for production of PLX-PAD for
−Removed: clinical use by the FDA, EMA, Korean MFDS, PMDA and the Israeli MOH.
−Removed: Our second product, PLX R18, was cleared by the FDA and the
−Removed: Israeli Ministry of Health for clinical use.
−Removed: Furthermore, the site was inspected and approved by an EU qualified person (European
−Removed: accreditation body), approving that the site and production processes meet the current GMP for the purpose of manufacturing clinical
−Removed: grade products.
−Removed: site was also inspected and approved by Israel’s Ministry of Health and we received a cGMP Certification and manufacturer-importer
−Removed: authorization.
−Removed: obtain the human placentas used for our research and manufacturing activities from various hospitals in Israel after receiving
−Removed: a written informed consent by the mother and pathogen clearance.
−Removed: Any medical waste related to the use of placentas is treated
−Removed: in compliance with local environmental laws and standards.
−Removed: June 2019, we announced that we developed a serum-free formulation to support the manufacturing of cell therapy products.
−Removed: serum-free formulation was developed using our deep understanding in cell therapy industrial scale production standards, and the
−Removed: quality methods designed to support implementation in Phase III development and marketing.
−Removed: Achieving this significant technological
−Removed: challenge is expected to provide us with large-scale, highly-consistent production capacity with operational independency from
−Removed: third party suppliers for standard serum, an expensive and quantity limited product.
−Removed: PLX-R18 is the first product candidate that
−Removed: we intend to manufacture using the serum-free media, which is expected to be followed by PLX-PAD.
−Removed: development, manufacturing, and marketing of our cell therapy product candidates are subject to the laws and regulations of governmental
−Removed: authorities in the United States and the European Union as well as other countries in which our products will be marketed in the
−Removed: future like Japan, Israel and South Korea.
−Removed: In addition, the manufacturing conditions are specifically inspected by the Israeli
−Removed: Ministry of Health.
−Removed: FDA in the United States and the EMA in Europe must approve the product for marketing.
−Removed: Furthermore, various governmental statutes
−Removed: and regulations also govern or influence testing, manufacturing, safety, labeling, storage and record keeping related to such
−Removed: products and their marketing.
−Removed: Governments in other countries have similar requirements for testing and marketing.
−Removed: process of obtaining these approvals and the subsequent compliance with appropriate statutes and regulations require the expenditure
−Removed: of substantial time, resources and money.
−Removed: There can be no assurance that our product candidates will ultimately receive marketing
−Removed: approval, or, if approved, will be reimbursed by public and private health insurance.
−Removed: are several stages every drug has to go through during its development process.
+Added: of which, an amount of approximately $480,000 is a direct grant allocated to us, for an initial period of 18 months, with a potential
+Added: for extension of an additional 18 months, or the Second Period, with additional budget from the IIA.
+Added: In August 2021, we submitted
+Added: an additional budget for the Second Period.
+Added: The CRISPR-IL consortium program does not require us to pay royalties to the IIA.
+Added: United Arab Emirates-based Abu Dhabi Stem Cells
+Added: In August 2020, we signed
+Added: a non-binding MOU with the United Arab Emirates-based Abu Dhabi Stem Cells Center, a specialist healthcare center focused on cell therapy
+Added: and regenerative medicine.
+Added: The aim of the collaboration is to capitalize on each party’s respective areas of expertise in cell therapies.
+Added: The parties have agreed to exchange research results, share samples, join usage of equipment and testing, and other essential activities
+Added: related to advancing the treatment and research of cell therapies for a broad range of medical conditions, including COVID-19.
+Added: We plan to continue to collaborate
+Added: with universities, academic institutions, and corporate partners worldwide to fully leverage our expertise and explore the use of our
+Added: cells in other indications.
+Added: In-House Clinical Manufacturing
+Added: We have the in-house capability
+Added: to perform clinical cell manufacturing.
+Added: Our state-of-the-art Good Manufacturing Practice, or GMP, grade manufacturing facility in Haifa
+Added: has been in use since February 2013 for the main purpose of clinical grade, large-scale manufacturing.
+Added: The facility’s new automated
+Added: manufacturing process and products were approved for production of PLX-PAD for clinical use by the FDA, EMA, MFDS, PMDA and the MOH.
+Added: second product, PLX-R18, was cleared by the FDA and the MOH for clinical use.
+Added: Furthermore, the site was inspected and approved by an European
+Added: Union qualified person (European accreditation body), approving that the site and production processes meet the current GMP for the purpose
+Added: of manufacturing clinical grade products.
+Added: The site was also inspected and approved by the MOH and we received
+Added: a cGMP Certification and manufacturer-importer authorization.
+Added: We obtain the human placentas
+Added: used for our research and manufacturing activities from various hospitals in Israel after receiving a written informed consent by the
+Added: mother and pathogen clearance.
+Added: Any medical waste related to the use of placentas is treated in compliance with local environmental laws
+Added: and standards.
+Added: In June 2019, we announced
+Added: that we developed a serum-free formulation to support the manufacturing of cell therapy products.
+Added: This serum-free formulation was developed
+Added: using our deep understanding in cell therapy industrial scale production standards, and the quality methods designed to support implementation
+Added: in Phase III development and marketing.
+Added: Achieving this significant technological challenge is expected to provide us with large-scale,
+Added: highly consistent production capacity with operational independency from third party suppliers for standard serum, an expensive and quantity
+Added: limited product.
+Added: PLX-R18 is the first product candidate manufactured using the serum-free media.
+Added: Government Regulation
+Added: The development, manufacturing,
+Added: and future marketing of our cell therapy product candidates are subject to the laws and regulations of governmental authorities in the
+Added: United States, Europe and Israel, as well as other countries in which our products may be marketed in the future like Japan, and South
+Added: In addition, the manufacturing conditions are specifically inspected by the MOH.
+Added: The FDA and the EMA must approve
+Added: products prior to marketing.
+Added: Furthermore, various governmental statutes and regulations also govern or influence testing, manufacturing,
+Added: safety, labeling, storage and record keeping related to such products and their marketing.
+Added: Governments in other countries have similar
+Added: requirements for testing and marketing.
+Added: The process of obtaining these
+Added: approvals and the subsequent compliance with appropriate statutes and regulations require the expenditure of substantial time, resources
+Added: There can be no assurance that our product candidates will ultimately receive marketing approval, or, if approved, will be
+Added: reimbursed by public and private health insurance.
+Added: There are several stages every drug undergoes during
+Added: its development process.
Among these are:
● Performance
−Removed: of nonclinical laboratory and animal studies to assess a drug’s biological activity and
−Removed: to identify potential safety problems, and to characterize and document the product’s
−Removed: chemistry, manufacturing controls, formulation, and stability.
−Removed: In accordance with regulatory
−Removed: requirements, nonclinical safety and toxicity studies are conducted under Good Laboratory
−Removed: Practice requirements to ensure their quality and reliability;
+Added: of nonclinical laboratory and animal studies to assess a drug’s biological activity and to identify potential safety concerns,
+Added: and to characterize and document the product’s chemistry, manufacturing controls, formulation, and stability.
+Added: In accordance with
+Added: regulatory requirements, nonclinical safety and toxicity studies are conducted under Good Laboratory Practice, requirements to
+Added: ensure their quality and reliability;
manufacture of the product according to GMP regulations and standards;
−Removed: adequate and well-controlled human clinical trials in compliance with Good Clinical Practice,
−Removed: or GCP, to establish the safety and efficacy of the product for its intended indication;
−Removed: post-marketing clinical testing and surveillance of the product after marketing approval,
−Removed: which can result in additional conditions on the approvals or suspension of clinical
−Removed: of a drug for clinical trials in humans and approval of marketing are sovereign decisions
−Removed: of states, made by national, or, in case of the European Union, international regulatory competent authorities.
−Removed: Regulatory Process in the United States
−Removed: the United States, our product candidates are subject to regulation as a biological product under the Public Health Service Act
−Removed: and the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
−Removed: The FDA, regulating the approval of clinical trials and marketing applications in
−Removed: the United States, generally requires the following steps prior to approving a new biological product either for clinical trials
+Added: adequate and well-controlled human clinical studies in compliance with Good Clinical Practice, or GCP, to establish the safety and efficacy
+Added: of the product for its intended indication;
+Added: post-marketing clinical testing and surveillance of the product after marketing approval, which can result in additional conditions on
+Added: the approvals or suspension of clinical use.
+Added: Approval of a drug for clinical
+Added: studies in humans and approval of marketing are sovereign decisions of states, made by national,
+Added: or, in case of the European Union, international regulatory competent authorities.
+Added: The Regulatory Process in the United States
+Added: In the United States, our
+Added: product candidates are subject to regulation as a biological product under the Public Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug and
+Added: Cosmetic Act.
+Added: The FDA, regulating the approval of clinical studies and marketing applications in the United States, generally requires
+Added: the following steps prior to approving a new biological product for use either for clinical studies
or for commercial sale:
−Removed: of an IND Application, which must become effective before clinical testing in humans
−Removed: approval of Institutional Review Boards, or IRBs, of research institutions or other clinical
−Removed: sites to introduce the drug candidate into humans in clinical trials;
−Removed: may grant approval for EAP prior to the completion of clinical trials ,
−Removed: in order to allow access for the investigational drug, for patients that are excluded
−Removed: from the study.
−Removed: may grant priority review status, in order to expedite the BLA review process.
−Removed: of a Fast Track designation allows access for the request of priority review.
−Removed: to the FDA of a BLA for marketing authorization of the product, which must include adequate
−Removed: results of pre-clinical testing and clinical trials;
−Removed: of BLA with a proof of efficacy that is based only on animal studies, where human efficacy
−Removed: studies cannot be conducted because the conduct of such trials is unethical and field
−Removed: trials after an accidental or deliberate exposure are not feasible.
−Removed: review of the BLA in order to determine, among other things, whether the product is safe
−Removed: and effective for its intended uses;
−Removed: inspection and approval of the product manufacturing facility at which the product will
−Removed: be manufactured.
−Removed: Regulatory Process in Europe
−Removed: the European Union, our investigational cellular products are regulated under the Advanced Therapy Medicinal Product regulation,
−Removed: a regulation specific to cell and tissue products.
+Added: of an IND Application, which must become effective before clinical testing in humans can begin;
+Added: approval of Institutional Review Boards, or IRBs, of research institutions or other clinical sites to introduce the drug candidate into
+Added: humans in clinical studies;
+Added: may grant approval for EAP prior to the completion of clinical studies , in order to allow
+Added: access for the investigational drug, for patients that are excluded from the study;
+Added: may grant priority review status to expedite the BLA review process.
+Added: Obtaining a Fast Track designation allows access for
+Added: the request of priority review;
+Added: of a BLA for marketing authorization of the product, which must include adequate results of pre-clinical testing and clinical studies;
+Added: of BLA with a proof of efficacy that is based only on animal studies is feasible in instances where human efficacy studies cannot be
+Added: conducted because the conduct of such studies is unethical and field studies after an accidental or deliberate exposure are not feasible;
+Added: review of the BLA in order to determine, among other things, whether the product is safe and effective for its intended uses;
+Added: inspection and approval of the product manufacturing facility at which the product will be manufactured.
+Added: The Regulatory Process in Europe
+Added: In the European Union, our
+Added: investigational cellular products are regulated under the Advanced Therapy Medicinal Product regulation, a regulation specific to cell
+Added: and tissue products.
This European Union regulation requires:
−Removed: a Clinical Trial Application for each European country involved in the clinical trial.
−Removed: The application may be filed via a centralized procedure, which makes it possible to
−Removed: obtain a coordinated assessment of an application for a clinical trial that is to take
−Removed: place in several European countries;
−Removed: approval of affiliated ethics committees to test the investigational product into humans
−Removed: in clinical trials;
−Removed: and well-controlled clinical trials to establish the safety and efficacy of the investigational
−Removed: product for its intended use;
−Removed: our investigational cellular products are regulated under the Advanced Therapy Medicinal
−Removed: Product regulation, the application for marketing authorization to the EMA is mandatory
−Removed: within the 28 member states of the EU.
−Removed: The EMA is expected to review and approve the
−Removed: April 2015, the EMA designated PLX-PAD as a tissue-engineered product.
−Removed: May 2015, we were selected by EMA for development of PLX-PAD cells via the EMA Adaptive Pathways Project.
−Removed: April 2019, the Pediatric Committee of the EMA granted PLX-PAD a waiver for the requirement to submit a pediatric investigational
−Removed: plan for treatment of peripheral ischemia.
−Removed: general, the approval procedure varies among countries, and may involve additional preclinical testing and clinical trials.
−Removed: requirements and time required may differ from those required for FDA or EMA approval.
−Removed: Each country may impose certain procedures
−Removed: and requirements of its own.
−Removed: Most countries other than the United States, the European Union and Japan are willing to consider
−Removed: requests for marketing approval only after the product had been approved for marketing by either the FDA, the EMA or the PMDA.
−Removed: The decision regarding marketing approval is made following the submission of a dossier that is thoroughly assessed and critically
−Removed: Japan, we have completed the required regulatory interactions with the PMDA, prior to the submission of clinical trial notification,
−Removed: in the framework of the new regulations for regenerative therapy effective in November 2014, which promote expedited approval
−Removed: for regenerative therapies that are being developed for seriously debilitating/life-threatening indications.
−Removed: in the United States, as well as in the European Union, clinical testing involves a three-phase process, although the phases may
−Removed: In Phase I, clinical trials are conducted with a small number of healthy volunteers, or patients in cases of ethical
−Removed: issues with using healthy volunteers, and are designed to provide information about product safety and to evaluate the pattern
−Removed: of drug distribution and metabolism within the body.
−Removed: Phase II, clinical trials are conducted with a homogenous group of patients afflicted with the specific target disease, in
−Removed: order to determine preliminary efficacy, optimal dosages and expanded evidence of safety.
−Removed: In some cases, an initial trial is conducted
−Removed: in diseased patients to assess both preliminary efficacy and preliminary safety and patterns of drug metabolism and distribution,
−Removed: in which case it is referred to as a Phase I/II trial.
−Removed: Phase III clinical trials are generally large-scale, multi-center,
−Removed: controlled trials conducted with a heterogeneous group of patients afflicted with the target disease, in order to provide statistically
−Removed: valid proof of efficacy, as well as safety and potency.
−Removed: The Phase III trials represent the trials that are considered for confirmation
−Removed: of efficacy and safety and are the most important ones for the approval.
−Removed: In some circumstances, a regulatory agency may require
−Removed: Phase IV, or post-marketing trials if it feels that additional information needs to be collected about the drug after it
−Removed: is on the market.
−Removed: all phases of clinical development, regulatory agencies require extensive monitoring and auditing of all clinical activities,
−Removed: clinical data and clinical trial investigators to minimize risks.
−Removed: The sponsor of a clinical trial is required to submit an annual
−Removed: safety report to the relevant regulatory agencies, in which serious adverse events must be reported, and also to submit in an
−Removed: expedited manner any individual serious adverse events that are suspected to be related to the tested drug.
−Removed: An agency may, at
−Removed: its discretion, re-evaluate, alter, suspend, or terminate the clinical trial based
−Removed: upon the data that have been accumulated to that point and its assessment of the risk/benefit ratio to the patient.
−Removed: presently employ a total of 146 full-time employees and 12 part-time employees, of whom, 120 full-time employees and 12 part-time
−Removed: employees are engaged in research and development, manufacturing and clinical trials.
−Removed: regenerative medicine field is characterized by intense competition, as global pharma players are becoming more engaged in the
−Removed: cell therapy field based on the advancements made in clinical trials and due to the new favorable regenerative medicine legislation
−Removed: in certain regions.
−Removed: We face competition from both allogeneic and autologous cell therapy companies, academic, commercial and research
−Removed: institutions, pharmaceutical companies, biopharmaceutical companies, and governmental agencies.
−Removed: Some of the clinical indications
−Removed: we currently have under development are also being investigated in preclinical and clinical programs by others.
−Removed: there are hundreds of companies in the regenerative medicine space globally, there are multiple participants in the cell therapy
−Removed: field based in the United States, Europe, Japan, Korea, and Australia such as Athersys Inc., Celularity Inc., Tigenix NV (acquired
−Removed: by Takeda), SanBio Inc.
−Removed: and Mesoblast Ltd.
−Removed: Among other things, we expect to compete based upon our intellectual property portfolio,
−Removed: our in-house manufacturing efficiencies and capabilities, and the efficacy of our products.
−Removed: Our ability to compete successfully
−Removed: will depend on our continued ability to attract and retain experienced and skilled executives, scientific and clinical development
−Removed: personnel, to identify and develop viable cellular therapeutic candidates, and exploit these products commercially.
−Removed: the magnitude of the potential opportunity for cell therapy, we expect competition in this area to intensify.
−Removed: information about us is contained on our Internet website at www.pluristem.com.
−Removed: Information on our website is not incorporated
−Removed: by reference into this report.
−Removed: Under the “SEC Filings”
−Removed: and “Financial Information”
−Removed: sections, under the “Investors
−Removed: & Media”
−Removed: section of our website, we make available free of charge our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports
−Removed: on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) of the
−Removed: Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file
−Removed: such material with, or furnish it to, the SEC.
−Removed: Our reports filed with the SEC are also made available on the SEC’s website
−Removed: at www.sec.gov.
−Removed: The following Corporate Governance documents are also posted on our website:
−Removed: Code of Business Conduct and Ethics,
−Removed: Trading Policy and the Charters for each of the Committees of our Board of Directors, or the Board.
+Added: a Clinical Trial Application for each European country involved in the clinical study.
+Added: The application may be filed via a centralized
+Added: procedure, which makes it possible to obtain a coordinated assessment of an application for a clinical study that is to take place in
+Added: several European countries;
+Added: approval of affiliated ethics committees to test the investigational product into humans in clinical studies;
+Added: and well-controlled clinical studies to establish the safety and efficacy of the investigational product for its intended use;
+Added: Since our investigational cellular products are regulated under the
+Added: Advanced Therapy Medicinal Product regulation, the application for marketing authorization to the EMA is mandatory within the 28 member
+Added: states of the European Union.
+Added: The EMA is expected to review and approve the MAA.
+Added: In May 2015, we were selected
+Added: by the EMA for development of PLX-PAD cells via the EMA Adaptive Pathways Project.
+Added: Other Regulations
+Added: In general, the approval procedure
+Added: varies among countries, and may involve additional preclinical testing and clinical studies.
+Added: The requirements and time required may differ
+Added: from those required for FDA or EMA approval.
+Added: Each country may impose certain procedures and requirements of its own.
+Added: Most countries other
+Added: than the United States, the European Union and Japan are willing to consider requests for marketing approval only after the product had
+Added: been approved for marketing by either the FDA, the EMA or the PMDA.
+Added: The decision regarding marketing approval is made following the submission
+Added: of a dossier that is thoroughly assessed and critically addressed.
+Added: In Japan, we have completed
+Added: the required regulatory interactions with the PMDA, prior to the submission of clinical study notification, in the framework of the new
+Added: regulations for regenerative therapy effective in November 2014, which promote expedited approval for regenerative therapies that are
+Added: being developed for seriously debilitating/life-threatening indications.
+Added: Clinical Studies
+Added: Typically, in the United States,
+Added: as well as in the European Union, clinical development involves a three-phase process, although the phases may overlap.
+Added: clinical studies are conducted in a small number of healthy volunteers, or patients in cases of ethical issues with using healthy volunteers
+Added: and are designed to provide information about product safety and to evaluate the pattern of drug distribution and metabolism within the
+Added: Phase II clinical studies
+Added: are conducted with a homogenous group of patients afflicted with the specific target disease, to explore preliminary efficacy, optimal
+Added: dosages and confirm the safety profile.
+Added: In some cases, an initial study is conducted in patients to assess both preliminary efficacy and
+Added: preliminary safety and patterns of drug metabolism and distribution, in which case it is referred to as a Phase I/II study.
+Added: clinical studies are generally large-scale, multi-center, controlled studies conducted with a heterogeneous group of patients afflicted
+Added: with the target disease, aiming to provide statistically significant support of efficacy, as well as safety and potency.
+Added: The Phase III
+Added: studies are considered confirmatory for establishing the efficacy and safety profile of the drug and are critical for approval.
+Added: circumstances, a regulatory agency may require Phase IV, or post-marketing studies in case additional information needs to be collected
+Added: after the drug is on the market.
+Added: During all phases of clinical
+Added: development, regulatory agencies require extensive monitoring and auditing of all clinical activities, clinical data and clinical study
+Added: sites investigators to minimize risks and ensure high quality and integrity of the collected data.
+Added: The sponsor of a clinical study is
+Added: required to submit an annual safety report to the relevant regulatory agencies, in which serious adverse events are reported, and also
+Added: to submit in an expedited manner any individual serious adverse events that are suspected to be related to the tested drug and are unexpected
+Added: with its use.
+Added: An agency may, at its discretion, re-evaluate, alter, suspend, or terminate the clinical study
+Added: based upon the data that have been accumulated to that point and its assessment of the risk/benefit ratio to the patient.
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, we employed
+Added: a total of 153 full-time employees and nine part-time employees, of whom, 129 full-time employees and nine part-time employees are engaged
+Added: in research and development, manufacturing and clinical development.
+Added: The regenerative medicine
+Added: field is characterized by intense competition, as global and local pharma players are becoming more engaged in the cell therapy field
+Added: based on the advancements made in clinical studies and due to the new favorable regenerative medicine legislation in certain regions.
+Added: We face competition from both allogeneic and autologous cell therapy companies, academic, commercial and research institutions, pharmaceutical
+Added: companies, biopharmaceutical companies, and governmental agencies.
+Added: Some of the clinical indications we currently have under development
+Added: are also being investigated in preclinical and clinical programs by others.
+Added: While there are hundreds of
+Added: companies in the regenerative medicine space globally, there are multiple participants in the cell therapy field based in the United States,
+Added: Europe, Japan, Korea, and Australia such as Athersys Inc., Celularity Inc., Tigenix NV (acquired by Takeda), SanBio Inc.
+Added: and Mesoblast
+Added: Among other things, we expect to compete based upon our intellectual property portfolio, our in-house manufacturing efficiencies
+Added: and capabilities, and the efficacy of our products.
+Added: Our ability to compete successfully will depend on our continued ability to attract
+Added: and retain experienced and skilled executives, scientific and clinical development personnel, to identify and develop viable cellular
+Added: therapeutic candidates, and exploit these products commercially.
+Added: Given the magnitude of the potential
+Added: opportunity for cell therapy, we expect competition in this area to intensify.
+Added: Impact of COVID-19
+Added: In managing our ongoing global clinical studies, as well as our daily
+Added: operations, in the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic, we are taking all necessary precautions for the safety and well-being of patients,
+Added: healthcare providers involved in our studies, and our employees.
+Added: We are continuing our operational and manufacturing activities, subject
+Added: to the directives of the MOH, with a dedicated team on site at our facilities.
+Added: In addition, the majority of our employees have been vaccinated
+Added: and we are using remote work technologies that enable the mitigation of office staff while allowing other activities to be conducted without
+Added: the need for a physical presence in our facilities.
+Added: The COVID-19 global pandemic caused delays in enrollment of some of our clinical studies.
+Added: Despite these impacts, we currently hold supplies of PLX cells in inventory in Israel, and in secure storage facilities in Europe and
+Added: In addition, we are following the FDA and EMA guidelines regarding the management of clinical studies during COVID-19.
+Added: the impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic is constantly evolving, and we may experience further impacts on our daily operations, including
+Added: the need for employees to potentially self-isolate based on potential exposure to the virus, difficulties for our employees in travelling
+Added: abroad, and delays in our clinical trials and our ongoing research work with various hospitals and academic institutions.
+Added: Available Information
+Added: Additional information about
+Added: us is contained on our Internet website at www.pluristem.com.
+Added: Information on our website is not incorporated by reference into this report.
+Added: Under the “SEC Filings” and “Financial Information” sections, under the “Investors& Media” section
+Added: of our website, we make available free of charge our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form
+Added: 8-K, and amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
+Added: or the Exchange Act, as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file such material with, or furnish it to, the SEC.
+Added: reports filed with the SEC are also made available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
+Added: The following Corporate Governance documents
+Added: are also posted on our website:
+Added: Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, Trading Policy and the Charters for each of the Committees of our
+Added: Board of Directors, or the Board.
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