Top-Line Results from Phase 2 Study with MediWound’s EscharEx to Treat Chronic Wounds Will be Presented at the Symposium on Advanced Wound Care Spring 2016 

YAVNE, Israel, April 08, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MediWound Ltd. (Nasdaq:MDWD), a fully-integrated biopharmaceutical company bringing innovative therapies to address unmet needs in severe burn and wound management, announces that top-line data from a multicenter Phase 2 clinical study of the Company’s EscharEx^® to treat chronic wounds will be presented in the Late-Breaking Session at the Spring Symposium on Advanced Wound Care (SAWC) 2016 taking place April 13-17, 2016 in Atlanta.

“We are excited that these positive data will be presented at SAWC Spring 2016 before an audience of the world’s leading wound care clinicians.  The top-line data from this multicenter, international, prospective, randomized, vehicle-controlled, assessor-blinded Phase 2 trial are important because there has been a long-lasting, unmet medical need for an effective and rapid nonsurgical debridement treatment for chronic wounds. Debridement is a critical first step to facilitate wound management and is complementary to the large number of existing wound healing products, which require a clean wound bed in order to heal the wound,” noted Gal Cohen, MediWound’s Chief Executive Officer. 

“The incidence of complete debridement with EscharEx within up to 10 daily treatments was significantly higher and completed earlier compared with the control group, with an overall comparable safety profile.  Results were even more prominent in the prospective subgroups of diabetic foot and venous leg ulcers, which is in line with the etiologies we are focused on based on the results of a comprehensive market research report we undertook.  The topical debridement treatments currently on the market require daily application for weeks and months to achieve complete debridement.  A post hoc analysis of our Phase 2 data with EscharEx showed that 93% of the wounds which completed debridement with EscharEx were debrided within 7 days after 4-5 applications on average,” added Mr. Cohen.

The poster highlighting the top-line results of the Phase 2 study of EscharEx to treat chronic wounds will be available for viewing Friday, April 15^th and Saturday, April 16^th from 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. local time.  The study authors will present the data during the following session:

On February 3, 2016, MediWound announced the top-line results from the Phase 2 clinical trial of EscharEx to treat chronic wounds. A summary of those data can be found here.

About MediWound Ltd.
MediWound is a fully-integrated biopharmaceutical company focused on developing, manufacturing and commercializing novel therapeutics based on its patented proteolytic enzyme technology to address unmet needs in the fields of severe burns, chronic and other hard-to-heal wounds. MediWound’s first innovative biopharmaceutical product, NexoBrid, received marketing authorization from the European Medicines Agency as well as the Israeli and Argentinian Ministries of Health, for removal of dead or damaged tissue, known as eschar, in adults with deep partial and full-thickness thermal burns and was launched in Europe and Israel, with plans for a launch in Argentina. NexoBrid represents a new paradigm in burn care management, and clinical trials have demonstrated, with statistical significance, its ability to non-surgically and rapidly remove the eschar earlier and, without harming viable tissues. For more information, please visit www.mediwound.com. 

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