Beyond Air™ to Present at the Upcoming 2019 European Respiratory Society (ERS) International Congress in Madrid, Spain


GARDEN CITY, N.Y. and REHOVOT, Israel, Sept. 23, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Beyond Air, Inc. (NASDAQ: XAIR), a clinical-stage medical device and biopharmaceutical company focused on developing inhaled Nitric Oxide (NO) for the treatment of patients with respiratory conditions including serious lung infections and pulmonary hypertension, today announced an oral presentation at the 2019 ERS Congress being held on September 28 - October 2, 2019 in Madrid, Spain.

Dr. Abdi Ghaffari, Ph.D., Vice President of Research at Beyond Air Inc., will present the data for the company. The research was conducted at Dr. Kenneth Olivier’s Laboratory of Chronic Airway Infection, Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.

Oral Presentation details:
Session:Advances in Bronchiectasis and Non-TB Mycobacterial Infections
Presentation Title:High Efficacy of High-dose Nitric Oxide and its Synergistic Effect with Antibiotics against Mycobacterium Abscessus
Presenter:Abdi Ghaffari, Ph.D., Vice President of Research
Date/Time:October 1, 2019 / 14:45 to 16:45 CET 
Location:IFEMA Exhibition Center; N103

A copy of the presentation materials can be accessed on the Events section of the Beyond Air website once the presentation concludes. 

About ERS Congress
Welcoming over 20,000 delegates every year, the annual ERS Congress is a showcase of excellence across the entire field of respiratory medicine. It is the largest conference in the respiratory field highlighting cutting-edge science in all fields of respiratory medicine, as well as state-of-the-art educational programmes, specialized and practical courses, and a strong focus on daily practice.

About Beyond Air, Inc.
Beyond Air, Inc. is a clinical-stage medical device and biopharmaceutical company developing a revolutionary NO Generator and Delivery System that uses NO generated from ambient air and delivers precise amounts of NO to the lungs for the potential treatment of respiratory and other diseases. The Beyond Air NO Delivery System can generate up to 400 ppm of NO for delivery either continuously or for a fixed amount of time, and has the ability to either titrate dose on demand or maintain a constant dose. The Company is currently applying its therapeutic expertise to develop treatments for pulmonary hypertension in various settings, in addition to treatments for lower respiratory tract infections that are not effectively addressed with current standards of care. Beyond Air is currently advancing its revolutionary NO Generator and Delivery System in clinical trials for the treatment of bronchiolitis and severe lung infections such as nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM). For more information, visit www.beyondair.net.

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CONTACT
Steven Lisi, Chief Executive Officer
Beyond Air, Inc.
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