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Pluristem Therapeutics Inc., a leading developer of placenta-based cell therapies, today announced it has selected rotator cuff repair as the second indication in its orthopedic clinical program. The Company's PLacental eXpanded (PLX) cells offer potential as the first off-the-shelf cell therapy product for muscle and tendon regeneration that can be used to enhance repair after rotator cuff surgery. There are currently no FDA-approved therapies using engineered cells for the treatment of rotator cuff injuries.

Pluristem Therapeutics Inc., a leading developer of placenta-based cell therapies, today announced that Russia’s Federal Service for Intellectual Property has granted to Pluristem Patent No. 2515156 titled, “Methods of Treating Inflammatory Colon Diseases”. The patent covers methods for treating ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease using placenta-derived cells. This patent has already been issued to Pluristem in South Africa and is currently pending in several other jurisdictions.

Pluristem Therapeutics Inc., a leading developer of placenta-based cell therapies, today announced it has been granted Patent No. 261087 from India's Office of the Controller General of Patents, Designs & Trade Marks for a patent titled, "Methods for Cell Expansion and Conditioned Media Produced Thereby for Therapy."

For an organ that only functions for nine months, the placenta has been taking the science world by storm. It recently garnered front page coverage in the New York Times, when a newly published study showed that a placenta’s bacterial population may help shape the health of the infant by influencing the bacterial makeup of its gut. The bacteria that normally colonize the human intestines can affect metabolism and perhaps also the risk for obesity and diabetes.

Pluristem Therapeutics Inc., a leading developer of placenta-based cell therapies, today announced it has enhanced its activity in the orthopedic indications for its PLacental eXpanded (PLX) cell therapies. In January, Pluristem announced positive results from its Phase I/II clinical trial for the treatment of injured gluteal muscle after total hip arthroplasty (THA) . "This is a great result for a long path from a first idea to such a success in a first-in-men study in orthopedics with an off-the-shelf product to allow muscle regeneration," states Dr. Georg Duda, the Director of the Julius Wolff Institute and Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies at the Charité, Berlin. "This is the first hope for muscle regeneration with virtually no clinical therapy presently available to treat injuries or defects in shoulder or lower leg muscles," added Dr. Carsten Perka, Head of Orthopedics at the Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery at the Charité, Berlin.

Pluristem Therapeutics Inc., a leading developer of placenta-based cell therapies, today announced the latest advancement in its clinical and commercial development programs in South Korea. The South Korean Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) has recently cleared Pluristem's upgraded manufacturing process in its new facility in Haifa, Israel. The cells produced at Pluristem new facility will be used by Korean sites joining the large Phase II study currently conducted by Pluristem in intermittent claudication (IC) patients. This Phase II IC study is currently ongoing in the U.S., Israel and Germany.

Pluristem Therapeutics Inc.,today announced that its new manufacturing facility has received the European Union’s Qualified Person Declaration. With this declaration, Pluristem is now approved to use cell therapies manufactured at its state-of-the-art facility located in Haifa, Israel, in all phases of its clinical trials conducted in the European Union, including Phase I, Phase II and Phase III.

Pluristem Therapeutics, Inc., a leading developer of placenta-based cell therapies, announced today that Company executives are actively participating in a series of meetings in Washington D.C. regarding proposed legislation that may impact the future of cell therapy and regenerative medicine in the U.S.

Pluristem Therapeutics, Inc., a leading developer of placenta-based cell therapies, announced today that a delegation from the UK made an official visit to Pluristem on March 25, 2014. Officials visiting Pluristem included the UK's Minister for Universities and Science, David Willetts, whose responsibilities include overseeing the Department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS), and Dr. Stephen Ward, Chief Operating Officer of the Cell Therapy Catapult, a non-profit organization which aims to grow the UK cell therapy industry.

According to Dr. Scott Rodeo of New York’s Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), although the findings of a recent study should be considered preliminary, adherent stromal cells derived from human placenta appear promising as a readily available cell source to aid tendon healing and regeneration. Dr. Rodeo presented his research findings in a scientific poster titled, “Use of Human Placental-Derived Adherent Stromal Cells Improves Tendon Healing in a Preclinical Model of Tendon Injury,” at the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons’ (AAOS) Annual Meeting, on March 11-15 in New Orleans. my of Orthopedic Surgeons’ (AAOS) Annual Meeting