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Half Year Results Announcement
Half Year Results Announcement

Sydney, Feb 29, 2016 AEST (ABN Newswire) - Regeneus Ltd (googlechartASX:RGS), a clinical-stage regenerative medicine company, today reported financial results and operational highlights for the 6 month period ended 31 December 2015.

Financial Highlights

The financial highlights for the reporting period included:

- Loss from ordinary activities (before tax) down 46% to $3.1m

- $3.4m R&D tax incentive received for FY15 ($3.7m for FY14)

- Cash at 31 December 2015, $3.4m

- Net operating cash outflows (prior to R&D tax incentive of $2.8m), compares favourably to outflows of $5.7m during the previous half-year corresponding period

Operational Highlights

During the reporting period, the company continued to make good progress on the clinical development of its portfolio of cell-based therapies for the treatment of osteoarthritis and other musculoskeletal disorders and oncology disease in humans and animals.

Operational highlights for the reporting period included:

Human Health - clinical trials

- Completed enrollment and positive safety review of Cohort 1 for STEP trial for knee osteoarthritis

- First patient dosed safely and commenced treatment of new enrolments for ACTIVATE immuno-oncology trial

Animal Health - clinical trials

- Commenced pre-pivotal trial for CryoShot for canine osteoarthritis at University of Pennsylvania

- Commenced trial for Kvax for canine lymphoma at Small Animal Specialist Hospital in Sydney

Commercial and IP developments

- Entered into agreement with top 5 animal health pharma to partner the development and commercialisation of CryoShot Canine

- In-licensed rights for development and commercialisation of next-generation stem cell identification and selection technology for high potency secreting stem cells developed at Centre for Nanoscale BioPhotonics at Macquarie University

- Advanced discussions for licensing of Progenza stem cell technology for development, manufacture and commercialisation in Japan

- Australian patent granted for allogeneic stem cells for osteoarthritis and other inflammatory conditions in human and animals

- Australian patent granted for cancer vaccine technology for humans and animals

Looking forward

Over the next 12 months, the company will seek to unlock value in its clinical and technology assets through achieving milestones including:

- Complete enrollment of Cohort 2 and report on preliminary safety in STEP trial - H2FY16

- Enter into an agreement for the licensing of Progenza in Japan - H2 FY16

- Report on Kvax osteosarcoma trial - H2 FY16

- Report on CryoShot canine trial - H1FY17

- Complete recruitment of ACTIVATE trial - H1FY17

To view the full report, please visit:
http://media.abnnewswire.net/media/en/docs/ASX-RGS-909469.pdf


About Regeneus Ltd

Regeneus Ltd ASX:RGSRegeneus Ltd (ASX:RGS) is a Sydney-based clinical-stage regenerative medicine company using stem cell technologies to develop a portfolio of novel cell-based therapies. The regenerative therapies seek to address unmet medical needs in human health markets, focusing on neuropathic pain, including osteoarthritis and various skin conditions, with its platform technologies Progenza(TM) and Sygenus. Visit www.regeneus.com.au for more information.

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Contact

Sandra McIntosh
Company Secretary and Investor Relations
T: +61 2 9499 8010
E: investors@regeneus.com.au
W: www.regeneus.com.au



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