ViaCyte to Present at Upcoming Scientific Meetings on Diabetes Research

SAN DIEGO, Sept. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- ViaCyte, Inc., a privately-held, leading regenerative medicine company, today announced upcoming scientific presentations. ViaCyte is developing novel stem cell-derived islet replacement therapies for insulin-requiring diabetes. ViaCyte's product candidates have the potential to provide a functional cure for patients with type 1 diabetes as well as an important therapy for patients with type 2 diabetes who depend on insulin to help control their disease.

Details of the presentations are as follows:

    Event:      Baylor College of Medicine MSTP 40th
                Anniversary Celebration &
                Scientific Symposium

    Speaker:    Howard Foyt, MD, PhD, Vice
                President, Clinical Development and
                Chief Medical Officer of ViaCyte

    Date/Time: September 15, 9:30 am CT

    Location:  Houston, Texas

    Event:      Canadian Transplant Society and Cell
                Transplant & Regenerative Medicine
                Society Joint Scientific Meeting

    Speaker:    Alan Agulnick, PhD, Director, Cell
                Engineering

    Date/Time: September 28, 7:00 am AT

    Location:  Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    Event:      Mayo Clinic Regenerative Diabetes
                Program: International Conference
                on Islet Regeneration and
                Replacement

    Speaker:   Dr. Foyt

    Date/Time: September 30, 10:15 am CT

    Location:  Rochester, Minnesota

    Event:      43rd Annual Conference of the
                International Society for Pediatric
                and Adolescent Diabetes

    Speaker:   Dr. Foyt

    Date/Time: October 18, 4:15 pm DST

    Location:  Innsbruck, Austria

For more information about ViaCyte's participation in industry events, please visit: http://viacyte.com/news-events-2/viactye-events/

About ViaCyte

ViaCyte is a privately-held regenerative medicine company developing novel cell replacement therapies as potential long-term diabetes treatments to reduce the risk of hypoglycemia and diabetes-related complications. ViaCyte's product candidates are based on the derivation of pancreatic progenitor cells from stem cells, which are then implanted in durable and retrievable cell delivery devices. Once implanted and matured, these cells are designed to secrete insulin and other pancreatic hormones in response to blood glucose levels. ViaCyte has two products in clinical development. The PEC-Direct(TM) product candidate delivers the pancreatic progenitor cells in a non-immunoprotective device and is being developed for type 1 diabetes patients who have hypoglycemia unawareness, extreme glycemic lability, and/or recurrent severe hypoglycemic episodes. The PEC-Encap(TM) (also known as VC-01) product candidate delivers the same pancreatic progenitor cells in an immunoprotective device and is being developed for all patients with diabetes, type 1 and type 2, who use insulin. ViaCyte is headquartered in San Diego, California. The Company is funded in part by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and JDRF. For more information on ViaCyte, please visit www.viacyte.com and connect with ViaCyte on Twitter and Facebook.

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