Humacyte Late-Breaking Abstract Accepted for Oral Presentation on V007 Phase 3 AV Access Clinical Trial at the American Society of Nephrology's Kidney Week 2024

DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Humacyte, Inc. (NASDAQ:HUMA), a clinical-stage biotechnology platform company developing universally implantable, bioengineered human tissue at commercial scale, announced that its late-breaking abstract on the V007 Phase 3 clinical trial of the acellular tissue engineered vessel (ATEV™) in arteriovenous access for patients with end-stage renal disease was accepted for an oral presentation at the American Society of Nephrology's (ASN) Kidney Week 2024. The late-breaking abstract titled "Prospective Randomized Trial of Humacyte's Acellular Tissue Engineered Vessel Versus Autologous Arteriovenous Fistula for Hemodialysis Access" will be presented at the ASN meeting in San Diego on October 26, 2024.

Details of the presentation are as follows:

Late-Breaking Presentation Title: Prospective Randomized Trial of Humacyte's Acellular Tissue Engineered Vessel Versus Autologous Arteriovenous Fistula for Hemodialysis Access

Presenter: Dr. Mohamad A. Hussain, MD, PhD, RPVI, FAHA, FRCSC, FACS, Vascular and Endovascular Surgeon-Scientist at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Core Faculty at the Center for Surgery and Public Health, and Assistant Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School

Session Title: High-Impact Clinical Trials - 2

Session Date/Time: Saturday, October 26, 2024 from 10:30 AM PT to 12:30 PM PT

For more information on the American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week 2024, please click here.

Humacyte expects to provide additional details from the oral presentation in a future press release that will be posted to the News & Events section on the Investors page of the Humacyte website.

The ATEV is an investigational product and has not been approved for sale by the FDA or any other regulatory agency.

About Humacyte

Humacyte, Inc. (NASDAQ:HUMA) is developing a disruptive biotechnology platform to deliver universally implantable bioengineered human tissues, advanced tissue constructs, and organ systems designed to improve the lives of patients and transform the practice of medicine. Humacyte develops and manufactures acellular tissues to treat a wide range of diseases, injuries, and chronic conditions. Humacyte's initial product candidates, a portfolio of ATEVs, are currently in late-stage clinical trials targeting multiple vascular applications, including vascular trauma repair, arteriovenous (AV) access for hemodialysis, and peripheral artery disease. A Biologics License Application for the ATEV in the vascular trauma indication is currently under review by the FDA and was granted Priority Review. Preclinical development is also underway in coronary artery bypass grafts, pediatric heart surgery, treatment of type 1 diabetes, and multiple novel cell and tissue applications. Humacyte's 6mm ATEV for AV access in hemodialysis was the first product candidate to receive the FDA's Regenerative Medicine Advanced Therapy (RMAT) designation and has also received FDA Fast Track designation. Humacyte's 6mm ATEV for urgent arterial repair following extremity vascular trauma and for advanced PAD also have received an RMAT designations. The ATEV received priority designation for the treatment of vascular trauma by the U.S. Secretary of Defense. For more information, visit www.Humacyte.com.

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