Vericel : to Host Third-Quarter 2015 Earnings Webcast and Conference Call on November 13, 2015
November 13, 2015 at 04:25 am EST
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 3, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vericel Corporation (NASDAQ:VCEL), a leading developer of patient-specific expanded cellular therapies for the treatment of severe diseases and conditions, today announced the following webcast and conference call:
The conference call will be available live in the Investors section of the Vericel website at http://investors.vcel.com/events.cfm. Please access the site at least 15 minutes prior to the scheduled start time in order to download the required audio software if necessary.
To participate in the live call by telephone, please call (877) 312-5881 and reference Vericel Corporation third-quarter 2015 investor conference call. If calling from outside the U.S., please use the international phone number (253) 237-1173.
If you are unable to participate in the live call, the webcast will be available at http://investors.vcel.com/events.cfm until Monday, November 14, 2016. A replay of the call will also be available until 11:59 pm (EDT) on 11/17/2015 23:59, 2015 by calling (855) 859-2056, or from outside the U.S. (404) 537-3406. The conference ID is 71018424.
About Vericel Corporation
Vericel Corporation (formerly Aastrom Biosciences, Inc.) is a leader in developing patient-specific expanded cellular therapies for use in the treatment of patients with severe diseases and conditions. The company markets two autologous cell therapy products in the U.S.: Carticel® (autologous cultured chondrocytes), an autologous chondrocyte implant for the treatment of cartilage defects in the knee, and Epicel® (cultured epidermal autografts), a permanent skin replacement for the treatment of patients with deep-dermal or full-thickness burns comprising greater than or equal to 30% of total body surface area. Vericel is also developing MACI™, a third-generation autologous chondrocyte implant for the treatment of cartilage defects in the knee, and ixmyelocel-T, a patient-specific multicellular therapy for the treatment of advanced heart failure due
to ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy. For more information, please visit the company's website at www.vcel.com.
CONTACT: Chad Rubin
The Trout Group
crubin@troutgroup.com
(646) 378-2947
or
Lee Stern
The Trout Group
lstern@troutgroup.com
(646) 378-2922
Vericel Corporation is a fully-integrated, commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company. The Company is a provider of advanced therapies for the sports medicine and severe burn care markets. It markets three products in the United States. MACI (autologous cultured chondrocytes on porcine collagen membrane) is an autologous-cellularized scaffold product indicated for the repair of symptomatic, single or multiple full-thickness cartilage defects of the knee with or without bone involvement in adults. Epicel (cultured epidermal autografts) is a permanent skin replacement for the treatment of patients with deep dermal or full thickness burns greater than or equal to 30% of total body surface area. The Company also holds a license for North American rights to NexoBrid (anacaulase-bcdb), a biological orphan product containing proteolytic enzymes, which is indicated for the removal of eschar in adults with deep partial-thickness and/or full-thickness burns.
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