Active Biotech's partner Teva initiates a further clinical trial in multiple sclerosis

Active Biotech (NASDAQ OMX NORDIC: ACTI) announced today that its partner Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. TEVA will initiate a further clinical trial, LIBRETTO, to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of two doses of oral laquinimod (0.6 and 1.2 mg/day), compared to interferon beta-1a, in patients with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis. Primary endpoint of the study will be brain atrophy. For further details please see www.clinicaltrials.gov where the trial will appear during this week. About laquinimod Laquinimod is an oral, investigational, CNS-active immunomodulator with a novel mechanism of action being developed for the treatment of relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS). The global Phase III clinical development program evaluating oral laquinimod in MS includes two pivotal studies, ALLEGRO and BRAVO. A third Phase III laquinimod trial, CONCERTO, is evaluating two doses of the investigational product (0.6mg and 1.2mg) in approximately 1,800 patients for up to 24 months. The primary outcome measure will be time to confirmed disability progression as measured by the EDSS. In addition to the MS clinical studies, laquinimod has concluded Phase II of development for Crohn's disease and lupus nephritis.  Further studies are planned to determine the effectiveness of laquinimod in treating patients with Huntington's disease and Alzheimer's disease. About Active Biotech Active Biotech AB (NASDAQ OMX NORDIC: ACTI) is a biotechnology company with focus on autoimmune/inflammatory diseases and cancer. Projects in pivotal phase are laquinimod, an orally administered small molecule with unique immunomodulatory properties for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, tasquinimod for prostate cancer and ANYARA primarily for the treatment of renal cell cancer. In addition, laquinimod has concluded Phase II development for Crohn's and Lupus. The company also has one additional project in clinical development, the orally administered compound paquinimod (57-57) for systemic sclerosis. Please visit www.activebiotech.com for more information. For further information: Tomas Leanderson, President & CEO Tel: +46 46 19 20 95 tomas.leanderson@activebiotech.com   Active Biotech AB (Corp. Reg. No. 556223-9227)   Box 724, SE-220 07 Lund   Tel: +46 46 19 20 00   Fax: +46 46 19 11 00 Active Biotech's Safe Harbor Statement in Accordance with the Swedish Securities Market Act This press release contains certain forward-looking statements. Such forward- looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that could cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the company, or industry results, to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievement implied by the forward-looking statements. The company does not undertake any obligation to update or publicly release any revisions to forward-looking statements to reflect events, circumstances or changes in expectations after the date of this press release. Active Biotech is obligated to publish the information contained in this press release in accordance with the Swedish Securities Market Act. This information was provided to the media for publication 08:30 am CET on November 4, 2013. Active Biotech's partner Teva initiates a further clinical trial : http://hugin.info/1002/R/1740139/584195.pdf [HUG#1740139]