First Subjects Enrolled in Phase IIa Clinical Trial of EPODURE Biopumps to Treat Anemia in Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease on Dialysis

Medgenics, Inc.

announces the launch of its Phase IIa clinical trial in Israel of EPODURE™ Biopumps to treat anemia in patients with end-stage renal disease (“ESRD” or “kidney failure”) on dialysis, through the sustained delivery of erythropoietin (“EPO”). Following the Israeli Ministry of Health's recent approval of the trial, Medgenics has enrolled and begun to treat the first two dialysis patients ever to receive EPODURE Biopumps.